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Citrix – Cisco DC Tech Days ACI
Manfred Pfeifer
Systems Engineer Networking
Manfred. Pfeifer@citrix.com
Citrix 2014
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Agenda
Citrix – Cisco partnership
Citrix NetScaler – application delivery controller
NetScaler integration with Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco application centric infrastructure and NetScaler
NetScaler highlights
Resources for further information
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By the Numbers
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Cisco and Citrix work together to enable SDN
and data center transformation
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BEST-IN-CLASS SOLUTIONS SIMPLIFIED OPERATIONS BRILLIANT EXPERIENCE
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Visibility Security Acceleration Availability
NetScaler Is the Universal Front-End for today’s datacenters
Desktops
Data
BYO
Mobility
Corporate Apps
SaaS Apps
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Sold and
supported by
Cisco
Nexus 7000
RISE
Integration
Nexus 1000v
vPath
Integration
Nexus 9000
ACI
Integration
Nexus 1000V Integration via
vPath
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Nexus 1000V • Distributed switch
• NX-OS consistency
VSG • VM-level controls
• Zone-based FW
ASA 1000V • Edge firewall, VPN
• Protocol Inspection
vWAAS • WAN optimization
• Application traffic
WAN Router Servers
Tenant A ASA 1000V Cloud
Firewall
Nexus 1000V Physical Infrastructure
Virtualized/Cloud Data Center
vWAAS
Cisco Virtual Security Gateway
6000+ Customers
CSR 1000V (Cloud Router)
• WAN L3 gateway
• Routing and VPN
Switches
NetScaler 1000V
Cloud Services Router 1000V
Zone A
Zone B
vPath VXLAN
Multi-Hypervisor (VMware, Microsoft*, RedHat*, Citrix*)
NetScaler 1000V
• Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller
• Citrix NetScaler Web App. Firewall
NetScaler is the ADC for Nexus 1000V Virtual Networking
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vPath Service Chaining Benefits
You define which L4-7 Virtual Services through policy, NOT network topology
Dynamic Service chains enabled per VM/Application/Tenant
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Citrix NetScaler 1000V
• NetScaler VPX available as Cisco software
• Sold and supported by Cisco
• SSLVPN (NetScaler GW), CloudBridge not included
• Citrix NetScaler 1000V on ESXi (e.g. UCS)
• Up to 2Gbps throughput
• Works on any commodity server
• Citrix NetScaler 1000V on Nexus 1110/1010
• Nexus 1110 is Cisco’s DataCenter Services Appliance
• NetScaler SW + Nexus HW = Cisco ADC
• Other Cisco 1000V SW on the same platform
NetScaler
1000V
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NetScaler VPX NetScaler 1000v
Product NetScaler VPX VPX minus NG/CB features
Performance 10M, 200M, 1000M, 3000M 500M, 1000M, 2000M,
(4000M)
Platforms ESX, HyperV, XenServer ESX, KVM on Nexus 1110
Licenses Standard Citrix licenses* Cisco issued licenses*
Support Call Citrix for support* Call Cisco for support*
* Licenses are not interchangeable between vendors. Customers must buy upgrades and support from the vendor they bought the original product from.
