Overture: NFV hope hype or honest value? 2014
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Network Function Virtualization (NFV): Hope, Hype or Honest Value? Tuesday, October 7, 2014 9:30-10:15 a.m.
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Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is receiving significant attention from Service Providers and their suppliers. How much of the excitement is due to cost reductions versus new revenue opportunities and service agility? During this session at the Fall 2014 Comptel PLUS Conference, Overture and other panelists spoke on defining NFV and discussing the differences, similarities and synergies with respect to Software-defined Networking (SDN). Speakers also discussed how we can achieve NFV’s promise of cost reduction (capex and opex), and the new service business opportunities and revenue it can enable.
Transcript of Overture: NFV hope hype or honest value? 2014
Network Function Virtualization (NFV):
Hope, Hype or Honest Value?
Tuesday, October 7, 20149:30-10:15 a.m.
PLEASE SILENCE YOUR MOBILE DEVICES
THANK YOU!
Ray Patalano, Director, Solutions Marketing, Cyan
Network Function Virtualization (NFV): Hope, Hype or Honest Value?
Moderator: Prayson Pate, CTO & SVP of Research & Development, Overture
Tim Naramore, CTO, Masergy
Eitan Schwartz, VP, Service Provider Line of Business, North America, RAD
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NFV: Hope, Hype or Honest Value?
Prayson PateCTO & SVP of Research and Development, Overture
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Network Function Virtualization (NFV): What’s the Point?
Remember this Major Transformation?
It’s Time to Replace Appliances with Virtual
Network Functions (VNFs)
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Why Bother with Virtualization? Is it hype?
Stop doing this! Start doing this!
Deploying closed, proprietary systems Move to open, multi-vendor systems
Being restricted to custom hardware Leverage low-cost COTS servers
Using truck rolls for service upgrades Add new services in real time
Operating in a silo fashion Integrate across functional groups
Develop services in telco time Innovate in internet time
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Can we achieve the needed features and performance?
Is this just hope? What are we waiting for?
Who said we are waiting? We aren’t!
However … we must answer a few questions:
Can NFV move forward without SDN? Why or why not?
What are some improved or net new services that we will see with NFV?
What are the pros and cons of NFV from the end-user Point of View?
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Highlighting a few NFV “hot buttons”
• Virtual machines are great for compute applications … … but they stink for packet forwarding
• Operators want lower costs, options for pay-as-you-go licensing …… but Virtual Function suppliers prefer appliance pricing
• NFV blurs boundaries and demands DevOps model to unite development, IT, marketing and customers
… No Silos
Ray Patalano, Director, Solutions Marketing, Cyan
Network Function Virtualization (NFV): Hope, Hype or Honest Value?
Moderator: Prayson Pate, CTO & SVP of Research & Development, Overture
Tim Naramore, CTO, Masergy
Eitan Schwartz, VP, Service Provider Line of Business, North America, RAD
Tim NaramoreCTO, Masergy
Ray PatalanoDirector, Solutions Marketing, Cyan
© 2013, CYAN, INC.© 2013, CYAN, INC.
SDN and NFV – What to Know When Evaluating a Solution
How large is the vendors’ API and Element adapter library? Are the larger brands supported? Can you customize the solution in house if desired?
What toolsets are available for security features and enhancements?
Is the software controller able to scale and change over time; adding new vendors when needed?
Is there a single point of contact to resolve configuration and architecture issues? What testing has been documented?
Standards are still being worked out – ONF, OpenFlow, XMPP, Open Daylight
Can their software control both Physical and Virtual resources?
Virtual Network Functions
Virtual Infrastructure
Physical Network Elements
Eitan SchwartzVP, Service Provider Line of Business, North America, RAD
RAD Confidential Information
Evolution to D-NFV and Virtual Switching
CE 1.0Fiber, TDM, SDH, xDSL, MW
CE 2.0H-QoSHW OAM L2/L3 (IBR)
DemarcationVirtual functionsVirtual SwitchingSDN
D-NFVServiceAssurance
EthernetAccess
CustomerNetwork NNI UNI
Pass-through flowsFlow forwarding to x86Flow mirroring to x86
Network
Per-Flow Virtual Switching
Customer Premises
Compute/Storage/Network
Operating System
Hypervisor
NVFI
Fortinet VNFFortiGate
Certes VNS Encryption
EMSFortiManager
EMSTrustNet Manager
CYAN
Compute/Storage/Network
Operating System
Hypervisor
NVFI
Fortinet VNFFortiGate
Certes VNS Encryption
Metro NetworkETX-2/DNFV ETX-2/DNFV
Customer Premises
Sponsored
Distributed NFV at the Customer Edge
PoC
Ray Patalano, Director, Solutions Marketing, Cyan
Network Function Virtualization (NFV): Hope, Hype or Honest Value?
Moderator: Prayson Pate, CTO & SVP of Research & Development, Overture
Tim Naramore, CTO, Masergy
Eitan Schwartz, VP, Service Provider Line of Business, North America, RAD
Thank you for attending!
Prayson Pate - [email protected] Naramore - [email protected] Patalano - [email protected] Schwartz - [email protected]
