PLUMgrid CloudApex is a SDN visualization and monitoring platform that works in conjunction with PLUMgrid ONS to display real-time status of physical and virtual resources in OpenStack clouds. PLUMgrid CloudApex speeds up network deployment, simplifies everyday operations at scale and minimizes production downtime.

1. See Your OpenStack Network Like
Never Before
Valentina Alaria - PLUMgrid

2. Introduction
PLUMgrid delivers SDN and NFV solutions for OpenStack clouds
 Multi-tenant micro-segmentation
 Distributed data plane leveraging IO Visor
 Comprehensive networking services and management tools
Speaker
Photo
Speaker
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Valentina Alaria
Senior Director Product & Solutions Marketing + Training
OpenStack Community Member
Work with OpenStack users deploying OpenStack Clouds @scale
OpenStack Networking education & evangelization
How to contact and follow me
v@plumgrid.com
@valealaria
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3. PLUMgrid ONS for OpenStack
Tenant A
Bridge
Router
LB
Security
Policies
Bridge
Security
Policies
Bridge
DHCP
FW
Tenant B
Bridge
Router
LB
Security
Policies
Bridge Bridge
Router
LB
Security
Policies
Bridge
Tenant C Tenant D
Virtual
Domains
Any workload – Any physical InfrastructureAny workload – Any physical Infrastructure

4. Taking Businesses to Production
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Production
Pilot
Proof of Concept
Provide OpenStack Cloud
operators with the tools
they need to effectively
and successfully support
business operations

5. Tackling Operational Pain Points
Lack of visualization for
virtual resources
Lack of simple virtual
to physical correlation
Lack of dynamic
heat map

6. Traditional tools won’t cut it
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 Text heavy, rows of data
 Individual components
 Weak virtual & physical view
 Not intuitive
 Limited accuracy
 Not real-time data

7. PLUMgrid CloudApexTM
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Unmatched Display
Innovative data
visualization algorithms
Unmatched Display
Innovative data
visualization algorithms
Decoupled &
Modular
Monitoring of environment
from product + technology
Decoupled &
Modular
Monitoring of environment
from product + technology
User Defined
Simple paradigms, intuitive,
correlation tools
User Defined
Simple paradigms, intuitive,
correlation tools
Cloud Visualization platform displaying real-time status of virtual and
physical resources in an OpenStack environment
Cloud Visualization platform displaying real-time status of virtual and
physical resources in an OpenStack environment

8. PLUMgrid CloudApex™ Highlights
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9. demo

10. Come by PLUMgrid’s Booth
 Demos
 Test Drive Offer
 Cloud Networking book
 User videos
 On-site Consulting
 Pick up gifts & get a postcard
 Win an Apple Watch!

11. www.plumgrid.com
Thank you!