Scaling Your SDDC Network: Building a Highly Scalable SDDC Infrastructure with Advanced Physical Network Architectures & VMware NSX
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Scaling Your SDDC Network: Building a Highly Scalable SDDC Infrastructure with Advanced Physical Network Architectures & VMware NSX
- 1. Scaling Your SDDC Network: Building a Highly Scalable SDDC Infrastructure with Advanced Physical Network Architectures & VMware NSX Phillip Coates Systems Engineering Manager ANZ Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
- 2. Evolution of datacenter architectures © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC 2 Phase 1: 3-tier Architectures CoreAggAccess Phase 2: Scale-out Architectures Leaf/SpineCore Scale Out Phase 3: Advanced Scale-out Architectures + Overlay Networking 10G DC POD N Edge Services POD SUPER SPINE BORDER LEAF WAN EDGE INTERNET DC INTERCONNECT DC POD 1 SPINE LEAF
- 3. • Brocade provides choices for building reliable and scalable underlay networks for the VMware SDDC • Brocade VDX switches are easy to deploy and manage • Brocade VDX gateway provides a highly resilient and easy to manage Hardware VTEP gateway for VMware NSX • Integration with VMware vRealize in Brocade VDX switches provides visibility and monitoring for the network © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 3 VMware and Brocade – “Better Together”
- 4. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC 4 Physical network architectures for the SDDC Logical networking with VMware NSX Agenda Provisioning, automation and visibility/monitoring
- 5. Learning from massive scale deployments © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC 5 Source: https://code.facebook.com/posts/360346274145943/introducing-data-center- fabric-the-next-generation-facebook-data-center-network/
- 6. Clos Concepts: L2 Clos network with Brocade VDX © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 6 L2 Links SPINE LEAF • Manage all fabric switches as a single logical device • No blocking links and no need for Spanning Tree • Multipathing at layers 1 to 3 • Zero-touch provisioning & Self-forming trunks TRILL-based Ethernet fabric
- 7. Clos Concepts: L3 Clos network with Brocade VDX © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 7 L3 Links SPINE LEAF • Zero-touch provisioning and deployment mechanisms (standards based) ‒ DHCP and TFTP • Management through Netconf/REST and DevOps integration • Layer 2 Extension mechanisms through native VXLAN support IP Routing protocols like BGP and OSPF
- 8. Choices for datacenter infrastructure © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 8 L3 Clos • Smaller team to manage the infrastructure • Embedded automation required for OpEx savings • Larger team to manage the infrastructure • Tool chains in place for automation and orchestration • Network infrastructure scalable to very large deployments L2 Clos with Brocade VCS L3 Clos with Brocade VDX Both VCS and L3 Clos deployments use the same VDX hardware and Brocade NOS software!
- 9. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 9 Building scalable physical networks L2 Clos based architectures
- 10. Building Blocks: Datacenter POD physical architecture (3-Stage folded Clos) © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 10 L2 Clos with Single or dual homed servers L2 Links VCS Fabric SPINE LEAF Servers/Blades 10G Servers/Blades 10G Servers/Blades 10G Compute Racks Controller Management SW IP Storage 10G Management/Infrastructure Racks
- 11. Building Blocks: Edge services POD physical architecture © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 11 VCS Fabric BORDER LEAF Servers/Blades 10G Edge Racks Load Balancer 10G Firewall SW RouterSW VPN SW Firewall Single or dual-homed edge service devices L2 Links
- 12. L2 Clos based Datacenter Site (3-stage folded Clos) © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 12 SPINE LEAF 10G 10G 10G 10G Compute and Infrastructure/Management Racks Edge Racks 10G 10G BORDER LEAF INTERNET DC INTERCONNECT L2 Links WAN EDGE DC POD Edge Services POD VCS Fabric VCS Fabric
- 13. Multi-fabric VCS physical architecture for DC Site (5-stage folded Clos) © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 13 BORDER LEAF SPINE LEAF VCS Fabric 10G 10G 10G VCS Fabric 10G 10G 10G DC POD N Compute and Infrastructure/Management Racks Edge Racks Edge Services POD SUPER SPINE WAN EDGE INTERNET DC INTERCONNECT L2 Links L3 Links 10G VCS Fabric 10G 10G 10G DC POD 1 Compute and Infrastructure/Management Racks SPINE LEAF
- 14. L2 Extension between DC Pods for vMotion, Virtual SAN, Fault Tolerance © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 14 BORDER LEAFSPINE LEAF 10G VCS Fabric 10G 10G 10G DC POD N SPINE LEAF VCS Fabric 10G 10G 10G VCS Fabric 10G 10G 10G DC POD 1 Compute and Infrastructure/Management Racks Compute and Infrastructure/Management Racks Edge Racks Edge Services POD SUPER SPINE WAN EDGE INTERNET DC INTERCONNECT 40G L2 Links L3 Links VXLAN
- 15. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 15 Building scalable physical networks L3 Clos architectures
- 16. L3 Clos based Datacenter Site (3-stage folded Clos) © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 16 SPINE LEAF 10G 10G 10G 10G Compute and Infrastructure/Management Racks Edge Racks 10G 10G BORDER LEAF INTERNET DC INTERCONNECT L2 Links L3 Links WAN EDGE DC POD Edge Services POD
