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Vikas Ratna, Product Management, CiscoRichard Nitz, Consulting Systems Engineer, CiscoNivas Iyer, UCS Solutions Product Manager, Cisco

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What’s New with Cisco HyperconvergedInfrastructure

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Session Agenda

1 HyperFlex Update

2 Cisco’s Unique Approach to Hyperconvergence

3 Quick HX Connect Demo

4 HyperFlex Customer Stories

5 UCS vSAN ReadyNodes

#STO3387BUS CONFIDENTIAL 2



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Common management policy

across data centers

Pay-as-you-grow economics

with resource scaling on-

demand

S P E E D A N D

S I M P L I C I T Y

C L O U D - L I K E

O N - P R E M I S E S

Expand this simplified approach

to more use cases

P O W E R M O R E

W O R K L O A D S

Customers Want to Simplify More with HCI




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HyperFlex – An Incredible Year

Cisco Validate Solutions

All Flash SED Enterprise

Workloads

Profiler,

Sizer

Edge RBAC LocalizationConnect UI Native

Replication/DR

Scale

Cisco IP on HyperFlex

Unified Collaborations

Multi Cloud

Data Center Security

Branch in a Box

Others coming soon..

10CVDs, Soln.

Guides

15White papers,

Soln. Guides

VDI, VSI, SQL, Oracle, SAP,

Exchange, Splunk, Veeam, …

Innovations Every Quarter

Ready for Biz. Critical

#1in Performance

and consistency



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HyperFlex – Advantages!

Faster!

Better!Easier!

Smarter!

Safer!

• #1 in performance and consistency• No localized perf. Hotspots• Co-designed hardware + software

• 34 mins install• HX Connect UI• Multi dimensional scaling, UCSM

• Finally HCI with networking• Best in class TCO• 40 Gbps + external storage

• Inline dedup/compression• Offloaded snapshots/clones• Built in KMIP, NR/DR

• Cisco support• Long term financials• Cisco, UCS Brand



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Cisco HyperFlex SystemsHyperconvergence Redefined



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C O M M O N

H C I A P P S

B U S I N E S S

C R I T I C A L A P P S

Cisco UnifiedCommunications

F I R S T

G E N E R A T I O N

H C I

C I S C O

H Y P E R F L E X

Complete enterprise

data servicesConsistent

data availability

Sustained

low latency

Critical Requirements for HCI Evolution




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C I S C O H X D A T A

P L A T F O R M

Advanced

data services and

protection

Independent

resource scaling

Dynamic

data distribution

Log-structured file

system, built from

scratch for HCI




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C I S C O U C S

P L A T F O R M

Optimized

for virtualization

Centralized

policy management

Low latency,

high bandwidth

fabric

Converged and

unified fabric




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H Y P E R F L E X

D Y N A M I C D A T A F A B R I C

Guaranteed

QoS

Pre-Engineered

Traffic Segmentation

and Policies

Dynamic Data

Distribution for

Sustained Low-Latency

Consistent

Performance

Across All

Nodes

HX Data Platform

Software

Cisco UCS

Network Fabric




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Complete Hyperconvergence with HyperFlex

N E T W O R K

C O M P U T E

S T O R A G E S O F T W A R E

F A B R I C C O M P U T I N G


H X D A T A P L A T F O R M

First Generation HCI Cisco UCS HyperFlex

Disaggregated control

planes software validated

on hardware

Converged compute and

networking system

Converged Next-generation

HX data platform and UCS

fabric computing

S P E C T R U M O F C O N V E R G E N C E




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A D V A N T A G E S

Read / Write latency VM density IOPS Delivery




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Enterprise Strategy Group | Getting to

the bigger truth.™

© 2017 by The Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc.

