Karios Nets

Software-Defined Networking Without the Complexity
Modern Networking. Fully Integrated. Software Defined.

Karios Nets is the software-defined networking (SDN) platform built directly into Karios Core. It provides centralized control of physical and virtual networking, allowing organizations to deploy, automate, secure, and manage their entire network infrastructure from a single platform.

Unlike traditional networking solutions that require multiple vendors, separate controllers, proprietary management software, and complex integrations, Karios Nets unifies networking with compute, storage, virtualization, Kubernetes, security, disaster recovery, and infrastructure automation.

The result is a modern networking platform that reduces operational complexity while providing enterprise-class performance, visibility, and security.

One Platform. Complete Network Control.

Karios Nets enables organizations to build highly available software-defined networks across datacenters, edge locations, cloud environments, and remote sites.

Whether managing a single rack or thousands of locations worldwide, administrators gain centralized policy management, automation, and visibility without sacrificing flexibility.

Karios Nets supports traditional enterprise networking while providing the foundation for modern cloud-native infrastructure.

Core Capabilities

Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Centralize network policy while simplifying deployment and ongoing management. Features include:
• Virtual network creation
• Network segmentation
• Dynamic network provisioning
• Distributed switching
• Overlay networking
• Policy-based routing
• Multi-tenant networking
• Logical network abstraction

Enterprise Routing

Deploy modern routing services without proprietary appliances. Supported capabilities include:
• Static Routing
• OSPF
• BGP
• VRRP
• ECMP
• IPv4
• IPv6
• Route redistribution
• High Availability routing

Advanced Switching

Manage physical and virtual switching from one platform. Capabilities include:
• Layer 2 Switching
• Layer 3 Switching
• VLAN Management
• VXLAN
• EVPN Ready
• Link Aggregation (LACP)
• MLAG
• Jumbo Frames
• Quality of Service (QoS)

Virtual Networking

Create isolated networking environments for applications, tenants, or departments. Supports:
• Virtual Switches
• Virtual Routers
• Distributed Firewalls
• Overlay Networks
• Private Networks
• Kubernetes Networking
• Virtual Machine Networking
• Hybrid Cloud Connectivity

High Performance Networking

Built for enterprise workloads, virtualization, AI infrastructure, and high-performance storage. Supports:
• 1GbE
• 10GbE
• 25GbE
• 40GbE
• 100GbE
• 200GbE
• RoCEv2
• RDMA
• Data Center Bridging
• PFC
• ECN
• High-throughput storage networking Designed for modern AI clusters and distributed storage environments.

Built-In Observability

Understanding the network should not require separate monitoring platforms. Karios Nets continuously provides visibility into network health. Features include:
• Real-time topology
• Traffic analytics
• Flow monitoring
• Performance dashboards
• Network inventory
• Device health
• Capacity monitoring
• Bandwidth utilization
• Historical reporting
• Alerting When combined with Karios Atlas and AtlasFlow, operators gain infrastructure-wide visibility including power, cooling, rack utilization, environmental sensors, and network operations from a single interface.

Network Virtualization

Abstract networking from hardware to simplify deployments and migrations. Benefits include:
• Hardware independence
• Rapid provisioning
• Infrastructure portability
• Automated configuration
• Simplified disaster recovery
• Multi-site consistency

Secure by Design

Networking should never be an afterthought. Karios Nets incorporates enterprise security directly into the networking stack. Capabilities include:
• Microsegmentation
• Network Access Control
• ACL Management
• Zero Trust network policies
• East-West traffic isolation
• Encrypted overlays
• Role-Based Access Control
• Audit logging
• Network compliance integration through Karios Shield

Kubernetes Networking

Karios Nets is designed for modern containerized infrastructure. Native integration provides:
• Kubernetes network automation
• Service networking
• Pod networking
• Namespace isolation
• Ingress networking
• Multi-cluster networking
• Bare Metal Kubernetes support
• Integrated load balancing

Multi-Site Networking

Operate infrastructure across multiple locations as though they were a single environment. Capabilities include:
• Datacenter interconnect
• Edge networking
• Branch networking
• WAN optimization
• SD-WAN integration
• Site-to-site overlays
• Global policy synchronization
• Automatic failover

Network Automation

Manual networking is slow. Karios Nets automates deployment, provisioning, and lifecycle management. Automation includes:
• Zero-touch network provisioning
• Configuration templates
• API-driven networking
• Infrastructure as Code
• Network orchestration
• Automated VLAN deployment
• Automated route configuration
• Policy synchronization
• Change management Integrated with Karios Forge, network devices can be automatically discovered, provisioned, updated, and maintained throughout their lifecycle.

Integrated SD-WAN

Karios Nets extends networking beyond the datacenter. Organizations can securely connect remote offices, edge locations, factories, hospitals, retail stores, and field operations using software-defined WAN technologies. Supported connectivity includes:
• Broadband Internet
• MPLS
• 5G
• LTE
• Satellite
• Microwave
• Fiber
• Hybrid WAN Traffic can be intelligently routed based on latency, bandwidth, packet loss, business policy, or application requirements.

Why Karios Nets?

Traditional networking platforms require organizations to assemble solutions from multiple vendors, integrate numerous management systems, and maintain separate operational teams.

Karios Nets eliminates that complexity by delivering enterprise networking as a native capability of Karios Core. Organizations gain software-defined networking, enterprise routing, automation, observability, and security from a single platform that manages the entire infrastructure lifecycle.

The result is faster deployments, lower operational costs, improved resilience, and a networking architecture built for virtualization, Kubernetes, AI, edge computing, and modern datacenters.

Key Benefits

  • Fully integrated Software Defined Networking
  • Centralized management
  • Enterprise routing and switching
  • Native Kubernetes networking
  • Multi-site and SD-WAN capabilities
  • Zero-touch provisioning
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Built-in observability
  • Enterprise security
  • AI and high-performance networking ready
  • No proprietary networking controller required
  • Single platform for compute, storage, virtualization, and networking