We’re taking the wraps off our new network functions virtualization (NFV) product portfolio. It’s called the ADVA Ensemble and it’s about to redefine the NFV industry.

1. The New NFV Powerhouse
Leveraging Pure-Play Virtualization for Customer Choice

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Recap: Overture Acquisition Drivers
• Shared vision around cloud and virtualized networking architecture
• Complements ADVA FSP 150 programmable NFV-ready hardware
• Comprehensive software and end-to-end orchestration
• Combined, most advanced solution set for virtualized networks
• Strong customer and product synergy
• Creates number one player in Ethernet access devices market
• Complete solution set for all access applications
• Cross-selling opportunities into each other’s customer base
• Additional North American customers; strong global Tier 1 presence
• People
• Great talent, strong cultural overlap, additional N American presence

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What Are We Announcing?

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February 17 Announcement
• ADVA Optical Networking launches a new division called Ensemble
• Combines the software engineering capabilities of ADVA Optical
Networking and the award-winning NFV portfolio of its most recent
acquisition – Overture
• The ADVA Ensemble solution presents communication service
providers with the industry’s most comprehensive NFV product
suite available
• Users now have an incredible range of choice as to how they
implement NFV – choice of hardware platforms, choice of software
vendors and choice of deployment locations

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Ensemble Leadership Team
James
Buchanan
GM
Sunil
Menon
R&D
Chris
Swan
BD
Mike
Heffner
PLM
Prayson
Pate
CTO

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Ensemble Use Cases

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• Customer Problem
• Limited operational automation in
appliance-based solutions
• No flexibility for new service introduction
• Stack of boxes required for each new
customer
• Challenges
• Avoid being locked into expensive,
proprietary appliances
• Enable service activation without new
appliances or truck-rolls
• Provide ability to easily change service
offering over time
Use Case: Problem With Today’s Services
Cloud Provider

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Solution: NFV-Based Service Delivery
Cloud Provider
• Solution
• Ensemble Connector for Carrier
Ethernet and accelerated vSwitch
• VNFs from any supplier can be
deployed
• Deployed on standard server
• Benefits
• Rapidly launch new services, drive
new revenues and reduce costs
• Real-time, low-touch service
deployment and activation
• Subscriber self-provisioning capability
for new services
ProVM or vSE

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Use Case: Virtualized Networks
• Enables operators to join
the fray by delivering
NFVIaaS along with Carrier
Ethernet connectivity
• Enables overlay service
providers or enterprises to
manage their own network
without buying or managing
hardware
To this:
From this:
Provider Y
EAD
Provider X
FSP 150 vSE
Customer
Provider Y
FSP 150 ProVM
or vSE
Provider X
VNFs
Customer
Provider X
VNFs

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Use Case: Micro Data Center
Multi-Tenant
Building
Co-locate with end-users to provide network and secure cloud services
Gateway
Router
Customer 2: FSP 150 vSE
Public
Internet
Micro Data
Center
NOC
Customer 1:
FSP 150 vSE

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Ensemble Architecture and Components

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Ensemble Solution Architecture
ACCESS GATEWAY COMPUTE NODE
SUPPORTING
APPLICATIONS
CLOUD
MANAGEMENT
NFV & SDN MANAGEMENT AND ORCHESTRATION

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Ensemble Components
Ensemble Connector is a high performance network virtualization
platform available for hosting multi-vendor VNFs
Ensemble Orchestrator is an ETSI MANO-compliant NFV orchestration
platform supporting end-to-end VNF service lifecycle management
Ensemble Controller is a set of networking applications delivered on
open SDN frameworks
Ensemble Analytics leverages big data technologies that provides
actionable intelligence for service orchestration and assurance
Ensemble Registrar is the central management platform for
registration, authentication, access control, licensing, configuration and
VNF inventory
Ensemble Dashboard provides the primary graphical user interface and
visualization tools for interacting with Ensemble applications

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