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Software Defined Networking - Overview

Software-defined Networking (SDN) is the result of a multi-year
collaboration among Stanford University, T-Labs and other leading
institutions.
It addresses a set of problems owing to infrastructure complexity,
inflexibility, and high costs. Several carriers and vendors are on board with
the technology.
SDN enables mobility of encapsulated Application landscapes without any
changes and offers a new model for improved programmability and control
of the network infrastructure.
New services can be realized by programming instead of re-architecting
the network.
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What Is Network Virtualization?
An Analogy to Compute Virtualization.
Physical Compute & Memory
(HP, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Quanta,)
Server Hypervisor
Requirement: x86
Virtual
Machine
Virtual
Machine
Virtual
Machine
x86 Environment
Decoupled
Application Application Application
Physical Network
(Arista, Cisco, Brocade, Juniper, Cumulus,)
Virtualized Network
Requirement: IP Transport
Virtual L2
Network
Virtual L3
Network
Virtual L3
Network
L2, L3, L4-7 Network Services
Workload Workload Workload
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Solution Implementation:
Introduction of Overlay Networks through SDN
Current Situation
No Overlay Tightly coupled functions in
one Network, one operations team
No Flexibility, High Complexity
Creation of Overlay networks
New software defined logical Network Layer
Concurrent independent networks
Separated operation teams
Simplifications with Overlay Network
Massively reduced complexity in Underlay
Application Landscapes encapsulated in
Overlay including networking Services
fully mobile Application Landscapes
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The Challenge
Traditional Multitier Application Landscape
No clear boundaries,
no grouping,
infrastructure is
managed, not
Application Landscape
Network Addressing
implies location
Tightly coupled to
hardware, Landscape
not mobile within
Infrastructure
Multitenancy through
VLANs which are
scarce
No programmatic
control of Network by
Application
VLAN
Front End
Application
Logic
Database
Context
in HW FW
Applianc
e
Context
in HW LB
Applianc
e
Routing
instanc
e (VRF)
802.1Q
VLAN
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The Goal
Encapsulate, Virtualize Landscapes
and Make Mobile
Fully encapsulated
Application
Landscapes that can
freely move within
Client and Service
Provider Networks,
without any change
App Landscape
Local Physical Dev.
Admin LAN, etc.
Legend
VLAN VN-Segment (future)
VXLAN
Customer
Network
VXL
GW
VXL
GW
Router
Physical Firewall
VXLAN-to-VLAN GW
Loadbalancer
Bare Metal Servers
and Storage
Virtual
Loadbalancer
VM
Virtual
Firewalls
Virtual Application
Acceleration Services
Virtual
Storage
Services
Virtual Network
Management
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Global Application Landscape Mobility without
Change
Needs:
Software Defined Networking
Use of Virtualized Network Services
Creation of Application Landscape abstractions (from aligned Dev. Process or Cloud Managers)
Policy and Workflow Engines to implement Processes
App Landscape VXV
GW
VXV
GW
App Landscape VXV
GW
VXV
GW
App Landscape VXV
GW
VXV
GW
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The Benefits & Use Cases
Full Application Landscape encapsulation and mobility within Client & TSI
Production
Removal of network barriers, no changes to application landscapes when
changing locations, either from Client to TSI Datacenter or within TSI
Enable Business with smaller Partners, ease and agility to deploy partner
solutions into TSI Production, reduction of dependencies, Partner
Environment can be completely isolated from TSI Network topology
Ease of operations, agility, lower risk, cost and complexity for
transition/transformation. Requires changing today's network structure and
operational model.
Can link Application Development Models with Production, to seamlessly
instantiate and develop agile Application Landscapes