Dell Technologies / VMwWware Theater Presentation Creating Agility & Efficiency at Scale New Economics, Architectures and Advantages in Deploying NFV. Presenters: Paul Parker-Johnson (ACG Research) , Mehdi Sif (Dell EMC), Chris Wright (Red Hat), and Mallik Tatipamula (F5 Networks) ,Srini Ramasubramanian (Big Switch) Ph.D for a wonderful panel at #MWC17 sharing the details of our recent NFV deployment using Dell EMC, Red Hat, F5 Networks, and Big Switch Networks.

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Creating Agility &
Efficiency at Scale
New Economics, Architecture &
Advantages in Deploying NFV
An Independent Study v.2.1

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Session Overview and Panelists
Introducing the Panelists (full Bios in Addendum)
 Paul Parker-Johnson - PJ leads ACG’s research on use of cloud & virtual system infrastructures in service provider
deployments. He brings over 35 years of product and solution delivery in IP, Ethernet, broadband access, protocol
innovation, distributed computing and service automation to inform his work.
 Chris Wright - Chris Wright is Vice President and Chief Technologist at Red Hat where he is leading engineers who
work on cloud computing, distributed storage, software defined networking and network functions virtualization,
containers, machine learning, and continuous delivery.
 Mehdi Sif - Mehdi Sif is an Executive Advisor/Consultant, Communications Service Provider Solutions at Dell EMC. He
has 20+ experience in technology, most recently as VP Global solutions for a $60B+ company. Mehdi is the recipient of
a Presidential award, holds multiple patents in the area of Mobile NFV & has an MBA in Management of Technology
 Dr. Mallik Tatipamula is Vice President of Service Provider Solutions at F5 networks. His past experience spans
leadership positions at Ericsson, Juniper Networks, Cisco, Motorola and Nortel. He has proven experience in
converting ideas, into product implementation & deployments. At F5 he closely works with service providers around
the world in their next generation network deployments.
 Srinivasan ‘Srini” Ramasubramanian is the Chief Architect and Director of Engineering at Big Switch Networks,
managing the Big Cloud Fabric product. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering at University of Arizona.

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ACG Research
Paul Parker-Johnson
pj@acgcc.com

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What We Focused On
Aspirations: Agility like the cloud … like
Grounded in
Frameworks:
Agile Service Delivery Framework
CI-CD
CNC
NFV
SDN
OHW
Incubation
of NFV:
Now:
What We Analyzed:
2013 2014 2015 2016
ETSI
ISGs
Specs PoCs Trials Refinements Deployments
2017
Options
Questions
Needed
Efficiency, Versatility, Scale,
Integration, TCO, ROI?
Experience, Evidence
 Tier 1 SP NFV Platform Deployment
 Multi-site [7], Multi-tenant [n]
 CI|CD, PaaS Operating Model
 2 Alternative Designs Compared
 5-Year Cumulative TCO [capex, opex]
 New Service Creation Agility
 Life Cycle Workflows Opex Model
 Equivalent Architectures Capex Model

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What We Found
 Significant Design + Architecture Differences
1. Significant VIM <-> NFVI integration
2. Unified P+V network fabric
3. Freedom to innovate on either side of platform interfaces
4. Substantial workflow-oriented automation
 And pervasive software integration between
elements and layers
 Profound Economic Advantages for the Open
Architecture Platform vs. the Tightly Bundled
Alternative
• 5 Yr. Cumulative TCO 53% of TBP
• Overall Capex 47% less than TBP
• Overall Opex 57% of TBP
• New Service Creation Agility 3x Faster & 3x Less Costly
than TBP

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Red Hat
Chris Wright
chrisw@redhat.com

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Red Hat: Key Insights and Observations

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Red Hat Portfolio Highlights

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Dell EMC
Mehdi Sif
Mehdi_Sif@dell.com

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Dell EMC: Key Insights and Observations
IT
IT
Breakthrough Economics
• Compelling advantage for
Open Architecture
• Up to 43% & 53% lower
OPEX & CAPEX , up to 47%
lower TCO
• Further efficiency gains with
scale
Path to
Hyper Connectivity
• Sound “fundamentals”
enable profitable leap into
IoT, 5G and ultra-broadband
• Ensures long term
profitability
• Sound foundation for future
services
Agility
• Service assembly,
composition capabilities
• Up to 3X the service velocity
….. at 65% less cost
• Access to extensive
ecosystem of partners,
integrators
• Flexible span of integration

