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UCS Director Hawaii Technology Day – February 2015

John Lawrence Data Center Consulting Systems Engineer

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Go Fast, No Faster Automation critical for Cloud Infrastructure Transformation

§  Generational forces driving transformation §  Internet-connected world è Instantaneous service

delivery culture §  Expectation of instantaneous IT services

§  Business values “faster” service delivery §  IT faces competition from alternative sources §  Yet, the business needs IT’s influential impact

§  Automation delivers “faster” service delivery §  Promotes best practices and consistency

Source: Gartner, 2014

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New Economics in Data Center Converged Infrastructures

•  Converged Infrastructure

Provides part of the solution Has direct impact on OpEx Indirect increase of CapEx

•  Net Result – TCO Increases Power

Cooling

60% Cost Reduction

Application Performance

30% Faster Execution

Infrastructure Costs

30% Cost Reduction

Management and Automation Are Key

Cisco Data Center and Cloud Management

UCS DIRECTOR Unified infrastructure Automation for compute, storage, network – physical & virtual

Heterogeneous & Integrated Infrastructure

Single and multiple UCS domain management

UCS MANAGER/ CENTRAL APIC

Manages Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Nexus fabric

Prime Service Catalog

IAC

VACS

Nexus 1000V

Network Service Containers

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Manual Service Delivery

Architect Design Where Can We Put It?

Procure Install Configure Secure Is It Ready?

Manual

Capacity On-Demand

Policy-Based Provisioning

Built-In Governance

Weeks à Days and Hours

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Administrators à Policy Makers à Automation

Access configuration, VLAN, VSAN, Security, and Hardening Operating System Configuration OS Type, Patch Level, Settings

Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints; and firmware revisions

Unique service ID, Application revisions, and Storage settings Application resources: Server, Storage, Network Security, OS

VI SME

Storage SME

Server SME

Network SME

Access configuration, VLAN, VSAN, Security, and Hardening Operating System Configuration OS Type, Patch Level, Settings Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints; and firmware revisions







Subject matter experts define policies

1Policies used to create Infrastructure

2Pools, policies, templates Are used to Infrastructure from templates

3Associating application profiles with fabric configures all needed application resources automatically

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Typical Manual Data Center Operations and Provisioning

Challenges: •  Many groups •  Many man

hours •  Many Human

Interactions •  Manual steps

Result: High latency

Virtual Admins Network Admins Server Admins Storage Admins

Approvals Define 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

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§  Radically streamlines provisioning & management of data center infrastructure services

§  Infrastructure service delivery within minutes

§  Drastically reduces data center complexity

§  Cisco and multi-vendor support

§  Enables IT to become more agile; consistent service delivery

§  Allows IT to better align with the strategic and business requirements of an organization

Cisco UCS Director Overview

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Unified Data Center Management

OS and Virtual

Machines

Storage

Network

Compute

Tenant B

Tenant

C Tenant

A

Virtualized and Bare-Metal

Compute and Hypervisor

B C A Network and Services

VM VM Bare Metal

Collaboration Apps

End to End Automation and

Lifecycle Management

Dynamic Infrastructure for Applications •  Legacy Applications •  Dev/Test Sandbox

•  Web Applications •  Business Critical

•  Centralized management across virtual and physical •  Role-based access

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UCS Director Value

UCS Director

Acts as orchestra conductor across: compute, network, storage & virtualization Replaces manual management of each layer with automated workflows

Removes silos from IT teams and IT resources IT manages data center resources as single “team” with unified management

Across physical and virtual resources Unfettered IT admins can now focus on new services for business

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UCS Director: Multi-vendor Support Agility and Simplicity for Virtualized and Bare-Metal IT Services

Centralized Lifecycle Management of Physical and Virtualization Infrastructure

Virtual Infrastructure

IT Admins IT Operations End Users

Physical Infrastructure UCS

Nexus

Open API for Integration

Self Service Portal

OS, VM, App Deployment

Admin / End User Console

Policy Manager

Service Request Approvals

Resource Pools Consumption Cost Model

Metering / Utilization

Cisco ASAv ISE

Cisco VACS

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§  Abstraction of applications, hardware and software into programmable tasks

§  Tasks used to create automated workflows §  API attached to task eliminating scripting §  Pre-validated, run immediately after creation

§  Workflows published into service catalog

§  Dynamic orchestration that keeps business moving

§  No other vendor offers this capability

How Does it Work?

Workflow to provision VMWare Virtual Machine using ISO Image

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Automate Service Delivery

Architect Design Where Can We Put It?

Procure Install Configure Secure Is It Ready?

Manual

Capacity On-Demand

Policy-Based Provisioning

Adaptive

From Weeks to Minutes

Automated Self-Service Provisioning

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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:

ü  Speed

ü Consistency

Network

Compute

Storage

I Need Stuff

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Administrator’s Dashboard

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

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Utilization Reports

VM Count by Group

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UCS Director Unified Automation and Management

§  Manages globally distributed data centers

§  Drill down capabilities reduces time for IT admin/ops

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Drag ‘n Drop Workflow Creation

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Manage Mixed Container Environments

ACI

Nexus 9500

Nexus 9500 & 9300

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Nexus 5K, 3K, 2K

Nexus 6K & 7K

NEXUS-OS

COMPUTE

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L4-7 SERVICES

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UCS Director

REST API

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§  Application Containers span Physical & Virtual Infrastructure

§  Automation for ACI-based and Nexus 1000V-based fabrics

§  Automates Application Provisioning with security and performance

Ø  Supports Secure, Multi-Tiered Application provisioning Ø  Combine Bare-Metal OS and Virtualized infrastructure for optimal

Application performance

§  Relieves IT staff of manual infrastructure provisioning for application workloads

