Cisco Cisco Prime Network Services Controller 3.4 White Paper

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Contents

About This Paper ..................................................................................................................................................... 3

PaaS/IaaS and NaaS Recap ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Challenges of Network Automation ....................................................................................................................... 4

Cloud Network Services Appliance Types ............................................................................................................ 5

Network Services Interconnect Options ................................................................................................................ 9

The Virtual Data Center Service ........................................................................................................................... 10

The Data Model for Building a VDC Using Its Atomic Objects .......................................................................... 12

Logical Rules for Service Appliances Placement ............................................................................................... 17

End-to-End Isolation and Security ....................................................................................................................... 18

Full Redundancy in Any VDC ............................................................................................................................... 19

The Relationship Between IaaS and PaaS ........................................................................................................... 21

Lesson Learned and Key Takeaways................................................................................................................... 23