tail-f systems ncs for carrier ethernet presentation

Tail-f Systems Helps Networking Equipment Providers Take the Pain Out of ProvisioningCarrier Ethernet Services

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Agenda

• Tail-f Systems Overview• ConfD - Making Network Elements Smarter• Industry Challenge• NCS - A New Approach• Extending NCS for Carrier Ethernet• Market Opportunity• Summary

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Business• Growing rapidly

• Profitable

• Global distribution

• Funded by leadingEuropean VC

Tail-f Systems Overview

Technical• Multiple technical

innovations

• Leading contributor to standards

• Senior development team

Market• Leading provider of

carrier-grade, on-devicemanagement

• Powering globalproduction networks

• 6/10 largest NEPs are our customers

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ConfDMaking Network Elements Smarter

Data Model Driven• Rapid development• Avoid costs of stovepipe architecture• Auto-render management interfaces

On-Device Transactions• Transaction-safe• Reduce configuration errors and

network downtime• Not peek-and-poke

Built for Scale• Multi-box management• High availability• Role-based access control• Symmetric multicore processing

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Customers expect fastTurn-up and spotless

Frequency of change in networks increasing

Complexity of service provisioning exploding

Industry Challenge

VoiceServices

VideoServices

MobileBackhaul

AccessServices

OPERATORS must replace manual, error-prone, time consuming steps

in service provisioning

NEPs are required to provide more complete operations solution

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Current Approaches Ineffective

Manual• Configure one device at a time• Requires network experts• Expensive• Error-prone and not scalable

Vendor Specific EMS• Minimal automation functionality• CLI scripting or SNMP limitations• Error-prone • Not service-aware

Multi-vendor Tools• Multiple adapter layers• CLI scripting or SNMP limitations• Complex and hard to maintain• Error-prone

UML and SID Models

Change setting on all devices

Create service

Service Fulfillment

Data Models, CLI, NETCONF, SNMP

Network Devices

Order Management Systems

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NCS - A Unique Approach

Existing Gaps NCS Approach

Delays in Service Activation

Lack of Automation

Error-Prone Operations

Costly SoftwareOverhead

• Zero-touch Configuration• Multi-node Deployment• Device Discovery

• Service Model Driven• Dynamic Modeling• Fine-grained Changes

• Transaction-safe• Rollbacks• Validations

• FastMap – Adapter-free• Auto-rendered Interfaces• Versioning

Change setting on all devices

Create service

Service Configuration

DeploymentEngine

Mapping

Dynamic

Automated

Config synchConfig change

Auto-renderedUI, CLI, APIsService Order

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Examples of Carrier Ethernet Challenges

Customers expect fast turn-up and spotless service quality• Mobile operator• Financial institution interconnect• Private line replacements

Complexity of provisioning multiplied per service• 20-30 parameters per device• Minimum two devices per change• Lock-step provisioning (service, OAM)

Frequency of change in networks increasing• Thousands of CE elements• Tens of thousands of E-services• Service parameters

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Implementation for Carrier Ethernet

• Complete Configuration Management System– Web UI based on common

practice– Service models based on MEF

7.1 (NMS/EMS)– Device models based on MEF

7.1 (EMS/NE)– Configuration database

• Reduce development time by 6+ months

• Reduce project risk• Reduce life time engineering

costs by 50%

NETCONF JAVA WEB UI CLI

NETCONFNETCONF GATEWAY

Interface to inventories subnetwork managers

Service Manager

Service Applications

YANG Service Models

Device Manager

YANG Service Models

CDB

NCSTransactional

Engine

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Deployment Scenarios

EMS Deployment• Add to existing EMS

• Differentiate OAM Layer

• Fine-grained, real-time changes

OSS Deployment• Integrate with Service Assurance

• Reduce cost of adapter maintenance

• Accelerate service deployment

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• New industry challenges to provision services effectively• Gaps in legacy approaches driving costs, delays, and

network disruptions• NCS is an innovative solution for building power

configuration management applications– Dynamic, model-driven, and adapter-free

• Growth and complexity of Carrier Ethernet driving NEPs to deliver comprehensive OAM solution

• Tail-f Systems makes activating Carrier Ethernet networks faster and easier

Summary

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