ip fabric architectures for video production and...

IP Fabric Architectures for Video Production and Broadcast workflows

Ammar Latif Technical Solutions Architect

Rahul Parameswaran Technical Marketing Engineer

BRKSPV-1222

• Media DC Overview

• IT and Media DC coming together

• IP Fabric Design for File Based Workflows

• IP Fabric Design for LIVE Workflows

• Migration from SDI to IP

• Cisco Nexus 9000 for IP Media Networks

• Conclusion

Agenda

Media DC Overview

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Broadcast’s Need for Speed

Rapidly adopt new or upgraded

production, storage, and distribution

capabilities

Quickly deploy new models for

monetizing media consumption

Swiftly add capacity or shift distribution

to adapt to changing sources of demand

Broadcasters are being asked to:

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What’s Slowing Broadcast Down

Rigid transport and storage

infrastructure

Isolated, incompatible

systems requiring physical

replacement

Inflexibility and inadequate

intelligence at the network

transport level

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Capturing New Transitions

Transition to IP from SDI10110101 1001010110

101010101010

• Ready for today’s new formats and data rates

• Increased bandwidth with Ethernet

• Deterministic networking

x86 Workloads• Move away from specialized, dedicated,

expensive HW

• Towards general purpose, low cost compute and storage

Cloud Architectures• Software Defined Networking (SDN), not manual

• Application Policy Driven Infrastructure

• Treat the platform as reusable pools of resources

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Data Centers in the Broadcast Industry

IT Data Center

• Enterprise IT Applications and Operations

• Cost Center

Broadcast Facilities

• Digital Media & Content Production

• SDI, NLE, File based workflow

• Profit Center

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Priorities

IT Data Center

• Communications

• Accessibility

• Resource optimization

• Web Services

• Storing documents

• Security


• Getting content on air

• System availability – Staying on Air

• Supporting all screens, all formats

• Resources management

• Managing storage

• Security

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Trends

IT Data Center

• Networks: speed & portability, 100G, MPLS, ipv6

• Virtualization, Storage trends (SAN, NAS, Grid, SSD), Cloud computing, hybrid clouds, DC in a box

• Data centers – Green, energy efficient– Distributed computing & Federated OS Architecture


• Transition to IP

• Compute Workload (x86), virtualization

• Cloud Architecture

• New Vendor Map

• Policy Driven Infrastructure

More Similarities than Differences!

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IT Data Center

• Networks: speed & portability, 100G, MPLS, ipv6

• Virtualization, Storage trends (SAN, NAS, Grid, SSD), Cloud computing, hybrid clouds, DC in a box

• Data centers – Green, energy efficient– Distributed computing & Federated OS Architecture

• roadcast Facilities

• Transition to IP

• Compute Workload (x86), virtualization

• Cloud Architecture

• New Vendor Map

• Policy Driven Infrastructure

Common platform enabling

independent optimization

Media DC

Programmable Infrastructure

moving to cloud

Cost-efficient Infrastructure, Rapid Deployment

Policy Based Automation and

converged infrastructure

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Typical Broadcast Chain Today

Remote Production Contribution

Studio & PostProduction

Primary Distribution

Secondary Distribution

Consumer Experience

IPIP

HD-

SDI IPHD-

SDI

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Broadcast Chain of the Future

Remote Production Contribution

Studio & PostProduction

Primary Distribution

Secondary Distribution

Consumer Experience

IPIPIP IPIP

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What can IP do for you?

Video, audio, metadata, intercom

Multiple signals per cable

Bi-directional signals

Frame format & rate agnostic

Live & file based workflows

Phase & Frame alignment

Dynamic infrastructure

New workflow models

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IP Fabric for File Based Workflows


High level Fabric Architecture

Mix of Both

• Bandwidth Hungry

• Buffering

• End User Experience

Studio Post ProductionMaster Control

• Live Flows

• High Availability

• Constant Bit Rate

• Timing/Genlock

Live Live/File File

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Application Requirements

Linear Video Workflow File Based workflows

Guaranteed BW

Bounded Latency

High Network IO

Buffering

High Availability

Time Sync (GenLock)

P2MP

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Fabric Capacity Drivers

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Traditional Network Architecture

Three tiers: Access, Aggregation and Core

L2/L3 boundary at the aggregation

Physical design and logical design are the same

Application workload is localized to the Aggregation Block

Network services localized to the applications running on servers to the physical pod

