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Colt enterprise vCloudA VMware vCloud Datacenter Service

Jack Pannekeet, Solution Architect

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What is the Colt enterprise vCloud?

• Enterprise-class cloud service built on an approved/certified VMware cloud infrastructure technology

• Infrastructure-as-a-Service in a flexible, scalable and secure manner

• Delivered on highly-available and secure Colt managed infrastructure

• Delivered via private network (e.g. Colt IP VPN) or public (Internet)

• A “self-service” portal to create, configure and administer

• Self managed initially, managed service in development

• Secure multi-tenancy (isolation, firewalls, authentication)

• Application portability for existing VMware users

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Flexible Cloud Deployment Models = Choice

Cloud Computingis a way of doing

computing

vCloud ServiceProviders

Hybrid CloudComposition of two or more interoperable clouds, enabling data and application portability

Public CloudAccessible over the Internet for general consumption

Private CloudOperated solely for an organization, typically within the firewall

EnterprisesBridging

Common Platform, Security Model, & Management Model

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VMware vCloud Director

vCloud Director Architecture

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eback

VMware vSphere

VMware vShield

Virtual Datacenter

Organisation A

Virtual Datacenter

Security

Organisation B

Virtual Datacenter

CatalogUser Self Service

vShield vShield

Colt enterprise vCloud

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Colt Service Offerings

Offering

Target Use Cases

Consumption Model

Packages

Management

Resources Guarantee

Charging

Basic vDC

Pre-production Test/Dev

On demand (PAYG)

Based on vCPU speed

Customer Self Service

Variable

Virtual Machine Usage

Committed vDC

Tier 2/3 (e.g. Share Point)

Allocation pool + burst

Small, Med, Large

Customer Self Service

75%

Recurring Service

• Service is based on a Virtual Datacenter (vDC) which is a collection of compute, storage and network resources

• Customers can have one or many vDCs of varying type

Production

Reserved pool

Custom

Customer Self Service

100%

Recurring Service

Dedicated vDC

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Service Characteristics

Committed vDC

Pre-allocation of required resource Resource is committed to customer 75% of resources are guarantee 25% is burst-capacity

Charged on per-VM resource usage Variable end of month billing

Basic vDC (PAYG)

Resource pool is unreserved Resources allocated on demand (if

available) Resource is committed when VM created

Predictable performance Charged for resource whether used or not Predictable end of month billing

Dedicated

Separate physical resources, not shared 100% of resources are guaranteed

Predictable performance Predictable end of month billing

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Accessing the Cloud

• Administration is via HTTPS connection to a unique customer URL

• vCloud Self-service Web portal

• vCloud Application Programming Interface (API)

• Consumption of the VMs is via the following access points:

• Public interfaces (IP Access)

• Private network (Colt IP VPN etc)

• vCloud Self-service Web portal (remote console)

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Cloud Access

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What do customers create in vCloud?

• Virtual Machines (VMs) contained within a vApp

• What is a vApp?– Multi-tiered VM container

– Contains one or many VMs

– Includes application-level properties and actions (such as start, stop, clone)

– Can contain unique vApp network (private to VMs within vApp)

– Provides portability of application

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What do customers create in vCloud?

• Virtual Machines (VMs) contained within a vApp

• What is a vApp?– Multi-tiered VM container

– Contains one or many VMs

– Includes application-level properties and actions (such as start, stop, clone)

– Can contain unique vApp network (private to VMs within vApp)

– Provides portability of application

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vCloud Catalogue

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vCloud Security

•vCloud service is ISO27001 certified

•vSphere provides the foundation for Multi-tenancy– EAL4+ Certified

– Provides isolation between the guest and the host

•vCloud Director is designed for multi-tenancy & enforces segregation– vSphere and infrastructure layer is totally abstracted from customers

– Customers can only view resources associated with their organisations

– Unique URL per customer organisation

• vShield provides multiple edge security services– Source, destination and port based access rules– Configure network address translation (NAT) at the network edge

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VMware vCloud Connector

• Facilitates migration of VMs from customer cloud to Colt vCloud

• Plug-in for vSphere Client

• Virtual Appliance installed on customer’s vCenter server

• Credentials for Colt vCloud entered into vCloud Connector

• VM will be powered off, exported and uploaded in the background

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vCloud Connector

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Summary

• Sole VMware Partner in EMEA with certified solution

• Application portability from existing vSphere environment– vCloud Connector facilitates simple migration

• Enables VMware customers to extend to the public cloud

• Delivers IT as a service in a flexible, scalable, and secure manner

• Backed by Colt information delivery platform