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The Power of a Programmable Network

netFLEX®Simplify, Standardize, Personalize

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Network Automation to make complex networks and operational environments ‘all look the same’ (simplify, standardize)

Programmability of Visibility and Control leveraging actionable analytics and customer-defined APIs/Services (personalize)

Simplify, Standardize, Personalize netFLEX®

©2019 LightRiver Technologies Inc. netFLEX®

CURRENT INDUSTRY ANGST…

OVERWHELMING TRANSPORT COMPLEXITYLegacy, current, disagg-next, multi-vendor (and multi-solutions), decadesof deployments.

REACTIVE MANAGEMENTTransport still largely managed by ‘are you there’ or ‘waiting to break’ based network management.

INVENTORYDEBACLEOperators greatest source of pain… service and resource inventories still sitting in static OSS.

HUMAN HANDS STILL TOUCHING THE NETWORKFor turn-up, assurance triage, upgrades, broader… quality, scale, humandependence, hugely impacted.

TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP IS COMPOUNDING Transport network ‘sprawl’… people, process, and system considerations across disparate networks, and broader – not sustainable.

DIGITALEXPERIENCE (DX)Self-serve and digital interactions are the new norm. Until the rest-of-this-mess is addressed, not possible for Transport.

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THE ANSWER: PROGRAMMABLE NETWORKING

NETWORKABSTRACTIONMake it all look the same (original SDN objective)

NETWORK-AS-THE-INVENTORYActive & available inventory, discovered and maintained from the living network

CROSS PLATFORM & SOLUTION SUPPORTLife-cycle commitment to lab certifications, engineering specifications, for automation of service orchestration and assurance… across the industry’s core solutions

DATA DRIVEN ASSURANCE & MANAGEMENTFix it before it breaks, and when it does break; automated triage & remediation

VISIBILITY& CONTROLFull life cycle service orchestration of the service, as seen and automated through every phase of the service experience

FOR ALL OFTHESE (DX)Extensible to the Customer through advanced UI/Portal & Programmable Interfaces (API-driven & Analytics-driven Visibility & Control)

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THE LIGHTRIVER RESPONSE:

netFLEX PROGRAMMABLE NETWORKINGnetFLEX Reference Framework

• SDN: Optical Domain Control for end-2-end Network Abstraction

• Only Multi-Vendor Solution: that includes Discovered Inventory, Actionable Analytics, & Control Automation

• Network FLEXibility: across every functional area

• Programmability: of Visibility & Control, as the Operator & Customer would Define

• Digital Experience: enablement of UI, API, and Program-and-Go for Every Functional Area

For each functional area, and in total – Industry Best!

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NETWORK ANSWER: ULTIMATE NETWORK FLEXIBILITY

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THE ONLY SDN OPTICAL DOMAIN CONTROL SOLUTION THAT REFLECTS…

netFLEX®

SupplierFLEXibility… dozens of suppliersNetwork-elementFLEXibility…hundreds of network elements & solutions supportedTechnologyFLEXibility… WDM, DCI, ADM, DCS, OTN, CE, Packet Optical, whitebox/open source

GenerationFLEXibility…decades of supported solutionsDomainFLEXibility…all domains (supplier, solution, tech.…) supported for D-A-C capabilitiesDXFLEXibility…Digital Experience – full Analytics, Inventory, & Control UI/UX and API extensibility

SDN Abstraction… Make it all look the same!

AWARD WINNING LIGHTRIVER FACTORY BUILT NETWORK

No better way to truly ‘know’ configuration and engineering spec’s for

automation – then to engineer-and-install thousands of nodes annually

LIGHTRIVER LABS

Multiple Facilities dedicated to engineering, test, and certification of

field deployments & automation. No other network FLEXibility test

and validation approach of its kind.

LIFECYCLE ENGINEERING

Commitment to all of the above for the life of the individual technology platform

- the hardest part !

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networkFLEXIBILITY

DISCOVER ANSWER: REALTIME INVENTORY

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SERVICE PROVIDERS AND LARGE OPERATORS… STILL OPERATIONALIZED AROUND STATIC (STALE) OSS RESOURCE & SERVICE INVENTORIES

OBJECTIVE: leverage realtime inventory as discovered from the network – for instantiation, assurance, reconciliation, and ‘all’ phases of life-cycle-management of the network and service.

REALTIME DISCOVERED

(DNR) DISCOVERY & RECONCILIATION

GOLDEN CONFIG & AUTO-UPGRADES

• Active Inventory – realtime-all-the-time as updated with every change as the ‘live’ datastore.

