This document summarizes Guru Parulkar's presentation at the 2017 Open Networking Summit. The presentation discusses the journey of SDN/NFV from disaggregation and open source software to production deployment. It notes that while network operators want to adopt open solutions, they lack development resources and investment. Vendors and system integrators also see opportunities but lack expertise and investment. To succeed in taking disaggregation and open source to production requires aligning incentives to drive sufficient investments.

1. Open
Networking
Summit
2017
Guru Parulkar
ONF/ON.Lab and Stanford University
guru@onlab.us

2. Thank
You!
2011
2016
–
17
Thank
You!

3. SDN/NFV
Journey
So
Far
3
DisaggregaDon
SoEwarizaDon
&
VirtualizaDon
Open
Source
Closed
Proprietary
Integrated

4. DisaggregaDon
and
Open
Source
SoEware
White
boxes
w/
open
source
Network
OS
Network
Control
&
Management
ApplicaDons
Many
open
&
closed:
VNFs
and
Services
ONIE,
ONL,
FBOSS,
OVS,
SONiC,
P4,
…
Merchant
Silicon
…Barefoot

5. DisaggregaDon
and
Open
Source
SoEware
5
Mobile
Access
&
5G
Mobile
Packet
Core
Wired
Access
Datacenter
Packet
Backbone
Enterprise
Inter-­‐Datacenter
Across
The
Networking
Industry
OpDcal
Transport

6. SDN/NFV
Journey
to
ProducDon
Deployment
6
DisaggregaDon
SoEwarizaDon
&
VirtualizaDon
Open
Source
Closed
Proprietary
Integrated
Harmonize
Integrated
SoluDons
SoEware
Defined
Standards

7. Programmable
Forwarding
Plane
Control
Plane
Programmable
SoluDon
Plaaorm(s)
Use
Case
SoluDon
CustomizaDon
Open
Innova*on
Pipeline
Path
to
Deployment
as
Part
of
Specific
Use
Cases
ONF
Open
InnovaDon
Pipeline
AcceleraDng
InnovaDon
into
Deployment
IntegraDon
&
Service
CreaDon
Controller
Services
Plaaorm
Data
Plane
Systems
Services
VNFs
Disaggregated
building
blocks
enable
Open
InnovaDon
Pipelines
for
different
use
cases
1
SoEware
Defined
Standards
solidify
interfaces
to
enable
components
from
the
broader
ecosystem
to
be
plugged
in
2
InnovaDon
can
be
added
anywhere
along
a
pipeline
without
reinvenDng
the
complete
soluDon
3

8. Programmable
Forwarding
Plane
Control
Plane
Programmable
SoluDon
Plaaorm(s)
Use
Case
SoluDon
CustomizaDon
IntegraDon
&
Service
CreaDon
SDN
OS
(i.e.
ODL)
SoluDon
Plaaorm
Control
ApplicaDons
Silicon
Device
OS
SoEware
Forwarders
Whitebox
Systems
IntegraDon
VerificaDon
SoluDon
CustomizaDon
Service
ApplicaDons
VNFs
Open
InnovaDon
Pipeline
M-­‐CORD
5G
Mobile
Programmable
Forwarding
Plane
R-­‐CORD
ResidenDal
E-­‐CORD
Enterprise
CORD
ONOS
All
ONF
Members
can
bring
value
and
introduce
offerings
anywhere
along
the
InnovaDon
Pipeline
1
Vendor
innovaDons
then
have
an
opportunity
to
‘ride
the
pipeline’
into
operators
trials
as
ONF
builds
use
case
soluDons
for
Operator
members
2

9. Open
Source
Resources
Other Skilled
Resources
Resources
(logarithmic
scale)
Solu*on
Arch/
Design
Pla@orm
Enhancements
Solu*on/App
Dev
Base
HA,
Perf
Tuning
Base
QA
&
OS
Release
Custom
Integra*ons
SP
Hardening,
QA
&
FOA
Merge
Updates
Support
Resource
Gap
Path
to
ProducDon
Investment
for
ProducDon

10. Resource
Gap
+
Misaligned
IncenDves
10
Network
Operators
Vendors
System
Integrators
• Want
to
adopt
SDN/NFV
soluDons
based
on
disaggregaDon
and
open
source
• But
lack
dev
resources
and
investment
• Have
established
products
and
processes
• Want
to
use
disaggregaDon
&
open
source
but
it
is
very
disrupDve
to
exisDng
business
• See
disaggregaDon
&
open
source
as
an
opportunity
• But
lack
experDse,
teams,
and
investment
IncenDves
not
aligned
è
Insufficient
investments
We
cannot
take
disaggregaDon
and
open
source
to
producDon
and
without
that
we
cannot
succeed

11. SDN/NFV
Journey
to
ProducDon
Deployment
11
DisaggregaDon
SoEwarizaDon
&
VirtualizaDon
Open
Source
Closed
Proprietary
Integrated
Harmonize
Integrated
SoluDons
SoEware
Defined
Standards
Align
incenDves
è
Sufficient
Investments
è
ProducDon
Deployment

12. Open
Networking
Summit
2017
Guru Parulkar
ONF/ON.Lab and Stanford University
guru@onlab.us