Cisco’s Technology Trifecta for Cloud OS

Rex BackmanSenior Marketing ManagerCisco

DCIM-B292

Cisco’s Technology Trifecta for Cloud OS

The Cisco Microsoft alliance over the past three years has provided a stream of technology innovation ranging from the introduction of our UCS compute family, our Hyper-V Extensible Switch offer Nexus 1000V, to some of the best System Center integration and PowerShell  work seen to date.

In late 2013 and early 2014 Cisco continued to release new technologies that support Microsoft’s Cloud OS: our Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) architecture, Invicta solid state flash capabilities for UCS, and Cisco Intercloud, a hybrid cloud management solution. ACI, Invicta, and Intercloud offer up a ‘technology trifecta’ that provide support for Cloud OS - Windows Server and Azure - and System Center.

These technologies will enable quicker more efficient cloud deployments, workload deployments based on SQL, Exchange, and SharePoint s well as improved integrated manageability. This session will introduce these three Cisco technologies and showcase their discrete integrations into Windows Server, System Center, and Azure.

Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Invicta, InterCloud

Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Rami RammahaCisco

Customer Top Of Mind

VISIBILITY AND ANALYTICS

Easier to Troubleshoot

POLICY ANDAUTOMATON

Increased Agility

PERFORMANCEAND EFFICIENCY

Scale with Security

Modern DC Demands Agile Networking

“Increased OpEx is attributed to network optimization to VM’s to deliver application SLA’s”

Source: ZK Research

Operating expenses represent over 80% of DC spending

Network optimization for virtual servers is driving OpEx spending

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 130%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%Datacenter Spending (%) Over Time

Server Spending Standalone Servers - Mgnt & AdminVirtual Servers - Mgnt & Admin Power & Cooling Expense

Cisco’s Application Infrastructure

APPLICATION-CENTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE

APPLICATION POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE

CONTROLLER

NEXUS 9000 SERIES

INDUSTRY LEADINGECOSYSTEM

APIC

APPLICATION

COMPUTE NETWORK

CLOUD

STORAGE SECURITY

An Innovative New Approach To Policy

ConnectivitySecurityQoSL4-7 Services

APPLICATION NETWORK PROFILE

Contract Contract Contract

OUTSIDEDBAPPWEB

ADCF/WADC

What is an application policy?

Group: A set of VMS / servers with the same policy1.

Contracts: A set of rules governing communication between groups2.

Service Chains: A set of network services between groups3.

Agility: Any APP, Anywhere, Physical & Virtual

ADC APP DBF/WADC

WEB

APICExtensible Scripting Model

HYPERVISORHYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR

Built Around Open APIs

APIC

Open REST APIs Support Integration With Any Software

OpFlex: Open Fabric Attached Device API Supports Integration with Any Network Device

Automation Enterprise Monitoring

SystemsManagement

OrchestrationFrameworks

OVM

Hypervisor Management Applications

NORTHBOUND PROGRAMMABILITY LAYER

SOUTHBOUND PROGRAMMABILITY LAYER

OpFlex: An Open, Extensible Policy Protocol

APIC

OPFLEX WAS DESIGNED TO OFFER:

Policies:

• Who can talk to whom

• What about

• Ops requirements

Abstract policies rather than device-specific configuration

1.

Flexible, extensible definition of using XML / JSON

2.

Support for any device including virtual switches, physical switches, network services with strong interoperability across vendors

3.

Open, standardized API with an open source reference implementation

4.

OPFLEX PROXY

OPFLEX AGENT

OPFLEX AGENT

OPFLEX AGENT

HYPERVISOR SWITCH ADCFIREWALL

ACI Integration With MSFT Hyper-V

ACI Admin(Basic Infrastructure)

Cloud Tenant

ACI Fabric

APIC

APIC Plugin

Web WebWebWeb AppApp DB DB

HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR

ACI Agent ACI Agent ACI Agent

Apply Network Policy

Instantiate VMs

State Information Handshake

between APIC and SCVMM

SCVMM Plugin

Invicta

Matt GoldenshonCisco

Workload Acceleration

Fast I/O

High Bandwidth

Low Latency

Data Reduction

Eliminate Redundant Data

Efficient Storage Utilization

Data Center Efficiency

Reduce Energy Consumption

Reduce Floor Space

Consumption

Reduce Management

Overhead

The UCS InvictaConquers Three Business Objectives

Cisco UCS Invicta Series

Up to 1.2 Million IOPS**Up to 9.6 GBps** BandwidthUp to 144 TB Raw

UCS Invicta Appliance

UCS InvictaScaling System

Scalability

Modularity

Application Acceleration

Data Optimization

Multiple Workloads

Tuning-Free Performance

250,000 IOPS*1.2 GBps BandwidthUp to 24 TB Raw

*Read IOPS **refer to earlier slide “A Note on Numbers”

6 Node Configuration

UCS Invicta Scaling System Architecture

Silicon Routers

Workload Acceleration and Data Reduction Silicon Nodes

UP TO 6

Silicon Routers

Performance Nodes600,000 IOPS*

72 TB Raw

OLTPAnalytics

BatchDatabase Loads

Data Reduction Nodes450,000 IOPS*

192 TB Effective

Virtual DesktopsEmail

Web Logs

Scaling System Mix & Match

*refer to earlier slide “A Note on Numbers”