Application-Aware Containers Accelerate Infrastructure Provisioning for Applications

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VACS – Deploy Multi-Tenant architectures in clicks

Container A Container B

VMware vSphere

Microsoft HyperV

Cisco VACS Orchestration (UCS Director)

1.  Automation & Agility through UCS Director as the management plane:

•  Container Templates, No CLI experience •  Simplified Install and Configuration of :

§  Virtual Fabric – Nexus 1000V

§  Virtual Routing – CSR 1000V

§  Virtual Security – Virtual Security Gateway & CSR 1000V

2.  Multi Hypervisor support – vSphere & Hyper-V (P2)

3.  Easy to create and deploy Virtual Network Containers §  Deploy Network Container with less than 6 logical questions

4.  Unified Licensing - Single License for all virtual components

VM

VM

VM

VM

Cisco VACS Cisco VACS

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VACS is Built On Proven technology

Automate the provisioning of virtual Secure Container through Cisco UCS Director

Enable Virtual Networking (L2) through Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch – Nexus OS feature rich

Enable Virtual Firewall through Cisco Virtual Security Gateway & Cisco Cloud Services Router

Enable Virtual L3 Networking through Cisco Cloud Services Router – Cisco IOS feature rich

ü Nexus 1000V shipping for 5 years with 8000 customers

ü Flag ship Cisco IOS software is the most widely leveraged network infrastructure software in the world

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“Out of the Box” Compliant VACS Containers

“Out of the Box” VACS Containers: 1.  3-Tier App Container 2.  3-Tier App Container w/ Ext Access 3.  Custom Container

Note: Customer is not provisioning N1KV, VSG or CSR. VACS backend will take care of the details

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Current Complexity to create virtual logical separation

VACS provides the compliant containers in few clicks! Masks

all the complexity from the user

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Extend the Ease of Doing Business further into the DC Unique Value Prop only provided by Cisco

Container A Container B

VMware vSphere

Microsoft HyperV

Cisco UCS Director

Cisco Solution Provides: ü  Provision Virtual and Physical Infrastructure ü  Regulatory Compliant VACS containers ü  vSphere & HyperV Support ü  Easily and Quickly provision workloads Cisco VACS Cisco VACS

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§  APIC delivers automated network services designed for each application

§  UCSD binds network services with compute, storage & virtualization

§  Simple-to-use wizards establish policies across all layers

§  Infrastructure containers delivered from single API, on-demand

§  Accelerated deployment of infrastructure supporting applications

UCS Director & APIC

CISCO APIC Application Network Profile

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L4-L7 Services

Server Load Balancer

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

Tenant Self-Service User

1 Select App Catalog

Pushes App Profile

UCS Director

ACI Fabric

UCS Director

APIC Application Network Profile

Application Profile

Compute Network Storage

L/B APP DB F/W L/B

WEB

Storage Storage

The

The

TApp DB Web

Automation of APIC and UCS with UCS Director Infrastructure Provisioning for Applications : 100% Virtual (VM’s)

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L4-L7 Services




Pushes App Profile

UCS Director

ACI Fabric

UCS Director

Deploy App Network

Virtualization Admin

vCen

ter

Publish VI Network Profile

Database Tier Application tier Web tier

3 VLAN to BD/EPG

& FI Topology

5 Update FI/SP’s

UC

SM

Update SP’s

Application Network Profile Virtual Infrastructure

APP Port

Profile/ Group

Web Port

Profile/Group

Database Port

Profile/ Group

Discover VI Network

Automation of APIC and UCS with UCS Director Infrastructure Provisioning for Applications : 100% Virtual (VM’s)

Security/QoS Policies


DB

End Point Group

APP

End Point Group

WEB

End Point Group

Application Network Profile

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L4-L7 Services


UCS Director brings together APIC and UCS Application Infra. provisioning with UCS-Director : 100% VMs



Pushes App Profile

UCS Director

ACI Fabric

UCS Director



DB

End Point Group

APP

End Point Group

WEB

End Point Group

Application Network Profile

Deploy App Network

Virtualization Admin

vCen

ter

Publish VI Network Profile

Database Tier Application tier Web tier

3 VLAN to BD/EPG

& FI Topology

5 Update FI/SP’s

UC

SM

Update SP’s

Application Network Profile Virtual Infrastructure

APP Port

Profile/ Group

Web Port

Profile/Group

Database Port

Profile/ Group

Discover VI Network

8 Deploy Application

L/B APP DB F/W L/B

WEB

Infrastructure Provisioning for Applications : 100% Virtual (VM’s) Automation of APIC and UCS with UCS Director

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Automates infrastructure for multi-site application deployment

§  Supports VMWare Site Recovery Manager §  Protects virtualized applications for DR

Automates single-site and multi-site application data availability

§  EMC VPLEX – Local & Metro

Automates application data protection & backup

§  EMC Recover Point

Automate Infrastructure for HA and DR Protect critical IT applications through automation

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Advanced High Availability Capabilities…

ü  Business Critical → Mission Critical (99.995%) support

Advanced Multi-Tenancy “Out of the Box”…

ü  End to end tenant management

VMDC Certified Solution …Think CVD’s, Think Security, Think Scale ü  Out of the box support for VMDC Solutions (Virtualized Multiservice Data Center)

“Better Together” IaaS with UCS Director … ü  UCSD adapter + out of the box storage automation

Hybrid Cloud management …

ü  Multi cloud management across UCSD, vCenter, vCloud, AWS and OpenStack

PaaS ü  Solution accelerator enabling “Stack” blueprints with embedded Chef/Puppet support

ITaaS Business Portal and Service Catalog … ü  Next generation user interface, extensible across all IT services

UCSD and IAC Highlights

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