Compute

Layer 2

Layer 3

Core

Pod

Aggregation

Services Services

Pod

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Changing Traffic Patterns

• Mostly North-South traffic flows

• Over-subscription acceptable for client-server type of applications

• Poor link utilization. Spanning Tree blocks ports

Siloed Data Center

• Mix of North-South and East-West traffic flows

• Virtualization increases L2 Domains

• Spanning Tree blocking affects scalability

Dynamic Data CenterSiloed Data Center

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Network Fabric Evolution

VPC Based “Tiered” Design

No STP Blocked Ports

Full Links Utilization

Faster Convergence

Macro for “best practice”

STP Based “Tiered” Design

Classic STP Limitation

50% of all Links not utilized

Complex to Harden No Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Simple to Configure

Higher Cross Section Bandwidth

Consistent Latency

Fabric Design

Spine

scales to provide

fabric bandwidth

Leaf

scales to provide

access port density

Spine

Leaf

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Fabric Capacity Scaling and Latency

Spine

Leaf

VTEP

Leaf

VTEP VTEP VTEP VTEP VTEP

Border Leaf

• Leverages Layer-3 routing

• ECMP – all links forwarding

• Symmetrical Topology

• Integration of Physical and Virtual

• Multi-tenancy

• 40G/100G Fabric

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Buffer Requirements in Spine/Leaf Design

DC Leaf

DC Spine

Buffer Requirements on Spine

• Need sufficient on-chip buffer for burst

absorption

• Don’t need huge buffer for consistent

congestion

Buffer Requirements on Leaf Layer:

• Need Scratch buffer for link mismatch and

many-to-one flows.

Use Case : Video Editing

UDP packets

Does not tolerate packet loss well

Traffic throughput depends on the Video file

resolution.

Editing stations : 1G and at 10G

Editing multiple files simultaneously

Hyper Large Buffers would lead to jitter and unpredictable

application performance

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Network Latency Sources

• Propagation ( <500 nSec)

• Serialization ( <40-400 nSec)

• Packet switching (<nSec-uSecs)

• Buffering/Queueing

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6 spine

96 leaf

40G port count: 576 Target Latency: ~5 usecs

40G port count: 72 Target Latency: ~750 nsecs

6 spine

12 leaf

Latency in Fabric

DC switching Fabric

Ultra Low Latency Switching Fabric

0

5

10

15

20

25

720p 1080p 4K 8K

line duration (usec)

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Fabric Building Blocks

• Fabric Setup/monitoring

• Application onboarding/Monitoring

• Controller and Northbound APIs

• Host Discovery and Mobility

• Handling BUM traffic

• L3 Gateway Distribution

MGMT

CTRL

• Packet Encapsulation

• Efficient Load Balancing

• Active/Active Multihoming

Data

BGP EVPN

VxLAN

APIC

DCNM

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Open Standards and Choice of Deployment

APPLICATION CENTRIC

INFRASTRUCTUREBGP EVPN for VXLAN

Overlays

APIC

Spine : Nexus 9K/N7K

Leaf : Nexus 9K/N5K/N3K

Spine : Nexus9K

Leaf : Nexus9K

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IP Fabric For MediaSDI to IP Transition


Standardization – Existing and pending

Video Processing on Servers and in the “Cloud”

Ultra High Definition Technology Refresh

Driving Forces for a Move to All IP

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But… Do we want Infrastructure to remain like this?

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What can IP do for you?

Video, audio, metadata, intercom

Multiple signals per cable

Bi-directional signals

Frame format & rate agnostic

Live & file based workflows

Phase & Frame alignment

Dynamic infrastructure

New workflow models

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Industry Challenges and Requirements

Precision Time for Synchronization

Deterministic Network(Zero Packet Loss, Ultra Low Latency and Minimal Jitter)

Network Security

Unchanged Operator Workflow

Fast Switching

System Availability

SDI-Based

Video Router

IP Network

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Live Studio Production with SDI Technology

Video Switcher

Cameras and

Microphones

Graphic

Systems

Remote Source

Playout

Video Switcher

Audio Mixer

Monitoring

Systems

Multiviewer

Video Router

Video Server

Relay and Clips

Control Systems with

Control Panel

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Live Studio Production with SDI Technology

Video Switcher

Cameras and

Microphones

Graphic

Systems

Remote Source

Playout

Video Switcher

Audio Mixer

Monitoring

Systems

Multiviewer

Video Server

Relay and Clips

Control Systems with

Control Panel

IP Network

REST API

Network InterfaceNetwork Controller

Standard and Open

API

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Joint Task Force on Professional Networked

Streamed Media (JT-NM)

Active Industry Participation

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Rich Ecosystem of Broadcast Vendors

and more …..

