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Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Delivering Business Advantage

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Delivering Business Advantage. Customer Presentation <Name>, <Job Title>. BT Ireland Data Centre Solutions. Data Centre Solutions cont…. Virtual Data Centre Network, Server, Storage Shared, multi site, global Click to buy/build portal

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Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Delivering Business Advantage

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  1. Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)Delivering Business Advantage Customer Presentation <Name>, <Job Title>

  2. BT Ireland Data Centre Solutions

  3. Data Centre Solutions cont… • Virtual Data Centre • Network, Server, Storage • Shared, multi site, global • Click to buy/build portal • Full Autonomics/Automation • Pre provisioned • BT Client Island • Per customer single site • Customer self service • Automation of deploy, manage & change • Dedicated Virtual Hosting - e.g. Cisco UCS • Per customer single site • Server & storage only • Manually deploy, manage & change

  4. Cisco Unified Computing SystemAt the heart of business innovation SOLUTION DIFFERENTIATION SOLUTION DIFFERENTIATION SYSTEMS EXCELLENCE SYSTEMS EXCELLENCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS

  5. Data Centre virtualization in today’s environment Virtualization Has Been Promised As the Answer. However, Virtualization Solutions to Date May Only Address Part of the Problem, and Have Done So by Increasing Operational Expenses, Infrastructure Complexity, and Risk. Virtualization Platform High Complexity High Touch Compute Platform NetworkPlatform • Site Cost • HVAC • Power • Dwelling • Platform Cost • Storage • Network • Software •  Server • Organization Cost • Complexity • VM Administrator • Coordination Costs Costs Costs

  6. A New Architectural ApproachTomorrow’s Data Centre can’t be build on yesterday’s technology • Virtualization is changing the focus • Applications no longer tied to server hardware • Applications are now objects moving through the network • The data center needs to evolve • Computing and networking have to change • Management needs to be native, not an after-thought • Cisco is leading Data Center innovation • Cisco Unified Fabrics was a step • Cisco UCS is the next step • Cisco UCS is a clean sheet approach for next generation virtualized data centers

  7. Mgmt Server Server Deployment Today • Over the past 20 years • An evolution of size, not thinking • More servers & switches than ever • More switches per server • Management applied, not integrated • Result • More points of management • More difficult to maintain policy coherence • More difficult to secure • More difficult to scale

  8. Embed management Unify fabrics Optimize virtualization Remove unnecessary switches, adapters, management modules Less than 1/3rd the support infrastructure for a given workload Mgmt Server Mgmt Server Mgmt Server Our Solution

  9. A single system that encompasses: Network: Unified fabric Compute: Industry standard x86 Storage: Access options Virtualisationoptimised Unified management model Dynamic resource provisioning Efficient Scale Cisco network scale & services Fewer servers with more memory Lower cost Fewer servers, switches, adapters, cables Lower power consumption Fewer points of management Mgmt Server Our Solution: Unified Computing System

  10. Ethernet FC traffic Unified Fabric: FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) Today Cisco Solution • Fewer cables • Fewer switches • Fewer adapters • Overall less power

  11. Why Unified Computing? Why Cisco? • To continue to scale, the data center needs to change • Both computing and networking need to evolve • Virtualization is creating a market transition • “Servers” are becoming fluid objects in the network • Cisco is innovating to lead this change • Unified Fabrics is the first step • Cisco is offering a clean sheet approach for next generation virtualized data centers • An alternative to the ad hoc add-on approach currently available in the industry

  12. Why BT for Cisco UCS? • Cisco Gold Partner of the Year for 2011 • Breadth and depth of services - Largest Cisco partner in Ireland, UK, Europe and No. 3 worldwide. • Global coverage - Global Gold Partner, allowing BT to deploy Cisco solutions on a global basis, with uniform services worldwide. • Unique end-to-end management • Support and Management - 24x7 nationwide coverage with highly skilled pre-sales, design and widespread implementation resources

  13. Key Business Benefits Key Technical Differentiators • Smaller form factor than HP (B-series is 6u smaller?) • HP & IBM servers are designed with more ports and more cards which increase the costs (ports, cards, cabling, switches, power, cooling) • No separate management server • Management looks after OS, BIOS, cards • Service Profiles enable quick upgrades of whole server / copies of server • Extended memory via extra DIMMS slots • 6-8 cores • HBA storage cards not needed • vSwitches and vNICs • Is a server, a server? this is about putting the network into the server • Based on Unified Fabric (need a succinct explanation of unified fabric) • Highly scalable • End to End solution • Reduced OpEx • Reduced CapEx • Simplified Management • Secure • Scalable • Lower TCO • Automated

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