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Cisco UCS Architecture ComparisonBusiness Decision Maker
Cisco SystemsData Center and VirtualizationUnified Computing System
July 30, 2013
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THECISCO
UNIFIED COMPUTING SYSTEM DIFFERENCE
CISCO UCS
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Legacy Infrastructure Designs
• Infrastructures designed separately – not as a unified system
• Marketed as “converged”, but really management layers on top of multiple infrastructure silos
• Sprawling patchwork of tools, agents and management points
Complexity Drives Up Management Costs
• Rigid models to upgrade and maintain system-level designs
• Multiple tools means multiple points of configuration
• Brittle design with complex inter-dependencies
Legacy Infrastructure and Management
CISCO UCSUNIFIED by DESIGN
Eliminating Silos – Fabric Centric Architecture – Single Point of Mgmt
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
Power & Cooling Expense
Mgmt. & Admin - Vir-tual Servers
Mgmt. & Admin - Standalone Servers
Server Spending
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Data Center EconomicsManagement is the Key Server OpEx driver
Source: IDC, “New Economic Model for the Datacenter”
Billions of Dollars – WW Server Management SpendTotal Server
Related SpendYear Physical Servers Virtual Servers
2003 $ 64 $ 3 $ 135
2007 $74 $ 28 $ 191
2013 $50 $105 $250 31% - 32% 275%- $24 + $ 77 + $ 58
WW Server Related Spend (CapEx + OpEx) - Servers, Power & Cooling, and Mgmt./Administration
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Controlling Data Center Cost
Unified Computing System
I/O & Virtualization
Architecture & Scale
Management
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Cisco UCS “New” Legacy
Siloed & Complex• Multiple I/O protocols & stranded capacity• High port consumption, no design leverage• Limited & separate physical & virtual port
visibility, minimal control, multiple tools.
Unified Fabric• Single port - LAN, SAN, Mgmt path• Reduced complexity• Physical & virtual port end to end
visibility and control with a single tool
Complex Mgmt Structure• Multiple mgmt tools, multiple interfaces• Every Administrator has multiple tools• Duplicative mgmt points and access,
complicated and inefficient with no scale
Unified Management• Single mgmt tool, single interface• Highly collaborative roles based control• Mgmt interface leveraged across
multiple servers and domains
Scattered, De-centralized Compute• No truly functional identity abstraction• Blade and rack servers segregated, no
identity portability between form factors• Physical & virtual identities independent
Unified Compute• Stateless Computing, abstracted identity• Portable Identities - form factor agnostic,
blade to rack server identity transfer• Physical & virtual functionally combined
Vs.
Management
I/O & Virtualization
Architecture& Scale
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The Cisco UCS DifferenceCisco's Unified Data Center strategy unifies physical and virtual infrastructures across data centers.
Delivered more economically without compromising functionality, performance, scalability, operational efficiency or security.
Stateless Computing• Identity = Server Settings and Policies, 127+ parameters & policies• Abstracted Identity = Model-based, GUI driven
Service Profiles PortabilityPortability between blade AND rack servers
Unified Management – Architecture is Key• Centralized Architecture, not de-centralized legacy design
Easy Scaling - Self Aware, Self Integrating, Automated• Form factor agnostic = rack and blade together• Reduced Complexity and Roles Based Access
Servers, LAN, SAN, Management – one tool, one interface.
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Blade Architectureand
Scaling
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Blade Architecture and ScalingSimpler Design, Scale without Complexity
HP
Growing Capacity Requires Infrastructure Change
Scale Requires Large Increments, 16 blades / 10 RU,Larger Embedded Cost, More
Management Overhead.
Architecture Complex and Cumbersome at Scale
High Top of Rack switch port consumption with increasing
scale.
UCS
Constant Infrastructure With Growth
Scale In Smaller Increments, 8 blades / 6 RU,
Lower Cost, Leveraged Architecture.
User Customizable Architecture. Simple to scale at blade, chassis
and I/O level.
IBM
Growing Capacity Requires Infrastructure Change
Scale Requires Large Increments, 14 blades / 10 RU,
Larger Embedded Cost, Increasing Mgmt Overhead
Architecture Complex and Cumbersome at Scale
High Top of Rack switch port consumption with increasing
scale.
Scaling is a plug and play operation
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HP c7000 Platinum Chassisand Virtual Connect
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Chassis Mgmt Modules
VC FlexFabric SWITCHES
VCEM License
VCEM License
VCEM License
VCEM License
HP c7000 Platinum Blade ChassisFor UCS Manager parity, you need HP Virtual Connect (VC) Enterprise Manager (VCEM) + HP Insight Control, at the minimum.• Mgmt SW host – Required for SIM & VCEM.• VCEM required on each chassis to move
blade identities (server profiles).• 10 RU chassis. 4 Chassis = 72 slots.
Each Chassis has:• 2 FlexFabric switches per chassis• 2 x Mgmt Modules per chassis.• = 4 mgmt points.
