Automate your 4G/5G Mobile Packet Core - Session ...

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Vishesh Kansal (Software Architect)Sunil Panda (Software Architect)

BRKSPM-2014

Automate your 4G/5G Mobile Packet Core

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Agenda

1. Service Providers Challenges

2. Automation Frameworks/Tools

3. Automation in 4G/5G Mobility Packet Core

4. Automated Mobility Use Cases

5. Solution Demo

6. Upcoming Use Cases

7. Business Outcomes

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Service Providers Challenges


Service Providers Challenges

Complexity Quality Economics

• Increasing number of complex technologies

• Increasing scale

• Skills shortage

• Faster time to market

• Differentiationdemand

• Security focus

• Reduce OPEX

• Reduce human errors

• Account ROI of technology investment with business outcomes

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Manual Operations

OpEX spent on network changes and troubleshooting

Policy violations due to human error

Network changes performed manually

Lack of visibilityCostly errorsResource depletion

70% 75%95%

Source: McKinsey study conducted for Cisco in 2016

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Vision

Operational Expenditure

Less Manual Work

Fewer Errors

Time to Revenue

Shorter Lead Times

New Service Offers

Customer Experience

Service Quality

Scheduled Services

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Automation in 4G/5G Mobility Packet Core


Mobility Orchestration Needs - Categories

Service Configuration

InfrastructureConfiguration

OperationalManagement

VNFsManagement

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Mobility Orchestration Needs - Specifics

Day 1 Configuration Deployment – e.g. ECS, APN, Context Day 2 Configuration Management – e.g. APNs, PCRF/PCEF Rules New Service Deployment(iCUPS feature)

VNFsManagement

Day 0 Configuration (Base Templates) for Mobility Nodes – e.g. SGSN, MME, GGSN, SGW, PGW, PCRF Configs for RAN Cell Site routers Configs for Data Centers

InfrastructureConfiguration

MOPs (Processes) Automation Software Upgrades/Patch Updates Pre & Post Checks KPI Monitoring Compliance Management/Audit

Service Configuration

VNFs instantiation & configuration VNFs shutdown & de-provisioning Elasticity, Availability & Redundancy NFVI Infrastructure provisioning

OperationalManagement

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Automation Frameworks


Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)

Cisco’s Architecture for Lifecycle Service Automation and Orchestration

Third-Party Applications Network Engineers

Multi-Vendor Network Element Drivers

Device Manager

Service Manager

Physical Networks Virtual Networks Network Apps

Full Service Lifecycle Management

Model Driven

Real Time Services

Multi Vendor Multi Service Type Support

Rich Set ofNetwork APIs

Third-Party Applications

NSO

VNFM Controller apps EMS and NMS

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Elastic Services Controller (ESC)

VNF lifecycle management (Create, Read, Delete)

Agentless VNF management (Any Vendor, Any Application, Any VNF)

VNF Day0 configurations

VM and Service monitoring

VNF Auto-healing, recovery

Service elasticity

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Ansible

“Ansible” – Fictional term used to refer to a faster-thank-light communication device

Open-source software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment tool

Automation by running playbooks

Declarative language – yaml

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Advantages of NSO

Service Modeling

Service life-cycle management (CRUD)

Atomic transactions

Fastmap

Sync-from / Sync-to between devices and CDB

Auto / Partial rollback in case of failure

Commit-queues for faster response times

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Automation in Full Stack 4G Mobility Solution

Compute, Network, Storage, Hardware (Cisco UCS Servers)

VIM (OpenStack)

VNFs(CF & SF VMs)

StarOS Application(vSGW, vPGW, vEPDG)

NSO

ESC

Ansible

Automation Framework/ToolsVirtualized Architecture Appliance

VNFs(PCRF)

Linux

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Automation in Full Stack 5G Mobility Solution

Compute, Network, Storage, Hardware (Cisco UCS Servers)

VIM (OpenStack)

K8s ClusterLinux VMs K8s Nodes

UPF Application

NSO

ESC

Ansible

Automation Framework/ToolsVirtualized Architecture Appliance

K8s ClusterLinux VMs K8s Nodes

Cloud NativePCF

Application

StarOSVNFs

Cloud NativeSMF

Application

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Automated Mobility Use Cases


Use Cases

1 2

3

4 5

START

CONTINUE..

