4. Wired Switch
Wi-Fi Access Point
End user experience depends not only on how good the Wi-Fi is but how good you have control over wired network
Applications
Servers
7. A Typical Network Element
Every element has its own intelligence & configuration
Every vendor defines unique ways to configure the box
Mgmt Plane
Telnet, SSH, SNMP, NTP, SYSLOG, HTTP, FTP/TFTP
Control Plane
Network topology, ACLs, Forwarding & Routing, QoS, Link Management
Forwarding Plane
Link, Switching, Forwarding, Routing
Transceivers
CPU
Flash
Memory
Switching ASIC
9. 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Connectivity at the edge of an enterprise network is more than just a wired or wireless LAN infrastructure. Enterprises must chose infrastructure vendors that can integrate wired and wireless networking products
Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure Published: 13 June 2012
Gartner Publishes ONE Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
History of SDN
10. 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Martin Casado, a PhD student at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California, developed something called Ethane.
Gartner Publishes ONE Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
History of SDN
11. 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
OpenFlow Concept Originated at Stanford – work by Casado and McKeown
Gartner Publishes ONE Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
History of SDN
Martin Casado, a PhD student at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California, developed something called Ethane.
12. 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
OpenFlow Concept Originated at Stanford – work by Casado and McKeown
The term SDN coined by MIT Technology Review when Casado and McKeown’s work at Stanford was featured in the TR10 in March/April 2009
Gartner Publishes ONE Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
History of SDN
Martin Casado, a PhD student at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California, developed something called Ethane.
13. 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Gartner Publishes ONE Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
OpenFlow Concept Originated at Stanford – work by Casado and McKeown
The term SDN coined by MIT Technology Review when Casado and McKeown’s work at Stanford was featured in the TR10 in March/April 2009
History of SDN
NEC champions OpenFlow
Martin Casado, a PhD student at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California, developed something called Ethane.
14. 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Gartner Publishes ONE Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
OpenFlow Concept Originated at Stanford – work by Casado and McKeown
The term SDN coined by MIT Technology Review when Casado and McKeown’s work at Stanford was featured in the TR10 in March/April 2009
HP makes a major push in SDN Champions OpenFlow/ SDN. Over 15 million OpenFlow enabled ports
History of SDN
NEC champions OpenFlow
Martin Casado, a PhD student at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California, developed something called Ethane.
15. 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Gartner Publishes ONE Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
OpenFlow Concept Originated at Stanford – work by Casado and McKeown
The term SDN coined by MIT Technology Review when Casado and McKeown’s work at Stanford was featured in the TR10 in March/April 2009
HP makes a major push in SDN Champions OpenFlow/ SDN. Over 15 million OpenFlow enabled ports
2013: NEC as 1st OpenFlow Certified Wired company
History of SDN
NEC champions OpenFlow
Martin Casado, a PhD student at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California, developed something called Ethane.
16. 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Gartner Publishes ONE Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
OpenFlow Concept Originated at Stanford – work by Casado and McKeown
The term SDN coined by MIT Technology Review when Casado and McKeown’s work at Stanford was featured in the TR10 in March/April 2009
HP makes a major push in SDN Champions OpenFlow/ SDN. Over 15 million OpenFlow enabled ports
2013: NEC as 1st OpenFlow Certified Wired company
Meru Networks announces 1st OpenFlow Conformant WLAN Controller
History of SDN
NEC champions OpenFlow
Martin Casado, a PhD student at Stanford University in Silicon Valley, California, developed something called Ethane.
18. network element
SDN Controller
API
SDN
Devices EXPOSE API to program its forwarding plane
A software, SDN Controller makes all forwarding decisions.
SDN
Controller
Mgmt Plane
Telnet, SSH, SNMP, NTP, SYSLOG, HTTP, FTP/TFTP
Transceivers
CPU
Flash
Memory
Switching ASIC
Forwarding Plane Link, Switching, Forwarding, Routing
19. A Typical Network with SDN
SDN Controller
Holistic View
Programmable
21. SDN Wi-Fi – Enable OpenFlow
Access Point
SDN Controller
WLAN Controller
22. SDN Wi-Fi - Enables Unified Wired-Wireless
SDN
Controller
WLAN Controller
Access Point
Wired Switch
Holistic visibility of wired and wireless networks
Predictable QoS across the unified network
Diagnostic across the unified network
23. SDN Wi-Fi - Enables Vendor Agnostic
SDN Controller
WLAN Controller
Access Point
Wired Switch
24. SDN Wi-Fi - Enables Applications
WLAN Controller
Access Point
SDN Controller
Wired Switch
Network Intelligence Applications
Business Intelligence Applications
25. With SDN Wi-Fi, you achieve
Holistic visibility of wired and wireless networks
No Vendor Lock-in (mix and match)
Predictable Service Quality the unified network
Insight/Analytics across the unified network
Diagnostic/Troubleshooting across the unified network`
Unified Wired Wireless is the PROBLEM that SDN for Enterprise can solve, and can solve very well!
34. Meru Collaborator Advantages
End to end flow control across Unified Network
Single pane of glass for policy deployment
Diagnosis/Troubleshooting across the unified network