Cisco and NetApp Public.
Rev: February 2012
Building Your Cloud on FlexPod with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Background
Cisco and NetApp® deliver a next generation cloud management stack that accelerates the realization of the value of cloud computing.
FlexPod™ is a pre-validated data center solution from Cisco and NetApp® that can scale easily, be optimized for a variety of application workloads, and facilitate your path to cloud computing.
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud enables self-service configuration and ordering, a catalog of standard services simplified configuration, governance, orchestration, consumption-based billing and lifecycle management.
Overview
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Provide consumer IT experience with enterprise governance and control
Enable IT-as-a-Service: Standardized offerings Self-service storefront Policy-based controls Process orchestration and automation Lifecycle management Pay-per-use tracking
Deliver agile and cost-effective IT for physical, virtual, and cloud environments, from desktop to data center
Proven in deployments by the world’s largest and most well-respected enterprises and service providers
Cisco® UCS B-Series Blade Servers
Cisco Nexus® Family Switches
NetApp® FASand V-SeriesStorage Systems
Features Standard, pre-validated, best-in-class
converged platform for virtualized and non-virtualized environments
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
OverviewFlexPod™ Data Center Platform
FlexPod
Solution at Work
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Policies & GovernanceApprovals &
Controls
SecurityOperationsDR
Orchestrate Delivery
Process Orchestration and Automated Provisioning
Developers
Track and Manage
Management
Self-Service Portal and Service Catalog
Define and Publish Standard Options
Architecture & IT
ReportConsumption
Chargeback or Showback
Self-Service Request
FlexPod™Platform
Service Management
Physical and Virtual Infrastructure
FlexPod™
• Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers• Cisco Nexus® Family Switches• NetApp® FAS and V-Series Storage Systems
Resource Management
UCS Manager Network Services Manager
Cisco Unified Management with FlexPod
Virtual ASA (Security)
Nexus 1000V
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud• Cisco Cloud Portal• Cisco Process Orchestrator
Security and Network Services
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud + FlexPod for ITaaS
Execution
UCS NetApp Storage
Service Profile
Virtual Machine
Services
AggregationAccess
FW LB
VRF
VLAN
PP/PG
VLAN
FlexPod
Desktop
End User ComputingPublic
Clouds
Public Cloud Private Cloud
Cloud IaaS
Other IT
3rd Party Infra
ITSMAppsPatch
BillingMonitoring
Physical NetworkStorage
MicrosoftSAPOracle
Management
Back Office
PP/PG
Nexus
Portal VirtualVXI/VDI
MobileCompute
Storage
Catalog
Governance
Orchestration TraditionalNetwork
vFiler vFilerVirtual Machine
Complementary Solutions
Cisco IA for Cloud
Rich, comparative e-commerce system to manage virtual, physical, and professional services.
Orchestration of all datacenter resources
Lifecycle support for all major virtual and physical objects
The ability to orchestrate value-added services such as service assurance, monitoring, back up, DR, patch and others
Support tiers of service and pricing models
FlexPod™
Prevalidated data center platform designed to lower risk, provide flexibility, and reduce costs
Integrated and standardized Cisco Unified Computing Systems, Cisco Nexus switches, and NetApp unified storage
Optimized to support mixed application workloads in a secure multi-tenancy environment
Enables more efficient operations with fewer processes, less energy consumption, and fewer resources
9Cisco and NetApp Public.
Screen Shots
Cisco + NetApp FlexPod Cloud Management
IaaS
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Comparison tables help users understand differences between private and public cloud options.
Users can select between private or public cloud options, or use a wizard to select the best option.
User Homepage
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Keep track of your public and private resources.
Click an item for more information, and to take action on them, such as extending a lease or adding capacity.
Manage your workplace items from the same portal.
Cisco IT Implementation
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Cisco IT Elastic Infrastructure Services
Users sign up for their own virtual data center…
…and order resources to go into it.
