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Vyatta Basics
Vyatta software provides a complete enterprise-class routing and security feature set capable of scaling from DSL to 20Gbps throughput at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions.This document provides a more detailed description of Vyatta's offerings. 
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Learn the details and benefits of on-demand networking. No registration required.

 

 

Whitepapers (Registration Required)

This paper describes how Vyatta helps businesses to meet the security requirements recently published in a report by the PCI Security Standards Council’s Virtualization Special Interest Group (SIG).

This Vyatta Whitepaper highlights the efficiencies of software-based networking in securing customer data in cloud computing business models

This Vyatta whitepaper describes five mistakes common to many implementations of enterprise datacenter virtualization with a focus on the benefits of virtualizing networking infrastructure. 

The adoption of cloud computing creates some very significant networking challenges. This paper is a comprehensive look at cloud networking covering LAN, WAN and management functionally that IT organizations must put in place in order to enable cloud computing.

This Intel sponsored research report couples the Vyatta Network OS with Quad Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors to demonstrate network processing performance, The result is a readily available Intel platform with Vyatta Network OS forwarding traffic at 20 Gbps.

Third party performance test comparing Cisco 7200 series and Vyatta Network OS on commodity hardware. This paper highlights the price/performance benefits of software-based networking as a BGP edge routing solution.

Third party performance test comparing Cisco mid-range routing platform with Vyatta Network OS for LAN applications. This paper highlights the emormous price and performance efficiencies gained by choosing a software-based routing solution.

 

Datasheets
Vyatta software provides a complete enterprise-class routing and security feature set capable of scaling from DSL to 20Gbps throughput at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions.This document provides a more detailed description of Vyatta's offerings. 
No registration required.
 

Vyatta Network OS virtual machines tightly integrate enterprise-class routing, security and traffic management technologies into virtual machines that are optimized for the highest possible throughput and security in VMware, Citrix XenServer, Xen and Redhat KVM hypervisor environments. No registration required.

The Vyatta Network OS delivers advanced network security and connectivity in a cloud-ready, virtualization optimized, software appliance. Vyatta’s on demand software approach to cloud security offers cloud providers and enterprises the unique ability to easily provision, deploy, secure and manage and complex n-tier networks.

Vyatta Network OS for Amazon helps enterprises overcome the limitations of Amazon VPC with much more than a simple gateway or firewall solution. The Vyatta Network OS for Amazon delivers enterprise-class stateful firewall, IPsec VPN, SSL-based OpenVPN, network intrusion prevention, secure web filtering, dynamic routing and more, delivering complete control of network security and connectivity within the Amazon VPC environment. No registration required.

The Vyatta Network OS delivers advanced routing and security functionality for the enterprise branch and datacenter as well as the service provider edge and CPE. The Vyatta network operating system includes dynamic routing, stateful firewall, VPN support, threat protection, traffic management and more in a package that is optimized to take advantage of multicore x86 processing power, common hypervisor platforms and emerging cloud architectures. All features are configured through Vyatta’s familiar, networking-centric CLI, web-based GUI or third party management systems using the Vyatta Remote Access API.

The Vyatta 600 offers complete enterprise-class routing and network security in a high-performance small form-factor hardware platform for Small Office and Branch Office environments without a dedicated server or telecom room.

Vyatta 1600 appliances are optimized to provide complete routing and network protection for small to medium enterprise and branch office connectivity. With integrated Vyatta Network OS , broad interface support and an x86-based modular design, Vyatta 1600 Series appliances offer unmatched price, performance, and flexibility for your network.

Vyatta 2600 appliances are designed to connect and secure mid-sized enterprise and hosted environments requiring high-performance routing and security and flexible port density. The Vyatta 2600 appliance is based on high-performance Intel-x86 components and includes eight onboard 1Gb Ethernet ports, two PCIe expansion slot and is packaged in a convenient 1U rack mount form factor.

The Vyatta 3500 Series appliances combine Vyatta open networking software with high-performance hardware to deliver industry-leading price/performance for large enterprise and service provider deployments requiring multi-gigabit per second routing and security.

Vyatta and Riverbed have partnered to deliver a consolidated edge device combining the Vyatta network OS with Riverbed Steelhead appliances. Adding Vyatta's routing and security software to the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP) enables enterprises to deploy a single best-of-breed edge device to connect, protect and optimize branch office networks.

Vyatta's Technical Support and Professional Services are designed to help customers simplify design, installation, configuration and management of software, hardware appliances and virtual machines. From packaged installation and upgrade services to completely custom consulting agreements, the technical team at Vyatta has the knowledge and experience to get your Vyatta-based network up and running and maintaining optimal performance.

Network Virtualization & Cloud Security
The Vyatta Network OS enables a multi-layer security approach in the virtual data center, by delivering comprehensive network security in a single virtual package, deployable in any hypervisor environment.
 
Vyatta Video Library
The who, what & why of Vyatta. Included are product features, typical deployment models and a look at the Vyatta system.
 
Step by step using CLI and web GUI to set IP addresses, host name, domain name, name server and default gateway.
 
Free full length training course to teach you how to use the full power of the Vyatta Command Line Interface. Learn basics of how to login and make, commit and save configuration changes. 
 
This free course covers installation, verification and basic configuration of Vyatta OVF and XVA virtual appliances for adding routing & security to VMware ESX and XenServer environments.  
 
Free Vyatta University Training: How to download, boot, install, run (LiveCD or virtual machine), reboot and shutdown. 
 
Free Vyatta University Training: This short course provides an overview of VPN concepts, as well as listing Vyatta's VPN product offerings.
 
Technical Notes
This guide is designed to offer some basic guidelines for performance and hardware when comparing Vyatta open routing and security solutions and the Cisco routing and security product families. 
 

Vyatta Hardware Recommendation Guidelines
These hardware recommendations are intended to provide general guidelines for selecting a hardware platform for use with Vyatta software across a very wide range of environments. If you have a specific network design in mind and you would like specific recommendations for hardware, please consult your Vyatta sales team.

Quick Evaluation Guide: Boot, Configure, and Test Vyatta Software
This document is intended to provide an overview of the deployment options, and help you determine the best way to deploy the Vyatta System in your environment. It will also provide an overview of the user interface options available on the system and walk you through basic configuration of the system based on a sample scenario.