4 Mgmt Ports in EVERY chassis – minimum.
Mgmt SW host required
Chassis Mgmt Modules
1Gb Enet Mgmt
ToR switches are needed to connect multiple chassis. Switches are redundant
10Gb Enet
FC Switch
VC FlexFabric SWITCHES
VCEM License
VCEM License
VCEM License
VCEM License
BackFront
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HP c7000 Platinum Chassis5 Gbps Enet / blade (+ 2 Gbps FC / blade)
10Gb LAN
FC SAN
Mgmt SW host
1 chassis – 16 blades
16 BL460c Gen8 blades in one chassis.• FlexibleLOM – FlexFabric 10Gb dual port
2 x HP FlexFabric switches, Each switch has a maximum 8 uplink ports4 – 10 Gb Enet4 – 10 Gb Enet or FC4/8
Illustrated here: 80 Gbps Enet total (4 – 10Gb ports / switch x 2 switches)
÷ 16 blades in each chassis 5 Gbps Enet only / blade leaving the chassis
32 Gbps FC (2 FC8 ports / switch x 2 switches)
÷ 16 blades 2 Gbps FC only / blade leaving chassis
5 Gbps of Enet only / blade – dedicated Enet2 Gbps FC only / blade - dedicated FC7 Gbps Total I/O per blade leaving chassis
Mgmt switch
10Gb
FC8
1Gb
FC8
1Gb
10Gb
HP c7000 Platinum chassis• 10 fans, 6 power supplies• 16 Insight Control Licenses• 2 chassis management modules• 2 FlexFabric switches + VCEM• 16 - HP BLc460 Gen8 blades
Chassis Cable Count 8 - 10Gb Enet
4 - FC8
2 - chassis mgmt
14 cables / chassis
16 blades / chassis
1/10Gb FC Mgmt
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HP c7000 Platinum Chassis5 Gbps Enet / blade (+ 2 Gbps FC / blade)
4 chassis – 64 blades
******************This is a lot of cables for only 7 Gbps of I/O / blade
• 2 Gbps of FC / blade• 5 Gbps of Enet / blade
4 chassisx 14 Cables each 56 cables 56 ToR switch ports$ $ $ $ $
5 Gbps Enet / blade not enough I/O?
4 chassis – 64 blades16 management points – 4 per chassis.
We aren’t managing the blades yet.
10Gb LAN
FC SAN
Mgmt SW host
Mgmt switch
10Gb
FC8
1Gb
FC8
10Gb
1Gb
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IBM Flex System Chassisand Flex System Manager
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Chassis Mgmt
Modules
CN4093 10Gb SWITCHES
IBM Flex System Blade ChassisFor UCS Manager parity, you need IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) at the minimum.• FSM Mgmt Node – Required for every 4
chassis.• FSM Mgmt Node – NOT REDUNDANT.• FSM license required for every chassis.• 10 RU chassis. 4 Chassis = 56 slots. Only 55
Compute
Each Chassis has:• 2 CN4093 switches per chassis• 2 x Mgmt Modules per chassis.• = 4 mgmt points
4 Mgmt Ports in EVERY chassis – minimum
FSM License
13 compute slots &
1 mgmt node
Chassis Mgmt
Modules
CN4093 10Gb SWITCHES
BackFront
FSM License
FSM License
FSM License
1Gb Enet Mgmt
Switches are needed to connect multiple chassis.Switches are redundant
10Gb Enet
FC Switch
14 compute slots
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IBM Flex System Chassis5.7 Gbps Enet / blade (+ 2.3 Gbps FC / blade)
10Gb LAN
FC SAN
Mgmt switch
IBM Flex System chassis• All fans• All power supplies• 2 chassis management modules• 2 CN4093 switches• 1 IBM FSM Mgmt Node: chassis 1 only• 14 - x240 (except chassis #1 with 13 + FSM)
10Gb
FC8 FC8
10Gb
1Gb
Chassis #1 – 13 blades (compute)1 FSM Mgmt Node (1 required per 4 chassis)13 – Flex System x240 compute nodes, each with
• 1 – CN4054 10Gb quad port (FCoE upgrade)2 x CN4093 switches, each base switch comes with:
• 14 downlinks (1 per blade) and• 2 x 10Gb uplinks• 6 Omniports uplinks, ports can be 10Gb or FC4/8• 4 Omniports used here
Illustrated here: 80 Gbps Enet total (4 10Gb ports / switch x 2 switches)
÷ 14 blades (14 in compute chassis)
5.7 Gbps Enet only / blade leaving the chassis
32 Gbps FC total (2 FC8 ports / switch x 2 switches)
÷ 14 blades 2.3 Gbps FC only / blade leaving chassis
5.7 Gbps of Enet only / blade – dedicated Enet2.3 Gbps FC only / blade – dedicated FC8 Gbps Total I/O per blade leaving chassis
Chassis Cable Count 8 - 10Gb Enet
4 - FC8
2 - chassis mgmt
14 cables / chassis
14 blades / chassis
1/10Gb FC Mgmt
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IBM Flex System Chassis8.6 Gbps Enet / blade (+ 2.3 Gbps FC / blade)
10Gb LAN
FC SAN
Mgmt switch
1Gb
FC8FC8
10Gb
10Gb
5.7 Gbps of Enet only / blade2.3 Gbps FC only / blade 8 Gbps Total I/O per blade leaving chassis
You can add 2 more 10 Gb Enet connections per switch, 40 Gbps per chassis
80 (original Enet capacity)+ 40 (new 2 x 10 Gb per switch “ ”) 120 Gbps Enet leaving chassis÷ 14 blades in each chassis 8.6 Gbps / blade
The native ports on the CN4093 switches are maxed out.
