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© Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

Enabling Cloud with SDN/Virtual Application Networks and OpenFlowTransforming Delivery of Applications to Users

Matt Yeagle, Manager, Channel Architect, HP Networking

October 2012


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Cloud Application Delivery Expectations

50%Workloads will be virtualized by the end of 2012

PRIVATE, PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT CLOUDS

Over

1%Of smartphones consume 50% of mobile data

DYNAMIC AND MOBILE SERVICE CONSUMPTION

Just

3 monthsTo deploy a new application from data center to user

COMPLEXITY OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE

Over


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Legacy Networks Slow Application Deployment

Which server are those VMs

on?

Which server are those VMs

on?

I need to start scripting

I need to start scripting

Which subnets? How much bandwidth?

Which subnets? How much bandwidth?

OK. Ready to connect.

OK. Ready to connect.

System Admin

Network Admin

Time in Weeks

I need a video streaming VMI need a video streaming VM

Are you ready yet?

Are you ready yet?

My virtual machine is

ready

My virtual machine is

ready

Rack 3, server 5VLAN 10, 10 Mbps

Rack 3, server 5VLAN 10, 10 Mbps

…


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Legacy Networks Can’t Meet Cloud Expectations

Application Indifferent

Rigid, PhysicalNetworks

ManualManagement

Impossible to identify applications and user behaviors and meet diverse SLAs

Architected for one tenant, user type and location type with device-dependent provisioning inhibiting scale and lacking programmability

Slow to respond to new application requirements and

hampered by manual errors


So Can SDN, VAN or OpenFlow Help Us With This Current Networking Dilemma?


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An emerging network architecture

What is software-defined networking (SDN)?

Abstraction of control plane from forwarding

hardware• Network control plane as a centralized software program

• Centralized intelligence of network topology

• Dynamic and programmable network, interaction with applications

• Implemented via variety of methods including OpenFlow protocol

Key Benefits• Provides opportunity for rapid innovation in networking

• Use cases for all types of networks including Enterprise Campus,

Service Provider, Cloud, Data Center

• Can enable simplified management through network virtualization

ApplicationsApplications

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Network OSNetwork OS

Network APINetwork API

SDN Model

Co

ntro

l Pla

ne


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What is OpenFlow?

Protocol for direct access to switch forwarding plane• Controller or control software

uses OpenFlow protocol to provide programmable interface to switches & routers

• Open standard defined by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF)

Firewall

IPS

EdgeSwitches

EdgeSwitches

Controller

WirelessAPs

Net Apps

CoreSwitch

AggSwitches

CoreSwitches


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What is Virtual Application Networks

Application Characterization

Network Virtualization

AutomatedOrchestration

Characterize the application to create consistency, reliability & repeatability across the entire network infrastructure

Virtualize & program the infrastructure to create multitenant, on-demand, topology & device-independent provisioning

Orchestrate based on templates, including user SLA and policy, to enable

dynamic application delivery


Cool! Still Listening!


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Best-in-Class Networking in a Converged Infrastructure

HP Converged Infrastructure for Cloud

Power and cooling

Management software

FlexNetworkArchitecture

ServersStorage

Converged

Infrastructure

HP Proprietary and Confidential


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Industry’s only architecture converging data center, campus, branch

FlexNetwork Architecture

Open Scalable Secure Agile Consistent


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SDN example Use CasesUse Case Network Challenge Traditional Solution SDN Solution

Management Simplification

Many devices with individual interfaces and static configurations, difficult to implement change

CLI, scripting, SNMP & management tools to provide limited visibility and configurability of fragmented network devices

Controller with management tool to set policies and provide a more dynamic view of the entire network, no device-level configuration

Seamless Mobility & BYOD

Difficult to provide seamless experience across wired and wireless networks with many different devices

Limited integration of controllers into switches, QoS, IEEE 802.1x access control, VLANs

Use OF-enabled switches and APs to recognize users and devices and provide same access policies and performance. More granular control over traffic.

Orchestration in a Virtualized data center

Servers and applications move around the data center and network cannot respond dynamically to changing needs

Management Software, vSwitch, Manual configuration changes

Use OF controller to dynamically configure network in response to changes. Communicate with software and hardware elements


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Can you Build a SDN without OpenFlow?

