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Unified Data Center
Delivering an Application Centric Infrastructure
Dominick A. Delfino
Vice President, Systems Engineering
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The Data Center Is the Information Broker for All Applications
Applications Are Changing
TypeTraditional, Big data, distributed, mobile
Consumption
Cloud – public, private, hybrid
DeliveryAny where, any time, any device
* Cisco Global IT Impact Survey
Source: Gartner—Cisco IT, “Data Center Cost Portfolio”
Data Center Economics
73%of overall IT spend
Data center maintenance takes up
Source: Gartner—Cisco IT, “Data Center Cost Portfolio”
Data Center Economics
SERVER-RELATED SPEND (CAPEX+OPEX)WW Spending on Servers, Power & Cooling,and Mgmt. / AdministrationOVERALL SPEND DISTRIBUTION
29%
22%12%
11%
10%
7%
7% 2%
People Software Energy / Facilities Servers
Networking Storage Disaster Recovery Overhead
Source: Gartner—Cisco IT, “Data Center Cost Portfolio”
Source: IDC, “New Economic Model for the Datacenter”
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Power & Cooling ExpenseMgmt. & Administration—Virtual ServersMgmt. & Administration—Standalone ServersServer Spending
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Reliability andglobal reach
Value addclouds
Cost andcapacity
Public clouds
Scaleandcontrol
Privateclouds
WorkloadMigration
Cloud ultimately is about workload mobility: Different cloud services for different workload types
Application Workloads Drive The “Right” Cloud
IT Usage Model
IT Value Model
IT Delivery Model
IT Organizational Model
Meeting the New Imperatives of IT
Business Model
INTEGRATED VALUE CHAINSILOED DEPARTMENTS
CONSUMER-DRIVENWORKPLACE-CENTRIC
HYBRID CLOUD SERVICESON PREMISE IT SERVICES
SERVICE BROKERINGSERVICE DEVELOPMENT
APP ECONOMY
FAST IT
WEB ECONOMY
TRADITIONAL IT
Infrastructure Language
Bridging Infrastructure and ApplicationsThrough Policy
Application Language
• Programmable• Rapid Deployment• Grow, Shrink, Move
as Needed• Compute, Storage,
and Network
• Virtualized vs. Physical
• Scale-out• Scalability• Stability• Reliability• Performance
Any Applicatio
nAny TimeAnywhere
Requires Simplification and Fewer Points of Integration
Characteristics of an Application Centric Infrastructure
POLICY-BASED
OPEN PLATFORM
HARDWARE PERFORMANCE, AND
SOFTWARE FLEXIBILITY
Extends application lifecycle and operations to consistent IT Infrastructure
Flexibility through APIs to build application profiles in software then deploy on physical and virtual IT resources
Best performance, security, resiliency and management
Benefits of an Application Centric Infrastructure
30% Less Cost
60% Less Cost
90% Less Cost
50%Faster
2xCapacityNo StaffIncrease
50%Faster
IT StaffingDeployment
TimesPower and
CoolingDisasterRecovery
Infrastructure Costs
Application Performance
NETWORKINGUNIFIED
COMPUTING
MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION
POLICY-BASED, SCALABLE, SECURE NETWORK FABRIC
MODULAR STATELESSCOMPUTING AND
APPLICATION ACCELERATION
POLICY-BASEDRESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Cisco Unified Data Center Delivering an Application Centric Infrastructure
INTERCLOUD
OPEN AND SECURE WORKLOAD MIGRATION
AMONG CLOUDS
Evolution of Server Architecture
Network interface card (NIC) configuration:
MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter
HBA configuration: worldwide names WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints; and firmware revisions
HBAs NICs
Processor Memory
Configuration
APPLICATION
Pre-VirtualizationFixed Set of Resources
Post-VirtualizationNetworked Pools of Resources
APPLICATION
API
HYPERVISOR
Cisco Unified Computing System Platform for IT Innovation
Orchestration Ready via Open
API
Fabric-Centric Design Scales
Simply and Efficiently
Automates IT Processes with
Configuration by Policy
Consolidates Monitoring and
Troubleshooting
Ideal Infrastructure for ALL Application Requirements
Physical Virtual
Blade Rack
Local Storage Centralized
Single Tenant Multi-Tenant
Single DC Multi DC
CLOUD
VIRTUAL
SINGLEPLATFORMPHYSICAL
UCS Invicta Series: flash memory to accelerate applications with UCS
Flash-based Application AccelerationCisco UCS Invicta
Address new data velocity and scale
requirements
Flash-based application acceleration
Servers
Flash Memory
UCSNetwork &Storage Access
Abstracting Management with Service Profiles
UCS SERVICE PROFILES
UUIDs, WWNs, MACsResource Pool assignments
BIOS, Firmware Local storage configuration Boot order/targets I/O Adapter type and quantity Network/SAN configuration UUIDs, WWNs, MACs Resource Pool assignments
BIOS, Firmware Local storage configuration Boot order/targets I/O Adapter type and quantity Network/SAN configuration UUIDs, WWNs, MACs Resource Pool assignments
Memory
Subject matter expert define policies1
Policies used to create service profile templates2
Service profile templates create service profiles3
Associating profiles with hardware configures servers4
UNIFIED MANAGEMENT
Unified Computing
SystemUCS Invicta
Cisco Unified Computing SystemDelivering “Business Outcomes” For Over 30,000 Customers
Worldwide
90%
World-Record Performance Benchmarks
84%
Reduce Provisioning
Times
61%
Reduce Management
Costs
54%
Reduce Power and Cooling
Costs
77%
Reduce Cabling
“Our Cisco Unified Computing System decision is a game-changer.”
