Neil A Trevains MBCS MIEEE, Solutions Architect, UK Data Center Practice

26 October 2017

Multicloud in a Box

Cisco HyperFlex

Spending Shifts Into New Technologies

Market Shifting Towards Server-Based Ecosystem

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TraditionalNetworkStorage

Hyperconverged &Converged

Infrastructure

Wikibon predicts a $15B market

by 2020, growing to $38B in the

next 12 years

Most growth come from

traditional network storage

upgrades

Significant net-new revenue to

Cisco data center business

~$1B ~$15B Source: Wikibon Server

SAN Research 2014

What Is Hyperconvergence?

HyperconvergenceOn-Demand

Agile

Efficient

Simple

Scalable

Enterprise Ready

Cost Effective

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SERVER VIRTUALIZATION

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HyperConverged Infrastructure – What is it?Customer View Point

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HCI Cloud in a Box

Cloud-Like

Economics

Cloud-Like

Scalability

Cloud-Like

Simplicity in Deployment

Cloud-Like

Simplicity in

Operations

PROVEN DATACENTER SYSTEM, CONSISTENT OPERATING MODEL

Cisco HyperFlex – SIMPLICITY w/SPEED & SCALE

ECONOMICS

Investment Protection for existing customers

Enterprise-grade data protection & storage services with superior TCO

Cloud like consumption & pricing model

Full Cisco Support and Services coverage

Complete convergence of compute, storage, network & virtualization

Automated configuration for faster time to value

Seamless integration with existing management planes

SIMPLICITY FLEXIBILITY

Scale Compute & Storage independently to support diverse workloads

On-demand & Cloud-speed provisioning for transient resource needs

Fabric based scaling for always-on & secured HCI infra

CISCO HYPERFLEX - ARCHITECTURAL CONSISTENCY WITH CISCO UCS

Existing Upstream Network

Distributed ArchitectureData Services & Storage Optimisation

Cisco HyperFlex Systems ~ What is it?Software-defined, Truly Hyperconverged…

Software-defined ComputeCisco UCS

(stateless/programmatic)

Software-defined NetworkFabric Interconnects/UCS Manager

Software-defined StorageHyperFlex HX Data Platform

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Configure Monitor ManageHTML5 Dashboard (hypervisor agnostic)

HX Connect

Integrated Management and Data Services

Seamless integration of Converged &

Hyperconverged Infra

Independent Scaling of Compute & Capacity

Cisco HyperFlex ~ Unique Capabilities

High Performance Data Platform

Hybrid

All Flash

Enterprise Class Data Services & Storage

Optimization

De-duplication, Compression,

Snapshots, Clones

Deployment Automation & Simplicity

Out-of-the-box service profiles,

install/upgrade automation,

automated cluster scaling

Integrated High Performance Network

Fabric10G/40G VIC/Fabric

Factory installed, integrated

networking, fabric QoS

Data Protection & Resiliency

Tunable replication factor, Non-

disruptive data recovery, tight

integration with backup partners

HX Tooling

Consistent, Predicable & Highest performance

Smart Licensing

Cisco HyperFlex ~ HX 2.5 Feature Update

Native AsyncReplication

Data At Rest Encryption (D@RE)

D@RE thru Self-Encrypting

Drives, Ent Key Mgmt Support

HX Connect

Monitor anywhere, anytime,

cloud-based management

HX + CloudCenter

Deploy & manage workloads

across environments, preserves

portability and choice

Cisco Intersight (Starship)

Policy-based infrastructure

management & Orchestration-as-a-

Service

VM centric, snapshot basedCloud based software license

management Read the full ESG report:

cisco.com/go/hyperflex

Cisco HyperFlex

Cisco CloudCenter

HyperFlex for Cloud

DEPLOY

MANAGE

MODEL

Cisco UCS

HX Profiler, Sizing &

Benchmark Tools

Intersight

Cisco HyperFlex for Hybrid Cloud

Cisco HyperFlex

Cisco CloudCenter

HyperFlex for Cloud

DEPLOY

MANAGE

MODEL

✓ Accelerated DevOps in Multi-cloud IT

✓ Just-In-Time Scale across On-Prem & Off-Prem

✓ Right Services on Right Cloud

✓ Cloud Economics end-to-end

Cisco UCS

Single Support, Unified Management

Scale Compute and Storage Indepently

Pre-integrated, 34-Minute Install with Network

Better TCOSubscription Based

Pay & Grow

HyperConverged Infrastructure – What is it?Customer View Point w/Cisco HyperFlex

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HCI Cloud in a Box

Cloud-Like

Economics

Cloud-Like

Scalability

Cloud-Like

Simplicity in Deployment

Cloud-Like

Simplicity in

Operations