4th SG13 Regional Workshop for Africa on
“Future Networks for a better Africa: IMT-2020,
Trust, Cloud Computing and Big Data”
(Accra, Ghana, 14-15 March 2016)
Cloud Manager Approach
ABDALLAH AJLANI Ph.D
Principal Consultant, ERICSSON
Email : abdallah.ajlani@ericsson.com
Byline
Change Drivers
voices from the industry
Innovation
“Providing cloud services to enterprise”
Kris Rinne, Senior VP of Technology, AT&T
Speed
“Bring products to market much quicker”
Mike Wright, Executive Director, Telstra
Efficiency
“Radically simplified network”
Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, CTO DT
Cloud Computing
Definition
Cloud computing is Paradigm for enabling network access to a
scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources
with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand.
Source: ISO/IEC 17788 | Recommendation ITU-T Y.3500
“Information technology - Cloud computing - Overview and
vocabulary”
SDN, Cloud and NFV
Management & Orchestration
Cross Domain Control, Orchestration & Management
NFV
CLOUD
SDN
Virtualiz
e
Scale
Control
Operator cloud transformation
tracks
Operator Telecom
Cloud
Telecom Network
Transformation
Operator IT
Cloud
Execute IT
Transformation
Operator
Commercial Cloud
Launch Enterprise
Offerings
Converged Cloud solutions
Network
Function
Virtualization
Cloud IaaS
Private IT
Languages
•
Perl
•
Python
•
Java,…
Cloud Compute
Cloud Storage
•
•
Operating
Systems
Hypervisors
vSwitch
•
•
Block
Storage
Object
Storage
Image
Storage
Networking/SDN
•
•
•
Multi tier NW
L2inL3
tunneling
LBaaS,FWaaS
HW
Server
Storage
Databases
Big Data
•
MySQL
Analytics
•
MongoDB
•
noSQL,…
NW
Datacenter deployments (Inter/intra-DC, POD)
Cloud Management
•
•
Initial Focus
Cloud PaaS
Commercial
Cloud
Cloud System Architecture
CLOUD MANAGEMENT (ECM)
STORAGE APPLICATIONS
(ERICSSON & 3PP)
NETWORK APPLICATIONS
(ERICSSON & 3PP)
COMPUTE APPLICATIONS
(ERICSSON & 3PP)
SECURITY & IDENTITY
PLATFORM AS A SERVICE
INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (CEE)
HARDWARE & DATA CENTER
Paradigm shift
Native solution
Certification
Validation
Horizontal System Integration
incl. Assurance
(Vertical)
100%
100%
Test Coverage
Test Coverage
vApp
Critical Tests
for Combi
System Integration
Critical Tests
for Combi
vApp
App
(e.g MTAS)
App
(e.g: CSCF)
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Application
ECS
Hardware
3PP
Cloud System.
E///-Partner
Hardware
ECS
3PP
HW.
Vertical SI
separate activity
100%
100%
Guaranteed
and repeatable
Guaranteed
and repeatable
Functionality guaranteed
for known issues
ECM
Existing
Backend

Working end-user service

Traditional SI, always needed
Cloud BUILD main services
Consultancy
• for consistent requirements definition, assessment, TO-BE architecture, product
selection, process transformation, organizational impact
Infrastructure
transformation execution
• including architecture definition, infrastructure transformation, deployment and
validation tests
Application migration
Application
transformation
Operation transformation
Full service fulfillment
• including waves definition, temporary infrastructure setup, ecosystem
management with dependencies, program management for the impacted projects
• including assessment, feasibility with code inspection, development, test and
validation, acceptance
• including processes analysis and definition, change management, organizational
changes, service performance definition
• including Program management, governance, Sla management, Qos/QoE, E2E
monitoring e metering
Cloud Execution Environment
› Resource Allocation &
Optimization
› Resource Isolation
› Mirantis OpenStack based
› Carrier Grade
Security
› Storage
Application Domain OSS
– EMC VNX plugins
– Multiple backends
NFV Applications
Enterprise Applications
Cloud Manager
NOVA API
› Networking
PLUGINPLUGIN
– OVS & Extreme plugins
NETWORK
› Real Time
Response
– Interrupt servicing
– OVS latency
Linux
COMPUTE
Glance
API
OS STORAGE
FRAMEWORK
PLUGIN
KEYSTONE
API
OS SECURITY
FRAMEWORK
PLUGIN PLUGIN
STORAGE
Ceilometer
OS NETWORKOS COMPUTE
FRAMEWORK FRAMEWORK
CINDER
API
PLUGIN
Support functions
NEUTRON
API
IDAM
– Multi-tenancy with end-to-end
isolation
› Software
Management and
Upgrade Support
– Hitless & automated upgrades
– Roll-back
› Backup and
Restore
– Automatic backup
– Recovery incl. consistency audit
and conflict resolution
› High Availability
– No single point of failure