• Network as Source - the ‘active and available’ (realtime inventory + associated analytics), made available via UI and any consuming app’s for the life-cycle of the Customer Experience (CX).

The Network, is the Inventory – no better opportunity to keep data clean, then to leverage discovered inventory for reconciliation. With network control automation critically dependent on service (configuration) inventory, the ability to leverage active inventory, or ‘cleaned up’ OSS Inventory --- is paramount.

• Make it all look the same, and keep it the same – the ability of netFLEX to instantiate service, and changes to, with common configuration / templates - is critical for automation.

• Auto-Upgrade & Auto-Backup – netFLEX’sability to chron or schedule routine/daily backups and network upgrades – even more examples of operational scale and ‘human hands off.’

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ANALYZE ANSWER: ACTIONABLE ANALYTICS

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SERVICE PROVIDERS & LARGE OPERATORS… TYPICALLY DATA RICH, BUT ACTION POOR

OBJECTIVE: leverage all network and service performance data from the transport network to apply ‘actionable intelligence’ to see and take action in advance of customer or network impact. Likewise, when the ‘backhoe strikes’ – leverage the same to auto-restore and/or auto-notify.

(PQV) PERFORMANCE QUALITY VALIDATION FOR PROACTIVE& PREDICTIVE MANAGEMENT

(POWR) PROACTIVE OPTICAL WAVELENGTH

RESTORATION

(CAT) CIRCUIT ANALYSIS TOOL

Problem PM and Alarm Analytics –• Customer defined profiles for

daily/trended or on-demand accessto ProActive data. Leveraged by operations personnel to take action– ahead of issue!

• Also leveraged by Planning / Capacity Management as well – to grow, ahead of exhaust.

Optical Intent Based Networking –• First of its kind... Operator Defined Life-of-

the-Service policy for adaptive actions based on realtime diagnostics (auto-…detect, …predict, …test, …fix).

• Multi-Vendor (network FLEXibility for Discovery, Analytics, & Control) leveraging PMs, Alarms, Light Levels, and broader for Closed-Loop-Actioning – as Customer & Operator Defined..

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Data-Driven-Assurance –• See - Collect - Analyze - Action It All,

as mapped against current service path (inventory) and realtimeanalytics. Control-automation where applicable to test and restore, and made available as a ‘service’ to other consuming apps (i.e. POWR).

CLICK HERECAT YouTube Demo-Jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=85N1gE87dIc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=85N1gE87dIc

CONTROL ANSWER: ACTIVATION AUTOMATION

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OPTICAL DOMAIN CONTROL… ABSTRACTION FOR ALL NETWORK TOUCH WITH netFLEX

OBJECTIVE: enable Control Automation to all consuming app’s (i.e. OSS/BSS, UI/UX, other) for automation of service instantiation, feedback-loop controls, and broader.

NETWORK-AS-A-SERVICE

CONTROL-LOOP AUTOMATION

HUMAN HANDS OFF

OnDemand Expectation Amazon, NetFlix, Mobile Apps and broader… have set the new expectation for consumption of network services. ‘I Want it now,’ pay per use, and customizable through a Digital Experience (DX) – is the new norm.

PCE for A-to-Z-Connect –netFLEX has automated end-2-end connections for years across disparate Optical platforms and technologies. Leveraging realtime inventory and other algorithms, A-to-Z is available across legacy transport, waves, broader.

Program-and-Go – when given the option to ‘program’ a Customer Defined Experience (analytics-driven and/or calendaring) – you will !Circle-of-Life – the ability to program-and-automate (IBN) a service for day one instantiation and day two actionability – is key.

For the Factory – scale, standards, quality, as ‘network microservices’ for re-use… then ‘flipped to DX’ facing the customer – is the model.

(PCE) PATH COMPUTATION ENGINE

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DIGITAL EXPERIENCE (DX) ENABLEMENT

D – A – C capabilities, API enabled!

Multi-vendor solution with a standard API framework to consuming app’s. Enables simplified integrations for future network element additions.

netFLEX API

standardized single pane of glass for Control Automation, Analytics, Assurance & Test Automation, map/equipment/ broader visualizations, and so much more.

