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Network Innovations Driving
Business Transformation
Evolved Programmable Networking
Brendan Gibbs
Vice President, Service Provider Routing
March 16th, 2015

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Infrastructure
High-Speed
Broadband
Secure VPNs
Mobile Internet
Smart Phones
Triple Play
4K Video
M2M
Cloud
Mobility
MultipleOverlay
NetworksPredictable
TrafficFlows
Fixed
Hierarchy
Broadband
TriplePlay
Manual
Provisioning
3rd-Party
Internet
SP
Internet
VM VM
Access
Edge
Core

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Infrastructure
3rd-Party
InternetSP Internet
VM VM
Access
Edge
Core
4K Video
IoE / M2M
Cloud
5G
Mobility
MASSIVE
SCALE
OPERATIONAL
SIMPLIFICATIO
N
MONETIZATIO
N¥£
€$
OnDemand
ServicesAnywhere
Always“On”
Application
Interaction
Seamless
Experience
4K Video
IoE / M2M
Cloud
5G
MobilityReal-Time
Analytics
Fully
Virtualized
Intelligent
Convergence
Automated
Open and
Programmable

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Infrastructure
NCS NCS
Open
APIs
EDGE
CORE
Access
VM VM
Edge
Core
VM
Orchestration
Service
FulfillmentVisibility
Cross-Domain
Orchestration
Applications
Access CORE
EDGE
Always“On”
Application
Interaction
Seamless
Experience
OnDemand
ServicesAnywhere
4K Video
IoE / M2M
Cloud
5G
Mobility
Open
APIs
Real-Time
Analytics
Fully
Virtualized
Intelligent
Convergence
Automated
Open and
Programmable

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MASSIVE
SCALE
OPERATIONAL
SIMPLIFICATIO
N
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€$
MONETIZATION
Multi-chassis Core, Terabit
Edge
IP + Optical Integration
Terabit Aggregation
Open Operating System
Data Model-based
Orchestration
Application Engineered
Routing
Virtualized Routing
Highest Performance
Software Data Plane
Virtual Managed Services
Highest Density to Reduce
CapEx
Automate to Reduce
OpEx
Increase Speed to New Service
Delivery

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Evolved Programmable Network Framework
Network APIs (REST) and Services Catalog
Resource Orchestration
Multi-Layer Control, Service Chaining and Policy
Enforcement
Controllers, Collectors
Netconf / Yang Data Models
nLight
IP+Optical
Virtualized Infrastructure
Programming and Managing of
Virtual Resources
Physical Infrastructure
Programming and Managing of
Physical Resources
Applications
Unified Service Delivery
CRSASR 9000ASR 903 M-series
Virtual PEVirtualized
IOS-XR
VM
Cisco
nV
vGiLAN
VM
vFirewall
VM
vDPI
VM
vNAT
VM
vBNG
VM
vDDoS
VM
vSLB
VM
NCS 4000 NCS 6000
UCS
Intelligent, Ultra-Scalable Network Infrastructure

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• Optimized for Aggregation of
• Next-Generation Linecards Shipping
Today:
• Based on IOS-XR & Cisco PRIME for
• Enables of
Business & Residential Services for both
Fixed & Mobile Networks
• Industry Leading
with Cisco nV
Technology

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• Tomahawk based Linecard
• Feature and scale parity with other –TR and –SE Tomahawk cards
• 2 x CFP2 based DWDM ports (50G, 100G, 200G)
• BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM modulation options
• 96 channels, ITU-T 50GHz spacing
• FlexSpectrum support
• HD FEC, SD FEC (3000+ km w/o regen)
• 20x10GE SFPP ports (SR, LR, ZR, CWDM, DWDM)
• Flexible port options up to 400 Gbps total capacity
• 2 x 200G DWDM (CFP2) or
• 2 x 100G DWDM (CFP2) + 20 x 10G (SFP+) or
• 1 x 100G + 1 x 200G DWDM (CFP2) + 10 x 10G (SFP+)
• OTN and pre-FEC FRR

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Massively Scalable, Flexible Architecture
Shipping 1T/slot and 8T/System now, and scalable up to 16-
system Multichassis expansion; 2 Tbps linecards in
development now
Economical Scale
High Density and pay as you grow allows linear growth and true
Green mode operation allows power to scale linearly as well
Architectural Convergence
IP+Optical Integration with Optical/OTN platforms creates
efficiency in massively scalable networks
NCS 6000

