Software Defined Networks (SDN) & Linux Based Network OS (#20)

Thank you Midokura (http://midokura.com) & Cumulus Networks (http://cumulusnetworks.com) for sponsoring this event and the group.

Agenda:

• 6:30 - 7:00 - Meet, greet, eat & drink

• 7:00 - 7:10 - Introductions and Announcements

• Topic 1) I Can Haz Moar Networks?

• Topic 2) Open Networking Infrastructure to enable your OpenStack Environments

Topic 1) I Can Haz Moar Networks?

Speaker: Tim Fall, OpenStack Person of Infamy & occasional Cloud Architect @Midokura (http://twitter.com/midokura)

Abstract:

If you’re going to virtualize your machines, why not virtualize the networks (Software Defined Network) that connect them together? Because how your users connect their virtual machines to the outside (and each other) is just as important, if not more, than the virtual machines themselves. In this talk we’ll go over a new model for tenant controllable networking that lets cloud operators give their users the ability to customize and control their networks, in the same way they do for compute power, storage, etc. We’ll also go over some use cases directly applicable to different cloud infrastructure.

We’ll also do a live demo of how networks can change on a programmatic time scale to accommodate even the most absurd needs. Plug your ears, we’re going to blow your mind.

Topic 2) Open Networking Infrastructure to enable your OpenStack Environments

Speaker: Nolan Leake (@NolanCumulus (http://twitter.com/NolanCumulus)), CTO and Co-founder, Cumulus Networks (@CumulusNetworks (http://twitter.com/NolanCumulus))

Abstract:

For modern data center architectures, the ecosystem is more important than ever, enabling innovation at a much faster pace, such as integration with Network virtualization overlays like @Midokura. Cumulus Networks is extending open networking concepts to the OpenStack community so that users can apply the same design principles of storage and compute to the networking world for reliable and scalable cloud environments. Watch our co-founder/CTO in action who has been a regular speaker at the OpenStack summits provide you guidelines on understanding OpenStack implementation and reference designs with Overlays for Networking.