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2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 1

Unified Compute System

Technical Overview

Bruce ClounieConsulting Systems Engineer

Data Center South


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I/T Infrastructure Challenges

Business Focus

Products, offerings Customer service Employee productivityBeneath the Waterline

Infrastructure sprawl

Low asset utilization Multiple Management Tools Technical Experts Operate

Independently

Difficult to manage, scale, optimize,reconfigure, maintain

Impact

Low agility, efficiency, resilience Reduced competitiveness

What the Business Sees

Supporting Infrastructure


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Data Center Technologies and Cisco Optimizations

Virtualization

Compute

Platform

Network&

Storage

Extended

Memory

VN-Link

&HV Bypass

UnifiedFabric&

VirtualInterface

Card

ServiceProfiles

&Multi-role

Management


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Over the past 10 years More cores, more memory Proliferation of servers & switches More switches per server Management applied, not integrated

An accidental architecture Evolved by default vs planned design

Result: Complexity Many points of management Difficult to maintain policy coherence Difficult to secure Difficult to scale

Legacy Blade Server Deployments Today

Mgmt Server


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Ciscos Clean-Slate Approach to Blades

Mgmt Server

Mgmt Server Embed management Unify network & storage fabrics Optimize for virtualization and

statelessness

Remove unnecessary switches,adapters and managementmodules

Less than 1/3rd the supportinfrastructure for a givenworkload

Mgmt Server


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Mgmt Server

A single system that encompasses:Network:Unified fabric

Compute:Industry standard x86 components

Virtualization:hypervisor networking (VN-Link)

Efficient ScaleFewer servers with more memory

Up to 320 physical servers managed like a single bladechassis

Lower costFewer servers, switches, adapters, cablesLower power consumption

Fewer points of management

Unified management model

The Cisco Solution:Unified Computing System


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Single Management Interface for up to 80 blade servers Future support for up to 320 servers (40 chassis)

Role Based Access for LAN, SAN, and Server Administrators Clustered for fault tolerance and no single point of failure for any chassis Open APIs for third party integration

Cisco UCS Management View (Pod)

SAN B

SAN ALAN

Server

SAN

Network

Mgmt



Cisco UCS:A single, logical, expandable blade server chassis

AddOneUCSBladeChassis





Stateless Computing: UCS Service Profiles

LAN

SAN

RAID settingsDisk scrub actionsNumber of vHBAsHBA WWN assignmentsFC Boot ParametersHBA firmwareFC Fabric assignments for HBAsQoS settingsBorder port assignment per vNICNIC Transmit/Receive RateLimiting

VLAN assignments for NICsVLAN tagging config for NICsNumber of vNICsPXE settings\NIC firmwareAdvanced feature settingsRemote KVM IP settingsCall Home behaviorRemote KVM firmwareServer UUIDSerial over LAN settingsBoot orderIPMI settingsBIOS scrub actionsBIOS firmware



Integrated Stateless Computing

Database

WWW

ESX

DataBase

Attributes decoupled from hardware componentsFirmware Boot Device, BIOS, Vlan, QoS,etc

Dynamic ProvisioningDeploy in minutes, not daysSimplified infrastructure repurposingTouchless server mobility

Open Integration w/powerful XML API

Service Profile: DataBaseNetwork1: DB_vlan1

Network1 QoS: PlatinumMAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC

WWN: 5080020000075740Boot Order: SAN, LAN

FW: DataBaseSanBundle

Service Profile: DataBase

Network1: DB_vlan1Network1 QoS: Platinum

MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC

WWN: 5080020000075740

Boot Order: SAN, LANFW: DataBaseSanBundle

Service Profile: ESX-HostNetwork1: esx_prodNetwork1 QoS: Gold

MAC : 08:00:69:11:19:EQ

WWN: 5080020000074312Boot Order: SAN, LANFW: ESXHostBundle

Service Profile: WebServer

Network1: www_prodNetwork1 QoS: Gold

MAC : 08:00:69:10:78:ED

Boot Order: LOCAL

FW: WebServerBundle



UCS ManagerEmbedded in Fabric Interconnect

UCS Fabric Interconnect20 Port 10Gb FCoE40 Port 10Gb FCoE

UCS Fabric ExtenderLogically part of Fabric InterconnectInserts into Blade Enclosure

UCS Blade Server ChassisFlexible bay configurationsLogically part of Fabric Interconnect

UCS Blade ServerDifferent blade typesMix blade types within enclosure

UCS Virtual AdaptersThree adapter options

Mix adapters within blade

Building Blocks



C2102 Socket Intel 5x00, 16 Disks, 12 DIMM, 5 PCIe 2U


C4604 Socket Intel 7500, 12 Disks, 64 DIMM, 10 PCIe 4U

UCS Compute Options

Blade

RackMount

B440

4 Socket Intel 7500, 4 SFF Disk, 32 DIMM

B2002 Socket Intel 5x00, 2 SFF Disk, 12 DIMM

B2502 Socket Intel 5x00, 2 SFF Disk, 48 DIMM

M1 M2




C-Series servers connectivity

Management connectivity through FEX to FI

Data connectivity directly to Fabric Interconnect

Stateless computingService profiles extended to C-series

Migration among compatible B & C series servers

All UCSM management servicesAutomated discovery

Fault and monitoring

Firmware updates

UCSM C-Series Integration

Unified Management across entire UCS portfolio Advanced capabilities extended to rack servers

