When Cloud Networking meets Cloud
Computing: Software-Defined
Networking (SDN)
Customer Application
Faan DeSwardt
Infrastructure Architecture Manager – IAS
[email protected]
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Agenda
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Background
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Journey to the Cloud
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Challenge of the Cloud
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Missing Link
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Free Clouds
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Who we are…
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Background
• Previously known as VeriSign SSL and PKI business – now
Symantec Identity and Authentication Services (IAS)
• No software, all online – SaaS is what we do!
• Acquired by Symantec August 2010 – strategic enabler for SaaS
solutions – Symantec O3 (http://www.symantec.com/O3)
• Completely data center infrastructure centric – have presence
in every major demographic location world wide
• Benchmark and #1 in online security:
– 97 of the world's 100 largest banks
– 81% of the 500 biggest e-commerce sites in North America
– Norton Secured Seal viewed over half a billion times per day on websites
in 170 countries
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Our journey…
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Journey to the Cloud
• 2008/2009 – Journey Begins
– Compute and storage virtualization deployed in all engineering data
centers
– Infrastructure services (DNS, AV, etc.) virtualized in production data
centers
• 2010/2011 – Midway
– Refreshed primary engineering data center with self service virtual
infrastructure – Cloud 1.0 is born!
– Converged cloud infrastructure blueprint completed
• 2012 – Next Steps
– Launch secure SLA based “virtual” engineering data centers on converged
infrastructure – Cloud 1.1 released!
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The challenges…
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Challenge of the Cloud
• Growing demand faster than expected
– 100TB storage consumed in 2 years – suppose to last 4 years
– 40TB memory consumed in 1.5 years – suppose to last 3 years
• Static Network Configuration
– Topology designed for North/South optimized traffic – East/West not
considered
– Physical and virtual networks live in separate worlds – Troubleshooting
maze of mirrors
• Converged Infrastructure
– Additional connectivity layers between point A and B – Who owns which
hop and where did it drop?
– New roles and skills required – Who learns what?
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What was missing…
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Missing Link
Agile and Unified Compute and Storage
+
Static and Disparate Network
= FAIL!
• Single Compute and Storage vendor vs. Rainbow of network vendors
• Unified Compute and Storage interface vs. Fruit cocktail of network
interfaces
• Open Compute and Storage API vs. Proprietary network dialects
• Centralized Compute and Storage Control Plane vs. Isolated and
independent network control planes
• Aggregated Compute and Storage resources vs. Islands of network resources
• Centralized Compliance and Reporting vs. Fractured and incompatible
standards
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Unleashing the cloud…
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Free Clouds
• Open Standards (OpenFlow) – Key enabler of Cloud Networking
• SDN with Open Standards ensures Infrastructure Investment
Protection
• SDN Capability of Network Equipment drive buying decisions
• Tools and Solutions leveraging and utilizing SDN is priority in
future Cloud Architecture
• Big Switch Networks is leading the way with OpenFlow support,
Open APIs and open source implementations
• SDN + Open Standards + Open Source = Free Network
Free Network = Free Cloud
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Thank you!
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