End-to-end Data Center Infrastructure Automation with Cisco UCS Director Orchestrator, Workflows and Tasks

Tejo Prayaga

Product Manager, Cisco UCS Director

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Multi-Tenancy Security Isolation

Compliance Governance

Application Ready

Infrastructure

IT at the speed of Business

Unified Manageme

nt Operational

Visibility Availability Scalability

Integrations API

Rapid Provisionin

g Workload

Mobility Policy Based

Automation Multi-Vendor

Support

Enterprise Private Cloud Challenges

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Introducing Cisco UCS DirectorEnabling Enterprise Private Clouds

Cisco UCSHP, Dell

Network

StorageL4-7

UCS Director

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Business Critical Apps

Desktop Virtualization

Web Apps

Dev./Test Sandboxes

Web

Web

Web

App

Bare-Metal HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR

DB

Hyper-V/KVM

Bare-Metal

Bare-Metal

Physical

Network

StorageL4-7

Virtual

Compute

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Application Infra. provisioning with UCS-Director : 100% VMs

Key Use CasesInfrastructure Provisioning for Applications : 100% Virtual & Mixed

Secure Tenant on-boarding

Application ProfileDefinition

Self-ServicePortal

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Cisco UCSD Turn-Key Solution Overview

Self ServicePortal

UCSD Unified Infrastructure Controller

Multi-tenant & integrated cloud platform

AdminConsole

Cloud Infrastructure

Amazon,Rackspace, …

vCenter SCVMM

SystemIntegration

Admins

EndUsers Operators

LDAP, Single Sign On RBAC IT Ticketing Systems CMDB, Metering/Chargeback

Server Managers

Network Manager

StorageAPIs

UCS

UCS DirectorIntegrated Multi-tenant Cloud Platform

Nexus

Provider API

Custom Connector

3rd Party Device

REST API

RHE-VM

Physical Infrastructure

Public Clouds

Open Automati

on Framewor

k

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Broad Multi-Vendor Infrastructure Support

VBLOCK 200, 300,

700

VPLEX

FlexPodData

Center

FlexPod Express

Compute

Network

NexusMDS

StorageVM

UCS Director

L4-L7

vASA, CSR1000v

Converged

** Integration is in progress/planned

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Discovering InfrastructureDiscover UCS Compute Domain

Discover Network

Discover Storage

Discover Virtual Infrastructure

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Converged Infrastructure ViewUnified View for Pod based Infrastructure o Sites allow location based

organization of resourceso Pod is a containerized data

center stacko Manages globally

distributed data centers

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Task Library – 1000+ TasksWhat is a Task

• Atomic Operation performed on a Managed Node

• Building block to perform a complex operation

Task Library

• 1000+ Tasks Out of the Box

• Custom Tasks with CloupiaScript (JavaScript)

• PowerShell, SSH

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

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Introducing UCS Director Orchestration and Workflows

Resume Worfklow

Rollback, Deprovision

Approvals

Complex logic (loops, if-else)

Import/Export, Versioning

Workflow Templates

Publish to Catalog

Start

Task-1

Task-2

Task-3

End

Storage

Network

Compute

Task-4Virtualization

my-workflow

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Drag ‘n Drop Workflow CreationOrchestration, Workflow and Tasks Defined

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Cisco UCS Director End-to-End Operations and Provisioning

• Single-click provisioning

• Intelligent resource allocation

• Automated, controlled delivery

Result:Improved time to market

Minutes

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Server Deployment Automation ScenarioAutomating Server Deployment within a Single Work Flow

Create VLANs

Update Trunks

Create Network Policies

Deploy SP from SP Template Create LUN

Create and Configure IG

Create Zones and Zonesets

Activate ZonesetCreate

PXE Record Blade Power ONPXE Boot

OS InstallationChange Boot

OrderReboot PXE Verification

Register with vCenter

Send Complete Notifications

Network Tasks

Storage TasksCompute Tasks

LegendW

ork

flow

Virutalization Tasks

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Self-Service Catalog for Tenants and LoB Users

An End-to-End IT operation with a single click!

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Integrated Infrastructure Solution Packs

Create a Private Cloud on an Integrated Infrastructure Stack within 2-days, with Cisco UCS Director Solution Packs

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Cisco BU Approved Workflows and Custom Tasks are posted on Cisco Communities under UCS Director Workflows category

https://communities.cisco.com

Community Developed Workflows and Custom Tasks

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Trivia QuestionQ. How many Tasks are present in UCS Director Task Library?

A. 400

B. 600

C. 1000+

D. 2000+

1000+

Thank you.