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Ethernet Fabrics and the ODDC

Sander Bakker

Channel Manager Benelux

[email protected]

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“Fundamentally we’ve had to redesign and challenge

the way we’ve run distributed infrastructure for the

past 15 years.

Steve Hilton, Chief Information Officer, Credit Suisse Group

Not a single thing that we’ve done in the past is now acceptable for the future.”

Capture Historic Industry Shifts

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Cross-Portfolio Leverage

Blurring of Hardware and Software

Cloud Evolution Software Defines Everything

Closed

to Open

PROPRIETARY

PLATFORMS

OPEN

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0

50

100

150

200

Gbs

Exponential Growth of x86 Performance

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Blurring Hardware and Software Boundaries Disruptive Growth of x86 Performance

2008

Virtual EPC

Virtual Appliances

Virtual Route Reflector

Virtual Router

Virtual CPE

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Intel Platform Harpertown Nehalem Westmere Sandy Bridge Ivytown

Total Cores 8 8 12 8 16 20

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Connecting IT and Networks

SDN

IT

NETWORK


Evolving Cloud Services

Basic

Homogeneous

Low Cost

SERVICES CLOUD PUBLIC CLOUD

Rich Services

Application Optimized

Public Cloud Architecture

Enterprise Policies

Increased Security

Brocade Focus Areas


On Demand Data Center Blueprint

Software Networking SDN, NFV

Data Center Networking Fabrics

What is an Ethernet Fabric Brocade VCS fabric technology


Optimized for server virtualization and cloud architectures

More efficient, higher throughput, lower latency

Scale-out vs. scale-up to increase flexibility and reduce cost

Simplified deployment and reduce administration cost

Ethernet Fabrics vs. Legacy Networks AUTOMATION, EFFICIENCY AND SCALE ON-DEMAND

CLASSIC, HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURE C

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Inflexible: Rigid architecture, optimized for legacy client/server applications

Inefficient: Spanning Tree disables links to prevent loops, limiting network utilization

Complex: Each switch managed individually

VM-ignorant: No concept of server virtualization

Flexible: Topology freedom, optimized for east/west traffic patterns and virtualized applications

Efficient: All links in the fabric are active with Layer 1/2/3 multipathing

Simple: Entire fabric behaves as logical switch

VM-aware: Facilitates VM/network interoperability

ETHERNET FABRIC ARCHITECTURE

Ed

ge

C

ore

Scalability

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Brocade Differentiation Data Center Ethernet – Brocade VCS Fabric

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• No Spanning Tree Protocol

• Multi-path, deterministic

• Auto-healing, non-disruptive

• Lossless, low latency

• Convergence-ready

Ethernet Fabric

• Self-forming

• Arbitrary topology

• Fabric is aware of all members, devices, VMs

• Masterless control, no reconfiguration

Distributed Intelligence

• Logically flattens and collapses network layers

• Scale edge and manage as if single switch

• Auto-configuration

• Centralized or distributed mgmt; end-to-end

Logical Chassis

Dynamic Services Connectivity over Distance, Native Fibre Channel,

Security Services, Layer 4-7, etc.

NATIVE, FABRIC-BASED MULTITENANCY AT SCALE

VCS Virtual Fabric

Allocates logical fabric(s) for each

tenant within a shared physical

fabric

Based on TRILL Fine-Grained Labels

(IETF RFC# 6325)

Provides support for overlapping

VLANs, VLAN scale and transparent

VLAN services

Supports 16 million VCS Virtual

Fabrics

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Customer A

Customer B

Customer A

Customer B

VLAN10 Virtual Fabric 5000

VLAN10 Virtual Fabric 5001

Automatic IP Storage Traffic Prioritization

IP Storage Intelligence – VCS AutoQoS

All the nodes in the fabric will auto-

prioritize IP Storage traffic over other,

best effort traffic types

Eliminates QoS configuration complexity

or the need to overprovision the network

Reduces capital and operational costs

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IP Storage Racks

Compute Racks

Other Priorities: Best Effort Traffic

Medium Priority: NAS. iSCSI Traffic

IP Storage: Scale-Out NAS and Clustered Storage

Servers

VDX’es

Front End

IP

Network

Storage

cluster

nodes

Back End

Storage

Network

FC, Ethernet or Infiniband

NAS NAS NAS NAS

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• Scales out linearly in real time without disruption

