application fluent network – bringing network agility to it

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APPLICATION FLUENT NETWORK

BRINGING NETWORK AGILITY TO IT

Joe Raccuglia, Heitor Faroni April 2015

Networking

Computing Storage

IT EFFORTS TO BECOME MORE RESPONSIVE TO BUSINESS NEEDS

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BRINGING NETWORK AGILITY TO IT

Technologies: • Intelligent Fabric

• VXLAN

• Virtual Network Profile Enhancements

• Predictive Network Analysis

• Workflow Management

As IT is overwhelmed with network complexity and corporate demands for business

agility, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise solutions deliver new network technologies and

products to enable IT to respond rapidly to the needs of the business.

Products: • New OmniSwitch 6900-Q32 Core/TOR

• Enhancements to OmniVista 2500

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VXLAN Gateway

SDN

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TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS

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INTELLIGENT FABRIC

ACCELERATE DIGITAL BUSINESS VIA NETWORK AGILITY

KEY VALUES • Simplified design, deployment & maintenance

• Interoperability with 3rd party equipment

• Dynamic application recognition (Virtual Machines)

NEW CAPABILITIES

• Fabric self-configuration

• Self-attachment

• Access switches

• Real-time Virtual Machine

(VM) classification

• 3rd party switches

• Virtual Machine Support

enhancements

Self Healing

Moves Adds Changes

Network ISSU

Self configuring

Self Attachment

Visibility

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INTELLIGENT FABRIC

HOW WE BRING BUSINESS AGILITY TO THE NETWORK

6900

6900

6860

6900

Server

LAG

Self configuring

OmniVista 2500 NMS

Reporting

Dynamic VM

detection and

service creation

Server

LAG

VNP

VNP VNP

VNP

VNP

VNP

VNP

VNP

LAG Self Attachment

FASTER DEPLOYMENT AND REDUCED ERRORS; MORE COMPETITIVE OFFERING

READY TO UPSELL SERVICES

Services

Services

Services

6900

Services Easily add

capability

when needed

IF

Cisco, HP,…

OSPF, VRRP, STP, LACP, ……

OSPF

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VXLAN OVERLAY AND GATEWAY SUPPORT

DELIVERING NETWORK AGILITY AND APPLICATION VISIBILITY

Key Features: • Visibility of VXLAN Tunnels (monitoring/statistics)

• High Performance VXLAN Gateway

• VXLAN Gateway to Gateway connection

• Connectivity between Overlay and Legacy LAN

REDUCE THE TIME TO DEPLOY SERVICES:

MODIFY THE EDGE, WITHOUT TOUCHING THE CORE

VXLAN

Data Center Business Value:

VXLAN to Non-VXLAN connectivity

DC to DC interconnect over Private/Public Cloud

Converged Campus Business Value:

Overlays across existing IP backbone

Core

Backbone

Healthcare

(Medical Devices)

Education (Research)

Translation

VXLAN Overlay

Legacy Server

Public/Private

Cloud

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VIRTUAL NETWORK PROFILE ENHANCEMENTS

PROVISIONING AND VISIBILITY INNOVATIONS

New Innovations:

• Identification of Virtual Machines in Overlay network

• Consistent Policy definition and

enforcement across legacy and overlay technologies

• 802.1X Authentication for trusted

Virtual Machines

Business Benefits:

• Complete application visibility

• Real-time QoS, Security, Prioritization for all VM’s

• Reduces Virtual Machine Chaos

802.1X

•Server based

•VM-based

Legacy VM

NETWORK PROFILE

VNP

CONSISTENCY OF VISIBILITY & MANAGEMENT WITH GUARANTEED QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE

Overlay VM

VNP

NETWORK PROVISIONING

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

QUALITY OF SERVICE

PRIORITY

APPLICATION

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PREDICTIVE NETWORK ANALYSIS

PROACTIVE PLANNING OF NETWORK RESOURCES

KEY BENEFITS

• Trouble tickets due to poor application

performance as a result of network issues

• Reactive approach to capacity needs

CHALLENGE OFFER AT A GLANCE

• Proactive capacity planning

• Network Redesign

• Network Upgrade/Expansion

• Improved Troubleshooting

• Less help desk calls

• Service Opportunity for the partners:

• Network analysis, pro-services redesign,

proactive quoting

• Move towards trusted advisor

• Leverage Enhancements to OmniVista 2500

• Network Analytics across LAN/WLAN

• Predictive Traffic Analysis using AI algorithms

• Dynamic Notifications on Network Exceptions

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WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT

EXPANDED ORCHESTRATION, PROGRAMMABILITY & ECOSYSTEM

Plug-in

Existing Capabilities: • OpenFlow 1.0/1.3

• RESTful API’s

• OpenStack Plug-in

• Hybrid Mode Support on a per port basis

Newly Introduced Capabilities: • RESTful API’s in OmniVista 2500

• Onboard Python Scripting

SDN

Inside

SUPPORTING WORKFLOW AUTOMATION & CUSTOMIZATION

OpenFlow

Certified Solution Bundle

New Ecosystem solutions to streamline operations:

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NEW PRODUCT - HIGH PERFORMANCE CORE/TOR

OMNISWITCH 6900-Q32

OpenFlow

VXLAN Gateway

32x40Gb QSFP ports or

104x10Gb ports (splitter cable)

Splitter cable

OS6900-Q32 IF

More competitive

10G/40G price per port!

COST EFFECTIVE, HIGH DENSITY

FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT FROM CAMPUS CORE TO DATA CENTER

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OMNISWITCH 6900-Q32

FLEXIBILITY AND SCALABILITY FOR BUSINESS AGILITY

2 µs Latency 240 Ports

OS6900-X/T 20/40

1 µs Latency 480 Ports

OS6900-Q32

UNIQUE COMPETITIVE OFFER MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE MID/LARGE ENTERPRISE WITH A

FULLY-FEATURED, HIGHLY SCALABLE, COMPACT DATA CENTER FABRIC

Double the capacity,

Half the latency!

OS6900-XXX

Now up to192 Ports

L2 services L3 services

OpenFlow VXLAN

IF

Open, Plug-n-play, Programmable, Scalable & Cloud-ready Fabric

Mix & match any model: 10G, 40G, 10G-Base-T & FC ports

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PredictionHistoric

OMNIVISTA 2500

ENHANCEMENTS TO FURTHER AUTOMATE CONTROL

New Capabilities:

• Top ‘N’ reporting on network

statistics (including VxLAN)

• User-defined KPI-driven reports

• Predictive analysis

• New Virtual Machine policies for

VxLAN based applications

Business Decision

Top N, KPI, Reports

Network Policies

Historic Prediction

Predictive Analysis

Business

Initiatives

Benefits:

• Business Empowerment

• Improved Troubleshooting

• Pro-active capacity planning

• Less help desk calls

VISIBILITY AND POLICIES ENFORCEMENT ENABLES BUSINESS EMPOWERMENT

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

NEW PRODUCTS • Core/DC Switch: OmniSwitch 6900-Q32

• OmniVista 2500 updates

CLEAR BENEFITS

• Bringing Agility to the Network

• Reduce deployment & ongoing support cost

• Maximized benefits of Overlay technologies

• Ease deployment of SDN solutions

NEW & EVOLVED

TECHNOLOGIES

• Intelligent Fabric

• VXLAN Overlay/Gateway & Secure Virtual Network Profile

• Predictive Network Analysis

• Expanded programmability and SDN Ecosystem

APPLICABLE TO CONVERGED CAMPUS AND DATA CENTER SOLUT IONS

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