Overview
The Cisco 5400 Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) is a line of compute appliances designed for the Cisco Enterprise Network Functions Virtualization (ENFV) solution. It delivers a standard of software-defined flexibility and performance, and offers a low total cost of ownership (TCO). The 5400 ENCS is a hybrid platform that combines the best attributes of a traditional router and a traditional server, and offers the same functionality with a smaller infrastructure footprint. Offered with the Cisco Integrated Services Virtual Router (ISRv) and NFV Infrastructure Software as the hosting layer, the platform offers a complete solution for a simplified deployment. It also accelerates some functions in hardware such as inter-VM traffic flows, IP Security (IPsec) crypto, and RAID for storage. Built-in lights-out management is also supported with Cisco Integrated Management Controller.
  • An orchestration environment to allow easy automation of the deployment of virtualized network services, consisting of multiple virtualized network functions (VNF)
  • The VNFs, which provide the desired network functionality, or even non-networking software applications, required at a deployment location
  • The NFV Infrastructure Software platform to facilitate the deployment and operation of VNFs and hardware components
  • x86-based compute resources, such as the Enterprise Network Compute System, to provide the CPU, memory, and storage required to deploy and operate VNFs and run applications