cisco ucs director

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UCS Director

Ray ColeData Center CSE – SLED [email protected]

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Session Objectives

UCS Director

Learn how UCS director can simplify and automate your internal cloud(s) and public cloud(s) into a single management portal. Key features include user self-provisioning, OS deployment, bill-back, management of VM's, storage management, servers management, and networking management all from a single interface using multiple hardware, hypervisor, and software platforms.


Agenda

• Management Challenges

• UCS Director Overview

• Integrated Solution and Infrastructure Stacks

• UCS Director & Intelligent Automation for Cloud

• UCS Director Demonstration

• Conclusion

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Data Centers Today

77%

23%

MaintainValue-Add

• VMs deployed in minutes, remainder of infrastructure stack provisioned manually

• Most spend on infrastructure deployment, monitoring, updating, and troubleshooting

• Limited time to focus on new services

• Unified automation and management shifts IT activities to new, value-add services

• Allows IT to better respond to needs of business

Source: IDC, 2011


How Did We Get Here?

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

Server Spending Mgmt. and Administration—Standalone Servers Mgmt. and Administration—Virtual Servers Power and Cooling Expense

• Source: IDC, 2011


Agenda






• Conclusion

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Cisco UCS Director Turnkey Solution

On-DemandAutomated Delivery

Policy-Driven Provisioning

Secure Cloud Container

VMsComputeNetwork Storage

UCS Director

Domain Managers

OS and Virtual

Machines

Storage

Network

Compute

Tenant

BTenant

CTenant

A

Virtualized and Bare-Metal

Compute and Hypervisor

B CA

Network and Services

VM VM BareMetal

Single Pane of Glass

End-to-End Automation and

Lifecycle Management


Manual Service Delivery

Architect Design Where Can We Put It?

Procure Install Configure Secure Is It Ready?

Manual

CapacityOn-Demand

Policy-BasedProvisioning

Built-InGovernance

Weeks Days and Hours


Challenges:

• Manual processes

• Complex handoffs between teams and domains

• Static resource allocation

Result:

• Days/weeks/months to deploy IT services

• High operational cost

• Rigid silos

• Infrastructure inefficiency and under utilization

Complex IT Processes to Deploy App Resources

Net

wo

rk A

dm

Update Trunks

Create VLANs

Configure SAN Zoning

Create UCS Service Profiles

Create Network Policies

Ser

ver

Ad

min

s

Configure Servers

Bare metal Provisioning

Setup Servers

Add VLAN to Service Profile

Create VLAN

Create Storage Resources (LUNs

and Volumes)

Sto

rag

e Add vFilers to Group

Create vFilers

Create IP space

UCS Blade Power On

Create Storage Policy

Map NetApp LUN

Add Users and Groups

IT Planning

ApprovalsDefine

Cost Models

Bu

siness

Ap

plicatio

n

Req

uirem

ents

1

23

4

5

6


Typical Manual Data Center Operations and Provisioning

Challenges:• Many groups• Many human

interfaces• Manual

steps

Result:High latency

Virtual Admins Network AdminsServer Admins Storage Admins

ApprovalsDefine Cost

Models

Setup VDC

Add Users

and Groups

IT Planning

Business Application Requirements

Configure SAN Zoning

Create UCS Service Profiles

Create Network Policies

Update Trunks

Create VLANs

Add VLAN to Service Profile

Create VLAN

Create Storage Resources (LUNs

and Volumes)

Configure Servers

Bare metal Provisioning (PXE Boot with ESXi 4.1)

Setup Servers

UCS Blade Power On

Create Storage Policy

Map NetApp LUN

Add vFilers to Group

Create vFilers

Create IP space

Send Complete Notifications

Register Host Node

Weeks


Automate Service Delivery

Architect Design Where Can We Put It?

Procure Install Configure Secure Is It Ready?

