Building an Elastic Fabric

FuturistSkeeve Stevens

Network Architect & Futurist

Building the Futureof On-Demand Networking

Building the Futureof On-Demand Networking

Building an Elastic Fabric is not as easy as it looks(?)Building an Elastic Fabric is not as easy as it looks(?)

COMMSDAY – WHOLESALE & DATACENTRE SUMMIT SYDNEY 2015

COMMSDAY – WHOLESALE & DATACENTRE SUMMIT SYDNEY 2015

HOW I GOT HERE

• What we’re talking about

• Inspired byMegaports launch in 2013

• The ‘other man’

• The research and presentations

• The ‘other other’ man

• The Vision

• The Team

• The Result

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DESIGN PRINCIPLES

• Simple

• Scalable

• Highly Redundant

• Future Proof

• Fast

• Vendor Neutral

• Spine and Leaf(-­‐ish)

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THE TECHOLOGIES CONSIDERED

• Software Defined Networking

• OpenFlow, OpenDaylight, *Contrail,

• Orchestration

• MPLS/VPLS

• Cisco ACI / OTV

• VXLAN

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HARDWARE VENDORS

• Who

• Incompatibilities

• Limitations

• Mixing Technologies

• Cisco

• Whitebox Switching

• Arista

• Know your chips

• APIs

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MY SOLUTION

• Pure Layer 3

• BGP

• VXLAN

• Multi-­‐vendor

• VERY good orchestration

• Creativity

• Open-­‐mindedness

• “my” is plural…

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THE BUSINESS SIDE

• TargetMarket

• Ecosystem

• Carriers

• Partners

• Work with others in your space

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LESSONS LEARNT

• Not as easy as it looks

• No Dummies Guide

• No talent

• Vendors are inexperienced

• You will be disappointed along the way

• It takes longer than you think

• Managing Geniuses is hard work

• Learn to live without sleep and have a solid marriage

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COMMSDAY – WHOLESALE & DATACENTRE SUMMIT SYDNEY 2015

CLOUD ISP UPDATE

• The Cloud ISP – Update

• The missing pieces have been found

• OrionVM, Ordinance.io and others….

• Now to assemble the puzzle

• The wholesale tail providers are in, cloud is easy

• We’re building it – Elastic ISPTM

• Launching in a fewmonths

• First eISPTM should be online in Sep/Oct

SKEEVE STEVENSe: skeeve@eintellegonetworks.comw: eintellegonetworks.com

linkedin: /in/skeeve w: www.TheISPGuy.comf: /theispguyT: @TheISPGuy

THANK YOU.