contrail basics
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Software Defined Networking That Works
featuring Contrail from Juniper NetworksEpisode 1 – Contrail Basics
Dave Unger, Sr. Solutions ArchitectBlueChipTek, Inc.
dunger@bluechiptek.com / @bctdaveu
Episode 1 – Contrail Basics
• What Contrail is• Where Contrail fits into data center
networks• What you can do with Contrail
What Contrail Is
• Software• OpenContrail– Open Source– Apache 2.0 license
• Contrail Networking and Contrail Cloud– Commercial packages distributed by Juniper
Where Contrail Fits In• Runs on commodity x86 servers• At least one virtual machine or physical server• Typically three servers for Contrail controllers, a.k.a.
network control plane• Two or more other servers for data plane• At least five servers total for a small production
deployment
What Contrail Is
• Virtual Networking Controller– Control plane and data plane for virtual
networks– Configuration tool managing physical
network hardware– Or both
Virtual Networks
• OpenStack or Vmware• Contrail controller servers are control plane• Contrail vrouters on hypervisor hosts are
data plane
Virtual Networks – Contrail Competitors
OpenStack• Neutron• VMware NSX• PlumGRID IO Visor• Midokura MidoNet
VMware• dvswitch• VMware NSX• PlumGRID IO Visor• Midokura MidoNet
Virtual Networks
• Basic functionality– Create, modify and tear down networks– Control how virtual machines communicate over
virtual networks• Advanced functionality
– Enable complex environments to be spun up or down– LBaaS, NAT, firewall services, packet capture, etc.
Physical Networks
• Control ToR switches using OVSDB protocol– Load balancers, firewalls, IPS, network taps– NAS, block or object storage– Physical servers
• Databases (Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB)– Anything outside of the virtual environment
Recap• Contrail is software. OpenContrail is Open Source.
Contrail Networking and Contrail Cloud are commercial distributions.
• Contrail runs on commodity x86 servers. You need at least five servers for a small, production environment.
• Contrail powers virtual networks. It can also manage the configurations of physical ToR switches.
Thanks for watching
Dave Unger, Sr. Solutions Architectdunger@bluechiptek.com / @bctdaveu
or
bct-sales@bluechiptek.com / @BlueChipTek
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