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Anup Changaroth – Ciena

Mayank Kapoor – Frost & Sullivan

6 September, 2012

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Cloud IaaS impact – IT, Carriers, Cloud Providers

� Network enabled resource fluidity – significant economic driver

� Key issues – security, scalability, on-demand

Data Center A Data Center B Cloud Computing

Enterprise IT Carriers Cloud Service Providers


Private Cloud

Data Center A Data Center B

Data Center C

External Clouds

Cloud Computing

Cloud Storage

The Journey of Change

4

storage

app app app app app

Different

applications use

different mix

Different

applications use

different mix

Virtual mix of compute, storage and

network

Virtual mix of compute, storage and

network

networkcompute storage

Cloud IaaS impact – IT, Carriers, Cloud Providers


networkcompute

data centersusersvirtualizedresources

networkcompute storage

Virtualized network is key for next generation cloud networkingVirtualized network is key for next generation cloud networking

IaaS (infrastructure as a service) promises

improved enterprise IT economics

IaaS (infrastructure as a service) promises

improved enterprise IT economics

Virtualization coming to the cloud network

� Server, storage and network virtualization

� Cloud access network, cloud backbone network


Increasing levels of virtualization across the region

Although early adopters used server virtualization primarily for test and development environments, more customers today are moving production workloads to a virtual

machine.

Have you virtualized your server infrastructure?

At what stage are you in server virtualization journey?

33%

15%13%

7

67%

33%

Yes No

Survey done with IT decision makers >500 employees and at least

5000sq ft. of RFS

N = 328

Source: Frost & Sullivan analysis.

24%

15%

33%

Running Pilot Projects (Pilot)Running a few Test / Dev environments (Nascent)Running most Test / Dev environments (Evolving)Running a few production environments ( Extensive)Running most production environments (Advanced)

N = 221

Co-existence of physical and virtual infrastructure

Seamless portability of VMs

Networks role in the “Journey of Change”

Changes in network Infrastructure to support largeChanges in network Infrastructure to support large--scale scale IaaSIaaS deployments deployments

8

Big SwitchHypervisor agnostic Single logical chassis

Auto alignment of network resources to support VM Network Consolidation

Source: Frost & Sullivan Analysis

Workload orchestration between data centers

� Workloads moving between platforms for processing efficiency

� Impact of more computing, more storage, ability to scale

Mainframe Mini Client/Server

Cloud Data Centers


LPAR LPAR

output input

Cloud = “Infinite”capacity

New demands on the WANNew demands on the WAN

Broad range of use casesBroad range of use cases

virtual machine and

storage migrations

>95% of time, low BW, moderate QoS, multi-point

>95% of time, low BW, moderate QoS, multi-point

<5% of time, high BW, high QoS, point-point<5% of time, high BW, high QoS, point-point

choose

BW

choose acceptable

duration

example migration bandwidth requirements

Workload orchestration between data centers


Backbone WAN must optimize low cost at high scale: reliable, deterministic bandwidth, low latency, and low or zero loss

Backbone WAN must optimize low cost at high scale: reliable, deterministic bandwidth, low latency, and low or zero loss

Traffic between data centers is variable and

unpredictable

Traffic between data centers is variable and

unpredictable

100TB100TBdisaster avoidance, DC consolidation (e.g. 5,000 VMs*)disaster avoidance, DC consolidation (e.g. 5,000 VMs*)

bulkbulk

* estimated magnitude of average set of workloads (incl. VM, data store, etc.) for 2015 timeframe = 20GB

10TB10TBworkload balancing, follow sun/moon (e.g. 500 VMs*)workload balancing, follow sun/moon (e.g. 500 VMs*)

periodicperiodic

1TB1TBcloudbursting for capacity augmentation (e.g. 50 VMs*)cloudbursting for capacity augmentation (e.g. 50 VMs*)

unplannedunplanned

example migration bandwidth requirements

network hypervisornetwork hypervisor

statisticalstatistical

data center

aggregateresidential

wireless

dynamic packetsbackhaul funnel

distributed control planedistributed control plane

cloud OScloud OS

compute

storage

III. Workload orchestration between data centers

Cloud Data Centers Cloud Data Centers


Provide the right amount of assured, predictable network resources where and when they are needed