Consistent, High-performance Hyperconverged Infrastructure

ESG HCI

Lab Validation

Tony Palmer and Kerry Dolan, Senior Lab Analysts



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HyperFlex Performance Testing Findings

Read the full ESG report:

cisco.com/go/hyperflex

3x Higher VM Density

3x Reduced Read/Write Latency

7:1 Reduced IOPS Variability

3x Better TCO

Predictable End-User Experience

More Workloads on Hyperconverged

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CONFIDENTIAL 18



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Cisco Validated

Designs

Performance

Benchmarks

Best Practices

Guides

HyperFlex Performance for Mission-Critical Applications




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3 DR ProtectionSimple Setup1 2Optimal and

Reliable Replication

App DB Web

Business Service Failover

HX Data Platform

Site 1

HX Data Platform

App DB Web

Business Service

Site 2

SSDSSDSSD SSDSSDSSD

Long Distance Replication on WAN

Native Replication for DRBusiness Continuity to Mission Critical Applications




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Cloud-Managed HyperFlex EdgeStarship Ready

Automation Analytics Proactive TAC Recommendation Engine

Branch 1 Branch 2 Branch 3 Branch 4 Branch 5

Simplified Compute and Storage Management Across Sites




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Secure Platform

Regulatory Compliance

Data-At-Rest Protection

Data-At-Rest Encryption thru Self-

Encrypting Drives

Enterprise Key Management Support

Vulnerability

assessments and

hardening

Role-based access

control and auditing

Certifications starting

with FIPS, common

criteria*

Compliance for data

privacy

(HIPAA, PCI-DSS etc.)

* in-process

HyperFlex Native Data Security




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✓ Simplify end to end sizing and

deployment for new / existing workloads

✓ Pay as you grow cloud economics with

HyperFlex scale out

SIZING

Cisco HyperFlex Pay as you grow scaling

HX Data Platform

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

IOVisor

DEPLOY

GROW

HyperFlex Solution Guides

• End to end validated designs,

best practices for applications

• Prescriptive guidance and

application tuning

• End to end workflows and

integration with 3rd party solns

Sizer - end to end sizing

Profile existing workloads

HyperFlex Sizing ToolsNew & Existing Workloads

HX Tools: https://hyperflexsizer.cloudapps.cisco.com

Enabling Workloads on HX



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Robust, Extensible Interface

Smart, Insightful Analytics

Monitor from Anywhere,

Anytime

Secure Management

• Intuitive and complete

HX monitoring and

management

• Ready for mobile

monitoring and

management

• Hypervisor agnostic management

• Built-in automation with RESTful API

• Monitor performance

and capacity in

real-time

• Plan future needs

based on historical

trends

• Discrete read-only and

sys-admin RBAC

• 100% vCenter

integrated

administrative roles

New HyperFlex Connect




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New HyperFlex Connect Live Demo

Richard NitzConsulting Systems Engineer, Cisco



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Unified Architecture

• Common Fabric with UCS

• Hardware, firmware, software compatibility across VMware releases

• Converged & HyperConvergedTogether

Operational Ease

• Factory installation and Day 0 automation of the VMware vSphere hypervisor on all HyperFlex Nodes

• Simplified management and monitoring from within vCenter plugin

Integrated with VMware Technologies

• VM-centric advanced data services such as cloning and snapshots that are VAAI certified

• Rapid deployment and management of VMware Horizon 7 VDI seats

• Support for NVIDIA Tesla GPUs for Graphics Acceleration

VM Platform Choice

• All vSphere Editions Enterprise Plus, Standard, Essentials Plus, ROBO

• Ability to independently scale compute and storage

What VMware users love about HyperFlex



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Cisco Validated Design 4,000+ Horizon 7 on Cisco HyperFlex

16 All Flash HX Nodes

+ 16 Compute-only nodes

With

2 x UCS6248UP Fabric

Interconnects

16 x HXAF220c M4

8 x C220 M4

UCS 5108 Blade Chassis with

8 x B200 M4 Blades

• Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) based

HXAF servers, Rack servers, and Blades

• Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects

• Cisco Nexus 9300 series layer 2 network

• Cisco HyperFlex Data platform 2.1.1b

• VMware vSphere 6.0 Update3

• VMware Horizon 7.1

• Linear Scalable Solution

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Travel and Hotel Services

Online Services/ Social Media

Retail

IT Software and Services

EducationGovernmentFinancial Services

High Tech/ Industrial Mfg.

