Programmable Network Platform of activity in Industry

Programmable Network Platform of activity in Industry

APAN 32nd India, 24th Aug 2011Y hihik K iYoshihiko KanaumiNEC Corporation

(C) Copyright of NEC Corporation

OutlineOutline

▐ Trials of NEC OpenFlow Switch (ProgrammableFlow Switch)Switch)

▐ ProgrammableFlow Product Overview▐▐ P bl Fl d i I T kP bl Fl d i I T k▐▐ ProgrammableFlow demonstration on Interop Tokyo ProgrammableFlow demonstration on Interop Tokyo

2011 ShowNet2011 ShowNet▐ Commercial Customers of ProgrammableFlow

system▐ NEC’s Open Source based OpenFlow Controller

Platform: Trema

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Trials of NEC OpenFlow SwitchTrials of NEC OpenFlow Switch-- PFlow SwitchPFlow Switch


OpenFlow trial in Stanford OpenFlow trial in Stanford ▐ OpenFlow switch trial from Jan.2009▐ OpenFlow spec 1.0 compliant, and

interoperable with HP.

▐ OpenFlow Mobility trial from Jan. 2009 ▐ Use 90 Wifi BS, 2 NEC WiMAX BS▐ Trial of Wifi-WiMAX vertical H/Ointeroperable with HP.

▐ Coexist with production network and OpenFlow networks isolated by multiple virtual hardware switches Wireless APs deployed in Gates (30 APs)

▐ Trial of Wifi-WiMAX vertical H/O,▐ potential use of dynamic flow control

multiple virtual hardware switches Gates104

ＮＥＣ OFSOn wiring tray along the corridorMobile WiMAX Basestation (NEC)

• 2.496-2.690 GHz• Tx power (Max): 40dBm (10W)

Antenna (3dBi)ASN-GW (Linux PC)

• Tx power (Max): 40dBm (10W)• Bandwidth: 5 or 10MHz• FCC Experimental License : Upto 27dBm (502.1mW)

Basestation

Wiring closet in Gates building

Client card (CardBus)Page 4 (C) Copyright of NEC Corporation

GENI OpenFlow Campus TrialGENI OpenFlow Campus Trial

▐ GENI 9th Conference @ Washington D.C. (Nov.2010)

GENI OpenFlow Campus Interconnect Demo

OpenFlow Campus Demo was done among 8+alpha universities(Stanford, (GeorgiaTech, Indiana, Wisconsin, Purdue, Princeton, Univ. ofPrinceton, Univ. of Washington, Duke, Rutgers)NEC OpenFlow Switches are being used in GENI Trialbeing used in GENI Trial Network.

NEC’s OpenFlow Switches

http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GEC9_snapshots


IPIP--TV Broadcast Trial with OpenFlow in JGN2plus (Feb. 2010)TV Broadcast Trial with OpenFlow in JGN2plus (Feb. 2010)

Th Fi t O Fl b d i l i t i l b d WANThe First OpenFlow based commercial service trial based on WAN ▐ 30 NEC PFS-es are allocated in Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and etc on JGN2Plus in

conjenction with NICT▐ Joint trial with NIC on JGN2Plus to broadcast baseball games and Sapporo Snow Festival▐ Joint trial with NIC on JGN2Plus to broadcast baseball games and Sapporo Snow Festival

・Sapporo snow festival・HBC・HTB・HTBHOTnet

・TJB・

KOREN

TV Broadcast as OpenFlow application

・NTT Kyushu

・NTT Tokyo

KOREN

・P2P / P2MP transmission of SDTV/HDTV・Bi/tri casting for reliable transfer

application・KDDI Tokyo

・MBSABC ・Bi/tri-casting for reliable transfer

・Network slicing and virtualization

Flow setup in 7msec flow

・ABC・CKP・NTT

・Okinnawa

Flow setup in 7msec flowDynamic flow visualization


ProgrammableFlow Product OverviewProgrammableFlow Product Overviewgg


Introducing the ProgrammableFlow Product LineIntroducing the ProgrammableFlow Product Line

