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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Expands 5G Portfolio with Automated 5G Management Solution

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Fully integrated 5G automation software simplifies operations and reduces risk  for 5G networks, slices and services with HPE’s innovative infrastructure  management and AI/ML-driven automation technologies.

DigitalCFO Asia Newsroom | 3 August 2021

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has announced a new 5G  software solution that adds fully integrated automated management to HPE’s existing 5G portfolio.  The solution includes HPE 5G Automated Assurance and a new 5G capability for HPE Service Director, which together simplify the management of 5G networks and reduce deployment risksthrough a zero  touch, closed-loop system. The new automation software monitors and orchestrates the network functions, infrastructure, slices and services, automatically acting on issues detected to secure service  continuity. The software is pre-integrated with HPE’s open 5G solutions, including the HPE 5G Core  Stack, as well as leveraging open-source technologies and offering open APIs to integrate with multi vendor deployments. 

While 5G will bring huge enhancements in terms of bandwidth, latency and the number of devices  and services supported, it also introduces massive complexity and operational risks for network  operators. 5G standards have been designed to embrace open, cloud-native platforms that utilize  disaggregated software and hardware components from a variety of vendors. As a result, telcos  deploying 5G networks will need to manage and maintain numerous network slices, thousands of  virtual machines and hundreds of virtual/containerized network functions (VNFs/CNFs) across  thousands of sites.  

HPE’s 5G automation software reduces the risk of managing a multi-vendor 5G network, providing  automation capabilities that span from infrastructure management to slice automation, utilizing open  and secure software components. Operators can deploy the 5G automation solution in compliance  with standards such as ETSI and 3GPP, combining automated assurance with orchestration to enable  a full zero-touch closed-loop process. Whenever new network functions, slices and services are  deployed, it automatically engages monitoring which detects service degradations and automatically triggers the repair, scaling or optimization of the infrastructure and services. 

HPE’s integrated 5G automation solution is designed for countless 5G use cases, introducing key  innovations such as intent-based orchestration, AI/ML-based assurance, CNF on boarding, automated  slice management, and infrastructure elasticity. This new 5G software solution joins the HPE 5G  software portfolio alongside the previously released HPE 5G Core Stack, HPE Open RAN Solution Stack and edge solutions, including HPE Edge Orchestrator. It builds on HPE’s legacy as a leading vendor of  service assurance, orchestration and infrastructure management solutions for fixed and mobile  networks, accelerating telcos’ ability to deploy 5G.  

The software is pre-integrated with the HPE 5G Core Stack, and also integrates with multi-vendor  network functions (NFs) from HPE and partners. Integration and testing with both HPE and partner’s  NFs is being performed at HPE’s 5G Lab in Fort Collins, Colorado. 

“To fully seize the opportunity presented by 5G and network slicing, network operators need to  embrace the open, cloud-native principles that have been built into the industry standards”, said  Domenico Convertino, VP of Product Management, HPE Communications Technology Group. “In line  with this approach, HPE has developed fully integrated automation capabilities that de-risk 5G  deployments and maximize business return for network operators. Building on our leadership in telco cloud, operations support systems and orchestration, we are introducing an integrated offering that  accelerates automation in the industry.” 

The new 5G automation solution brings intent-based orchestration with a new 5G capability for HPE  Service Director and provides AI/ML-driven assurance with a new product, HPE 5G Automated  Assurance. 

A new 5G capability for HPE Service Director 

HPE Service Director orchestrates complex 5G infrastructure and services in a simple, codeless way to  optimize operational processes across connectivity, compute, application and network functions. It uses intent-based modelling to design service models and their policies to orchestrate the business  processes and the complete lifecycle across hybrid environments, enabling operators to embrace DevOps. HPE Service Director’s new 5G Capability provides zero-touch, profile-driven 5G network  slicing orchestration and fully automated management of the lifecycle of network slices across all  domains. It is complemented by HPE NFV Director, a proven, scalable ETSI-compliant resource  orchestration offering for both VNFs and CNFs. 

HPE 5G Automated Assurance 

HPE 5G Automated Assurance allows telcos to automate the detection, prediction and remediation of  5G network issues and service degradation, thanks to ML-based data-driven 5G-ready intelligence and  an open, secure design. It collects and analyses a huge amount of diverse information from the 5G  network in real time to detect anomalies or problem patterns and trigger appropriate remediation.  The HPE 5G Automated Assurance solution has been designed from the ground up to operate in a  multi-vendor ecosystem, easily interworking with different technologies from multiple vendors. 

These two new automation solutions are complemented by the HPE Resource Aggregator for Open  Distributed Infrastructure Management that simplifies the management of telco grade compute  infrastructure across thousands of sites. 

Availability 

The 5G capability for HPE Service Director and HPE 5G Automated Assurance will be available globally  in October 2021. Further information is available at: hpe.com/telco/automate 

About Hewlett Packard Enterprise  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations  accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere. Built on decades of  reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers unique,  open and intelligent technology solutions delivered as a service – spanning Compute, Storage,  Software, Intelligent Edge, High Performance Computing and Mission Critical Solutions – with a  consistent experience across all clouds and edges, designed to help customers develop new business  models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance. For more information, visit: www.hpe.com.


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