Benefits

Feature details UCS 6100 UCS 6100

Nexus 2248Nexus 2248

UCSManager

Data Connection

Mgmt Connection



Unified Computingc-Series Rack Mount



B-Series Family Comparison

UCS B200 M2General

PurposeBlade Server

UCS B250 M2

Extended MemoryBlade Server

UCS B440 M1 High-

Performance BladeServer

Memory-intensiveserver for virtualizedand large-data-set

workloads

Compute & memory-intensive server forenterprise-critical

workloads

High-density server withbalanced compute

performance and I/Oflexibility

Item SizeCPU

SocketsCPU Memory Disks I/O

UCS B200 M2 Half 2Intel Xeon

5600

12 DIMM

96 GB 2 SFF SAS 1 MezzUCS B250 M2 Full 2 Intel Xeon5600 48 DIMM384 GB 2 SFF SAS 2 MezzUCS B440 M1 Full 4

Intel Xeon7500

32 DIMM

256GB

4 SFF SAS/SATA

2 Mezz

UCS B230 M1 Half 2Intel Xeon

6500/ 7500

32 DIMM

256GB

2 7MM

SSD1 Mezz

UCS B230 M1Compact -Performance

Blade Server

Compute &memory-intensiveserver forenterprise-criticalworkloads



C-Series Product Details

Item CPU Size Memory Disks I/O

UCS C460 M1Intel Xeon

7500 4RU64 DIMM

512GB

12 SFFSAS/SATA 10PCIe

UCS C250 M2Intel Xeon

56002RU

48 DIMM384 GB 8 SFF SAS/SATA 5 PCIe

UCS C210 M2 Intel Xeon5600

2RU12 DIMM

96 GB 16 SFFSAS/SATA 5 PCIeUCS C200 M2 Intel Xeon

56001RU

12 DIMM96GB

4 x 3.5

SAS/SATA2 PCIe

UCS C200 M2High-Density Rack-

Mount Server

UCS C210 M2General-Purpose Rack-

Mount Server

UCS C250 M2 ExtendedMemory Rack-Mount

Server

High-density serverwith balanced computeperformance and I/O

flexibility

General-purpose serverfor workloads requiring

economical, high-capacity, internal storage

High-performance,memory-intensive serverfor virtualized and large-

data-set workloads

UCS C460 M1 High-Performance Rack-

Mount Server

Compute & memory-intensive server forenterprise critical

workloads

Ciscos Unified Computing System C-Series Rack-Mount servers

now address the vast majority of data center compute requirements

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What Sets Cisco Unified Computing Apart

1. Single Logical Blade Chassis Cisco is the first to deliver the newblade architecture vs. the old mini-rack blade architecture

1. Unified Role-based Blade Infrastructure Management embedded in fabricinterconnects, managing all aspects of system configuration and operation by designatedadministrative roles

2. Network Interface Virtualization blade server network connectivity doesnt requireadditional layers of mini-switches. Connect blades just like rack servers

2. Unified Fabric FCoE + DCB provides dramatic reduction in networkadapters, switches, and cabling.

1. FCoE ANSI T11 standard for carrying FC traffic inside ethernet frame2. Data Center Bridging IEEE features for adding FC-like intelligence to Ethernet

3. VMware Integration1. VN- FEX provides virtual machine vNICs the same management visibility and control as

physical NICs. Allows VM network configuration to move with the VM via Vmotion

2. Pass-through Switching & Hypervisor Bypass Cisco Palo adapter provides VMDirect Path support for pass-through like configuration of VM network connectivity withoutthe overhead of a software vSwitch.

4. Cisco Extended Memory Technology cost-effectively offers morethan double the amount of memory (384 GB) than traditional 2-socket

servers

5. Stateless Server Provisioning Using Service Profiles, UCSManager implements role and policy-based mechanisms to manage ablade servers hardware identity

6. Open API Via a published API, Cisco enables support for any 3rd partymanagement application to fully manage the blade ecosystem



Cisco UCS: Removes Complexity & Cost

Unified Fabric and Fabric extenderFewer adapters and switches needed

Expanded memoryFewer CPUs and servers needed

Embedded managementFewer points of management

Coordinated control

Cisco UCS Removes Complexity and CostThrough the Following Innovations:

Fewer overall components, less sprawl More reliable, flexible, available, and scalable

Easier to manage and troubleshoot

Cisco UCSs Simplified Design Means:

Lower CapEx Lower OpEx Increased business agility

Customer Benefits:

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GrowingManagement

Costs

Cisco UCS Uniquely

Addresses the Fastest

Growing IT Cost

Management

The Result is a NextGeneration Data Center

Computing Solution that

Removes Complexity, While

Streamlining Costs



Key Points Covered

Management is Fastest Growing Cost inthe Data Center

Legacy Methods are Disparate and ProliferateHardware/Software Sprawl

Cisco Innovations Simplify and SolveNotJust Repackage


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