Unified Computing System and Microsoft

Arnaud BASSALER Consulting System Engineer – arnaud.bassaler@cisco.com

Datacenter & Virtualization EMEAR

June 2014

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An Overview: Cisco’s Microsoft Datacenter Portfolio

Compute Network Storage

UCS Nexus 1000 Partnerships

Management Virtualization Architectures (CVD)

PowerShell

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UCS Manager A single point of management for the entire system •  IO Fabric •  Chassis and Servers •  Adapters & Virtual I/O

Centralized

A policy-driven device manager •  Configuration •  Fault •  Monitoring

UCS Manager

Unified management platform •  Monitoring •  Troubleshooting •  Inventory •  Reporting •  Data protection •  Patching

Standardized provisioning of application services

Virtual machine management

Process automation tools

Cisco USC brings software control to hardware infrastructure that’s easily managed by System Center 2012

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Application Controller •  Manage services through intuitive interface using standard

templates •  Create, manage and move services using web-based

interface with customized view by role •  Provide comprehensive view of all services and virtual

machines with control at each layer

Virtual Machine Manager •  Service-centric approach to application management

Operations Manager •  End-to-end views of application health and topology

Service Delivery & Automation

Application Management

Infrastructure Management

Microsoft System Center 2012 provides an integrated management platform with a robust set of capabilities

Orchestrator •  Process automation that simplifies datacenter management •  Optimize heterogeneous environments with integrated

management •  Flexible and reliable datacenter services through

orchestrated workflows

Service Manager •  Publish and consume standardized IT service offerings •  Enable self-service requests for private cloud infrastructure •  Process workflows built on industry best practices •  Closed-loop change and release management

Virtual Machine Manager •  Pooling and dynamic allocation of datacenter resources •  Flexible delegation with control •  Infrastructure self-service enablement •  Heterogeneous virtual environment management •  Dynamic optimization of workloads

Operations Manager •  Comprehensive view of datacenters, and private and public

clouds •  Monitor services, devices and operations for many computers

from a single console

Configuration Manager •  Enables device freedom •  Provides comprehensive client management •  Integrates mobile, physical and virtual environments

Data Protection Manager •  Unified data protection for windows servers and clients •  Centralized management •  Integrates into existing ticketing systems, workflows and team

structures •  Supplies enterprise scale, fault tolerance and reliability

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Operations Manager Orchestrator

Management Pack Integration Pack

Unified Computing System

Software

Integration

Infrastructure

UCS Manager

Physical Virtual &

SCVMM

.NET Library

UI Extension

UCS Management with System Center 2012 Ease IT management through a single interface

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Operations Manager Orchestrator

Management Pack Integration Pack

Unified Computing System

Software

Integration

Infrastructure

UCS C-series CIMC

Physical Virtual &

SCCM

.NET Library

Integration Pack

UCS C-Series Management with System Center 2012 Ease IT management through a single interface

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Deliver integrated private cloud solutions Cisco compute and network infrastructure with WS2012, SC 2012/SP1 and Hyper-V

•  Provision and Manage WS2012 Physical and virtual environments supported by Cisco UCS and Cisco Virtual Networking Infrastructure.

•  Cisco and MSFT announced integration plans involving VM-FEX/N1KV with Hyper-V in Sep 2011 BUILD conference

•  SC2012 SP1 integrations available NOW!

•  Hyper-V, N1KV integration available now

Software

Integrated Cisco + MSFT

stack

Infrastructure

Operations Manager SCO

Unified Computing System

UCS Manager

Physical Virtual &

SCVMM

WS 2012 with Hyper-V

VM-FEX

Cisco Virtual Networking Solutions for Hyper-V

N1KV VSG

Storage

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Cisco InterCloud Solution Overview

Customer DC or Cloud Provider Clouds

vSphere

Hyper-V

Openstack/KVM

CloudStack/Xen

InterCloud Business Edition

End User & IT Admin Portals

Secure Fabric Network, Compute &

Storage

Azure APIs

EC2 APIs

Cloud Providers &

Cisco Powered Services

InterCloud Provider Enablement Platform

Brokered Services

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UCS Management with Operations Manager 2012

•  Holistic View of Converged Infrastructure Health •  Monitor alerts and faults on Chassis,

Blades, Fabric Interconnects, I/O Power Supply, Fan Modules….