Makes all technology vendors & solutions look the same!

netFLEX UI/UX

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-AS-A-SERVICE

Integration & Automation is supported via the following APIs / Protocols:TL1, CLI, SNMP, MTOSI, REST/JSON, NETCONF/YANG, Flat Files, Custom, and more…


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OBJECTIVE: swagger and related toolkits to document, demonstrate, and develop API Services to northbound applications and southbound network infrastructure.

SWAGGER SERVICES INVENTORY netFLEX API


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END 2 END Network Management netFLEX UI/UX

OBJECTIVE: end-to-end management of the network and service life-cycle. Network Operations provisioning, assurance, and broader multi-vendor support of legacy transport and next generation optical. Additionally, leverage netFLEX multi-tenancy to extend to end-customers for self-serve visibility and control (Optical-VPN). All of these as a jumpstart ahead of SDN abstraction and broader integration work… out-of-the-box use it now !


HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER… Service Life-Cycle Automation

SERVICE BIRTHPCE and A-to-Z automation for ‘service

birth.’ Instantiated with Realtime Design/Inventory, Golden Config, & Policy (IBN) for automation of all Day 2 visibility-and-control to ensure service uptime and

performance.

SERVICEBIRTH

HEALTH/VISIBILITY

UPGRADE/MAINTAIN

ADD/CHANGE

HEALTH/VISIBILITYany exception to Day 1 ‘birth’ around

Golden Config and Performance is auto-detected, auto-tested/triaged, auto-notified, and auto-fixed where possible.

UPGRADE/MAINTAINwhen a network upgrade, groom, routine

maintenance or similar work is required - control automation is leveraged to do in bulk, scheduled,

or other ‘human hands off’ options.

EVERY SECOND, EVERY DAYrealtime and all-the-time discovered inventory & analytics to monitor service against upfront Golden Config and Policy. Available to all apps to auto-detect, -fix, -notify, and -maintain.

ADD/CHANGEsimilar to birth, ability to add/change service at any point after through UI/API for OnDemand instantiation.

PERSONALIZATIONfrom birth and beyond – ability for the network operator or end customer to uniquely ‘define the experience’ for OnDemand, Scheduled, or Programmed (Data-Driven, IBN) interactions. And… do so through uniform UI and API access.

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Circle-of-Life YouTube Demo-Jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=UeNoR9KS0Ec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=UeNoR9KS0Ec


netFLEX® STRATEGIC PLATFORM EVOLUTION

FRAMEWORK CORE (PRE-2017)SDN Reference Framework (Network Abstraction to Consuming Applications)

Customer Network Management (CNM, Optical-VPN as dedicated or multi-tenant)

MultiVendor Resource Adapter Framework (legacy Sonet/DCS/other, WDM, Layer 2 Edge, broader)

Dynamic Network Operations (DNO, for realtime discovered inventory)

MultiDomain Health (MDH, realtime telemetry and analytics engine)

Path Computation Engine (PCE, & A-to-Z design & connect… automated provisioning)

UI/UX, MultiVendor/Domain (uniform UI facing all technologies & use-cases)

API/Services Framework (northbound API’s facing customer UI/UX, OSS, Orchestration)

Platform Scale & Geographic Redundancy (100’s of thousands of nodes per instance and distributed)

STRATEGIC NEXTAI Analytics Engine (enhancements to current threshold/ML based, as overlay services framework – supporting programmable visibility and control-loop use cases)

Customer Defined Networking (programmable & adaptive networking enhancements, Customer & Operator self-serve/define against analytics, calendar/schedule, broader – to personalize their EX & CX. UI/UX enhancements and redesign, supporting self-serve/define for Network-as-a-Service)

PCE Enhancements (performance, Geo-based, broader)

WhiteBox / Open Source (continuation of D-A-C automations into industry optical network disagg)

Packet Edge Control Automation(broader advancements to L2/L3 edge support)

Swagger/API Framework(continuation of API/Services framework across all network-service automations)

Continuation(strategic supplier and core technology advancements)

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2017-2018Data-Driven Assurance Automation (Circuit Analysis Test for realtime path, test, & remediation -and-proactive/predictive network health visibility)

Intent Based Networking (IBN, control-loop automations for Optical Waves Restoration)

Linux/Cloud Framework (Redhat/CentOS extensible to Private/Public Cloud, dedicated or vm-based)

Strategic Supplier WDM/OTN/DCI Enhancements(Nokia, Adva, Ciena, Cisco, Fujitsu, Infinera)

Wavelength Services Orchestration (WSO, stand-alone SDN platform)

Resource Adapter Scale (100+ RA’s in the past year, leveraging LRT labs/broader)

