VNF (virtual network function) acceleration method and device

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for implementing acceleration processing on a virtual network function (VNF). In the present invention, an acceleration request for performing acceleration processing on the VNF is received; a hardware acceleration device that can perform acceleration processing on the VNF is determined according to the acceleration request; an acceleration resource of the hardware acceleration device is allocated to the VNF for performing the acceleration processing on the VNF. The present invention can dynamically select and allocate the corresponding hardware acceleration device for the VNF, thereby implementing virtual management of the hardware acceleration device and improving resource utilization.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of network technology, in particular to a method and device for realizing accelerated processing of VNF (virtual Network Function, virtual network function). Background technique [0002] NFV (Network Function Virtualization, Network Function Virtualization) technology replaces dedicated network element devices in communication networks with x86 servers, storage devices and switching devices based on industry standards, which can save investment costs for operators and help operators Obtain more and more flexible network capabilities, so NFV technology is more and more widely used. [0003] figure 1 Shown is the architecture diagram 100 of the NFV system, represented by figure 1 It can be seen that VNF ​​(virtual Network Function, virtual network function) runs on the NFV system in the form of software, and NFVI (Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure, network function virtualization architecture) in...

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An accelerator card is similar to a network card, easy to use, and has good acceleration performance, but the accelerator card can only be used by a certain X86 server, and cannot be shared by multiple X86 servers

[0006] The goal of NFV is to realize virtualization of different hardware through virtualization technology, so as to realize multi-vendor non-customized solutions. The inserted physical hardware acceleration device can be used to accelerate VNF processing, and various types of physical hardware acceleration devices cannot be virtualized to accelerate VNF processing, and the resource utilization rate is low.

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