1. Avaya Networking and Sochi 2014
Dean Frohwerk
Chief Architect – Sochi 2014
#AvayaATF

2. Official Supplier of Network Equipment for Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Avaya is the Official Supplier of Network Equipment for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. This will be the third consecutive Winter Games we have supported. Started in Torino, then Vancouver 2010 and now Sochi 2014.

3. 2x sports clusters 3x athlete villages 2x Media centres
Tech-Ops centre
Sochi Olympic Winter Games will be celebrated from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
Eleven athletic venues will be built for the Sochi 2014 Games, which will be divided into two clusters—mountain and coastal. Each cluster will contain an Olympic Village. What’s unique about Sochi – especially in comparison to our experiences in Vancouver is the fact that it is a complete greenfield from a sporting, infrastructure and communications perspective. We had to lay fiber at the same time, venues and infrastructure like sewage and water systems were being put in. So it was a massive initiative which came together flawlessly.
Sochi will host the Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix from 2014 until at least 2020; and it is also one of the host cities for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
40 kilometers between coastal and mountain cluster
2x Data Centres

4. The Scale of an Olympic Games
3 Billion TV Viewers
Millions of Live Spectators
Thousands of Officials and Scorekeepers
Olympic Athletes
5.5K
Olympic Teams 80
Reporters and Media
14K
Volunteers
25K
Billions of Internet Customers
To give you an idea of the scale of an Olympic Games
We have to meet the diverse technological needs of a demanding audience, including:
80 Olympic teams
Made up of over 5 thousand of athletes
There are thousands of officials and scorekeepers
14,000 members of the press
And 25,000 volunteers
Not to mention 3 billion TV viewers
And billions more online

5. Issues the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Needed to Solve
BYOD & guest access for large numbers of mobile devices
Needing to do more with less
How to efficiently support move, adds and change requests
How to support high quality and secure converged video
How to meet very strict demands for capacity, scale, reliability and security
So in addition to the shear challenge of building the networking and communications infrastructure from scratch - when looking at how to deliver the right network for the Games there were a number of key challenges that they needed to solve which are likely similar to challenges that you experience day in and day out in your jobs running and managing networks.
We will go through each of these in detail – but quickly
How to deliver secure BYOD and guest access for large numbers of mobile users
Needing to do more within significant budget constraints
How to easily and rapidly support moves, adds and changes in a dynamic environment like the Olympic Games
How to support high quality and secure video
How to exceed growing demands for bandwidth, scale, availability and security.
Common enterprise IT challenges

6. Why Avaya? Differentiated Offer Reliability and Stability
Previous Games Experience
So why was Avaya selected to be the Official Supplier of Network Equipment for Sochi 2014:
First and foremost we had a differentiated offer. Our networking technology offers some unique characteristics that are currently unmatched by any other vender. The OCOG (or Organizing Committee) team recognized that.
We were able to demonstrate in the lab very high levels of reliability and stability. We offer a unique networking solution that recovers extremely fast within 20 ms in the event of an issue such as a fiber cut at an external venue. And prove to the OCOG team that even if these events occurred – they would be transparent to the Games and the users of the network.
Our previous Games experience was a huge asset, we understand what it takes to pull off an event such as the Games. Our glowing recommendation from the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee also contributed strongly to this.
The fact that we are an end to end supplier. They wanted a vendor that could provide a solution from a complete solution from Data Center to small venue and that consisted of networking, UC, CC and services.
We provide end-to-end communication solution
We deliver simplified network operations
Our technology ensures secure network access for all users and devices
Our solution offers reliability and stability
We can build on previous experience at the Olympic Games
End-to-End Supplier
“Avaya has a team, as well as knowledge and understanding of
what exactly is involved in an Olympic Games project.”
- Alexander Vronsky, VP of Technology, OCOG

7. The Significance of the Network at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Nortel Corporate Presentation
The Significance of the Network at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games
First Olympic Games to deploy a Virtualized Network
First Olympic Games to deploy IPTV technology
First Olympic Games to offer free WiFi to the Olympic Family
One of the largest BYOD/Guest environments in the world
There are a couple of things that are significant about the network that we are building for 2014.
It’s the first time a virtualized network has been used for an Olympic Games
It’s the first time an Olympic Games has ever deployed IPTV technology. Its always been on a separate CATV network.
This is the first Olympic Games to offer free WiFi to Olympic Family – in the past its been a charged for service.
One of the largest BYOD/Guest environments in the world
© 2004 Nortel

