Why SDN and 
ON.LAB are Hot 
Topics 
1
Exponential Interest 
MARKET 
$2 
$3.7 
Billions 
May 2012 Dec 2012 
ACQUISITIONS 
EVENTS 
Attendees 
400 
1,500 
400 
Oct 2011 Apr 2013 
STANDARDIZATION 
Members 
51 
90 
Feb 2012 Feb 2013 
Jul 2012 Oct 2012 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 Feb 2013
More Products Announced 
And Available 
More Start-Ups and VC investment too!
Crossing the SDN Chasm 
BROADER 
ADOPTION 
Number of Organizations 
Adopting SDN 
2009 2012 
Time
SDN Definition 
Forwarding 
includes both 
wireline and 
wireless. 
Southbound API 
offer L1/L2/L3 
forwarding 
abstraction. 
Applications could 
be Routing, Traffic 
Engineering or 
Mobility. 
3rd party 
components 
Apps Apps 
Network OS 
Apps Apps 
Network OS 
Open 
Vendor Agnostic 
Interfaces & 
Standards 
Open Interfaces 
Network Hypervisor 
Open Interfaces 
Logically 
Central 
Separation 
of Control & 
Forwarding 
Forwarding
Why An Open Source 
Community 
Open Source At A Glance 
600,000+ projects 
100+ Billion lines of code 
10 Million person-years of work 
SDN innovation will come 
from open source like 
40% of cloud innovation 
15% of mobile enterprises 
19% of mobile apps 
Empowered 
community and 
continuous 
improvement 
Huge creative and 
diverse potential for 
unprecedented scale 
Free software tools and platforms accessible to all 
Support from passionate SDN experts 
Freedom to use, redistribute and modify without IP infringement 
Source: Black Duck
Unlocking Network Potential 
Traditional Networking 
Control plane 
embedded into the 
box 
Closed proprietary with 
no open interface 
A big barrier to 
innovation 
The Promise of SDN 
Separation of 
forwarding and control 
planes 
Open and vendor 
agnostic interface (e.g. 
OpenFlow) 
Well defined control 
plane abstractions to 
enable rapid 
innovation 
Need to create 
new tools 
Use them and 
modify them freely 
to experiment new 
possibilities 
Exchange ideas 
and experience
Leveraging A Strong 
SDN/OpenFlow Foundation 
Invention 
Platform 
Development 
Demonstrations 
Deployments 
And Beyond 
2007 – Creation 
of SDN Concept 
2007 – Ethane 
2008 – NOX, 
OpenFlow 
2009 – FlowVisor, 
Mininet 
2010 – Beacon 
2009 – Stanford 
2010 – GENI started 
and grew to 20 
universities 
2013 – 20 more 
campuses to be 
added 
2008-2011 – SIGCOMM 
2011 – Open 
Networking Summit, 
Interop 
2012 –Defining 
SDN research 
agenda for the 
coming years
ON.LAB Role 
IDEAS BROADER 
ADOPTION 
Early stage ideas 
and prototypes 
from the research 
community 
Leveraged by 
organizations and 
users for commercial 
usage 
Development 
Distribution 
Deployment 
Support 
Demonstrations 
Proven applicability by 
the ON.LAB community 
OUR VISION 
Open The Cloud Infrastructure For 
Innovation 
OUR MISSION 
Develop, distribute, deploy, and support open source 
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) tools and platforms
Bridging Two Worlds 
IDEAS BROADER 
ADOPTION 
Demonstration 
Development Deployment 
Support Distribute
A Shared Goal 
Vendors 
Chip vendors Equipment vendors 
Users 
Research 
Computer science 
R&E community 
Members Organizations 
Service providers 
R&E network operators Cloud providers
People Behind ON.LAB 
NICK MCKEOWN – 
Board Member 
• Stanford 
•ONRC 
•ONF 
• Start-ups 
•Cisco 
GURU PARULKAR – 
Executive director, 
Board Member 
• Stanford 
•ONS 
•ONRC 
SCOTT SHENKER – 
Board member 
• Berkeley 
•ONF 
WILLIAM SNOW – VP 
of Engineering 
•Nortel Networks 
•Cisco 
• IBM 
• Start-Ups 
•Dev./QA/Ops/Support 
LARRY PETERSON – 
Chief Architect 
• Princeton 
• PlanetLab 
Thomas Vachuska – 
ONOS Chief 
Architect 
•HP 
Prajakta Joshi – 
Director of Product 
•Cisco 
• Foundry 
• Brocade 
Madan Jampani – 
Distributed System 
Architect 
•Amazon
ON.LAB Portfolio 
3rd party 
components 
Apps Apps 
Open Interfaces 
Network OS 
Apps Apps 
Network OS 
Network Hypervisor 
Open Interfaces 
Forwarding 
SDN IP-Peering 
ONOS 
FlowVisor 
Mininet 
Testing

