The Cisco Cloud Services Platform 5000 Series is a turnkey, open network functions virtualization platform based on x86 and RHEL Kernel-based Virtual Machine. It is optimized for the networking data plane and for operational simplicity, and can be managed with orchestration or as standalone network platform. The CSP 5000 Series provides the agility of software with the performance of hardware to reduce both time and expense. From the edge of your network to your server farm or point of presence, you can virtualize services with the CSP 5000 to optimize your resource use, hosting several virtual services per node and extending your equipment lifecycle through reuse. And faster deployment of virtual services can help you better support your users and applications.