building an elastic fabric
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FuturistSkeeve Stevens
Network Architect & Futurist
Building the Futureof On-Demand Networking
Building the Futureof On-Demand Networking
Building an Elastic Fabric is not as easy as it looks(?)Building an Elastic Fabric is not as easy as it looks(?)
COMMSDAY – WHOLESALE & DATACENTRE SUMMIT SYDNEY 2015
COMMSDAY – WHOLESALE & DATACENTRE SUMMIT SYDNEY 2015
HOW I GOT HERE
• What we’re talking about
• Inspired byMegaports launch in 2013
• The ‘other man’
• The research and presentations
• The ‘other other’ man
• The Vision
• The Team
• The Result
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DESIGN PRINCIPLES
• Simple
• Scalable
• Highly Redundant
• Future Proof
• Fast
• Vendor Neutral
• Spine and Leaf(-‐ish)
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THE TECHOLOGIES CONSIDERED
• Software Defined Networking
• OpenFlow, OpenDaylight, *Contrail,
• Orchestration
• MPLS/VPLS
• Cisco ACI / OTV
• VXLAN
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HARDWARE VENDORS
• Who
• Incompatibilities
• Limitations
• Mixing Technologies
• Cisco
• Whitebox Switching
• Arista
• Know your chips
• APIs
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MY SOLUTION
• Pure Layer 3
• BGP
• VXLAN
• Multi-‐vendor
• VERY good orchestration
• Creativity
• Open-‐mindedness
• “my” is plural…
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THE BUSINESS SIDE
• TargetMarket
• Ecosystem
• Carriers
• Partners
• Work with others in your space
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LESSONS LEARNT
• Not as easy as it looks
• No Dummies Guide
• No talent
• Vendors are inexperienced
• You will be disappointed along the way
• It takes longer than you think
• Managing Geniuses is hard work
• Learn to live without sleep and have a solid marriage
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COMMSDAY – WHOLESALE & DATACENTRE SUMMIT SYDNEY 2015
CLOUD ISP UPDATE
• The Cloud ISP – Update
• The missing pieces have been found
• OrionVM, Ordinance.io and others….
• Now to assemble the puzzle
• The wholesale tail providers are in, cloud is easy
• We’re building it – Elastic ISPTM
• Launching in a fewmonths
• First eISPTM should be online in Sep/Oct
SKEEVE STEVENSe: [email protected]: eintellegonetworks.com
linkedin: /in/skeeve w: www.TheISPGuy.comf: /theispguyT: @TheISPGuy
THANK YOU.