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March16th 2016

Scale-OutSDNMarcLeClerc,VPStrategyandMarketing,NoviFlowInc.

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• IntrotoNoviFlow• TheforcedrivingthemovetoSDN

– DriversforSDN– SDNandhyperscale networking

• UsingSDNtobuildaScale-OutRouter– Whatisit?– HowScale-OutSDNscales– UseCases

• Usecase:AARNet’s Autralia’s Wide-AreaSDNTestbed– The16,000kmwiderouter!– ScalabilityandSDN

• Q&A

Agenda

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Customers:

Products:

Technology • Innovativeuseof NetworkProcessors,insteadofASIC,X86orFPGA

KeyUseCases: SD-WAN,DataCenter,MobileandFixedNetworks,NFVForwardingPlane

Company: •HeadquartersinMontreal,Canada,andsalesofficesinSunnyvale(USA)andSingapore,and distributors

inTaiwan,Japan,SouthKorea,IsraelandAustria.

Productsdeployedat35customersaroundtheWorld:serviceproviders,internetbrands,NRN,Acad.,etc

ü NoviWare: ForwardingPlaneSoftwareforSDNandNFV,leveragingNPU-basedplatforms

• SupportsALLOpenFlow1.3actions,instructionsandmatchingfields,mostOpenFlow1.4features

• Compatiblewiththeleadingcontrollersandapplications,incl.ONOS,OpenDaylight,NEC,Ericsson,Ryu

• IncludedinallNoviSwitch products;LicensedtoODMs(foruseinWhiteBox orOEMproducts)

ü NoviSwitches :Pure-playOpenFlowswitchesbasedonNPUs

• DeliveringunparalleledOpenFlowthroughput,flowtablecapacityand

flowhandlingcapabilities

• NPU-basedandfullyprogrammable

• RunningNoviWaresoftware.

ü NoviApps: SDNapplications

NoviFlow develops Fully Programmable SDN Forwarding plane software, SDN Applications, and High Performance SDN Switches

AboutNoviFlow

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NoviFlow‘sFocus

ProgrammableAPIs

OpenFlow1.3/1.4

Scale-OutRouter® App#2 App#n…

SDNArchitecture ApplicationPlane

ControlPlane

ForwardingPlane

NoviApps SDNApplications

ForwardingPlaneSoftwareandSDNswitches

SDNControllers

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TraditionalNetworkingIsn’ttheRightSolutionforHyperscale andCarrierCloudNetworks

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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

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MobileComputing

IoT

HyperscaleVirtualization

NFV, 5G

On-Demand Network

Services & Service Velocity

Increase ARPU, New

Business Models

Tsunami of Data

TheNewTruth,andtheNewConsequences

Millions ofFlows,notthousands

ElephantFlows>10oreven100Gbps

TensofThousandsof

tableupdates/sec

OpenSourceDeveloperEcosystem

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VirtualizedStorageSystems

VirtualizedApplicationServers

EvolutionaryStepsinDCDisaggregation

VirtualizedNetworkControlAndForwarding

1 2 3

1st Gen:Compute

Hadoop,NetApp,HypervisorsvSphere,KVM

2nd Gen:Storage 3rd Gen:Network

In2009GoogleandStanfordinitiate“Clean-Slate”projecttoenablenetworkingvirtualization.SoftwareDefinedNetworkingisbornandfostersvendor independenceandreducescostsofbothhardwareandoperations

Startinginlate2014,enterprisesimplementingSDNrealizethatASICbasedSDNequipmentofferonlylimitedSDN/NFVfunctionality,andX86basedvSwitch solutions areunabletoscale.Thesolution:high-performanceNPUbasedOpenFlowForwardingPlanesandtheScale-Outarchitecture!

SDNandNFV

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TheDisaggregatedScale-outRouter

Control

OpenFlowSwitches

OpenFlowControllerandScale-OutRouterApplication(VMsonCOTSservers)

Spine(L2Switch)OpenFlowLeafSwitches

Backplane

Linecards

Servicecards

Typical(Scale-Up)router NoviFlow’sScale-OutRouterArchitecture

EconomicaltoOperateScale-OutsimplicityCOTShardware

OpenSourcesoftware

ExpensivetoOperateScale-upcostsVendor lock-inProprietary

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SDNScale-outRouterEnablinggraceful,modularcapacitygrowth

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OpenFlowRouterApp

Controller

2

OpenFlowRouterApp

Controller

m

3

L2Switch

OpenFlowRouterApp

Controller

4

L2Switch

L2Switch

OpenFlowRouterApp

Controller

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SDNScale-outRouter:Largescaleconfigurationexample,usinghigh-performanceOpenFlowSwitchesandOpenSourceSDNapplication

Access

Core

OFSwitch

OFSwitch

OFSwitch

OFSwitch

OFSwitch

OFSwitch

OFSwitch

OFSwitch

L2Switch

L2Switch

OFSwitch

OFSwitch

COTSServer

COTSServer

COTSservers

RouterApp

OFController

L2Switch

L2Switch

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Capacity&Size- SDNControlPlane- Controlplaneswitches- 192x100G- 12.8Tbps- 24RU

NoviFlowSDNScale-outRouter:12.8TbpsNetworkPODconfigurationexample,basedon3rd PartywhiteboxesandNoviRouteropensourceSDNapp

