The Switch Fabric Manager
For Cloud Operators
Netris efficiently manages multi-vendor switch fabrics using advanced automation techniques typically employed by major cloud providers.
By offering high-level abstractions—including Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), Elastic Load Balancers, NAT gateways, and other essential networking constructs—Netris empowers private/public and AI/ML GPU cloud operators to streamline network management and enhance operational efficiency.
Switch Fabric Manager for Cloud Operators
Behind every cloud provider, there is a collection of hardware, IP addresses, and a multitude of network rules. All these must be dynamically and automatically configured & managed in addition to providing appropriate control layers for both internal administrators and consumers of the network.
Design, Rule, and Simulate
Describe (or import/export) your IP, hardware, and desired topology information in the Netris controller using our IPAM, Inventory, and Topology Manager systems. Tell the controller who can do what with the resources. Assign policies and rules.
Use Netris initialization modules to generate pre-validated blueprints for specific use cases, such as NVIDIA Spectrum-X for GPU-based AI clouds or others.
Create a digital twin of the infrastructure for testing and validation using NVIDIA Air or Netris CloudSim infrastructure simulation platforms.
The Hardware
Mount and wire Netris-supported vendor switches according to the blueprint in the Netris Topology Manager. Netris will take care of the appropriate operating system configuration, topology validation, underlay configs, and monitoring checks.
Supported NOS: NVIDIA Cumulus, Arista EOS, Dell-SONiC, EdgeCore-SONiC
Once the initial autoconfiguration of the underlay and other aspects is done, the built-in monitoring will inform you whether any physical or logical aspects of the network need your intervention.
Underlay/Overlay: BGP EVPN numbered/unnumbered, VXLAN, Anycast gateway, VPC/VRF, VXLAN-MH, MC-LAG. (full functionality here)
Should you ever need to upgrade or replace any network element, you just set it to maintenance mode from the Netris controller and replace the switch. Once Netris takes over the control of the blank new switch, the appropriate configuration will be re-generated. There is no need to backup/restore or deal with manual switch configurations.
Management
Intuitive Web Console – becomes the network control center for network engineers, who can optionally provide restricted access to their DevOps, SecOps, and Developer colleagues in a safe, self-service fashion.
Terraform provider – provides full coverage of all network policies and cloud abstractions, allowing limitless possibilities for creating NetOps and DevOps pipelines applying modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
RestAPI – covers 100% of Netris functionality, commonly used by cloud provider developers to embed Netris functionalities into their user-facing cloud controller, billing systems, and UIs, hiding Netris from the end users.
Integrations
Natively integrate the switch fabric networking with virtual networking of compute management systems.
NVIDIA – Netris integrates with several NVIDIA Enterprise AI components for smoother operation of GPU-based AI cloud.
Kubernetes – natively support services of LoadBalancer type, CNI upstream routing, or develop custom functions by editing our Kubernetes operator code.
Apache CloudStack – go beyond VLAN limits by using the Netris VXLAN isolation method right from the Apache CloudStack for hyper-scalable virtual networks. Offload the virtual router to Netris. Launch scalable public cloud services.
VMware – Automatically create VLANs and VXLANs in the switch fabric according to virtual networks created in the VMware VSphere. Use Netris cloud networking functions for ACLs, NAT, and VM Load Balancer.