Open, Scalable, Simple Fast NetworkingProgrammableFlow Network Fabric provides a scalable and extensible platform for integrating network management and control with the rest of IT Infrastructure.integrating network management and control with the rest of IT Infrastructure. ProgrammableFlow allows network administrators dramatically improved control over the network infrastructure compared to other legacy platforms. ProgrammableFlow Network Fabric:g

Provides centralized control and visibility at every level of network infrastructureUnlocks the power of OpenFlow switching through open interfacesIs a scalable and extensible network control platform with fine grained networkIs a scalable and extensible network control platform with fine grained network control capabilities

PF series

ProgrammableFlow Controller (PFC) ProgrammableFlow Switch (PFS)

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OF Switch Licenses


First OpenFlow Products (Controller and switch)First OpenFlow Products (Controller and switch)-- New ProgrammableFlow productsNew ProgrammableFlow products

▐ ProgrammableFlow Switch (PFS) PF5240Port Counts: 1GbE x 48 + (10GbE(SFP+) or 1GbE(SFP)) x 4Large Flow Entry model (beyond 100K entries)Large Flow Entry model (beyond 100K entries)OpenFlow 1.0 supportWire-rate forwarding of OpenFlow traffic with flow entry search and its actions specified by controller

ProgrammableFlow Switch PF5240▐ ProgrammableFlow Controller (PFC) Software

Active / Standby RedundancyActive / Standby RedundancyOpenFlow 1.0 support

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p ppTopology discovery, L2/L3 virtualized network design (VTN), Multipath routing/load balancing, Automatic failure recovery, Waypoint integration to network Softwareappliance (NAT/firewall/traffic shaper/load balancers/proxy web servers) etc.

▐ ProgrammableFlow Management Console ProgrammableFlow Controller

Console of PFC


ProgrammableFlow demonstration on ProgrammableFlow demonstration on Interop Tokyo 2011 ShowNetInterop Tokyo 2011 ShowNetInterop Tokyo 2011 ShowNetInterop Tokyo 2011 ShowNet


Demonstration on InteropTokyo2011 ShowNet

Multiple switch over between Data Centers and effective utilization of Private and

PublicVirtual HQ (NEC booth)Virtual HQ (NEC booth)

for Business Continuity Public

for Business Continuity ●Building a network to look

like one virtual network on ShowNetlike one virtual network on multiple data centers

●Available for load balancing and changing the route on not

l DC b t FLOW

ShowNetNW pool NW pool

only DC but FLOW

●Accommodation of IT resource

For exampleStorageＬ

ＢＦＷ

Server StorageＬＢ

ＦＷ Server

●Switch over DC for saving on electricity and disaster discovery

●Accommodation of IT resource on Hybrid Cloud

ＢＷServer poolAppliance pool

ＢServer poolAppliance pool

ShowNet Virtual Osaka DC

ShowNet Virtual Osaka DC

ShowNet Virtual Tokyo DC（Private Cloud）

ShowNet Virtual Tokyo DC（Private Cloud）discovery

Point of this demonstration・Enable to leverage the duplicative IP address on multi DC to easily move servers and simply

establish network

DC（Public Cloud）

DC（Public Cloud）

（Private Cloud）（Private Cloud）

・Enable to pool security appliance by using virtual Fire wall and Load Balancer with the multi tenant function

・Enable to normally leverage the resource of two DC by controlling flow and switch over DC if meet disaster

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Hybrid cloud model including private cloud and public cloud

Switching over between virtual DCs, after stopping the function of a virtual DC1 ShowNet virtual Tokyo DC (private cloud) virtual Osaka DC

Virtual HQ (NEC booth)Virtual HQ (NEC booth)