If you need I/O, more uplinks, there are two options:
1. Buy upgrades for both switches – retail at $10,999 each = $21,998
2. Buy another pair of switches – retail at $20,899 each = $41,798. This option requires more mezz cards as well - $1,868 x 14 blades = $26,152; TOTAL to add switches is $67,950
Chassis Cable Count12 - 10Gb Enet
4 - FC8
2 - chassis mgmt
18 cables / chassis
14 blades / chassis
IBM pricing publically available on 07/04/2013.
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IBM Flex System Chassis8.5 Gbps Enet / blade (+ 2.3 Gbps FC / blade)
10Gb LAN
FC SAN
4 chassis - 55 blades [13 + (3 x 14)], compute(IBM Flex System Manager domain maximum)
******************This is a lot of cables for 10.8 Gbps of I/O / blade
• 2.3 Gbps of FC / blade• 7.5 Gbps of Enet / blade
This ends up being:2 x mgmt cables4 x FC8 cables12 x 10Gb Enet cables18 Cables for each chassis1.28 cables per blade server
4 chassis72 cables 72 ToR switch ports 8 management switch ports$ $ $ $ $
1Gb
Mgmt switch
10Gb10Gb
FC8FC8
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Cisco UCS Chassis
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Cisco UCS Blade Chassis• No Extra Mgmt SW / Hardware needed.• No “per chassis” licensing needed or required.• UCS Management is FULLY REDUNDANT.• 1 to 20 chassis or 160 RACK or BLADE servers.• 2 x UCS Fabric Interconnects (FI) required.
48 or 96 port models – 10 Gbps FCoE.•All Mgmt SW (UCS Manager) is included in FIs.
• UCS Fabric Interconnects are Active / Active Cluster= 1 mgmt point for ALL chassis & rack servers.
• Each UCS 2208 has 8 x 10Gbps FCoE ports (management path included).
• UCS 2204 version has 4 ports each.• UCS 2208 / 2204 are Line Cards are NOT
switches. They are remote line cards for the Fabric Interconnects and are not a mgmt point.
BackFront
UCS 2208 – LINE CARD10 Gbps I/O & Mgmt
Up to 20 blade chassis (160 blade servers) –
Mix Blade AND Rack Servers – up to 160 servers total.
All in
One Mgmt Tool, One Mgmt Interface
One Mgmt Domain
UCS FI Fabric Interconnects Required
8 compute slots
Up to 20 Chassis
Up to 20 Chassis.
Up to 160 Blade or Rack Servers
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Cisco UCS Cisco UCS chassis (qty 2)• All fans• All power supplies• 2 – UCS 2208 I/O modules per chassis• 16 – B200 M3, 8 per chassis.
2 chassis – 16 blades
16 B200 M3 blades, 8 per chassis.• mLOM UCS 1240 VIC – 4 x 10Gb FCoE ports
UCS 5108 chassis, each with 2 x 2208 I/O modulesEach 2208 has 8 x 10Gb FCoE ports = 80 Gb each
Illustrated here:40 Gb (2 x 10 Gb ports per module)÷ 8 blades 5 Gb / blade leaving chassis
2 x UCS 6296UP Fabric Interconnects (FI)96 Universal Ports each for I/OUniversal ports for 10 Gb / FCoE / FC4/8Use for Southbound (to chassis) or Northbound
5 Gbps / blade5 Gbps FCoE per blade leaving chassis
All I/O is available to all blades in the chassis20 Gb minimum available from each bladeFC is prioritizedQoS is set per blade by admins to meet needs
10Gb LAN
FC SAN
4 x 10Gb4 x FC8 4 x FC8
4 x 10Gb
FCoEFCoE
UCS 6296 FI
1/10Gb, FCoE 1/10Gb FC
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Cisco UCS10Gb LAN
FC SAN
10Gb FC8 FC810Gb
FCoE
8 chassis - 64 BladesLess than ½ of the UCS Manager Domain limit:
Some chassis / some blades, may need more I/O than others.
Add I/O from the chassis to the FI = Add cables “ ”
Get up to 80Gbps per blade – Your choice
Add more Northbound I/O from the FI= Set the port characteristics, add cables
Cisco UCS has:• No requirement for blades to be identically
configured.• No need to add costly “intra-chassis” switches just
to have or add more I/O on a few blades.• No requirement for chassis to be identically
configured.
UCS 6296 FI
FCoE
Uplink type and count – Variable by YOUR I/O Requirements
Uplink type and count – Variable by YOUR I/O Requirements
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Cisco UCS10Gb LAN
FC SAN
10Gb FC8 FC810Gb
FCoE
UCS 6296 FI
FCoE
Uplink type and count – Variable by YOUR I/O requirements.