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Layer 3 IP Fabric


Lets Build an IP Fabric for Media

Requirements

-1024x1024 HD-SDI

-High Availability

-Non blocking

-Multicast enabled

10G downlinks10G downlinks

100G uplinks

100G uplinks

SideA SideB

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Future Proof !

Same Fabric any

Rate!!

Layer 3 IP Fabric

Zero Touch Provisioning

End Point Discovery

Flow Visibility

Security

Monitoring

Timing / Genlock

PTP

2059-2

Media Formats

2022-6

TR03 / 2110

AES67

Future ?

1.5G HD 3G HD 12G UHD

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Layer 3 IP Fabric – Building Blocks

PIM for Multicast

Routing

AnyCast RP

IGMP

Layer 3

Uplinks

IGP

ip pim rp-address 10.237.1.1 group-list 224.0.0.0/4

ip pim anycast-rp 10.237.1.1 10.255.255.101

ip pim anycast-rp 10.237.1.1 10.255.255.102

ip pim ssm-range 232.0.0.0/8

ip pim rp-address 10.237.1.1 group-list

224.0.0.0/4

ip pim ssm-range 232.0.0.0/8

interface Ethernet1/1

ip pim sparse-mode


ip igmp version 3


ip router ospf 1 area 0.0.0.0

QoS

policy-map type queuing PRIORITY

class type queuing c-out-8q-q7

priority level 1

<snip>


bandwidth remaining percent 10

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Layer 3 IP Fabric – Traffic Flows

• How to efficiently load balance flows?

• How do we ensure no drop multicast ?

• Can we rely on ECMP hashing?

The Need for Intelligent Multicast Forwarding

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Cisco’s Non Blocking Multicast

• Single Spine and Multiple Leaf without a Controller

• Uses Cisco’s Non-Blocking Multicast Algorithm to ensure lossless multicast

• Provides flow path visibility from source to receiver

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Single SPINE and Multiple LEAFs no Controller

Spine-1

Leaf-6Leaf=5Leaf-4Leaf-3Leaf-2 Leaf-7 Leaf-8 Leaf-9Leaf-1

• SPINE : 9236C or 9272C

• LEAF : 92160, 9272 or/and 9236

• System Bandwidth 2400x1.5G (3.6Tbps) using 9236C Spine and

1920x1.5G(2.8Tbps) using 9272C Spine

• Fixed Flow Bandwidth Configured using a CLI

• Provides Flow Visibility – Path Visibility and Deterministic Failure

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Non-Blocking Multicast

• ECMP could result in oversubscription of link

• Broadcast industry requires non blocking IP transport

• Algorithm involves assigning tokens to a link based on its bandwidth and the size of a flow (provided via CLI - 1Mbps granularity)

• 100G link would have 100k tokens. 1.5G flow would consume 1500 tokens

• Once a flow is forwarded across a link tokens are depleted

• When no sufficient tokens are available, flow not forwarded across the link thereby assuring no packet drops

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Non-Blocking MulticastTraffic Distribution from Source LEAF to SPINE

Spine-1

Leaf-Source

Leaf Sends PIM

(S,G) Register

Spine uses Token

Algorithm and

Sends PIM (S,G)

Join to Pull Traffic

on Link 4

Source 1 Sends

Multicast Traffic

LINK Token

1 100

2 100

3 100

4 100

LINK Token

1 100

2 100

3 100

4 90

Spine

Decrements

Tokens from Link

4

Traffic sent on

Uplink 4

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Non-Blocking MulticastTraffic Distribution from Source LEAF to SPINE

Spine-1

Leaf-Source

Leaf Sends PIM

(S,G) Register

Spine uses Token

Algorithm and

Sends PIM (S,G)

Join to Pull Traffic

on Link 2

Source 2 Sends

Multicast Traffic

LINK Token

1 100

2 100

3 100

4 90

LINK Token

1 100

2 90

3 100

4 90

Spine

Decrements

Tokens from Link

2

Traffic sent on

Uplink 2

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Non-Blocking MulticastTraffic Distribution from SPINE to Receiver LEAF

