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Contrasting UCS From Legacy Compute

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Overview
UCS Overview

Key UCS Differentiation

Unified Fabric

Unified Management
Policy-Based Computing UCSM Open API Integration Cisco Innovation

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Cisco Unified Computing System

Summary of UCS Components
Anatomy of Cisco Unified Computing System

Cisco UCS Manager

BEYOND EFFICIENCY MORE EFFECTIVE IT

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers Cisco UCS Blade Server Chassis Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

Cisco UCS breeds simplicity Agile, flexible, high-performance, self-integrating IT

Reduced staff costs

Increased uptime Automation Rapid return on investment

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards for B-Series & C-Series Servers

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Cisco UCS Broad Server Portfolio

Mainstream
Rack-Mount

Extended Memory

Intensive and Mission Critical

C240 M3 C24 M3 C220 M3 C22 M3 C260 M2 C460 M2

Extensibility

C250 M2

Coming Soon

C210 M2 C200 M2

Blade

B200 M3 B22 M3 B250 M2 B230 M2

B440 M2

2S EP

2S EX
Cisco UCS: Many Form Factors, One System

4S EX

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UCS Fabric Infrastructure Portfolio

Cisco UCS 6200 and 2200 with Unified Ports
Cisco UCS 6100 and 2100
Typical Deployments
48 Port Fabric Interconnect

High End Deployments

96 Port Fabric Interconnect

New!

At UCS Launch UCS 6248 FI UCS 6296 FI

UCS Fabric Interconnects

Cisco UCS 6140/ 6120

2TB switching throughput 96 ports in 2RU Unified Ports Investment protection

40 Port I/O Module

1TB switching throughput 48 ports in 1RU Unified Ports Investment protection

20 Port I/O Module

Forward compatible with Second Generation I/O Modules

New!

UCS 2208 IOM

UCS I/O Modules

Cisco UCS 2104 I/O Module

UCS 2204 IOM

160G per chassis 40G to the Blade Lower Latency Port Channel Capable

80G per chassis

Forward compatible with Second Generation Interconnects

20G to the Blade

Entry point pricing Port Channel Capable
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Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Chassis

Chassis
6 RU / 32 deep Up to 8 half slot blades Up to 4 full slot blades 8x fans 2x Chassis IO Module All devices hot-pluggable

Power Supplies
4x 2,500W hot-plug power supplies 90+% efficient N+N redundancy Single Phase 220V

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Key UCS Differentiation

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Evolution of the Mini-Rack Architecture

Traditional Rack

Duplicate Infrastructure for Every 16 Servers

Divide into Mini-Racks Blade Mini-Rack 1 (16 blade servers)

Blade Mini-Rack 2 (16 blade servers)

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Legacy Blade Architecture

Additional Additional LAN and LAN and SAN SAN Connections Connections Additional Management Connections MGMT SAN LAN MGMT SAN LAN

Over the Past 10 Years

An evolution of size, not thinking

More servers and switches than ever

More switches per server Management applied, not integrated

Multiple Ethernet Connections

Multiple SAN Connections

An Accidental Architecture
Result: Complexity More points of management More difficult to maintain policy coherence

Separate Remote Management per Chassis

More difficult to secure

More difficult to scale

Multiple Management Modules

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Cisco UCSReducing Complexity

Additional LAN and SAN Connections Additional Management Connections Multiple Ethernet Connections MGMT SAN LAN MGMT SAN LAN

Embed management
Remove unnecessary:
Switches Adapters Management modules

Unify the Fabric

Network, Storage, Mgmt

Multiple SAN Connections

Power and cooling

1/3rd less infrastructure Lower power

Separate Remote Management per Chassis

Built for virtualization

Processor density VM/host ratio

Multiple Management Modules

I/O improvement Extended memory

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What Is Unified Computing?

UCS is Unified Fabric
Increase workload agility, lower costs, lower power, higher reliability, simplified setup, higher asset utilization, higher application performance

UCS is Revolutionary Embedded Management

Simplified setup, increased control, lower costs, faster deployment, higher reliability, higher productivity, fewer errors

UCS is Policy Computing (Stateless)

Servers waiting for their identity based on Application needs. Service Profiles push out configuration to available HW.

