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Cisco HyperFlex Systems HX-Series


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Mainstream Computing Scale Out

Storage Density Optimized UCS C3160 and C3260

Fourth Generation UCS

Cisco UCS: Platform for All Architectures

HyperFlex Systems

Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Converged Infrastructure

Core Data Center Edge Cloud

Single Infrastructure Management Model

UCS Mini

UCS Management UCS Director Enterprise Cloud

Suite


Cisco HyperFlex and UCS Running Non-HyperFlex Workloads In The Same UCS Domain

Cisco UCS Domain

HyperFlex Cluster

+

Non-HX UCS Systems

Fully Supported Configuration with HX 1.8 UCS Firmware Must Remain at Minimum Supported Version for HX, or Higher Useful for Running UCS General Purpose Workloads Alongside a Separate HyperFlex Cluster Within the Same UCS Domain Example: HX Cluster + C3260 Servers as a Backup Solution


Cisco HyperFlex and External Storage Connecting HyperFlex Domains To External Storage Arrays

Fully Supported Configuration with HX 1.8 and Storage Arrays on the Cisco HCL UCS Firmware Must Remain at Minimum Supported Version for HX, or Higher Useful for VM Migrations, RDMs, Backups and Other Applications Examples: VM Migrations from External Arrays RDM from FC Array for Microsoft Clustering

HyperFlex Domain

NFS, iSCSI, FC or FCoE Direct Connect or use External Switches


HX CONTROLLER

HYPERVISOR/ CONTAINER

Web App DB App Web

HX CONTROLLER


Web App DB App App

HX CONTROLLER


App App DB Web Web

EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG

EPG EPG EPG

EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG

Web Web Web App Web

EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG

Diverse Workload Deployments at Enterprise Scale

HX DATA PLATFORM

Simplified Capacity Expansion

Cisco HyperFlex with Cisco ACI

HX CONTROLLER


EPG

HX DATA PLATFORM

Web App App DB DB

EPG EPG EPG EPG EPG

EPG

HX CONTROLLER


Cisco HyperFlex Systems

Automated, Application Centric

Policy Model

Flexible Application Service Policies


Cisco HyperFlex Configurations HX240c Cluster

Capacity-heavy 3–8 Node Cluster (VSI: IT/Biz Apps, Test/Dev)

Per-Node 1x1.6TB Cache SSD up to 23x1.2TB HDDs

SD Card/120GB Back SSD (Boot/Housekeeping)

Hybrid Clusters

Compute-heavy Hybrid (Compute Bound Apps/VDI)

Up to 8 Compute Nodes Blade or Rack

B200 M4, C220 M4 or C240 M4 (Supported) Local Disk, SD Card or SAN Boot

3-8 Node HX220 or HX240 Cluster

HX220c Cluster

Smallest Footprint 3–8 Node Cluster (VDI, ROBO)

Per-Node 1x480 GB Cache SSD

6x1.2TB HDDs SD Card/120GB SSD (Boot/

Housekeeping)


Use Cases


Primary HyperFlex Use Cases

•  Agile provisioning

•  Frequent iterations

•  Instant cloning and snapshots

Test and Development

•  Low upfront costs

•  Consistent performance

•  Predictable scaling

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

•  Reduce operational complexity

•  Adaptive scaling

•  Always-on resiliency

Server Virtualization

•  Simple deployment

•  Centralized management

•  No “fly-and-fix” missions

Large Remote Branch Office


Cisco HX Data Platform Overview


Integrated Management and

Data Services

Dynamic Data Distribution

Continuous Data Optimization

Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity

Real Innovation


Hyperconverged Scale Out and Distributed File System

CONTROLLER VM HYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM

 Start With as Few as Three Nodes

 Hyperconverged Data Platform

Installs in Minutes  Add Servers, One or More at a Time

 Linearly Scale Compute, Storage

Performance, and Capacity

 Distribute and Rebalance Data Across Servers Automatically

 Retire Older Servers

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM



VM VM VM

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

Software Modules Inside a Server

 Controller VM Has Direct Access to Drives

 VAAI Plugin Offloads Snapshots and Clone Operations

 IO Visor Module Presents NFS to ESX for Distributed Storage

DATASTORE/VOLUME


VM VM VM VM VM

HDD

HDD

SDD

SDD

IO Visor

VAAI


Scale Compute

HX Data Platform

Add Nodes Scale Capacity Within Nodes

HX Data Platform

CONTROLLER HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER HYPERVISOR

IOVisor IOVisor

IOVisor IOVisor

IOVisor IOVisor

IOVisor IOVisor

VM VM VM VM

Non-HyperFlex Hosts Can Connect to

Storage with IOVisor

VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity

IOVisor

VM VM

IOVisor

VM VM


Dynamic Data Distribution •  HX Data Platform stripes data across all nodes simultaneously,

leveraging cache across all SSDs for fast writes, and HDDs for capacity, via the low-latency UCS internal network