Adding chassis is easy:Connect I/O cables to Fabric Interconnects20 Chassis – 160 Blade servers No interdependencies
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I/O and Virtualization
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I/O and VirtualizationUnification Reduces Complexity
HP
Limited visibility of virtual server I/O. Added software required.
Only partial I/O identity with deployment. Deploying servers
very manual and time consuming.
Growing capacity increases complexity
Scale requires large hardware increments including high ToR
switch port consumption.
UCS
Full Port to Port visibility for both physical and virtual servers. No
added cost
UCS Automated Deployment / Provisioning includes I/O
mapping, policies and security.
Unification yields constant, leveraged infrastructure.
Scale in smaller increments, leveraging existing infrastructure. Plug and Play to increase chassis
and blade I/O.
IBM
Limited visibility of virtual server I/O. Added software required with
additional cost.
Only partial I/O identity with deployment. Deploying servers
very manual and time consuming.
Growing capacity increases complexity
Scale requires large hardware increments including high ToR
switch port consumption.
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HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24- Port Module
X 1 X 2 X 3 X 4 X 6X 5 X 7 X 8
HP I/O Sacrifice for FlexFabric Features No Separate Management Ports
4 x 10 GbEports only
2 x 10 GbEor FC ports
2 x 10 GbEor FC ports
HP prices publically available 07/04/2013
FlexFabric mezz card = $849 each
16 servers/chassis x 16
16 mezzanine cards(base warranty/support)
= $13,584
10 Gb — 8 portsmax. per switch
= 80 Gb/s
x 2 switches(8 x 10 Gb/s port — max I/O)
= 160 Gb/s
Pair of switches(base warranty/support)
= $36,998
$50,842 to add additional I/O
Server I/O CostsChassis I/O Costs ( per chassis) – NO SFP+ included
HP VC FlexFabric10Gb/24- Port Module
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IBM I/O Sacrifice for Flex System Features
Lots of License and Upgrade Costs
IBM prices publically available 07/04/ 2013.
Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
$1,099 each
CN4054 Virt Fab Adapter, SW upgrade to provide FCoE & iSCSI
+ $ 769 each
Total per mezz card per server = $1,868
14 servers/chassis x 14
14 mezzanine cards(base warranty/support)
= $26,152
Native: 10 Gb — 8 ports = 80 Gb/s
x 2 switches(8 x 10 Gb/s port — max I/O)
= 160 Gb/s
Pair of switches(base warranty/support)
= $41,798
2 x 10 GbESFP+ portsStandard
2 x 40 GbEQSFP+ ports
Requires Upgrade #1
12 Omni ports SFP+ (10Gb or FC 4/8)6 Standard,
6 Require Upgrade #2
$67,950 to for additional I/O
Mgmt portStandard
Server I/O CostsChassis I/O Costs ( per chassis) – NO SFP+ included
IBM Flex SystemCN4093
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Cisco VIC is really like a “Flex-256” adapter that includes multiple vHBA support
Cisco VIC vs. HP FlexFabric Adapter
OS
CiscoBladeServer
Single lane of 10Gb/s Ethernet
for each Port
VIC mLOM or Mezz. Adapter
vNIC11
vNIC12
vNIC13
vNIC5
vNIC6
vNIC7
vNIC8
vHBA9
vHBA10
vNIC253
vNIC254
vNIC255
vNIC256
vHBA1
vHBA2
vHBA3
vHBA4
vNIC20
vNIC21
vNIC22
vNIC14
vNIC15
vNIC16
vNIC17
vNIC29
vNIC30
vNIC31
vNIC23
vNIC24
vNIC25
vNIC26
vNIC38
vNIC39
vNIC40
vNIC32
vNIC33
vNIC34
vNIC35
vNIC47
vNIC48
vNIC49
vNIC41
vNIC42
vNIC43
vNIC44
vNIC56
vNIC57
vNIC58
vNIC59
vNIC50
vNIC51
vNIC52
vNIC53
Physical CNA Port 1
Physical CNA Port 2
Physical CNA Port 1
Physical CNA Port 2
vNIC18
vNIC19
vNIC27
vNIC28
vNIC36
vNIC37
vNIC45
vNIC46
vNIC54
vNIC55
FEX A
Fabric interconnect A
FEX B
Fabric Interconnect B
OS
Flex NIC1
HPBladeServer
Single lane of 10Gb/s Ethernet
for each Port
Flex HBA2
Flex NIC3
Flex NIC4
Flex NIC5
Flex HBA6
Flex NIC7
Flex NIC8
FlexFabric LOM or Mezz. Card
VC FlexFabric Module(Bay 2)
Physical NIC Port 1 Physical NIC Port 2
VC FlexFabric Module(Bay 1)
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LatencyUp to 40% lowerend-to-end latency
ThroughputUp to 10% moreAt 30% lower CPU utilization
Application Performance
Up to 15% more (Database workload)
VM-FEXHighest Performance Virtual Networking
Software Switch
vNIC
vNIC
VM-FEX(Hypervisor Bypass)
vSphere 5
vEth
vEth
Cisco UCS Delivers Enhanced Performance
Others
vSphere 5
vSwitch
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Cisco UCS™ 6200 and 2200 with Unified Ports
Typical Deployments
UCS-FI-6248UP
48 Port Fabric Interconnect
• Performance for typical deployments,• 1TB throughput,• 48 ports in 1RU,• Infrastructure agility with Unified Ports.