Spine-1

Leaf-Receiver

Leaf uses Token

Algorithm to sends PIM

(*,G) Join on Link 2 Spine Sends

Traffic on Link 2

Receiver 1

Sends IGMP

Join

LINK Token

1 100

2 100

3 100

4 100

LINK Token

1 100

2 90

3 100

4 100

LEAF

Decrements

Tokens from Link

2

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Non-Blocking MulticastReceiver Sends an IGMP Leave

Spine-1

Leaf-Receiver

Leaf sends

PIM (S,G) Leave on Link 2

– Same link it requested

the traffic originally

Spine Prunes

Traffic

Receiver 1

Sends IGMP

Leave

LINK Token

1 100

2 90

3 100

4 100

LINK Token

1 100

2 100

3 100

4 100

LEAF Puts back

a Token to Link

2

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Non-Blocking Multicast – Global Configuration

! Configure NBM feature

NBM_SWITCH(config)# feature nbm

Please configure Ingress PACL TCAM region for the feature NBM to work properly.

Use below command to configure Ingress PACL.'hardware access-list tcam region ing-ifacl <TCAM size>‘

! Specify the flow size

NBM_SWITCH(config)# nbm flow bandwidth ?

<1-10000> Per Flow Bandwidth in Mbps

! Verify the flow size

NBM_SWITCH(config)# show nbm flows bandwidth

Applied NBM Per Flow Bandwidth Value: 1000 Mbps

Configured NBM Per Flow Bandwidth Value: 1000 Mbps

! Inform NBM algorithm there are multiple paths

NBM_SWITCH(config)# ip multicast multipath nbm

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Non-Blocking Multicast – Leaf Configuration! Enable PIM and set the RP address

! RP in this example is 100.100.100.100

! Advertise all interface IP reachability using a IGP

feature pim


ip pim ssm range 232.0.0.0/8

! Enable PIM on all interfaces towards source/receivers and Spine


ip pim sparse-mode

ip router ospf area 0


ip pim sparse-mode


<snip>


ip pim sparse-mode


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Non-Blocking Multicast – Spine Configuration! Enable PIM and set the RP address

! RP in this example is 100.100.100.100

! Advertise all interface IP reachability using a IGP

feature pim


ip pim ssm range 232.0.0.0/8

! Enable PIM on all interfaces towards Leaf

interface loopback0

ip pim sparse-mode

ip address 100.100.100.100/32



ip pim sparse-mode



ip pim sparse-mode


<snip>


ip pim sparse-mode


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Non-Blocking Multicast – Flow Tracking

LEAF# show nbm flows

PMN Active flow(s)

Start-Time Src-Port Mcast-Group Src-IP L4-S L4-D

06/30 14:20:52.525 Eth1/34 225.0.12.130 192.168.134.2 1027 1024

06/30 14:20:52.511 Eth1/34 225.0.12.129 192.168.134.2 1025 1024

06/30 14:20:52.498 Eth1/25 225.0.9.202 192.168.125.2 1026 1024

06/30 14:20:52.470 Eth1/34 225.0.12.137 192.168.134.2 1027 1024

06/30 14:20:52.457 Eth1/40 225.0.14.223 192.168.140.2 1027 1024

06/30 14:20:52.430 Eth1/33 225.0.12.236 192.168.133.2 1028 1024

06/30 14:20:52.430 Eth1/30 225.0.10.246 192.168.130.2 1027 1024

06/30 14:20:52.416 Eth1/26 225.0.9.98 192.168.126.2 1029 1024

LEAF# show ip mroute 225.0.10.246

IP Multicast Routing Table for VRF "default"

(192.168.130.2/32, 225.0.10.246/32), uptime: 00:57:54, ip mrib pim

Incoming interface: Ethernet1/30, RPF nbr: 192.168.130.1, uptime: 00:57:54

Outgoing interface list: (count: 1)

Ethernet1/49, uptime: 00:57:54, pim

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Non-Blocking Multicast – Flow Statistics