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Dell EMC Portfolio & Open Ecosystem Highlights
IT
Dell EMC
Portfolio & Capability
Validation
• S6000/S4000–Series ON
• PowerEdge R630 Rack Server
• PowerVault MD3460
• DSS 9000 (phase 2)
Dell EMC infrastructure
NFVI/VIM software
VNFs MANO
 Open architecture & ecosystem Robust, production-hardened portfolio  Ready for hyper connectivity, hyper scale

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F5 Networks
Dr. Mallik Tatipamula
M.Tatipamula@f5.com

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Performance & Scale
S/Gi
Network
EPC
InterneteNodeB
S-GW
P-GW
MME
Carrier Class
Network Firewall
One 8-slot
Chassis &
Best-in-Class
B4450 Blades
100 Gb Ethernet
2.5 million
Connections
per Second
0.15 Billion
Concurrent
Connections
0.15 Terabit
Throughput
With High Performance Purpose Built Platforms
With Scalable Virtual Network Functions (VNF)
Highest PerformanceOn-Demand Scaling
0.3 Billion
Concurrent
Connections
0.3 Terabit
Throughput
0.45 Billion
Concurrent
Connections
0.45 Terabit
Throughput
0.6 Billion
Concurrent
Connections
0.6 Terabit
Throughput
0.75 Billion
Concurrent
Connections
0.75 Terabit
Throughput
0.9 Billion
Concurrent
Connections
0.9 Terabit
Throughput
1.05 Billion
Concurrent
Connections
1.05 Terabit
Throughput
1.2 Billion
Concurrent
Connections
1.2 Terabit
Throughput
5 million
Connections
per Second
7.5 million
Connections
per Second
10 million
Connections
per Second
12.5 million
Connections
per Second
15 million
Connections
per Second
17.5 million
Connections
per Second
20 Million
Connections
per Second

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Tier1 Customer Use Case - Gi LAN Virtualization
Virtual
Infrastructure
Manager
Orchestrator
VNF
Manager
Virtual Abstraction Layer
Internet/Cloud UserNAT
Compute Network Storage
SDN
Controller
SFC
DNSSSL,
DDOS,
FW

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Big Switch Networks
Srinivasan “Srini” Ramasubramanian
srini@bigswitch.com

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Big Switch Networks: Key Insights and Observations
SWITCH LIGHT OS SWITCH LIGHT OS SWITCH LIGHT OS
SWITCH LIGHT OS SWITCH LIGHT OS
L2 + L3, P + V CLOS FABRIC
MANAGED BY SDN CONTROLLER
BCF NEUTRON PLUGIN
Single Programmatic Interface
for a multi-rack P+V Fabric
P+V SDN CONTROLLER
Full Automation for Provisioning,
HA/Resiliency, Management &
Visibility
SWITCH LIGHT OS
Open Network Linux (ONL) Based
OS for Dell-ON or Whitebox Switches
SWITCH LIGHT VXSWITCH LIGHT VX
SWITCH LIGHT VXSWITCH LIGHT VXBARE METAL
SWITCH LIGHT VIRTUAL
User space Agent on
OVS Kernel Module
BIG CLOUD FABRIC
CONTROLLER
(CLI, GUI API)
Simplicity
 Treat the fabric as one Big Switch
 Disaggregated chassis metaphor
 Single pane of glass for P + V networks
Automation
 Full Neutron integration for L2/L3 networking
 Distributed virtual routing, NAT/PAT
 L4-L7 Service Insertion (LBaaS/FWaaS Insertion)
Visibility
 P+V Visibility & Troubleshooting
(VM- to-VM Path & Policy Visibility)
 Horizon Extensions
(Fabric visibility, Heat templates, Service insertion)
BCF
Neutron
Plugin

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Big Switch Networks: Portfolio Highlights
Networking
Architecture
(Hyperscale
Inspired)
SDN Controller
Software
Open Networking
Hardware
Scale-out Fabric
Architecture
The Next-Generation Data Center Networking Company
Big Switch
Networks
Big
Cloud
Fabric
Big
Monitoring
FabricProducts/
Solutions Pervasive
Visibility
DMZ
Security
VMware SDDC
(vSphere, NSX, vSAN)
OpenStack
(NFV/Private Cloud)
Containers
(Docker, Kubernetes,
Mesos, Red Hat)
Cloud
Monitoring
Company
Mission
Next-Generation
DC switching
Next-Generation
DC security and monitoring

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Key Takeaways
Paul Parker-Johnson

