Presentation for
Interop, Mumbai
Pankaj Shah
Founder & CEO
Gambit Communications

Green IT
• Center stage in global business
• Practice of implementing policies and procedures:
– to improve the efficiency of computing resources
– to reduce the environmental impact of their utilization.
• Success measures:
– Economic
– Environmental
– Social performance

The need for Energy Efficient
Infrastructure is clear
Energy costs are increasing worldwide
Diminishing Power and space capacities
Increase in Carbon emission
Higher customer demands
Government regulations to limit or
reduce power consumption
Data centers consume 1.5% of the total US electricity
[US Environmental Protection Agency]
Only 3% of the total energy is used for processing.
Reduce the power consumption or reduce the growth?
First time - Political, social & business concerns converge on a
single issue – Energy consumption

Good for the environment &
Good for business
“Reducing energy costs” - primary
motivator for 94% of IT managers
Energy efficiency:
Quick ROI
Easy to implement
Financial justification
Need more than recycling or “Smart” devices
Drastic need to conserve energy & space.
Software is a key component in going green
Virtualization or Simulation – Single server for
multiple services

Test Infrastructure
Expensive
Electricity
Networking
for devices,
devices
cooling,
lighting
TCP/IP(v6),
SNMP, WMI
Telnet, SSH,
HTTP, FTP,
SMTP Servers
Business & Network
Applications
Network Engineers to
Setup & Maintenance Test Lab
Need Large Space

Issues
• Needs a BIG budget
• Multi-vendor, multi-protocols,
Multi-environment
• Difficult to change setup for
every tests
• Hard to create negative
scenarios & harder to
reproduce them for every
release
• Sharing headaches
• Reliable is always a question
• High Carbon foot prints
Solution: Simulated Lab

Simulated Lab
TCP/IP(v6),
SNMP, WMI
Telnet, SSH,
Servers
HTTP, FTP,
SMTP
Business & Network
Applications
Test Lab

Practical Approach to Energy Savings:
Software Simulator
Replaces thousands of devices
Drastically reduced capital expense
Decreases the electricity requirements by 90%
Reduces the need for huge space
Trims down the cost of future purchases
No worry for recycling or disposing e-waste
Small up-front investment => Immediate ROI

Comparison
Networking Real Lab Simulated Lab
Devices
100 10KW 0.2KW
500 50KW 0.2KW
1000 100KW 0.2KW
5000 500KW 0.2KW
10000 1000KW 0.2KW
20000 2000KW 0.2KW
*Average PC consumes 220w
*Average Networking device consumes 110w

The Economic Benefits Are Real
Networking Real Lab Simulated Lab
Devices Rs $ Rs $
100 960 32 21 0.64
500 4,800 156 21 0.64
1000 9,600 320 21 0.64
5000 48,000 1,560 21 0.64
10000 96,000 3,200 21 0.64
20000 1,92,000 6,400 21 0.64
Cost saving of 4,500 – 5,000 times in electricity alone.
Add more for cooling, lighting, networking etc.
Add more for the capital + maintenance.
*Average electricity cost of Rs 4 in Mumbai (or $0.13 for NH, USA)

Other Benefits
No more extensive setup and maintenance
Complete testing - Scalability, negative scenarios
Flexible simulation of devices
Complete control - Start/Stop/Pause
Reliable test environment
Carry the entire lab with you
Record and Simulate the production Environment

Network using a Simulator
MIMIC Simulator
LAN/WAN

How to Create Simulations?
Many Options
Libraries – Use ready devices/networks
Discovery Wizard – Record devices
Simulation Wizard – When a device is not available
User Interface – Implement actions for dynamic
and responsive simulations

MIMIC Simulator
20,000 Networking Devices
With multiple interfaces & Network recording tools
Multiple server connections
Protocols: Languages:
Management & Config - Java, Tcl/Tk, Perl, C++
SNMPv3, RMON2
Cisco/IOS, Juniper/JUNOS
TL1, IPMI, TFTP, DHCP
Telnet/SSH
Servers – Platforms:
Web/HTTP, Mail/SMTP, Windows, Solaris and Linux
FTP, CAPWAP
Over TCP, IP and IPv6
Winner of
Green Apple Award

MIMIC Simulator
Scalable - Add, Remove, Start, Stop

MIMIC Wizards
Discovery: Topology:
Discover, Record Create, Modify,
& Simulate Duplicate topologies
Simulation: Trap/Alarm:
Build custom simulations Generate any Trap
with any frequency
Support:
MIB: Configuration,
Import & compile MIBs Sanity &
with dependencies Update Wizards
Snapshot:
Take multiple snapshots
for devices & Simulate

Values
Eliminates hardware needs – Cost scenarios
Creates consistent Training problemsavings of quickly fold
Removes maintenance andproduction network 10-100is otherwise impossible
Gives ability to (re)produce sharing
Sets up huge multi-vendor Labs headacheswhich
Helps you go Green

Green Values with a Simulator
Reduce energy use by 90% per year
Drastically decrease physical space
Decrease the CO2 Emissions
Save money while saving the planet
Great for the company image:
Free publicity
More attractive to fund managers
IT Solutions – more green in the wallet
Than the green of the grass

Customers using Simulator

Thank you!
Contact us at:
gambitcomm.com
1 (603) 889-5100
sales@gambitcomm.com