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Citrix – Cisco DC Tech Days ACI

Manfred Pfeifer

Systems Engineer Networking

Manfred. [email protected]

Citrix 2014

© 2014 Citrix. Confidential. 2

Agenda

Citrix – Cisco partnership

Citrix NetScaler – application delivery controller

NetScaler integration with Cisco Nexus switches

Cisco application centric infrastructure and NetScaler

NetScaler highlights

Resources for further information


By the Numbers


Cisco and Citrix work together to enable SDN

and data center transformation


BEST-IN-CLASS SOLUTIONS SIMPLIFIED OPERATIONS BRILLIANT EXPERIENCE


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Visibility Security Acceleration Availability

NetScaler Is the Universal Front-End for today’s datacenters

Desktops

Data

BYO

Mobility

Corporate Apps

SaaS Apps


Sold and

supported by

Cisco

Nexus 7000

RISE

Integration

Nexus 1000v

vPath

Integration

Nexus 9000

ACI

Integration

Nexus 1000V Integration via

vPath


Nexus 1000V • Distributed switch

• NX-OS consistency

VSG • VM-level controls

• Zone-based FW

ASA 1000V • Edge firewall, VPN

• Protocol Inspection

vWAAS • WAN optimization

• Application traffic

WAN Router Servers

Tenant A ASA 1000V Cloud

Firewall

Nexus 1000V Physical Infrastructure

Virtualized/Cloud Data Center

vWAAS

Cisco Virtual Security Gateway

6000+ Customers

CSR 1000V (Cloud Router)

• WAN L3 gateway

• Routing and VPN

Switches

NetScaler 1000V

Cloud Services Router 1000V

Zone A

Zone B

vPath VXLAN

Multi-Hypervisor (VMware, Microsoft*, RedHat*, Citrix*)

NetScaler 1000V

• Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller

• Citrix NetScaler Web App. Firewall

NetScaler is the ADC for Nexus 1000V Virtual Networking


vPath Service Chaining Benefits

You define which L4-7 Virtual Services through policy, NOT network topology

Dynamic Service chains enabled per VM/Application/Tenant


Citrix NetScaler 1000V

• NetScaler VPX available as Cisco software

• Sold and supported by Cisco

• SSLVPN (NetScaler GW), CloudBridge not included

• Citrix NetScaler 1000V on ESXi (e.g. UCS)

• Up to 2Gbps throughput

• Works on any commodity server

• Citrix NetScaler 1000V on Nexus 1110/1010

• Nexus 1110 is Cisco’s DataCenter Services Appliance

• NetScaler SW + Nexus HW = Cisco ADC

• Other Cisco 1000V SW on the same platform

NetScaler

1000V


NetScaler VPX NetScaler 1000v

Product NetScaler VPX VPX minus NG/CB features

Performance 10M, 200M, 1000M, 3000M 500M, 1000M, 2000M,

(4000M)

Platforms ESX, HyperV, XenServer ESX, KVM on Nexus 1110

Licenses Standard Citrix licenses* Cisco issued licenses*

Support Call Citrix for support* Call Cisco for support*

* Licenses are not interchangeable between vendors. Customers must buy upgrades and support from the vendor they bought the original product from.

NetScaler and Nexus 7000

Integration using RISE


Internet

Nexus 7000

switch

Server

Farms

To Clients

NetScaler

ADC

Logical View

Internet

To Clients

Nexus 7000 +

Remote Service

Card

NetScaler ADC becomes a virtual service module in Nexus 7000


Seamless Nexus Integration Enables the Nexus 7000 to Direct Application Traffic

Remote Integrated Service Engine (RISE) Enabling tightly integrated data center services

Auto PBR –

Simplifies One-arm Mode Config

Significant OPEX Reduction

Simplified Out-of-Box Experience

Reducing Initial Deployment

of NS by 4x (30 to 8 steps)

