This document summarizes a proof of concept (PoC) that demonstrated orchestrated, virtualized SD-WAN services from multiple vendors. The PoC showed how SD-WAN services from different providers could be selected independently of hardware through a unified marketplace and portal. It used a common uCPE platform and NFV-based orchestration to automate service provisioning and lifecycle management in alignment with MEF standards. This unified approach reduces complexity and manual intervention compared to current disconnected SD-WAN solutions.

1. Orchestrated virtualized multivendor
SD-WAN services
2019 MEF 3.0 PoC showcase

2. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
Challenges in handling multiple SD-WAN solutions
SD-WAN
service 1
OSS/BSS
SD-WAN controller
SD-WAN CPE
System engineer
Vendor 1 Vendor 2 Vendor 3
Challenge 1
Appliance-based SD-WAN solutions provide
vendor locking of hardware and software
Multiple distribution channels for SD-WAN
CPEs
Challenge 2
Additional development and customization
for new solutions
Challenge 3
Different skill sets for engineers to handle
different solutions
Manual service provisioning is difficult,
time-consuming and does not scale
SD-WAN
service 2
SD-WAN
service 3
Present mode of operation:
• More than five SD-WAN offerings now in production
• Big challenges in delivery and maintenance of multiple, diverse applications

3. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
POC highlights
• Software (SD-WAN
applications) and hardware
(CPEs) separation by utilizing
white box servers
• Open NFVI uCPE operating
system COTS
whitebox
Self-
service
StandardAutomation
• Align with industry-first SD-
WAN service specification
(MEF70)
• Use of Legato & Presto API for
unified management of
multiple SD-WAN solutions
• Procurement of SD-WAN
services via an online
marketplace
• Unified operations of multiple
SD-WAN solutions in a self-
service portal
• Zero-touch provisioning of
uCPE platform & SD-WAN apps
• Lifecycle management of SD-
WAN applications
• Catalogue-driven service
orchestration

4. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
POC solution architecture
LSO LegatoLSO Legato
uCPE Mgt SD-WAN SD-WAN SD-WAN for Legacy
LSO Presto
Enterprise B Enterprise C
Legacy
Routers/Switches
MEF 70 SD-WAN Service Compliant
Self-service portal Digital marketplace
E2E service orchestration
LSO Presto
uCPE
SD-WAN/
VAS
uCPE&SD-WAN
controllers
Marketplaceand
orchestration
Validation
uCPE
Enterprise А
uCPE
SD-WAN/
VAS uCPE
LSO Presto

5. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
Netcracker service orchestration for SD-WAN
Netcracker service orchestration
Automate SD-WAN service provisioning and
lifecycle management – YANG models
Simplify multivendor SD-WAN
Simplify legacy BSS/OSS integration
Automate service ordering, configuration and
monitoring with a unified self-service portal
Netcracker self-
service portal
MEF LSO Legato
Legacy BSS/OSS
TMF APIs
SD-WAN
vendor A
SD-WAN
vendor C
SD-WAN
vendor B
MEF LSO Presto
With Netcracker service
orchestration you can:
AI driven
Open APIs
Real time
Cloud native
MEF LSO Presto

6. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
Netcracker digital experience portals to differentiate and expand
Service orchestration
NG Firewall App QoS
SD-WAN/
VNFs
UTM
Netcracker digital marketplace Netcracker self-service portal
Unified portal for all vendor offerings
• Consistent UI, abstraction layer, E2E
visibility, gives enterprises control
Digital marketplace to expand to SMB
• Select, purchase and activate
• Create service bundles with cloud
apps and IoT apps

7. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
• Networking
– Fast and light forwarding engine
– Modular datapath supports protocol extensibility
– L2 or L3 VPN over anything
– Platform security and datapath encryption
• Operations
– Zero-touch provisioning and multi-WAN
– All cloud deployment models
– Fault, performance and troubleshooting
– Upgrade management for CPE
Choice
– Largest ecosystem of VNFs
– Largest set of supported compute platforms
– Open and neutral platform – no lock-in!
ADVA Ensemble: open virtualization platform
Enabling virtualized multi-vendor SD-WAN applications
Industry leading NFV enablement platform

8. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
ADVA Ensemble: network operating system

9. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
SD-WAN service performance validation
VisionWorks controller
1
2
3
4
5
SD-WAN orchestrator spins up SD-WAN VTAs
VTA self-discovers and gets configuration from controller
SDWAN orchestrator initiates test
Controller provides test result
Test-report / birth-certificate pushed to API gateway
2
1
4
Data lake
5
Up to GigE speeds
Technician workflow
system
OSS/BSS Trouble
ticketing
SD-WAN orchestrator
API gateway
uCPE RFC-6349
Server VTAuCPE RFC-6349
Client VTA
1
3

10. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
Orchestrated virtualized multivendor SD-WAN services
MEF 3.0 topic areas
Multivendor SD-
WAN
Orchestration
automation
Assurance
automation
Digital user
experience
Multivendor
VAS
MEF 70
LSO Legato
LSO Presto
MEF 90
IETF YANG
models
ETSI NFV
SOL005

11. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
POC 102
Participating organizationsDescription of PoC
Demonstrates the next innovation in SD-WAN, which accelerates the
adoption of multi-vendor SD-WAN and value-added services
through automated operations and a new digital user experience.
Powered by a unified marketplace, self-service portal and NFV-
based uCPE platform, MEF 70 compliant SD-WAN services from
different vendors can be selected independently of the CPE
hardware and seamlessly deployed with little-to-no intervention
from the service provider or end-user. Through this new “digital user
experience”, SD-WAN services are orchestrated, activated, assured
and managed using zero touch provisioning and end-to-end service
automation in alignment with MEF’s LSO framework.
Orchestrated virtualized multivendor SD-WAN services

12. MEF 3.0 PoC showcase
PoC story
Service providers need to offer enterprise
customers their choice of SD-WAN and
VAS services from multiple vendors.
However, current SD-WAN solutions are
highly complex and time consuming to
deploy and configure, requiring manual
intervention from specialized engineers and
significant BSS/OSS customization.
Additionally, current solutions make it
difficult for enterprises to change SD-WAN
vendors in the future without “fork-lifting”
the previous solution.
1
SIGNIFICANCE
2
INSPIRATION
NTT Communications’ SD-WAN offering has more
than 5 vendors deployed in multiple continents by
different teams. The complexity of their offer
motivated them to form this PoC group to unify and
automate multiple vendor solutions (from Versa,
Silver Peak and NEC) with a single orchestration
platform from Netcracker, common uCPE platform
and management from ADVA and offer a choice of
MEF 70 services (validated by Spirent)
through an intuitive portal from Netcracker.
4
ACTION NEEDED
SD-WAN vendors need to achieve MEF 70
compliance and provide LSO Presto
enabled north bound interfaces on their
SD-WAN controllers, implementing MEF’s
Service Model (MSM) for SD-WAN.
Orchestration vendors need to provide
LSO Presto southbound interfaces and
LSO Legato northbound to BSS systems.
5
WITHOUT
THIS POC
The managed SD-WAN
services market will grow far
more slowly hampered by
fragmentation, operational
complexity and the inability
to meet the rapidly changing
needs of enterprises.
Service providers will increase their
ability to differentiate in the highly
competitive SD-WAN market by
offering their customers maximum
freedom in choosing SD-WAN
solutions anywhere in the world
through an online marketplace
whilst maximizing operations
efficiency with service lifecycle
automation.
3
NEAR FUTURE