Later, users manage the lifecycle of their resources.
Operations View
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Display data from external data sources.
(The Cisco Cloud Portal supports HTML and javascript content.)
Support for multiple views and user roles.
Integrate with third parties for comprehensive management of cloud resources.
(The Cisco Cloud Portal supports JSR 168 and 286 portlets.)
Case Study: Cisco’s Private CloudCisco IT Elastic Infrastructure Services (CITEIS)
Industry Trends and Business DriversIncreasing Pressures Drive Innovation in Cisco Data Centers
Cloud InfrastructureFaster Time to Capacity
• Cisco Strategy/Market Adjacencies
• Productivity
• Global Availability
• Regulation (SOX, etc.)
• SLA Metrics
• Cisco UCS Accelerator
• Product Development Feedback
• Employee Experience
• ITaaS/New Business Models
• Growth Enablement
Business Demands Cisco First Customer
• Asset Utilization
• Power and Cooling
• Business Agility/Provisioning
• Time to Capacity
Operational Challenges
CITEIS – Private IaaS CloudDelivering the Next Generation in Cloud Services
Objectives
• Sustainable IaaS Based Solution
• Customer Repeatability – Showcasing Cisco Technologies
• Total Cost Reduction – Value for Service Provider & Clients
• Drive Time to Capability – Value for all Clients
Delivering Value Today
• Offer Services Across Complete Infrastructure Stack
• Deliver Aggregated Services from single location
Future State
• Cisco First - Balance Third-Party with Development
DCaaS
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
CITEIS – ConceptA Framework for Providing Infrastructure as a Service
Design it
Where can we put it?
Procure it
Install it
Configure it
Secure it
Is it ready?
Architect it
Design it
Where can we put it?
Procure it
Install it
Configure it
Secure it
Is it ready?
AutomatedSelf-serviceOn-demand
CITEIS
Architect it
Before CITEIS Machine-oriented Manual provisioning Hard to control utilization
High provisioning & ops cost Extended provisioning time Configuration risk
After CITEIS Service-oriented Self-service; automated provisioning Elasticity (capacity-on-demand)
Optimized provisioning & ops cost Rapid provisioning Increased Resiliency and Availability
Manual
Virtualization Layer
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
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UCS
Cisco
IA fo
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Storage
ImagePublishers
CITEIS ExpressUsers
VDCUsers
Tenant Owners
CITEIS – Solution Architecture
FlexPod
CITEIS – Key Features
Cisco Cloud Portal Self Service UI
• Complete Control in Requesting Infrastructure Resources
• Simple, Easy to Use Interface • Your Request Automated End-to-End Reducing
Time to Market
Customized Virtual Images and Appliances
• Upload Your Customized Images Into CITEIS and Make Them Available via the Self-Service Portal
• Choose Pre-Configured Images Provided by NDCS and/or Other CITEIS Users
Metering and Billing
• Support for Subscription Based Billing with Pay-as-you-Go Capabilities
• Single, Aggregated Billing for Purchased Infrastructure Resources
IaaS APIs
• Build Your Own Custom Tools that Interact with CITEIS via Available APIs
Security and Segmentation
• Ability to Define Entitlement Rights to Specific Users for Resource Access
• Logical Segmentation Between Tenants – Your Resources Guaranteed and Segmented
Support Services
• Upfront SLA Guarantee and Pre-Defined Maintenance Windows
• Option for NDCS Support of Your Virtual Environments or You Can Support Your Own
Availability
• CITEIS Express launched in Allen, TX DC – June 15
• CITEIS VDC Launched in Allen, TX DC – August 22
Customer Repeatable Solution
• Cisco Data Center Technologies• UCS Based Compute Platform• NetApp Storage• Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
CITEIS – Subscription Models
Service Offerings Based on the Following Models
CITEIS Virtual Data Centers (VDCs) (tenant pre-paid resource pools)
CITEIS Express (personal infrastructure services “On Demand”)
CITEIS VDCs - Pre-Defined Resource Pools with Bundled Services
Virtual Resources Reserved and Guaranteed
Tenants Allocate and Manage Resources Based on Specific Needs
