During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022, Tolly Group — a global provider of 
testing and third-party validation and certification services — released a 
comparison test report between Huawei CloudFabric 3.0 Hyper-Converged Data 
Center Network Solution and a mainstream data center SDN solution. According to 
the report, Huawei CloudFabric 3.0 Solution received 3.51 points — far higher 
than the 2.8 points given to the mainstream data center SDN solution — and is 
the only L3.5 data center autonomous driving network solution among all 
solutions ever verified by Tolly.

Digital transformation results in exponentially more complex data center 
networks; cloudification and new applications are constantly changing and are 
increasingly demanding of networks; and the network scale increases 
drastically, with a large number of multi-vendor network devices. 

To address these challenges, Huawei puts forward its vision of autonomous 
driving networks to cope with the increased network complexity that results 
from technological innovations, as well as realize automated network O&M 
similar to autonomous vehicles. Autonomous driving networks are categorized 
into levels L0 to L5. Each level has different key capabilities and features, 
covering the entire lifecycle from network planning and construction to 
maintenance and optimization.

According to the index evaluation system for data center autonomous driving 
networks, Tolly has conducted over 150 index tests spanning 39 subcategories in 
six categories (planning and design, deployment and provisioning, service 
provisioning, monitoring and troubleshooting, network change, and parameter 
adjustment) across the four phases (Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, and Day N) of the data 
center lifecycle. Huawei CloudFabric 3.0 was given a score of 3.51 points, and 
is the only data center network solution that Tolly has ever evaluated to 
implement L3.5 autonomous driving. 

Kevin Tolly, the founder and CEO of Tolly Group, said: "Huawei CloudFabric 3.0 
Hyper-Converged Data Center Network Solution has significant advantages in 
aspects of heterogeneous device management, simulation and verification, 
unified multi-cloud orchestration, network health evaluation, and risk 
prediction."

Amid accelerated digital transformation of enterprises, data center networks 
evolve from single-cloud and single-DC to intra-city active-active, remote 
disaster recovery, and multi-clouds or hybrid clouds. Against this backdrop, 
issues such as complex multi-vendor management, difficult multi-cloud 
interconnection, and extremely complex large-scale O&M have become more 
notable. 

Huawei CloudFabric 3.0 Hyper-Converged Data Center Network Solution upgrades 
single-cloud, single-DC, and single-vendor networks to multi-cloud, multi-DC, 
and multi-vendor networks featuring full-lifecycle automation and network-wide 
intelligent management. In addition, leveraging innovative technologies such as 
AOC 3.0, digital twin, and knowledge graph, Huawei CloudFabric 3.0 implements 
heterogeneous network management, cross-cloud service provisioning within 
seconds, and simulation and verification, as well as locating faults between 
applications and networks in minutes in an end-to-end manner. This solution 
facilitates agile service innovation and enables real-time service provisioning.

Huawei CloudFabric 3.0 Hyper-Converged Data Center Network Solution has won 
industry-wide accolades for its differentiated advantages in technological 
innovations and has been widely used across industries such as finance, 
government, large enterprises, and carriers. It accelerates enterprises' 
digital transformation and helps customers achieve business success.

MWC Barcelona 2022 runs from February 28 to March 3 in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei 
Enterprise's exhibition booth is located at 1H50 in Hall 1 of Fira Gran Via. 
For more details about digital transformation of industries, please visit: 
Huawei Enterprise at MWC 2022 | New Value Together



SOURCE: Huawei

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