The Future of SDN is OpenChanging the industry and encouraging innovation

Trinh Cong TamSystem Consultant

27-Oct-2016

Our world is changing

Everythingis at risk

Work is no longer a location

We’re drowningin information

We want it now

90%of all the data in the world has been created in the past 2 years

One million cyber-attacksreleased every day

80-90% Employees telecommute at least part time

8 seconds Average human attention span: one second less than a goldfish

The CIO paradigm

• Deliver business results

to shareholders

• Improve customer

satisfaction & innovate

• Contain costs

• Keep us competitive

• Improve employee

productivity

Business priorities

“Keeping the lights on”

• Manage current

workloads

• Application rationalization

• HW updates & migrations

• Reduce costs

• Protect our data

Technology priorities

Accelerating the business

• Optimize workloads

• Software-defined X

• Utilize new IT benchmarks

• Deliver ubiquitous mobility

• Implement cloud

computing

You’re at the intersection of traditional & new IT

Recognized for our vision and execution

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2013

2014

2015

2016

Data Center Networking

Software-Defined Computing

Enabling the Software-Defined Data CenterApplication-centric + Software-defined + Hardware-accelerated

Software-Defined Storage Software-Defined Networking

Then: Compute paradigm shiftThe disaggregated server model changed the landscape

Mainframe model X86 servers model

Proprietary CPUs(e.g., SPARC, PA-RISC, Alpha)

Proprietary OS (e.g., Solaris, HP-UX, Ultrix)

Limited apps

Proprietary architectures & mgmt tools

Application ecosystem

Orchestration/automation for distributed computing

Industry standard (X86 CPU)

Standard OS—hypervisors

Digital

Sun

HP | UX

IBM

Dell

HP

VMware | Windows Server System | RedHat Linux | Suse

Intel | AMD

Now: Networking paradigm shift

Traditional networking Future of networking

Proprietary ASICs

Proprietary networking OS (e.g., Cisco IOS, Juniper OS)

Hundreds of protocols

Proprietary architectures & mgmt tools

Optional 3rd party SDN/NVO controller

Standard orchestration & automation tools

Any networking OS

Open standard hardware

Merchant silicon

Open Networking means unprecedented choice

Linux on the switch, unified server, network management

Feature-rich L2/L3 Campus networking

WAN, MPLS/VPLS functionality

SDN fabric & network tapping solutions

Virtualization-centric fabric optimized for Nutanix, Big Data, VDI

Plug-and-play Branch/ SMB networking

Data Center fabric & in-rack switching

OS6

OS9, OS10

OS3, OS6

1

2

3

4

5

6

1 2 3 4 5 6

Manage Your Network Like a “Big Switch”

10

Chassis-based Fabric

Fab

ric

Bac

kpla

ne

Supervisor 2

Line Card

Line Card

Line Card

Line Card

Line Card

Supervisor 1

Logical Chassis-basedLeaf-Spine Fabric

Spin

eSp

ine

Spin

eLeaf

BCF Controller 2

BCF Controller 1

Leaf

Leaf

Leaf

1.Big Switch CLOUD FABRIC Overview

BIG CLOUD FABRIC

CONTROLLER

Hierarchical

Control Plane

COMPUTE

WORKLOAD

SERVICES &

CONNECTIVITY RACKS

COMPUTE

WORKLOAD

1 3

SPINE

SWITCHES

(32x40G)

LEAF

SWITCHES

(48x10G+6x40

G)

2

Physical&

VirtualWorkloads

10G/40G Links

High Performance: Dense 10G/40G

Latest Merchant Silicon HW: Trident II

Scalable: Max scale of Trident II

Resilient: Headless Mode Operations

L4-7 Service Insertion & Chaining

Hypervisor: ESX, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen

Orchestration: OpenStack, CloudStack

Private/Public

Clouds

Big Data

AnalyticsVDI

BIG SWITCH CLOUD FABRIC OVERVIEW

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Value-prop = Single “Logical” Switch (Zero-touch fabric, Dramatic TCO reduction)

Fabric solutions with Big Switch Networks

• Supports both physical and virtual (multi-hypervisor) workloads and choice of orchestration software.

• Provides L2 switching, L3 routing and, L4-7 service insertion and chaining while ensuring high bisectional bandwidth.

• Scalable fabric, fully resilient with no single point of failure and supports head-less mode operations

Recent showcase

Big Switch Big Cloud Fabric™ (BCF)

Need: Elastic, scalable network with faster service enablement

Solution: S6000-ON & S4048-ON with BCF — 50 racks in 5 Data Centers

Results: Resiliency at scale. No bandwidth bottleneck. Design Flexibility. Reduced Operational Complexity. Integrated security and visibility

Big Cloud Fabric Controller

Open Networking Solutions

&

Spine

Leaf

The industry’s largest Network Function Virtualization OpenStack cloud deployment

Verizon is building a next-generation, automated, software-defined network … to build a network that changes at the pace of software, not hardware.

Darrell Jordan-Smith, VP, Red Hat

Resiliency at Scale Hyperscale-inspired "core and pod" at 5 data centers across the US

No Bandwidth Bottlenecks Leaf-spine architecture with centralized SDN control

Logical Network Design Flexibility Unique NFV workloads with unique logical network

Reduced Operational Complexity Simplified lifecycle management of network control systems

Integrated Security and Visibility Compliant and secure against intrusions

We consider this achievement to be foundational for buildingthe Verizon cloud.

Adam Koeppe, VP, Verizon

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Recent showcase

2.Fabric solutions with Cumulus Networks

• Simplified scaling with OpenStack

• 300 server nodes with OpenStack plus 24 switches

(S6000-ON & S4048-ON) were brought up in <6 hours

Cumulus Linux OS

• Delivers high capacity fabrics with unprecedented price

performance.

• Enables large ecosystem of native Linux applications and

automation tools while delivering new levels of innovation and

flexibility

• Support large-scale Clos fabrics and next generation

architectures.

Spine

Leaf

Open Networking Solutions

&

ONOS or ODL

CONTROLLER

3.Fabric solutions with Pluribus Networks

Use-cases

New fabric with simplified management and analytics

Dell/Pluribus solution: • Deploy Dell Open Networking platforms plus Pluribus

Fabric software for detailed analytics/telemetry

Network expansion with a new fabric

Dell/Pluribus solution: • Insert Dell Open Networking platforms plus Pluribus

Fabric software fabric, apply analytics tools

Pluribus Fabric benefits

• No external controller

• No boundaries (across POD, Data center)

• Interoperable with existing L2/L3 spine/leaf

• Fabric built-in flow, traffic, endpoint telemetry

• No Taps, no packet brokers, no agents on servers

Spine

Leaf

Open Networking Solutions

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The future of SDN is open

Technology trends and enterprise challenges demand faster innovation and more efficiency

Disaggregated models of networking will drive value and innovation for the enterprise, just as they did for server computing

Migrate with an open, proven approach to future-proof investments, preserve choice and maximize value

The time to evolve is now

Follow a familiar path

Build for the future

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