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Software Defined Networking – Beyond Network VirtualizationTransforming Data Center Infrastructure for Next-Generation Applications
Balaji Sivasubramanian, Director of Product Management
Co-Sponsored by Intel®
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Challenges in the Data Center
Lowering TCOConfiguration and
Policy ImplementationApplication and Service
Migration
Dynamic Configuration
Security
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IT’S ALL ABOUT APPLICATIONSNew Application Demands on Infrastructure
APPLICATION ATTRIBUTES
INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS
Dynamic Instantiationand Removal
Increasingly Non-Virtualized
Infrastructure Independent
Scale-Out/Multi-Node
Multi-Cloud Models
Application-Awareness for Agile Deployment and Placement
Physical/Virtual/CloudIntegration and Visibility
Dynamic Shared Resource Pool
Increasing Performance 1/10/40/100G and Scale
Secure and Multi-Tenant Aware
Cloud and Big Data Are Driving a Paradigm Shift
Distributed
Virtualized
Bare-metal
Cloud
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Software Based Network VirtualizationLack of Visibility Between Overlay and Underlay
Logical Network
Physical Network
Apps
Software Overlay
QoS
Routing
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
VLANs
Physical Infrastructure
Visibility
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Current Industry Approaches and ChallengesA New Model Is Required
TRADITIONALNETWORK MODEL
TODAY’S SDN MODEL Application Centric Infrastructure
Existing Infrastructure Model
Existing Application Model
Simplification
Complete Network Automation and Programmability
Software Flexibility With Hardware based Performance and Visibility
Eliminate 1st generation SDN limitations
Extensible to Storage and Compute
Network of Boxes Software-Based Network Virtualization
Centralized Automation, Security, and
Application Profiles
AppCentric
Lack of transparency and visibility to physical infrastructure
Siloes for physical and virtual domains
Per Hypervisor Integration overhead
Multiple Management Points
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Removing Complexity through TransformationToday’s Model Application Centric Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Dynamic provisioning of Application Connectivity Requirements
Application Connectivity Requirements
Directly maps the application connectivity requirements to the Infrastructure
Control & Audit Connectivity(Security – Firewall, ACL, …)
IP Address, VLAN, VRF
Enable Connectivity(The Network)
Application Requirements
IP Addressing
Application Requirements
Requires Manual Mapping and Configuration of Independent Services
Redirect and Load Balance Connectivity
IP Address, VLAN, VRF
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Infrastru
cture E
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ts
UNIFIED API - UNIFIED INFORMATION MODEL (RESTFUL XML/JSON API)
Application Centric InfrastructureOpen APIs, Open Source, Open Standards
COMMON POLICY DRIVEN OPERATIONAL MODEL
Hypervisor Network Services
ASA
Network Management, Automation, Orchestration
Efficiency Scale Optimization TelemetryApplication Awareness
Network Services
Security Storage ComputeNetwork
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