Ethernet Fabrics- the logical step to Software Defined Networking (SDN) Frank Koelmel, Brocade fkoelmel@broc
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ETHERNET FABRICS
What Is an Ethernet Fabric? Optimized for server virtualization and cloud architectures More efficient, higher throughput, lower latency Scale-out vs. scale-up to increase flexibility and reduce cost Simplified deployment and administration 10/28/2013 4 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information
33% 33% 33% Layers DRAMATIC INCREASES IN NETWORK UTILIZATION AND RELIABILITY Layer 3 Core FEATURE BENEFIT L1: Trunking with frame striping Near-perfect load balancing across all links in a trunk group Brocade VCS Fabric L2: Equal Cost Multi-Pathing (ECMP) All links utilized with flow-based load balancing L3: Fabric load balancing across multiple L3 gateways Improved scalability and resiliency 10/28/2013 6 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information
Brocade Differentiation DATA CENTER ETHERNET BROCADE VCS FABRIC Automated Efficient Cloud-Optimized Zero-touch VM discovery, configuration, and mobility No configuration to add links or switches Fabric managed as single logical device 5x less time to deploy network capacity All links fully W active; none on standby Multipathing at all layers of the network IP storage-aware 2x greater network utilization Native multitenancy with Virtual Fabrics Scale out non-disruptively Orchestration through Open APIs and OpenStack Faster time to tenant deployment, lower cost 2013 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 7
Evolution RAPID PACE OF INNOVATION Product Milestones/ Announcements Announced Brocade /VCS June 2010 Brocade 6720 January 2011 Brocade 6710 and 6730 September 2011 Brocade 8770 October 2012 CQ2 10 Q4 10 Q1 11 Q2 11 Q3 11 Q4 11 Q4 12 Brocade 6740 August 2013 Q3 13 Cumulative Installed Base 20+ Customers 100+ Customers 200+ Customers 300+ Customers 900+ Customers 1300+ Customers 10/28/2013 8 2013 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information
Performance Without Compromise In 1000s 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 384 VM SCALABILITY (Higher is better) 16 160 32 Brocade Cisco Juniper Arista In usec 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 3,58 LATENCY (Lower is better) 6 10 7,55 Brocade Cisco Juniper Arista Source: Public data sheets, Network World report Latency Test Parameters: 64-byte packet, Layer 3, any port to any port within chassis. Line-rate throughput at average 50% load. 10/28/2013 9 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information
SOFTWARE- DEFINED NETWORKING
Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) Architecture NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION (NFV) A NATURAL COMPLEMENT SDN network virtualization flow management network management NFV from HW to SW reducing CAPEX reducing OPEX NFV COST Customer Motivation SDN AGILITY
Brocade Virtual Router Flexible Deployment Options Router Firewall VPN NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION NfV RESTful JSON interface provides full control and programmability of the Virtual Router (router, Firewall, VPN) and software networking services Feature Highlights OSPF, BGP Stateful, NAT IPSec, SSL Routing Security IPv4, IPv6, Static, PBR, OSPF, RIP, BGP IPv4, IPv6, Stateful Firewall, NAT VPN IPSec, SSL, Route-based, L2-bridging System Management CLI, RESTful API, GUI Hypervisor OR x86 Server IP Services High Availability Platforms SSH, DHCP, DNS, SNMP VRRP, Stateful Failover, Config Sync VMware, Xen, KVM, Hyper-V, x86 2013 Brocade Communications. Proprietary Information.
THE COMBINATION (SDN & ETHERNET FABRICS) MAKES IT!
Network Virtualization provided by Ethernet Fabric PHYSICAL / traditional VIRTUAL / today VXLAN Quantum NVGRE SDN STT OpenvSwitch APPLICATIONS, CloudID TOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES OpenFlow OpenStack Programmatic Provisioning, Management, and Control Scalability Scalability Next-Generation Data Center Infrastructure 10/28/2013
Today s Data Center Networking Blueprint PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Cloud Orchestration To Data Center #2 / Internet To Data Center #2 vcloud Director 7800 7800 OpenStack SDN Controllers Network Virtualization Platform Network Element Managem ent BNA 67xx 67xx F W AD X 67xx 67xx MLX 87xx MLX 87xx FCoE 67xx 67xx F W ADX 67xx 67xx F C Storage Array DCX DCX SA N DCX DCX 3 rd Party Rack-1 IP Storage Rack-2 vrouter Rack-n-1 Rack-n FC 65x x 65x x 65x x 65x x 65xx 65xx 65xx 65xx 10/28/2013 15 2012-2013 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Proprietary Information