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Optimized for Dense 100GE
3.2 Tbps Aggregation
Based on IOS-XR
32 ports of 100GE
QSFP28 Optics
Front to Back Airflow
Redundant, Modular AC/DC
Power
Optimized for Dense 10GE
1.2 Tbps Aggregation
Based on IOS-XR
80 ports 10GE + 4x 100GE
SFP+ and QSFP28 Optics
Front to Back Airflow
Redundant, Modular AC/DC
Power
ASR9xxx ASR9xxx

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Modular
Standard Linux
Packaging/Install
Independent
delivery of
Applications
Asynchronous
Delivery of
Applications
New features as
well as patches
Standard Linux
Tooling for delivery
& installation
Programmable
Model-driven
ReST API
NetConf/Yang
Python Bindings
CLI/SNMP
Linux Networking
For customer
Applications
Ease of
Operations
Linux Tool &
Configuration Files
Server Management
Tools( Chef, Puppet,
CF Engine etc.)
Cisco Tools for
Advanced Functionality
Integrates with
Customer Native
Orchestration
Environment
Linux Networking
Open-
Adaptive
Leverage Open
Source SW
Open Boot Loader
ASIC HAL APIs
3rd Party Apps
Linux Environment
Standard Linux
APIs
Cisco APIs for
Advanced
Functionality
Control
Plane / Data
Plane
Optimization
Virtualized Control
Plane
CP/DP Scale Out
Independence
Network Slicing
Open CP/DP APIs
Cisco, Merchant,
Third-Party DPs
Data-plane
NOS
CP-DP API

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The Evolution of IOS-XR
Application Hosting
• Run 3rd party off-the-shelf applications built with standard Linux
tool chains, natively or within containers
• Run custom applications built with Cisco-provided SDK
• Published APIs providing customers the ability to develop on
the platformVisibility and Telemetry
• Wired for analytics and real-time insight
• Deep analytical hooks providing access to low level register
and counters either directly through ASIC SDK or via Cisco
SDK/APIs
Machine Readable Interfaces via Standardized
Data Models
• Platform accessible via standard published machine readable
interfaces (ie. Netconf/Yang models)
• Access to low level SDK for on box applications
• Exposed device data models (support for OpenConfig and
Cisco native data models)
Packaging Modularity
• Operationally function as a Linux server, from packaging to
configuration to SW upgrade
• Open software delivery model via common server management
tools (Yum, RPM, etc.)
• Complete Tool chain integration – integrate with customer’s tool
for booting to day to day management

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End-to-End Service Automation and Orchestration
Service Catalog
Routing / VPN Mobility Video/ ContentSecurity
Virtual Private
Cloud
Managed
Services
Transport
Service Broker
“Business Intent”
catalogs, workflows
Cross Domain Orchestration
Network Orchestration
- DC SDN
- WAN Orchestration & Optimization
Service Provisioning
(Physical & Virtual Services)
- Provision WAN services
- Provision NFV in DC
Compute & Storage Control
- Elastic Services Control
- Service Lifecycle management
Orchestration Engine
“Execution”
configuration, automation,
provisioning
End2End Service Management and SLA Guarantees
CarrierClassReliability
andHighAvailability
Evolved Services Platform (ESP)
SP WAN / VPN
Evolved Programmable
Network
Physical & Virtual
Network, Compute & Storage SP Core
SP DC
Provision WAN/VPN
Services & SLA
Admit Bandwidth
Optimize WAN
Activate & Place
Cloud/NFV services

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All components are modular and can be bought
standalone or as an integrated SW suite
Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
[Based on Tail-F NCS]
Elastic Services
Controller (ESC)
Virtual Topology System
(VTS)
“SW suite for automated NFV service lifecycle management &
orchestration”
Prime Service Catalog
(PSC)
Prime Order Fulfillment
(POF)
Core products in
DSC
Optional products in
DSC
NFV
Orchestrat
or
VNF
Manag
er
DC Overlay SDN
system, consisting of a
controller called the
Virtual Topology
Controller (VTC) and a
Forwarder called the
Virtual Topology
Forwarder (VTF)
OpenStack/VMware
VIM

