Nuage Networks: Delivering Datacenter Networks As Consumable as Compute

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PROPRIETARY  –  USE  PURSUANT  TO  COMPANY  INSTRUCTION  Nuage  Networks  

Delivering  Datacenter  Networks  As  Consumable  as  Compute  

Sunil  Khandekar  October  2013  

@SunilSKhandekar  

§  10-­‐40x  more  endpoints  

Explosion  

Number  of  endpoints  

TradiXonal  Server  Environment   Virtualized  Compute  Environment    

Nature  of  connecXons  

ConnecXon  longevity  

Service  Requirements   Simple   Variable  

Impacts  on  Network  

§  Highly  staXc  

§  ConfiguraXon-­‐driven  

§  NOT  reflexive  to  applicaXon  needs    

Cumbersome  

NETWORK  ELEMENT  MANAGER  

Fabric  (ToR  &  Core  SW)  

DC  Edge  (GW-­‐Router)  

OrchestraXon  

STORAGE  MGMT  

App App

COMPUTE  MGMT  

V-­‐Switch  

Cumbersome  

§  Islands  of  connecXvity  

§  Simplest  applicaXons  supported  

Restricted  

Business  VPN  Service  

Private  Datacenter  

Restricted  

§  UnderuXlized  assets  

§  NOT  mulX-­‐tenanted  

Inefficient  

57%  

18%  

13%  

8%  4%  

Source:    James  Hamilton,  Amazon  Architect  Note:  3  yr  server  &  10  yr  infrastructure  amorXzaXon  

Servers  

Other  Networking  

Power  

Power  DistribuXon    &  cooling  

Inefficient  

A  shih  in    How  applicaBons  interact  with  the  network  ABSTRACTION  

IT-­‐Friendly  DefiniXon  

A  Fundamental  ShiG  

Lost  in  TranslaXon  

A  shih  in    How  network  services  are  instanBated  AUTOMATION  

Auto-­‐instanXaXon  

A  Fundamental  ShiG  

ConfiguraXon-­‐driven  

§  SDN Controller §  Instantaneous programming of the network Federated  Control  

§  Event-driven automation §  Integration of bare-metal assets

Massively  Distributed  Virtual  Endpoints    

§  Setting “Rules of the Game” for slices & tenants §  Analytics & service templates Policy  &  AnalyBcs  

SDN  Toolset  

Toolset  for  Realizing  the  Principles  of  SDN  

STATUS QUO: WHAT’S  NEEDED  &  POSSIBLE:  

Within  one  datacenter  (parBal  or  full) Across  mulBple  datacenters

Manual   Seamless,  Automated

L2  with  L3/L4  support Integrated  L2-­‐L4

Islands  of  VirtualizaBon   True  Hybrid  Clouds  &  Boundary-­‐less  networks

Basic   Policy-­‐based  provisioning,  abstracBon  and  analyBcs

A  Leap  to  What  is  Needed,  and  What  is  Possible  

Programmability  

Programmability  

ROLE  BASED  HIERARCHY   FLEXIBLE  ASSIGNMENT  TO  RESOURCES    

Service  Provider   Groups  Enterprise   Users  

Service  Provider  

Enterprise  A  

Enterprise  B  

Engineering  

OperaXons  

QA  

OperaXons  

Engineering  

User  2  

User  1  

User  3  

User  2  

User  1  

User  2  

User  1  

User  3  

User  1  

User  2  

Domain  2  

App  Container  

Zones  

Domain  1  

App  Container  

Zones  

ROLE  BASED  HIERARCHY   FLEXIBLE  ASSIGNMENT  TO  RESOURCES    

Programmability  

AutomaBon  

Instant,  policy-­‐based  connecXvity  

IP  Network  

VM

VM

VM

Compute  &  Storage  Mgmt.  

SDN    Policy  &  Control  

Compute  or  Storage  Event  

AutomaBon  

Compute or Storage

Event

Virtual  switches  

Seamless  ConnecBvity,  Without  RestricBons  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  DC1    Zone  1  

Cloud  Service    Management  Plane  

Datacenter    Control  Plane  

Datacenter  Data  Plane  DC1  Zone  2   Datacenter  2`  

FederaXon  of  controllers  

DC  WAN  Router  

Service  Provider  Data  Plane  

IP  /  MPLS  

Service  Provider  Control  Plane  

SDN  Controller  

Policy  &  AnalyBcs  

SDN  Controller  

Business  VPN  Service  

Private  Datacenter  

Domain  

Subnets  

VPN  Internet  

Zones  

Policies  

Seamless  ConnecBvity  

DATACENTER    NETWORK  

. . . .

Any  Compute  VirtualizaXon  Environment  

Any  Datacenter  Networking  Hardware  

Any  Server  or  Hypervisor  

Open  &  Unrestricted  

But…  What  RestricBon  SBll  Exists?  

DATACENTER    NETWORK  

. . . .

VIRTUALIZED    

ASSETS  NON-­‐VIRTUALIZED    

ASSETS  

DATACENTER    NETWORK  

. . . .

§  Over  HALF  of  all  datacenter  assets  remain  non-­‐virtualized  

§  Why  shouldn’t  the  benefits                                  of  SDN  automaXon  extend  across  ALL  of  your  datacenter  assets?  

Hypervisor  Hypervisor  Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  Hypervisor  Hypervisor  

Datacenter  IP  Network                        Back  to  VLANs…                                    Gateway  

Hypervisor  Bare  Metal  

VLAN

DC  Routers  

WAN  

Where  are  they  needed  in  exisXng  soluXons?  1.  Gepng  out  of  the  Datacenter  

§  “Back  to  Square  1”:  complex  VLAN  sXtching  2.  SupporXng  Bare  metal  servers    

§  L2  only  services  &  limited  feature  capability  

Gateway

The  Role  of  Gateways  

Puang  it  all  Together  

SLOW   INSTANTANEOUS  

RESTRICTED   BOUNDARYLESS  

EliminaBng  Datacenter  Network  Constraints  

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Delivering  the  Power  and  Value  of  SDN  NOW  

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