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Summary & Key Takeaways
Sources of Maximum Advantage:
 Pervasive software integration
 Northbound, southbound, and within NFVI
 Adherence to published APIs
 Domain-based freedom to innovate
 Relentless focus on platform efficiencies
 Flexibility for brown-field integration AND adoption
of new service models
 Versatility in VNF integration
 Extensive use of data modeling and templates

20. Q&A

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Thank You

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Full Biographies (continued)
Paul Parker-Johnson, Principal Analyst, Practice Lead, Cloud & Virtual System Infrastructures,
ACG Research: ‘PJ' leads ACG's research into service providers' use of SDN, NFV, and cloud
computing infrastructures across a variety of use cases and operator types, ranging from mobile
and fixed network services to emerging edge computing and pure cloud-native applications. Prior
to joining ACG PJ led the service provider strategy and cloud computing solution teams at Juniper
Networks, following 20 years in product management and emerging market product developments
at Juniper, Lucent Technologies, Cisco Systems and Bolt, Beranek & Newman (BBN). PJ began his
career in ICT at IBM in New York designing high performance transaction processing systems before
evolving his interests into full-time computer networking pursuits.
Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, Chief Architect and Director of Engineering, Big Switch Networks:
Srinivasan Ramasubramanian is the Chief Architect and Director of Engineering at Big Switch
Networks. He is responsible for the development of the data center networking solution, Big Cloud
Fabric, and its integration with VM/Container orchestration systems. Prior to this, he was an
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Arizona. He holds a PhD
in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University.

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Full Biographies
Chris Wright, Vice President & Chief Technologist, Red Hat: Chris Wright is Vice President and
Chief Technologist at Red Hat where he is leading engineers who work on cloud computing,
distributed storage, software defined networking and network functions virtualization, containers,
machine learning, and continuous delivery. During his more than 20 years as a software engineer
he has worked in the telecom industry on high availability and distributed systems and in the Linux
industry on security, virtualization, and networking. He has been a Linux developer for over 15
years, most of that time spent deep in the Linux kernel. He is passionate about open source
software serving as the foundation for next generation IT systems. He lives in sunny Portland, OR
where he is happily working with open source projects such as OpenDaylight, Open vSwitch,
OPNFV, OpenStack, Open Container Initiative, and Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

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Full Biographies (continued)
Mehdi Sif, Executive Advisor & Consultant, GTM & Marketing, CSP Solutions, Dell EMC: Mehdi Sif
has more than 20+ Years of experience with some of the world-leading ICT companies. As Vice
President of the Global Solutions Team at Huawei Technologies Mehdi managed, led and provided
direction to Huawei’s CSP strategy worldwide. As Sr. Director of Mobile Innovation at Huawei USA,
Mehdi pioneered the Mobile Innovation Lab in Silicon Valley, with a focus on NFV and Mobility. He
was previously Head of Technical Solutions Engineering and Marketing at Juniper Networks, with
added responsibility for Market and Competitive Intelligence. Mr. Sif was a Vice President of
Marketing at Zeugma Systems, and Director of Products and Triple Play Solutions Marketing (IPTV)
for Nokia’s IP Division. He also previously held multiple senior product line positions at Bay
Networks, Shasta Networks (Nortel), where he had responsibility for Security, MPLS-VPNs and WAN
Protocols. Mehdi is the recipient of the 2004 U.S. Presidential Gold Medal Award for his work with
the International Executive Service Corps (IESC). He holds an MBA in Management of Technology
and is the author of patents in the area of Mobile NFV.

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Full Biographies (continued)
Dr. Mallik Tatipamula, F5 Networks: Vice President of Service Provider Solutions, F5 networks:
Dr. Mallik Tatipamula is currently Vice President of Service Provider Solutions at F5 networks. Prior
to F5, he was the Head of Packet Technologies Research at Ericsson. He also held leadership
positions are Juniper Networks, Cisco, Motorola and Nortel. He has PhD in Information Science and
Technology, from the University of Tokyo, Japan and Master's from Indian Institute of Technology.
He closely works with service providers around the world in their next generation network
deployments. Over 20 years of industry experience in telecom/networking technologies, and
worked on various aspects of research and development, business administration, architecture and
standards, technical marketing, product management, outbound marketing, product strategy, and
business development. He has proven experience in converting ideas, strategy into product
implementation; converting architecture into deployments. He is a proven thought leader in the
industry, participating as a keynote/invited speaker at leading conferences including CTIA, MWC,
IEEE conferences, and a coauthor
.