High End Deployments
UCS-FI-6296UP
96 Port Fabric Interconnect
• High Application performance ,• 2TB through put,• High workload density 96 ports in 2RU,• Infrastructure agility with Unified Ports.
16 Port I/O Module
UCS-FI-2204XP
• 80G/ chassis, • 20Gb to the Blade each, 40Gb total per
blade,• Improved Utilization with Port Chnnels.
32 Port I/O Module
UCS-IOM-2208XP
• 160G/ chassis, • 40Gb to the Blade each, 80Gb total per
blade, for burst traffic,• Improved Resiliency ,• Improved Utilization with Port Channels.
UCS FabricInterconnects
UCS FEX I/O Modules
Cisco UCS Fabric Infrastructure Portfolio
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Blade Management
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Blade ManagementUCS - Less Complexity, More Flexibility, Easy Scale
HP
Back of each blade chassis has a “rack’s worth of infrastructure”
Blade and Rack servers require separate management
Back of each chassis is a hardware profit center
Adding chassis adds a “rack’s worth of infrastructure” burden
UCS
One infrastructure for multiple blade chassis and racks
One Management interface for multiple blade chassis AND rack
servers
Low cost FEX integrates Management and I/O (Enet, FC
and Mgmt)
IBM
Back of each blade chassis has a “rack’s worth of infrastructure”
Blade and Rack servers require separate management
Architecture is a Software Profit Center. Back of each chassis is a
hardware profit center
Adding chassis adds management software burden
and a “rack’s worth of infrastructure” burden
127+ Server ID Settings—Completely Automated Including
Firmware and I/O Devices
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Cisco Service Profiles: Heart of Unified Model-Based Management
• Allows YOU to define the “to-be” server, NOT settle for the “as is” server
• Created through Cisco UCS Manager
• Configure once then reuse
• Templates as Best practices
• Blade and Rack Servers – Service Profiles are Form Factor Agnostic
NIC MACsHBA WWNsServer UUIDVLAN AssignmentsVLAN TaggingFC Fabrics AssignmentsFC Boot ParametersNumber of vNICsBoot orderPXE settingsIPMI SettingsNumber of vHBAsQoSCall Home
Template AssociationOrg & Sub Org Assoc.Server Pool AssociationStatistic ThresholdsBIOS scrub actionsDisk scrub actionsBIOS firmwareAdapter firmwareBMC firmwareRAID settingsAdvanced NIC settingsSerial over LAN settingsBIOS SettingsMore….
CISCO UCS SERVICE PROFILE
LAN
SAN
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Integrated Partner SolutionsBroad Tool Choice, Powerful Integration with UCS
HP Server Platforms
UCS CLI
UCS GUIUCS
Blade Servers
No Direct HP Hardware
Management No API
No Direct HP Hardware
Management No API
Direct Hardware Management via XML / API
Direct Hardware Management via XML / API
UCS Rack Servers
Cisco Unified Computing System
UCS Director
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Simpler ArchitectureHP doubling servers = doubling touches; UCS = 1 touch point
64 Blades – 4 x HP c7000
Fabric Interconnects 0
Intra Chassis Switches 8
Chassis Mgmt Module 8
Total Mgmt Points 16
80 Blades – 10 x Cisco UCS 5108
Fabric Interconnects 2
Intra Chassis Switches 0
Chassis Mgmt Module 0
Total Mgmt Points 1
Mgmt switchLAN
LANSAN A
SAN B
Mgmt switch
Mgmt switch
LAN
SAN A
SAN B
LANMgmt switch
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16 blade servers0 rack servers
Virtual Connect Enterprise ManagerVC Enterprise Manager $$
System Insight Manager(SIM)
HP Insight Control $$
UCS—More Flexible, Less Complexity
HP Server Hardware Management
Multiple Layers of Software Required
HP c7000
64 blade servers0 rack servers
UCS Manager 1 Console
No Added CostRack and Blade Together
Cisco UCS
HP iLO Advanced for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect Manager
Onboard Administrator
HP iLO Advanced for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect Manager
Onboard Administrator
HP iLO Advanced for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect Manager
Onboard Administrator
HP iLO Advanced for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect Manager
Onboard Administrator
HP iLO Advanced for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect Manager
Onboard Administrator
Separate Management - Every Chassis, All SoftwareSeparate Enet & Fibre Channel I/O leaving the chassis
80 blade servers0 rack servers
Up to 160 serversBlade or Rack mount
Unified Compute Unified Management Unified Networking
32 blade servers0 rack servers
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager $$$$
HP Insight Control $$$$
System Insight Manager(SIM)
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager $$$$$
HP Insight Control $$$$$
HP System Insight Manager(SIM)
24 Blade Servers6 Rack Servers
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Separate Management
Stack
The Cisco UCS Management Difference
Blade Chassis Management
Rack ServerMgmt
Enet Switch Mgmt FC Switch Mgmt
“New” Legacy Servers
Switch Mgmt
Blade Server Mgmt -
16 Blades
1/10Gb, FCoE 1/10Gb FC
Cisco Unified Computing System
Cisco UCS provides a single management tool (UCS Manager)• Unified Compute – Abstracted Server Identities to Service Profiles 127+ identity settings
Form Factor agnostic – blade or rack – with portability back and forth• Unified I/O – Server, LAN, SAN and Management into one interface• Unified Management – unified across a distributed environment
Cisco UCS Manager – 160 servers
Fabric Interconnects
Blade Chassis
Rack Servers
Fabric Extenders
Increments of scale – leveraged architecture, not
duplication.
