Cloud, SDN, NFVIgor Duarte Cardoso (Intel)

30th October 2016

A little bit about my journey so far• Computer and Telematics Engineering (MSc) student at the University of Aveiro

• “Part-time” Researcher at IEETA: Human-Computer Interaction

• Android app Wrkout developer and designer

• MSc dissertation at Instituto de Telecomunicações: Cloud/SDN

• Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações: NFV

• Software Engineer at Intel: NFV

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Cloud, SDN, NFV• Three big subjects in a single presentation? Hmm…

• I will give you just enough context and pointers

• So you can become an expert on your own time

• Let’s start!

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Cloud• Who talks about Cloud anymore?

4Google Trends for “cloud” [1]

Cloud• Who talks about Cloud anymore?

5Google Trends for “cloud computing” [2]

Cloud

• Mature and mainstream technology

• But still being improved over time

• Is being applied to more diverse use cases

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Cloud• The official definition of Cloud Computing from NIST has the

following essential characteristics [3]:

• On-demand self-service

• Broad network access

• Resource pooling

• Rapid elasticity

• Measured service 7

Cloud• Recognized possible Service Models in Cloud Computing

[3]:• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS):

• OpenStack (open-source project umbrella)• Amazon AWS (closed-source public cloud)• Microsoft Azure (closed-source public cloud)

• Platform as a Service (PaaS) [4]• OpenShift Origin (open-source project)• Cloud Foundry (open-source project)• Amazon AWS Elastic Beanstalk (closed-source public cloud)• Microsoft Azure Web Sites (closed-source public cloud)

• Software as a Service (SaaS)• G Suite by Google Cloud (closed-source public cloud)• Oh, so many others! 8

Cloud – Case Study

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Cloud – OpenStack

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• Started around 2010 as a joint project of Rackspace and NASA

• Open-source project umbrella: dozens of official projects today

• Initially used only in private clouds, it now powers public clouds, small to large enterprises, banks or research centers, and even partly telcos [5];

Cloud – OpenStack

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• Three main pillars of resources:

Get more information at the OpenStack Software Overview [6]

Cloud – OpenStack

12Get to know more about the different projects at [7]

Cloud – OpenStack

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Cloud – OpenStack

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Cloud – OpenStack

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Cloud – OpenStack• More information at:• http://www.openstack.com• The OpenStack Foundation YouTube channel [8] – 2000+

videos

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SDN• Software-Defined Networking

17Google Trends for “software-defined networking” [9]

SDN• Some form of SDN has been around for a long time

• SDN game-changers from 2008/2009: • OpenFlow [10]• Martin Casado et. al work [11][12]

• Core idea: Decouple the control plane from the data plane• Thus express the intended state of your network in a centralized

way

• The latest OpenFlow specification, 1.5.1, is available at [13]• The SDN Architecture from ONF is available at [14] 18

SDN• Virtual Switches:• OVS (Open vSwitch)

• SDN Controllers:• OpenDaylight• OVN (Open Virtual Network) [15]• OpenContrail• ONOS

• SDN protocols:• OpenFlow

• SDN-related projects:• Mininet (mainly network virtualization)

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SDN – Case Study

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SDN – OpenDaylight• The most proliferated SDN Controller available

• Open-source project

• Includes many different sub-projects, for different purposes and use-cases [16]

• Supports many different “southbound” protocols, such as:• OpenFlow• OVSDB• OpFlex• LISP 21

SDN – OpenDaylight

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SDN – Case Study

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SDN – Open vSwitch• Production quality, multilayer virtual switch

• Open-source project

• OpenFlow protocol support

• The most widely used networking backend in OpenStack (Neutron) [5]

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SDN – Open vSwitch

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[root@myhost /]# ovs-ofctl dump-flows br-int

NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036210.780s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,icmp6,in_port=5,icmp_type=136 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036210.077s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,icmp6,in_port=6,icmp_type=136 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036209.370s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,icmp6,in_port=4,icmp_type=136 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036208.524s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,icmp6,in_port=7,icmp_type=136 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036207.684s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,icmp6,in_port=3,icmp_type=136 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=894698.712s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,icmp6,in_port=10,icmp_type=136 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=894694.068s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,icmp6,in_port=11,icmp_type=136 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036210.424s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,arp,in_port=5 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036209.805s, table=0, n_packets=922, n_bytes=55320, idle_age=1637, hard_age=65534, priority=10,arp,in_port=6 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036209.055s, table=0, n_packets=374, n_bytes=22440, idle_age=266, hard_age=65534, priority=10,arp,in_port=4 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036208.205s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,arp,in_port=7 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1036207.317s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,arp,in_port=3 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=894698.343s, table=0, n_packets=1909, n_bytes=114540, idle_age=376, hard_age=65534, priority=10,arp,in_port=10 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=894693.748s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=10,arp,in_port=11 actions=resubmit(,24)

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1320682.416s, table=0, n_packets=17983550, n_bytes=3350079238, idle_age=0, hard_age=65534, priority=2,in_port=1 actions=drop

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1320683.662s, table=0, n_packets=8655565, n_bytes=3415122820, idle_age=2, hard_age=65534, priority=0 actions=NORMAL

cookie=0xbb9b5773edb71cd0, duration=1320683.578s, table=23, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=65534, hard_age=65534, priority=0 actions=drop (…)

NFV• Network Functions Virtualization

26Google Trends for “network functions virtualization” [17]

NFV• The term was coined in 2012, with the introductory

paper on NFV [18]• The main objective is to replace custom network

functions with highly virtualized functions that can be run in standard high-volume servers• Benefits include [18]:• Reduced costs• Shorter Time to Market• Resource sharing• Flexible service targeting• Enables new eco-systems of participation and development

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NFV

28More information available at [19] and [20].