Ease of Management

Push VIP Availability into Routing Layer

Internet


RISE seamlessly integrates NetScaler ADC with

Nexus 7000

Deployment becomes plug and play

Optimizes application traffic flows within Datacenter

Makes one-arm deployments more feasible

Increases application availability/reliability

Only NetScaler has RISE integration with

Nexus 7000

Cisco ACI and Citrix NetScaler


Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

21 NetScaler integrates with Cisco APIC for L4-L7 ADC

Cisco APIC

Administrator

Apply

Policy

Application Network Profile

Cisco ACI

Fabric

Traditional 3-Tier App

Firewall Web ADC App DB

Single point of automation and fabric element management

Common policy, management, operations interface

Application control/automation for physical and virtual networking components

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller offers a single point of automation

APIC


• Centralized automation

- Common policy, management and operations interface

- Covers network, security and applications

• Designed to provided application policy and control from the top

down

• Application control and automation over both physical and virtual

networking components

• L4 – L7 services, such as NetScaler ADC/LB, are inserted

dynamically

• Allows auto-scaling of applications


APIC is central point for

network control with

NetScaler ADC service

policy coordination and

automation

Investment protection with

an open ecosystem for

service integration

Scalable and elastic

architecture for physical

and virtual appliances


App Delivery and

Optimization

Advanced L7 Policies

Analytics

Consolidated

Functions NFV Ready

Virtual

Appliance

Hardware

Appliance

Multi-tenant

Appliance

High Availability

Scale

Up

Scale-Out

TriScale


Accelerate, Scale, Optimize Applications

Signalling Load Balancing

Scale performance of

PCRF, OCS, SPR,

AAA, DNS and SIP

servers

Scale performance of

web servers, in-line

proxies and data bases

Balance load across

data centers for

performance and

availability

Global Server Load Balancing

Application Load Balancing

DNS Caching

Enhance performance

DNS servers and

protect against DDoS

Enhance performance

of ADNS infrastructure

Authoritative DNS

SPDY

Streamlines web object

downloads for non

SPDY server endpoints

Multipath TCP

Maintains TCP sessions

when moving between

WiFi & 3G/4G

Web Compression

Consolidate SSL

transactions to

accelerate and scale

SSL Offload

Speed up web page

downloads and

decrease bytes

TCP protocol level

tuning for quicker

application transport

TCP Optimization


Extensive L7 Policies for Application Control

HTTP Callout

Send request to

external server as part

of policy action

Content Switching

Send request to same

host to different servers

based on data on

HTTP, SIP, DIAMETER,

or Layer 3

Rate Limiting

Throttle access to

application to protect

performance

Responder

Respond to messages

or redirect based on

source, type, other

criteria

Rewrite

Rewrite some

information on request

or response message


Resources for RISE technology

NetScaler & Nexus 7000 Integration White Paper

• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/contnetw/ps5719/ps7027/ps8361/

white_paper_c11-688039_ps9402_Products_White_Paper.html

Citrix TV Master Class (online video)

• RISE Integration with NetScaler

http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/9681

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/contnetw/ps5719/ps7027/ps8361/white_paper_c11-688039_ps9402_Products_White_Paper.html




http://www.citrix.com/tv/





Resources for ACI technology

Cisco ACI strategy - http://www.cisco.com/go/aci

Cisco Citrix joint solution brief

- Cisco and Citrix: Build Application Centric, Application Delivery Controller-Enabled Data Centers

• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns945/solution-brief-c22-

730002.html

Citrix blog - Abishek Chauhan, CTO, NetScaler Product Group

- When Applications and Networks Unite — the age of enlightened infrastructure

- http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/11/06/when-applications-and-networks-unite/

Cisco blog – Cisco ACI: In the market, building momentum. Full suite on schedule

for Q2 2014*

- http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/cisco-aci-in-the-market-building-momentum-full-suite-on-schedule-for-

q2-2014/

* Roadmap subject to change without notice.

http://www.cisco.com/go/aci


http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns945/solution-brief-c22-730002.html









http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/11/06/when-applications-and-networks-unite/







































Resources for FlexPod technology

Cisco Citrix Webpage - http://www.cisco.com/go/citrix

FlexPod Validated Designs

- FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 and Citrix XenServer 6.2 – 2.000 Seats

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_xd7xs62_flexpod.pdf

- FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 and VMware vSphere 5.1

http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_ucs_xd7esxi51_flexpod.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/go/citrix









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