Increment of scale – everything duplicated:
management, switches, etc.
Blade Chassis
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Cisco UCS Central
Increasing ScaleUCS has 160 server increments, not 16 blades
“New” Legacy Servers
Separate Management
Stack
Blade Chassis Management
Blade Chassis Management
Rack ServerMgmt
Enet Switch Mgmt FC Switch Mgmt
Switch Mgmt
Blade Server Mgmt -
16 Blades
Switch Mgmt
Blade Server Mgmt -
16 Blades
Blade Chassis Management
Switch Mgmt
Blade Server Mgmt -
16 Blades
Cisco UCS Manager – 160 serversFabric Interconnects
Blade Chassis& Servers
Rack Servers
Fabric Extenders
Blade Chassis
Cisco UCS Manager – 160 serversFabric Interconnects
Blade Chassis& Servers
Rack Servers
Fabric Extenders
Blade Chassis
Multiple UCS
Manager Domains
1/10Gb, FCoE
1/10Gb
FC
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XML API
• Blade and Rack Servers in the same domain – Form Factor Agnostic• Standards-based XML API presents bidirectional single interface to entire solution• UCS offers the customers the broadest choice of Cisco or 3rd party management tools
10,000 UCS SERVERS - MONITOR and MANAGE - SEAMLESSLY
UCS CLI + UCS Management + UCS Director
goUCS Automation Tools
CDN .NET/Windows PowerShell
Python, Perl XML
Customer
UCSMData Center 1
UCSMSingle UCS Domain
UCS Is Redefining Server Management
UCS ManagerCLI
UCSMData Centers 3, 4 ....
UCSMData Center 2
Third Party
UCSCentral
UCSDirector(Cloupia)
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Total Cost of Ownership
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TCO
HP
Costly to add more chassis and I/O
HP “accidental mini-rack” chassis design has high cost
burden to scale
Through-put trade off for features
HP just announced a new chassis with no upgrade for
older chassis.
UCS
Efficient and Effective, low cost I/O additions
UCS delivers lower TCO by design
with easy, lower cost scaling
No sacrifice of function for features
UCS chassis has the future built in today
IBM
Costly to add more chassis and I/O
IBM Flex System is more of the same with high cost burden to
scale
Lots of cost adders for limited additional functionality.
IBM new Flex System chassis is a software selling mechanism.
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UCS & HP: Infrastructure Scaling Cost
16
$63,1242 x UCS 6248UP FI
2 x UCS 5108 chassis
HP c7000 Platinum chassis, each with:• 10 fans, 6 power supplies & cords• 16 Insight Control Licenses• 2 Enclosure Management Modules• 2 FlexFabric switches • HP VC Enterprise Manager
32
48
64
UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects , each with:• All fans, power supplies & cords, and acces kits
Cisco UCS chassis, each with:• 8 fans, 4 power supplies & cords• 2 – UCS 2208 I/O modules per chassis• 4 – 10Gb SFP+ cables
$63,124
$60,545HP c7000 chassis
$60,545HP c7000 chassis
$60,545HP c7000 chassis
$60,545HP c7000 chassis
$60,545
$121,090
$181,635
$86,203
$ 109,282
$23,0792 x UCS 5108 chassis
$23,0792 x UCS 5108 chassis
$23,0792 x UCS 5108 chassis
16 server capacity
16 server capacity
$ 3,784 / server $ 2,068 / server
Cisco UCS45% less than HP
64Servers
$242,180 $132,362$242,180 $132,362
All pricing publically available on 07/04/2013.
