Opening Opportunities
NOW
VDX
vRouter
BNS
NEXT
MLX
ICX
vR VPNaaS
vR FWaaS
Get access to new buyers for drive incremental IP dollars.
Mirantis is the OpenStack expert. You don’t have to be.
OpenStack adoption is accelerating in the United States
and especially in the North East.
Use Cases by Target
Segment Business Driver Use Case Summary Maturity
Enterprise Close the IT relevance gap, embrace cloud as a
seamless extension to their services portfolio,
and adapt traits from the service provider model
Virtualization + cloud mgmt./ orchestration Good
Storage as a Service (Object or Block). Run
a Swift or CEPH object storage layer
Good
Web / SaaS Increase automation and efficiency while
aggressively deploying new technology to
optimize revenue streams
Run software on OpenStack Good
MSP / Telco Get agile while leveraging their global footprint,
broad customer base, and existing investments to
optimize the cost and timing of services delivery
Create IaaS using OpenStack Good
Use OpenStack as NFV-Infrastructure Medium
Cross-Segment Requirements
Multi-tenanted, virtualized data center │Scale out architecture │ Secure tenant isolation
Accelerate Cloud Deployments
with Brocade & Mirantis
• Simplify deployment of
cloud infrastructure
• Automate VLAN, vRouter
and tenant creation
• Make infrastructure changes
non-disruptively
Seamless Automation
• Get cloud deployment
expertise when you need it
• Use Brocade plugins for
OpenStack-enabled
hardware and software
• Maintain agility and scale
over time
Proven Expertise
• Get started quickly with
low upfront capital
expense
• Scale up or down to meet
dynamic capacity demands
• Provide infrastructure and
services on demand
Low Cost, Low Risk
Engaging Buyers
IT Department Line-of-Business
Company If there are teams/ individuals:
• Cloud transformation
• Cloud deployment
• Cloud engineering
• Digital transformation
• Virtualization
• Cloud Architect
Start there… Else, traditional server side IT roles
Business units frustrated with the fact that
internal IT does not support the agility they
need… and InfoSec that frowns upon the use
of AWS/ Azure etc.
Start with the product line managers, VP/ GM
Individual Find the champion that wants to learn about
OpenStack and become an internal hero
Find a champion that wants to show IT and
InfoSec that AWS-style infrastructure can be
built in-house
Think about
the Brocade
opportunity
Ensure the network is part of the discussion, not excluded due to perceived complexity or absence
of robust solutions.
Next Steps…
Learn Engage Mirantis Engage Customers Sustain
Relationships
Brocade
Sales
• Sales training
• Review Playbook
on FlightDeck
• Contact:
openstack@brocade.com
• Work with your Mirantis
account team colleagues
• Identify target accounts
• Deliver pitch together
• Follow-up:
• Brocade / Mirantis
solution brief
• BNS and product
overviews
• Attend ongoing training
• Share insights
• Attend MeetUp events
Brocade
SEs
• Technical training • Mirantis OpenStack
demo(s)
• Plugin demo(s)
• Demo videos
• Engage in MeetUp
events online and in
person
Mirantis Certification of Brocade Plugins
Icehouse
Mirantis 5.0.1
Juno
Mirantis 6.0
Kilo (April 2015)
VCS (AMPP)
vRouter (5400) X X July 2015
vRouter (5600) Ongoing –
Certification by
3/20/15
July 2015
VCS, ICX, MLX
(ML2)
July 2015
VCS, MLX (VE) July 2015
vR VPNaaS July 2015
vR FWaaS July 2015
Brocade Plugin Certification Process
Brocade
Certification
SQA Team
installs
Mirantis
OpenStack
GA code
Configure
Brocade
Plugin,
execute SQA
Functionality
Test Cases
and run Test
Automation
Suites
Run Mirantis
Health Check
(OSTF –
OpenStack
Testing
Framework)
Performs
post-
deployment
verification
of Mirantis
OpenStack
Provides
primary
health checks
– sanity,
smoke
Verifies
proper
operation of
all system
components
under typical
conditions
Mirantis
Engineering
Team
examines
health check
report and
certifies the
plugin
Plugin is
packaged
along with
Mirantis
OpenStack
distribution
Brocade OpenStack Investment
• Current plugin developments:
‒ VCS, FC (upstreamed)
‒ vADX, Vyatta vRouter (privately certified - Juno)
‒ vRouter FWaaS, vRouter VPNaaS, MLX (K release)
• OpenStack community participation
‒ OpenStack / ODL
‒ Telco WG (NFV)
‒ Congress (Policy)
‒ VPN, FW, LBaaS
‒ Multi-tenant DC-DC via MPLS
‒ SAN FC – SAN zoning to the Cinder project
• ETSI ISG NFV PoCs
‒ Working with partner vendors and operators (IBM,
RedHat, Telefonica) to define and deploy policy-
based PoCs related to placement and scheduling
of NFV through OpenStack.