•  Manage multiple UCS domains with single management pack

•  Simple and Powerful Visualizations •  Graphical Views of UCS topology

•  Graphical views of physical and logical entities and relationships

•  Reliable Information •  UCS XML API provides a powerful,

supported interface for Operations Manager

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Automate and Standardize UCS Management with Orchestrator

•  Automate UCS management •  Improve predictability and reduce manual errors with UCS

integration pack

•  Reduce time to delivery and reduce TCO

•  Packaged UCS activities for consistent delivery of UCS operations

•  Deliver Scalable and Reliable UCS management through Orchestrated Workflows •  Deliver consistent service across multiple systems and

departments

•  Packaged workflows to automate UCS operations

•  UCS XML API provides a powerful, supported interface for Orchestrator workflow operations

•  Optimize and extend UCS capabilities •  Integrate with 3rd party tools using Cisco UCS integration

pack

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Cisco UCS UI extension for SCVMM § 

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UCS PowerTool Bringing More Power to PowerShell

Don’t reinvent the wheel…

The Essential Tool Kit §  PowerShell is the common management platform used

across all Microsoft operating systems and applications

§  UCS PowerTool is a Cisco-built, user-friendly, PowerShell-based library that Microsoft tools understand

§  A simple way to utilize Windows PowerShell and customize tools to business needs

…build on it

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https://communities.cisco.com/ucsintegrations

§  Downloads: §  All integrations §  UCS Platform Emulator §  Scripting samples

§  Perl §  PowerShell §  Python

§  Documentation: §  Reference guides §  Training guides

§  Collaboration: §  Blogs §  Peer to peer forums §  Access Cisco experts

Free!!

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http://software.cisco.com/download/type.html?mdfid=283850978&catid=282558030

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Microsoft Private Cloud on FlexPod

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Converged Infrastructure Market Share

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Joint Value Proposition

Microsoft Private Cloud on FlexPod

•  Integrated solutions that simplify Data Center management

•  Integrated tools to automate

across Infrastructure, OS and Applications

•  Optimized Network control of Microsoft

virtual environment •  Application specific validated designs to

speed solution deployment

•  Hyper-V market share push

•  Accelerate Cloud OS adoption with new innovative partners

•  Capitalize on market movement towards Converged Infrastructure

•  HP & IBM competition Management tools / Cloud

•  Extend UCS sales conversation reach into application ecosystem

•  Increased mindshare

with System Integrators •  Application oriented solution

positioning •  A multi-Hypervisor

market landscape

Microsoft Interests Cisco Interests

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FlexPod Wins 2013 Best of TechEd Award

“A collaborative effort between NetApp, Cisco, and Microsoft, the NetApp FlexPod combines hardware and software to provide a complete, turnkey solution for Hyper-V provisioning. The FlexPod software toolkit utilizes PowerShell and Orchestrator to minimize customer headaches by fully automating the provisioning process. The toolkit is free as part of the overall hardware solution. This collaborative effort between NetApp, Cisco, and Microsoft provides a strong level of support and future potential.”

- TechEd 2013 Judges

FlexPod® with Microsoft® Private Cloud Awarded Best of TechEd 2013 in the Systems Management Category

Award Criteria: §  Strategic Importance §  Competitive Advantage §  Value to Customers

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Solution Details Partners Why UCS CVD? FlexPod •  FlexPod w/ MS Private Cloud (Windows Server and

System Center 2012) •  Integrated Compute Stack •  Integrated management tools •  Meets FastTrack

Yes

VDI •  XenDesktop 5.x •  With HyperV 2008 R1

•  Extended Memory •  Blade Density •  Ease of Scale •  Integrated, with Storage

Yes

Business Analytics & DW

•  SQL Server FastTrack 2012 •  SQL Server 2008 FastTrack •  OLTP with SQL Server 2012

•  Integrated solution with Storage •  Extended Memory •  Seamless Scalability w/ service profiles

Yes

Private Cloud with Hyper V

•  HyperV FastTrack w/ NetApp •  Management integration – N1kv, VIC •  Integration with SC2012 •  Integration with Win Server 2012

•  White Paper

Microsoft Applications

•  SQL Server 2012 Fast Track DW •  Exchange 2010 •  Sharepoint 2010

•  Ease of Scale •  Extended Memory •  Stateless servers for improved HA •  Unified Fabric

Yes

Management integration

•  SC 2012 Ops Manager Mgmt Pack •  SC 2012 Orchestrator Mgmt Pack •  SC 2012 VMM Manager •  Cisco commandlet library built on powershell

•  Automate UCS management •  Improve predictability and reduce manual

errors with UCS integration pack •  Reduce delivery time

•  FlexPod CVD

Strong Portfolio of Cisco/Microsoft Solutions

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Configuration and Provisioning Physical and Virtual Machine Monitoring Network Management Back Up and Recovery Disaster Recovery

Microsoft Applications

Microsoft Infrastructure

Cisco and NetApp PowerShell Integration Libraries

FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud

Cisco® and NetApp® Management

Cisco and NetApp Hardware: •  Compute •  Network •  Storage

Provisioning Monitoring Automation

Cisco: UCS Manager, PowerTool NetApp: OCPM, Data ONTAP , PowerShell Toolkit ®

with Hyper-V®

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FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud

•  Converged infrastructure platform: From Cisco and NetApp for Microsoft Private Cloud with deep integration with Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1

•  Reduced risk: Pre-validated hardware accelerates and simplifies deployment

•  Lower cost: Compute, network, storage and private cloud in a turnkey platform

•  More efficient: Virtualize infrastructure and automate workflows with integrated management and orchestration.