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UCS & IBM: Infrastructure Scaling Cost
16 $63,1242 x UCS 6248UP FI
2 x UCS 5108 chassis
UCS9 more servers$142,000 less
$274,877 $132,362
32
48
64
UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects, each with:• All fans, power supplies & cords, and acces kits
Cisco UCS chassis, each with:• 8 fans, 4 power supplies & cords• 2 – UCS 2208 I/O modules per chassis• 4 – 10Gb SFP+ cables
$63,124
$78,656IBM Flex System chassis13 servers (14 – 1 FSM node)All other chassis = 14 slots
$65,407IBM Flex System chassis14 slots
$65,407IBM Flex System chassis
$65,407IBM Flex System chassis
$78,656
$144,083
$209,470
$86,203
$ 109,282
$23,0792 x UCS 5108 chassis
$23,0792 x UCS 5108 chassis
$23,079UCS 5108 chassis
13 server capacity
16 server capacity
$ 4,998 / server$ 2,068 / server
Cisco UCS52% less than IBM
13
27
41
55
IBM Flex System chassis, each with:• All fans, power supplies & cords• 2 – chassis management modules• 2 – CN4093 10Gb switches• 1 – Flex System Manager license• 1 – IBM FSM Mgmt Node –
Chassis 1 only
14 server capacity
6455
$274,877 $132,362
All pricing publically available on 07/04/2013.
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UCS = Better, Easier, Simpler Architecture
No Infrastructure Penalty to Scale
Cisco pricing MSRP on 07/04/2013.HP pricing publically available on 07/04/2013. IBM pricing publically available 07/04/2013.All pricing is for blade chassis and networking only. Servers are not included.
13 14 16 17 24 32 40 48 55 56 64 72 80 88 96$0
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$63,641 $75,180$98,259
$127,256
$144,713$179,627
$214,541
$60,545
$121,090$181,635
$242,180
$302,725
$363,270
$78,656
$144,063
$209,470
$274,877
$353,533
$418,940
$484,347
Total Number of Chassis Blade Server Slots
Cisco UCS
HP c7000
IBM Flex
Cha
ssis
and
I/O
Cos
t
BLADE CHASSIS SAVINGS AT SCALE—BLADE SLOT SOLUTIONUCS: UCS 5108 chassis with UCS 6248 FI (two uplinks per FEX)
HP: HP c7000 Plat chassis w/ 2x VC Flex Fabric and 16x HP IC. Price includes HP VCEM each chassis
IBM: IBM Flex Chassis with 2x CN4093 switches, one Mgmt Node every 4 chassis, FSM license each chassis
HP is $45,910 more to get ready to add a 17th server.
Cisco UCS is 38% less than HP.
IBM Flex is $80,422 more to get ready to add a 14th server.
Cisco UCS is 56% less than IBM.
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No Compromise – full chassis adds Cisco Solution TCO advantage increases at scale
$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
$1,200,000
3 Year Warranty
3 Year Power Costs
Server Deployment
Cabling
TOR Switches
Chassis, Interconnects, Hdw Mgt
Server Hardware
8 16 32 48 64 80# of Servers
HP Trend Line
Cisco Trend Line
ServersHP: BL460 Gen8Cisco: B200 M3
All chassis fully populated with servers (starting at qty 16)
Each server has two E5-2620 Intel Xeon processors with 64GB memory (eight 8GB DIMMs)
CiscoHP CiscoHP CiscoHP CiscoHP CiscoHPCiscoHP
64GB
HP retail and Cisco MSRP pricing on 4/3/2013
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Performance
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Higher Performance
HP
Updating requires multiple touches
Indeterminate latency
60 Gbps / blade, expensive with more hardware to manage
16 DIMMs in the BL460 Gen8
UCS
Cisco single touch updates / deploys faster
Identical latency between blade servers
80 Gbps per blade, for much less. Leverages existing infrastructure.
24 DIMMs in the B200 M3
IBM
Updating requires multiple touches
Indeterminate latency
80 Gbps / blade, expensive with more hardware to manage
24 DIMMs in x240 but throughput requires costly switch upgrades
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Cisco UCS Performance-73 RecordsA History of World Record Performance on Industry Standard Benchmarks
Cisco UCS Benchmarks that held world record performance records as of date of publication
Best HPC Performance
SPECompLbase20012-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase20012-socket B230 M2
SPECompLbase20012-socket B230 M2
SPECompMbase20014-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001 2-socket B200 M2
SPECompLbase20012-socket B200 M2
LinPack2-socket B200 M2
LS-Dyna4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase20014-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase20012-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase20014-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase20014-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase20012-socket C240 M3
SPECompLbase20012-socket C220 M3
Best Database Performance
TPC-COracle DB 11g & OEL
C250 M2
TPC-H 1000GBMicrosoft SQL Server
C460 M2
TPC-H 100GBVectorWiseC250 M2
TPC-H 300GBVectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-COracle 11g C240 M3
Best Enterprise Application Performance
Oracle E-Business Suite Medium Model Payroll
Batch B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra Large Model Payroll
B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite Medium Model Payroll
Batch B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Medium Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Large Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite Ex-large Model Payroll
Batch B200 M2
SPECjEnterprise2010 Overall B440 M1
SPECjEnteprise20102-node B440 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra Large Model Payroll
Batch B230 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite XL Model Payroll B200
M3
Oracle E-Business Suite Large Model Order-To-
Cash B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite XL Model Payroll B200
M3
Oracle E-Business Suite Large Model Order-To-
Cash B200 M3
Best CPU Performance SPECfp_rate_base2006
2-socketC260 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 2-socketC260 M2
