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Cisco UCS Director Kevin T. Park
Consulting Systems Engineer
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77%
23%
Maintain
Value-Add
• 24% pre-system deployment
• 23% turning on and preparing
for applications
• 29% monitoring, update and
patch management, health
monitoring, troubleshooting
• Organizational effectiveness hinges on IT efficiency
• IT environment increasingly complex
Source: IDC, 2011
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Source: IDC, 2011
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Server Spending Mgmt. and Administration—Standalone Servers Mgmt. and Administration—Virtual Servers Power and Cooling Expense
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Converged Infrastructures
• Converged Infrastructure
Provide part of the solution
Have 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
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Value
High Business
Change = Need to
Smooth Disruption to IT
Customers Gain
Most Advantage
Seamless Management
Integration
Across Converged,
Heterogeneous and Hybrid
Virtualization Environments
Business
Drivers
Faster Time to
Service/Market
Increased Cost
Advantage/IT Efficiency
Greater Infrastructure and
Operational Improvements
Management
Is Key
Single Orchestration,
Provisioning and
Monitoring is Essential
Highly Prescriptive
Framework and
Configuration Templates
Source: IDC 2012, 2011
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Self-service Delivery
Policy Driven Provisioning
Cisco UCS Director
Unified Service Delivery
Secure Cloud
Container
VMs vCompute vNetwork Storage
Tenant
B Tenant
C Tenant
A
Model-based Management
Virtual
Platform
Storage
Network
Compute
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Cloud Services
Ecosystem of
Service Providers
Cisco® Virtual Application
Container Services
Cisco Prime™ Service Catalog Self-Service Portal
Integrated Infrastructure Management Cisco
UCS® Director
Multivendor Computing, Network, Storage, and Virtualization
Hybrid Cloud
Management
Cisco Intercloud Fabric
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API to Cisco UCSM
Enterprise Systems Integration
LDAP, CMDB,
Metering DB • Single, unified product built
from the ground up
• Modular architecture
• Extensibility through APIs
• Deployed as an on-premise
Virtual Appliance(s)
UCS Director
Network
Services
Agent
Virtual
Infrastructure
Management
vCenter SCVMM Blade Server Managers Network API/CLI Storage APIs RM
Provides: • Policy-Driven
• Self-Service Infrastructure
• Lifecycle Management
Physical Infrastructure Virtual Infrastructure
Cisco UCS Director Multi-tenant Infrastructure Management Platform
Mobile Platform
IT Admins IT Operations End Users
UCS Director Provides Unified, Centralized Management of Physical and Virtualization Infrastructure in Private and Hybrid Clouds
VMware Hyper-V KVM
Other
Providers
Savvis VPDC,
Terremark
Amazon, Entel,
Rackspace
Self Service
Catalog
Admin
Console Dashboard
Cisco UCS Cisco Nexus
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Solutions Overview
Self-Service Infrastructure Policy-Driven Lifecycle Management
Virtual Infrastructure
UCS Director
Physical Infrastructure
Network Compute Storage Customer Choice
Self Service Console
ID & Access Manager
OS Provisioning
Mobile
Platform
CloudGenie
Admin Console
Policy Manager
Database
Dashboard
Resource Pools
Event Manager
IT Admins IT Operations End Users
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Key-Summary
End-to-End Automation • Unified policy-driven provisioning • Model-based automation – no need for scripting • Ongoing lifecycle management
Turn-Key Solution – Ready to Use in Hours • Unified, integrated and out-of-the-box solution • Seamless physical and Virtual resource pooling • Hypervisor agnostic
Customers are increasingly buying compute, network, storage, and virtualization as a single, converged system
Virtualization
Manager
Storage
Manager
Network
Manage
Compute
Manager
C A B
Virtualization
Compute
B C A
Network
Tenant
B Tenant
C Tenant
A
Storage
Single Panel- of-Glass for End-to-
End Management and Automation
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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 Days and Hours
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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
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
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
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
Access configuration,
VLAN,
VSAN, Security, and
Hardening
Operating System
Configuration
OS Type, Patch Level,
Settings
Access configuration,
VLAN,
VSAN, Security, and
Hardening
Operating System
Configuration
OS Type, Patch Level,
Settings
Access configuration,
VLAN,
VSAN, Security, and
Hardening
Operating System
Configuration
OS Type, Patch Level,
Settings
Subject matter experts define policies
1 Policies used to create Infrastructure
2 Pools, policies, templates
All are used to build Infrastructure from templates
3 Associating application profiles with fabric configures all needed application resources automatically
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Challenges: • Many groups • Many human
interfaces • 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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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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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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• Unified end-to-end management and automation
Model-based orchestration
• Multi-vendor; multi-protocol support of converged infrastructures
Virtualization
Storage
Network
Manage
Cisco UCS
Manager
C A B
Virtualization
Compute
B C A
Network
Tenant
B Tenant
C Tenant
A
Storage
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Self-Service
• What to offer
• How to deliver
• Who’s using what?
