Future-Ready Networking for the Data Center Dell EMC Forum
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Our world is changing
Everythingis at risk
Work is no longer a location
We’re drowningin information
We want it now
90%of all the data in the world has been created in the past 2 years
One million cyber-attacksreleased every day
80-90% Employees telecommute at least part time
8 seconds Average human attention span: one second less than a goldfish
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Welcome to the future-ready enterprise
Support traditional IT applications and architectures with efficient and scalable virtualization-basedcloud solutions
Support new IT applications and architectures with efficient, scale-out, hyperscale- inspired cloud solutions
A common compute-centric, software-driven platform for traditional and new
Traditional IT New IT
Future-Ready
Enterprise
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Dell networking
Dell networking
• Open, software-defined
networking solutions for the
data center, campus and
branch/SMB
• Fully converged to
completely disaggregated
solutions for networking at
any scale
Foundational elements for the future-ready enterprise
Future-Ready Enterprise
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Recognized for our vision and execution
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2015
2016
Data Center Networking
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Our vision for the network is open
Open Networking
Optional SDN/NVO controller
Standard orchestration & automation tools
Any networking OS
Open standard hardware
Merchant silicon
Traditional Networking
Proprietary ASICs
Proprietary networking OS
Hundreds of protocols
Proprietary architectures &
management tools
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Open Networking means unprecedented choice
Linux on the switch, unified server, network management
Feature-rich L2/L3 Campus networking
WAN, MPLS/VPLS functionality
SDN fabric & network tapping solutions
Virtualization-centric fabric optimized for Nutanix, Big Data, VDI
Plug-and-play Branch/ SMB networking
Data Center fabric & in-rack switching
OS6
OS9, OS10
OS3, OS6
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Open networkingThe foundation for our solutions in the data center
Dell Software-Defined Networking
Dell Open NetworkingDisaggregating the building blocks of networking
Operating System Solutions
Network Overlay Solutions
Control Plane Solutions
+ + +
Switching Hardware
Switching Software
Physical Networking
Virtual Networking
Control Plane
Forwarding Plane
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Dell – VMware open networking solutions Compelling options for NSX customers
VMware
Network
Virtualization
NSX for MH NSX for ESX
For mixed hypervisors (Xen, KVM & ESX)
For traditional VMware ESX customers
vCAC - Cloud Orchestration
OS choicesFor unified server & network mgmt – i.e.
big Linux users
For traditional
Dell customers
For open SDN underlay
Open
Networking
Switches
VMware +Dell VMware + Cumulus + Dell
VMware +Big Switch + Dell
Software defined data center
(SDDC)
Physical underlay network
Virtual overlay network
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Data center networking platforms
Fabric Spine Top-of-Rack/Leaf Blade IO/Leaf
Z-Series S-SeriesMXL/IOA
for M1000e
FN-IOM for FX2
• Purpose-built 40/100GbE fabric switches for modern data center architectures
• Optimized for cost-effective non-blocking performance
• Complete connectivity—1/10/25/40/50/100GbE plus 8G FC options
• Optimized for diverse virtualization and SDN environments
• 10GbE & 40GbE I/O solutions for M1000e & FX2 deployments
• Optimized for east-west traffic patterns with native local switching capabilities
Modern networking solutions for the modern data center
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Customer success
Channel business now >50% of Networking revenue
Dell has outpaced the Networking market over the last 5 years
0Web 2.0 &
E-commerceHospitality Healthcare
Higher
educationIT companies
8 of top 25 cloud and Web2.0
Top 5 most popular global hotel chains
5 of top 10 hospitals in the United States
7 of the 8 Ivy league institutions
Every university in Big 10 Conf.
Top 8 of 10 IT companies measured by revenue
Source: Google.com Source: Via Luxpresso Source: US News & World Source: US News ranking Source: Wikipedia
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Summary
Dell networking
1. Delivering superior networking value from
data center to desktop
2. Simple, scalable and economical solutions
for campus and SMB networks
3. High-performance, open networking
solutions for the data center
Complete networking solutions for the
future-ready enterprise
Future-Ready Enterprise
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Fabric solutions with Big switch networks
• Supports both physical and virtual (multi-hypervisor) workloads
and choice of orchestration software.
