This course covers Network Function Virtualization from the perspective of a systems engineer. It first discusses the proliferation of middleboxes in enterprise networks and the necessity of virtualizing these components just like software applications. It then details several optimizations in operating systems to facilitate efficient networking on virtualized hardware followed by design decisions in user-plane libraries for bypassing the kernel for efficient packet processing. It then covers the challenges and solutions for building scalable systems for providing networking services in datacenters, specifically the synergy between SDN and NFV to achieve this. The course concludes with a discussion of real-world applications of NFV technology in the cloud computing ecosystem.
Lesson 1 Introduction
Skills You'll Learn
Network Infrastructure, Software-Defined Networking, Performance Tuning, Network Security, Virtualization, Linux, Virtual Machines, Network Performance Management, Computer Networking, Cloud Computing, Network Architecture, Scalability
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YL
Apr 6, 2021
Would like to have this course and its specialization included in Plus membership program such that more curious students take it without more hesitance.
LR
Mar 28, 2021
Great content and very well explained by Professor Ramchandran. I also liked the course progressive structure.
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Deploying Virtualized Network Functions in Managed Cloud infrastructures
This module discusses techniques that enable offloading NFV workload to a managed Cloud (as opposed to on-premise clusters), as well as other developments in the telecommunications industry that makes offloading NFV workloads viable