Cloud.. Migration? Bursting? Orchestration?

Vincent Lavergne – SED EMEA, South

Gary Newe – Sr SEM EMEA, UKISA

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“Software defined”everythingSDDC/Cloud

Everything is webified

Internet ofthings

Mobility

Advancedthreats APIs

Quality ofexperience

Time toMarket

Technology shifts center on applications

Cloud Use DriversCloud computing can help organizations provide better services while reducing costs and streamlining IT.

Promises of the Cloud

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Different Approaches to the Cloud

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Software Defined Stuff…

Application Services.L 4-7

Network Virtualization.L 2-3

IaaS Compute, Server, Storage etc.%

DesktopStorage Servers

NetworkVirtualization

Q: How Do You Provision L4-7 Services

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F5 Application Services Fabric (L4‒7)

Software Defined Application Services with F5

Network Fabric (L2-3)

Physical enterprise data center Public cloud

Servers are ephemeral, you don't care about them. You only care about the service as a whole

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Connect

Orchestrate

Secure

Benefits of Cloud Services

Use Cases: Network Services Automation

Use Cases: Cloud Burst

Use Cases: Best-of-Class Cloud Components

BIG-IQ Cloud

BIG-IQ Platform

Third-Party Cloud Orchestrators• F5 BIG-IQ Cloud is an application networking

services management solution for BIG-IP-enabled cloud infrastructure

• BIG-IQ Cloud automates application networking services provisioning in public, private and hybrid cloud deployments• Provisions BIG-IP LTM (HW and VE editions)

• BIG-IQ Cloud addresses orchestration problems and supports third-party integration via REST API• Management and Orchestration Tools• Public cloud providers

• BIG-IQ Cloud is available as a VE only in the first release

• BIG-IQ Security is an add-on optional module

Security Cloud

Live Demo!

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Cloud Bursting architecture diagramOn-Premises Infrastructure

Global load balancingInfrastructure

monitoringAdvanced reporting

User

User

Load balancingCustom business logic

Object cachingSSL management

Load balancingCustom business logic

Object cachingSSL management

Automated Application Delivery NetworkHealth/performance monitoring

BIG-IP VE deployment

DNS

Application

CloudManagemen

t

Finite Resources

Cloud Administrator

Business Unit Application Manager

On-Demand Computing

Cloud Hosting Provider

Application

UI or REST API

Strategic Point of Control

How Does it work?

Customer Feedback – We Listened…

REST-API IntegrationCentralized iApp ManagementSelf-service Portals For Cloud ArchitecturesCloud BurstCustomized Integration With Cloud Orchestrators

BIG-IQ Cloud Orchestration Integration

BIG-IP Devices

GUI

REST API Integration

E.g.

Public Cloud Provider Orchestrator

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Private or Public Cloud

(Amazon Web Services)

Cloud Orchestrators

Provider PortalClick to enlarge

BIG-IP Platform

Tenant 3

AppAppAppsBIG-IP Platform

Tenant 2

AppAppAppsBIG-IP Platform

Tenant 1

Data Centers

iApp Lifecycle Management

Cloud Connectors

Tenant PortalClick to enlarge

BIG-IQ and BIG-IP Cloud Architectures

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Orchestrate with Cloud Connectors

Application Lifecycle

Management

Performance Health and Monitoring

Self-Service Provider and

Tenant Portals

Elasticity and Auto-Scaling

SERVER STATS

NODE STATS

VM STATS

USER WORKFLOW TO SPIN UP AND

SPIN DOWN NODES

USER WORKFLOW TO SPIN UP AND SPIN DOWN VE

USER WORKFLOW TO SEND ALERTS

Key Take-Aways - BIG-IQ

UI AND REST API SUPPORT FOR ALL THE FEATURES

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Good Better Best

Scalable and flexible hardware or virtual editions + simplified software purchase

Virtual EditionChassis Appliance

BESTBETTERGOOD

Data Center

Hybrid Cloud PrivateCloud

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F5 Cloud Migration business benefits

Scalable ConsistentFastSupport more devices

and services.Enforce consistent security across all

applications.

Respond more quickly to access demands.

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The F5 Cloud Migration Reference Architecture

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