8. The Scale of an Olympic Games Network
Olympic Scale Network
54 Terabit capable backbone
2,000 Ethernet switches
50,000 Ethernet ports
2500 Wireless Access Points
36 HD Video Channels
1,500 IPTV screens
6,500 VoIP phones
Interconnecting
11 Competition Venues
2 Data Centers
2 Technical Operations Centers
3 Olympic Villages
2 Media Centers
2 Celebration Centers
Supporting
5,500 Olympic Athletes
Thousands of officials / score keepers
14K Media
25,000 Volunteers
200K
Similar to running three Superbowls for 17 days straight! 8

9. Building Blocks of the Olympic Games Network
Networking
VSP 9000/ 7000’s
ERS 8800’s
ERS 5000’s
ERS 4000’s
Wireless LAN 8100
Identity Engines
Communications
Avaya Aura
Contact Center Elite
9600 IP Handsets
G450 Gateways
Avaya Aura Conferencing 7
Services
Avaya Professional Services
Avaya Client Services
End-to-End Avaya Deployment – Wired, WiFi, Communications & Services 9

10. First “Fabric Enabled” Games
DATA CENTER
Dynamic Data Center
Geographically redundant virtualized Data Centers
Distributed Top of Rack for low latency v-motion
Avaya Aura for communications
VENUES
Intelligent Edge
Fabric Connect extended into each venue
Any Port Any Service
Scalable WiFi
Secure network access
NETWORK CORE
Network Virtualization
Avaya Fabric Connect (based onIEEE Shortest Path Bridging)
Builds a cloud based infrastructure
High capacity / scaling
3rd party validated 20 ms recovery rates
Mountain Media Center
Switch Clustering
Avaya
VENA
Primary Data Center
Switch Clustering
Avaya
VENA
Virtual Services Fabric
Avaya
VENA
Krasnaya Polyana
Secondary Data Center
Our design will serve the needs of every audience and meet the highest standards. We will build a private network cloud architecture with intelligent edge devices that plug into a robust core network that connects the data centers with each of the venues
Avaya’s intelligent edge technology will provide distributed routing services, Wireless LAN at the venue and Olympic Village, any port, any service access, so no matter where a user connects from – they will get access to their own secure network resources.
The network core will be designed with redundancy, deployment flexibility, and Ease of Use as primary considerations. Avaya Fabric Connect will provide the ability to efficiently provision network services with only a few mouse clicks. This will give the Olympic Committee total control, while requiring minimal management resources. It also provides the resilient foundation necessary for such a high profile event with 3rd party validated 20 millisecond recovery rates.
There will be dual Data Centers and dual Technical Operations which are geographically redundant and virtualized. To ensure fast performance for latency critical applications we will be leveraging our Distributed Top of Rack functionality which builds a high speed virtual backplane between server racks to deliver low latency switching for east west traffic in the Data Center.
Also in the Data Center will be Avaya Aura with Contact Center Elite. This will be used for UC services from each of the venues.. Including competition venues. The Contact Center will be for the IT help desk.

11. Seven Secure Virtualized Networks over a Converged Core
Celebration
Centers
Olympic Villages
IPTV Service
Games Network
Unified Communications Service
OCOG –Admin Network (IT)
WiFi Services
Media Transparent LAN Services
Secure Management
Competition venues
The network we are building for the Games consists of multiple distinct networks and applications – which all need to be isolated and separate from each other. The ability for the Avaya Fabric Connect technology to support multiple private virtualized network over a common infrastructure without any additional equipment or protocols was a huge selling feature of our technology. And something that we are uniquely suited for.
IPTV service – distributes 36 HD channels of live Olympic Coverage to each of the Olympic venues. It ensures that althletes at the Olympic village can stay connected to all the competition events and medal ceremonies. It is also useful for coaches who may not have the proper accreditation requirements to get into the specific venue to watch and analyze their athletes performances.
The Games Network – This network carries, distributes and supports approximately 200,000 critical distance, timing and scoring metrics for each of the competitions. It also support specific Olympic applications that are leveraged for each Games event such as Information Systems for commentators.
The Unified Communications Service - Provides communications services at each of the venues for athletes to leverage to call home, journalists to call back to headquarters, volunteers to leverage at help desks and for officials to use at the competition venues to call in a request for a video replay.
The Organizing Committee Network – This is the network that supports the individuals who put on the Games.
WiFi Services – This network provides free WiFi services for all of the Olympic family and media from each of the venues.
Media Transparent LAN Services – When large media firms such as Routers prepare to send their journalists to an event like the Games – they pre-order transparent LAN services which give them a dedicated connection from the main media center at the Games to whatever venues they want to connect to.
The last separate environment is a network that is dedicated just for control or management traffic. This was deemed necessary due to the mission critical nature of this environment.
Data Center
(primary)
Data Center
(secondary)
Media
Centers