Minimum One Quarter Subscription Commitment Required
CITEIS Express - Individual Cloud Based Services
Experimental - Ideal for Sandbox Environments
Minimal SLAs and Support Provided (Best Effort)
Value Add Offerings
Enhanced Infrastructure Services Available for Additional Charges
Complements CITEIS VDC Subscriptions Only
Service Overview
Self-service, self-managed personal infrastructure on-demand
Ideal for sandbox and proof-of-concept
Minimal SLAs with best-effort support
Cisco Cloud Portal standardized offerings for available purchase
End-users limited to two virtual machines at any given time
Thirty day initial lease extendable up to ninety days managed via Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Express vApp template catalog open to end-users for custom vApps and sharing
Service Overview
Tenants allocate and manage their resources
On-boarding integrated with Active Directory using customer controllable group access
Cisco Cloud Portal maintains standardized orderable building blocks and value-add offerings
CPU, Memory, Storage virtual resources reserved and guaranteed based on vCloud Director Org vDC blocks
Managed Internal, Managed DMZ and Self-managed Internal based offerings available
Tenant network segmentation enforced through Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
Enhanced infrastructure services available for additional charges, ACL, Load Balancing, Storage
Quarterly subscription with minimum requirement of one quarter
CITEIS
Ability to Deploy Infrastructure Services When You Need Them
Increase or Decrease Infrastructure to Match Demand
Agile
Choice of Prebuilt Virtual Images or Custom Images That You Design Based on Specific Needs
Integrate PaaS and SaaS
Flexible
Secure
Available to Internal Cisco Users Only - Data Remains Inside Cisco
Limit Access to Only Those Users You Entitle
Comparable Pricing Models to Third-Party Service Providers
Cost Effective
CITEIS – Benefits
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
$3,500
$4,000
today
Compute TCO($/Qtr/OS instance)
-37%
-27%
-27%
DeliveryTime
Virtualization > Unified Computing > Cloud
Av
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TC
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TCO Physical
TCOVirtual
6–8 Weeks2–3 Weeks(Manual)
15 Minutes VM(2–9 Days E2E)
15 Minutes(Self-Service)
Cisco IT Cloud Journey – Cost Analysis
“Cisco IT’s private cloud saves us critical time using a fast and simple online ordering process. This significantly accelerates our projects and enables us to access applications anytime, anywhere.”Olav Phillips, IT Architect, Cisco Systems [end user / IT customer]
Rebecca Jacoby, CIO, Cisco Systems
“Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud combined with Cisco UCS has made our IT organization faster and more cost-effective. We’ve been able to reduce the TCO of our infrastructure operations by more than 45 percent. And by replacing manual procedures with automation, end users can now place their infrastructure requests through a self-service portal and we fulfill them within minutes instead of hours or days.”
Conclusion
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud delivers a complete cloud management solution.
Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud supports physical, SaaS, virtual and hybrid cloud
FlexPod™
integrates computing, storage, and network into a prevalidated platform for cloud
FlexPodsupports mixed application workloads in a secure multi-tenancy environment
Highly successful deployments with Cisco IT (CITEIS) and other customers
Actions
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Cisco and NetApp Contacts
Scott Hammond Cisco Business Leads [email protected]
Jennifer Koch EMEA Sales & Business Development Manager [email protected]
Rodrigo Flores Cisco Technical Architect, Cloud Computing [email protected]
Paul Sudlow EMEA Alliances Technical Lead [email protected]
Business Contacts
Technical Contacts
For more information
Web Cisco.com/go/iacloud Cisco.com/go/unifiedmanagement Twitter.com/ciscoia NetApp.com/FlexPod NetApp.com/CIAC
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