The SDN Revolution: Transforming Next Generation Carrier Networks Rick Bauer, Managing Director Open Networking Foundation Rick.bauer@opennetworking.org
Overview An Introduction to Software Defined Networking SDN Value Proposition Introduction to the Open Networking Foundation 2013: The State of SDN 2
Drivers for SDN Mobile Computing Cloud Computing On-Demand Services Tsunami of Data 3
Why Traditional Networking Isn t the Right Solution for Carrier Clouds Not Cost-Effective CAPEX OPEX Not Agile Enough for On-Demand Time-to-market Rapid service provisioning Not Designed for Virtualization East-west traffic support Bottleneck for server virtualization 4
New Networking Approach: SDN Current network equipment design monolithic/tightly integrated Network Apps Custom Control Plane Network Applications OpenFlow Controller Custom Silicon (remember mainframe computers?) Distributed Traffic Forwarders 5
API API API API SDN Architecture Open: multi-vendor interoperability Applications Modular: scalable, economical Control Plane Network Operating System Software Defined Networking (SDN) Programmable: rapid provisioning of new services Abstraction layer: decouple hardware/software Data Plane Hardware Abstraction Layer Switching Silicon/HW 6
Key SDN Principles Abstraction Decouple business applications Decouples control plane Decouple virtualized configuration Programmability Enable innovation/differentiation Accelerate new feature and service introduction Centralized Intelligence Simplify provisioning Optimize performance Granular policy management 7
OpenFlow: Instruction Set for SDN Programmable API that allows external software ( controller ) to control the data path of a switch OpenFlow Controller Programs the network, bypassing conventional L2/L3 protocols Prepopulate or send instructions dynamically SDN Controller (Server Software) OpenFlow Ethernet (or Hypervisor) Switch Control Path OpenFlow Data Path (Hardware) 8
SDN in the Network Apps Apps Apps Orchestration Hypervisor OpenFlow Controller Compute & Storage 9 Forwarding Devices
Real-World Applications for SDN Enterprise Cloud Carrier VM Migration Distributed Campus Networks Ultra-low Latency Hyperscale Data Centers Disaster Recovery Multi-tenancy On-Demand Network Services Traffic Steering Content Distribution 10
Examples of SDN in Carrier Networks Seamless Roaming for 3G/4G/WIFI Mobile Edge Span Public and Private Clouds Service Migration to Cloud Automated provisioning, centralized network view Service Monitoring Content Delivery Services Traffic Steering 11
Value of SDN/OpenFlow Traffic Steering Self Provisioning Programmable Network Network Control & Scale Uniform Cloud API Effective delivery of network services Additional revenue opportunity Automation & SLA delivery Automate VM mobility Migration of traditional carrier services to the cloud Cost-effective expansion of mobile services OPEX savings OPEX savings Network scalability/elasticity Reduce TCO 12
Some Initial SDN Implementations Overlay SDN with existing networks Sequester new services Deploy in own IT organization 13
What Can You Do? Expedite: urge your vendors to supply SDN Experiment: trial and build your expertise Engage: join ONF to drive standards 14
Why Join the ONF? Drive SDN Standards Influence the future of networking Collaborate with the innovators Gain visibility in the community 15
ONF: Leading the SDN Revolution Founded: March 2011 to standardize and accelerate SDN Global organization: Over 85 member companies Board: Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Verizon, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Communications, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs Guiding principles: Driven by you architects and users of next-generation networks Standards developed by those closest to implementation Open, interoperable standards based on real-world implementations Run like a Silicon Valley startup company 16
Board Industry Experts: Board & Working Groups Security Executive Director (Dan Pitt) TAG Council of Chairs (Working Groups) Arch & Framework Config & Management Extensibility Forwarding Abstractions Market Education New Transport 17 Testing & Interop
91 Members 6Wind A10 Networks ADVA Optical Alcatel-Lucent Aricent Argela/Turk Telekom Big Switch Networks Broadcom Brocade Centec Networks Ceragon China Mobile Ciena Cisco Citrix CohesiveFT Colt CompTIA Cyan Optics Dell/Force10 Deutsche Telekom Elbrys Ericsson ETRI Extreme Networks EZchip F5 Networks Facebook Freescale Semi Fujitsu Gigamon Google Goldman Sachs Hitachi HP Huawei IBM Infinera Infoblox Intel Initune Networks IP Infusion Ixia Juniper Networks KDDI Korea Telecom Level3 Comms LineRate Systems LSI Luxoft Marvell Mellanox Metaswitch Networks Microsoft Midokura NCL Comms K.K. NEC Netgear Netronome Netscout Nokia Siemens Netw. NoviFlow NTT Communications Oracle Orange/France Telecom Overture Networks Pica8 Plexxi Qosmos Radware Riverbed Technology Samsung SK Telecom Spirent Sunbay AG Swisscom Tail-f Systems Telecom Italia Telefonica Tencent Texas Instruments Thales Tilera Transmode Vello Systems Verisign Verizon Vmware/Nicira Xpliant Yahoo! ZTE 18
2013 is the Year of SDN! Gaining momentum with endusers Investigations, evaluations, and trials ONF is growing Just getting started! OpenFlow is evolving OpenFlow 1.3.x OF-Config Conformance Test OpenFlow is expanding Carrier Networking (L0-L1) L4-L7 Forwarding abstraction Northbound API??? 19
Summary SDN: users clamoring for its value Industry: massive investment ONF: making it happen Join us! www.opennetworking.org 20