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Big Data At Light Speed

The Software Defined Packet/Optical-Circuit Datacenter Network

Santa Barbara, CA

CALIENT Technologies Inc.

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Data Center Network Trends

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Data Center Network Trends

75  %  Traffic    

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Research Has Predicted a Solution: 3D MEMS Optical Circuit Switching in Datacenters

IBM  Google  Intel  NEC  

UC  San  Diego  University  of  Essex  

Los  Alamos  Na)onal  Laboratory  University  of  PiKsburgh  

Rice  University  Carnegie  Mellon  University  

University  of  Illinois  

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Topology    Database  

Rou)ng  Switching    Control  Plane   OCS  Control  Plane  

Management  Plane  

Control  Plane  

Solution: Hybrid Datacenter Networks The New Hybrid Data Center Solution

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Solution: Hybrid Datacenter Networks Macro Level Economics

Sources:  (1)  “The  Emerging  Op)cal  Datacenter”,  OFC  2011,  Los  Angeles,  CA.  (2)  “Helios  -­‐    A  Hybrid  Electrical/Op)cal  Switch  Architecture  for  Modular  Data  Centers”,  Sigcomm  2010,  New  Delhi,  India.  

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What is 3D MEMS Technology?

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CALIENT’s 3D MEMS Technology

§  Completely passive pure photonic layer switching

§  3D MEMS structure •  Bulk MEMS

•  Electrostatic actuation

§  <2 dB median loss

§  Polarization, Bit rate, and Wavelength independent

§  25 ms switching time

§  Highest Industry Port Density (320x320)

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The Hybrid Data Center Solution Example “Real Time” Scenario

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Management  Plane  

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The Hybrid Data Center Solution Example “Real Time” Scenario

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Rou)ng  Switching    Control  Plane   OCS  Control  Plane  

Topology    Database  

Management  Plane  

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The Hybrid Data Center Solution Example “Real Time” Scenario

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Rou)ng  Switching    Control  Plane   OCS  Control  Plane  

Topology    Database  

Management  Plane  

Control  Plane  

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A Hybrid Packet-Circuit Network Needs Control SDN Enables The Solution

§  Hybrid Packet-Circuit Networks •  Packet-Circuit Convergence

in the Data Center Network

§  Enabled by SDN •  Optical and Packet devices

coexist in infrastructure layer

•  Unified control through Control and Application layers

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§  Scheduled  Events  •  Virtual  Machine  migra1on  (Server  Virtualiza1on)  

•  MapReduce  /  Hadoop  

•  Storage  applica1on  reques1ng  data  migra1on  (Network  Storage)  

§  Real  Time  Events  

•  Network  monitoring  request  for  addi1onal  bandwidth                                                                                              

― Based  on  Analy1cs  (traffic  threshold,  packet  conges1on,  etc)      

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Example Use Cases

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§  320  x  320  User  Ports  -­‐  640  Single  Mode  Fiber  Termina)ons  

§  Up  to  100  Gbit/s  per  port  and  beyond  (>  32  Tbit/s)  

§  25ms  setup  )me,  <  60ns  latency  

§  Ultra  low  power  (45  WaKs)  &  small  size  (7  RU,  45  lb)  

§  TL1,  SNMP,  OpenFlow  APIs  

The Next Generation S320 Photonic Switch

Optimized for Data Centers and Cloud Computing networks

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§  The  Plexxi  CALIENT  partnership  is  based  on  a  specific  implementa)on  of  the  generic  Hybrid  DC  concept.  

•  Plexxi  Control  provides  the  SDN  management  and  control  plane  func1ons  

•  CALIENT’s  S320  OCS  provides  high  capacity  op1cal  “flyways”  for  funneling  large  traffic  flows.  

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Plexxi / CALIENT

Big Data At Light Speed

Santa Barbara, CA CALIENT Technologies Inc.

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Affinity Defined Networking

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What is Affinity?

§  Everything can talk to everything §  But… only certain devices actually

have an affinity

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Affinity Affinity

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Plexxi  Ring  

Affini1es  

Network  Orchestra1on  

Plexxi Comprehensive SDN Solution Affinity  Driven  –  Federated  Controller  -­‐  Reconfigurable  Packet  and  Circuit  Network  

Cloud Management Virtual Servers/ Compute

Virtual Network Overlays

Network Analytics Network Services Security Policy

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§  480 Gbps access

§  Innovative LightRail™

Plexxi Switch 1/1x

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8,000  Node  Fat  Tree  Design  •  10  tons  of  cable  •  55,296  cat-­‐6  cables  •  1,128  separate  cable  bundles  

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Fat Tree Data Center

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Plexxi Switch 1/1x with LightRail™ Optical Interconnect

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§  Op1cal  networking  simplifies  connec1vity  

Now  possible  to  eliminate  costly  Core/Agg  Layers!  

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Plexxi Ring – Simple Connectivity

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Direct Capacity

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Default Connections: •  40G to adjacent •  20G to next four switches

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Direct Capacity

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Direct Capacity

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Default Connections: •  40G to adjacent •  20G to next four switches

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What does do to the network?

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What does do to the network?

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There’s a Better Solution…

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Simple

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Plexxi Control a Federated Architecture

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Scalable  Compute  for  Algorithmic  Op)miza)on  •  Pre-­‐computed  topologies  •  Workload-­‐based  inputs  •  External  orchestra1on  connectors  

Distributed  Edge  Processing  for  Real-­‐)me  Performance  

•  No  central  controller    •  Real-­‐1me  line-­‐rate  forwarding  •  Real-­‐1me  response  to  link  failures  

Plexxi  Control  

Central  Controller  Co-­‐Controller  

Co-­‐Controller  

Co-­‐Controller  

Co-­‐Controller  

Co-­‐Controller  

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Plexxi  Ring  

Cloud Management Virtual Servers/ Compute

Virtual Network Overlays

Network Analytics Network Services Security Policy

CALIENT S320 Optical Circuit Switch Fabric

Affini1es  

Network  Orchestra1on  

A Solution for Scaling Out Datacenters Affinity  Driven  -­‐  Controller-­‐  Reconfigurable  Packet  and  Circuit  Network  

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