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TECCOM-2001
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TECCOM-2001
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Overview
UCS Overview
Unified Management
Policy-Based Computing
UCSM Open API Integration
Cisco Innovation
TECCOM-2001
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BEYOND EFFICIENCY
MORE EFFECTIVE IT
Increased uptime
Automation
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Blade
Extensibility
Rack-Mount
Mainstream
Extended Memory
C240 M3
C24 M3
C260 M2
C460 M2
C220 M3
C250 M2
C22 M3
Coming
Soon
C210 M2
C200 M2
B200 M3
B440 M2
B250 M2
B22 M3
B230 M2
2S EP
2S EX
4S EX
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UCS
Typical Deployments
At UCS Launch
UCS 6296 FI
UCS 6248 FI
UCS Fabric
Interconnects
Forward compatible
with Second Generation
I/O Modules
48 ports in 1RU
Unified Ports
Investment protection
96 ports in 2RU
Unified Ports
Investment protection
40 Port I/O Module
UCS I/O
Modules
Forward compatible
with Second Generation
Interconnects
TECCOM-2001
New!
Lower Latency
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New!
6 RU / 32 deep
8x fans
2x Chassis IO Module
Power Supplies
TECCOM-2001
90+% efficient
N+N redundancy
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Key UCS
Differentiation
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Duplicate Infrastructure
for Every 16 Servers
Blade Mini-Rack 2
(16 blade servers)
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MGMT
SAN
LAN
MGMT
SAN
LAN
Additional
Management
Connections
Multiple Ethernet
Connections
An Accidental Architecture
Multiple
SAN Connections
Separate Remote
Management
per Chassis
Result: Complexity
Multiple Management
Modules
TECCOM-2001
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MGMT
SAN
LAN
Additional
Management
Connections
MGMT
SAN
LAN
Embed management
Remove unnecessary:
Switches
Adapters
Management modules
Multiple Ethernet
Connections
Multiple
SAN Connections
Separate Remote
Management
per Chassis
Multiple Management
Modules
TECCOM-2001
I/O improvement
Extended memory
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Unified Fabric
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Unified
Fabric
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Infrastructure
consolidation
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Mgmt
Simplicity
LAN
SAN A
SAN B
Any ANSI T11
Compliant SAN
160 Servers per UCS Domain, 10,000 Servers with UCSM and UCS Central
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UCS
LAN
LAN
MGMT
SAN A
LAN
SAN B
SAN B
SAN A
MGMT
160 blades
160 blades
Chassis 1
Convergence only inside
each chassis
Chassis 1
Chassis 1
Network Devices
Chassis 4
8
8
Chassis 1/2
Chassis 10
20
20
Chassis 3/4
Chassis 5/6
Chassis 7/8
Chassis 19/20
Network Devices
UCS Advantages
Why?
Confidential
Internal
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its affiliates.
All rights reserved.
Use Only
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UCS Is Unified
Management
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Single
Unified
System
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SW Multi-Chassis LAN/SAN
MGMT
$$
$$
Legacy mentality =
- Difficult to scale & change
- High OpEx , High CapEx
Result:
- Complex infrastructure stacks
- Fragile Data Center environments
- Increasing management costs
TECCOM-2001
Chassis/Power/Networking FW
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UCSM Is
Policy-Based
TECCOM-2001
Policy-based
automation
Integrated
management
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Unified
ModelBased
Mgmt.
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Server
SME
LAN
Network
SME
SAN
QoS settings
Border port assignment
per vNIC
NIC Transmit/Receive
Rate Limiting
TECCOM-2001
Number of vHBAs
HBA WWN
assignments
FC Boot Parameters
HBA firmware
Number of vNICs
PXE settings\
NIC firmware
Advanced feature settings
RAID settings
Disk scrub actions
Server UUID
Serial over LAN settings
Boot order
IPMI settings
BIOS scrub actions
BIOS firmware
BIOS Settings
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Policy-Based Management
Unified Management Enables Service Profile Templates
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Unified
Management
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server
SME
Network
SME
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Policies Used
to Create
Service Profile Templates
TECCOM-2001
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
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Service Profile
Templates
Create Service Profiles
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Associating Service
Profiles with Hardware
Configures Servers
Automatically
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UCS
Service
Profile
Adds:
Portability
More flexibility
Improved uptime
TECCOM-2001
NIC MACs
HBA WWNs
Server UUID
VLAN Assignments
VLAN Tagging
FC Fabrics Assignments
FC Boot Parameters
Quantity of NICs
Boot Order
PXE Settings
IPMI Settings
Quantity of HBAs
QoS Settings
Call Home
Statistic Thresholds
System Firmware
Adapter Firmware
CIMC Firmware
RAID Settings
NIC Teaming in HW
BIOS Settings
etc., etc., etc.
