colt’s sdn/nfv evolution
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Presented by Javier Benitez, Network & Platform Strategy and Architecture, Colt at the NFV & SDN Summit, 20th March 2014, ParisTRANSCRIPT
© 2014 Colt Technology Services Group Limited. All rights reserved.
Colt’s SDN/NFV Evolution
NFV & SDN Summit, 20th March 2014 Paris
Javier Benitez
Network & Platform Strategy and Architecture
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Agenda
About Colt
Vision: IT & Network Integration
Customers: Real Use Cases
Plan: SDN/NFV Research & Developments
Summary
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Colt – The Information Delivery Platform
• 46,000km EU Fibre
network / 37,000
transatlantic
• 23 countries / 41
metros / 192
connected cities
• 20 Colt owned data
centres / 19,800
connected buildings
• 500+ NNIs /
customers in 79
countries
• MEF / ONF / NFV
Member
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Vision: IT & Network Integration
The integration of the network and IT platforms from
the service, technology, system and process point of
view to offer higher speed services, reduce
provisioning time, automate end-to-end
orchestration and offer truly combined network and
compute services.
Network
automation,
virtualisation,
elasticity and
rapid innovation
Modular Carrier
Ethernet
Integrated
Networks
Next Gen Data
Centre Fabric
SDN/NFV
SDN/NFV
SDN/NFV
will be the
glue that
binds the
elements
together
Key
elements of
Colt’s IT &
Networking
Strategy
Investment programme
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Bandwidth Quality of Service
Eth/IPVPN Portal
API
Service Console and
Dashboard (SCAD)
Optical/EPN/IP/DC fabric
SDN controller
WAN as a Service
New connections/
Bandwidth/QoS change/
In-life hybrid networking
Customer Use Cases (1)
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Virtualised Appliances and
App Store
Elastic bandwidth for
infrequent applications
API
(orchestrator)
EPN/IP/SDN
Customer Use Cases (2)
EPN/IP/SDN
Virtual appliance App Store
VM
VM
VM
VM
Cloud services
SDN controller
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Plan: Colt’s SDN/NFV Infrastructure Development
Network
Functions
Virtualisation
(NFV)
DC Fabric &
Network
virtualisation
(CCN)
DC Fabric
• OpenFlow DC Fabric evaluation (2012, not mature enough)
DC Network virtualisation & Architecture:
• SDN Overlay: L2-L4 DC Network Virtualisation & DC Architecture
WAN SDN
Live
Feb’14
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L2/L3 Packet Network
Colt Data Centre
VM VM
DC
Spine
DC
Leaf
L2/L3
PE
Cloud Compute
Storage Physical
Compute
VS
VS
VS
VS
VS
VS
SDN
Controller
Overlay
Gateway
Colt WAN Network
DC SDN Virtual Network
Orchestration
Colt Data Centre
VM VM
DC
Spine
DC
Leaf
Cloud Compute
Storage Physical
Compute
VS
VS
VS
VS
VS
VS
Overlay
Gateway
OF / OVS-
DB / XMPP
Network Virtualisation (L2-L4)
e.g., BGP,
Propietary
e.g., XMPP
L2/L3
PE
DC
(GW)
Leaf
DC
(GW)
Leaf
L1 Optical Network
Use Case I: DC Network Virtualisation / Overlay
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Plan: Colt’s SDN/NFV Infrastructure Development
DC Fabric &
Network
virtualisation
(CCN)
DC Fabric
• OpenFlow DC Fabric evaluation (2012, not mature enough)
DC Network virtualisation & Architecture:
• SDN Overlay: L2-L4 DC Network Virtualisation & DC Architecture
WAN SDN
Live
Feb’14
L3 CPE router virtualisation (PE based): NLI Project
• virtualisation of the L3 CPE functionality (Internet access / IPVPN)
NFV: Formal Evaluation & PoC in 2014
• vL3CPE / vDC Appliances (FW/LB) / vControl Plane (BGP RR)
Network
Functions
Virtualisation
(NFV)
Live
Nov’12
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Use Case II : NFV
Customer
Colt Data Centre
Colt Node L2/L3 Packet
DWDM Optical
Colt Node
Customer
Colt Data Centre
DC Fabric
DC Fabric
INTERNET L3
L2
L1
L2 L3
L1
Virtual
CPE
VM
VM
VM
VM
NfV
Virtual
FW Virtual
LB
Customer
BGP
RR
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Plan: Colt’s SDN/NFV Infrastructure Development
DC Fabric &
Network
virtualisation
(CCN)
DC Fabric
• OpenFlow DC Fabric evaluation (2012, not mature enough)
DC Network virtualisation & Architecture:
• SDN Overlay: L2-L4 DC Network Virtualisation & DC Architecture
Live
Feb’14
L3 CPE router virtualisation (PE based): NLI Project
• virtualisation of the L3 CPE functionality (Internet access / IPVPN)
NFV: Formal Evaluation & PoC in 2014
• vL3CPE / vDC Appliances (FW/LB) / vControl Plane (BGP RR)
Network
Functions
Virtualisation
(NFV)
Live
Nov’12
WAN SDN Network (Optical/Ethernet/IP):
• Modular MSP (Integrated L2/L3 WAN Network)
• End to end WAN network abstraction & full automation in a multi-
vendor, multi-layer environment
• Flexible connectivity, i.e., ability to dynamically / on-demand change the
connectivity attributes of the service (BW, QoS profile, etc).
WAN SDN
Live
Nov’13
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Building on top of MMSP Phase 1 Live Network
Colt
MSP
HN PE
Modular MSP
10G ring
1G ringColt
MSP
HNPE
Modular MSP
10G ring
1G ringColt
LDN
Cyan
Phase 1 (Live) : London, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Madrid, Barcelona,
Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf
Customer Customer
Customer
Use Case III: WAN SDN
Colt OSS/BSS
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Summary
• SDN/NFV (still) in its early days. Most of the work by ONF / IETF / NFV / OpenSource still to be delivered (long journey). Many products not GA
• DC SDN overlay solutions are a reality (Pilot completed, vendor selected, live deployment Feb’14 in Colt)
• SDN/Network Programmability fits extremely well with Colt’s strategy to deliver integrated IT & Network services to our customers – SDN is a key contributor to automation and orchestration/policy (faster
delivery/change, more agility, better utilisation, standard services)
– Initial instatiation: Modular MSP (Integrated IP/Ethernet WAN)
• NFV and service chaining will change the way we deliver L3-L7 services even more – it is not just vCPE!
• Next initiatives (Formal evaluation/PoCs 2014): – NFV: L3 CPE/DC Appliances/BGP RR
– WAN SDN: L1 Optical / L2-L3 Packet / Inter-DC
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