Day 1

Config

OS Upgrade/Patch

Update

Config

Compliance

Audit

KPI Monitoring

Config Management

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NSO Packages Addressing Use Cases

Service ManagerNSO

REST APIs

Network View

Northbound Portal

Physical Networks (ASR5500)

Network Element Drivers (NEDs)

Virtual Networks (VNFs)

Device Manager

Day1 Config KPI Monitoring

Config Audit Management Config Management

NSOPackages

OS Upgrade

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#1-Day1 Config

ARG2

Spine1 Spine2

ARG1

Leaf1 Leaf2 Leaf3 Leaf4

Cloud Native

VNF OSC

eBGP eBGP

Border

Spines

Cloud Native

VNF OSC

VXLAN

with BGP

EVPN

• Voice and data gateway configuration along with ECS and apn

configuration

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#2-KPI Monitoring

Request for

KPI

Execution

Generate report based on threshold

NSO execute commands at

T0

1

2

3

NSO execute commands at T5

4

Calculate based on formula

5

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#3-OS Upgrade including Patch Update

Validation

Pre Check

Execute workflow

Post check

• Business logic validation

• User can define pre verification steps • Stop or continue upgrade based on

result

• Depends on platform and OS version, user can define the steps to upgrade

• After upgrade ,user can perform post-check

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Physical Appliance

Pre-check• User defined steps

• Stop/continue

• In-built steps

• Move/skip some steps

Validation• Version management

• Input validation

Execution• In built pre-defined steps

• User defined steps based on platform and OS

• Copy image by sftp or tftp

• Push Config MOP

Post Check• User defined steps

• Reports on OS upgrade and health of devices

OS Upgrade for ASR5500

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Virtual Appliance

Pre-check• User defined steps

• Stop/continue

• In-built steps

• Move/skip some steps

Validation• Version management

• Input validation

Execution• In-built steps

• User defined steps based on platform and OS

• Bin Upgrade

• Openstack environment health check by Ansible

• Copy image to Glance

Post Check• User defined steps

• Reports on OS upgrade and health of device

OS (Bin) Upgrade for VNF(s)

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Physical Appliance

Pre-check• User defined steps.

• Stop/continue.

• In-built steps.

• Move/skip some steps.

Validation• Version management.

• Input validation.

Execution• User defined steps based

on platform and OS.

• Copy plugin file by tftp or sftp.

• Update plugin

• Verify new plugin update status

Post Check• User defined steps.

• Reports on OS upgrade and health of device.

ADC Plugin/Patch update

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#4-Config Compliance Audit

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ExclusionComparison

InclusionGenerate

Report

Compliance Audit

Compare of full or partial configuration(ECS, APN, Context etc.)

Exclude the configuration(Node specific data, encrypted data etc.)

Include the node specific attributes

Generate reports(Summary report & executable MOPs for diff)

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#5-Configuration Management

Configuration

Dry-run and Rollback

Apply configuration

Get the configuration (MOP) to apply to device or group of devices

Generate dry-run and rollback file

Apply the configuration

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Before After

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Demo Time…

Business outcome


Automation needs to be approached as a journey of discovery

Intangible Benefits

Tangible Benefits

Other Benefits

LegacyServices &Infrastructure

VirtualizedServices &Infrastructure

Operational Efficiency Cost Savings Agility

Automation Journey……

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Automation Business Benefits - Breakdown

Use Case Time Saving (Per Node)In Hours

Resource Saving (Per MW)In Numbers

AccuracyIn Percentage (%)

Before After Before After Before After

Day 1 Config 8 4 3 1 50 99

OS/BIN Upgrade 6 3 10 2 80 99

Config Compliance Audit

5 1 4 1 70 99

Config MOP Automation

5 1 1 1 70 99

ADC Plugin Update

1.5 1 3 1 80 99

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Automation Business Benefits – Summary

60%Time Saving

72%Man-Hours available to address other pending

activities Saving

99%Accuracy in

automated operations

74%Efficiency in network

operations

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What Next ?


Upcoming Mobility use cases

• 4G CUPS & 5G Automation

• (Upgrade & Config Management of SMF/UPF/PCF)

• UltraM Components upgrade

• (UEM, ESC, AutoVNF)

• vPCRF Automation

• (Deployment, Upgrade, Config Management, Compliance Audit)

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BRKSPM-2032 Tuesday, June 11, 2019 08:00 AM Defining Your 5G Architecture Breakout

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BRKSPM-2071 Tuesday, June 11, 2019 01:00 PM 5G Technology Updates Breakout


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BRKSPM-2031 Thursday, June 13, 2019 01:00 PM Bring 5G core network slices into life with automation Breakout


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