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The Road to SDN

What we need to understand, design
and build before starting the journey

Paco Rosales – Technical Solutions Architect

Miguel G. Trejo - Solutions Integration Architect

BRKSDN-2011

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Today’s presenters
Miguel Trejo Paco Rosales
• Working with ACI since version 1.x • 5yrs in the SDN arena

• Fervent tech-early-adopter • Tech & API enthusiast

• Enthusiast biker. • Pop culture junkie

Fun fact

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Agenda

• Intro
• The Road to SDN
Learn
Evaluate
Plan & Discover
Implement & Operate
Evolve

• Final thoughts

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The Road to SDN
What is it?

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 No magic button
Add
Not a typical tools
network refresh
Deploy
Integrate controller
Update network
HW & SW
services Not a solution-centric roadmap

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A Journey …
Process focused roadmap

IMPLEMENT
PLAN &
LEARN EVALUATE & EVOLVE
DISCOVER
OPERATE

…based in true events

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Learn
 What
Why? for?
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Find the right use cases
Why SDN for my organization? What for?

Complex & fragile operations

• Manual | Multi-environment | Multi-technology …

Pressure from business units & IT ecosystem

• Finance | Marketing | Customer Experience …
• Applications | Security | Mobility …

Lack of visibility
• Performance metrics | Usage | Flows …

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Transformation is imminent
Disruptors are everywhere, today & tomorrow

Data Center WAN Access

Segmentation Bandwidth Mobility

VM
Containers IoT
Microservices

Cloud Cyber threats

Time 2 Market

UX

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What else will it do for me?
Is there something beyond networking?

Potential outcomes & results

Assess them along the road

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How do I choose the right solution?

Evaluate
 Solutions | Benefits | Conditions

Simplified operations Agility Consumption model

Visibility Predictability Platform flexibility
Improved performance Better adoption Ease of migration
Clean & updated configs Guaranteed compliance Interoperability
Integrated services IT evolution Business focused

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Expected value through time
V

Business focus
Compliance
Flexibility
Simplicity
Visibility

t
Plan Implement Operate Transform

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Lets do it!

Plan & Discover…

and keep Learning too
 Get Executive Sponsorship
Benefits go beyond the Network… and even IT

Build an Alliance
SDN is silo-breaking. Multidisciplinary/
up-to-speed team is required

Don’t re-invent the wheel

Seek help from whom has done it before

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 Understand your network
Discovery application dependencies, traffic flows,
endpoint and user behavior

Run a pilot
Start small, at a controlled environment &
flexible operation

Leverage findings
New kind of operations, additional benefits, challenges
and opportunities.

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 Dare to innovate
Deploy SDN as a growth option
for Cloud/SDN/Mobile/IoT
native services

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Identify gaps
• Define achievable goals
• Discover new security risks and opportunities
• Legacy services to be kept
• Will I still benefit from SDN if I keep them?
• Why should I keep legacy infrastructure?
• Difficult to update/migrate (code, platform, OS, QoS, compliance…)
• End of Life
• Silo-ed knowledge

• Current IT culture & processes (resistance to change)

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Build the SDN framework

• Define the silo-less model

• Cross-area operations
• Operational Level Agreements (OLAs)
• Model new consolidated projects/contracts
• New ecosystem players

• Leverage APIs & programmability

• Season with DevOps
• Guarantee support from manufacturer

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Plan the implementation
A. Greenfield
B. Rip & replace
C. SDN & legacy co-existence

Consider disruptors & new variables:

• Co-existence during implementation
• Multi DC environment
• Cloud (IaaS, SaaS)
• Mobility
• …

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Execute!

Implement &
Operate
Get a “personal trainer”
PMO brings order to the journey

Enroll a Project Manager in the implementation

• Promotes execution among from different area teams
• Leverages executive sponsorship & alliances
• Distributes communications among players & stakeholders
• Align activities with priorities according to roles & responsibilities

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Learn!
It’ll never stop

- Pilot's results may be different once on the

road. Review, tune and reset expectations.
- Leverage previous discoveries and record
each step of the implementation.
- Record road blocks, unseen challenges and
new facts to consider. (other areas may see us as
a competitive/relevance risk)

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Observe & take action
Go beyond data, let people obtain
knowledge through real-time & historical
analytics.

Validate results & expectations

• Tune implementation to provide expected or better results
• Leverage analytics to build business focused reports
• Think outside the Networking box to maximize results

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Keep thinking outside the box to…

Evolve
Confirm value through time
Real results

Business transformation
Business focus
Compliance
Trust
Adaptability
Flexibility
Business agility
Simplicity
Knowledge
Visibility

t
Plan Implement Operate Transform

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Learn – Evolve - Repeat
Go beyond the current SDN opportunity.

IMPLEMENT
PLAN &
LEARN EVALUATE & EVOLVE
DISCOVER
OPERATE

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Learn – Evolve - Repeat
Go beyond the current SDN opportunity.

EVOLVE LEARN

IMPLEMENT
EVALUATE
&
OPERATE

PLAN &
DISCOVER
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Final thoughts
• The need to transform is here, today, whether we accept it or not.
• Find the right use cases (even along the road).
• Legacy gaps will always be there (resistance to change is one of
them).
• Learning is a cycle, not a unique touch point. Capitalize on it.
• Silos will be broken, get ready for working as a team.
• There is a gold pot at the end of the road, not only for you but for
the entire organization.

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Additional resources
Services for ACI
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-
virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/at-a-glance-c45-738331.pdf
Cisco DNA Advisory Services
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/enterprise-
networks/solution-overview-c22-738468.pdf

Innovation methodologies (LEAN, Agile, Startup, Customer Journeys…)

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