Manual

CapacityOn-Demand

Policy-BasedProvisioning

Adaptive

From Weeks to Minutes

Automated Self-ServiceProvisioning


Unified Management and Automation Aligns People, Policy, and Configuration With Business

Policies Used to Create Service

Profile SAN and Storage

2

Nexus 1000vvSwitchVI

SME

StorageSME

ServerSME

NetworkSME

Server Policy…

Storage Policy…

Network Policy…

Virtualization Policy…

Application Profiles…

Server NameUUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

SAN Zoning

Create and MAP LUN

Provision Physical and VI

3System is ready for Use

4

Server NameUUID, MAC, WWNBoot InformationLAN, SAN ConfigFirmware Policy

Storage Configuration

Virtual Infrastructure Configuration

Network Configuration

Subject Matter Experts Define Policies

1


Cisco UCS DirectorEnd-to-End Operations and Provisioning

• Single-click provisioning• Intelligent resource allocation• Automated, controlled

delivery

Result:Improved time to market

Minutes


Transform Manual to Self-Service Delivery

Self-Service

• What to offer

• How to deliver

• Who’s using what?

Manual Resource Request

Automated Resource Request

Automation delivers:

Speed

Consistency

Network

Compute

Storage

I Need Stuff


Task Library

Rapid Creation of Orchestration Workflows

• Over 1000 tasks across industry standard devices

• Drag ‘n drop creation

UCS Tasks

• Select UCS Server• Reset UCS Server• Power On UCS Server• Power Off UCS Server• Create UCS Service

Profile from Template• Create UCS Service

Profile • Select UCS Service

Profile • Modify UCS Service

Profile Boot Policy• Delete UCS Service

Profile • Associate UCS Service

Profile • Disassociate UCS

Service Profile • Create UCS Boot Policy

• Modify UCS Boot Policy LUN ID

• Clone UCS Boot Policy• Modify UCS Boot Policy

WWPN• Add VLAN• Delete UCS Boot Policy • Delete UCS VLAN• Add VLAN to Service

Profile• Add iSCSI vNIC to Service

Profile• Add vNIC to Service

Profile• Delete vNIC from Service

Profile• Create Service Profile

iSCSI Boot Policy• Modify Service Profile

Boot Policy to Boot from iSCSI


Administrator’s Dashboard

• Rapid configuration and monitoring • Customizable view • Quick status across critical components


Self-Service Infrastructure CatalogTechnical User Perspective

• Self-serve provisioning of IT infrastructure • Role-based access for technical users


Mobile Management

CloudGenie

• Request new access from mobile devices

Supported Platforms

• iPad, iPhone

• Android


UCS Director: Summary

Delivers IT efficiency to better align with business strategy

Quality: End-to-End Automation and Policies

Simplicity: Turnkey Solution Ready for Use in Hours

Business Agility: Align People, Policies and Infrastructure

Multi-Vendor Support: Bare-Meal and Virtual Infrastructure


Agenda






• Conclusion

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New Economics in Data Center

• Converged Infrastructure

Provide part of the solution

Have direct impact on OpEx

Indirect increase of CapEx

• Net Result – TCO Increases

PowerCooling

60% Cost Reduction

ApplicationPerformance

30%Faster Execution

InfrastructureCosts

30% Cost Reduction

Management and Automation Are Key


Importance of Converged Infrastructures

Value

High Business Change = Need to

Smooth Disruption to IT

Customers Gain Most Advantage

Seamless Management Integration

Across Converged, Heterogeneous and Hybrid Virtualization

Environments

Business Drivers

Faster Time to Service/Market

Increased Cost Advantage/IT

Efficiency

Greater Infrastructure and Operational Improvements

Management Is Key

Single Orchestration, Provisioning and

Monitoring is Essential

Highly Prescriptive Framework and Configuration

Templates

Source: IDC 2012, 2011


Cisco UCS Director Validated Management Solution for FlexPod

Policy Driven Provisioning

Secure Cloud Container

Self-service Delivery

Model-basedManagement

VM Manager

Storage Manager

Network Manager

Compute Manager

Cisco and NetApp Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute.

