The Enterprise Network Compute System 5400 Series is the ideal hardware platform to deploy NFV (Network Function Virtualization) to the enterprise network allowing to support routing, switching, FW, WAN optimization, Load Balancing and more in one box that can replace multiple pieces of hardware in the network simplifying the operation and reducing the total cost of ownership.

There are three ENCS models available: ENCS 5412, ENCS 5408 and ENCS 5406. The main building blocks of the solution include: An orchestration environment to allow easy automation of the deployment of
virtualized network service, the VNFs Which provide the desired network functionality, the NFV Infrastructure Software platform and the x86 based compute resources.

Some tested NFVs that can be implemented are: Cisco Integrated Services Virtual Router (ISRv) for virtual routing, Cisco Virtual Wide Area Application Services (vWAAS) for WAN optimization, and Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) for application firewall, although the platform is not limited to Cisco manufacturer's NFVs and third party NFVs can be deployed as long as the solution has been tested and follows industry best practices.