- 17. Multi-fabric VCS and L3 Clos hybrid architecture (5-stage folded Clos) © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 17 10G 10G 10G 10G 10G 10G DC POD N SPINE LEAF Compute and Infrastructure/Management Racks Edge Racks Edge Services POD SUPER SPINE BORDER LEAF WAN EDGE INTERNET DC INTERCONNECT L2 Links L3 Links 10G 10G 10G 10G DC POD 1 Compute and Infrastructure/Management Racks L3 Clos
- 18. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC 18 Physical network architectures for the SDDC Logical networking with VMware NSX Agenda Provisioning, automation and visibility/monitoring
- 19. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 19 NSX Components in the physical network Servers/Blades 10G SPINE LEAF Servers/Blades 10G IP Storage 10G Compute RacksManagement Rack Infrastructure Rack Data Center Pod NSX vSwitch
- 20. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 20 NSX Components in the physical network Edge Services Pod BORDER LEAF Servers/Blades 10G Edge Racks Load Balancer 10G Firewall
- 21. Routed Traffic flows in the network (Distributed Routing) © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 21 SPINE LEAF 10G 10G DC POD N SPINE LEAF DC POD 1 Infrastructure Racks Edge Racks Edge Services POD SUPER SPINE BORDER LEAF WAN EDGE DC INTERCONNECT INTRANET Compute RacksCompute Racks East West Routed Traffic North South Traffic VM1 VM2 Infrastructure RackCompute Rack Load Balancer 10G Firewall Brocade VDX Gateway VM3
- 22. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 22 NSX Hardware VTEP integration Brocade VDX Gateway • High-performance VXLAN gateway (line-rate bridging) • Full integration with VMware NSX • Logical chassis: Single entity of management through NSX • Resilient logical gateway: VTEP resides on all the switches. Stateful redundant g/w. VXLAN Compute Rack Virtualized Workloads Brocade VDX Gateway for VMware NSX Servers/Blades 10G Physical Workloads VCS Fabric SPINE LEAF VLAN 10G VTEP = VIRTUAL TUNNEL END POINT
- 23. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC 23 Physical network architectures for the SDDC Logical networking with VMware NSX Agenda Provisioning, automation and visibility/monitoring
- 24. Auto Provisioning © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. INTERNAL USE ONLY 24 L2 Links VCS Fabric SPINE LEAF Servers/Blades 10G Servers/Blades 10G Servers/Blades 10G Compute Clusters Increasing cluster capacity in L2 Clos Topology Servers/Blades 10G Cluster A VM3VM1 VM2 VM4 1. Auto-Fabric Deployment 2. ESXi host auto deployment and configuration* 3. Automatic cluster inclusion and NSX Host Preparation 4. DRS balances the cluster *LACP Configuration may be pushed after new switches are part of VCS Fabric
- 25. Auto Provisioning 25 L3 Links Servers/Blades 10G Servers/Blades 10G Servers/Blades 10G Compute Clusters Increasing cluster capacity in L3 Clos Topology Servers/Blades 10G Cluster A VM3VM1 VM2 VM4 1. Auto-Provisioning 2. ESXi host auto deployment and configuration 3. Automatic cluster inclusion and NSX Host Preparation 4. DRS balances the cluster DRS = Dynamic Resource Scheduling
- 26. Auto Provisioning for VDX in L3 Clos © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 26 DHCPRequest DHCPResponsew/Options Image/ConfigurationLocation SFTP/TFTPRequest Image/Configuration SW Image Configuration 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reloads w/ New 7 8 Ready Image&Configurationdownload TFTP Server DHCP Server DHCP Mapping Automation Engine BGP Profile Templates
- 27. Datacenter automation tools Brocade Vyatta Controller (ODL based controller) REST API/ NETCONF/ YANG Model PythonNeutron ML2 PlugIn © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 27 Puppet integration
- 28. Analytics Packs for vRealize Operations Greater visibility and actionable analytics © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. Intelligent Network Operations Unified Virtual & Physical Networking Simplified Policy Automation Go to Brocade G13 booth to see vRealize Operations and VDX integration
- 29. Content Pack for vRealize Log Insight Accelerate troubleshooting with actionable analytics © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. Powerful Filtering Capabilities Simplifies Root-Cause Analysis Unified Management
- 30. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 30 Summary
- 31. • Brocade provides choices for building reliable and scalable underlay networks for the VMware SDDC • Brocade VDX switches are easy to deploy and manage • Brocade VDX gateway provides a highly resilient and easy to manage Hardware VTEP gateway for VMware NSX • Integration with VMware vRealize in Brocade VDX switches provides visibility and monitoring for the network © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 31 VMware and Brocade – “Better Together”
- 32. Key takeaways • Reviewed choices provided by Brocade in the underlay architecture • Reviewed scalable and fault resilient model for VMware NSX • Reviewed automation and deployment mechanisms • Brocade and VMware – “BETTER TOGETHER” © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 32
- 33. 33 • Brocade and VMware alliance page: http://www.brocade.com/en/partners/alliances/vmware.html • Configuration guide for Brocade Hardware VTEP: http://www.brocade.com/content/html/en/configuration-guide/nos-601- l2guide/GUID-773FF857-F62D-4A4A-89AA-B2301BF3ED8E.html • Deployment guide for NSX with Brocade VCS: http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/html_product_manuals/broca de-vcs-gateway-vmware-dp/index.html • Brocade VCS Gateway and VMware NSX Video on Demand (VoD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khjBszMoM9s © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. More information