Brocade Software Networking (SDN NFV Day ITB 2016)
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This document discusses Brocade's software networking portfolio, including their journey acquiring Vyatta and SteelApp, and developing an SDN controller and vRouter. It provides information on Brocade's SDN controller, including that it is based on OpenDaylight and designed to be open, modular, and support collaborative innovation. Example applications for the controller are also discussed, including topology discovery and flow management. Details are given on Brocade's high-performance vRouter, including its DPDK-based data plane, programmable control plane, and validation achieving 80Gbps performance. Potential vRouter use cases are also mentioned, such as providing managed connectivity between an enterprise site and public cloud.
![Programmable Control Plane
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#!/bin/vcli -f
configure
for i in $(list interfaces dataplane); do
echo -n "$i: "
addr=($(list interfaces dataplane $i address))
echo ${addr[@]}
if [ -z ${addr[@]} ]; then
set interfaces dataplane $i address dhcp
fi
done
commit
end_configure
Bash
Externally Programmable
o Control plane externally programmable through
Netconf/REST
Natively DevOps Capable
o Native Linux utilities can be used for many
applications
o Scriptable command line interface through bash,
Python, Perl, Ruby
import vyatta.configd as configd
from sys import stderr, stdout
from os import getpid
def setup_interface_address(client, intf_name):
stdout.write(intf_name + ":")
path = ["interfaces", "dataplane", intf_name,
"address"]
addrs = client.get(path)
print(", ".join(addrs))
if len(addrs) == 0 :
client.set(path + ["dhcp"])
def main():
client = configd.Client()
client.session_setup(str(getpid()))
try:
for intf_name in client.get("interfaces
dataplane"):
setup_interface_address(client, intf_name)
client.commit("setup interface addresses")
except configd.Exception as e:
stderr.write(str(e))
client.session_teardown()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main() Python
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Brocade Software Networking (SDN NFV Day ITB 2016)
- 2. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. INTERNAL USE ONLY 2
- 3. We’re Building on Our Strengths… 200,000+FIRST TO MARKET 3400+ 90%+ #1 #2 ~30 MILLION 1.3+ MILLION 1 MILLION+ Confidential | Brocade | © 2014
- 4. Topics 5© 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY Brocade Software Network Journey Brocade SDN Controller Brocade vRouter
- 5. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY Brocade Software Networking Journey The journey until now 6 Nov 2012 Jan 2013 Brocade acquires Vyatta Mar 2015 Brocade acquires SteelApp Dec 2014 Brocade Selected for Domain 2.0 Feb 2015 Brocade Delivers Innovative SDN Controller Industry-Leading Vyatta Benchmark Aug 2014 Launches Vyatta Services Top x86 Vendors Showcase Vyatta Jan 2014 Brocade Platinum Membership Launches Vyatta Services Jun 2014 Brocade Sets vRouter Speed Record Nov 2015 Brocade Opens Europe Software R&D Offices
- 6. Choice & Flexibility © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. INTERNAL USE ONLY 7OPENNESS IS A CRITICAL REQUIREMENT Hypervisor Choice Cloud Choice • Vmware • KVM • Hyper-V • SoftLayer • Amazon • Azure • Rackspace • Dozens more… Brocade Is Unique In Software Networking Coverage Full L3-7 Portfolio • vRouter (Vyatta) • vADC (SteelApp) • vEPC
- 8. Who Is Using ODL, and Why? Survey respondents: • 31% telcos/service providers • 24% research/academia • 20% enterprises • 10% services/consulting • 9% software/hardware • 6% other © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 9
- 9. Brocade SDN Controller Part of open, modular portfolio • Designed for an open, multivendor world – Each layer can be selected independently – No platform or northbound dependencies • Simple on-ramp to SDN – Low-risk investment protection – Smooth installation and maintenance • Collaborative innovation – Joint and custom app development – Bridge to OpenDaylight community BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 10 Services and Abstraction Engine Karaf / OSGi Container Developer Interfaces Topology Mapper Host Tracker Akka Clustering Stats Manager RESTCONF JAVA OpenStack NEUTRON ML2 Southbound Plugins OpenFlow NETCONF OVSDB PCEP SNMP BGP Virtual Physical Third-Party Developer Tools Training and Support Developer Partners Professional Services YANG Models Brocade is Open Daylight what Red Hat is to Linux
- 10. Brocade SDN Controller—How, Not What Build the Foundation and Frame Upstream • Continuous build from ODL • Contribute enhancements • No forking or proprietary extensions • Channel user requests into ODL workstream Getting Started with SDN • Architectural planning • Stability and support for the whole controller environment – Support model assumes mixed- vendor environment – Full documentation • Specialized education for operations and developers Collaborative Innovation with Users • Joint and custom development • App design review, certification, and/or integration • Developer tools and repo access • Developer community resources – GitHub and Brocade community © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 11