• Load-balanced multipathing provides very high link utilization, reducing over-provisioning

• AutoQoS for IP storage minimizes traffic contention and ensures performance

• Native network automation and Logical Chassis delivers massive OpEx reduction

Brocade VCS Fabric Value Propositions

Brocade Differentiation Data Center Ethernet – Brocade VCS Fabric

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• Zero-touch VM discovery, configuration, and mobility

• No configuration to add links or switches

• Fabric managed as single logical device

Automated

5x less time to deploy network capacity

• All links fully active; none on standby

• Multipathing at all layers of the network

• IP storage-aware

Efficient

2x greater network utilization

Faster time to tenant deployment, lower cost

• Native multitenancy with Virtual Fabrics

• Scale out non-disruptively

• Orchestration through Open APIs and OpenStack

Cloud-Optimized

900+ Customers

Brocade VDX Switch and VCS Fabric Evolution RAPID PACE OF INNOVATION

Product Milestones/ Announcements

Cumulative Installed Base

Brocade VDX 6720 January 2011

Announced Brocade VDX/VCS

June 2010

20+ Customers 100+

Customers 200+ Customers

Q1 11 Q2 11 Q3 11 Q4 11 CQ2 10 Q4 10 Q4 12

300+ Customers

Brocade VDX 6710 and 6730 September 2011

Brocade VDX 8770 October 2012

1500+ Customers

Q3 13 ….

Brocade VDX

6740/6740T

September 2013

….

Brocade Focus Areas


On Demand Data Center Blueprint

Software Networking SDN, NFV

Data Center Networking Fabrics

Gartner Report, March 12th, 2013 Software-Defined Networking: A Taxonomy

“Ending the Confusion About Software-Defined

Networking: A Taxonomy”

Defines the two main SDN approaches:

1. “Device-Based SDN Deployment” Control protocol such as OpenFlow provisions hardware

devices

2. “Overlay-Based SDN Deployment” Use IP tunnels, e.g., VxLAN, NVGRE, or STT, between

vSwitches to create logical overlay networks


NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION

PROGRAMMATIC CONTROL

Software-Defined Networking: Device-Based/OpenFlow IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E

Approach: Move Control Plane Out of Routers

Openflow

Physical Infrastructure Today

Applications: BGP, OSPF, ISIS, etc.

Applications run as distributed

embedded software

With an SDN enabled infrastructure

Network Controller abstracts physical network

Controls infrastructure with Programmatic

Interface: OpenFlow

INFR

AS

TRU

CTU

RE

IP/L2/VPN Network with OpenFlow Overlay

Brocade OpenFlow - MLXe Hybrid Port Mode


Network

(DC or WAN)

Traditional IP, L2, VPN

Protection

Layer

Traditional Network

Management

SDN

Controller

OpenFlow Overlay (Virtual/Logical Networks)

OpenFlow as an overlay to existing network Virtual/Logical Networks using OpenFlow Allows for new revenue-generating features

on top of existing production network

Enabled by Brocade’s “Hybrid port mode” OpenFlow and traditional features enabled

concurrently on same router ports

Hybrid Port Mode with optional Protection OpenFlow does not affect Traditional traffic Protection in hardware Allows for initial OpenFlow overlay service

development/testing without risk

Internet2 BROCADE OPENFLOW ENABLED 100G NATIONWIDE BACKBONE

Exchange Point

Internet 2

• 49 Custom Location Facilities

• 15,500 miles of dark Fiber

• 8.8 Tbps of Optical Capacity

• Hybrid Mode with protected OpenFlow traffic

Seattle

Kansas City

Chicago (3)

Salt Lake City

Los Angeles

Houston (2)

Atlanta

Washington DC

Cleveland New York (2)

Boston

Albany

Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Buffalo

Detroit

Raleigh

Charlotte

Jacksonville

Baton Rouge

Jackson

Chattanooga

Nashville

Louisville

Cincinnati

Ashburn Indianapolis

St. Louis

Memphis Tulsa

Dallas

Madison

Minneapolis

San Antonio

El Paso

Albuquerque

Denver

Bismarck

Fargo Dickinson

Miles City

Billings

Bozeman

Missoula

Spokane

Boise

Las Vegas

Phoenix

Tucson San Diego

IP router node

Optical add/drop facility

Reno

Olympia

Portland

Eugene

Sacramento

Sunnyvale

San Luis Obispo

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Software-Defined Networking: Overlay-Based IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

