Software Defined Networks Virtualized networks & SDN Tony Smith Solution Architect HPN
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What is Software Defined Networking Switch/Router MANAGEMENTPLANE Responsible for managing the device (CLI) CONTROLPLANE Responsible for controlling traffic (IGMP, OSPF ) DATAPLANE Responsible for forwarding traffic (ASIC) 3
What is Software Defined Networking Switch/Router MANAGEMENTPLANE CONTROLPLANE DATAPLANE Each device: - Has its own control plane - Has its own management plane - Each device makes its own forwarding decisions 4
What is Software Defined Networking Imagine a large network with a lot of devices MANAGEMENTPLANE CONTROLPLANE DATAPLANE 5
What is Software Defined Networking Imagine a large network with a lot of devices Inefficient: - Control traffic - Management on each device 6
What is Software Defined Networking What if: - We centralize the control plane (decouple from the device) - We centralize the management plane Switch/Router DATAPLANE MANAGEMENTPLANE CONTROLPLANE 7
What is Software Defined Networking A single point of configuration and control 8
What is Software Defined Networking So what does this give you: - A single point of control of the whole network - A single point of configuration of the whole network - Simplification of the network hardware (lower cost) 9
HP definition of software defined networks Following ONF definition SDN Architecture Application Layer Control Layer Infrastructure Layer Business Business Applications Applications Business Applications Deliver open programmable interfaces to automate orchestration of network services (e.g., OpenStack, CloudStack) Cloud Orchestration Programmable Open APIs Network Network Applications Applications SDN Applications Separate control and data plane; abstract control SDN Controller plane of many devices to one Control & Data Plane Programmable Interface Open standard-based programmatic access to infrastructure Network Device Network Device Network Device 11
SDN ARCHITECTURE HP definition of software defined networks SDN architecture built on an open framework APPLICATION SDN Application REpresentational State Transfer aka REST SDN Application SDN Application Open programmable API s CONTROL Virtual Application Networks SDN Controller OpenFlow Open programmable API s INFRASTRUCTURE Network Device Network Device Network Device Network Device 12
Virtualization Mode (Hybrid) Allows both Production and OpenFlow VLAN instances A VLAN in Virtualization Mode must be a Member of an OpenFlow Instance APP APP APP CONTROLLER VLAN Management / Controller HP OpenFlow SWITCH VLAN Production VLAN OpenFlow 13
HP SDN App Store hp.com/sdn/appstore Accelerated time to ROI with integrated and validated applications Network agility with rapid and seamless deployment Standards-based for open and simplified collaboration 14
SDN Architecture Overlay solution An application of software-defined networking Benefits Application Network Virtualization Increased network resource utilization Control SDN Controller Scalable cloud multitenancy Infrastructure Overlay Underlay Scalable cloud automation 15
SDN Architecture Overlay solution An application of software-defined networking Challenges Application Network Virtualization Lack of virtual and physical integration Control SDN Controller Lack of underlay visibility & control Infrastructure Overlay Underlay Separate orchestration 16
SDN & Network Virtualization HP-VMware Networking Solution Open, interoperable solution unifying physical and virtual Unifies underlay & overlay visibility SDN apps ConvergedControl & control Federation VAN SDN Enables interoperability VMware NSX and SDN extensibility via federation Controller Extends network virtualization to physical servers Server Overlay Underlay SDN Manager Provides single pane-of-glass vcenter management d orchestration Plug-in for physical & Intelligent virtual Management networks Center (IMC) 17
SDN & Network Virtualization HP-VMware Networking Solution Open, interoperable solution unifying physical and virtual Unifies underlay & overlay visibility SDN apps ConvergedControl & control Federation VAN SDN Enables interoperability VMware NSX and SDN extensibility via federation Controller Extends network virtualization to physical servers Server Overlay Underlay SDN Manager Provides single pane-of-glass vcenter management d orchestration Plug-in for physical & Intelligent virtual Management networks Center (IMC) 18
Extends network virtualization to physical servers Converged Control Federation VMware NSX VAN SDN Controller Virtualized Server 19 Hypervisor vswitch OVSDB Open vswitch Database Protocol VXLAN VXLAN Virtual Network VLAN VxLAN enabled switch Physical (non-virtualized) Server
SDN & Network Virtualization HP-VMware Networking Solution Open, interoperable solution unifying physical and virtual Unifies underlay & overlay visibility SDN apps ConvergedControl & control Federation VAN SDN Enables interoperability VMware NSX and SDN extensibility via federation Controller Extends network virtualization to physical servers Server Overlay Underlay SDN Manager Provides single pane-of-glass vcenter management d orchestration Plug-in for physical & Intelligent virtual Management networks Center (IMC) 20
Interoperability via federation Converged Control Federation VMware NSX VAN SDN Controller Cloud Orchestration Underlay & overlay Examples QoS Faults Monitoring Network Map 21
SDN & Network Virtualization HP-VMware Networking Solution Open, interoperable solution unifying physical and virtual Unifies underlay & overlay visibility SDN apps ConvergedControl & control Federation VAN SDN Enables interoperability VMware NSX and SDN extensibility via federation Controller Extends network virtualization to physical servers Server Overlay Underlay SDN Manager Provides single pane-of-glass vcenter management d orchestration Plug-in for physical & Intelligent virtual Management networks Center (IMC) 22
Underlay & overlay control - challenge Elephant Flow Quality of Service - Technology Preview Size of Flows Large flows may consume network resources at expense of small flows 23 Elephant flow: Large size Few Throughput Mice flow: Small size Many Latency sensitive Number of Flows Separate orchestration of overlay and underlay challenges corrective actions
Underlay & overlay control - architecture Converged Control Federation VMware NSX VAN SDN Controller 1 Detection virtual network Hypervisor vswitch 2 Federation 3 Action physical network QoS 24
SDN & Network Virtualization HP-VMware Networking Solution Open, interoperable solution unifying physical and virtual Unifies underlay & overlay visibility SDN apps ConvergedControl & control Federation VAN SDN Enables interoperability VMware NSX and SDN extensibility via federation Controller Extends network virtualization to physical servers Server Overlay Underlay SDN Manager Provides single pane-of-glass vcenter management d orchestration Plug-in for physical & Intelligent virtual Management networks Center (IMC) 25
IMC : Single pane-of-glass into VXLAN VXLAN Map and Link Performance Monitor Technology Preview 26
HP-VMware SDN Networking Federation Open and interoperable solution unifying physical and virtual Virtual Cloud Network 27 The top-of-rack switch with built-in intelligence based on VXLAN technology extends network virtualization to the servers, enabling virtual and physical networks to work together as one entity.
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