UCS is Cisco Innovation

World Class System Performance Cisco Developed Adapters and Fabric

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Unified Fabric

Unified Fabric

Infrastructure consolidation

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UCS Fabric Topologies:

Chassis Bandwidth Options

20G per Chassis

40G per Chassis

80G per Chassis

160G per Chassis

1st Generation UCS Fabric 2nd Generation UCS Fabric

Wire once architecture All links active

All Servers Connected to LAN/SAN

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Cisco Unified Computing System

Form Factor Independence and Cloud Scale
LAN
Any IEEE Compliant LAN

Simplicity

Mgmt

SAN A
Any ANSI T11 Compliant SAN

SAN B
Any ANSI T11 Compliant SAN

One Logical Chassis to Manage

LAN Connectivity Server Identity Management SAN Networking Monitoring, Blade Chassis Troubleshooting Server Blades Etc. Rack Servers

160 Servers per UCS Domain, 10,000 Servers with UCSM and UCS Central

Cloud Scale Increases Mobility, Utilisation and Availability

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Legacy Blades vs. Cisco UCS

Competitors
MGMT LAN LAN SAN A SAN B

UCS
LAN MGMT SAN A SAN B

160 blades 160 blades

Chassis 1 Convergence only inside each chassis

Chassis 1

Chassis 1 Network Devices

Chassis 4

Chassis 10

Chassis 1/2 True FCoE of LAN/SAN & MGMT

Chassis 3/4

Chassis 5/6

Chassis 7/8

Chassis 19/20

8 8

20 20

Network Devices

2
Chassis Management Devices

Chassis Management Devices

UCS Advantages
UCS = Unified Management, Comprehensive Service Profiles, Open XML API

Why?
UCS converges management in the fabric to provide a single, feature-rich, point for all LAN, SAN, and HW Mgmt. UCS Service Profiles simplify deployment and ongoing management at no extra cost. Unified Fabric presents up to 80Gb of redundant BW and all of the benefits of the award-winning VIC card.
Use Only

Unified Fabric = Unified Ports, Flexibility, Scalability, Simplicity

Policy-based VM connectivity and mobility with VIC 1280 (Virtual Interface Card); Up to 80Gb I/O per HW-blade!
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UCS Is Unified Management

Open API for integration into existing environments

Single Unified System

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Legacy Is Separate Management Fabric

Legacy Management Servers
Required for Full Functionality

Have to size, configure, maintain, separate servers and OS

Management Server Not redundant Pairs of management controller boards in EACH enclosure Legacy Management Software Sits on high and pokes/peeks hardware

Tries to present single pain of glass to multiple hodgepodge of tools

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Legacy Blade Management Approach

Simplify by
- adding software layers - providing professional services
SW Multi-Chassis LAN/SAN MGMT

$$

$$

SW Energy MGMT & Power $$ Capping SW Remote Support & Phone $$ Home Central MGMT SW on Separate Server tries to present Single Pane

Layering software on hardware only increases overall system complexity

- Complexity increases exponentially with the number of independent variables - Everything has to tested with everything

LAN/SAN Switch MGMT Tools

Legacy mentality =
- Difficult to scale & change - High OpEx , High CapEx

Result:
- Complex infrastructure stacks - Fragile Data Center environments - Increasing management costs

Management Module Board(s) Chassis/Power/Networking FW

Blade FW and BIOS Health And Alerting

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Unified Computing System Manager

More Than A Single Pain of Glass A BMaaS Mission Control
Embedded, Redundant device manager for family of UCS components Enables stateless computing via Service Profiles Efficient scale: Similar effort for 1 to 10,000 blades APIs for integration with new and existing data center infrastructure

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UCSM Is Policy-Based

Policy-based automation Integrated management

Unified ModelBased Mgmt.

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UCS Is Stateless Computing

Servers as a Resource, Awaiting Their Identity
UCS = Every server already attached to LAN/SAN/Mgmt
This is the key to a highly utilized and flexible environment Question: What would it take for you to do this in your DC today?

UCSM = Redundant fabric holds workload DNA. Why?

Settings (FW, BIOS, Adapter, LAN, SAN, Storage, and many more) are pushed out as profiles to available hardware. Legacy server vendors update hardware with bundles/revisions in anticipation of application. UCS configures HW instantly based on the profile for that workload type.

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Traditional Element Configuration

Storage SME Server SME Network SME

LAN
QoS settings Border port assignment per vNIC NIC Transmit/Receive Rate Limiting

SAN

FC Fabric assignments for HBAs

Subject matter experts consumed by manual configuration chores Serial processes and multiple touches inhibit provisioning speed Configuration drift and maintenance challenges

VLAN assignments for NICs VLAN tagging config for NICs Number of vNICs PXE settings\ NIC firmware Advanced feature settings

Number of vHBAs HBA WWN assignments FC Boot Parameters HBA firmware

Remote KVM IP settings Call Home behavior Remote KVM firmware Server UUID Serial over LAN settings Boot order IPMI settings BIOS scrub actions BIOS firmware BIOS Settings
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RAID settings Disk scrub actions

