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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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