Cloud.. Migration? Bursting? Orchestration? Vincent Lavergne SED EMEA, South Gary Newe Sr SEM EMEA, UKISA
Technology shifts center on applications Advanced threats APIs Internet of things Mobility SDDC/Cloud Software defined everything Everything is webified Quality of experience Time to Market F5 Networks, Inc 2
Cloud Use Drivers Cloud computing can help organizations provide better services while reducing costs and streamlining IT.
Promises of the Cloud
Different Approaches to the Cloud F5 Agility 2014 5
Q: Software How Do Defined You Provision Stuff L4-7 Services L 4-7Application Services. L 2-3Network Virtualization. Network Virtualization IaaS Compute, Server, Storage etc. % Storage Servers Desktop F5 Agility 2014 6
Software Defined Application Services with F5 Physical enterprise data center Public cloud F5 Application Services Fabric (L4 7) Network Fabric (L2-3) Servers are ephemeral, you don't care about them. You only care about the service as a whole F5 Agility 2014 7
Benefits of Cloud Services Connect Orchestrate Secure F5 Agility 2014 8
Use Cases: Network Services Automation
Use Cases: Cloud Burst
Use Cases: Best-of-Class Cloud Components
BIG-IQ Cloud Third-Party Cloud Orchestrators Security Cloud BIG-IQ Platform F5 BIG-IQ Cloud is an application networking services management solution for BIG-IPenabled cloud infrastructure BIG-IQ Cloud automates application networking services provisioning in public, private and hybrid cloud deployments Provisions BIG-IP LTM (HW and VE editions) BIG-IQ Cloud addresses orchestration problems and supports third-party integration via REST API Management and Orchestration Tools Public cloud providers BIG-IQ Cloud is available as a VE only in the first release BIG-IQ Security is an add-on optional module
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Cloud Bursting architecture diagram Global load balancing Infrastructure monitoring Advanced reporting On-Premises Infrastructure Finite Resources Load balancing Custom business logic Object caching SSL management DNS Application Use r Cloud Managemen t UI or REST API Cloud Administrator Use r Automated Application Delivery Network Health/performance monitoring BIG-IP VE deployment Business Unit Application Manager Load balancing Custom business logic Object caching SSL management On-Demand Computing Application Cloud Hosting Provider Strategic Point of Control F5 Agility 2014 14
How Does it work?
Customer Feedback We Listened REST-API Integration Centralized iapp Management Self-service Portals For Cloud Architectures Cloud Burst Customized Integration With Cloud Orchestrators
BIG-IQ Cloud Orchestration Integration E.g. GUI REST API Integration Public Cloud Provider Orchestrator BIG-IP Devices
BIG-IQ and BIG-IP Cloud Architectures Provider Portal Click to enlarge Cloud Orchestrators iapp Lifecycle Management Cloud Connectors Private or Public Cloud (Amazon Web Services) Tenant Portal Click to enlarge Tenant 1 Tenant 2 Tenant 3 App App Apps BIG-IP Platform App App Apps BIG-IP Platform Data Centers BIG-IP Platform Return F5 Networks, Inc. 18
Key Take-Aways - BIG-IQ SERVER STATS USER WORKFLOW TO SPIN UP AND SPIN DOWN NODES NODE STATS USER WORKFLOW TO SPIN UP AND SPIN DOWN VE VM STATS USER WORKFLOW TO SEND ALERTS Orchestrate with Cloud Connectors Application Lifecycle Management Performance Health and Monitoring Self-Service Provider and Tenant Portals Elasticity and Auto- Scaling UI AND REST API SUPPORT FOR ALL THE FEATURES Return F5 Networks, Inc. 19
Good Better Best Scalable and flexible hardware or virtual editions + simplified software purchase GOOD BETTER BEST Data Center Appliance Chassis Virtual Edition Hybrid Cloud Private Cloud F5 Agility 2014 20
F5 Cloud Migration business benefits Fast Respond more quickly to access demands. Scalable Support more devices and services. Consistent Enforce consistent security across all applications. F5 Agility 2014 21
Explore The F5 Cloud Migration Reference Architecture f5.com/architectures F5 Agility 2014 22