In this talk CPLANE NETWORKS will describe how its Multi-Site Manager (MSM) for OpenStack seamlessly orchestrates compute, storage and networking resources across globally distributed cloud computing sites. CPLANE recently announced the selection of MSM by a large global service provider to orchestrate OpenStack resources for its global cloud service. MSM provides API consolidation and correlation from Horizon and northbound business support systems and then seamlessly orchestrates OpenStack resources (including user authentication via Keystone) across multiple sites. In addition to using CPLANE’s data center networking for its OpenStack cloud center networking, our Overlay Gateway Router (OGR) provides VXLAN virtual overlay connectivity to the service provider’s wide area network and public clouds. This talk will present an architectural overview of MSM and a demonstration of multi-site OpenStack service orchestration.
Attendees will gain insight into how northbound (OSS/BSS) integration can be accomplished as well as some of the requirements for managing simultaneous orchestration of OpenStack compute, storage and networking services across multiple sites. In addition, attendees will learn how x86-based solutions can be utilized to provide high performance alternatives to ASIC-based gateway devices. These solutions will also be discussed in the context of VNF/PNF orchestration as part of an overall cloud deployment.