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    VMware NSX provides network virtualization to address challenges in the software-defined data center. It introduces the concept of a virtual network as an abstraction layer that decouples networking from physical hardware. This enables programmatic provisioning of network services, placement of workloads anywhere without limitations, and mobility of workloads without reconfiguration. By changing the operational model, NSX allows for more efficient network operations in the data center.

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    Network Virtualization with VMware NSX

    Scott Lowe, VCDX


    Engineering Architect
    Networking & Security BU, VMware, Inc.
    http://blog.scottlowe.org
    1
    Before we get started

    § Get involved! Audience participation is encouraged


    and requested.
    § If you use Twitter, feel free to tweet about this session
    (use @MyVMUG or @BostonVMUG)
    § I encourage you to take photos or videos of today’s
    session and share them online
    § This presentation will be made available online after
    the event

    2
    Your name is familiar...

    3
    Networking can be a barrier to the
    software-defined data center
    Software Defined Data Center
    § Provisioning is slow
    VDC
    § Placement is limited
    § Mobility is limited
    § Hardware dependent
    SOFTWARE-DEFINED
    DATACENTER SERVICES

    § Operationally intensive

    Compute Virtualization

    Any Physical
    Infrastructure

    4
    How can we solve this challenge?

    5
    Many technologies are claiming to be
    able to address this challenge

    SR-IOV
    Open vSwitch
    SDN controllers
    STT

    Network overlays TRILL


    Merchant silicon
    VXLAN LISP
    SDN Fabrics
    OpenFlow
    NVGRE
    OpenStack Networking

    Northbound APIs
    6
    By themselves, these technologies
    don’t change the operational model.

    7
    To change the operational model,
    what’s needed is the right abstraction.

    8
    Let’s look at compute virtualization

    § Multiple
    forms of virtualization existed in x86-based
    computing before VMware
    § 80386 “protected mode”
    § Virtual memory
    § Application virtual machines (e.g., JVM)
    § Remote presentation (X Window System)
    § These were all important developments, but...

    None of them had the power to change the


    operational model.

    9
    Along comes VMware and the VM

    § VMware
    introduced a new abstraction: the virtual
    machine (VM)

    10
    Why is the VM important?

    § The VM abstraction encompassed other virtualization


    technologies, but enabled operational change
    § Operational change enabled customers to address
    pain points (speed of provisioning, for example)
    § Now users could easily create VMs, destroy VMs, clone
    VMs, start/stop/pause VMs
    § VMs encouraged more standardized configurations
    § VMs could be deployed programmatically, which enables
    self-service tools and methodologies
    § Success
    encouraged adoption; adoption encouraged
    ecosystem development (positive feedback loop)

    11
    So what does this have to do with
    network virtualization?

    12
    What’s needed is the right abstraction

    § The right abstraction—the virtual network—lets us


    change the operational model
    § Changing the operational model brings benefits:
    § Greater speed and agility
    § Lower operational overhead
    § Decreased capital expenditures
    § But...it’s really about greater speed & agility

    13
    What is a virtual network?

    Application Application Application Workload Workload Workload

    x86 Environment L2, L3, L4-7 Network Services


    Software
    Virtual Virtual Virtual Virtual Virtual Virtual
    Machine Machine Machine Network Network Network

    Server Hypervisor Decoupled Network Hypervisor


    Requirement: x86 Requirement: IP Transport

    Hardware

    General Purpose Server Hardware General Purpose IP Hardware


    (Dell, HP, IBM, OpenCompute, Quanta) (Arista, Cisco, HP, Juniper, Accton)

    14
    Networks aren’t just about connectivity

    § A virtual network must be more than just connectivity


    § It has to also provide virtual network services:
    § Routing
    § Firewalling
    § Load balancing
    § VPNs
    § It
    has to be extensible, allowing technology partners to
    “plug into” the virtual network to bring additional
    services and functionality to bear for customers

    15
    Key functions of a virtual network

    Virtual Virtual Network


    Operations

    1. Decouples 2. Reproduces 3. Automates

    Cloud
    Physical Physical Operations

    Hardware No change to network Operational benefits


    independence from end host perspective of virtualization

    16
    VMware NSX provides the right
    abstraction—the virtual network—to
    enable operational change that
    addresses pain points and meets
    business needs.

    17
    Networking can be a barrier to the
    software-defined data center
    Software Defined Data Center
    § Provisioning is slow
    VDC
    § Placement is limited
    § Mobility is limited
    § Hardware dependent
    SOFTWARE-DEFINED
    DATACENTER SERVICES

    § Operationally intensive

    Compute Virtualization

    Any Physical
    Infrastructure

    18
    Network virtualization addresses this
    challenge
    Software Defined Data Center
    § Programmatic provisioning
    VDC
    § Place any workload anywhere
    § Move any workload anywhere
    § Decoupled from hardware
    SOFTWARE-DEFINED
    DATACENTER SERVICES

    § Operationally efficient

    Network Virtualization
    Compute Virtualization

    Any Physical
    Infrastructure

    19
    Looking a bit deeper at VMware NSX

    20
    Some technologies you might find
    helpful

    § Linux
    § Open vSwitch (OVS)
    § OpenFlow
    § OVSDB
    § Cloud management systems
    § vCloud Automation Center (vCAC)
    § OpenStack
    § CloudStack

    21
    Questions & answers

    22
    Thank you

    Scott Lowe
    [email protected]

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