At-A-Glance
Cisco Open Network Environment Elastic Services
What Is the Value of Elastic Services?
Cisco ONE Elastic Services
The Cisco® Elastic Services solution, made possible by the Cisco Open Network
Environment (ONE), is a software-based framework that helps service providers
and enterprises develop, deploy, and maintain services faster and more easily. The
solution dynamically requests and scales the required resources to meet prescribed
service levels, based on changing demands and conditions. Users can request
services from an online portal, and the services are provisioned on virtual resources
and available in minutes, rather than months. In addition, network complexity is hidden
from applications, and a high level of automation increases overall business agility by
accelerating service delivery. Operational processes are also simplified, and operational
expenditures (OpEx) are reduced by the high degree of automation. Service providers
and enterprise users can enjoy a nearly immediate self-service experience. This focus
on services is more familiar to application flows than a network view and can open
many new business opportunities.
Cisco ONE Elastic Services begin with a service request through an easy-to-use online
portal (Figure 1). An order processing system and workflow manager receive the order
and verify the request. The workflow manager activates the Cisco Prime™ Fulfillment
suite, which programs the network and data center infrastructure, providing a central
point to initiate service and application-specific provisioning and programming.
Figure 1. Cisco ONE Elastic Services Request Portal Triggers Workflows and Orchestration to
Provision Services
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By moving complex service creation tasks to an intelligent and easily upgradable
software, Cisco ONE provides a much easier way to introduce network services to
higher-level workflows and order processes.
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The Cisco ONE Elastic Services solution provides the intelligence required to
dynamically orchestrate virtual machine provisioning, as well as to configure and
monitor services through their entire lifecycle. The solution helps ensure that all
necessary resources — both in the data center and the WAN — are in place to satisfy a
service request.
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Solutions for orchestrating services on virtual machines have been complex and limited
in their functionality, to date. Most simply verify that a virtual machine continues to
operate once a service is provisioned and that the guest OS is running. There is no
assurance that the virtual machine is performing its specific function, and there is no
mechanism for specifying rules for managing the service throughout its lifecycle and
across varying levels of demand.
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What Problems Does It Help Solve?
Network Load
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Cisco Prime Fulfillment manages the complex workflows associated with the service
request by activating the data center orchestration platform via an agent that launches
the controller. The controller knows which resources are required for a service, and it
also monitors the virtual machine orchestration platform to set up and configure data
center resources to deliver the service.
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On the WAN, Cisco Prime Fulfillment communicates with Cisco Quantum WAN
Orchestration to identify and request the network resources needed to connect
various locations to their respective data centers, based on their locations and service
availability. Traffic demand is automatically correlated with the current traffic load and
performance to determine the optimal paths and resources for each application.
What Are the Benefits of Elastic Services?
• A high degree of automation accelerates service delivery and business agility.
• Network complexity is hidden from higher-level applications.
• An easier way to introduce new and flexible services is provided.
• Virtual machine orchestration automatically adjusts to network and application
changes.
• Multilayer and multiprotocol path computation guides traffic engineering, promoting
optimal application performance.
Why Cisco?
The Cisco Open Network Environment is a customizable software framework of use
case–driven, modular technologies that service providers can use to harness the
untapped value of their intelligent networks. Find out more about how Cisco ONE
is creating a suite of capabilities to power the Internet of Everything and make your
networks more agile.
For More Information
Additional information about the Cisco Open Network Environment is available at:
http://www.cisco.com/go/one.
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