Infrastructure Interoperability in a Cloudy World: Virtual Networks

Robert GrossmanOpen Data Group &

Open Cloud Consortium

How Long Does It Take…

… To Move A Cloud App Spanning Multiple VMs Between Clouds?

… To Add A New Rack to a Cloud Service?

… To Add Another Public Cloud to A Private/Public Cloud?

We Have Several Ways of Defining Virtual Networks….

VN-Link

VLAN

VPNs

BGP

MPLSOpenFlow

Open vSwitch

vSwitchCloudSwitch

But No Vendor Neutral VN Standard That• That scales to 100,000+ VMs • Supported by multiple vendors• Spans multiple physical switches• Supports VN Mobility• Provides strong isolation of VN• Is easy for VMs to join and leave VNs• Includes management interfaces• ….

Interested? Work with the OCC

• The Open Cloud Consortium is developing an open, vendor neutral specification for Virtual Networks (VN) and testing reference implementations on the OCC Open Cloud Testbed and Intercloud Testbed.