SAN
LAN
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Single
Unified
System
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UCS
Central
UCS CLI
Cisco UCSM
Third Party
XML API
UCSM
Single UCS Domains
TECCOM-2001
UCSM
Data Center 1
UCSM
Data Center 2,3..
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Customer
Global FW Updates, ID
Pools, Backups, Admin
Policies, etc.
Common UCSM XML API
Global Service Profiles*
UCS Manager
UCS Manager
Revolutionary Unified
management of multi-UCS
Legacy Mgmt
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TECCOM-2001
Cloud
Consumer
Cloud
Auditor
Security
Audit
Privacy
Impact
Audit
Performanc
e Audit
Cloud
Broker
Cloud Provider
Service
Orchestration
Service Layer
Cloud
Service
Management
SaaS
Business
Support
PaaS
IaaS
Resource
Abstraction and
Cisco
Unified
Control Layer
Physical Resource
Computing
Layer System
Hardware
Facility
Provisioning/
Configuratio
n
Portability/
Interoperabil
ity
Service
Intermediatio
n
Privacy
Security
Service
Aggregation
Service
Arbitrage
Cloud Carrier
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UCS Is Cisco
Innovation
TECCOM-2001
High-Density
design
Extended
Server
Memory
Innovations Technology,
IndustryStandard
Servers
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Cisco Virtual
Interface
Cards
Fabric
20 Gb
128 Virtual Adapters
I/O
2 Tbps Fabric
Sub 2 uS Latency
Thousands of Servers
Cisco ASIC
Innovation
Unified Management
Cisco Extended
Memory
Technology
Memory
4X Memory at
Highest Speeds
2009
2012
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Power Optimized
Industry-Changing Examples
Fabric Failover
VIC 1280
VM-FEX Architecture
LAN
LAN
IOM-A
CNA
Port 1
vNIC 1
Local Area Connection
0
1.1.1.1
OS
TECCOM-2001
Nexus 5500
IOM-B
Logical Switch
Port 2
CNA
FEX
vNIC 2
Local Area Connection
1
2.2.2.2
Failures detected on
border ports or fabric
ports
Transparent to OS
Switch
Fabric Interconnect
B
Logical Switch
Fabric Interconnect
A
A
pp
OS
Hypervisor
VM-FEX
A
pp
OS
A
pp
OS
Management Plane
Integration between
Cisco and Hypervisor
Manager
Unified Fabric =
fewer components,
more airflow on
backplane
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Summary
Unified Fabric Is The Key
Enables simplicity and efficient scalability for true right-sizing
Policy-Based Computing
Embedded Management enables Service Profiles, Templates, RBAC
XML API
Programmatic interface is open and Industry Standard and allows choice
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Cloupia
TECCOM-2001
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Self-Service
Delivery
Model-based
Management
vFiler
Storage
Network
Compute
Virtualization
Manager
VMs
Policy-Driven
Provisioning
Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller
Plug-ins
Single Pane of
Glass
End-to-End
Management
and Automation
Virtualization
Compute
Network
Manager
Network
Storage
Storage
Manager
Manager
Compute
Manager
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IT
Admins
Modular
Open Automation for easy
third-party extensibility
Northbound
Deployed as an on-premise
Virtual Appliance(s)
IT Operations
Roll-based Access
Self Service
Catalog
Admin
Console
Enterprise
Systems
Integration
Dashboard
Mobile Devices
Cloupia
Cloupia
Cloupia
Network
Services
Network
NetworkServices
Services
Agent
Agent
Agent
Blade Server
Managers
Storage
APIs
Network
Manager
vCenter
VMware
SCVMM
Hyper-V
Amazon,
Rackspace,
RHEVM
KVM
Savvis VPDC,
Terremark,
Other
Providers
Physical Infrastructure
Virtual Infrastructure
Public Clouds
Cloupia Provides Centralized Management of Private and Public Clouds
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Cisco-on-Cisco Results:
ROI Achieved by Cisco IT
Average
TCO
-37%
-32%
Speed of delivery
6-8 Weeks
Average
TCO
2-3 Weeks
IT Maintenance /
IT Innovation
IT Maintenance /
IT Innovation
70/30
100% Physical,
Legacy Computer Platform
Average
TCO
15 Minutes
IT Maintenance /
IT Innovation
40/60
60/40
Virtualization
TECCOM-2001
Speed of Delivery
Speed of Delivery
Unified Computing
and Automation
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