s and Lifecycle Service Orchestration () October 2017 Daniel Bar-Lev Director, Office of the CTO
About MEF MEF created the $80B* Carrier Ethernet Market. MEF s goal is to leverage the global Carrier Ethernet managed services interconnected footprint and evolve to a cloud-native, programmable and virtualized network with new revenue services for the digital economy SPs Vendors Others 210+ Member Companies NA EMEA APAC CALA Global Contributions *IHS Market Report
MEF s Third Network Vision Orchestrated Services Optical Carrier Ethernet IP Services L4-L7 Point Services Security Services App Services Self-service Web Portal Internet Enterprise Cloud Provider Mobile SDN NFV Legacy Networks Service Provider X SDN NFV Legacy Networks Service Provider Y Residential Cloud Provider Data Center
The Key - (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) FRAMEWORK FRAMEWORK CAPABILITIES Self-service Web Portal Cantata Allegro Business Applications Legato Service Orchestration Functionality Presto Sonata Interlude Business Applications Legato Service Orchestration Functionality Presto Fulfillment Performance Control Assurance Usage Analytics Security Policy User Service Endpoint NFV MANO SDN Controller Adagio Operator Service Endpoint Packet SDN Controller Traditional EMS Adagio User Service Endpoint Packet PNFs Packet PNFs Head Office UNI SDN Switch Network Operator 1 ENNI Network Operator 2 UNI Cloud Service Provider End-to-End Network-as-a-Service EMS: Element Management System PNF: Physical Network Function SOF: Service Orchestration Function
The MEF and Facilitate multi-vendor interoperability and operational agility as service providers look to streamline operational efficiencies and control network resources on demand OpenCS project that is focused on defining APIs, reference implementations (RI) and proof of concepts (POCs) to facilitate and accelerate service deployments Market Education Project to explain MEF s position on and how it aligns with other initiatives focused on orchestrated Layer 1-7 services enabled by APIs. Educational materials will include white papers, webinars, workshops, and use cases.
and Focus on Service Provider SD- WAN managed services market Enable APIs in services Segregate control and data plane Support Service Provider components in the form of VNF s CPE in virtual or physical form factor Clients CPE Intra-Operator Open APIs Control Plane Data Plane Controller Inter-Operator Open APIs SaaS Enterprise DC Other branches Gateway Enterprise Branch Provider Applications
Using the MEF Reference Architecture Subscriber Web Portal Cantata Allegro OSS/BSS Applications Service Orchestration Functionality Controller Edge Adagio Legato Presto Gateway Presto Reference Point Enables a Service Orchestrator to manage different vendor Controllers Controllers manage SD- WAN Edges in their domain MEF OpenCS Project focusing on functionality (SOF) at the Presto Reference Point
Service Components Industry neutral MEF terminology Edge VNF Subscriber Web Portal Edge VNF Public Cloud Cantata Allegro OSS/BSS Applications Service Orchestrator Presto Legato Controller Controller Internet Adagio Gateway Gateway Edge CPE Edge CPE MPLS VPN ( Overlay) CSP/MSP Network MPLS VPN (Native) Edge VNF Private Cloud / Data Center Edge vcpe Tunnel Private Cloud or Data Center
Example Use Case: Service Tunneled over Internet and MPLS WANs Cantata OSS/BSS Applications Legato Subscriber Web Portal Allegro Service Orchestrator Presto Controller Adagio Internet Adagio Edge CPE MPLS VPN CSP/MSP Network Edge CPE Tunnel
Example Use Case: Service with Edge vcpe Supporting Multiple VNFs Subscriber Web Portal Cantata Allegro OSS/BSS Applications Service Orchestrator Presto Legato Controller Adagio NFV Resource Orchestrator Adagio Edge CPE WANs CSP/MSP Network WANs Edge vcpe Tunnel
The Third Network Overlay Virtualized Model Self-service Web Portal Cloud APIs Cloud Orchestrator (CLO) Presto APIs Presto APIs VM Mission Critical Cloud Applications SDN Controller NFV MANO UNI CPE Managed Networks Controller Load Bal. SDN Switch BGP UNI Internet ISP GW APM IPS/IDS Firewall Carrier NAT BGP Routing Overlay Third Network Service Provider UNI SDN Switch RO - Resource Orchestrator GW - Gateway CPE - Customer Premise Equipment APM Application Performance Management IPS/IDS Intrusion Prevention System / Intrusion Detection System
Key Takeaways MEF work on Services helping industry move forward Managed offerings achieved using MEF Reference Framework Open standardized APIs covering service use cases Reference implementations of use cases Definition of standardized service MEF members contributing to MEF s work:
Contributing to MEF Work OpenCS Project Developing Use Cases and User Stories Building Reference Implementations within the MEF framework wiki.mef.net/display/cto/opencs+sd -WAN+Project Market Education Project Developing Use Cases Developing and Delivering white papers, webinars and workshops wiki.mef.net/display/mc/sdwan+market+education+project mef.net/sd-wan/understanding-sd-wan
s and Lifecycle Service Orchestration () October 2017 Daniel Bar-Lev Director, Office of the CTO