THE NEXT GENERATION DATA

CENTER NETWORK

Guy Alexander
guya@juniper.net
SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT DECADE

Juniper Networks is transforming the

experience and economics of networking

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DATA CENTER NETWORKS ARE COSTLY & COMPLEX

Complex to manage Multiple Network

Layers Layers
 Too many switching layers
Disparate
 Too many devices Operating
Systems
 Too many operating systems
Distributed
Costly to operate Security

 Provisioning takes too long

Power
 Power and cooling
Environment
 Uptime is a challenge
Space

Inefficiencies
 Data center are purpose built Multiple
Interfaces
 Appliance as band-aids Proprietary
Management

 Swivel-chair management Multiple

Management
Apps

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CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY ARE MAKING
SERVER-TO-SERVER TRAFFIC “THE” NETWORK ISSUE

SOA
Web
Application 2.0
SAAS

Client
Client – Server Architecture Service Oriented Architecture

25%
95% Server

Server Server
Server

A B C
Server
75%
Server

D DB

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 THE MULTI-TIER LEGACY NETWORK IS A BARRIER

The challenge Multi-tier legacy network

 Too slow N Unnecessary layers add

hops and latency
 Too complex
 Too expensive
Up to 50% of the ports
interconnect switches,
not servers or storage

W Up to 75% of traffic E
Spanning Tree disables
Complexity

up to 50% of bandwidth

S
Scale

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BUILD HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS
WITH EX SERIES ETHERNET SWITCHES

Carrier-class Reliability

Integrated Security

Operational Simplicity

EX4500 EX8208 EX8216

EX2200 EX3200 EX4200

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JUNIPER’S VALUE: SIMPLIFICATION
Consolidate &
1 virtualize
security
appliances

Virtualize the
2 access layer
L2/L3 L2/L3
Switch Switch

Collapse core
3 & aggregation
layers

SSL VPN
Firewall

4 Connect data
centers
IPSec VPN
IPS
L2/L3 L2/L3
Switch Switch

5 Simplify
management
L2
Switch

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 JUNIPER’S VALUE: SIMPLIFICATION
Consolidate & Virtualize Security Appliances
1
SRX—Dynamic
services gateway

Offers high capacity L2/L3

Switch
L2/L3
Switch

Consolidate multiple
security devices
into one
SSL VPN

Simpler Firewall
IPSec VPN
IPS
SRX5800 L2/L3 L2/L3
One hop-lower Switch Switch
latency

Rapid provisioning

Lower power, cooling,

and space
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 JUNIPER’S VALUE: SIMPLIFICATION
Virtualize the Access Layer
2
EX4200/4500 with
Virtual Chassis
Reduces latency L2/L3 L2/L3
Switch Switch
across racks
Lowest in class latency
= 1.96 microseconds

Reduce uplinks

1/10th switches to
manage
SRX5800 L2/L3 L2/L3
Switch Switch
EoR chassis features
at ToR economics
Deployment flexibility
— EX4200

EoR or ToR

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 JUNIPER’S VALUE: SIMPLIFICATION
Collapse core & aggregation layers
3
EX4200/4500 with
Virtual Chassis

EX8200 with L2/L3

Switch
L2/L3
Switch
industry-leading
line rate density

Eliminates the EX8216

aggregation layer

Simplifies the SRX5800 L2/L3

Switch
L2/L3
Switch
architecture

Reduces space,
power, and cooling EX4200
requirements

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 JUNIPER’S VALUE: SIMPLIFICATION
Connect data centers
4
MX Series
MX & M Series

Powerful, reliable
routers for the edge

Powerful multicast
EX8216

For inter-data
center mobility
SRX5800

MX in the core

MPLS, VPLS extend EX4200

VLANs enabling
mobility

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 JUNIPER’S VALUE: SIMPLIFICATION – SINGLE
MANAGEMENT AND PROVISIONING
Simplify
5 Management
Simplify MX Series
JUNOS SPACE, Management
STRM, AIM
Single pane of glass

Centralized automation
Open API for 3rd-party
integration
EX8216
Support of full network
lifecycle
SRX5800

EX4200

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VIRTUAL CHASSIS AT THE ACCESS AND CORE

MX Series

10GbE

10GbE

EX8208/ • Up to 1,216 10GbE in core

EX8216
Virtual • Greater than 10,000 GbE servers
Chassis • 4:1 oversubscription

SRX5800
10GbE

10GbE
EX4200 VC EX4200/EX4500 VC EX4500

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GbE Servers 10GbE Servers

QFABRIC – Single Top of Rack fabric with FC gateway
functionality

A Network Fabric
has the….
Simplicity of a single switch Scalability of a network
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DEFINING THE IDEAL NETWORK – A FABRIC

Flat, any-to-any Single device

connectivity N=1

Attributes Network Fabric

Data Plane
• Low latency and jitter  Flat
 Any-to-any
• Lossless
• Non L2 and L3 support Control Plane
 Single device
 Shared state

A Network Fabric
has the….

