If you have virtualized the traditional appliance-based network infrastructure at your branch or remote office with the Cisco 5400 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) appliance, you can use Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) to deploy the VM-Series firewall within your Cisco network. The VM-Series firewall serves as a virtual network function (VNF) with next-generation firewall capabilities to safely enable all applications and protect your branch or remote office users and network from threats.

The Cisco Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) appliances combine with Cisco Integrated Services Virtual Routers (ISRV) and NFVIS software to support Software-Defined Branch (SD-Branch) network architectures.