- 11. Wiki: links to • Download sites • Documentation • Brocade DevNet • AppDev Tutorials • Useful ODL pages • SDN AppDev sites Community Resources Developer.brocade.com and github.com/brocade © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 12
- 12. Controller-based Apps © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
- 13. Brocade Topology Manager 1.0 (free App) • Display discovered topology • Create a list of nodes • Perform a simple search for nodes • Upgrade directly to Flow Manager © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 14
- 14. Brocade Flow Manager 1.0 • Install and manage OpenFlow flows • Install and manage host-to-host intent paths • Install and manage switch-to-switch flows © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 15
- 15. Brocade Flow Optimizer Application Leverages Brocade hybrid port capabilities • Avoid network congestion without disrupting the traffic path • Policy-based, large flow detection and management with fine- grained control • Supports metering, redirection, and remark actions for optimal flow management • Dashboard and reports for visibility into traffic flow © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 16
- 16. Flow Optimizer Application 1. Network Devices – Send sFlow samples 2. sFlow Collector(s) – Collect flow sample data 3. Flow Optimizer Application – Analyzes and manages flows – Policy-based UI and REST APIs 4. SDN Controller – Programs OpenFlow 1.3 rules sFlow Collector Portal Flow Optimizer API UI 1. 2. 3. 4. © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 17
- 17. Flow Optimizer Application Dashboard • Events and Audit widget • Widgets support time scope and update the real- time data • Quick switch between historical and real time • Unsupported widgets are hidden from user • Switch between the Table and Graph view for each widget © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. COMPANY PROPRIETARY INFORMATION 18
- 19. Brocade 5600 vRouter 20 POWERED BY VYATTA NETWORK OS VPN IPSec, SSL, DMVPN, GRE, L2TPv3, IPIP, L2 Bridging, etc. Routing OSPF, BGP IPv4, IPv6 Mcast, PBR, QoS, etc. Firewall/NAT Stateful FW, ZBF, FW Filter, NAT, etc. Management / APIs: CLI, GUI, SNMP, Syslog, Netflow, TWAMP, RESTful API, Netconf/Yang High Availability: VRRP, Stateful FW Failover, Config Sync Platforms: VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, Xen, x86 Multifunctional product © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 20. Brocade 5600 vRouter Architecture 21 KEY DIFFERENTIATORS © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY CLI REST Netconf GUI Script API AAA Routing Protocols Hybrid DevOps Data Model Shadow Interfaces vPlanedFIB Session State IPv4/IPv6 Unicast Firewall Encrypt / Decrypt Tunnels (GRE, mGRE) Multicast Ethernet Interfaces QoS NAT Etc Control Plane vPlane (vRouter User Space Data Plane) Single VM or Bare Metal Package Data Model o Common Data Model o Parity across CLI and APIs o Hybrid DevOps capable with Linux tools and Scripting API Data Plane o DPDK based user space data plane (vPlane) o Designed for Virtualization o Highly efficient and linear architecture o Scales from 10’s of mbps to 10’s of Gbps Separation of Control Plane & Data Plane o Future proof architecture o Packaged in single VM or Bare Metal image o Independent scaling of CP and DP
- 21. Programmable Control Plane 22 #!/bin/vcli -f configure for i in $(list interfaces dataplane); do echo -n "$i: " addr=($(list interfaces dataplane $i address)) echo ${addr[@]} if [ -z ${addr[@]} ]; then set interfaces dataplane $i address dhcp fi done commit end_configure Bash Externally Programmable o Control plane externally programmable through Netconf/REST Natively DevOps Capable o Native Linux utilities can be used for many applications o Scriptable command line interface through bash, Python, Perl, Ruby import vyatta.configd as configd from sys import stderr, stdout from os import getpid def setup_interface_address(client, intf_name): stdout.write(intf_name + ":") path = ["interfaces", "dataplane", intf_name, "address"] addrs = client.get(path) print(", ".join(addrs)) if len(addrs) == 0 : client.set(path + ["dhcp"]) def main(): client = configd.Client() client.session_setup(str(getpid())) try: for intf_name in client.get("interfaces dataplane"): setup_interface_address(client, intf_name) client.commit("setup interface addresses") except configd.Exception as e: stderr.write(str(e)) client.session_teardown() if __name__ == "__main__": main() Python © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 22. Architected for Performance 23 HIGH PERFORMANCE VROUTER DATA PLANE (VPLANE) USING INTEL DPDK © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY Packet Pipeline Packet Pipeline VM Packet Packet Packet Core 0 Core 1 Core 2 Core 3 Core 4 Core 5 Core 6 Core 7 Packet Packet Packet Not all DPDK implementations are the same