• Provides L2 switching, L3 routing and, L4-7 service insertion
and chaining while ensuring high bisectional bandwidth.
• Scalable fabric, fully resilient with no single point of failure and
supports head-less mode operations
Recent showcase
Big Switch Big Cloud Fabric™ (BCF)
Need: Elastic, scalable network with faster service enablement
Solution: S6000-ON & S4048-ON with BCF — 50 racks in 5 Data
Centers
Results: Resiliency at scale. No bandwidth bottleneck. Design
Flexibility. Reduced Operational Complexity. Integrated security and
visibility
Big Cloud
Fabric Controller
Open Networking Solutions
&
Spine
Leaf
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Monitoring/Tap fabrics with Big Switch Networks
Use-case: Fortune 50 software co. data center
Use-case: Government Data Center
Open Networking Solutions
&
Big Tap
Controller
Dell or 3rd Party Spine
Dell or 3rd
Party Leaf
Monitoring Fabric
Need: Cost-effective networking monitoring and filtering
solution
Solution: Dell S4048-ON with Big Switch Monitoring Fabric
Controller
Results: Low-cost monitoring network
Need: Cost-effective network monitoring across global data
centers with centrally located tools
Solution: Dell S6000-ON and S4048-ON with Big Switch
Monitoring Fabric Controller
Results: Simplicity at scale utilizing centrally located tools.
Lower TCO.
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Recent showcase
Fabric solutions with Cumulus Networks
Simplified scaling with OpenStack
300 server nodes with OpenStack plus 24 switches
(S6000-ON & S4048-ON) were brought up in <6 hours
Cumulus Linux OS
• Delivers high capacity fabrics with unprecedented price
performance.
• Enables large ecosystem of native Linux applications and
automation tools while delivering new levels of innovation and
flexibility
• Support large-scale Clos fabrics and next generation
architectures.
Spine
Leaf
Open Networking Solutions
&
ONOS or ODL
CONTROLLER
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Fabric solutions with Pluribus Networks
Use-cases
New fabric with simplified management and analytics
Dell/Pluribus solution:
• Deploy Dell Open Networking platforms plus Pluribus
Fabric software for detailed analytics/telemetry
Network expansion with a new fabric
Dell/Pluribus solution:
• Insert Dell Open Networking platforms plus Pluribus
Fabric software fabric, apply analytics tools
Pluribus Fabric benefits
• No external controller
• No boundaries (across POD, Data center)
• Interoperable with existing L2/L3 spine/leaf
• Fabric built-in flow, traffic, endpoint telemetry
• No Taps, no packet brokers, no agents on servers
Spine
Leaf
Open Networking Solutions
&
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NVO solutions with VMware NSXDell + VMware
• Best in class physical underlay with Dell’s 10-100GbE Open Networking switching portfolio, delivering non-blocking, active/active forwarding and line rate Layer 2 gateways for effective bridging to NSX virtual overlay
• Strong analytics, automated provisioning, programmability, and Layer 2 gateway support for NSX virtual overlay
• Micro-segmentation and granular securitydelivered to the individual workload
• Reduced network provisioning time from days to seconds through automation
• Workload mobility independent of physical network topology within and across data centers
&
Spine
Leaf
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Wide-area solutions with IP Infusion
Open Networking Solutions
&
Use-case: Data Center Interconnect using MPLS
Use-case: EVPN with VxLAN
Need: Virtual network for multiple geographically
dispersed data centers
Solution:
• VxLAN for virtual network
• EVPN control plane with MP-BGP
Need: Connecting multiple geographically dispersed data
centers
Solution:
• Interconnecting 2 data centers using VPWS
• Interconnecting multiple data centers using VPLS
Data Center
Interconnect