Next Gen DC Networking

Open, Interoperable and Scalable

N Raghupathy

Director – Open SDN Solutions APJ

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IT evolution and Open NetworkingWhere we’ve come from, where we’re going

Platform 1

Mainframe computing

Platform 2

Server computing

Platform3

Cloud computing

Dumbterminal

Desktops & laptops

Tablets & smartphones

Dumb terminals Client computing Mobile computing

Open

Networking

Unix, x86 servers

Unix workstations, x86 desktops

Virtualization, automation

Mobile devices, mobile broadband

Proprietary

Networking

Workforce Transformation

Data Center Transformation

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Open Networking innovation timeline

Apr – announced S3048-ON 1G switch,

S4048-ON 10G switch and Z9100-ON

100G switch

Jan – announced OS10Jan – announced Open Networking

initiative with S4810-ON 10G

switch and Cumulus Networks

Jan – announced campus switches N3132PX-ON

and N2128PX-ON 2.5/5G POE+ switches

2015 2016 20172014

Apr – announced S6000-ON 40G

switch

Aug – partnership with VMware

Dec – partnership with Midokura

Sep – announced S6100-ON 40/100G switch

Apr – partnership with IP Infusion

Jun – partnership with Pluribus Networks

Apr – partnership with Big Switch

Networks

Mar – announced OS10 Open Edition

integration into OCP SONiC

Apr – announced S4048T-ON 10GBaseT

switch and S6010-ON 10/40G switch

Oct – announced OS10 Open Edition

integration into Linux foundation

OpenSwitch project

Dec – OS10 Enterprise Edition into Beta

Mar –announced joint submission with Microsoft of

Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) to Open

Compute Project (OCP)

May – announced N1100 1/10G access

switch

May – announced S5100 25/100GbE &

S4100 10/100GbE top-of-rack switches

Sep– announced S4200 deep-buffer/deep-

table 10/100GbE switch

Sep– SD-WAN Ready Nodes

2018

Feb – announced new Virtual Edge

Platform (VEP) family for next-gen

access

MORE TO COME

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We’re recognized for our vision and execution

Data Center Networking

2017

Open Networking

Closed Networking

Me Too• 75% of the end users indicated that

they expect an increase in relevance of

open networking in their purchasing

decisions in the next 24 months.

• Interest and adoption of white-/brite-box

switching has increased significantly

within hyperscale data centers…we

expect it to reach 22% of the total data

center Ethernet switch market by 2020

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Comparing Platform 2 and Platform 3 Networking

Open networking

Optional SDN/NVO controller

Standard orchestration & automation tools

Any networking OS

Open standard hardware

Merchant silicon

Closed Networking

Proprietary ASICs

Proprietary networking OS

Hundreds of protocols

Proprietary architectures & management tools

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Closed Networking – The Role of the NOS

Closed Networking

Proprietary ASICs

Proprietary networking OS

Hundreds of protocols

Proprietary architectures & management tools

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Closed Networking – The Role of the NOS

Closed Networking

Proprietary ASICs

Proprietary networking OS

Hundreds of protocols

Proprietary architectures & management tools

Proprietary networking OS

Segment Routing

BGP EVPN

BGP

VRRP

VRF

OSPF

Multicast

VxLAN

MCLAG

Basic L3

Basic L2

BFD

Telemetry

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Customer Feedback on Closed Networking OS

Proprietary networking OS

Segment Routing

BGP EVPN

BGP

VRRP

VRF

OSPF

Multicast

VxLAN

MCLAG

Basic L3

Basic L2

BFD

Telemetry Customer Feedback

“Patching and upgrades bring our operations to a halt”

“We only use 5% of the features, but risk breaking the network with the

other 95%”

“I need a switch that does segment routing well. No more. No less.”

“We want open source-based NOS with someone standing behind it –

the Red Hat model for NOS.

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Open EditionOS10

• To support an active system of both commercial and open source network functions, OS10

Open Edition is based upon Open Switch

– Open Switch: open source, vendor-neutral, royalty-free model

– OS10 Open Edition: Dell supported version of Open Switch

Open Switch, Open Edition, & Enterprise Edition

“Support”

Open EditionOS10

Enterprise EditionOS10

Data Center Stack

• To drive consistency in our architecture and leverage base functionality, Open Edition serves

as the foundation for Enterprise Edition

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Open EditionOS10

• Built on lightweight, modern operating system

• Application-based network functionality

Open Networking 2.0 – New Consumption Model

System level features (e.g. DHCP, DNS, AAA, Telnet, SSH)

Basic L2

Basic L3

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Enterprise L3 package

Interconnect package

Multicast package

MPLS package

MPLSSegment Routing

BGP EVPN

BGP VRRP

VRF

OSPF

MulticastVxLAN

MCLAG BFD

Open EditionOS10

• Micro-application based functionality

• Focused use cases to match customer needs

Open Networking 2.0 – New Consumption Model

System level features (e.g. DHCP, DNS, AAA, Telnet, SSH)

Basic L2

Basic L3

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Enterprise L3 package

Interconnect package

Multicast package

MPLS package

MPLSSegment Routing

BGP EVPN

BGP VRRP

VRF

OSPF

MulticastVxLAN

MCLAG BFD

Open EditionOS10

• Multi-vendor, multi-domain configuration management

Open Networking 2.0 – New Consumption Model

System level features (e.g. DHCP, DNS, AAA, Telnet, SSH)

Basic L2

Basic L3

Configuration Management

Networking Build-to-Buy Continuum

Buy Build

Networking Hardware

Enterprise Edition

OS10

ProSupport

Eco-System

Partner

Enterprise

On-Prem

Service Provider

Off-PremSegment

Affinity

Support

Stack

Operating

System

Hardware

More disaggregatedMore convergedNetworking

Open Edition

OS10

ProSupport

NW HW

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OPX GTM Model

HW

OPX

(Dell or Non-Dell Fork)

Package #

1

Package #

2

ONIE

Package #

N

HW

Pro

-support

(D

ell)

HW

OPX

(Dell Safe Harbor)

Package #

1

Package #

2

ONIE

Package #

N

HW

Pro

-support

(D

ell)

EP

(D

ell)

HW

OPX

(Dell Safe Harbor)

Package #

1

Package #

2

ONIE

Package #

N

HW

Pro

-support

(D

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EP

(D

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OPX Community driven (e.g. could be Quagga) - help, docs etc. Dell EMC ONLY sells HW

OPX Ecosystem partner (e.g could be FRR) does all testing. Dell EMC sells HW, OPX support and ties partner packages to RA, docs etc

OPX Ecosystem partner (e.g. Metaswitch) does all testing. Dell EMC sells HW, partner packages and support, does system test and ties partner packages to RA, docs etc.

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OS10 Open Edition – Verizon Telematics example

• Orchestration: Platform 9 & Docker Swarm

• Network: OS10 Base

• Compute OS: Ubuntu

• Virtualization: KVM/Docker

• Infrastructure Automation: Ansible

• Storage: Ceph

Open Source Stack

VM + Container + Services

OS10 + ✓ End-to-end open source model

✓ Simplified support structure• Swarm > Canonical > Docker

✓ Minimized moving parts• eBGP from host up

• Quagga

✓ Specific application performance• mac-vlan from container

Design concerns

addressed

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OS10 open source community, partners, use-cases

SONiC

Enabling

simple, powerful

configuration

management

Enhancing

application

availability and

performance

Securely

connecting

users to their

applications

Open Networking Hardware (ONIE)

OS10 Open Edition

+Switch Abstraction Interface

(SAI)

Merchant Silicon (NPU)

OCP SONiC

THANK YOU