•  Flexibility to scale: Add or change servers and SAN/NAS (SMB 3) storage as needed, without breaking support

•  Learn more: •  www.netapp.com/microsoftsolutions •  www.cisco.com/go/microsoft •  FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud CVD

* NetApp 50% Storage Guarantee http://www.netapp.com/us/solutions/infrastructure/virtualization/guarantee.html

Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 3.0 Validated

Cisco® UCS™ Blade and Rack Servers and UCS Manager

Cisco Nexus® Family Switches including N1000V

NetApp® FAS Storage Systems

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CVD: FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud v3 Enterprise Deployment Guide

•  Designed, tested, and documented by NetApp and Cisco

•  Validated by Microsoft® Private Cloud Fast Track v3

•  Documented deployment and configuration of: •  Physical cabling •  Compute and storage •  Windows Server® Hyper-V® and System Center •  Cisco® and NetApp® software management

components

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FlexPod Integration with Microsoft Administration Sample Scripts

CMDB: Fabric State UI: Initiate workflows

Hardware WS-Man

PowerShell SMI-S Interfaces

Data ONTAP Cisco Unified Compute System Cisco Nexus

Management and Provisioning

Management Data ONTAP SCOM MP Data ONTAP SCVMM Pro Tip Cisco UCS SCOM MP Cisco UCS SCVMM GUI Add-in

Manage Processes and Operations

Automation Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Cisco UCS PowerTools Windows PowerShell

Centralized Automation and Configuration

Orchestration Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Cisco UCS SCO Integration Packs

End-to-End Workflows

Virtualization SnapDrive for Windows SnapManager for Hyper-V Cisco VM-Fex/Nexus 1000v

Virtualization and Resource Pools

Application SnapManager for Exchange SnapManager for SharePoint SnapManager for SQL

Application-aware Backup Granular Restore

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FlexPod Differentiators •  Rapid evolution from virtualization to private cloud

•  Deep System Center integration for monitoring and automation

•  Single management interface and tools for servers and storage with System Center 2012 SP1 integration •  Built-in data management support for Microsoft® applications

•  Active load balancing of compute, network, and storage •  Reduces bottlenecks and hot spots

•  Optimal storage efficiency: •  50% space savings (deduplication,

thin provisioning)

•  NetApp Unified Storage Architecture •  Multiple I/O protocol support in a single

storage device

•  Collaborative Support Model •  Collaborative support between ecosystem

of partners

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Microsoft and Cisco ACI

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FlexPod Data Center Nexus 9000 (stand alone) §  Introducing 40G switching capability in the

new design

§  Introducing low latency switching architecture

§  Delivering a future-proof FlexPod design which will support 40G compute and Storage connectivity

§  Deliver an architecture to seamlessly integrated current generation of hardware into upcoming Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) designs FAS Controller

3200,6200,8000

Nexus 9396

Unified Computing SystemUCS 6248 Fabric Interconnects, Nexus 2232 Fabric Extender & UCS C-220, B-200-Series Servers

vPC vPC

vPC vPC

Nexus 9000 based FlexPodiSCSI Boot

vPC Peer Links

Nexus 5596Cluster Interconnect

Nexus 1110X

Legend10GbE only

Converged InterconnectsCluster InterconnectSFO Interconnect

1GbE only

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§  Microsoft Exchange steady attach rate on FlexPod Data Center §  Microsoft Exchange solution details

§  Built on the FlexPod Data Center with ACI infrastructure project §  Full scope: Multi-Site 10,000 mailbox reference architecture with modular building block approach §  Citrix NetScaler and ASA leveraged to address application requirements for client access

§  Solution broken into phases §  Phase 1 is single site reference architecture with ACI §  Phase 2 is full scale and multi site deployment

FlexPod Data Center with ACI Microsoft Exchange 2013

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§  Microsoft SQL strong attach rate with FlexPod Data Center §  Microsoft SharePoint 2013 example web platform consuming SQL

services §  Microsoft SharePoint solution details

§  Built on the FlexPod Data Center with ACI infrastructure project §  Microsoft SharePoint 2013 + Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP1 §  Full scope: 10,000 user reference architecture with 10% concurrency (Number of users could change) §  NetScaler used for HA and loadbalancing

§  Solution broken into phases §  Phase 1 is reference architecture with ACI at limited scale §  Phase 2 is full scale with performance characterization

FlexPod Data Center with ACI Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and Microsoft SQL Server 2012

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FlexPod Data Center with ACI Roadmap

January February March April May June July August September October November December

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FlexPod Data Center with ACI – Design

FlexPod Data Center with ACI –

Deploy

FlexPod DC with ACI Multi-site -

Design

FlexPod DC with ACI Multi-site -

Deploy

FlexPod DC with ACI and MSFT Exchange – Design

FlexPod DC with ACI and MSFT

Exchange– Deploy

FlexPod DC with ACI Multi-site and MSFT Exchange–

Design

FlexPod DC with ACI Multi-stie and MSFT Exchange–

Deploy

FlexPod DC with ACI and MSFT SharePoint– Design

FlexPod DC with ACI and MSFT SharePoint–

Deploy

Infrastructure

Applications

Applications

Thank you.