UCS Invicta Scaling System Mirroring

SSN

SSN

SSR

SSN

SSR

SSN

SSN

SSN

P

M

P

M

P

M

Flexible Replication Options

Appliances to Scaling Array Scaling Array to Scaling Array

Appliance to Appliance Appliance to Open Target

Linux/Windows

UCS Invicta Features

Appliance Scaling System Architecture

INVICTA OS 5.0.0 5.0.1

Symmetric Read/Writes ✔ ✔

RAID Protection ✔ ✔

Asynchronous Replication ✔ ✔

Snapshots – Copy on Write ✔ ✔

Mirroring ✔

Web Based UI/API ✔ ✔

Role Based Access Controls ✔ ✔

Data Reduction Option ✔ ✔

Thin Provisioning ✔ ✔

iSCSI, Fibre Channel ✔ ✔

Enhanced Data Protection ✔ ✔

VAAI Support* ✔ ✔

Ethernet, Fibre Channel ✔ ✔

Increase Performance and Capacity ✔

Scaling System Fabric Point to Point

Max. Routers 2

Max Nodes 6

* VAAI is only supported in performance nodes

InterCloud

Appaji MallaCisco

NO

MAYBE

YES

26%

7%

70%*

Will Your Enterprise Be Pursuing A Hybrid Cloud Computing Strategy By 2015?

Source: Gartner DC Summit, December 2012 (Base 400+ Enterprise customers)

Customers Seek to Leverage Service Provider Clouds to Complement On-Premise Servers

7%

16%

33%

43%

Which statement best describes your firm’s current or planned strategy regarding the use of service providers for cloud IaaS?

Use IaaS for peak workload or special demand to

complement in-house servers and storageUse IaaS as primary,

complemented by on-premise server and storage for special

demandsUse IaaS for all server and

storage needs

We don’t have an IaaS strategy yet

Source: Forrester, 2013 (study commissioned by Cisco)

Customers Want Hybrid Clouds, Not Just IaaS

Hybrid Cloud ChallengesInability to Access Resources Across Any Cloud, with Security with Ease

Siloed InfrastructureLoss of Security Slow and Complex

Unsecure Connection Limited Workload Protection

Require app re-configuration Slow and manual process of

discovering enterprise application dependencies

No Visibility or Control

Inconsistent cloud architectures Fragmented solutions solving

networking, security, application and management challenges

Different Management Tools

CiscoInterCloud

Customer

Choice Open

vCloud Hybrid Services™

Homogeneous + Custom

Cisco’s Hybrid Cloud Approach

OpenEcosyste

m

CiscoInterCloud

Customer Cloud Providers

Cloud Brokers

Cisco Powered Services

Choice Open

No Vendor Lock-In

Any Hypervisor to Any Provider

Heterogeneous Infrastructure

End-to-End Security

Unified Workload Management and Governance

Workload Mobility Across Clouds

Cisco’s Hybrid Cloud Differentiation

Cisco InterCloud—Solution OverviewEnterprise DC / Private Cloud Provider Clouds

vSphere

Hyper-V

Openstack/KVM

CloudStack/Xen

InterCloud Business Edition

End User & IT Admin Portals

Azure APIs

EC2 APIs

Cloud Providers&

Cisco Powered Services

InterCloud Provider Edition

Secure Fabric

Network, Compute &

Storage

InterCloud Supports Key Hybrid Cloud Use Cases

Dev/Test

Dev/Test Application across Private and Virtual Private Cloud

Bring Back Workload for Production Scale

Shadow IT Control

Providing Rapid Access to Hybrid Cloud Capacity

IT in Control of What and Where

Applications Can Be Deployed

Capacity Augmentation

Bursting from Private Cloud to Virtual Private or Public Cloud for Peak Workloads

No Change to Application, Networking

and Security

Disaster Recovery*

Use Public Clouds for Backup and Disaster Recovery

Securely Extend DC with Consistent

Policies

Dev/Test

Production

WAN

Private Cloud VPC/Public CloudCommon PeakWorkloads

InterCloud Provider Enablement Platform Features

Cloud API

Interface with InterCloudController and Fabric South Bound API

API Translation Logic

vCenter

Adapter

vCloudAdapte

r

OthersCloudStackAdapter

Open API

Rapid Deployment

Enable Cloud Provider to Quickly Offer Hybrid Cloud

Services

Provider Enablement Platform

Open API

For Integration with Cloud Provider Infrastructure

Flexible

Abstraction over Cloud Provider Infrastructure

Cisco InterCloud EcosystemCloud Providers and Partners

Provider Partners Technology Partners

Summary

Cisco’s Microsoft Solutions www.cisco.com/go/microsoft

Application Centric Infrastructure Nexus 9000: https://developer.cisco.com/site/networking/routers-switches/nexus9000/home/index.gsp Cisco ACI: https://developer.cisco.com/site/networking/one/overview.gsp Nexus 9000 Community GitHub https://github.com/datacenter/nexus9000

Invicta www.cisco.com/go/invicta

InterCloud www.cisco.com/go/intercloud

Resources

Related contentPlatinum Partner Theater Session Title: Deploy Applications Faster than Ever Speaker: Rami RammahaDate: Monday, May 12th, 12:15pmAbstract: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure tackles the increased complexity in the data center with a common policy framework that automates provisioning and management of resources resulting in deploying applications in minutes.

Additional Cisco Speaking Opportunity Session ID and Title: DCIM-B314 Extend Datacenter Networking with Partner SolutionsSpeaker: Bob Combs Date: Monday, May 12th, 1:15pmSession Type: BreakoutTrack: Datacenter and Infrastructure ManagementTopic: Windows Server Hyper-V

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For More InformationWindows Server 2012 R2http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205286

Windows Server

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azurehttp://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/

System Center

System Center 2012 R2http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205295

Azure PackAzure Packhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack

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