Health CarePharmaceuticalEntertainment

Test and Development

Large RemoteBranch Office

Server Virtualization

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Databases

I N D U S T R I E S

U S E C A S E S

Proven Success Around the WorldCustomers Across Verticals




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Complex IT environments simplifying

branch or department apps

Extending UCS converged

infrastructure with HCI

B R A N C H O R

A P P S P E C I F I C O N

H Y P E R F L E X

E X T E N D U C S

W I T H H Y P E R F L E X

Compute and SAN

refreshed together into HCI

1 0 0 % H Y P E R F L E X

M I G R A T I O N

B E S T O F B R E E DH Y B R I D

I N F R A S T R U C T U R E

1 0 0 % H C I

D A T A C E N T E R S

Flexible HCI Migration Patterns




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Mainstream Computing

HyperFlex

Systems

HyperconvergedInfrastructure

Converged Infrastructure

Core Data CenterEdge Cloud

UCS Management Enterprise Cloud Suite ACI / Tetration

Scale Out Storage-

Optimized

UCS S-SeriesFourth

Generation UCS

HyperFlex Edge

UCS Mini

E-SeriesUCS C-Series

UCS Integrated

Infrastructure Solutions

Remote Sites

U N I F I E D M A N A G E M E N T M O D E L

UCS-VSAN

Ready nodes

Hyperconvergence in a Complete Portfolio




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Why Cisco HyperFlex

#1in Performance

2000+Customers(38% NEW to UCS)

Mission Critical

WorkloadsSQL, Oracle,

SAP, Exchange, Splunk




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Cisco vSAN ReadyNodesNivas IyerUCS Solutions Product Manager, Cisco



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Cisco UCS Ready Node

• Prescriptive server configuration ready

for Virtual SAN…

• Jointly validated by VMware and Cisco

Cisco UCS-VMware Virtual SAN Solutions




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UCS ReadyNodes




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Cisco UCS S3260: Modular Platform

Massive Capacity• 600TB data storage

capacity in 4U

• Up to 90TB SSD Flash

Lower

Capex34%

Multi-Node Power

• Single or Dual Server Options

• New cache acceleration

capabilities with NVMe and

Fusion IoMemory

I/O flexibility• 40Gb Cisco Virtual Interface

Card (VIC) Technology

• 256 virtual adapters per node plus 16Gb native Fabre Channel options

Total Automation

• Scale to Petabytes in

minutes with UCS Manager

• Cisco SystemLink

Technology with flexible

storage profiles

Lower Ongoing

Management80% Less

Cabling70% Less

Space60% Lower

Power59%

Significant Benefits Compared to Conventional 2RU Servers

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Versatility for All Data-Intensive Applications

Video Analysis

• Facial recognition

• Retail traffic analysis

• Roadway monitoring

Dual Server Nodes

72 CPU Cores

Compute Intensive

Bulk Object Storage

• Online check deposit

images

• Medical imaging

• Sensor data

600 Terabytes Raw Storage

1G or 4G RAID Cache

Capacity Play

Business Analytics

• Recommendation engines

• Fraud detection

• Network security

1.6TB NVMe

2 x Fusion ioMemory3 PX

90 TB SSD Flash

Cache Optimized

Data Protection

• Consolidated backup target

• Multi-site replication

• De-staging to cold storage

160 GB Aggregate VIC I/O

8 and 16GB Fiber Channel PCIe

I/O Intensive




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Unified ManagementEdge Cloud

Cisco UCS: Common Platform, Common Management, Many Architectures

Mainstream Computing

HyperFlex

Systems

HyperconvergedInfrastructure

Converged Infrastructure Scale Out

Storage-Optimized

UCS S-SeriesFourth

Generation UCS

HyperFlex Edge

UCS Mini

E-SeriesUCS C-Series

UCS Integrated

Infrastructure Solutions

Remote Sites

UCS-VSAN

Ready nodes

Avoid an HCI Silo




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Thank YouSee HyperFlex in Action Visit Cisco Booth 614



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