Edge clouds are here. But what is typically missed out in current discussions is that data center networking doesn’t mix well with WAN infrastructure. Having these networks understand and talk to each other while eliminating gateways will reduce network infrastructure footprint in edge sites.
We will discuss common issues and how utilizing the Neutron's BGP-VPN API lets us address this and, in the process, make your edge cloud network be an extension of a wider VPN without any special overlays or network stitching. Additionally, it can request and receive guarantees in terms of bandwidth or latency as needed. All these are achieved not with investments in extra network equipment, but by merging the traditional CE/PE roles and providing higher port utilization and high throughput. Finally, we will also discuss how BGPVPN API's need to adapted for emerging network paradigms like Segment Routing etc.
In this presentation we will cover how current data center networking shortfalls when interconnecting with WAN infrastructure. Having these networks understand and talk to each other while eliminating gateways will reduce network infrastructure footprint in edge sites.
We will discuss how we utilized Neutron's BGP-VPN API to address this, while avoiding any special overlays or network stitching. All these are achieved not with investments in extra network equipment, but by merging the traditional CE/PE roles and providing higher port utilization and high throughput.
We will also discuss how BGPVPN API's should be evolved to emerging network paradigms like Segment Routing.
