Future-Ready Networking for the Data Center Dell EMC Forum
Our world is changing We want it now Work is no longer a location We re drowning in information Everything is at risk 8 seconds Average human attention span: one second less than a goldfish 80-90% Employees telecommute at least part time 90% of all the data in the world has been created in the past 2 years One million cyber-attacks released every day 3
Welcome to the future-ready enterprise Traditional IT New IT Support traditional IT applications and architectures with efficient and scalable virtualization-based cloud solutions Support new IT applications and architectures with efficient, scale-out, hyperscale- inspired cloud solutions Future-Ready Enterprise A common compute-centric, software-driven platform for traditional and new 4
Dell networking Foundational elements for the future-ready enterprise Dell networking Open, software-defined networking solutions for the data center, campus and branch/smb Fully converged to completely disaggregated solutions for networking at any scale Future-Ready Enterprise 5
Recognized for our vision and execution 2016 Data Center Networking 2015 2014 2013 http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/analyst-relations-research-and-reports 6
Our vision for the network is open Traditional Networking Open Networking Proprietary architectures & management tools Standard orchestration & automation tools Hundreds of protocols Optional SDN/NVO controller Any networking OS Proprietary networking OS Open standard hardware Proprietary ASICs Merchant silicon 7
Open Networking means unprecedented choice WAN, MPLS/VPLS functionality OS6 Feature-rich L2/L3 Campus networking OS3, OS6 Plug-and-play Branch/ SMB networking SDN fabric & network tapping solutions OS9, OS10 Data Center fabric & in-rack switching Linux on the switch, unified server, network management Virtualization-centric fabric optimized for Nutanix, Big Data, VDI 8
Open networking The foundation for our solutions in the data center Dell Software-Defined Networking Operating System Solutions Network Overlay Solutions Control Plane Solutions Switching Software + + + Switching Hardware Virtual Networking Physical Networking Forwarding Plane Control Plane Dell Open Networking Disaggregating the building blocks of networking 9
Dell VMware open networking solutions Compelling options for NSX customers VMware Network Virtualization OS choices Open Networking Switches vcac - Cloud Orchestration NSX for MH For mixed hypervisors (Xen, KVM & ESX) For open SDN underlay For unified server & network mgmt i.e. big Linux users NSX for ESX For traditional VMware ESX customers For traditional Dell customers Virtual overlay network Physical underlay network Software defined data center (SDDC) 10 VMware +Big Switch + Dell VMware + Cumulus + Dell VMware +Dell
Data center networking platforms Fabric Spine Top-of-Rack/Leaf Blade IO/Leaf Z-Series Purpose-built 40/100GbE fabric switches for modern data center architectures Optimized for cost-effective non-blocking performance S-Series Complete connectivity 1/10/25/40/50/100GbE plus 8G FC options Optimized for diverse virtualization and SDN environments MXL/IOA for M1000e FN-IOM for FX2 10GbE & 40GbE I/O solutions for M1000e & FX2 deployments Optimized for east-west traffic patterns with native local switching capabilities Modern networking solutions for the modern data center 11
Customer success Web 2.0 & E-commerce 0 8 of top 25 cloud and Web2.0 Hospitality Top 5 most popular global hotel chains Healthcare 5 of top 10 hospitals in the United States Higher education 7 of the 8 Ivy league institutions Every university in Big 10 Conf. Dell has outpaced the Networking market over the last 5 years Channel business now >50% of Networking revenue IT companies Top 8 of 10 IT companies measured by revenue Source: Google.com Source: Via Luxpresso Source: US News & World Source: US News ranking Source: Wikipedia 12
Summary Complete networking solutions for the future-ready enterprise Dell networking 1. Delivering superior networking value from data center to desktop 2. Simple, scalable and economical solutions for campus and SMB networks 3. High-performance, open networking solutions for the data center Future-Ready Enterprise 13
Fabric solutions with Big switch networks Big Switch Big Cloud Fabric (BCF) Leaf Spine Big Cloud Fabric Controller Supports both physical and virtual (multi-hypervisor) workloads and choice of orchestration software. Provides L2 switching, L3 routing and, L4-7 service insertion and chaining while ensuring high bisectional bandwidth. Scalable fabric, fully resilient with no single point of failure and supports head-less mode operations Open Networking Solutions & Recent showcase Need: Elastic, scalable network with faster service enablement Solution: S6000-ON & S4048-ON with BCF 50 racks in 5 Data Centers Results: Resiliency at scale. No bandwidth bottleneck. Design Flexibility. Reduced Operational Complexity. Integrated security and visibility 15
Monitoring/Tap fabrics with Big Switch Networks Big Tap Controller Use-case: Government Data Center Dell or 3 rd Party Leaf Dell or 3 rd Party Spine Monitoring Fabric Need: Cost-effective networking monitoring and filtering solution Solution: Dell S4048-ON with Big Switch Monitoring Fabric Controller Results: Low-cost monitoring network Open Networking Solutions & Use-case: Fortune 50 software co. data center Need: Cost-effective network monitoring across global data centers with centrally located tools Solution: Dell S6000-ON and S4048-ON with Big Switch Monitoring Fabric Controller Results: Simplicity at scale utilizing centrally located tools. Lower TCO. 16
Fabric solutions with Cumulus Networks Cumulus Linux OS Leaf Spine ONOS or ODL CONTROLLER Delivers high capacity fabrics with unprecedented price performance. Enables large ecosystem of native Linux applications and automation tools while delivering new levels of innovation and flexibility Support large-scale Clos fabrics and next generation architectures. Open Networking Solutions & Recent showcase Simplified scaling with OpenStack 300 server nodes with OpenStack plus 24 switches (S6000-ON & S4048-ON) were brought up in <6 hours 17
Fabric solutions with Pluribus Networks Pluribus Fabric benefits Leaf Spine No external controller No boundaries (across POD, Data center) Interoperable with existing L2/L3 spine/leaf Fabric built-in flow, traffic, endpoint telemetry No Taps, no packet brokers, no agents on servers Open Networking Solutions & Use-cases New fabric with simplified management and analytics Dell/Pluribus solution: Deploy Dell Open Networking platforms plus Pluribus Fabric software for detailed analytics/telemetry Network expansion with a new fabric Dell/Pluribus solution: Insert Dell Open Networking platforms plus Pluribus Fabric software fabric, apply analytics tools 18
NVO solutions with VMware NSX Dell + VMware Leaf Spine & Best in class physical underlay with Dell s 10-100GbE Open Networking switching portfolio, delivering non-blocking, active/active forwarding and line rate Layer 2 gateways for effective bridging to NSX virtual overlay Strong analytics, automated provisioning, programmability, and Layer 2 gateway support for NSX virtual overlay Micro-segmentation and granular security delivered to the individual workload Reduced network provisioning time from days to seconds through automation Workload mobility independent of physical network topology within and across data centers 19
Wide-area solutions with IP Infusion Use-case: EVPN with VxLAN Data Center Interconnect Need: Virtual network for multiple geographically dispersed data centers Solution: VxLAN for virtual network EVPN control plane with MP-BGP Use-case: Data Center Interconnect using MPLS Open Networking Solutions & Need: Connecting multiple geographically dispersed data centers Solution: Interconnecting 2 data centers using VPWS Interconnecting multiple data centers using VPLS 20