1. ShowNet virtual Tokyo DC (private cloud) – virtual Osaka DC (Public cloud)

2. Virtual HQ (NEC booth) – virtual Osaka DC (Public cloud)

ShowNet②NW pool NW pool ②

StorageＬＢＦＷ Serve

Server poolAppliance pool

StorageＬＢＦＷ Server

Server poolAppliance pool

Sh N t Virt l T k DCSh N t Virt l T k DC ShowNet Virtual DC（Public Cloud）ShowNet Virtual DC（Public Cloud）

ShowNet Virtual Tokyo DC（Private Cloud）ShowNet Virtual Tokyo DC（Private Cloud）

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Feature of deploying OpenFlow to the existing network

To deploy a network virtualization for Cloud Computing, It’s necessary to be beyond the legacy switching function

NEC release ProgammableFlow series products

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NEC release ProgammableFlow series products

for the new architecture with OpenFlow function

Divide of the network function between physical and logicalDivide of the network function between physical and logicalDivide of the network function between physical and logical Divide of the network function between physical and logical

1.1. Enable to install the multiEnable to install the multi--logical network on one physical networklogical network on one physical networkg p yg p y2.2. Enable to establish the just one physical network if there are DCs Enable to establish the just one physical network if there are DCs

for long distancefor long distance

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Physical Diagram of the demonstration on ShowNet

Virtual security Appliance

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Logical Diagram of the demonstration on ShowNet

vBr

vRouter

x.x.x.x/24 x.x.x.x/24 x.x.x.x/24

VM1

VM2LB_OSK2

OsakaDC

vBr3ShowNet

FW HQ1

FW_OSK1 vBr2-1

LB HQ1

LB_OSK1

VM3

vBr1vR0

FW_HQ2

FW_HQ1 vBr2-2

LB_HQ2

LB_HQ1 VM4

HQPC

Load balancer

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Firewall

Map of the physical and logical diagram on ShowNet

LogicalVM1 VM2 VM3 VM4VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4VM3VM1 VM2

Mapping 4 logical networks to physical network in Tokyo, Osaka and Virtual HQ Mapping 4 logical networks to physical network in Tokyo, Osaka and Virtual HQ

vBR3Logical NW 1

vBR3Logical NW 2ShowNet vBR3

Logical NW 3ShowNet

Logical NW 4

vBR1 LBFWShowNet vR

vBR2vBR1

LBFWShowNet vR

vBR2vBR1

vR FW LBvBR2

Logical NW 3

vBR1

Logical NW 4

Physical

PCPC PCPC

Physical

LB

FW

ServerLB

FW

ServerLB

FW

Server

FW

PFS

FW

PFS

FW

PFS ShowNet Tokyo DC（Private Cloud）ShowNet Osaka DC

Virtual HQ（NEC booth）

（Public Cloud）

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Commercial customers of PFlow systemCommercial customers of PFlow systemyy


Customer Case StudyCustomer Case Study▐▐ Networking Challenges

Nippon Express built a common datacenter in order to gain efficiency and improve IT governancep gLarge numbers of virtual servers were created after server consolidation. The network had to be redesigned and reconfigured after each migration, driving operational costs and complexity

Reduction in operational costReduction in operational cost

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` Customer Goals

(1) Changing the culture of network operation.(2) Reducing the operational/maintenance cost caused by migration.(1) Changing the culture of network operation.(2) Reducing the operational/maintenance cost caused by migration.

B fit R li dB fit R li dSignificantly reduce the load of operation by simplifying network throughcentralized control.Significantly reduce the load of operation by simplifying network throughcentralized control.

Benefits RealizedBenefits Realized

Realize the multi-tenant network virtualization environment easily without physical restriction. The cause of failures in communication path and quality deterioration are visually

Realize the multi-tenant network virtualization environment easily without physical restriction. The cause of failures in communication path and quality deterioration are visually

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The cause of failures in communication path and quality deterioration are visuallyfound instantly through network visualization.The cause of failures in communication path and quality deterioration are visuallyfound instantly through network visualization.