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Multi-vendor network
service controller for
existing and future networks
! Single Pane of Glass for:
! L2-L7 networking
! Hardware Devices
! Virtual Appliances
! OpenFlow Switches
! Network and service
abstractions based on:
! Data models
! Transactions
Network Element Drivers
Device Manager
Service Manager
NCS
Service
Models
Device
Models
Network-wide CLI, Web
UI
REST, Java,
NETCONF
Network
Engineer
Managemen
t
Applications
End-to-end
Transactions
NETCONF, CLI, SNMP, REST, etc
• Applications
• Controllers

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Data center fabric
Core /
backbone
Data center fabric
Compute and storage
Compute and storage
InternetInternet
Data center fabric
Core /
backbone
Data center fabric
Compute and storage
Compute and storage
InternetInternet
RSVP-
TE
IP /
ECMP
Overlay
IP /
ECMP
Overlay
Label
Switchi
ng
Domain
End to
End
Simplify
and
Empow
er
Lower operational costs with one simple end-to-end
forwarding paradigm

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SW data plane
X86, ARM, SOC Cisco Custom ASICs Merchant ASICs
Virtualized IOS XR (XRv) as Control Plane
(Multiple VM/LXC instances)
Scalable
Control Plane
(In-box & Off-Box)
Multi-Platform
Data Plane
Platform
Flexibility Elastic Scale
Redundancy
Models
Network
Slicing
Value
Prop

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• Fully Featured XR Edge router (ASR 9000
on x86)
• 64bit OS – IOS XRv for Control Plane (CP)
• High Performance Edge Services SW
Dataplane (DP)
• Single VM Option = CP and DP share same
VM
• Separated VM Option = CP and DP run in
their own VMs
• KVM Hypervisor support; support for
Docker, other Hypervisors coming
• VNF in Cisco ESP portfolio
IOS XRvIOS XRv
Virtual
DP
Virtual
DP
Virtual
DP
Virtual
DP
IOS XRv
vRoutervRouter

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HV
LXC
UVF DP
LXC
XRv
CP
LXC
Adm
in
Data
Plane
Controlle
r
LINUX
VM
TenGigE0/0/0
GigE0/0/1
GigE0/0/2
MgmtEth0/0/1
vswitch
• Based on Virtualized IOS-XR
Codebase
• Entire vRouter in a single VM
• CP, DP & Admin modules use
Linux Containers (LXC), as
opposed to VMs
• LXC = Shared Kernel, separate
kernel namespace (process/
network)
• Targets Hosted & Small PE with
L2VPN, L3VPN
Data Plane Referred to as
Virtual Forwarder (VF)
XR Combined RP+LC
functionality
DPA
Performance Target
Assuming 4-socket Ivy Bridge
Server:
• 320 Gbps racetrack throughput
• 160 Gbps with features like H-
QoS

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• Feature-rich edge services packet processor
for general-purpose CPU’s
• Shares common code & features with Cisco’s
hardware NPU engine
• Performance optimization is based on Cisco’s
VPP technology; optimized Tx and Rx routines
• Constructs super frames of packets and
processes them in one shot; exploits temporal
locality of application flows. Benefits from I-
cache, D-cache hits.
• Direct PCI pass-through allows send/receive
packets with zero operating system overhead
• 64-bit, multi-threaded
• Portable C-based SW code
Cisco vNPU: SW data plane
Cisco NPU: HW data plane
Common code
base

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Your Needs:
Easy to Sell, Activate, Create,
Maintain
Your Org Needs:
Easy Integration,
Customization, Usability,
Serviceability
Your Customers’
Needs:
Fast Start-Up, Easy-to-Use
On-Demand, Customizable UX
Portal for Service Creation,
Offers and Expansions;
Simple Dashboards &
Tooling for Visibility &
Analytics
Plug & Play Install
(No Staging); Multi-
Size Businesses
Service Agility: SP
Template-Based
Configuration
Easy On-Demand
Ordering of New
Applications, Services
Northbound APIs for SP
Integration (Plug & Play
w/Tools You Want to
Use
Immediate GTM with No
CAPEX, Multi-Vendor
Interoperability

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Cisco Evolved Services Platform
Service Provider Cloud
StorageNetwork Compute
Cisco Evolved Programmable Network
Open
APIs
Customers
Secure
Broadband
Internet
Self-Service Portal
Service
Catalog
Orchestration
Engine
Flexible
CPE
Cisco ISR
Meraki MX
Ethernet NID
CSR1K
v
ASAv vIPSWSAv
Operations
Savings
SP Business
Outcomes

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