Manual Resource Request Automated Resource Request
Automation delivers:
Speed
Consistency
Network
Compute
Storage
I Need Stuff
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Rapid Creation of Orchestration Workflows
• Over 467 tasks across industry standard devices
• Drag ‘n drop creation
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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• Rapid configuration and monitoring
• Customizable view
• Quick status across critical components
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Rapidly View Converged Infrastructure Stacks
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Comprehensive View of Utilization and Consumption
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Drill Down for Granular Detail on Each Component
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Workflow Service Status
Comprehensive Operational Views for IT Operations
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Utilization Reports
VM Count by Group
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
Default Group DEMO-Group<20% 20%-40% 40%-60% 60%-80% 80%-100%
VM Utilization % by Group
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
Default Group DEMO-GroupInactive VMs Active VMs
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Technical User Perspective
• Self-serve provisioning of IT infrastructure
• Role-based access for technical users
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Validated Management Solution for FlexPod
Policy Driven Provisioning
Secure Cloud
Container
Self-service Delivery
Model-based Management
VM Manager
Storage
Manager
Network
Manager
Compute
Manager
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• Unified model-based management • Delivering secure multi-tenancy
Plug-ins C A B
Virtualization
Compute
B C A
Network
Tenant
B Tenant
C Tenant
A
Storage
Single
Panel- of-
Glass for
End-to-End
Management
and
Automation
VMs vCompute vNetwork Storage vFiler®
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• Consistent quality of service (QoS) at each layer
• Manage each resource pool independently
• Reduce risk and cost while boosting IT agility
• Certified with Payment Card Industry (PCI) and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) standards (for Homeland Security) and passed the International Computer Security Association (ICSA) audit
ERP HR CRM
VMware® VMware VMware
ERP HR CRM
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Resource
Pool Settings
Platinum
Tenant
Gold
Tenant
Silver
Tenant
Reservation Reserved Reserved No
reservation
Limits Unlimited Limited Limited
Shares High Medium Low
Expandable
Reservation Enabled Disabled Disabled
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• Single-click provisioning
• Single management interface
Physical and virtual infrastructure
• Model-based orchestration
• Converged infrastructure management
Self-service portal
Multi-tenant security
Cisco
UCS
Director
End-to-End
Infrastructure
Management
Application
Hypervisor
X86 Server
Network
Storage
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Cisco
UCS
Director
End-to-End
Infrastructure
Management
Single-Click Provisioning
Single Management Interface
• Physical and Virtual Infrastructure
Model-Based Orchestration
Converged Infrastructure Management
• Self-service portal
• Multi-tenant security
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End-to-End Functionality
• Support for both virtual and physical infrastructures
• Multi-vendor public cloud support
• Hypervisor agnostic
• Single pane of glass management, automation and orchestration
• Self-service, integrated monitoring and chargeback
• Includes task library with over 400+ tasks for easy drag and drop workflow creation
Simple and Easy to Deploy
• A single, integrated,
out-of-the-box solution
• Install in the morning, provision
in the afternoon
Integrated Compute Stacks
• FlexPodTM
• Vblock
• VSPEX
Flexibility
• Model-based orchestration
eliminates need for scripting