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DATACENTER NETWORKS AS CONSUMABLE AS COMPUTE Sunil Khandekar 14 November 2013

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Datacenter  Networks  as  Consumable  as  Compute  

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“It’s  the  Applica;on,  stupid!”  

§  For  the  past  50  years:                                              The  NETWORK  has  been  the  “product”  

§  Now  &  looking  ahead:  APPLICATION  DELIVERY  is  the  “product”    

§  As  needs  change,                                                                                                                                          so  should  our  approach  to  networks…  

 

SEE:  nuagenetworks.net/blog  

ABSTRACTION  A  Fundamental  ShiN  

A  shi[  in    How  applica;ons  interact  with  the  network  

IT-­‐Friendly  Defini]on  

A  Fundamental  ShiN  

Lost  in  Transla]on  

AUTOMATION  A  Fundamental  ShiN  

A  shi[  in    How  network  services  are  instan;ated  

Auto-­‐instan]a]on  

A  Fundamental  ShiN  

Configura]on-­‐driven  

The  Value  of  Nuage  Networks    

§  Taking  the  datacenter  as  it  stands  

§  Policy-­‐Based  Network  Auto-­‐instan]a]on  

§  Virtualizing  Networks  not  islands  

§  Within  &  across  Datacenters  &  branches  

ANY  APPLICATION,    ANY  CLOUD,    EVERY  TIME.  

§  SDN Controller §  Instantaneous programming of the network

Virtualized  Services  Controller  (VSC)  

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

Virtual  Rou;ng  &  Switching  (VRS)  

§  Business/IT policy engine (definition of rules) §  Analytics & service templates

Virtualized  Services  Directory  (VSD)  

Virtualized  Services  PlaZorm  (VSP)  

Nuage  Networks  VSP  SoNware  Suite  

Nuage  Removes  Datacenter  Networking  Constraints  

Within  one  datacenter  (par;al  or  full)   Across  mul;ple  datacenters  

Manual   Seamless,  Automated  

L2  with  L3/L4  support   Integrated  L2-­‐L4  

Islands  of  Virtualiza;on   True  Hybrid  Environments  &  Boundary-­‐less  networks  

Status  Quo:  

Nuage  Removes  Datacenter  Networking  Constraints  

Across  mul;ple  datacenters  

Seamless,  Automated  

Integrated  L2-­‐L4  

True  Hybrid  Environments  &  Boundary-­‐less  networks  

Customer  Scenarios  

Large  Tech  Enterprises   Cloud  Service  Providers    

Service  Providers    Evolving  networks    

to  embrace  the  cloud  

-­‐    Rapid  App  Turn-­‐up  -­‐    Control  (policy)  &  visibility  (analy]cs)  

-­‐    Hybrid  environment  (hypervisor,  CMS)  

-­‐    Bare  metal  assets  

-­‐    Ver]cals:  Financial  Svcs,  Healthcare..  -­‐    Announced  Trials  include:  UPMC  

-­‐  Trials/PoC  include:  SAVVIS,  FireHost,              exponen]al-­‐e,  …  

-­‐  Trials/PoC  include:  Telus,  SFR,  …  

-­‐    Cloud  Services  /  IaaS  -­‐    Massive  mul]-­‐tenancy  w/  automa]on  

-­‐    New  Models  for  Business  Services  

-­‐    Hybrid  environments  /  clouds  

-­‐    DC  Assets  as  extension  of  VPN  Svcs  -­‐    Virtualiza]on  of  Network  Func]ons  

-­‐    Service  Cataloging    &  Chaining  

 

The  first  6  months…  

§  Nuage  VSP  has  been  shipping  since  May  2013  

§  Strong  valida]on  from  all  target  customer  segments  

§  Twelve  trials  successfully  completed  to  date  

§  Three  wins  

§  Two  new  partners  announced  as  part  of  Nuage  Ecosystem  

§  Product  offering  expanded  to  remove  yet  another  restric;on…    

DATACENTER    NETWORK  

. . . .

What  Restric;on  S;ll  Exists?  

What  Restric;on  S;ll  Exists?  

DATACENTER    NETWORK  

. . . .

