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FlexPod Entry-level SolutionFlexPod Value, Sized Right for Smaller Workloads
FlexPod®
FlexPod®
OperationalChallenges
New BusinessPressures
EmpoweredUser
ComplexProvisioning
Realtime Information
EconomicUncertainty
CollaborativeApplications
Integrity and Availability
Asset Utilization
Energy Consumption
Data Centers Are at a Critical Juncture
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FlexPod®
Transitioning from Virtualization to Cloud
Private Cloud: behind the firewall of an enterprise, closed to public
Public Cloud: accessible via service providers for general purchase
Hybrid Cloud: private clouds linked to public clouds
Application-Based Silos
Public CloudZones ofVirtualization
Private Cloud
Storage
Servers
Apps
Network Hybrid
Workloads moving increasingly to virtualized cloud infrastructure
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FlexPod®
The FlexPod™ Data Center Platform
Cisco® UCS Unified Computing System and UCS Manager
Cisco Nexus® Family Fabric
NetApp® FASOnCommand Software Suite 10GE and FCoE
Features Standard, pre-validated, best-in-class
converged platform for virtualized and non-virtualized environments
Flexible: One platform scales up or out to fit many mixed workloads– Add applications and workload
Benefits Flexibility: Future-proof platform to meet
today’s challenges and scale for future needs
Built-in data center efficiencies: lower TCO with simplified deployments, rapid provisioning of resources
Reduce risk with pre-validated architecture with prescriptive sizing and design guides
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FlexPod®
Entry-level FlexPod Overview
Natural evolution of the FlexPod Solution
Enterprise-class FlexPod benefits Flexibility and scalability Efficiency and low TCO Risk reduction and fast time-to-deployment
Right-sized for smaller workloads Midsize and distributed enterprise Lower entry price
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FlexPod®
Optimize for Any WorkloadFlex with confidence
Base Configuration
IOPS
CPU
CapacityMemory
Data Protection and Backup
Less compute,more storage
Develop and Test More compute,
less storage
VDI
Higher performance servers, more IOPS
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FlexPod®
The FlexPod Solution Family
Consistent architecture from entry to large configurations
Scale up or down with ease
Common structure for support & management
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FlexPod®
New Entry-Level FlexPod Solution Configuration
Cisco UCS 6248Fabric Interconnect
Cisco Nexus 2232Fabric Extender
Cisco UCS C-Series Server
NetApp FAS2240 Storage
Cisco Nexus 5548 Switch
iSCSI, NFS, CIFS 10Gb E 1GbE Management
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FlexPod®
Hypervisor
Hypervisor
Hypervisor
Consolidation, Virtualization, and Optimization
Midsize enterprises and smaller workloads
Evolve from application-based silos to virtualized IT
Benefits Greater flexibility Increased agility Risk reduction Simple, scalable, standardized
Simplify the Journey to the Cloud
VirtualDesktop
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FlexPod®
Infrastructure Standardization
Distributed enterprises and smaller enterprise workloads
Migrate satellite offices to corporate standard
Benefits Reduced complexity Improved productivity Lower TCO
Drive consistency to increase business agility
Main CorporateData Center
Office 1
Office 2
Office 3
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FlexPod®
Seamlessly Scale the FlexPod Architecture
Cisco UCS C-seriesRack-mount servers
More Compute Capacity
More Storage
CapacityNetApp FAS 2240
Scale out:Additional server nodes
Scale out:Additional FAS 2240
Scale up:FAS 3200/6200
• Additional server nodes managed together using Cisco UCS Manager
• FAS 2240 scales with larger FAS systems without data migration and consistent management
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FlexPod®
Cooperative Support Model
NetApp® and Cisco
®years of team experience
providing support
Expanded and enhanced support resolution process
Focused on the most efficient method for resolving customer issues
Support available across a full spectrum of support products, new and old
More than a single-solution cooperative support model: scales and grows
Unified Support Lab
Building on Years of Cooperative Support Excellence to Create a More Efficient, Flexible, and Scalable Support Solution
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FlexPod®
Unified Support Lab
Partnership between NetApp, Cisco, and VMware Each partner invested product and support engineering expertise Ability to “mix and match” available product
components to reproduce complex customer environments
Available to each vendor’s support teams via Secure Access Portal
Hosted in NetApp Technical Support Center Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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FlexPod®
FlexPod Deployment Guide for Virtual Data Centers
Reducing Risk:Prescriptive Deployment Collateral
Cisco® Validated Design (CVD) Guides
For FlexPod (including FlexPod ES) Initial FlexPod ES validation with Microsoft
Exchange Subsequent FlexPod ES validation at regular
intervals
Deployment Guide Step-by-step instructions for repeatable high-
quality infrastructure deployment
Solutions Guide Resources and design assistance available for
wide range of environments and FlexPod configurations
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FlexPod®
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