12. Solving OGOC Challenges: BYOD and Guest Access
The Challenge
Zero users to 40K users in one day
No prior knowledge of device types
No ability to train users
The Solution
Scalable WiFi access
Access to right network based on who they are, what device and where located
Consistent service where ever connecting from
Let’s now get into the specific challenges that OCOG was faced with.
The first is BYOD and Guest Access. Many enterprises have been faced with the challenge of how to securely allow personal devices access to the corporate network. And how to quickly enable guests that visit your company with access to the network – without compromising security.
The Olympics faces these same challenges but on a somewhat unique scale.
Zero users to 40K users in one day when the torch is lit the day of the Opening Ceremonies.
No prior knowledge of device types. Individuals will arrive from all over the world with their devices of preference. There is no way to know in advance what they will be bringing.
No ability to train users on this network environment and how to log-in etc.
Quote at the bottom of the slide emphasizes this challenge.
The Solution:
First: enable scalable WiFi access from each venue – delivered by the Avaya WLAN 8100.
Second: Leverage Avaya IDE for secure network access. Enables fast and efficient access to the right network resources based on who they are, where they are connecting from and what device they are using. Based on the credentials they enter they will be directed to the right network resources.
Third: Deliver consistent level of service regardless if the individual is connecting from the Ski Jumping venue or the Main Media center.
“The first time we know about our users is when they plug into the network and demand outstanding service. The challenge is doing it securely and simply.”

13. Solving OCOG Issues: Supporting Converged Video
The Challenge
Distribute 36 HD video channels to 1500 IPTV screens in each venue
Support IPTV for the first time without added complexity
The Solution
Avaya Fabric Connect supports scalable and efficient multicast distribution without complexity (PIM-free)
Fast performance, rapid channel changing and higher resiliency
Secure virtual service network
With the increase of video conferencing technologies, the importance of video surveillance and the growth of video for training and knowledge share. Supporting video over a converged network is becoming more and more of a requirement. How to ensure that you have the bandwidth and quality. How to ensure video doesn’t impact other traffic on the network.
The Challenge at the Olympics
Need to distribute 36 HD video channels to 1500 screens
Always used a separate dedicated network CCTV… but more expensive and more labor intensive to support
Also concerns that IPTV is too unreliable and too complex for the Game
Solution:
PIM free multicast – more scalable, more resilient and easy to implement.
Ability to secure the traffic in its own virtualized network to independently manage and control the service.

14. Solving OCOG Challenges: Doing more with less
The Challenge
Large proportion of budget directed to venue / infrastructure construction
Need to reduce operating costs where possible
Thin IT staff (5% OGOC, 95% partners / volunteers)
The Solution
Virtualized network: Avaya Fabric Connect (enhanced Shortest Path Bridging)
Eliminates protocol overlays and hop by hop provisioning
Simple to design, deploy, operate & troubleshoot
Second challenge – very relatable – the need to do more with less.
Most of your IT budgets are likely remaining flat but that doesn’t mean the demands for service, availability, new applications aren’t growing. How to meet growing demands while staying within budget is a major challenge.
Specific Olympic challenge
Budget directed to venue / infrastructure construction. This left less money for IT in general and the need to reduce costs whereever possible.
Thin IT staff (5% OGOC, 95% partners / volunteers) – more than any other Games, the IT staff at Sochi is very thin. There is a heavy reliance on partners and volunteers to help put on the Games.
Therefore, more than any other year it was critical to have a network that would be easier to design, deploy, manage and troubleshoot to drive down OPEX and enable a smaller staff to effectively manage a complex environment.
The Solution
Virtualized network: Avaya Fabric Connect (enhanced Shortest Path Bridging) – turns network into private cloud infrastructure
Only technology on the market that can eliminate the complexity of protocol overlays. With Avaya Fabric Connect all L2, L3, routing and multicast services can be enabled with a single protocol as opposed to needing 5 or 6. This equals less complexity, less provisioning, fewer complicated design rules and faster and more effective troubleshooting.
This technology also eliminates complex and error prone hop by hop provisioning and enables the IT staff to turn up services faster and with less chance of error. Build the core once and don’t touch it.

