6WIND VSR Appliance – Powered by Dell Technologies

Pre-integrated, validated, and supported by Dell Technologies

6WIND VSR Appliance

Software agility. Carrier-grade performance. Delivered as a turnkey appliance.

The 6WIND Virtual Service Router (VSR) Appliance combines high-performance 6WIND software with Dell Technologies’ trusted infrastructure in a compact 1U system—simplifying deployment while delivering predictable, multi-gigabit to multi-terabit performance for service providers and enterprises.

Highlights

6WIND VSR Appliance

Flexible Configurations to Fit Any Network

Available in S, M, L, XL, XXL sizes, the appliance scales from 4x25G to 4x400G ports — delivering performance headroom for broadband, mobile, enterprise, and edge deployments.

Trusted Dell Ecosystem Support

A true carrier-grade experience with:

Dell Mission-Critical 4-hour support or Next Business Day options

AC or DC power choices

NEBS Level 3 compliant SKUs

On-site deployment services including racking, cabling, and connectivity

Key Benefits

High-Performance by Design

Powered by the latest Intel Xeon 6 P-core processors, the appliance offers industry-leading throughput and ultra-low latency for demanding workloads including vBNG, vCGNAT, vSecGW, vFW, dUPF, vBorder Router, and more.

Operational Simplicity – One vendor, one appliance, one support model.

Reduced TCO – Avoid proprietary hardware lock-in while maximizing throughput per watt.

Faster Time to Value – Pre-validated, ready-to-deploy system accelerates service rollout.

Single Point of Contact – Procurement, support, and lifecycle management through Dell and its authorized partners.

Powered by Dell Technologies – Enterprise-grade reliability aligned with global support readiness.

Features & Capabilities

Performance & Networking Options

Choose from Intel E830/E835 NICs or NVIDIA/Mellanox ConnectX-6/7 to tailor your performance and feature needs.

Port options include

4x25G → 8x25G

2x100G → 8x100G

Up to 4x400G for multi-terabit capacity

Compute & Memory

Up to 48 P-cores on Intel Xeon 6

Up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RDIMM ECC

Expansion & Interfaces

PCIe Gen5

OCP 3.0 slots

Built-in Intel I350 1G ports

Resilient Architecture

1U Dell PowerEdge R470XL

Dual hot-swappable SSDs (RAID 1)

Redundant AC or DC Titanium PSUs

Hot-swappable fans

Features & Capabilities

Available Configurations (T-Shirt Sizing)

SizeCoresMemoryPort Options
S1216 GB4×10G, 4×25G
M2432 GB8×10G, 8×25G
M’2432 GB2×100G
L3264 GB4×100G
XL48128 GB6×100G, 8×100G
XXL64256 GB4×400G

Ideal Use Cases

6WIND VSR Appliance

Broadband Edge (vBNG)

High throughput and predictable performance for large-scale subscriber management.

Carrier-Grade NAT (vCGNAT)

Massive scalability with deterministic performance.

Security (vSecGW, vFW)

Hardware-assisted acceleration for encrypted traffic and firewalling.

Mobile Core (dUPF)

Low-latency, high-throughput user plane processing for 4G/5G deployments.

Border Routing / Aggregation

Run BGP, EVPN, and advanced routing at scale without proprietary routers.

Enterprise Network Modernization

A compact, unified platform for branch, data center, and cloud edge.

6WIND VSR Appliance

Why 6WIND + Dell Technologies

Bringing together 6WIND’s ultra-high-performance VSR software with Dell’s trusted, globally supported infrastructure gives operators a fully-validated, future-proof framework that removes integration complexity and accelerates modern network rollouts — without sacrificing carrier-grade reliability.

Ready to simplify and scale your network?