Summit 16: Programmable Infrastructure Key to Business Transformation

Programmable Infrastructure Key to Business TransformationMilind Bhagwat

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BT – Some Background

Customers

Global Services Business and Public

Sector

Consumer

EE Wholesale and

Ventures

Openreach

Technology, Service and Operations

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BT – Some Background


BT – Business change mapping to strategic objectives


Automation ambition


Automation Architecture - Themes

Evolutionary instead of revolutionary

Interworking of new and legacy is essential

Monolithic is problematic

Monitoring and Reporting is a bigdata problem

Fulfilment and Assurance are the same thing

There is Mano at each layer of the architecture


Reference Architecture

OSS ApplicationAccess Layer

BSS MyAccount Portal

Quote & Order Billing Ticketing

Service Design & Orchestration

Federated UI

TOSCA Orchestrator

Assurance

Catalogue Editor Application Access

Workflow

Network & Service Activation

Min. Diff.

EngineAnalytics

InventoryRemediation

RCA

ReusablePlug-ins

Catalogue

SDN Controllers

VIMs

PNFs VNFs

NFV-enabled Cloud Service Node

NFV-enabled Cloud Service

Node

BT’s Cloud Collaboration services



Node

Performance-based routing

NFV Optimsation

NFV Firewall

NFV

NFV

NFV Firewall

Key

Provisioning

Configuration

Assurance

Service Design


Fulfilment





Federated UI

TOSCA Orchestrator

Assurance


Workflow


Min. Diff.

EngineAnalytics


RCA

ReusablePlug-ins

Catalogue

SDN Controllers

VIMs

PNFs VNFs



Node




Node


NFV Optimsation

NFV Firewall

NFV

NFV

NFV Firewall

(1a) Catalogue based provisioning, using current state and min-diff to determine required change

(1b) Activation of NT (PNFs and VNFs) using YANG / NETCONF where available, utilising higher level controllers where appropriate. Activation of IT through VIMs.

Key

Provisioning

Configuration

Assurance

Service Design


Self Service





Federated UI

TOSCA Orchestrator

Assurance


Workflow


Min. Diff.

EngineAnalytics


RCA

ReusablePlug-ins

Catalogue

SDN Controllers

VIMs

PNFs VNFs



Node




Node


NFV Optimsation

NFV Firewall

NFV

NFV

NFV Firewall

(2) Near-direct exposure of controllers and policy managers for self-service

Key

Provisioning

Configuration

Assurance

Service Design


Assurance





Federated UI

TOSCA Orchestrator

Assurance


Workflow


Min. Diff.

EngineAnalytics


RCA

ReusablePlug-ins

Catalogue

SDN Controllers

VIMs

PNFs VNFs



Node




Node


NFV Optimsation

NFV Firewall

NFV

NFV

NFV Firewall

(3) Assurance based on rich event feeds and telemetry.Remediation based on the catalogue service definition

Key

Provisioning

Configuration

Assurance

Service Design


What we need

Standardised models of infrastructure resources and

services

Closed loop working between open source and

standards

Implementations that work with hybrid infrastructure


Thank You

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