sdn vs. traditional network infrastructure – a fair fight?

2 © NEC Corporation of America 2016

Who I am?SAM SAFA▌Sr. Business Development Mgr.▌AKA “Sammy” (on the Soccer Field)

I follow:▌Manchester United


I am a FAN of which European Soccer

Club?


Ryu vs. John Taylor Is that a Fair Fight?

CURRENT

LEGACYNEXT-GEN

SDN


▌Increasing Costs for Current InfrastructureHigh Yearly Maintenance Support ContractsComplex Environments

• Highly Skilled/Specialized Engineers (hard to keep/please)Over-Provision/Over-build/Over-Pay

• Anticipating Future DemandsIncreasing Energy Costs (more Hardware)

• Offsetting Savings

▌Additional Services Straining Current BudgetsNEW Applications & Services costly to Implement/Deploy

• Requiring more & more additional budgets (for HW/SW/Labor)BYOD Strategy with employees with > 1 or 2 devices

• Becoming more challenging to maintain (3-4 devices per user)Continue to “Do more with Less”Collaboration with Video (increasing bandwidth demands)

Today’s IT Challenges


Today’s IT Challenges ..More..▌Heightened Security Challenges

Securing Networks, Devices, ApplicationsViruses/Spyware/Hacks very common Network Security (B2B & B2C models)Trade Secrets & Intellectual PropertiesPhysical & Network Security Convergence

▌Business Agility a NEW IT RequirementCompetition demanding Flexible InfrastructureAdapt to New Business Needs & ModelsQuickly React to NEW Market Demands


Projected Complexity Growing – NO End in Sight


What do Organization Need in a New Infrastructure?▌Faster Time to deployment/market of

NEW ApplicationsHow often are applications/services (UC)

delayed due to Network Infrastructure deployments/changes?

▌Adaptable environment that adjusts simply & seamlessly to changing business needs

▌Success Factors?Is Connectivity test (“PING”) enough?What about...

• Correctly running Applications (UC)?• Dynamic / Self Healing Network• Delay/Congestion/Bandwidth Management?• Network & Applications Synchronization

Slow laying track?Time to rollout important?

Maximum Utilization or Overprovision?


Why SDN?


What is Software-Defined Networking (SDN)?▌ Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is

an emerging architecture that is dynamic, manageable, cost-effective, and adaptable, making it ideal for the high-bandwidth, dynamic nature of today's applications”

▌ “..decouples the network control and forwarding functions enabling the network control to become directly programmable and the underlying infrastructure to be abstracted for applications and network services”

▌ “..OpenFlow® protocol is a foundational element for building SDN solutions”

https://www.opennetworking.org/sdn-resources/sdn-definition One of the Key Benefits

https://www.opennetworking.org/sdn-resources/sdn-definition

https://www.opennetworking.org/sdn-resources/sdn-definition


Additional Improvements & Benefits

72% Accelerated Application Deployment

35% Improved workload placement based in part on network capacity

33% Significantly improved IT operations 33% Deeper telemetry and visibility

33% More efficient and reliable use of networking

32% Service chaining (adding L4-L7 Services)28% Improved network reliability 26% Improved fault tolerance/fault recovery

25% Improve integration with other software 11% Significant operational cost savings 9% Significant capital cost savings

Top results from deploying Software Defined Networking?

Source: Current Analysis 2015

UC Deployment can benefit

greatly from SDN


Who remembers the name of the project that started SDN out

of Stanford University?

Clean Slate


What about UC Specifically?▌UC is one of the Many applications that can benefit greatly in

several areas via the UC-SDN Integration▌Examples:

Deployment & ProvisioningPriority CommunicationsDisaster Failover & RecoveryOrchestration between UC & SDN


SDN, UC & Biometric Integration

SDN Network Management

Face Recognition

CIT Operation Status and

Alert Notification Window”

Unified Communications


Start configuring the devices

Creatingconfiguration files

5 days

Network configuration

5 days

Configuring the devices

2 days

Networkconfiguration

1 day

Configuring the devices

A half day

12 days

1.5 days

Meeting prior to implementation On-site surveyInterview N days

Meeting prior to implementation On-site surveyInterview N days

ProgrammableFlow

Traditional NW

Simplified Networks Leads to Quicker Deployments

NEC customer case study found deploying SDN reduced network configuration change time from 12 days to1.5 days

Simplicity of SDN Network Eliminates most design & configuration Automation & centralized control eases configuration

Source : nec.com case studies

Traditional SDN from NEC

12 days 1.5 days$1,200/day

$14,400 $1,800

87.5%Savings

Labor Costs


What is one of the key Benefits to SDN?

Applications Integration


What type of savings can SDN offer over Legacy Networks

(CAPEX/OPEX)?

Both


SDN Technology is Real

22%

26%

24%

18%

2%

7%

Time Frame for Deploying SDN

In ProductionWithin 12 months13-24 months25-36 months37-48 monthsLonger than 49 months

60% of organizations surveyed plan to deploy in the next 36 months

39% Plan Campus Network Deployment


NEC ProgrammableFlow ControllerPerformance• 1/10/40/100G L2/L3 Switching• Distributed Virtual Routing • Flexible/Any Network Topology• ECMP/Policy Based Multipath• Dynamic QoS

Security• Multi-Tenant Micro-Segmentation• Smart ACLs• Physical/Virtual Service Chains

Manageability• Multi-Layer Network Virtualization • Zero Touch Provisioning• Network Topology Visualization• End to End Flow Visibility

Scalability• Up to 10,000 Switches• 640,000 L2 Networks• 19M Endpoints

Availability• Redundant Control Channel• Highly Available Controller Cluster• Multi Chassis LAG

PF6800 ProgrammableFlow® Controller Software Defined Network Automation and Virtualization for on-demand multi-tenant networks

OpenFlow

600 Deployments Globally

The Simple Solution for Complex Networks

Easier to Deploy

More Performance

More Scalable

New Features in v6.3

http://www.interop.jp/2015/english/exhibition/bsa.html


Can SDN work with Legacy Network?


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