RackN Physical Layer Automation Innovation
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RackN, co-founded by Rob Hirschfeld, focuses on physical underlay automation for data centers, innovating infrastructure to optimize operations across thousands of sites. The platform aims to streamline self-managed software lifecycle with a versatile, cloud-native approach by leveraging both new and legacy protocols. This solution addresses the inefficiencies of traditional operations, reducing costs related to manual updates and network configuration, particularly in edge environments.
RackN Physical Layer Automation Innovation
- 1. Physical Underlay Automation Rob Hirschfeld Co-founder, CEO [email protected]
- 2. is Data Center Plumbing Physical Underlay Automation
- 4. RackN redesigned data center automation from the Bare Metal up
- 5. Networking ZTP, DHCP, IPv4 / IPv6 ... RackN
- 6. Networking Compute ZTP, DHCP, IPv4 / IPv6 ... Intel/AMD, ARM, IPMI ... RackN
- 7. Storage Networking Compute RAID, SCSI, Arrays .... ZTP, DHCP, IPv4 / IPv6 ... Intel/AMD, ARM, IPMI ... RackN
- 8. Storage Networking Compute Firmware BIOS, Redfish, GPUs ... RAID, SCSI, Arrays .... ZTP, DHCP, IPv4 / IPv6 ... Intel/AMD, ARM, IPMI ... RackN
- 9. Storage Networking Compute Firmware Operating Systems Linux, Windows, MacOS, ESXi, CoreOS ... BIOS, Redfish, GPUs ... RAID, SCSI, Arrays .... ZTP, DHCP, IPv4 / IPv6 ... Intel/AMD, ARM, IPMI ... RackN
- 10. RackN Storage Networking Compute Firmware Operating Systems Platforms Kubernetes, OpenStack … Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Salt ... Linux, Windows, MacOS, ESXi, CoreOS ... BIOS, Redfish, GPUs ... RAID, SCSI, Arrays .... ZTP, DHCP, IPv4 / IPv6 ... Intel/AMD, ARM, IPMI ...
- 11. Infrastructure Innovation Automates before virtualization Without specialized hardware Using new and legacy protocols
- 12. NOT A SaaS or MSP! Full Life-Cycle Automation Self-Managed Software Delivered On Premises
- 13. Shipping to Enterprises And Built for Edge
- 14. Edge = 1,000s of sites Current DC Ops tools are built for 10s of sites 10
- 15. Edge = 1,000s of sites 100
- 16. Edge = 1,000s of sites 1,000
- 17. Why is that important? Because operations is the bottleneck for scaling
- 18. Why is that important? Manual ops & truck rolls cost $1000s per site
- 19. 1,000 Sites x $1,000/update $1,000,000 per update
- 21. 1. Fix Root Causes
- 22. 1. Fix Root Causes 2. Enable Reuse
- 23. 1. Fix Root Causes 2. Enable Reuse 3. Assumed Heterogenous
- 24. 1. Fix Root Causes 2. Enable Reuse 3. Assumed Heterogenous 4. Integrated Workflow
- 25. Integrated Workflow Is Critical Firmware O/S Provision Credentials Routing & SDN Cluster Building CMDB Inventory Application DeployNetwork Switch ZTP SoR Compute Compute SoR Network Platform Platform
- 26. Edge Data Center RackN ● Tiny self-contained footprint ● Single multi-platform Golang binary ● REST API & Event Driven ● Autonomous & “Air gap” capable ● Fast to learn & Simple to manage Cloud Native Infrastructure
- 31. Edge Data Center Plugins Machine Agents Provisioning Protocols RackN BMC BMC BMC Core EDC R EDC R EDC R EDC R Management Core Local, Regional or Global Coordinate and Synchronize Centralized Management
- 32. Edge Data Center Plugins Machine Agents Provisioning Protocols Core RackN Content Library EDC R EDC R EDC R EDC R CI/CD Images Security
- 33. Core Edge Data Center Plugins Machine Agents Provisioning Protocols RackN Content Library REST API EDC R EDC R EDC R EDC R CI/CD Images Security Mgmt Logging Portal
- 34. Edge Data Center Plugins Machine Agents Provisioning Protocols Core RackN CMDB DCIM IPAM CI/CD Images Security Mgmt Logging Portal Integration Plugins Content Library REST API EDC R EDC R EDC R EDC R
- 35. Delivering 10x ROIs Shipping On-Premises Product Typically via Self-Service Trials https://portal.rackn.io Banks, ISVs, Gaming, Service Providers & Telcos Available direct and looking for SPs & SIs
- 36. Building Edge Foundations We design for Edge data centers Actively building integrated capabilities Not going solo: we are looking for partners