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Confidential │ ©2019 VMware, Inc.
Evolution of the Network FunctionYesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Vanessa Little
Director – Global Telco Innovation
May 2019
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The Promise of NFV
Automate the deployment and management of complex network services and put them in market faster and cheaper than before
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The Journey to NFV
Deploying NFV based infrastructures has proven to be a more difficult ride than expected
Has Been Bumpy So far
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Crawl Before We Walk
Evolution of VNFs
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Evolution of VNFs
Physical Virtualized Cloud Friendly Cloud Ready Cloud Native
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Evolution of VNFsAppliance Based Devices
Physical
Deployment Format
Architecture
Upgrades
Scale out Methodology
Config Management
Fault tolerance
Backup Methodology
Orchestration Onboarding
Appliance
Monolith
Manual - Disruptive
Deploy larger hardware
Manual - Distributed
None
Quiesce and image
Proprietary
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Evolution of VNFsPhysical to Virtual
Virtualized
Deployment Format
Architecture
Upgrades
Scale out Methodology
Config Management
Fault tolerance
Backup Methodology
Orchestration Onboarding
Virtual Machine
Monolith
Manual -Disruptive
Layer 4-7 Loadbalancer
Manual - Distributed
None
Quiesce and image
Complex/Customized
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Evolution of VNFsGetting Warmer
Cloud Friendly
Deployment Format
Architecture
Upgrades
Scale out Methodology
Config Management
Fault tolerance
Backup Methodology
Orchestration Onboarding
Virtual Machine
Scaled down VM
Manual - Non Disruptive
Layer 4-7 Loadbalancer
Manual - Distributed
Active Passive
Quiesce and image
Simple/Customized
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Evolution of VNFsService Oriented Architectures
Cloud Ready
Deployment Format
Architecture
Upgrades
Scale out Methodology
Config Management
Fault tolerance
Backup Methodology
Orchestration Onboarding
Virtual Machine
Service Oriented Arch
Manual - orchestrated
SDN LB - sessionless
Automated - (VNFM)
Active Clusters
N/A - templated
Simple/Templated
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Evolution of VNFsThe Ideal Solution
Cloud Native
Deployment Format
Architecture
Upgrades
Scale out Methodology
Config Management
Fault tolerance
Backup Methodology
Orchestration Onboarding
Container
Microservices
Automated
Stateless - LB
Automated - Centralized
Active Graph
N/A
Simple/Templated
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Are We Far Enough?
Where are We Now
Physical Virtualized Cloud Friendly Cloud Ready Cloud Native
TodayGood
EnoughIdeal
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Moving in the Right Direction
As VNFs mature, Standards are ratified, Orchestrators become more feature rich…
the journey gets easier
Smoother Seas Ahead
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