15. Solving OCOG Challenges: Moves, Adds and Changes
Traditional Networks
Fabric Connect
The Challenge
Games is a dynamic environment
30-days prior to Games increase in move, add, change requests.
The Solution
Avaya Fabric Connect enables move, add, change requests through end point provisioning only. No changes through core.
Less waiting, less risk – change on the fly.
Moves, adds and changes can be a headache for today’s network operations teams.
Submit a change request
Wait for approvals
Coming in during off hours to implement the change - carefully reconfiguring the network service hop by hop.
With this, is the fear of the network not being configured correctly and that the changes may “break” something else.
Olympics Challenge:
With a dynamic event – need to accommodate moves, adds, and changes fast and without risk.
30-days prior to event increase in MACs: Example: media outlet wants to make a change to their dedicated service (for example, adding connectivity between the Media Center and a competition venue)
Solution:
Avaya Fabric Connect – evolve from static to dynamic network. Enact changes at the edge. Don’t touch the core. Enable changes on the fly.
Intelligent Edge (IDE) enables any service any port connectivity. Avoids pre provisioning the port and then having to change it.

16. Solving OCOG Issues: Capacity, scale, reliability and security
Challenge
Unusual traffic spikes: high profile competition events
Service scalability (large number of users/ devices)
Heavy virtualized server environment
100% uptime
Secure infrastructure
The Solution
54 Terabit capable backbone
Millions of services
Complete redundancy/ survivability from every venue
Isolate important users / applications
Enterprise environment faced with increasing need for bandwidth, always on availability and security.
Olympic Challenge:
Unusual traffic spikes: finish of a race where a hundred photographers will be lined up, and as the athletes come across the finish line they’ll have their digital cameras, and they’ll hold their fingers down on those cameras, and they’ll take ten pictures in a single second — each picture being 15 meg in size — and those photos will have to be transmitted back to their editing areas so that within minutes they can be up on the Internet.
Scalability: Need to accommodate large numbers of users and devices.
100% uptime
Secure
Solution:
54 Terabyte backbone – ability to handle traffic spikes easily
Millions of services with Fabric Connect
3rd party validated 20 ms recovery – with complete redundancy and survivability from every venue.
Ability to isolate specific users / applications. Working with technology partners to secure infrastructure end to end.

17. Avaya brings the world together
Avaya at Sochi 2014:
Avaya Networking:
Avaya brings the world together.
We’re proud to celebrate sport as a sponsor of our third Winter Olympics.
The 2014 Games in Sochi will welcome a new generation of champions to the world stage, and Avaya will guarantee their stories reach the world.

18. Thank You!

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21. Backup Slides

23. Delivering an Olympic Scale Network
The Challenge
Few IT resources
Pervasive video
Security and resiliency paramount
Multi-tenancy / traffic separation
The Solution: Avaya VENA Fabric Connect with Identity Engines
Simple: single technology, end point provisioning, changes on the fly
Integrated multicast for IPTV
Highly resilient and highly stable
Creation of secure zones
The Olympics are run by small teams of operational personnel that must have the ability to troubleshoot and restore networks quickly.
Operational simplicity is an over-riding requirement to be successful. Extending the SPBm fabric across the entire Olympic network ensures that is always ready for additions and changes to support the dynamic nature of events.
Strong multi-tenant solution to enable creation of secure zones. Separation of traffic based on users and applications.
The SOCHI 2014 Olympics will carry IPTV traffic for broadcast feeds and commercial channels across the network. The Avaya VENA Architecture is optimized for HD video and the inherent multicast abilities are ideal for the Olympic environment. This supports up to 40 IPTV HD channels and simple one touch provisioning to add additional channels, in service.
At the end of the day, Olympic networking is all about reliability and resiliency. Networks engineered for ‘Five 9s’’ uptime with sub-second failover and restoration from Avaya allows the Games to go on, always.
Assign the right users with the right devices into the right virtualized network with the right level of service “getting it right! the first time”

