Driven by the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and crowd workloads, data centers are dealing with unprecedented workloads, and according to Nokia, meeting these challenges requires a new approach to networking at the heart of data center architectures. To address this issue, Nokia has formed a strategic partnership with Supermicro to provide enhanced data center performance, scalability and automation.
The ultimate goal is to help you build a modern data center network that is highly reliable, secure and easy to operate. This is essential to meet the demand for AI workloads globally. By combining advanced switching hardware from the Application-Optimised IT Solutions provider with its proprietary Data Centre Automation and network operating systems, Nokia said that both companies can offer a fully integrated Data Centre networking solution built for AI, high performance computing (HPC) and cloud environments.
The combined solutions include Supermicro's 800g Ethernet switching platform integrated with Nokia's Service Router Linux (SR Linux) Network Operating System (NOS), and Nokia's event-driven automation (EDA) as an infrastructure platform for automating the data centre network lifecycle from day one design from Nay 0 Design to Day 2+ Daily Operations. Nokia's EDA is said to be built to speed response times, reduce manual effort, minimize errors, reduce computing resources consumption, and handle network-wide operations with consistent performance.
As a result of the deployment of corporate technology, end users would benefit from a turnkey solution that is expected to reduce deployment time, reduce operational costs and improve overall efficiency.
“This collaboration offers more choice and flexibility in how we build our infrastructure, with confidence that Nokia's SR Linux and EDA are closely integrated with our systems.” “It strengthens our ability to deliver networked computing architectures for high-performance workloads, simplifying orchestration and automation on a unified platform.”
Vach Kompella, Senior Vice President and General Manager of IP Networks at Nokia, added: “The partnership with Supermicro further validates that Nokia SR Linux and event-driven automation are the right software foundation for today's data centers and IP networks infrastructure.
In addition to the Supermicro partnership, Nokia's Data Centre business was also supported by a project with Kindrill, modernising and automating Iway's Data Centre operations. Swiss Telecommunications Provider uses Nokia's EDA platform and DataCentre Fabric (DCF) system with Kyndryl's management services to fully automate your environment, easily deploy new features, and reduce human error.
This partnership is designed to provide enterprise data center capabilities focused on providing open, reliable, and easy to operate network solutions that meet the needs of evolving digital infrastructure.
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