- 23. 3rd Party Validation of Vyatta vRouter Performance 24 TELEFONICA VALIDATION VYATTA 5600 VROUTER ACHIEVED 80GBPS COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF INTEL SERVER VROUTER AS VM ON REDHAT KVM DEPLOYED IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS! “By raising the performance threshold to 80 Gb, you are really covering most of the applications that are associated with data center access and edge routing.” -- Tom Nolle, CIMI Corp “Telefónica was clearly pleased enough with the test results to announce them publicly -- an unusual move these days.” -- Carol Wilson, Light Reading http://www.lightreading.com/carrier-sdn/sdn-technology/telefonica- brocade-team-up-on-nfv-benchmarks/d/d-id/710395 © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 24. vRouter Deployment (Cont.) 25© 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY NIC NIC NIC vRouter VM/ VNF VM/ VNF NIC NIC NIC vRouter Bare Metal Deployment Virtualized Deployment Virtual Deployment with SR-IOV/PCI Pass-through vSwitch Hypervisor NIC NIC NIC vRouter VM/ VNF VM/ VNF vSwitch Hypervisor x86 x86 x86 SR-IOVorPCIPass-through
- 25. Brocade vRouter Use Cases
- 26. SP Managed Direct Connect to Public Cloud 27 TIER 1 SP MPLS/VPN Service Provider Network Enterprise Site 2 LAN CPE Enterprise Site 1 LAN CPE Public Cloud Connect to CSP thru SP MPLS- VPN rather than go through public internet Premium service – focus on BW Tiered BW service vNAT for address translation vNAT Internet © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 27. vCPE Models 28 Service Provider Network LAN Branch Cloud Branch LAN CPE Modules Modules Modules CPE CPE NFVI Service VNF Service VNF vCPE VNF NFVI vCPE VNF L2 NID On-Premise vCPE Cloud vCPE (Also called vCE) Benefits of Virtual CPE Virtualization enables service agility Centralized orchestration offers operation efficiency Low Capex (Equipment consolidation, best of breed VNFs) vRouter © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 28. HYPERVISOR (vSwitch) X86 HARDWARE & PORTS vRouter vRouters as vCEs Branch DC (NFVI) Aggregation Switch Switch Switch Switch Service Chaining vCE Routers VNFs Router vCPE – Moving intelligence into the cloud 29 A.K.A VCE VNF VNF Small Site • L3 and above services are moved to the cloud • Typically simple L2 device on prem • Multiple vCEs per compute platform for low TCO, hence low footprint, high density is key Layer 2 NID Or Legacy L3 Router vRouter vRouter Simplified Device Other Service VNFs …..Brocade 5600 vRouter as cloud vCPE is in production deployment by major Tier 1 Carrier © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 29. HYPERVISOR (vSwitch) X86 HARDWARE & PORTS vRouter Opt. VNF2 Opt. VNF3 vRouter as vCPE VNF Branch CO/POP Optical e.g. PON Switch Switch Switch Switch Service Chaining Optional Services In NFV DC PE To “P” routers vCPE - Virtualizing CPE in the branch 30 VROUTER AS ON-PREMISE VCPE VNF Other VNFs VNF VNF Small Site • vRouter as vCPE VNF (for L2/L3, FW, NAT, QoS, etc.) • COTS + Hypervisor + VNF solution • Typically, offered on select HW by vendors who also offer the mgmt and orch for this solution vRouter VNF Other VNFs Smart NID June 25, 2015: Masergy deploys vRouter as vCPE on Overture © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 30. What makes vCPE biz case work Resource efficiency On premise vCPE - important to consume smallest amount of HW resources o Leave room for more value added service VNFs or higher throughput o Allow use case work with lowest cost HW Cloud vCPE – VNF density is of utmost importance o to leave room for more applications or higher throughput Brocade demo at MWC 2015 - 40 vRouters per server Mix of 200 Mbps to 1 Gbps vRouters; tested up to max post capacity – 40Gbps. 31© 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU 1 Gbps Router Brocade 5600 vRouter vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU vCPU Other Implementations Versus
- 31. Brocade’s Solution for vCPE Same solution scales from low to high • Based on Vyatta Network Operating System – –Same software can be leveraged across Cloud, Small, Medium, and Large vCPE –Highest and most efficient performance allows more to be done with less resources • Hardware vendor agnostic but hardware partnerships with best of breed vendors VNF VNF VNF Cloud vCPE Small vCPE Medium vCPE 32© 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 32. CSP solution overview 33 Enterprise Data Center Enterprise Data Center Telco SP Colo Direct Connect Multiple solutions Public cloud: AWS Managed hosting o Virtual: Rackspace o Baremetal: Softlayer Secure connectivity across clouds Hybrid cloud Managed hybrid cloud – compliance data over public cloud © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY
- 33. Take the steps to unleash your network © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. INTERNAL USE ONLY 34 • Visit Developer.brocade.com and github.com/brocade – Download free trial of Brocade SDN controller – Download API toolkit • Visit Brocade web site for NFV – Download free trial of vRouter and vTM (Traffic Manager) • Visit Brocade channel at SDXCentral – For demo and webinars – SDXCentral test report on vRouter 5600 available on request
- 34. Thank you © 2015 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL— DISCUSSED UNDER NDA ONLY