•  Balanced space utilization: no data migration required following a VM migration, and no hotspots

Systems Built on Conventional File Systems Write Locally, Then Replicate, Creating Performance Hotspots

CONTROLLER HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER HYPERVISOR

VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

HX Data Platform

VM VM VM

CONTROLLER CONTROLLER


HYPERVISOR

…and Efficient Capacity and Network Utilization

HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR

VM VM

1 2 3

VM

DATASTORE

CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER

 Balanced Space Utilization  No Data Migration on VM Migration

 Less Stress on Network


DATASTORE DATASTORE

•  Stripe blocks of a file across servers •  Replicate one or two additional copies

to other servers •  Handle entire server or disk failures

•  Restore back to original number of copies •  Rebalance VMs and data post

replacement •  Rolling “one-click” software upgrades

Non-Disruptive Operations CONTROLLER

VM HYPERVISOR

VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

File.vmdk

D1 E1 A1 B1 C1 B2 A2 A3 C2 C3 D2 D3 E2 E3 D1 E1 B3 B3

E D C B A


Continuous Data Optimization

BEFORE

Inline Deduplication Inline Compression

No Special Hardware No Performance Impact Always On

HyperFlex Log-Structured File System Yields More Efficient Data Optimization


•  Pointer-based snapshots •  Space-efficient with no performance

penalty vs. Vmware Redo Log Snaps •  Fast creations and deletions

•  Fine-grained or coarse-grained •  VM-level or VM folder-level

•  VAAI-integrated •  Quiesced and crash-consistent

•  Use vCenter Snapshot Manager •  Policy-based schedules and

retention

Fast and Flexible Native Snapshots

All This Functionality Enabled with the HX Data Platform Filesystem


•  Pointer-Based Writeable Snapshots (Instantaneous Clones)

•  VAAI integrated

•  VM-level granularity

Native VM Clones for Rapid Provisioning

•  Batch creation GUI •  Apply unique names •  Use customization spec

to apply IP •  Powerful tool to rapidly

setup a large set of VMs using just VC (without scripting or View composer); Up to 256 clones in parallel per job

•  Golden/Base VM can be a template, powered on or powered off


•  Extends virtualization management seamlessly

•  No switching between management consoles

•  View storage alerts/alarms alongside with ESX alerts/alarms

•  Command line interface for automation

Management Built for Server Admin 100% vCenter-Based Management


HTML5 Web UI: Tech Preview

•  New Web GUI for direct management of the HX platform

•  Simple and beautiful interface using HTML5

•  Manage the HX Cluster and datastores

•  View Alarms, Events and Performance Charts

•  View VM inventory and resource pools


REST API: Tech Preview

•  New RESTful API with HTTP verbs

•  Enables configuration, monitoring, queries and management via an on-demand stateless protocol

•  Allows for external applications to interface directly with the HX management plane

•  Basis for enhanced policy driven integrations with products such as UCS Director


Backup and Replication


Veeam Backup & Replication

•  Backups and restores via a Veeam proxy VM •  CBT aware, compressed and deduped backups •  Cluster to Cluster replication for disaster recovery •  Full VM, file and item level recovery •  WAN acceleration, replica traffic encryption and throttling

Recover Time & Point Objectives

< 15 for apps and data

Fabric Interconnect

LAN/SAN frontend

Cisco UCS C240 or C3260 Backup Repository

Backup & Replication

HX Data Platform

Fabric Interconnect

LAN/SAN frontend


Commvault Software

•  Backups and restores with no agents •  End to end deduplication to reduce network traffic and space

requirement •  LiveSync and DASH Copy for replication and disaster recovery •  Full VM, file and item level recovery •  Self service vWeb console for creating VMs, snapshots and backups

Recover Time & Point Objectives

< 15 for apps and data

Fabric Interconnect

LAN/SAN frontend

Cisco UCS C240 or C3260 Media Agents

Backup & Replication

HX Data Platform

Fabric Interconnect

LAN/SAN frontend

Cisco UCS C220 CommServe

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