VIRTUALIZED    

ASSETS  NON-­‐VIRTUALIZED    

ASSETS  

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

§  Why  can’t  the  benefits                                  of  SDN  automa]on  extend  across    ALL  datacenter  assets?  

§  Now,  with  Nuage  they  can…  

Hypervisor  Hypervisor  Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  Hypervisor  Hypervisor  

Datacenter  IP  Network                                          “Back  to  Square  1…”                                  (VLANs)            

                       Gateway  

Hypervisor  Bare  Metal  

VLAN

DC  Routers  

WAN  

Where  are  they  needed  in  exis]ng  solu]ons?  1.  Geing  out  of  the  Datacenter  2.  Suppor]ng  Bare  metal  infrastructure  

Gateway

The  Role  of  Gateways  

The    Network    shouldn’t  need  a    Gateway    to  get  to  the    Network  

Hypervisor  Hypervisor  Hypervisor  

Hypervisor  Hypervisor  Hypervisor  

Datacenter  IP  Network                              .  

Hypervisor  Bare  Metal  

VLAN

Gateway

Enterprise  Site  

WAN  

DC  Routers  

BGP  

Virtual  Network  Domain  

Gateways  for  WAN  Connec;vity?  

Gateways  for  Bare  Metal  Support:  A  Range  of  Op;ons  to  fit  Needs  

High-Performance Gateways

Software Gateways

“White Boxes”

§  Recommended for small DCs §  Limited number of bare metal servers

Hardware VTEPs

OVSDB Openflow Ecosystem

§  L2 only §  Capability tradeoffs across various options

§  HW Acceleration for Network Virtualization §  L2 AND L3, all encapsulations §  Applications Sandbox & cloud config tools §  Large proportion of bare metal assets

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`  

Federa]on  of  controllers  

DC  WAN  Router  

Service  Provider  Data  Plane  

IP  /  MPLS  

Service  Provider  Control  Plane  

Virtualized  Services  Controller  

Virtualized  Services  Directory  

Virtualized  Services  Controller  

Business  VPN  Service  

Private  Datacenter  

Domain  

Subnets  

VPN  Internet  

Zones  

Policies  

SDN  Automa;on  across  all  DC  Assets  

DC  2    Bare  Metal  Assets  

Nuage    7850  VSG  

Commined  to  Removing  More  Networking  Constraints…  

Within  one  datacenter  (par;al  or  full)   Across  mul;ple  datacenters  

Manual   Seamless,  Automated  

L2  with  L3/L4  support   Integrated  L2-­‐L4  

Islands  of  Virtualiza;on   True  Hybrid  Environments  &  Boundary-­‐less  networks  

Across  virtualized  assets   Across  all  assets,  including  bare  metal

NETWORKING  THE  

CLOUD    

CLOUD  DATACENTER  NETWORK  EVOLUTION  

CONTEXT  

Pupng  it  all  Together  

CLOUDIFYING  THE  

NETWORK    

SERVICE  PROVIDER    NETWORK  EVOLUTION  

CONTEXT  

CLOUD  APPLICATIONS  

   

NETWORKING  THE  

CLOUD    

CLOUD  DATACENTER  NETWORK  EVOLUTION  

CONTEXT  

Pupng  it  all  Together  

CLOUDIFYING  THE  

NETWORK    

SERVICE  PROVIDER    NETWORK  EVOLUTION  

CONTEXT  

CLOUD  APPLICATIONS  

NETWORKS  

   

Pupng  it  all  Together  

CLOUD  APPLICATIONS  

NETWORKS  

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Delivering  the  Power  and  Value  of  SDN  NOW  

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7850  Virtualized  Services  Gateway    (7850  VSG)  

•  Terabit  capacity  in  1  RU  •  Op;mized  for  10GE/40GE  connec;vity  

•  Merchant  Silicon  •  Full  Layer  2  and  Layer  3  Networking  •  Proven  SR-­‐OS  networking  OS  

•  Integrated  Linux  Sandbox  •  Cloud-­‐friendly  configura;on  interfaces  (Puppet,  Chef…)    

•  Available  imminently  (Q4  2013)  •  Planning  ini;al  trials  with  customers  as  we  speak  

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