1. 1
Customer Driven Innovation
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Dynamic L4-7 Services for Cloud Data
Centers
A10 Networks - aCloud Service Architecture
2. 2
Legacy Data Center Architecture Challenges
DDoS
SLB
QoS
WAF
Scalability and Flexibility
Low Operational Cost
On-demand Provisioning
Legacy DC Architecture Limitations
Static Infrastructure
Inflexible Design
Manual Provisioning
Cloud DC Architecture offers
3. 3
Cloud DC Needs: Any Server, Any Network, Any Time
Virtualized Shared Infrastructure
Physical Compute + L2/3 Network Infrastructure
SDN Network Fabric
Compute Network Storage
Dynamic L4-L7 Service Chaining
Cloud
Orchestration
Platform
SDN Controller
Cloud
Tenants
5. 5
aCloud Service Architecture: OpenStack Integration
Compute NetworkingStorage
Nova NeutronCinder
Openstack Cloud APIs
Horizon Dashboard
A10 ACOS Appliances
Physical, HVA and Virtual
A10
REST API
Client Application
A10
LBaaS Driver
REST API
6. 6
Driver 1
Driver 2
aCloud Service Architecture: OpenStack Integration
LBaaS Neutron
Extension
Rest API
LBaaS Neutron Advanced Service Plugin
SynchronousCore API
AsynchronousMessage Queue
LBaaS
Agent
Driver 1
A10RESTAPI
Client
Application
NOVA
(Compute)
CINDER
(Block Storage)
Neutron
REST
SWIFT
(Object Storage)
Horizon
(Dashboard)
Glance
(ImageService)
Keystone
(Authentication)
Driver 2
A10 LBaaS Driver
7. 7
aCloud Services + OpenStack: Value Proposition
Automation
Dynamic Provisioning of Application Networking Services
Drive L4-7 Service Chaining to Tenant / Workload
Operational Agility
Support Operational Needs for Automation & Agility
Support Rapid Response to Internal / External Needs
Enable New User / Customer Services ($$$)
Flexible Design
Support for Physical, HVA and virtualized form factors
Reduced TCO
Reduced Manual Change Management Tasks for IT
Enable Pay-as-You-Go IaaS Cloud DC for End Users
8. 8
aCloud Services: Flexible Form Factors for all DC Needs
Dedicated Data
Centers
Managed Hosting, SP
Cloud IaaS, SP
Common
Features &
Admin Across
Form Factors
Utility (UBM) Rent (RBM)aCloud
Services
vThunder
Virtual Appliance
Thunder Series
Application Delivery Partitions
Pay-as-You-Go Licensing
Thunder HVAvThunder
Virtual Appliance
vThunder
Virtual Appliance
aVCS - Virtual
Chassis System
Thunder Series
9. 9
DEMO: Cloud Data Center L4-L7 (ADC)
Service Orchestration using OpenStack
10. 10
DEMO: vThunder ADC Lab
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
LLM
Web ServerWeb Users Router
Cloud Orchestration Licensing Server Licensing Server
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
GLM
GSLB vThunder ADC vThunder
11. 11
DEMO: vThunder ADC Lab
Web Users Router
Cloud Orchestration
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
LLM
Licensing Server Licensing Server
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
GLM
GSLB vThunder
Web Server
ADC vThunder
12. 12
DEMO: vThunder ADC Lab
Web Users Router
Cloud Orchestration
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
LLM
Licensing Server Licensing Server
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
GLM
Web Server
GSLB vThunder
ADC vThunder
13. 13
DEMO: vThunder ADC Lab
Web Users Router
Cloud Orchestration
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
LLM
Licensing Server Licensing Server
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
GLM
Web Server
GSLB vThunder
ADC vThunder
14. 14
DEMO: vThunder ADC Lab
Web Users Router
Cloud Orchestration
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
LLM
Licensing Server Licensing Server
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
GLM
Web Server
GSLB vThunder
ADC vThunder
15. 15
DEMO: vThunder ADC Lab
Web Users Router
Cloud Orchestration
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
LLM
Licensing Server Licensing Server
aCloud
Pay-As-You-Go
GLM
Web Server
GSLB vThunder
ADC vThunder
Why the animation began from the middle tag – reason?
New product form factors and licensing models to address new IT consumption modelsHigh Performance AppliancesVirtualized & Hybrid AppliancesPay-as-You-Go Licensing SupportSDN IntegrationCloud Orchestration Integration