WDM Enhancements (FixedGrid, FlexGrid, Open ROADM, Wavelength Carrier Grooming, MultiVendor Network integration, others)

UI/UX Visualization Enhancements (Global Map Views, CAT, Circuit Trace, FDP, broader)

Platform Scale & Geographic Redundancy (100’s of thousands of nodes per instance and distributed)


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Classic and Legacy equipment supported, many others in addition to this list as well:• Accedian EtherNID/MetroNID -- Adva FSP-3000RE, FSP-3000R7 -- Anritsu 9620, 9622, 9967• Adtran Opti-6100, MX2800/2810/2820• Aethera (fMarconi, fPositron) OSR OC3 XTD, OSR OC12 XTD• Ciena Multiwave Metro, OC3 Express, 5410/5430, Optical Multiservice Edge 6500/OTN/EMOTR,

3100/3300/3400/3500/5100/5200/6110/6130, OC3/12 TBM, S/DMS TN OC48/OC192/Lite, Connect DX, Core Director/Core Director CL

• Cisco ONS 15454 (M2, M6, M12),15327, 15600, 15800, ME3400, ONS 15310 MA/CL,7609, 2650XM, Catalyst 2960/ 3400/3550/3750, MGX1/MGX45, Various other Routers/Switches

• Infinera/Coriant (fNSN) 7300, 7500, (fEastern Research/Sycamore) DNX-11/88, (fTellabs) 532x family, 5500, 5500 NGX, 7100

• Fujitsu 7120, 7420, 9500 & 9500 HDS, FACTR, FLM 6/150/ 150+/600/2400, Flash192, Flash4100LS/4300/4500, 7500, CDS

• Nokia (Alcatel-Lucent) 1631 LMC, 1665 DMX, DMXtend, DMXpress, DMXplore, 1671 SC, 1675 LambdaUnite, 1677, 1678 MCC, 1692 MSE, 1695 WSM, 1696 MS, 1850 TSS family, 7330 ISAM, 7705/7750/7250/7450/OS6850, BSTDX8000, BSTDX9000, CBX500, DACS II/II-ISX/II-CEF/III/IV, DDM-2000, FT-2000, FiberReach, GX250, GX550, Litespan 2000/2012, MDR-8000, 9500 MXC, 9500 MPR, PSAX 1250, SLC2000, WaveStar 2.5G/10G/400/800G/BWM

• Telmar (Alcatel) 1603 SMX, 1630 SX, 1631 SMC, 1633, 1648 PS / LS, fDSC CS1/CS1L• ……lots more………

Integrations and Interfaces to SDN or NMS Platforms• Ciena Blue Planet Integration• Exfo Ontology Integration• Ericsson WFA, TIRKS Integration• Fujitsu NETSMART Integration• OSS Platforms, Rest Inventory Integration• SNMP, TL1, ASCII, MTOSI/XML, netCONF/Yang,

RESTful/JSON, other Interfaces

Next Generation Multi Vendor Optical, Supporting the networks being deployed today & tomorrow. (*Note - Under Active Development)• Adva FSP-3000R7• Ciena 6500, Waveserver, Waveserver Ai, Z-Series*,

CES*• Cisco NCS 2000 / NCS 1002• Fujitsu Flashwave 4100ES, 1Finity*• Infinera DTN/DTN-X• Juniper BTI7060/7800• Nokia 1830 Product Line: 1830 PSS family, 1830

PSI-2T• Disaggregated Networks / Open ROADM / White

Box*


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Significant Complexity & Cost Simplification, Standardization, Personalization

Single Vendor(disparate management, multi-EMS swivel chair)

Multi-Vendor(uniform management)

Legacy (traditional transport networks)

NextGen(legacy ‘and’ futures - OTN, DCI, Disagg, Open Source)

Manual (human touch & per technology EMS)

Programmable(SDN control automation as the customer would define)

Reactive (waiting for something to break)

Predictive & AutoFix(analytics driven assurance for proact/predict‘and’ auto-fix)

Static Inventory (‘stale’ inventory from OSS)

Realtime Inventory (discovered from the ‘living’ network)

Disparate System Integrations Cloud / API Services(uniform UI/UX & API’s to ‘make it all look the same’)

Fat (Static) Pipe Services OnDemand & Customer Defined(to the operator ‘and’ end customer as they would custom define)

netFLEX AS THE OPTICAL NETWORKING ‘BRIDGE’

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