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Bandwidth and
Management Suite
Cisco’s Transport SDN Architecture

Ian Emsley, Technical Marketing Manager

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Automate and Optimize

IP Transport
demo in the

Reinvent the Network

zone
Agenda

• The Problem
• The Solution
• The Architecture
• Use Cases
• Summary
• Q&A

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 • Manual translation from the
business intent to the
network configuration
Static Transport • Labor-intensive

Networks don’t • Not responsive to change

work anymore • Difficult to track and

maintain SLAs
• It’s getting worse: Network
slicing, virtualization, cloud

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So?
Automation
3 Innovations

Software Intent-
Defined based
Networking Networking
Delegation The What, not the How
Segment Routing & Declarative, not Procedural
Path Computation Model-driven

Closed Intent

Management
feedback loop
loop
Automation Actual

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 Benefits

Service Customer Capex Better

Agility Satisfaction & Opex Together
• Better use of • One Supplier
• New Monetizable • Responsiveness
resources
Services • Better MTTR • Bundled Offering
• Better use of
• Cisco Services
expertise

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Introducing the
Bandwidth and
Management Suite
The Bandwidth and Management Suite
EPNM WAE XTC NSO
Evolved Programmable WAN Automation XR Transport Network Services
Network Manager Engine Controller Orchestrator

Operate Optimize Adapt Deploy

XTC NSO

Network Management BW & Topology Model Driven Model Driven

Dynamic Inventory Optimization SDN Orchestration

Operate service, Traffic planning, Segment Agile Service

network & device design & Routing Path Orchestration
resources as the optimization within Computation across WAN, DC,
single point of truth the network Engine NFVI
for all operations

Working together to provide full lifecycle Bandwidth Management

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Automation
Intent Based Lifecycle
Plan & Design
(Establish the Intent)
WAE

WAE

Optimize Network Implement

(Optimize to meet
Operations (Deploy the Intent)
the Intent) Lifecycle

NSO XTC

Operate
XTC EPN-M (Maintain the Intent)
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Architecture
Functional Architecture

Oversight
Business
Business
Monitoring & Model Plan &
Process
Assurance Services Optimize

Current State

Bandwidth
& Timeline
Closed Loop
Automation

Intent
SDN-C
EPN-M NSO WAE

Discover Configure Topology &

& Monitor Telemetry
XTC

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 Integration Architecture

GUIs & NB APIs

• Loosely coupled,
modular
architecture REST REST

• REST APIs
REST WAE
EPN-M NSO
• Model-driven
NETCONF,
SNMP, CLI, etc. SNMP,
etc. XTC SR Telemetry
BGP-LS, IGP, ISIS,
OSPF, PCEP

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Use Cases
 Use Case 1: Orchestrated Network Optimization

Congestion → Manual detection →

The Problem
Manual diagnosis → Manual recovery

! Automatic Congestion notification

The Solution
 Single Optimization function
Faster MTTR
The Benefit Increased customer satisfaction

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Use Case 1: Orchestrated Network Optimization

Oversight
Business
Business
TE Tunnel
Process
Setup

A, Z, constraints
Calculate
Closed Loop

Calculate
Automation

KPIs path
path
EPN-M NSO WAE

Discover Configure
Telemetry
& Monitor Tunnel
XTC
Z
A
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Use Case 1: Orchestrated Network Optimization

Oversight
Business ! 
Business
KPI violation Redeploy
Process
alert Tunnel

A, Z, constraints
Calculate
Closed Loop

Calculate
Automation

KPIs new path

path
EPN-M NSO WAE

Discover re-configure
Telemetry
& Monitor Tunnel
XTC
Z
A
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 Use Case 2: Closed-Loop Network Optimization

The Problem Continuous network change →

Manual detection → Slow reaction time

! Automatic detection
The Solution
 Automatic correction

The Benefit The intent is always met

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Use Case 2: Closed-Loop Network Optimization
Network
Oversight
Business
Performance
Policies
Closed Loop
Automation

EPN-M NSO WAE

Telemetry
XTC
A Z

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Use Case 2: Closed-Loop Network Optimization

Oversight
Business

Detect policy violation !

Closed Loop

Re-
Automation

optimize

EPN-M NSO WAE

Telemetry
Re-configure
XTC
A Z
Congestion

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 Use Case 3: Bandwidth on Demand

The Problem Customer wants guaranteed bandwidth

for a period

Autonomous path
The Solution 
calculation

The Benefit Monetizable value-added service

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Use Case 3: Bandwidth on Demand

Oversight
Business
Business
New
Process
Service

Track Compute
Closed Loop

Service
Automation

KPIs Service 
Path Path
EPN-M NSO WAE

Discover A, Z, Topology &

& Monitor Bandwidth Telemetry
XTC

Z A

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 Use Case 4: Resilient Diverse Paths

The Problem Customer wants a service with special

constraints, e.g., resiliency

Autonomous path
The Solution 
calculation

The Benefit Monetizable value-added service

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Use Case 4: Diverse Paths

Oversight
Business
Business
New
Process
Service
Closed Loop

Service
Automation

Path
EPN-M NSO WAE

A, Z, Compute
Constraints Service Path 
XTC
B
Z A

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Summary
3 Innovations

Software Intent-
Defined based
Networking Networking

Closed
loop
Automation
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 The Bandwidth and Management Suite
• Products can be used
standalone or in EPNM WAE XTC NSO
combinations Evolved Programmable WAN Automation XR Transport Network Services
Network Manager Engine Controller Orchestrator
• Evolution, not
revolution
Operate Optimize Adapt Deploy
• Supports many service
offerings
XTC NSO
• Supports both
headless (closed-loop)
and business process-
Actual Bandwidth SDN Orchestration
driven operations
• Intent-based, model-
driven Working together to provide full lifecycle Bandwidth Management

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 Benefits

Service Customer Capex Better

Agility Satisfaction & Opex Together
• Better use of • One Supplier
• New • Responsiveness
resources
Monetizable • Better MTTR • Bundled
Services • Better use of Offering
expertise
• Cisco Services

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Automation
• Delegation
• Trust
 REINVENT THE NETWORK

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