Customer Case StudyCustomer Case Study▐▐ Genesis Hosting Solutions provides one of the most flexible hosted

computing service available today. Genesis ‘build-your-own cloud environments' enables customers to build and provision customized, highly available virtual machine clustersavailable virtual machine clusters.

▐ Networking ChallengesTime to implement and complexity of network reconfigurationsInconsistent protocol support across network gear

Customer Goals

(1) Create Strategy for Mass Scale without increasing network complexity(2) Add new services without hardware upgrades(3) Maintain and improve network SLAs

(1) Create Strategy for Mass Scale without increasing network complexity(2) Add new services without hardware upgrades(3) Maintain and improve network SLAs( ) p( ) p

Interoperability with existing InfrastructureInteroperability with existing Infrastructure

Decision FactorsDecision Factors

p y gIndependent IP Range and IP Gateway address assignmentsScalable, robust network without need to change existing network design

p y gIndependent IP Range and IP Gateway address assignmentsScalable, robust network without need to change existing network design

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Ability to create new per tenant network servicesAbility to create new per tenant network services


NEC’s Open Source basedNEC’s Open Source basedOpenFlow Controller Platform: TremaOpenFlow Controller Platform: TremaOpenFlow Controller Platform: TremaOpenFlow Controller Platform: Trema


Open Source OpenFlow Controller: TremaOpen Source OpenFlow Controller: Trema

▐ Free Software “Trema” as GPLv2Open to public at Apr.2011p p pRepository: https://github.com/trema/ML [email protected] @trema_news

▐ OpenFlow controller platformPlatform for researcher andPlatform for researcher and developer≠ commercial controller

▐ Software Developer’s EnvironmentIncludes network emulator for d b idebuggingTDD (Test Driven Development) FrameworkSupport C and Ruby


Trema overviewTrema overview

▐ Trema + User’s own application = OpenFlow controllerTrema main body @ https://github.com/trema/tremay @ p gSample application @ https://github.com/trema/apps

Routing control, topology discovery,

OpenFlow Controller TremaTremaUser moduleUser module User moduleUser module User moduleUser module

g , p gy y,Authentication-driven application

Core modulesCore modules Interactive Interactive ShellShell

D bD bBasic librariesBasic libraries OpenFlow protocol stackOpenFlow protocol stack

OpenFlowS

DebuggerDebugger

Controller Controller and network and network Integrated

SwitchHost

configurationconfigurationg

network emulator

Real network


Summary

▐ Trials of NEC OpenFlow Switch▐ Product Overview▐ Product Overview▐▐ Demonstration on Interop Tokyo 2011 ShowNetDemonstration on Interop Tokyo 2011 ShowNet▐ Commercial Customers of ProgrammableFlow

system▐ NEC’s Open Source based OpenFlow Controller

Platform: Trema



True Network Virtualization enabled by OpenFlowTrue Network Virtualization enabled by OpenFlow▐▐ Provides

Multiple L2/L3 to L4/L7 virtual networks and its design tool (CLI and GUI)Visualize and control any flows in both virtual and physical networksVisualize and control any flows in both virtual and physical networks

vBridge

通信経路表示

Vi t l t k

vRouter Firewall Load Balancer

Virtual networks Physical network


Virtual Network Design for L2/L3 to L4/L7Virtual Network Design for L2/L3 to L4/L7

▐ Allows us to design any L2/L3 to L4/L7 network by components of vRouters, vBridges, Network appliances, and server/terminals in any fl ibl f hiflexible fashion.

VTN1 (SubNetwork1)

vRouter

Isolated VTN1 (SubNetwork1)

vRouter vBridge vBridgeVirtual Networks

VTN2(SubNetwork2)

Physical Network

PFC

Fi llOpenFlowProtocol

FirewallNAT Load

Balancer

Switch Pool Network Appliance Pool Server Pool


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