LEAF# show nbm flows statistics

Start-Time Src-Port Mcast-Group Packets Bytes

06/30 14:20:52.525 Eth1/34 225.0.12.130 10771043 44462865504

06/30 14:20:52.511 Eth1/34 225.0.12.129 10771075 44462997600

06/30 14:20:52.498 Eth1/25 225.0.9.202 10771116 44463166848

06/30 14:20:52.470 Eth1/34 225.0.12.137 10771197 44463501216

06/30 14:20:52.457 Eth1/40 225.0.14.223 10771235 44463658080

06/30 14:20:52.430 Eth1/33 225.0.12.236 10771326 44464033728

06/30 14:20:52.430 Eth1/30 225.0.10.246 10771320 44464008960

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Non-Blocking Multicast – Token Tracking

100G Links with 100000 Tokens

LEAF# show system internal ethpm info interface ethernet 1/1 | egrep -i iod

Local IOD(0x7), Global IOD(0x7) Runtime IOD(0x7) NXOS_HW_PORT(0)

LTL(0x1800), VQI(0), LDI(0), IOD(0x7)

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Cisco’s Non Blocking Multicast

• Requires Sources to transmit to a unique multicast group – No two sources can send to same multicast group

• Supports IGMP V2 and V3 joins

• System supports a single flow size (1Mbps,500Mbps,1.5G,3G etc.)

• Switching Platform Supported – 9236C, 9272Q and 92160YC-X

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Quality of Service


Quality of Service

Service Class (Flow/Content) L3 DSCP Queue

PTP Time and Sync* EF Priority

Intercom Audio EF Priority

AES67, TR-03 Audio AF41 Priority or Rate

SMPTE 2022-6, TR-03 Audio AF41 Priority or Rate

TR-03 Ancillary Data CS5 Rate

Other 0 Best Effort

* On Cisco Switch PTP is treated with highest priority irrespective of its QoS Marking

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QoS Configuration

Ingress – Marking/Classificationclass-map type qos SMPTE-2022-6-VIDEO

match dscp af41

<snip>

class-map type qos TR03-anc-data

match dscp cs5

policy-map type qos IP_FABRIC_MARKING

class SMPTE-2022-6-VIDEO

set qos-group 3

<snip>

class TR03-anc-data

set qos-group 4

Interface Ethernet 1/1

service-policy type qos input IP_FABRIC_MARKING

Egress – Queueing

policy-map type queuing IP_FABRIC_QUEUE


priority level 1


priority level 2







class type queuing c-out-8q-q-default


Interface Ethernet 1/1

service-policy type queueing output IP_FABRIC_QUEUE

(or can be applied globally)

system qos

service-policy type queueing output IP_FABRIC_QUEUE

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Security


Security – ACL and IGMP Filter

• Access Control List can be used to restrict traffic sent by sources

• IGMP Filter ACLs can be used to limit the groups a receiver can join

IP access list VALID_SOURCE

10 permit ip 1.1.1.1/32 239.1.1.1/32

20 permit ip 1.1.1.1/32 239.1.1.2/32

30 permit ip any 224.0.1.129/32

40 deny ip 1.1.1.1/32 224.0.0.0/4

50 permit ip any any

Interface Et1/1

ip access-group VALID_SOURCE in

route-map IGMP_FILTER permit 20

match ip multicast group-range 239.1.1.1 to 239.1.1.4

Interface Et1/2

ip igmp access-group IGMP_FILTER

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PTP for Media


PTP for Media 2059-2/AES67

• Support for 2059-2 and ASE67 PTP profiles based on 1588v2

• Faster Sync Rate

• Announce , SYNC and Follow_Up – Multicast

• Support for Unicast Delay_Resp when SLAVE sends Unicast Delay_Req

• Boundary Clock Supported

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PTP Architecture

Spine-1

Leaf-2Leaf-1 Leaf—n-1 Leaf-n--------------------------------------

PTP GM

PTP Slave

PTP Slave

PTP Master

Nexus 9200 supports PTP Boundary Clock

PTP Master


ptp

ptp delay-request minimum interval smpte-2059-2 -3

ptp announce interval smpte-2059-2 0

ptp sync interval smpte-2059-2 -3

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What’s Next?


Layer 3 IP Fabric

1.5G HD 3G HD 12G UHD IGMP

Layer 3

Uplinks

IGP

Security

ACL

IGMP Filter

PIM for Multicast

Routing

PTP

QOS

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Layer 3 IP Fabric


Zero Touch Provisioning

End Point Discovery

Bandwidth Management

QoS

Security Policy

Flow Visibility

Troubleshooting and

Monitoring

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Network Controller – Data Center Network Manager

• IP Fabric Bootstrap

• Topology Visualization

• Host (Sender/Receiver) Management and Security

• Black List, White List and Hybrid Policies

• Flow Orchestration

• Host/Flow Authorization via Policies (System default white/black list, per host/flow control)

• Flow Level Bandwidth Management

• Flow level ingress policing

• DSCP remarking for different types of flows

• Physical and Logical Failure Handling – Report and Reprogram impacted flows

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Network Controller – Data Center Network Manager Cont.