Why SDN and ON.Lab are hot topics in networking

  • 1.
    Why SDN and ON.LAB are Hot Topics 1
  • 2.
    Exponential Interest MARKET $2 $3.7 Billions May 2012 Dec 2012 ACQUISITIONS EVENTS Attendees 400 1,500 400 Oct 2011 Apr 2013 STANDARDIZATION Members 51 90 Feb 2012 Feb 2013 Jul 2012 Oct 2012 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 Feb 2013
  • 3.
    More Products Announced And Available More Start-Ups and VC investment too!
  • 4.
    Crossing the SDNChasm BROADER ADOPTION Number of Organizations Adopting SDN 2009 2012 Time
  • 5.
    SDN Definition Forwarding includes both wireline and wireless. Southbound API offer L1/L2/L3 forwarding abstraction. Applications could be Routing, Traffic Engineering or Mobility. 3rd party components Apps Apps Network OS Apps Apps Network OS Open Vendor Agnostic Interfaces & Standards Open Interfaces Network Hypervisor Open Interfaces Logically Central Separation of Control & Forwarding Forwarding
  • 6.
    Why An OpenSource Community Open Source At A Glance 600,000+ projects 100+ Billion lines of code 10 Million person-years of work SDN innovation will come from open source like 40% of cloud innovation 15% of mobile enterprises 19% of mobile apps Empowered community and continuous improvement Huge creative and diverse potential for unprecedented scale Free software tools and platforms accessible to all Support from passionate SDN experts Freedom to use, redistribute and modify without IP infringement Source: Black Duck
  • 7.
    Unlocking Network Potential Traditional Networking Control plane embedded into the box Closed proprietary with no open interface A big barrier to innovation The Promise of SDN Separation of forwarding and control planes Open and vendor agnostic interface (e.g. OpenFlow) Well defined control plane abstractions to enable rapid innovation Need to create new tools Use them and modify them freely to experiment new possibilities Exchange ideas and experience
  • 8.
    Leveraging A Strong SDN/OpenFlow Foundation Invention Platform Development Demonstrations Deployments And Beyond 2007 – Creation of SDN Concept 2007 – Ethane 2008 – NOX, OpenFlow 2009 – FlowVisor, Mininet 2010 – Beacon 2009 – Stanford 2010 – GENI started and grew to 20 universities 2013 – 20 more campuses to be added 2008-2011 – SIGCOMM 2011 – Open Networking Summit, Interop 2012 –Defining SDN research agenda for the coming years
  • 9.
    ON.LAB Role IDEASBROADER ADOPTION Early stage ideas and prototypes from the research community Leveraged by organizations and users for commercial usage Development Distribution Deployment Support Demonstrations Proven applicability by the ON.LAB community OUR VISION Open The Cloud Infrastructure For Innovation OUR MISSION Develop, distribute, deploy, and support open source Software-Defined Networking (SDN) tools and platforms
  • 10.
    Bridging Two Worlds IDEAS BROADER ADOPTION Demonstration Development Deployment Support Distribute
  • 11.
    A Shared Goal Vendors Chip vendors Equipment vendors Users Research Computer science R&E community Members Organizations Service providers R&E network operators Cloud providers
  • 12.
    People Behind ON.LAB NICK MCKEOWN – Board Member • Stanford •ONRC •ONF • Start-ups •Cisco GURU PARULKAR – Executive director, Board Member • Stanford •ONS •ONRC SCOTT SHENKER – Board member • Berkeley •ONF WILLIAM SNOW – VP of Engineering •Nortel Networks •Cisco • IBM • Start-Ups •Dev./QA/Ops/Support LARRY PETERSON – Chief Architect • Princeton • PlanetLab Thomas Vachuska – ONOS Chief Architect •HP Prajakta Joshi – Director of Product •Cisco • Foundry • Brocade Madan Jampani – Distributed System Architect •Amazon
  • 13.
    ON.LAB Portfolio 3rdparty components Apps Apps Open Interfaces Network OS Apps Apps Network OS Network Hypervisor Open Interfaces Forwarding SDN IP-Peering ONOS FlowVisor Mininet Testing

Editor's Notes

  • #6 Southbound API– includes OpenFlow but not limited to it
  • #10 Your mission is what you do best every single day, and your vision is what the future will be like because you deliver on that mission so brilliantly every day.
  • #12 Bill updated 9/12/14