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GUEST VMSYSTEM VM
PACKET PROCESSOR
DEDICATED
FLASH
STORAGE
MANAGEMENT MODULE
INTERFACE MODULE
SLX INSIGHT ARCHITECTURE
ANALYTICS PATH
CONTROL PATH
Options
FLEXIBLE STREAMING
OUTGOING TRAFFIC
INCOMING TRAFFIC
Figure 1: The Integrated Application Hosting, inherent in
Extreme SLX switches and routers, delivers pervasive visibility
in every device for greater insight into network trac.
Embedded Network Visibility At-A-Glance
Keep network trac and operations running smoothly
with pervasive, real-time network analytics, monitoring,
and troubleshooting.
Extreme Networks Integrated Application Hosting
The Integrated Application Hosting delivers dynamic flow
identification, intelligent pre-processing, and flexible data
streaming capabilities on each router. It can support the
following key network operations use cases without disrupting
network trac:
• Real-time monitoring
• Overlay and underlay visibility
• Intelligent automation
Embedded Network Visibility
The SLX 9850 includes the Integrated Application Hosting
delivered through SLX-OS and SLX 9850 hardware innovation.
This new approach to network monitoring and troubleshooting
provides a highly dierentiated solution that makes it faster,
easier, and more cost-eective to get the comprehensive, real-
time visibility needed for network operations and automation.
By embedding network visibility on every switch or router,
the Integrated Application Hosting can help organizations
achieve pervasive visibility throughout the network to quickly
and eciently identify problems, accelerate mean-time-to-
resolution, and improve overall service levels.
Integrated Application Hosting enables required data to be
extracted from the network and optimized locally on-device for
cost-eective delivery o-device to cloud-scale management,
operational intelligence, and automation systems for additional
analysis, action, or archiving.
As seen in Figure 1, the key components of the Integrated
Application Hosting include:
• Flexible packet filtering: The Integrated Application Hosting
begins with flexible packet filtering in the packet processors
for each interface. Organizations have access to a rich set
of filters for capturing the desired trac type for visibility
processing.
• Guest VM: The Integrated Application Hosting provides an
open KVM environment that runs third-party applications
and customized monitoring, troubleshooting, and analytics
tools. Enabled by SLX-OS, this preconfigured guest VM is
on each SLX 9850 management module. It hosts third-party
network operations and analytics applications on every device,
extending visibility to the entire network.
• Dedicated analytics path: The Integrated Application Hosting
provides an innovative internal analytics path (up to 10 GbE)
between the packet processor for the SLX 9850 interface
module and the architecture’s open KVM environment
running on the SLX 9850 management module. This enables
applications running in the open KVM environment to extract
data without disrupting the forwarding or control plane trac
of the SLX 9850.
• Flexible streaming: The Integrated Application Hosting
provides flexible streaming options, enabling captured data
to be delivered to analytics applications o the platform.
This includes a dedicated 10 GbE services port on each
management module for out-of-band streaming, as well as
streaming via any interface module port.
• Dedicated analytics storage: The SLX 9850 provides 256 GB
of on-device storage dedicated to the Integrated Application
Hosting for applications running in the open KVM environment.
This enables real-time data capture for easy and fast access.
Extreme Management Center for
Insights, Visibility and Control
The SLX family of switches and routers, including SLX 9850
can be managed by Extreme Management Center (XMC). XMC
includes a suite of applications, empowering administrators
to deliver a superior quality experience to end users through
a single pane of glass and a common set of tools to provision,
manage and troubleshoot the network. It works across wired
and wireless networks, from the edge to the data center and
private cloud.
XMC provides a consolidated view of users, devices and
applications for wired and wireless networks – from data center
to edge. Zero touch provisioning lets one quickly bring new
infrastructure online. A granular view of users, devices and
applications with an easy to understand dashboard enables
ecient inventory and network topology management.
XMC also provides ecosystem integration, includes o the
box integrations with major enterprise data center virtual
environments such as VMWare, OpenStack and Nutanix to
provide VM visibility and enforce security settings. Get more
information on Extreme Management Center.