Software Defined Datacenter for a Leading Infrastructure Solution Provider
Overview
Client is a USA based Software-Defined Infrastructure Solution Provider offering SoftwareDefined DC and DC interconnect services. The client had the following requirements
- Build Private Cloud Environment and Data Centre Interconnect(DCI) for data deduplication
- Implement Private Cloud enabled services for Infrastructure Orchestration, Network Orchestration, Services management, Application and Service monitoring
- Deploy programmable SDN fabric with OpenStack + OpenDaylight SDN controller for infrastructure automation
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Challenges
Failure in Data Synchronization and replication due to poor network connectivity and High Latency
Difficulty in accessing applications hosted in data centers & Public cloud by Roaming users due to lack of service orchestrationely
Solution
- Neutron-Plugins: Create network resources and post resource details to SDN-C for OpenFlow rules-based configuration & policy enforcement
- OpenStack Tacker based NFV-O and Lifecycle Management
- Management support though OVSDB protocol for OSPF, BGP, QoS, etc.
- HA Proxy implementation
- SSL support in C-Plane to secure communication b/w UI and SDN-C
- VxLAN Support on OVS, QoS per flow support with OVS-DPDK
- Customized OFDPA source code provided by Broadcom to configure Tomahawk chipset embedded in physical switches
Outcomes
- Centralised orchestration layer for managing Private and Public Cloud Infrastructure
- Rapid provisioning of End-to-End services
- Reduction in deployment cost by using open source based SDN Controller and Virtual Edge Service for Data Center Interconnect