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vSwitch

Vir

tua

l

Approach: Build Overlay Logical Networks

vSwitch vSwitch

VxLAN

Tunnels

Server Server Server

East-west tunnels between

software switches (vSwitch)

enable physical network

abstraction (logical networks)

Proposed tunnel technologies

VxLAN, STT: VMware

NVGRE: Microsoft

Technology benefits

Supports millions of logical networks

(no 4K limit as VLANs)

Support VMs with overlapping IP/MAC

addresses

IP Storage and Network Virtualization with VXLAN IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E

VTEP

VM VM VM

vSwitch VTEP

VM VM VM

vSwitch

Ph

ysic

al

VTEP

Server Storage

VxLAN

Tunnels

Services

VTEP

Mgmt Physical

Connectivity

Vir

tua

l Not every DC asset understands VXLAN

Storage is still

physical and non-

VxLAN aware

The VCS VXLAN

Gateway capability

allows for the

bridging of VXLAN-

aware workloads

with non-VXLAN

aware assets such

as IP storage

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)

Economics

Reduces CAPEX by shifting basic L4-7 requirements to commodity x86 HW for public/private cloud services

Reduces OPEX by automating provisioning and configuration

On-demand deployment

Virtualized Network Appliance (VNA) or Virtual Machine (VM)

Range of services

Routing, Security, Load balancing, etc.

http://www.tid.es/es/Documents/NFV_White_PaperV2.pdf

Brocade Vyatta vRouter ADVANCED ROUTING, FIREWALL AND VPN IN SINGLE SOFTWARE IMAGE

Database

Hypervisor

Application

Hypervisor

Web

Hypervisor

VLAN1 VLAN2 VLAN1 VLAN2 VLAN1 VLAN2

WAN

Vyatta Vyatta Vyatta

Comprehensive interconnection of subnets

Advanced routing, state-full firewall and VPN

Flexibility to match application environments

Put routing where and when you need it

Increased service agility

On-demand network capacity

Management and deployment

Supports leading hypervisors: ESXi, Xen, XenServer, KVM, HyperV

Supports cloud provisioning

Without vRouter – With vRouter

Brocade Vyatta vRouter


Packet transition point

• Packet processing/

queuing

• Potential points where

packet drops, latency

can occur

Core Routers

Ethernet Fabric

Multi-tier data center architecture

Start with a standard multi-tier datacenter design, including a segmented

network

INTERNET

INTERNET

Virtualize the Network

Replace hardware networking devices with virtual networking from

Vyatta

INTERNET

Make it repeatable, per tenant or application

Brocade Virtual ADX Application Delivery Switch FULL COMPLEMENT OF ADC SOLUTIONS FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL

Key component in L4-7 network function virtualization Dynamically provision and adapt network services as

application and network conditions demand

Leverages advanced ADX architecture Core ADX functions in virtualized form factor Flexibility of OpenScript and standard-based APIs for

comprehensive visibility and control of app environment

Speeds service rollout Speeds the creation and staging of application policies Accelerates the deployment of new application services

Adapt infrastructure to meet diverse business needs Leverage app policies on a per tenant /customer basis INCREASING DATA CENTER

AGILITY AND EFFICIENCY

ADX 1000 ADX 4000 ADX 10000

Physical Infrastructure

Applications, Orchestration, and Services

Control NETWORK CONTROLLER

SERVER

Virtual

Machines

STORAGE

Software Defined Storage

Putting it All Together LEVERAGING THE FULL BROCADE PORTFOLIO

NETWORK FUNCTIONS

APPLICATIONS, ORCHESTRATION, AND SERVICES

BUSINESS LOGIC

NETWORK COMPUTE STORAGE

Virtual Resources

NETWORK

Network

Virtualization

The On-Demand

Data Center TM

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Brocade is empowering the

On-Demand Data Center by

interconnecting all resources

within and between data centers

with the world’s most automated,

efficient, and agile fabric-based

networks.