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HP and OpenFlow:What You Need to KnowSteve BrarGlobal Product Marketing ManagerJune 2012

© Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.3

Challenge with Networks Today

Proliferation of network protocols• Increased complexity

− OPEX is increasing while CAPEX remains the same

− Complex configurations are error prone

Difficulty innovating• Closed and proprietary solutions• Modeling large networks is challenging• Applications and networks are viewed as black

boxes to each other


An emerging network architecture

What Is Software-defined Networking (SDN)?

Abstraction of control plane from forwarding hardware• Network control plane as a centralized software program• Centralized intelligence of network topology• Dynamic and programmable network, interaction with

applications• Implemented via variety of methods including OpenFlow

protocol

Key Benefits• Provides opportunity for rapid innovation in networking• Use cases for all types of networks including Enterprise

Campus, Service Provider, Cloud, and Data Center• Can enable simplified management through network

virtualization

Applications

Infrastructure

Network OS

Network API

SDN Model

Con

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What Is OpenFlow?

Protocol for direct access to switch forwarding plane• Controller or control software

uses OpenFlow protocol to provide programmable interface to switches & routers

• Open standard defined by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF)

Firewall

IPS

EdgeSwitches

EdgeSwitches

Controller

WirelessAPs

Net Apps

CoreSwitch

AggSwitches

CoreSwitches


Why OpenFlow-based SDN?

OpenFlow is a standards based protocol• Ensures vendor interoperability • Avoids vendor-lock in• Complements existing network technologies

Designed from ground-up to enable SDNs• Broadest industry adoption and support• Simplifies implementing a programmable

network

Service Provider

Research

Public Cloud

Campus Network

sPrivate Cloud Traditional Data Center


SDN Example Use CasesUse Case Network Challenge Traditional Solution SDN Solution

Management Simplification

Many devices with individual interfaces and static configurations, difficult to implement change

CLI, scripting, SNMP & management tools provide limited visibility and configurability of fragmented network devices

Controller with management tool sets policies and provides a more dynamic view of the entire network, no device-level configuration

Seamless Mobility & BYOD

Difficult to provide seamless experience across wired and wireless networks with many different devices

Limited integration of controllers into switches, QoS, IEEE 802.1x access control, VLANs

Use OF-enabled switches and APs to recognize users and devices and provide same access policies and performance; more granular control over traffic

Orchestration in a Virtualized data center

Servers and applications move around the data center and network cannot respond dynamically to changing needs

Management Software, vSwitch, Manual configuration changes

Use OF controller to dynamically configure network in response to changes; communicate with software and hardware elements


HP & OpenFlow


Industry’s only architecture converging data center, campus, branch

FlexNetwork Architecture

Open Scalable Secure Agile Consistent


HP OpenFlow Leadership

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

HP & Stanford collaborate on

Ethane

HP is founding member of ONF

HP Labs forms OpenFlow

research team

HP early-release OpenFlow

software to researchers

HP demos OpenFlow-

enabled switch

HP makes OpenFlow

software generally available

HP helps establish InCNTRE

HP will extend OpenFlow across the FlexNetwork

architecture

1020

40

60

Growth in Customer

Deployments


Commercial Availability of OpenFlow

First Tier-one Networking vendor with commercial OpenFlow– Broadest fixed & modular switch portfolio supporting OpenFlow– Largest install base now supporting OpenFlow– Fully supported by HP, enterprise ready– No special licensing fee– Available for download HP.com

https://h10145.www1.hp.com/downloads/ProductsList.aspx


Commercially available OpenFlow-enabled platforms

Leading Tier-one OpenFlow Product Portfolio

0 0 1

16

Over 20 Million Ports


Virtualize by extending a control plane across the entire network

Virtual Application Networks

Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)

Built on HP Innovations


Virtualize and centralize control of network infrastructure

Software-Defined Networks & OpenFlow

SDNs/OpenFlow complementtraditional integration tools

+ SNMP, APIs, CLI

HP FlexNetwork delivers ‘enterprise-grade’ SDN solutions

Reliable, scalable, secure network virtualization

SNMP, APIs +

Software-Defined Networks

Enabling technologies:


Enterprise-Grade Software-Defined Networks

• Pragmatic architecture: use what works, improve the rest hybrid models

• Practical adoption: evolutionary deployment path• Solid foundation: reliability, high availability, manageability, security

• Open ecosystem: standards-enabled solution development & certification

Business-criticalPower, Agility The Promise of SDNs

Outcomes, not technology


Learn MoreNext stops• HP OpenFlow Demo• HP Virtual Application Networks Demo

After the show• Prepared for software-defined networking with OpenFlow-enabled

network infrastructure


Thank you

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