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The Future of of Ethernet

Nan Chen President, MEF

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MEF Worldwide Community

221 Member Companies 130 Service Providers 40+ Technical Specifications 154 CE 1.0 & 38 CE 2.0 Companies 1250 MEF-CECPs

Since 2001, Accelerating the Adoption of Carrier Ethernet Networks and

Services

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Ethernet The Ambitions of a Network Technology

• 1970 - I just want to share printers

• 1980 - I just want to connect PC’s

• 1990 - I want speed

• 2000 - I want to be everywhere – But not like that old slow, expensive, boring TDM

– And to be predictable, reliable like…. … like a Carrier Ethernet!

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Carrier Ethernet The Ambitions of a Network Technology

• 2013 - I want it – To be really smart, on-demand

– To reach any application from anywhere

– Real easy with zero-touch automation • Like picking up the phone or turning on the tap

Yes that’s the future of Ethernet …

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I want Carrier Ethernet to be just like TDM!

From Control/Management Planes perspective.

The Future of Ethernet

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Ethernet Today …

MEF: Created the Carrier Ethernet Services Industry

Carrier Ethernet

Carrier Ethernet

Data Center

Enterprises

Internet

ENNI

ENNI

UNI

UNI

Notes: • Revenues heading for $100bn

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Ethernet Growth: Vertical

Total worldwide bandwidth purchased for Ethernet Services exceeds legacy

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Ethernet Growth: Ovum

Speed, Lower Costs, TDM Replacement, Internet Access, Cloud Services

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Cloud Drives CE Growth over Next Decade

MEF: Delivering Business-Class Cloud services

Carrier Ethernet

Carrier Ethernet

Private Cloud Data Center

Enterprise 1

ENNI

UNI

Public Cloud Data Centers

Enterprise 2

UNI

Private Cloud Data Centers

UNI

CE for business will accelerate Cloud Cloud Forecasts: $160b rev by 2020 – IDC, Tuck, etc.

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Carrier Ethernet Cloud Delivery: The Big Picture

Enterprise 1 HQ IT Dept Manages Cloud Apps access

Ethernet Cloud Carrier

Internet

Public Domain

Private Cloud Hosting &

other Services

Public Internet Delivery Enterprise Delivery

Data Center

Public & Private Cloud Provider Applications

Private Cloud Delivery

Customer portal

Public Cloud Services delivered via the Internet augmented by Private Cloud services

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Enterprise 1 HQ


Internet

Public Domain

Private Cloud Services, etc.


Data Center



+ Data Center Apps

Customer portal

Data Center housing additional Public & Private cloud services delivered “Business-Class” via Carrier Ethernet

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Enterprise 1 HQ


Internet

Carrier Ethernet Access Provider (Off-Net, regional, global)

Enterprise 1 Branch

Private Cloud


Data Center Public & Private Cloud Provider Applications


+ Data Center Apps

+ Multiple CE Domains

Customer portal

Off-Net offices have access to all Cloud apps via Carrier Ethernet Interconnect

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Enterprise 1 HQ


DCI = Data Center Interconnect

Enterprise Delivery

Data Center


Business-class Cloud Services Delivery

Internet

Access Provider

Enterprise 1 Branch


Data Center


DCI


+ Data Center Apps

+ Multiple Data Centers


Customer portal

More datacenters bring business-class access to many cloud apps

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Enterprise 2 Branch

Enterprise 3 HQ

Enterprise 2 HQ


Enterprise 1 HQ


Enterprise Delivery

Data Center


Internet

Enterprise 1 Branch

Private Cloud


Data Center


DCI

Customer portal

Service Orchestration for provisioning, PM/FM via SDN


+ Data Center Apps

+ Multiple Data Centers

+ Multiple Enterprises


Create Complete Globally-Interconnected Ethernet Ecosystem

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Step by Step to the Future of Ethernet


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A New Generation of Carrier Ethernet

E-LAN • Multipoint L2 VPNs • Transparent LAN Service

E-Line • Virtual Private Lines (EPL) • Ethernet Private Lines (EVPL)

E-Tree • Rooted Multi-Point L2 VPNs • Traffic Segregation

E-Access

E- Access • Wholesale Access Services

3 Attributes: Multi-CoS, Interconnect, Manageability 3 Applications: Business, Mobile Backhaul and Cloud

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Carrier Ethernet + SDN – Developing Story

User Requests CE Service

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Service Orchestration draws on CE Information Model

to request resources via

API

• Interfaces with providers’ operational processes

CE Service Request

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API

Service Orchestration

API

Controller responds to resource requests and manages* network elements via

*”Manages” includes provisioning, dynamic changes, fault and performance monitoring, etc.

CE Service Request

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API

API

SDN Controller

Traditional/NFV network elements functions, bandwidth, availability,

provisioning, FM/PM

Service Orchestration

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Carrier Ethernet + SDN: Impact

TDM-like simplicity unlocks ubiquity and growth

• Service Orchestration-centric

• Zero-touch automated, responsive

• Leverages dominant CE deployment

• Implementation independent

• Migration friendly

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MEF Work: Carrier Ethernet Evolution

• New Dynamic Ethernet services – Dynamic bandwidth, mapping

– QoS, CoS

• Dynamic Service Orchestration – Information Model

– APIs, MIBs for SDN, NFV support, etc.

Customer Portal

Cloud Service request

Provider acceptance

Dynamic Provisioning

Service Turn up

Service Monitoring

• Streamlined Operations – Processes, information, interfaces and terminology applied to:

– Partner relationship management, lifecycle management and industry standards alignment.

Discovery, ordering, design, provisioning, test & turn-up, inventory management, billing, reporting, planning

23 23 CloudEthernet Forum Formed in May 2013 - part of the MEF legal entity

Addressing the Scalability of Ethernet for Cloud • Address Scalability in and between Data Centers • Storage Network Scalability • Layer 2 performance and resilience Driven by migration to Cloud and network growth

Data Center Data Center

Cloud Providers

Storage Storage

Carrier Ethernet Service Centric

Carrier Ethernet Service Centric

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Conclusions and Key Messages


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Conclusions and Key Messages

The Future of Ethernet: TDM-Like Simplicity • Zero-touch automation, connect anywhere, anytime • Essential to accelerate scalability, reach, ubiquity

Service Orchestration will be the Defining Work • Integrates all the elements that enable this future • Unlocks potential massive Ethernet business opportunities

This is Just the Beginning

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More at MetroEthernetForum.org and CloudEthernet.org

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