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Unified Computing System The Platform of Innovation

Unified Computing System The Platform of Innovation. Justin Bigger Solution Specialist Data Center Technologies jbigger@cisco.com. What is UCS? Continued Stream of Innovations Continued Architectural Innovation. Unified Management. