Malcolm Orr, Senior Platform Architect presents at Light Reading's OSS in the Era of SDN and NFV event in London.

1. OSS in the Era of SDN and NFV:
Evolution vs Revolution
What we can learn from Cloud
Computing
Malcolm Orr
Senior Platform Architect
@coltymalc
12 November 2015 1

2. News in Brief
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• The PC officially died today
Cloud Computing 2010
• What is cloud Computing?
• Should you move your business into the cloud?
• 10 benefits of cloud computing
• ROI for cloud computing
• The new age of cloud computing
• The security challenges of Cloud
• The PC officially died today
SDN/NFV 2015
• The business case is king
• Basics: the differences between SDN and NFV
• The new IP
• Overcoming security challenges on a NFV deployment
• SDN & NFV : Dynamic Duo of next generation networks
Self
Service
Near real-time
Dynamic
Topology
Available through
portal and APIs
Supports value
added services
Performant

3. Not all OSS’s are equal
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• Relatively static infrastructure
• OSS focussed primarily on
resource management
• “Just enough” service
management
• Complex Design/Assign
activities
• Solution design required
• Topology resides in network
Network
IP
Access
Transport
OSS
Service
Management
Service
Activation
Resource Management
Service
Monitoring
BSS

4. • NFV and SDN components of existing/new network services
• Public cloud services
• Off-Net broadband access
• SD WAN (off-net and on-net)
• Key characteristic programmable = Dynamic
New Network Services
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4
Colt OSS
Customer
L2/L3 Packet
DWDM Optical
Network Fabric
INTERNET
L2
VNF
VNF
Virtual L3
CPE
Colt NFV/SDN Location
Colt Node
Public Cloud
On-Net
L3
CTRL
Off-Net
vCPE vFW

5. • NFV and SDN components of existing/new network services
• Public cloud services
• Off-Net broadband access
• SD WAN (off-net and on-net)
• Key characteristic programmable = Dynamic
New Network Services
5
5
Colt OSS
Customer
L2/L3 Packet
DWDM Optical
Network Fabric
INTERNET
L2
VNF
VNF
Virtual L3
CPE
Colt NFV/SDN Location
Colt Node
Public Cloud
On-Net
L3
CTRL
Off-Net
SD WAN
SDN
vCPE vFW

6. • NFV and SDN components of existing/new network services
• Public cloud services
• Off-Net broadband access
• SD WAN (off-net and on-net)
• Key characteristic programmable = Dynamic
New Network Services
6
6
Colt OSS
Customer
L2/L3 Packet
DWDM Optical
Network Fabric
INTERNET
L2
VNF
VNF
Virtual L3
CPE
Colt NFV/SDN Location
Colt Node
Public Cloud
On-Net
L3
CTRL
Off-Net
SD WAN
SDN
vCPE vFW

7. The technological impacts of SDN/NFV
7
IP
Access
Transport
Ctrl/
API
Overlay
WAN
WAN
WAN
DC
Compute
/Storage
API Support
Dynamic
Topology/
inventory
New Network
Nodes/controllers/ IT
Assets
New metrics
monitoring
endpoints
New
Skills
VNF
Service
Chain
Self Service

8. Colt
OSS
DC SDN
Controller
Evolving the OSS
Customer DWDM
Optical
Existing Element Managers
Vendor Device Manager
Public Cloud
Controller
NFV MANOWAN SDN Controllers
VIM
Colt Data CentreColt Node/CO
New
Current
L2/L3
Packet
Public Cloud
Orchestrator of Orchestrators/Integration Fabric
Workflows Inventory Topology Services
Portal
Service
Management
Inventory
ESB
Capacity
Management
SD WAN

9. What does a public cloud look like (kind of)
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Compute NetworkingStorage (Obj) Database
Portal
Catalogue
API
Storage (Block) ………
Service
Monitoring
Identity
Loose coupling
Operational
Capabilities
Operational
Capabilities
Operational
Capabilities
Operational
Capabilities
Operational
Capabilities
Operational
Capabilities

10. Network/Voice BUPlatform
It’s really a revolution
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OSS
Service
Management
Service
Activation
Resource Management
Service
Monitoring
New
API’s
Dynamic
Topology/
inventory
New
Assets
New metrics monitoring
endpoints
IT
New
Skills

11. Network/Voice BUPlatform
It’s really a revolution
11
OSS
Service
Management
Service
Activation
Resource Management
Service
Monitoring
IT
API Support
Dynamic
Topology/
inventory
Network Nodes /
controllers/ IT Assets
New metrics monitoring endpoints
New
Skills

12. Network/Voice BU
Platform
It’s really a revolution
12
OSS
Service
Management
Service
Activation
Resource Management
Service
Monitoring
IT
API Support
Dynamic
Topology/
inventory
Network Nodes /
controllers/ IT Assets
New metrics monitoring endpoints
New
Skills
Platform
NFV MANO
topology
API
Monitor
Devices
SDN controller’s
topology
API
Monitor
Devices

13. Choreography and orchestration
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Products ResourcesServices
Colt
OSS/BSS
Choreography
(dumb orchestration)
Infrastructure Domain
NFV Domain
SDN Domains
Physical Network Domains
Cross Domain
Configuration
Repository
Analytics
Central
Catalogue
Abstraction
Operational
Orchestration
Actions
Resources
Metrics
Abstraction
Service
Model
Service
Discovery
Operational
Orchestration
Actions
Resources
Metrics
Abstraction
Operational
Orchestration
Actions
Resources
Metrics
Abstraction
Operational
Orchestration
Actions
Resources
Metrics
Abstraction

14. Evolution means
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NFV/
SDN
NFV/SDN is going to just
be another casualty of
OSS integration projects
NFV/SDN based services
will lose any form of agility
or responsiveness
It will be harder to support
the hybrid IT cloud model
most of our customers will
embrace

15. Call to have a successful revolution
Call to OSS/SDN/NFV Vendors and Open Source Developers
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Make SDN/NFV products
smarter and more
focussed on the
operational management
of the service
Agree on a declarative,
common north bound
abstraction model that
allows us to simplify the
OSS/BSS integration
problem
Help us simplify the OSS
to deliver dynamic
services
Help us enhance our
services using real-time
analytics and continuous
feedback not rules or
offline analysis

16. Thankyou
For your time