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Policy-Based Management
Unified Management Enables Service Profile Templates
Unified Management
Subject Matter Experts Define Policies
Storage SME Server SME Network SME

Server Name UUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information LAN, SAN Config Firmware Policy Server Name UUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information LAN, SAN Config Firmware Policy

Server Name UUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information LAN, SAN Config Firmware Policy
Server Name UUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information LAN, SAN Config Firmware Policy

Adapter Firmware Packages Storage Controller Firmware Pack

Policies Used to Create Service Profile Templates

Fibre Channel Adapters Firmware

BIOS Firmware Packages HBA Option ROM Packages

Server Name UUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information LAN, SAN Config Firmware Policy

3
Service Profile Templates Create Service Profiles

4
Associating Service Profiles with Hardware Configures Servers Automatically
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Stateless Computing: Service Profiles

Theyre like Software Defined Computing
SERVER IDENTITY
NIC MACs HBA WWNs Server UUID VLAN Assignments VLAN Tagging FC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot Parameters Quantity of NICs Boot Order PXE Settings IPMI Settings Quantity of HBAs QoS Settings Call Home Statistic Thresholds System Firmware Adapter Firmware CIMC Firmware RAID Settings NIC Teaming in HW BIOS Settings etc., etc., etc.

SAN

UCS Service Profile

LAN

Adds: Portability More flexibility Improved uptime

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UCS Is Open API Management

Open API for integration into existing environments

Single Unified System

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UCSM Is Redefining Server Management

Seamlessly Monitor and Manage 10,000 UCS Servers
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
UCS Dashboard UCS Central

goUCS Automation Tools CDN .NET/PowerShell, Perl XML UCS Platform Emulator

UCS CLI

Cisco UCSM

UCSM + Multi-UCS Mgmt.

XML API

Third Party

Customer

UCSM Single UCS Domains

UCSM Data Center 1

UCSM Data Center 2,3..

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Example: Compare 800 Server Solution

UCS Central = $0 License (5 Domains)!
No Requirement to Give Up Local UCSM Control! 10 Fabric Interconnects Global FW Updates, ID Pools, Backups, Admin Policies, etc. Common UCSM XML API Global Service Profiles*

Legacy 800 Servers = $250,000 - Enterprise Switch Manager is $5000/16-Blades!

Must Give Up Local Virtual Connect Control

100 Mgmt. IP Addresses to Manage! 100 Networking Switches to Monitor/Power/ Manage!

Cisco UCS Central

UCS Manager UCS Manager UCS Manager

Legacy Mgmt
CMS SW + Enterprise Switch SW

Revolutionary Unified management of multi-UCS 10,000 UCS Servers Supported (Both Blade AND Rack)!

Delivers global policies, service profiles, ID pools and templates No Charge for features like Advanced Power Capping

Uses Plug-Ins to Manage layers of SW/HW from above.

Only Supports Switch Domains No Single Common API,

Multiple SW/FW/HW Points

Only shares Switch Profile Settings

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Looking At IaaS, Hybrid Or Private Cloud?

Single XML API To Manage Your Bare Metal Near or Far
With UCS, it is a single API for blades and racks; not multiple touch points with many different interfaces. How may integration points will you have with HP, IBM, Dell into the mighty Orchestration Layer? Legacy vendors offer only launch points to their embedded and licensed management tools for configuration. UCS is Stateless Computing with every server connected to LAN/SAN awaiting DNA from Service Profiles/Templates. What would it take for you to do this in your DC today?

Cloud Consumer Cloud Auditor

Security Audit Privacy Impact Audit Performanc e Audit

Cloud Provider
Service Orchestration Service Layer Cloud Service Management

Cloud Broker
Service Intermediatio n Security Privacy

SaaS
PaaS IaaS Resource Abstraction and Cisco Unified Control Layer
Hardware
Facility

Business Support
Provisioning/ Configuratio n Portability/ Interoperabil ity

Service Aggregation

Physical Resource Computing Layer System

Service Arbitrage

Cloud Carrier

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UCS Is Cisco Innovation

High-Density design Extended Server Memory Innovations Technology, IndustryStandard Servers

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UCS IS World-Class ASIC Innovation

Balanced, Open Standards-Based, Delivering Unmatched Capabilities
ASIC Innovation in a Unified System
Cisco Unified Fabric
0.5 Tbps Fabric 3.2 uS Latency Dozens of Servers 2 Tbps Fabric Sub 2 uS Latency Thousands of Servers