– Mitigation of systematic failures
– Fault monitoring and heath
check
› Audit and Trouble
Shooting
– Audit log, monitor and
troubleshoot
› Assurance:
CLOUD UNIT scope
EXISTIG OSS / BSS
vEPC
Other E///
VNF
VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
VIM
SDN CTRL
Switch / OFS
SECURITY, ADUIT & COMPLIANCE
vIMS
VNF
Manager
PERFORMANCE (General & Platform
Orchestrator
TCO
VNFM
Specific)
BUSINESS PROC. / OSS BSS IMPACT / SI
EMS (FCAPS)
ECM: AUTOMATISATION in
cloud
Besoin d’un
Besoin d’une nouvelle
Lancement du
nouveau service
plateforme pour ce service
nouveau service
Choix de la plateforme
Creation de la
Dans le catalogue
plateform,e en temps reel
Enterprise,
VAs, SI &
Vertical Apps
External
Busines
s Logic
Opera
tor
Servic
es
Ericsson
Cloud
Manager
Applicati
on
Providers
Ericsson
Cloud
Manager
Network
Management
•
Manages and orchestrates computing,
storage, network and applications
across data centers and tenants
•
Handles quality of services
•
Dynamic, model-based service
definition and provisioning
•
Enforces end-to-end policies
•
Open, hardware- and virtualizationindependent
•
Built upon proven Telecom OSS
software
Internet
Data
Centers
Virtual
Network
Appliances
Networks
Data
Center
Networks
Architecture logique
Governance & Access Layer
Vue Console
Ericsson Cloud
Manager
Intelligent Automation Layer
Vue Console
OpenStack
Resource Layer
Ericsson Cloud Manager
Network Function Virtualization and
Software-Defined Networking
› SDN provides connectivity
for NFV
– Flexible
– Programmable
› NFV needs SDN for
– Service Chaining
– VNF placement decisions in
a distributed cloud (based
on network conditions and
resources)
– Network provisioning
– WAN control and
management
Virtualized
Network Functions
Virtual Machines
VM1
VM2
…
VMx
Hardware Virtualization
Compute, Storage,
Networking
Connectivity
Software defined networking
Virtual
Networks
Multi-Layer
Transport
SDN Controller
Services
Chaining
functional capabilities
Service creation
• Intelligent steering
• Dynamic offload
• Subscriber personalization
MS
P
DPI Transpa
rent
Caching
vHG vEG
W
W
Telco Cloud enabler
• Network automation
• Scaling & load sharing
• WAN VPN interconnect
vPE
vEP
G
vBN
G
Cost & Efficiency
•
•
•
•
Service abstraction
VPN automation
Application aware TE
ML optimization
Control
Forward
Forward
Switch
XC
Route
r
OF
Switch
ROADM
Transpon
der
The solution
SDN-Based service chaining Firewall/AV
OSS
PCRF
DPI
Cloud
Man
BBSC
SDNC
BNG/
PGW
Personalization
Faster Time to Market
Lower OPEX
Lower CAPEX
Multi tenancy
Parental
Control
TCP/HTTP
optimization
DPI, Charging
&analytics
OFS
OFS
CDN & TIC
Media
compressio
n
IPv44,
IPv64
Advertisi
NAT
ng,
profiling,
…
OFS
Granular traffic steering (subscriber/application/destinationbased)
Introduce new functions in hours/days, not weeks/months
Automated operations, verification & troubleshooting
VAS dimensioned just for the subscribers/traffic that needs
it
Virtualization and slicing (MVNO’s, VPN’s)
Virtual Enterprise Gateway
architecture
Portal
Service Catalog and
Order Management
Cloud/VNF Orchestration
Ericsson
Service Innovation
Framework Catalog – &
Ericsson Cloud Manager
PCRF
•
•
•
•
•
L3VPN
Mobile
Leaseline
SoHo
Etc...
VNF Manager
VNF
/Net
wor
k
Serv
ice
Cat
alog
VNF/Infrastructure
Activation
VNF/Network
Service Catalog
Enterprise Self-Care
Portal
ENM
Cloud
Network
Controller
e2e Order
Management
Config
Mgmt DB
Broadband
Services
Controller
Ericsson SDN
Controller
Office
Applics
Connectiv
ity
Internet
Access
NAT
DHCP
Secur
ity
GW
Firewall
On-line
storage
Operator Commercial Cloud
Infrastructure
Finance
Apps
Comm.
Services
IT
Apps
Partner Cloud
Services
ALL TOGETHER…
Virtual Enterprise CPE/GW with dynamic transport setup
Subscription &
Policy
Enterprise
Portal
Instantiation &
configuration
Service Orchestration (ECM)
Location
Performance
Connectivity
optimizer
monitoringmonitoring
Self-Care
Admin
Portal
MLWC
UP Application QoS & Flow steering
corp
.A
M2M
Mobile
Efficient, ondemand, cross
domain
bandwidth
reservation
WIFI
Small Cell
Service composition
Automated and
optimized
DPI/ChargSecurity URL
application
control
VPN
vGW
Mobile BB
VPN
Leased
line
VPN
vPE
Residentia
l CPE
DC SDN
Infrastructure
corp. B
VPN
SDN
Switch1/VR
vPE
Fixed
corp.
B
Automated
VPN
connectivity
DC to WAN
w/QoS
Transport CapacityDC VPN
connecti
vity
vGW
Fixed
Resource Orchestration (Openstack)
corp. A
Simplified home
GW
reduce truck
rolls
Service agility
BBSC
CNC