NFV• Projects directly or indirectly related to NFV:• OSM• OPEN-O• OPNFV• ONP• DPDK• FD.io• collectd• OpenStack

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NFVUse cases [21]:• Use Case #1: Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure as a

Service• Use Case #2: Virtual Network Function as a Service (VNFaaS)• Use Case #3: Virtual Network Platform as a Service (VNPaaS)• Use Case #4: VNF Forwarding Graphs• Use Case #5: Virtualization of Mobile Core Network and IMS• Use Case #6 :Virtualization of the Mobile Base Station• Use Case #7: Virtualization of the Home Environment• Use Case #8: Virtualization of CDNs (vCDN)• Use Case #9: Fixed Access Network Functions Virtualization

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Cloud, SDN, NFV• Even though they define different scopes, criteria and

objectives

• They also relate to each other in many different ways

• An example of where we can identify the three subjects:• ETSI NFV use case #4 (VNF Forwarding Graphs) can be leveraged

using Service Function Chaining (SFC), implemented using SDN and made available for consumption in an OpenStack Cloud (itself ETSI NFV use case #1).• To learn more about SFCs in OpenStack, check [23] and [24].

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Cloud, SDN, NFV – Where to start?No single best formula - but here’s my advice:• Start by installing and breaking ONP and OpenStack• Choose Open vSwitch as the networking backend, and break it too• Understand the promise of NFV in more detail by reading official

specifications [19,20,21] and installing/breaking relevant projects• Be curious: read the code (and hack it), code reviews, comments,

mailing list discussions – you will never be stuck waiting for more knowledge• Consider active participation, which may include proactively

reaching out to your mentors or professors in order to get involved in something worthwhile

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Need more knowledge?

• Intel® Developer Zone [25]

• Intel® Cloud Builders University [26]

• Intel® Network Builders University [27]

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References (1)• [1] Google Trends for “cloud”,

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=2006-09-28%202016-10-28&q=cloud• [2] Google Trends for “cloud computing”,

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=2006-09-28%202016-10-28&q=cloud%20computing• [3] The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (Special Publication 800-145),

http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf• [4] Ref containing the list of PaaS, from Intel TODOs• [5] OpenStack User Survey – April 2016, https://

www.openstack.org/assets/survey/April-2016-User-Survey-Report.pdf• [6] OpenStack Software Overview, https://www.openstack.org/software/• [7] OpenStack Project Navigator, https://www.openstack.org/software/project-navigator/• [8] OpenStack Foundation YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/OpenStackFoundation• [9] Google Trends for “software-defined networking”:

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=2006-09-28%202016-10-28&q=software-defined%20networking

• [10] OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks, http://archive.openflow.org/documents/openflow-wp-latest.pdf

• [11] FlowVisor: A Network Virtualization Layer, http://archive.openflow.org/downloads/technicalreports/openflow-tr-2009-1-flowvisor.pdf

• [12] Martin Casado’s publications, http://yuba.stanford.edu/~casado/publications.html• [13] OpenFlow Switch Specification Version 1.5.1, https://

www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/sdn-resources/onf-specifications/openflow/openflow-switch-v1.5.1.pdf 34

References (2)• [14] SDN Architecture,

https://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/sdn-resources/technical-reports/TR_SDN_ARCH_1.0_06062014.pdf• [15] OVN: Open Virtual Network for Open vSwitch, http://openvswitch.org/support/slides/OVN-Vancouver.pdf• [16] OpenDaylight Project list, https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Project_list• [17] Google Trends for “network functions virtualization”:

https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=2011-09-28%202016-10-28&q=network%20functions%20virtualization• [18] Network Functions Virtualisation, https://portal.etsi.org/NFV/NFV_White_Paper.pdf• [19] Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Architectural Framework (GS NFV 002 - V1.2.1),

http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gs/nfv/001_099/002/01.02.01_60/gs_nfv002v010201p.pdf• [20] Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Management and Orchestration (GS NFV-MAN 001 - V1.1.1),

http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gs/NFV-MAN/001_099/001/01.01.01_60/gs_nfv-man001v010101p.pdf• [21] Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Use Cases (GS NFV 001 V1.1.1),

http://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_gs/nfv/001_099/001/01.01.01_60/gs_nfv001v010101p.pdf• [22] IETF SFC WG documents, https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/sfc/documents/• [23] Wiki page for openstack/networking-sfc, https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/ServiceInsertionAndChaining• [24] Empower your NFV Services through Service Function Chaining and SFC Graphs,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PnZiFRPLWE• [25] Intel® Developer Zone, https://software.intel.com• [26] Intel® Cloud Builders University, https://builders.intel.com/university/cloudbuilders• [27] Intel® Network Builders University, https://builders.intel.com/university/networkbuilders

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