Performance and Simplicity And Scalability and Resiliency

of a single switch the of a network
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QFABRIC COMPONENTS

QF/Interconnect QF/Node
 Connection to the fabric
 Ultra-fast transport

QF/Director
 Federated intelligence

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INTRODUCING QFX3500

 Sub microsecond latency

 Line rate throughput for all frames sizes on all ports
 Standards-based Layer-2, Layer-3, and I/O Convergence
 Supports feature rich implementation of IEEE DCB standards for converged networks; enabling
FCoE, iSCSI and NAS deployments
 FCoE transit and FCoE-FC gateway, interoperability with both Brocade and Cisco Fibre Channel
SANs (including support for multi-hop FCoE)
 Interoperability with major CNA vendors
 It’s Green, RoHSS, China RoHSS, Gold 80 Plus, Green Recycle, WEEE, REACH
 QFabric ready!

Flexible all-in-one switch, deploy everywhere

Source: Juniper Networks QFX3500 Switch Assessment, Network Test, February 2011
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QFX 3500 Summary

DATA CENTER ACCESS

• 1 RU high fixed configuration

• Low power consumption
• 48 10GbE ports
- 12 Ports 10GbE or 2/4/8G FC
Front View - 36 Ports 10GbE or 1Gb
• *4 x 40G fabric uplink ports
*(can also operate in 10G mode)
• All ports have L2/L3
• All ports FCoE and DCB
Rear View • Redundant AC power supply
• Front-to-back air flow

* Future
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 HIGH-PERFORMANCE ULTRA LOW LATENCY FEATURE RICH

ETHERNET LAYER-2 ACCESS CONVERGED I/O FABRIC ATTACH

Layer-2 access use case Requirements

 10GbE server access
CORE
 Copper and/or fiber cabling
 Support virtualized servers
EX82XX/
MX Series L3  Option for GbE server

QFX3500 solution
LAG LAG

QFX3500
LAG
QFX3500 QFX3500  48 (*63) ports wirespeed 10GbE
L2 w/ DCB
1G 10G 10G 10G
ACCESS  Copper DAC and SFP+ fiber
support
Servers  Sever virtualization support
NAS  Supports GbE servers (36 ports)
 Future proof 40GbE uplink
hardware

* Future
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FABRIC SOLUTION OF JUNIPER
ULTRA LOW LATENCY FEATURE RICH

QFABRIC ARCHITECTURE CONVERGED I/O

FABRIC ATTACH

EX8200 or MX Series

Qfabric, all of
the TOP of
Racks are a
single high
capacity
EX8216 Fabric!!!

SRX5800

EX4200

QFX3500

4
Pod 1 Pod 2

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JUNOS READY SOFTWARE VISION:
UNLOCK THE “POWER OF NETWORKS” THROUGH SOFTWARE
…extended by an open platform for Junos Ready Software
Across the Network

Create industry leading Drive innovation & deliver

software applications for differentiating, complementary
networking value through SW

In Network On the Client

Software

System End user device

Silicon Innovation Ecosystem

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WHAT IS JUNOS SPACE?
SOA-based platform to drive
rapid development of organic &
3rd party innovation

Highly scalable runtime

environment

Extends value of Juniper

networking infrastructure from
on-device to application layer

Enables applications that provide

users with improved network
experience and economics

Enables application ecosystem

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ENABLING NEW SERVICES & SIMPLIFYING
OPERATIONS

• Open, extensible
network application
platform
Open Access APIs

• Standards-based

Application

Application
Ethernet
Network

Security
Activate

Service
Control

Design

Design

Netcool

Partner
Insight

Partner
Virtual
Route

Now
access to network &
subscriber
intelligence Juniper Apps 3rd Party Apps

SDK / API
• Operator-centric Shared Services Plug/Play App Transparent Scale Subscriber Insight
system interface
Platform

• Infrastructure Open Device API

Automation Network Application Platform
Applications
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APPLICATION PLUG & PLUG
NEW FUNCTIONALITY IN A CLICK

App App App App App App

Hot Pluggable Apps
App

Hot Pluggable Device

Adds and Updates via
Network Activate

Security Design
Ethernet Design

Virtual Control
DMI
Route Insight

Service Now

Third Party
In service App and
Device Upgrades

Platform Schema Update Device Schema

DMI

Add
Addonon incremental
incremental
functionality
functionality &&service
service
updates
updates

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ETHERNET DESIGN
HOW IT WORKS

Helps deploy an enterprise

network as easily as
deploying a switch

HOW?

Provides Juniper best

practice configuration to
connect end hosts to
switch

Bulk provisions
configuration in one
workflow

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MORE MATERIAL
Switching Portfolio -
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/

Data Center Solutions -

http://www.juniper.net/us/en/solutions/enterprise/data-center/

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