Vyatta
vRouter
ADX/Virtual
ADX
Scalable & Open Cloud APIs
MLX
NFV Switching Routin
g
FC
SAN
So why do our customers make the choice for OpenStack in the first place. We’ve found that OpenStack benefits three levels of individual within an organization – developers, IT or Dev management, and business executives.
Developers spend a lot of time trying to get access to server resources they need to do their job. A big value of OpenStack is the on-demand nature of compute, storage and networking that can be requested by individuals through self-service. Thus, developers spend dramatically less time running around trying to set up their development environment and more time adding value to their application development.
Managers in charge of making sure traditional resources are available for development also spend their time responding to development requests – plus ensuring that provided infrastructure remains up and available for the developers. This leaves little time to create new services needed by the organization and increasing their value to the company overall. OpenStack is a way to free up that time and move them out of fire-fighting reactionary mode and into longer term project planning.
Finally, executives are looking for a way to take advantage of new innovations and efficiencies in their infrastructure to differentiate themselves from their competitors. This lets them react in a more agile fashion to changing industry or customer demands through the elastic nature of OpenStack; being able to add resources quickly to those that need them whether that is increased user demand (which is always a good thing) or development needs.
#1 pure-play OpenStack company
Unique product and services story
Exceptional customer traction
Very strong OpenStack community presence and brand
Top 3 upstream contributor, leading the Sahara Murano & Fuel projects
530 employees, 420 engineers
Easy
Hassle Free Deployment & Operations
Fuel takes the guesswork out of deployment and complex dependencies
Reliable
Rock Solid Resiliency at scale > 100 nodes
Enterprise High Availability
Production Ready OpenStack Packages hardened based on 130+ customer deployments
Validated Architectures
Mirantis 24x7 support
Flexible
Plug-in architecture to enhance capabilities
Support for a broad range of compute network, and storage technologies
Partner drivers and products certified on Mirantis OpenStack
All this is possible because The New IP changes many technology and business aspects of networking. Here’s a high level look at those:
The New IP makes networking more dynamic and automated through software and virtualization. This will evolve the network from a tactical role as transport to one as a strategic enabler of new capabilities and services.
The New IP favors open architectures and open-source technologies for the benefit of customers and to avoid lock-in
The New IP abstracts intelligence and centralizes it at the network control layer. This improves management and enables network-wide programmability
The New IP changes the concept of life cycle management, delivering true investment protection through a long-term “useful life” approach. [Key insight]: this shifts the network purchase buying power from the vendor to the user.
Related to that last concept, the New IP enables utility-base buying/spending. The Brocade Network Subscription is an example of The New IP concept by enabling our customers to subscribe to acquire networking equipment instead of direct purchasing or even leasing. Again, this is a shift away from vendor-centric purchasing in favor of an user-centric approach.
[next slide]
Strong momentum > 25000 members > 2.33M LOC > ~3000 developers > 300,000 downloads
Every release getting better: Kilo (Apr 2015) will be the 11th release
NOTES AND QUESTIONS – REMOVE BEFORE FINAL FOR KAMESH
The biggest objection from customers is lack of the right resources and expertise
Mirantis is an expert engineering partner for customers, and for Brocade
NEW IP TEXT
Just as we led the industry with breakthrough technologies for storage networking and Ethernet fabrics, we are now at the forefront of the software networking market. And we are aggressively developing a technology roadmap of open, software-driven, and secure networking solutions that will fully embrace the New IP.
This strategy:
• Enables you to start a new conversation about why the network must change to keep up with the massive scale and growth of today’s IT environments
• Positions Brocade with a first-mover and leadership advantage in software networking and New IP technologies, where there is currently no dominant vendor
NOTES AND QUESTIONS – REMOVE BEFORE FINAL FOR KAMESH
The business drivers are (almost) a copy/paste currently from the New IP flyer – it’s a pretty close match.
Only problem is that it’s a major eye chart now… although it was pretty text-heavy before too.