Is software defined networking largely dependent on new technology purchases, or reapplying and harnessing existing hardware? What are the network efficiency drivers for moving towards a software defined architecture?

1. Is SDN a Technology or Use Case?
Gint Atkinson
Vice President, Network Strategy & Architecture
gint.atkinson@kvh.co.jp
KVH Co., Ltd.
www.kvh.co.jp
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2. KVH Service Vision 2014
HK / Singapore
Full KVH service suite, with select
local metro connectivity to key
buildings and DCs
Japan
39 DC Terabit Packet Optical Network
200 Central Office/GC POPs
1800 In Building POPs
Tokyo/Osaka
Building POPs
KVH IT Services
KVH DC & IT
Services
KVH Data Centers
& DC Services
Partner DC
Ecosystems
KVH Low Latency
Pan-Asian
Backbone
Financial
Exchanges
Partner DC
Ecosystems
Financial
Exchanges
Key Local
Buildings
Partner DC
Ecosystem
Financial
Exchanges
Key Asian Financial
Cities
service portfolio
USA – On-ramp into Asia
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3. “The network is the final bottleneck
that must be overcome in order to
deliver true agility for applications"
Paul Strong, VMware CTO for Global Field and Customer Initiatives,
speaking at Structure: Europe in October 2012
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4. Eliminating the Bottleneck
• KVH has launched Japan’s FIRST
100Gbps Ethernet Service
• Japan Terabit Packet Optical Service
Network
• DCI for Japan’s top 30 Data Centers and
reaching for Asia’s top 100 DCs
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5. Customers Want Direct Real-time Control of
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Elastic Connectivity & Network Service Topologies
Multilayer Network Services from Packet down to Optical
Address space reuse and overlapping
Dynamic QoS, SLA, Security Policies
Service Insertion and Chaining (Mash-ups, Composition and Brokering)
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6. SDN is a growing range of Capabilities and Use Cases
SDN Capability
Use Cases
Elastic Capacity
Fast acquisition, expansion, and deployment of capacity, links, and routes.
Elastic Coverage
Quick build-out, turn-up, and expansion of POPs and Service Points.
Elastic Service Topologies
Real-time Adaptive Service Topologies.
Elastic QoS
Multiple and flexible Quality of Service with Real-Time adaptation.
Fast Service Velocity
Accelerated Connectivity Service creation, development, and launch.
Low Touch Automation
Intensive Network automation to attack OPEX and total cost of ownership.
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7. Use Case – WAN & Metro Elastic Connectivity Services
London
Frankfurt
Aurora
Seoul
Busan
Chicago
NYC
Taiwan
LA
Hong Kong
Mumbai
Tokyo
Elastic Connectivity Services
• Service Engineered Topology
• Flexible Bandwidth Profiles
• Adaptive CoS and QoS
Singapore
KL
Jakarta
Sydney
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8. Use Case – Multi-layer Service Connectivity
Data Center
Cheap, Survivable Connectivity
Data Center
Data Center
Split Service Architecture
+
Converged Network
Enables Evolving Range of
Service Definitions
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Premium, Ultra Reliable, Ultra Low Latency
Stock Exchange
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9. Use Case - Distributed Virtual Datacenters
Data Centers are at the heart of KVH’s Information Delivery Platform
Distributed Virtual DC Platform
KVH Clients
Virtual DC
Data Center
Services
Data Center
Interconnect
Cloud Connectivity
& Service Brokering
Virtual DC
Managed Virtual
Networks (NaaS)
Virtual DC
Vertical Sliced
Networks
Managed
Network Services
Managed IT
Services
• Seamless integration of connectivity and cloud across multiple Data Centers
• Scalable cloud and connectivity platform that can flex as business grows
• Dynamically stitch the best resources from the best locations into one service
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10. Use Case – Transparent Distributed Resources
Location Transparent
Resources & Services
Inter DC FLAT Access
Hong Kong
Singapore
VTN_B
VTN_A
VTN_C
VTN_B
SDN
VTN_A
VTN_B
VTN_A
VTN_A
VTN_C
VTN_B
VTN_C
SEOUL
TOKYO
Virtual pool of
adaptive resources
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11. SDN Driving Network Economies of Scale and Scope
• Multiple Virtual Tenant Creation ( MultiTenancy, Virtualized DC )
• On demand, Dynamic Resource
Allocation via Automation
• Quick and Easy Provisioning similar to
VM Provisioning
• Collaboration with Application through
the Northbound API
• Seamless Distributed DC, Cloud and
Network service
• Accelerate Time-to-Market for New
Functions / Services, escape from
vendor Roadmap
End-to-End
Service
Automation
Rapid Service
Innovation
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• Reduce CAPEX and OPEX with
Commodity Hardware and Full
Automation
• Operation Improvement ( Zero Touch
Provisioning, Reduce Human Error)
• Use more OSS to reduce development
cost
Cost
Reduction
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12. Current Network Challenges
Expensive OPEX from manual
service provisioning
VM
VM
VM
Hypervisor
Expensive network equipment
cost
5 Days
NW Creation
2 Minute
VM Creation
Long order & provisioning times
Complex and lengthy service
development
VM
VM
VM
VM
Long build-out and expansion
times
VM
VM
VM
VM
Software Defined Data Center Services
Entire DC Service Provisioning in 3 Minutes
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13. Multilayer WAN SDN Technology Components
Service Orchestration
& Management
OSS
Oracle UIM
Service
Control
Path
Computation
Element
SDN
Controllers
Modular Plugins
Nova
Neutron
Cyan
Network
Management
Ciena
vWAN
OneControl
Network Service
Platform
IP
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Ethernet
Optical
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14. SDN Technology for Multilayer Connectivity Services
KVH Orchestrator / Business Application
Cloud Controller
Compute
Storage
DC/WAN Network SDN Controller
DC Network SDN Controller
DC Fabric
L2/L3
Optical
KVH Data Center
KVH Data Center
DC / WAN Network
SDN Controller
DC Fabric
DC Fabric
KVH POP
VM
L2/L3 Packet
KVH POP
VM
VM
VM
Virtualized Optical Network
Customer
Customer
DC-DC Optical Circuit
GMPLS provisioned
DWDM Optical Ethernet
Enterprise-DC Carrier
Per-Hop OpenFlow Provisioned
L3
Circuit
L3
L1
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15. SDN Technology for Multilayer Connectivity Services
KVH Orchestrator / Business Application
Cloud Controller
Compute
Storage
DC/WAN Network SDN Controller
DC Network SDN Controller
DC Fabric
L2/L3
Optical
KVH Data Center
KVH Data Center
DC / WAN Network
SDN Controller
DC Fabric
DC Fabric
KVH POP
VM
L2/L3 Packet
KVH POP
VM
Virtualized Carrier Ethernet Network
VM
VM
DC-DC Carrier Ethernet Circuit
Per-Hop OpenFlow Provisioned
Customer
Customer
Enterprise-Enterprise Carrier Ethernet VPN
Per-Hop OpenFlow Provisioned
Enterprise-DC Carrier Ethernet Circuit
Per-Hop OpenFlow
DWDM Optical Provisioned
L3
L3
INTERNET
Customer
L1
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