How is the open source community using SDN/NFV to create truly heterogeneous, inter-operable, multi-tenant cloud data centers? We’ll present results from our independent testing of cloud orchestration, middleware, SaaS, and Iaas multi-vendor solutions, including SDN’s inroads to the telecommunication world and how networking influences emerging trends like Docker virtual containers in the cloud.

2. Open Source & Open SDN Standards
DevNet 1154
Casimer DeCusatis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Marist College
@Dr_Casimer casimer.decusatis@marist.edu

3. • How is the open source community using SDN/NFV to create
truly heterogeneous, inter-operable, multi-tenant cloud data
centers?
• Results from the New York State Center for Cloud Computing
& Analytics (CCAC) Open SDN Test Bed
Agenda – Open Standards

4. The New York State Cloud Computing & Analytics Center
at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

5. Use network
virtualization
?
Use storage
virtualization
93%
Percent of servers
virtualized
60+%
Why are networks still over-provisioned?
Source: 2012 IBM Data Center Study: http://www.ibm.com/data-center/study
** J. Manville, “The power of a programmable cloud”, OFC 2012 annual meeting, Anaheim, CA, paper
OM2D.2 (March 18-22, 2013)
But… today:
multi-tier virtual-system connectivity
is measured in days.
John Manville, Cisco IT; The
Power of a Programmable
Cloud, OFC 2013 (OM2D.2):
“It takes about 5 days from an
end-end point of view to
provision something like that (a
multi-tier system).” Goal is to
“get at least to sub-one day.”
Networks are: Statically provisioned,
under utilized, & energy inefficient
Intrusion
Prevention
Firewall
Web
Servers
Applicati
on Server
Firewall
Load
Balance
r
Databas
e
Cluster
Today: VM on-boarding is
measured in minutes

6. 6
Project Open Daylight: An Open Source SDN Controller
Open Daylight is an open source project under the Linux Foundation
with the mutual goal of furthering SDN adoption and innovation
through the creation of a common industry supported framework
www.opendaylight.org
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Members as of April 8, 2013 and growing
Eclipse Public License (EPL)
First Release (Helium) announced Sept. 2013

7. Cisco Open Network Architecture
• Cisco ESP/EPN solution is the first and only
independently tested solution, certified 3rd party
interoperable (see EANTC report)
• Automated, simplified Layer 0-3 management
• Transfer multidomain and multilayer provisioning
functions from NMS to SDN controller – minimizes
network configuration points
• Move from proprietary CLIs to standard configuration
interfaces (OpenFlow, PCEP, Netconf) – unified
configuration and orchestration
• Multi-Layer = both IP and Transport Layers (may
require network simulation)
• USE CASE: multi layer service turn-up
service differentiation, agility, efficiency

8. Telecom Use Case: vCPE

9. Hypervisor
Platforms
Policy Management API
Cloud Orchestration
Load
Balancing
Firewall
IDS/IPS
Other
Application
Security &
Authentication
Congress
Content
Delivery
Configuration
Cinder
drivers
Nova
Compute
drivers
storage
Storage
Servers
drivers
Network
Neutron
Virtual
Overlay
Control Plane
Physical
Flow Control
Plane
Storage
Virtualization
Platforms
Network
Zone 1
Forwarding
Layer
Application
Managem
entLayer
Services
Managem
entLayer
Adaptation
Layer
Network
Zone 2
Virtual
Overlay
Control Plane
Physical
Flow Control
Plane
Zone Controller
SDN VE

10. © 2015 Internet2
MAN Topology

11. FSP
Network Architecture
FSP FSP
SwitchSwitch Switch
Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet
λ λ
A B C

12. FSPFSP FSP
SwitchSwitch Switch
Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet
λ λ
VM
OpenFlowOpenFlow OpenFlow
Network Architecture

13. FSP FSP
VMSwitch Switch
Ethernet Ethernet
VM
OpenFlowOpenFlow OpenFlow
SNMP SNMP
Network Architecture

14. FSP FSP
VMSwitch Switch
Ethernet Ethernet
VM
OpenFlowOpenFlow OpenFlow
SNMP SNMP
Network Architecture

15. FSP FSP
VM
VM
OpenFlow
SNMP SNMP
FSP
VM
REST
Network Architecture

16. FSP FSP
VM
VM
OpenFlow
SNMP SNMP
FSP
VM
REST
VM
VM
REST
Network Architecture

17. Icons represent
data centers in
a metro fiber ring
A
BC
Lines represent 10G
wavelengths
provisioned across
metro network between
data centers
Line colors indicate
bandwidth utilization on
the wavelength
LowHigh

18. Mobile Management
• Avior mobile GUI for SDN management
& control
• Some network devices can tweet status
updates, alarms, alerts

19. Demo – Open Daylight
Integration with Dynamic
WAN Provisioning

20. • Dynamic Provisioning
• 1 minute vs days or weeks
• Multi-Layer (IP and Optical) using Open Daylight
• Multi-Vendor (Cisco, Adva, others who support Open Daylight)
• Virtual Network Slicing
• Cloud providers can offer isolated multi-tenant networks
• Each client can use their own open source SDN controller for optimization
Key Results

21. Thank you
Follow @Dr_Casimer
or http://www.ofcconference.org/en-us/home/about/ofc-blog/

22. • C. DeCusatis, J. Ziskin, T. Bundy, “The rise of SDN optical networks; has automated provisioning arrived?“, invited
presentation, Pacific Telecom Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii (January 2014)
• C. DeCusatis, R. Cannistra, B. Carle, M. Johnson, J. Kapadia, Z. Meath, M. Miller, D. Young, T. Bundy , G. Zussman,
K. Bergman, A. Carranza, C. Sher-DeCusatis, A. Pletch, R. Ransom, “Dynamic orchestration test bed for SDN and
NFV at the New York State Center for Cloud Computing & Analytics”, OFC 2014 annual meeting, San Francisco, CA
(accepted & to be published, March 2014)
• C. DeCusatis et.al., “Developing a software defined networking curriculum through industry partnership”, Proc. ASEE
Annual Meeting, Hartford, CT (April 3-5, 2014) ** named among top 10 conference papers ** http://asee-
ne.org/proceedings/2014/index.htm
• Internet2 Global Summit, April 6-10, 2014, Denver, Colorado
http://meetings.internet2.edu/2014-global-summit/detail/10003109/
• C. DeCusatis, “SDN, NFV, and the cloud disruption: the next generation open data center interoperable network
(ODIN)”, BrightTalk webinar, April 17, 2014 https://www.brighttalk.com/search?q=DeCusatis
• C. DeCusatis, R. Cannistra, T. Bundy, “Software Defined Environments and Next Generation Networks: a tutorial”,
Proc. Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) 2014 annual meeting (an Internet2
affiliate), Harrisburg, PA, April 23-25, 2014
• C. DeCusatis and L. Miano, “Cloud computing and software defined environments”, Pace University college of
computer science and engineering seminar series, April 30, 2014
• C. DeCusatis and R. Cannistra, “Dynamic management and provisioning of software defined cloud data centers”, Proc.
NSF Enterprise Computing Conference (ECC), paper SC3101, June 8-10, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY (2014)
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