Advanced Services and Multicast Deployment

1. Advanced Services and Multicast Deployment Pierre Vander VorstSolutions ArchitectWWSP Carrier Ethernet

2. Agenda • Advanced Services • Lifecycle Methodology • Prepare • Plan • Design • Implement • Operate • Optimize • Conclusion

3. Advanced Services

4. Cisco Advanced Services • Using the Cisco Lifecycle Services approach, Cisco provide a broad portfolio of services that address all aspects of deploying, operating, and optimizing your network to help increase business value and return on investment • Cisco Advanced Services is a Worldwide organization, which delivers services on a Technology basis • Services can be • Reactive – Technical Support • Proactive – Network Operations Subscription • Projects - Transactional

5. Lifecycle Methodology

6. Coordinated Planning and Strategy Make Sound Financial Decisions OperationalExcellence Adapt to Changing Business Requirements AssessReadiness Can Your Network Support the Proposed System? Optimize MaintainNetworkHealth Manage, Resolve, Repair, Replace DesigntheSolution Products, Service, Support Aligned to Requirements Plan Design Implement Operate Prepare ImplementtheSolution Integrate Without Disruption or Causing Vulnerability A Lifecycle Approach to Service and Support Cisco Partner Customer

7. The Lifecycle Services approach defines the minimum set of activities needed, by technology and by network complexity, to help you successfully deploy and operate Cisco Metro Ethernet solutions and optimize performance throughout the network lifecycle. Optimize Design Plan Implement Operate Prepare Carrier Ethernet Service Lifecycle ProgramServices offering for Multicast Deployment Business Modeling Competitive Assessments Regulatory/Financial Environments Content Acquisition Network/Operational Assessment • Network Audit and Roadmap • High Level Network Design • System/sub-system specifications doc • System Security policies • Lab criteria • System test plans Operational Assessments Network health check Service Level Agreement Network Change Support Optimization Consulting Education/Training Organizational Design Service Provisioning Scripts Call Handling Scripts Subscriber Satisfaction Measurement System Service Assurance reference doc Monitoring tools reference doc Inventory/config. Management system Staging/Inventory Management Functional Design Wiring Design Component Engineering Low Level Design Document Network Maps Test plans Site Survey Material Logistics Vendor Management Site Labor and Management Commission and Test

8. Plan Prepare Metro Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramPrepare & Plan deliverables • Prepare • Requirements • Business Plan • Plan • Network Audit • High level design • Lab criteria • System test plans

9. Prepare Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramPrepare • Requirements for the Multicast Application – IPTV as an example • 200-300 SD TV, 2-3.5 Mbps each • 10-20 HD TV, 6-20 Mbps each • Few sources, usually centralized • Redundancy between sources is always required • Load-balancing between sources is not always required • Number of subscribers • Example of requirements

10. Plan Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramPlan • High Level Design

11. Plan Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramPlan • Network Audit for Multicast delivery • Provide an assessment and review the readiness of the existing IP network infrastructure for delivering Multicast Service • Advise customers in preparing the network to meet Multicast requirements without impacting existing services • Analyze the network in terms of capacity, quality of services, security, high availability, bandwidth available • Example findings • Upgrade network link capacity to accommodate projected traffic • Introduce DiffServ-based QoS to differentiate between traffic types • Ensure consistent deployment of high availability mechanism • Define subscriber density guidelines • Add redundancy to eliminate significant single points of failure

12. Implement Design Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramDesign & Implement deliverables • Design: • Low Level design • Network maps • Test plan • Implement: • Commission • Test

13. Design Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramDesign – Multiple Options • Architecture supports multiple models for delivering Multicast • Native Multicast in the global routing table • Native Multicast in a VRF/VPN • Point-to-Point Pseudowire (MPLS/L2VPN) • Multipoint Pseudowire (VPLS) • Routed Pseudowire • Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) for Layer2 access • Multicast VPN (mVPN) based on mGRE • The choice depends on criteria like customer requirements, definition of the Multicast Application, type of Video delivery, Security, Convergence Time

14. Design Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramDesign - Multicast Source Discovery Protocol Option 1 - MSDP with unique Rendez-Vous Point (Anycast RP) • Redundancy is achieved with good convergence (unicast routing is the convergence time) • Load-Sharing between the two RPs is a plus • Load-Sharing depends on topology, not on group range • Can work in sparse-mode only (no need for sparse-dense) • Can be combined with RP hierarchies • Very robust, but the RP address needs to be configured on every router • Security is part of the protocol (SA Filtering and conditional Register) • Very good option when Source redundancy needs to be achieved on a geographical based (redundancy between cities for national TV channels and not regional)

15. Design Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramDesign – Source Specific Multicast Option 2 - SSM • Very convenient for One-to-Many applications • If sources are static, SSM Mapping can be used • No need of RP engineering, no Shared Tree • Easy to maintain and configure, especially with static mapping • No packet loss due to Shared Tree to Shortest Path Tree Failover • Redundancy between sources can be achieved with Anycast IP • Very good option when Source redundancy does not need to be achieved on a geographical based (redundancy between sources in the same cities)

16. Implement Metro Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramImplement • Advanced Services can be responsible for the deployment, the implementation, and the testing of the network • Phasing approach • Staging • Implementation • Test Plan • Migration of the existing services

17. Optimize Operate Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramOperate & Optimize deliverables • Operate • Education and training • Optimize • Network Health Check

18. Prepare Plan Design Operates Operates Carrier Ethernet Services Lifecycle ProgramEngineering Documents • During the Lifecycle, Cisco Advanced Services delivers the engineering documents: • High Level Design • Network Audit • Low Level Design • Network Implementation Plan • Network Staging Plan • Network Ready For Use • Network Migration Plan • Transfer of Information

19. Carrier Ethernet ServicesTypical Customers • Reference Architecture • MPLS • BGP Free core • Layer 3 up to the Aggregation • Layer 2 with MST at the Access • One VLAN per service per Access Node • Services • L2VPN • E-LINE, E-LAN, VPLS • MPLS L3VPN • Residential Voice • Residential Video • Type of Deployment • Greenfield • Migration of an existing network into IP NGN • Country transformation • Platforms • Core: • CRS-1 4 or 8 slots • Distribution and Aggregation: • Cisco7609 with ES20 uplink and downlink • ME6524 • Catalyst4500 • Access: • Cisco3750 • ME3400 • ME6524

20. Conclusion

21. Conclusion • Cisco Advanced Services is committed to work with the partners and the customers to deploy Multicast services on the network • Cisco Advanced Services has adopted the Lifecycle of the network as methodology • Deliverables are associated to every phase • Cisco Advanced Services has proven to be able to successfully deploy large and complex infrastructure

22. Questions & Answers