• Unified model-based management• Delivering secure multi-tenancy

Plug-insCA B

Virtualization

Compute

B CA

Network

Tenant

BTenant

CTenant

A

Storage

Single Panel- of-Glass for

End-to-End Management

and Automation

VMsvComputevNetwork StoragevFiler®


Secure Multi-Tenancy

• Consistent quality of service (QoS) at each layer

• Manage each resource pool independently

• Reduce risk and cost while boosting IT agility

• Certified with Payment Card Industry (PCI) and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) standards (for Homeland Security) and passed the International Computer Security Association (ICSA) audit

ERPHR CRM

VMware® VMware VMware

ERP HR CRM

Cisco and NetApp Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute.

Resource Pool Settings

Platinum Tenant

Gold Tenant

Silver Tenant

Reservation Reserved ReservedNo reservation

Limits Unlimited Limited Limited

Shares High Medium Low

Expandable Reservation

Enabled Disabled Disabled


Cisco UCS Director with VSPEX

• Single-click provisioning

• Single management interfacePhysical and virtual infrastructure

• Model-based orchestration

• Converged infrastructure managementSelf-service portal

Multi-tenant security

Cisco UCS

DirectorEnd-to-End

Infrastructure Management

Application

Hypervisor

X86 ServerNetwork

Storage

http://www.enterprise.mtu.edu/highschool/partners/logos/ibm-logo.jpg


Cisco UCS Director with Vblock

Cisco UCS

DirectorEnd-to-End

Infrastructure Management

Single-Click Provisioning

Single Management Interface

• Physical and Virtual Infrastructure

Model-Based Orchestration

Converged Infrastructure Management

• Self-service portal

• Multi-tenant security


Agenda






• Conclusion

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Cisco IAC

Enterprise-wide Orchestration and Automation of Services

(Infrastructure Included)

• Enterprise and SP• Private, Public and Hybrid• Cloud Brokerage• Cloud Infrastructure Discovery

• Multi-cloud, multi-hypervisor• PaaS, SaaS, VDI-aaS• Anything as a Service

Public CloudHybrid

Positioning: Cisco UCS Director and Cisco IAC

Automated Provisioning, Easily Extended

Chargeback/Showback

Virtual Data Centers

Multi-Tenancy

Cisco UCS Director

Virtual Machines

Virtual Physical


Positioning: Cisco UCS Director and IAC

End UsersIT Admins, Developers, Engineers, Architects, etc.

Technical UsersIT Operations, Infrastructure Admins, etc.

Customers may need one or both solutions based on their infrastructure, requirements and cloud maturity

Pa

rtne

r Eco

system

Cloud Service Providers

Cisco UCS DirectorInfrastructure Management

Virtual Physical

Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudHybrid CloudCloud Management


Agenda






• Conclusion

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Agenda






• Conclusion

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Cisco UCS Director Differentiators

End-to-End Functionality

• Support for both virtual and physical infrastructures

• Multi-vendor public cloud support

• Hypervisor agnostic

• Single pane of glass management, automation and orchestration

• Self-service, integrated monitoring and chargeback

• Includes task library with over 400+ tasks for easy drag and drop workflow creation

Simple and Easy to Deploy

• A single, integrated, out-of-the-box solution

• Install in the morning, provision in the afternoon

Integrated Compute Stacks

• FlexPodTM

• Vblock

• VSPEX

Flexibility

• Model-based orchestration eliminates need for scripting


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Data Center ScheduleTime Session Name

8:00 to 8:30 Arrival and registration8:30 to 9:45 Unified Computing System9:45 to 10:00 Break and visit with sponsors10:00 to 11:00 Desktop Virtualization11:00 to 12:00 Invicta Accelerated Storage12:00 to 1:00 Lunch1:00 to 2:15 Datacenter Fabric Futures2:15 to 2:30 Break, visit with sponsors, and drawings2:30 to 3:30 UCS Management Best Practices and Tools3:30 to 4:30 UCS Director4:30 Conclusion of Cisco Live Local Edition event

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