Provide the right amount of assured, predictable network resources where and when they are needed

deterministicdeterministic

expresswireless

small/medium business

large business

reconfigurable bandwidthstatic access

network

compute

Network Transformation: Key Ingredients

Ensure Virtual Machine Flexibility

Simplify Architecture

Converge Fiber Channel over Ethernet

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Converge Fiber Channel over Ethernet

Virtualize the Network Fabric

Manage Performance Bottlenecks

Preference for Hybrid Clouds

Security Virtualization


Role of software for network virtualization

� Programmatic dynamic network resource deployment

� Performance on demand

Network HypervisorNetwork Hypervisor

control planecontrol plane


control planecontrol plane

Orchestrate the allocation of shared

resources

Orchestrate the allocation of shared

resources

Network hypervisor abstracts and

virtualizes available resources

Network hypervisor abstracts and

virtualizes available resources

Programmable network element chooses Programmable network element chooses

network hypervisornetwork hypervisor

distributed control planedistributed control plane

cloud OScloud OSapplication request for temporary BW change between DCs (e.g. from 1G to 10G)

Role of software for network virtualization


Distributed control plane automates

discovery, routing and connection

management across network

Distributed control plane automates

discovery, routing and connection

management across network

Software-driven automation becomes important for policy-driven, automated service and resource optimization

Software-driven automation becomes important for policy-driven, automated service and resource optimization

Programmable network element chooses

network based on application need

Programmable network element chooses

network based on application need statisticalstatistical

deterministicdeterministic

backhaulfunnel

Network Automation: Support for on-demand provisioning and workflow automation

VM aware with zero touch

virtualization support

Minimal configuration of

network infrastructure

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Automated policy

enforcement

Pre-defined configuration templates and

service profiles for easier IT

service provisioning


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� Efficient, automated workload distribution

� Minimize required capacity, maximize resource utilization


Cloud Data Centers

Ciena Network

Hypervisor

EMC VPLEX

EMC VPLEX

Ciena Performance on-demand

Network

Evolution of Cloud Services

Mainframe Era Cloud Computing

Factors driving market transition :Factors driving market transition :

- Inefficient IT usage- Ubiquitous broadband- Increasing commoditization

of IT resources

PC / Client-ServerEra

Internet Era

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1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s

Mainframe Era - Hardware focused- Centralized- Dumb terminals

Cloud ComputingEra - Utility basis- Multi-tenant- Self-service

Era - Prominence of software

- De-Centralized- Power to the user

Internet Era - Ubiquitous access- “Webification” of

Apps- Enterprise mobility


Place, migrate and inter-connect workload

and data stores

Place, migrate and inter-connect workload

and data stores

Augment processing and bandwidth in Augment processing and bandwidth in

Ensure application resiliencyEnsure application resiliency

The virtual data center – Data Center Without Walls

enterprise

service provider

service provider

enterprise

enterprise


Maximize DC and network infrastructure

efficiency

Maximize DC and network infrastructure

efficiency

Create a virtual data centeracross multiple enterprise and service provider data centers

Create a virtual data centeracross multiple enterprise and service provider data centers

Augment processing and bandwidth in

response to excess demand

Augment processing and bandwidth in

response to excess demand

remove walls

service provider service

provider

enterprise

Virtualize the network layer for seamless creation of resource pools

Optimize the network infrastructure through flat architecture, protocol

enhancement and open frameworks

Recommendations

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Automate the network to be VM aware and can scale elastically with

automated provisioning of resources

Pro-actively monitor the network to increase availability and reduce

operational costs

Recommendations


Summary

� The cloud is only as good as the network that supports it

� Cloud networks for IaaS need to be different than SaaS

� Network strategically enables new use cases

� Network software automation emerging

� Virtual data center – Data Center Without Walls


Additional Information

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http://www.ciena.com/solutions/cloud/

Data Center Without WallsData Center Without Walls

Ciena Cloud BackboneCiena Cloud Backbone

Performance-on-DemandPerformance-on-Demand


Performance-on-DemandPerformance-on-Demand

Ciena V-WAN HypervisorCiena V-WAN Hypervisor

Thank You!

For Additional Information:

Mayank Kapoor

Industry AnalystICT Practice, Asia [email protected]: 603 6204 5800

Donna Jeremiah

Director Corporate Communications, Asia [email protected]: +61 (02) 8247 8927


Jessie Loh

ManagerCorporate Communications, Asia [email protected]. (65) 6890 0942

Carrie Low

ExecutiveCorporate Communications, Asia [email protected]. (603) 6204 5910

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