Fabric

Cisco Virtual Interface Cards Cisco Extended Memory Technology

I/O

20 Gb 128 Virtual Adapters

Cisco ASIC Innovation

40 Gb; 80Gb Burst 256 Virtual Adapters

Unified Management
Memory
4X Memory at Highest Speeds Highest Memory Density for 2 Socket Servers 48 DIMMs in 2 socket blades 64 DIMMs in 2 socket racks

2009
Generations of Open ASIC Innovation Developed in Concert
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Industry-Changing Examples
VIC 1280 Fabric Failover VM-FEX Architecture
LAN

Power Optimized

LAN
Fabric Interconnect A Fabric Interconnect B

Switch Nexus 5500

IOM-A

IOM-B Port 2 CNA

Logical Switch FEX Logical Switch

UCS Blade Server

2nd Generation VIC Dual 4x10 Gbps into fabric PCIe x16 GEN2 host interface 116 Virtual Interfaces (Capable of 256 PCIe devices) Same host side drivers as VIC Retains VIC features with enhancements
iSCSI boot, Fabric Failover

Port 1

CNA vNIC 1 OS
Local Area Connection 0 1.1.1.1

vNIC 2
Local Area Connection 1 2.2.2.2

Hypervisor

Chassis backplane (or Fabric) provides redundant path for each vNIC Failures detected on border ports or fabric ports

VM-FEX

A pp OS

A pp OS

A pp OS

Designed from the ground up for optimal cooling. Unified Fabric = fewer components, more airflow on backplane Full Support of all Intel CPUs

Management Plane Integration between Cisco and Hypervisor Manager Glues each VM to its own logical switch port on UCS Fabric Interconnect

SR-IOV capable device

Transparent to OS
Unlike OS NIC Teaming, redundancy provided with single interface

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Summary
Unified Fabric Is The Key
Enables simplicity and efficient scalability for true right-sizing

Revolutionary Embedded Management

Unified Fabric enables the redundant UCSM magic

Policy-Based Computing
Embedded Management enables Service Profiles, Templates, RBAC

XML API
Programmatic interface is open and Industry Standard and allows choice

Designed For The Cloud

Single API for server management, HW innovation, Next-generation ready

UCS is Cisco Innovation

14 Cisco custom developed ASICs in current solution
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Cloupia

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Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller (CUIC)

End-to-end Management and Automation Solution
Secure Cloud Container
vFiler Storage Network Compute VMs

Self-Service Delivery
Model-based Management
Virtualization Manager

Plug-ins
Compute Manager

B
Virtualization

Policy-Driven Provisioning
Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller

Single Pane of Glass End-to-End Management and Automation

Compute Network Manager

B
Network

Enables Unified Service Delivery

Adaptive, intelligent provisioning

Results in Reduced OpEx and CapEx costs
Reduced time to market / time to value Improved IT responsiveness
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Storage Storage Manager Manager

Tenant Tenant Tenant A B C

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Cloupia One Management system, Multiple Clouds

LDAP, CMDB, Metering DB End Users IT Admins IT Operations

Roll-based Access
Admin Console
Dashboard Enterprise Systems Integration

Self Service Catalog

Mobile Devices

Modular Open Automation for easy third-party extensibility Northbound Deployed as an on-premise Virtual Appliance(s)

Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller

Multi-tenant & integrated cloud platform
Cloupia Cloupia Cloupia Network Services Network Services Network Services Agent Agent Agent

Unified Infrastructure Controller

Integrated Multi-tenant Cloud Platform Amazon, Rackspace, Savvis VPDC, Terremark, Other Providers

Blade Server Managers

Storage APIs

Network Manager

vCenter

SCVMM

RHEVM

VMware

Hyper-V

KVM

Physical Infrastructure Virtual Infrastructure Public Clouds Cloupia Provides Centralized Management of Private and Public Clouds
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Data Center and Cloud Automation Made Easy

CloudGenie Mobile Platform Application Industrys first iPad/Android app for cloud and data center management Simple cloud resource management Self-service

CloudGenie Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIEb-DuqnQ

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Cisco-on-Cisco Results: ROI Achieved by Cisco IT

Average TCO

-37%
Speed of delivery

-32%
Average TCO

6-8 Weeks
IT Maintenance / IT Innovation

Speed of Delivery

Speed of Delivery
Average TCO

2-3 Weeks 70/30

100% Physical, Legacy Computer Platform
IT Maintenance / IT Innovation

15 Minutes
IT Maintenance / IT Innovation

60/40
40% Physical, 60% Virtual, Legacy Computer Platform

40/60
35% Physical, 65% Virtual, Unified Computing Platform, 100% Automated

Virtualization

Unified Computing and Automation

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How are you getting to the cloud?

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