COTSservers

NoviRouter App

OFController

NPUbasedOpenFlowWhiteBoxRunningNoviWare

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SDNandNFVSolutionsusingScale-OutRouter

Scale-outArchitecture– Seamlesscapacitygrowth– Mixandmatchcomponents– Distributedorcentralized

SDNcontrol

HighPerformanceNFV– Lowanddeterministiclatency

&Jitter– HighPPSthroughput

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Deploymentscenario:LocallyDistributed

Datacenter

NS-2122NS-2122NS-2122

EthernetEthernetEthernetEthernet

NS-2122

NS-2128NS-2128NS-2128NS-2128

“Backplane”:Lowcost,lowlatencyandhighdensity COTSL2Ethernetleaf/spine switches

OpenFlowControlleronx86

NoviRouter BGP:highperformanceScale-OutRouter(SOR)Application onx86

linecards:NoviFlowor3rd PartyhighperformanceOpenFlow1.3/1.4switches,100GEinterfaces

“Servicecards”: lowcostCOTSservers(VNF’s)OFswitchprovides:

NetworkSlicing,Multi-homingLoadBalancing,ServiceChaining

RouterAppOFcontroller

“Accesscards”: Ofswitchesprovide:BGP,ACLs,Filtering,DDoS,Firewall,

Multi-homing, PE,VLANs,MPLS,LoadBalancing,ServiceChaining

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Scale-OutRouter– GeographicallyDistributed

CustomerNetworks Customer

Networks

CustomerNetworks

Scale-OutRouterApp

OpenFlowController onx86NoviRouter:NoviFlowopen sourcehighperformanceScale-OutRouter(SOR)Application

linecards:NoviFlowor3rd PartyhighperformanceOpenFlow1.3/1.4switches, 100GEinterfaces

PrivateCloud

OFController

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NoviFlow SDNScale-outRouterEvolution...

Application &Servicebasedrouting(Skype,Netflix,Youtube,VoLTE,5G,Cloud,M2M,SDV…)

FirewallLoadBalancer

NAT EPC

MPLSOAM H-QOS ECMP (loaddistribution)

Segmentrouting Loss-less fabric LACPsupport LLDPsupport

LDP VPN ServiceChaining Highavailabilitycontrolplane

BGP IS-IS OSPF

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RouterCostSavingsLeadingScale-upRouterChassis

NoviFlowScale-OutRouter

NoviFlowScale-OutRouter

LeadingScale-UpRouter

Comparison

Numberof100Gports

324 320 Same

Height(RackUnits)

38 88 50%

Price($M) 7 27.81 25%

1 –assumingdiscounted price

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CAPEX

OPEX

*3yearcostsfor250-BranchWANItem Traditional SD-WAN SavingsRouterCapex $1,000,000 $250,000 75%RouterMaint/Support $180,000 $150,000 17%StaffingOpEx $105,000 $52,500 50%

$1,285,000 $452,500 65%Total:

SDNbasedRouterCostReductionsSavingsof65%fromSDWANdeploymentata250-branchWAN.

*Source:Gartner,2015

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Use Cases where NoviFlow Switch is or can be used asthe Forwarding Plane Device, FPD

Domain DC WAN(SD-WAN) NetworkAppliances

MobileNetworks

SDN/NFVUseCases ToR

GW

vSO

R PE

CE

IPE

VPN

FW

LB

NAT

EPC

TAP

SCH

PC

ICT ServiceProviders

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

KeyBenefits • CAPEX reduction: R, PE, EPC, Network Tapping, VNFs• OPEX reduction: Simplified operations, Service provisioning, Centralized

network control layer and network management across the telecom networks, IP networks and IT systems

• Service Introduction: VPN, M2M, 5G, Cloud services

Acronyms • ToR:TopofRack• GW:GateWay• vSO:vSwitchOffload

• R:Router• PE:ProvidersEdge• CE:CarrierEthernet• IPE:IPnetwork Edge• VPN:virtualPrivate

Network

• FW:FireWall• LB:LoadBalancer• NAT: NetworkAddress

Translation

• EPC:EvolvedPacketCore

• TAP:NetworkTapping• SCH:ServiceChaining• PC:Packet

Classification

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THE AARNET SDN TESTBED

Australian Wide-Area SDN Testbed

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SDN as enabler

Network

ComputeStorage

Software tools

User engagement

Full-service « ecosystem »

SDN

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The ANZ SDN testbed

LIEF: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

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Testbed – participating institutions

LIEF: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

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Towards an SDN testbed

Step 1: the AARNet SDN testbed

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The ANZ SDN testbed

Step 2: extend…

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The ANZ SDN testbed

Step 2: the Australia-wide SDN testbed …

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The ANZ SDN testbed

Step 3: …and finally, international extension.

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Focus: interdomain SDN

Interdomain SDN

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Focus: SP/telco

Service Provider/telco

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Focus: internet-scale

Geography + latency

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Focus: international collaboration

International collaboration

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Collectively build understanding of the SDN ecosystem

The aim:

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Summary:TheSDNScale-OutRouter

ProvenimplementationoftheScale-OutRouterconcept!• COTSh/wandOpenSources/w

– Novendorlock-in– Nohardwareobsolescenceissues

• Geographicallydistributed• MultiDomain• Hyperscale (readyforIoT,5G,etc…)• Step-wiseimplementationforeasydeploymentandsmooth

migrationfromlegacy

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