SPECint_rate2006X86 4-socket
C460 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86 4-socket C460 M1
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86 2-socket
B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86 2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86 2-socket B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86 2-socket
B200 M2
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86 4-socket C460 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86 2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86 2-socket C220 M3
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86 2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_base2006X86 2-socket
C220 M3
SPECint_rate_base2006X86 2-socket
C220 M3
Best Enterprise Middleware Performance
SPECjbb20052-socket C260 M2
SPECjbb20052-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb20054-socket B440 M2
SPECjbb20052-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005X86 2-socket B200 M2
SPECjbb2005X86 4-socket C460 M1
SPECjAppServer2004 2-node B230 M1
SPECjbb2005X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjbb2005X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjAppServer20041-node 2-socket C250 M2
SPECjbb2005X86 2-socket C220 M3
SPECjbb2013X86 2-socket C220 M3
Best Virtualization & Cloud Performance
VMmark 2.0Overall B200 M2
VMmark 2.12-socket Blade B200 M2
VMmark 1.x2 –socket Blade B230 M1
VMmark 1.x Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x 2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 1.x 2-socket B250 M2
VMmark 1.xOverall C460 M1
VMmark 1.xBlade Server B440 M1
VMmark 1.x 2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 2.1Overall C460 M2
VMmark 2.1 Two–node 4-socket C460
M2
VMmark 2.14-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1 Two–node 2-socket B200
M3
VMmark 2.1 Eight–node 2-socket
B200 M3
VMmark 2.5 Two-node 2-socket C240
M3
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High PerformanceSingle Latency with UCS
HP and IBM Talk About East to West I/O Traffic. They say that:• 80% of all blade I/O traffic is East/West within a single chassis, not North/South (N/S); North/South is I/O traffic
leaving any chassis
• Only 20% of all I/O traffic actually leaves the chassis
Is This Realistic? What Does This Mean for Actual Users?• All the blades that “need to talk to each other” (cross talk) need to be in the same chassis;
Is this realistic?
• 20% North/South I/O traffic seems very low for typical data center production environments. Is this realistic?
• Web servers, file/print servers, DB servers, etc., all generate significant N/S traffic to LAN and SAN
• Virtualization in data centers today means that the mix of VMs on any physical server mitigates against “cross talk” servers all being in the same chassis.
• What happens to latency dependent application performance when you migrate a server identity to a different blade in a different chassis? Or VC domain?
• Does the latency change impact your required performance?
• How does this affect the usefulness of blade identity portability in HP solutions?
High Performance Needs Low, Defined and Dependable Latency
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Faster, More FlexibleUCS Automated Deployment
20 20
27
38
0
10
20
30
40
50
1-blade scenario 2-blade scenario
Min
ute
s
Cisco UCS solution
HP solution
The Cisco UCS Solution Reduces Time
10 14
24
42
0
10
20
30
40
50
1-blade scenario 2-blade scenario
Ste
ps
Cisco UCS solution
HP solution
The Cisco UCS Solution Reduces Complexity
Cisco UCS - Model-based management speeds deployment Fewer touch points reduces errors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nijWlNzSgCQ
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Existing Maintenance
Budget100%
Cisco Unified Computing SystemChanging the Economics of the Data Center
40–50%Maintenance Now
Funded Project
Funded Project
Funded Project
NEW IT Projects – No Additional Budget
TCO/ROI Advisor: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns517/ns224/tools/data_center_value_zone.html#~Overview
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Blade Server Marketplace
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Customers Have Spoken
Maintained #2 in N. America (27.9%) and #2 in the US (28.3%)1
UCS x86 Blade servers revenue grew 35% Y/Y in Q1CY131
Advanced to #2 worldwide in x86 Blades with 19.3%
UCS momentum is fueled by game-changing innovation; Cisco is quickly passing established players
UCS #2 in Only Four Years
X86
Ser
ver
Bla
de
Mar
ket
Sh
are,
Q1C
Y13
1
UCS #2 with 26.9%
Source: 1 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Q1 2013, May 2013, Revenue Share
HP
Cisco
IBM
Dell
NEC
Hitachi
Fujitsu
Oracle
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Worldwide
UCS #2 19.3%
Oracle
SGI
Dell
IBM
Cisco
HP
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
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Cisco is a Leader in the 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers
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Worldwide Market Share of WW x86 Blade
Total Factory RevenueMarket Share of WW x86
Blade Total Units
Revenue Share Change Unit Share Change
Cisco + 5.3% + 6.0%Dell - 0.2% + 0.6%HP - 1.5% + 1.1%IBM - 2.2% - 6.0%
All Others - 1.4% - 1.7%
Market Share Changes – Q1’12 to Q1’13Customers are voting for UCS
USA Market Share of USA x86 Blade
Total Factory RevenueMarket Share of USA x86 Blade Total Units
Revenue Share Change Unit Share Change
Cisco + 5.6% + 8.6%Dell - 1.2% + 1.7%HP - 0.3% + 2.8%IBM - 3.0% - 12.0%
All Others - 1.1% - 1.0%
X86 Blade Market Share Numbers – WW and USQ1 2012 to Q1 2013 Share Changes
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Q1 2013, May 2013,
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