Command-line interfaces CLIs are the interfaces common to switches and routers, which network managers use to configure them, and activate or deactivate services.SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol can be used to modify and apply a new configuration through remote modification of configuration information.XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an XML streaming protocol for presence and messaging routing. It also provides a secure but easily programmed language for linking diverse networks.Netconf The lETF's Netconf is designed to reduce the programming effort involved in automating device configuration. Netconf would use XML to configure devices and to more efficiently tap state and configuration data stored on devices.OpenStack OpenStack, the Rackspace/NASA open source software for cloud computing, is free, modular open source software for developing public and private cloud computing fabrics and controllers.Virtualization software APIs APIs in hypervisors and other virtualization software, such as VMware's vSphere, virtualize server, storage and network resources, and aggregate and allocate them on demand to applications. They include tools to define resource pools and business rules for service levels, and to automate the enforcement of service levels to ensure application availability, performance, security and scalability.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/111711-sdn-openflow-sidebar-253230.html


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Virtualize and centralize control of network infrastructure

Software-Defined Networks & OpenFlow

SDNs/OpenFlow complementtraditional integration tools

+ SNMP, APIs, CLI

HP FlexNetwork delivers ‘enterprise-grade’ SDN solutionsReliable, scalable, secure network virtualization

SNMP, APIs +

Software-Defined Networks

enabling technologies:


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Why OpenFlow-based SDN?

OpenFlow is a standards based protocol• Ensures vendor interoperability

• Avoid vendor-lock in

• Complements existing network technologies

Designed from ground-up to enable SDNs• Broadest industry adoption and support

• Simplifies implementing a programmable

network

Service Provider

Research Public Cloud

Campus NetworksPrivate Cloud Traditional Data Center


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HP OpenFlow Leadership

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

HP & Stanford collaborate on

Ethane

HP is founding member of ONF

HP Labs forms OpenFlow research

team

HP early-release OpenFlow software

to researchers

HP demos OpenFlow-enabled

switch

HP makes OpenFlow software generally available

HP helps establish InCNTRE

HP will extend OpenFlow across the FlexNetwork

architecture

1020

40

60

Growth in Customer

Deployments


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Worldwide HP OpenFlow deployments

• More than 60 HP OpenFlow deployments worldwide• Customer-proven OpenFlow controller interoperability• Enabling industry-leading OpenFlow, software-defined networks


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Commercial availability of OpenFlow

First Tier-one Networking vendor with commercial

OpenFlow–Broadest fixed & modular switch portfolio supporting OpenFlow–Largest install base now supporting OpenFlow–Fully supported by HP, enterprise ready–No special licensing fee–Available for download HP.com


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Commercially Available OpenFlow-enabled PlatformsLeading Tier-one OpenFlow product portfolio

Over 10 Million Ports


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OpenFlow Portfolio Support

HP 3500 SeriesCampus/Branch Access

All Products Support OpenFlow v1.0 with K.15.06.5008

HP 8200 SeriesCampus Core

HP 5400 SeriesCampus/BranchAccess & Core


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Enterprise-Grade Software-Defined Networks

• Pragmatic architecture: use what works, improve the rest hybrid models• Practical adoption: evolutionary deployment path• Solid foundation: reliability, high availability, manageability, security• Open ecosystem: standards-enabled solution development & certification

Business-criticalPower, Agility The Promise of SDNs

Outcomes, not technology


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HP Enterprise Grade Software-Defined Networks SolutionsSolutions

ControlControl3rd party/custom

controllers

Network Applications

Network Applications

3rd party/custom applications

InfrastructureInfrastructure HP + non-HP systems

HP controllers

IntegratedOpen API

HP applications

Integrated

Multi-vendorSDNs

Multi-vendorSDNs

Integrated

Open API

VirtualApplicationNetworks


Little More on VAN


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Virtualize by Extending a Control Plane Across the Entire Network

Virtual Application Networks

Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)

Built on HP Innovations


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IMC Virtual Application Network Manager Module

Creating Virtual Application Networks

• Characterize Applications• Virtualize the network• Automate Orchestration



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IMC Virtual Application Network Manager Module

Creating Virtual Application Networks

Server CPUs

VM VM VM VM

Hypervisor


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Rapid Application Deployment with VANsSystem Admin Network Admin

Characterize the application

1

IMC VAN ManagerDefine attributes

Virtualize the network2

VM ManagerIMC

VMwarePlug-in

Choose connection profile

Orchestrate the network

3

IMC VAN Manager

VM

5 min vs.30 days

AppRequired

AppDelivered


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Delivering New Applications in Minutes versus WeeksEnable Cloud with SDN, OpenFlow and Virtual Application Networks

Tune network to the application delivery requirements

Virtualize the network end to end, from application to user

Enable IT to manage the network with policies rather than CLI, scripts

Single pane-of-glass management for the physical and virtual network

Ensure choice with open, standards-based approach


Thank you

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