• End to End Flow Visibility

• North Bound REST API for Broadcast Controller Integration

• Fault Monitoring

• CSV import for Hosts and Policies

• DCNM HA in active-standby mode

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1. Define Leaf/Spines, images, uplink 2. Define IP Range and Management IP

3. IP Fabric Specific Leaf/Spine template 4. Fabric Topology

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Topology Visualization

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Monitoring and Statistics

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Nexus 9000 Switching Platform for IP FabricNext Generation ASICs


Nexus 9000

• Built using Next Generation Cisco ASICs

• Industry leading port density Enables 1st 36 x 100G in single RU

• Multi Speed 1/10/25/40/50/100G investment protection and future proofing

• Analytics with Flow Level Granular Visibility Real-time visibility, and analytics enabling business insight and capacity planning

• Smart Buffer and Route Scale Enables best in class cost structure / price/performance

• Low Latency and Jitter – 900 ns

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Nexus 9200


Nexus 92160YC-X

48 x 1/10/25Gbps SFP+

4x 40Gbps QSFP+

Or

4x 100Gbps QSFP28

2x 40Gbps QSFP+

1 RU

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Nexus 92160YC-X

Nexus 92160YC-X System Characteristics

Role Leaf

Port Density 48 x 1/10/25 Gbps + 4 x 100 Gbps or 6 x 40

Gbps

Port speed support 1 / 10 / 25 / 40 / 100G Gbps

CPU Intel Ivy Bridge Gladden 2 core at 1.8 GHZ

System Memory 16 GB

SSD 64 GB

USB Port 1

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36 x 40Gbps QSFP+

4 x 10Gbps Breakout Capable

36 x 40Gbps QSFP+ Non-Breakout

72 x 40Gbps

QSFP+

Nexus 9272Q

2 RUs

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Nexus 9272Q

Nexus 9272Q System Characteristics

Role Spine or Leaf

Port Density 72 x 40 Gbps

Port speed support 1 / 10 / 40 Gbps

CPU Intel Ivy Bridge Gladden 4 core at 1.8

GHZ

System Memory 16 GB

SSD 64 GB

USB Port 1

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Any combination of 36 x 100Gbps/40Gbps

72 x 50Gbps or 144 x 25Gbps/10Gbps

Nexus 9236C

1 RU

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Nexus 9236C

Nexus 9236C System Characteristics

Role Spine or Leaf

Port Density 36 x 100 Gbps

Port speed support 1 / 10 / 25 / 40 / 50 / 100 Gbps

CPU Intel Ivy Bridge Gladden 4 core at 1.8

GHZ

System Memory 16 GB

SSD 64 GB

USB Port 1

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Nexus 9500


Nexus 9500 Modular Chassis

• Modular Chassis with 4,8 or 16 Slots for Line Cards

• Internally a CLOS architecture

• N9K-X9732C-EX Line Card offers 32x100G ports

• Each port supports breakout to 4x10G,4x25G, 2x50G

• Supports 40G

• Distributed multicast replication on Line Card and Fabric Modules

Refer to Software Release Notes for Support Timeframe

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Nexus 9500

Nexus 9500/9732-EX System Characteristics

Role Spine or Leaf

Port Density 9504 -128x100G, 9508 – 256x100G,

9516 - 512x100G

Port speed support 1 / 10 / 25 / 40 / 50 / 100 Gbps

CPU Romley, 1.8GHz, 4 core

System Memory 16 GB, upgradable to 48GB

SSD 64 GB

USB Port 1

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Fabric Use Cases For Media Workloads


Leading Professional Media Industry Transition

Open Standards

Development and

Adoption

SMPTE, VSF, JT-NM,

IETF, IEEE

Based on Generally-

Available HW to Benefit

from Ethernet Economies

Interoperability

Supporting Rich Eco

System of Vendors

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Summary and Call to Action

• Media Data Center is the future architecture for broadcast facilities

• IP Fabric is the Next Gen Digital Glue for Media DC

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