NetScaler and Nexus 7000
Integration using RISE
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Internet
Nexus 7000
switch
Server
Farms
To Clients
NetScaler
ADC
Logical View
Internet
To Clients
Nexus 7000 +
Remote Service
Card
NetScaler ADC becomes a virtual service module in Nexus 7000
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Seamless Nexus Integration Enables the Nexus 7000 to Direct Application Traffic
Remote Integrated Service Engine (RISE) Enabling tightly integrated data center services
Auto PBR –
Simplifies One-arm Mode Config
Significant OPEX Reduction
Simplified Out-of-Box Experience
Reducing Initial Deployment
of NS by 4x (30 to 8 steps)
Ease of Management
Push VIP Availability into Routing Layer
Internet
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RISE seamlessly integrates NetScaler ADC with
Nexus 7000
Deployment becomes plug and play
Optimizes application traffic flows within Datacenter
Makes one-arm deployments more feasible
Increases application availability/reliability
Only NetScaler has RISE integration with
Nexus 7000
Cisco ACI and Citrix NetScaler
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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
21 NetScaler integrates with Cisco APIC for L4-L7 ADC
Cisco APIC
Administrator
Apply
Policy
Application Network Profile
Cisco ACI
Fabric
Traditional 3-Tier App
Firewall Web ADC App DB
Single point of automation and fabric element management
Common policy, management, operations interface
Application control/automation for physical and virtual networking components
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller offers a single point of automation
APIC
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• Centralized automation
- Common policy, management and operations interface
- Covers network, security and applications
• Designed to provided application policy and control from the top
down
• Application control and automation over both physical and virtual
networking components
• L4 – L7 services, such as NetScaler ADC/LB, are inserted
dynamically
• Allows auto-scaling of applications
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APIC is central point for
network control with
NetScaler ADC service
policy coordination and
automation
Investment protection with
an open ecosystem for
service integration
Scalable and elastic
architecture for physical
and virtual appliances
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App Delivery and
Optimization
Advanced L7 Policies
Analytics
Consolidated
Functions NFV Ready
Virtual
Appliance
Hardware
Appliance
Multi-tenant
Appliance
High Availability
Scale
Up
Scale-Out
TriScale
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Accelerate, Scale, Optimize Applications
Signalling Load Balancing
Scale performance of
PCRF, OCS, SPR,
AAA, DNS and SIP
servers
Scale performance of
web servers, in-line
proxies and data bases
Balance load across
data centers for
performance and
availability
Global Server Load Balancing
Application Load Balancing
DNS Caching
Enhance performance
DNS servers and
protect against DDoS
Enhance performance
of ADNS infrastructure
Authoritative DNS
SPDY
Streamlines web object
downloads for non
SPDY server endpoints
Multipath TCP
Maintains TCP sessions
when moving between
WiFi & 3G/4G
Web Compression
Consolidate SSL
transactions to
accelerate and scale
SSL Offload
Speed up web page
downloads and
decrease bytes
TCP protocol level
tuning for quicker
application transport
TCP Optimization
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Extensive L7 Policies for Application Control
HTTP Callout
Send request to
external server as part
of policy action
Content Switching
Send request to same
host to different servers
based on data on
HTTP, SIP, DIAMETER,
or Layer 3
Rate Limiting
Throttle access to
application to protect
performance
Responder
Respond to messages
or redirect based on
source, type, other
criteria
Rewrite
Rewrite some
information on request
or response message
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Resources for RISE technology
NetScaler & Nexus 7000 Integration White Paper
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/contnetw/ps5719/ps7027/ps8361/
white_paper_c11-688039_ps9402_Products_White_Paper.html
Citrix TV Master Class (online video)
• RISE Integration with NetScaler
http://www.citrix.com/tv/#videos/9681
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Resources for ACI technology
Cisco ACI strategy - http://www.cisco.com/go/aci
Cisco Citrix joint solution brief
- Cisco and Citrix: Build Application Centric, Application Delivery Controller-Enabled Data Centers
• http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns945/solution-brief-c22-
730002.html
Citrix blog - Abishek Chauhan, CTO, NetScaler Product Group
- When Applications and Networks Unite — the age of enlightened infrastructure
- http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/11/06/when-applications-and-networks-unite/
Cisco blog – Cisco ACI: In the market, building momentum. Full suite on schedule
for Q2 2014*
- http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/cisco-aci-in-the-market-building-momentum-full-suite-on-schedule-for-
q2-2014/
* Roadmap subject to change without notice.
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Resources for FlexPod technology
Cisco Citrix Webpage - http://www.cisco.com/go/citrix
FlexPod Validated Designs
- FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 and Citrix XenServer 6.2 – 2.000 Seats
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_xd7xs62_flexpod.pdf
- FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 and VMware vSphere 5.1
http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_ucs_xd7esxi51_flexpod.pdf
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