24. Sochi Fabric Connect Solution Overview
GAMES DC 2
Competition VENUE
BEB
BEB
Non-comp VENUE
BCB
BCB
BEB
Backbone PoPs
SPBm Core
Non-comp aggregation
BCB
BCB
BEB
ADMIN DC
Several Venue’s – Media Centers, Villages, Comp
SPB Fabric Cloud - VSP9000 & ERS8800
Switch Cluster from SPB Cloud to Access
Two Data Centers (Primary and Secondary)
Networking Products - ERS5000, 4000, WLAN 8100, Identity Engines, COM, VPFM, BCM
Fabric Connect Service – L2VSN’s, IP-Short Cuts, L3VSN’s, SPB Multi-Cast

25. Sochi Networks and L2 & L3 VSN Separation
Customer Networks
Application L3
VSNs
(VRFs)
L2 VSNs
(VLANs)
Admin
OCOG IT apps, printers,
Voice
IP Sets, GWs, CM, SM, SYSMGR, ATA’s, WFO, AAC7, CC Eite
WLAN
AP’s, Control tunnels, Controllers & Access Portals
IPTV
Set Top boxes, Video Head ends Unicast traffic/joins
Management (GRT)
Network management
Games
Game devices on Admin infrastructure
Transparent LAN
Press Agencies, Ethernet Services etc

26. SPB Core – IP Shortcuts for Network Management
GAMES DC 2
Competition VENUE
BEB
BEB
Non-Comp VENUE
BCB
BCB
BEB
Backbone PoPs
Non-comp aggregation
SPBm Core
BCB
BCB
BEB
ADMIN DC
Why IP Short-Cuts?
Network Management Isolation from Production Networks
Simple, Eliminates the need for Routing Protocols (i.e. OSPF)

27. SPB Core – L2 VSNs Why L2 VSNs?
GAMES DC 2
Competition VENUE
BEB
BEB
Non-Comp VENUE
BCB
BCB
BEB
Backbone PoPs
SPBm Core
Non-comp aggregation
BCB
BCB
Why L2 VSNs?
Extends L2 VLAN Fast & Easy Anywhere in the Cloud
L3 Routing anywhere in the Cloud or by customer
Used for
Games Network discrete Avaya HW
TLS for Press Agencies and other services
BEB
ADMIN DC

28. SPB Core – L3 VSNs Why L3 VSNs (and VRF’s)?
SPBm Core
BEB
Non-Comp VENUE
ADMIN DC
GAMES DC 2
BCB
Non-comp aggregation
Competition VENUE
Backbone PoPs
Why L3 VSNs (and VRF’s)?
Separation and Isolation of Different Customer Networks
Each L3 VSN carries its own Routing Topology
Used for Application specific Networks
Admin (IT), Voice (UC), IPTV, WLAN
Easily add additional VSNs i.e. for Games devices on Admin Network

29. SPB Core – L3VSN SPB Multicast for IPTV
GAMES DC 2
Competition VENUE
BEB
BEB
Non-Comp VENUE
BCB
BCB
BEB
Backbone PoPs
SPBm Core
Non-comp aggregation
BCB
BCB
Why SPB Multicast?
Private and Secure L3 VSN for Multicast IPTV
Simple Multicast – Auto Learning of >35 HD Multicast Streams
No Complex Multicast Protocols (i.e. PIMs) Required
IGMP joins from Set Top Boxes to Access
Built on the Reliability of ISIS
BEB
ADMIN DC
35+
Video Head End

30. Why Fabric Connect for Sochi Olympics?
Simple: Single Technology, End Point Provisioning, Changes on the Fly
Few IT Resources
Integrated & Simple Multicast Fabric Capabilities for IPTV
Pervasive Video
Highly Resilient with ISIS and Highly Scalable with MAC-in-MAC
Resiliency Paramount
Creation of Secure Zones using L2VSN’s and L3VSN’s
Secure / Multi-tenancy / Traffic Separation
SPBm Core
BEB
Non-Comp VENUE
ADMIN DC
GAMES DC 2
BCB
Non-comp aggregation
Competition VENUE
Backbone PoPs