Wes WrightCIO, Seattle Children’s
“We can offer leading solutions to our customers and continue to expand our business.”
Martin BreslinInfrastructure Architect, SEI
“With Cisco UCS, we can adapt much more quickly to user demand.”
Mark AdamsVP, Information Technology,
HireRight
Sources: Cisco UCS Changing the Economics of the Datacenter, Customer Case Studies, Cisco UCS Performance Benchmarks
GreaterBusiness Agility
Lower OperatingExpenses
Reduced Costs/Complexity
Lower ComputingCost
Faster Fact-based Decision Making
Common Network—Physical, Virtual, CloudFlexibility, Performance, and Visibility
ANY HYPERVISOR
ANY CLOUD
ANY APPLICATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
Systems Approach for delivery of– Resiliency– Security– Mobility– Performance
Hypervisor- agnosticConsistent PolicyConvergedReal-time End-To-End visibility
Cisco Data Center and Cloud Networking Continuous Market Leadership
Cisco FabricPath Customers
Cisco FEX Customers
Cisco NX-OS Customers
DC TECHNOLOGY LEADER
3,000+
17,000+
55,000+
11M+
*Source: Infonetics, Q3 2012 DC Network Equipment Report, December 2012 **Source: Dell’Oro, SAN Switching, November 2012Data current as of December 2012. Subject to change without notice.
DATA CENTER SWITCHING LEADER
# Market share by revenue in Q3 2012 for DC Ethernet Switching at 71.7%*1 # Market share by revenue
in Q3 2012 for FCoE SAN Switching at 87.3%**1
10GE Ports Shipped
Cisco Management and Automation
Manages multiple UCS
Domains
Manages ACI Fabric
UCS CENTRAL
UCS DIRECTOR Centralized infrastructure control point for data center
APIC
INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION FOR CLOUD Private Cloud, PaaS (DevOps), Hybrid Cloud
Manages heterogeneous data
centers and converged infrastructure
Manages Single UCS domain
UCS MANAGER
Controller for network
automation
Data Center Automation that Grows with You
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Automation that spans compute, network, storage and virtualization
Manages physical & virtual, multi-vendor infrastructures
Application-aware infrastructure containers
UCS DirectorInfrastructure Automation
Reduces operational spend for maintenance through automation and
unified management
IT can focus on innovative projects rather than manage what they have
Private, Public & Hybrid Clouds
Automation for applications & infrastructure across wide range of
business services
Application Acceleration with PaaS
Intelligent Automation for
Cloud
Delivers speed, flexibility & agility
Extends cloud service delivery beyond data center to include business portfolio
Data Center Automation and IT CollaborationCommon Policy Framework and Operational Model
ApplicationPolicy
DECENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT
COMPUTE
NETWORK
STORAGE
SECURITY
ApplicationRequirements
CLOUDAPPLICATION
COMPUTENETWORK
STORAGE SECURITY
POLICY-BASED AUTOMATION
WAN
Firewall
LB to App
Connect to DB
Connect to App
High Priority
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
WEB APP DB
DBWEB APPF/WADC ADC
Implementing the Application Model across the Infrastructure
NETWORK REQUIREMENTS
Scale-outSingle Processor
Blade serverMult. processor
Fast Read/WriteExtended memory
SERVER REQUIREMENTS
WEB APP DB
UCS and Invicta
Integrated Infrastructures with Storage
Partners
UCS Director
Deploying an Application Centric Infrastructure
SMEs develop the application profile for the infrastructure
2UCS Director automates the deployment of policies for that application
3UCS Manager and APIC deploy the profiles within the infrastructure
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NETWORK
CORES, MEMORY, BIOS, OPERATING
SYSTEM, APP ACCELERATION
CONNECTIVITY POLICY
QOS BANDWIDTH
RESERVATION AVAILABILITY
SECURITY POLICIES
APPLICATION L4-L7 SERVICES
Uplink port configuration, VLAN, VSAN, QoS, and EtherChannels
Server port configuration including LAN and SAN settings
Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints;and firmware revisionsUnique user ID (UUID), firmware revisions,and RAID controller settings
Service profile assigned to server, chassis slot, or pool
Application Profile
UCS Manager
Application team defines relationships and requirements of app
Storage SME
Server SME
Network SME
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Application Dev-Ops
Why Hybrid Clouds?It is all about the workload
DCor
Private Cloud
PublicCloud
Workload TypeFixed workloadsControl & compliance
Elastic workloadsQuick ramp
• Choice to build & rent across providers• Workload portability• Consistent security
Hybrid Cloud
CiscoInterCloud
Fabric
Customer
Choice Open
vCloud Hybrid Services™
Homogeneous + Custom
Cisco’s Hybrid Cloud Approach
Cisco’s Hybrid Cloud Differentiation
CiscoInterCloud Fabric
CustomerCloud 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
OpenEcosyste
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Cisco InterCloud Benefits for Business
Open
Heterogeneous On-Premises and Public Cloud Infrastructure
Multi-Cloud Support
Multi-Hypervisor Support
Secure
Secure, Scalable Connectivity to Extend Private Cloud to Public Cloud
Consistent Policy Enforcement throughout the Hybrid Cloud
Workload Security in Public Cloud
Flexible
Unified Hybrid Cloud Management for Users and IT Admins
Workload Portability To and From Physical/Virtual/Hybrid Cloud
Policy Based Workload Placement
Choice Of Infrastructure to Meet Changing IT
Requirements
Protect Business Assetsand Meet Compliance
Consistent Operations and Workload Mobility Across
Clouds
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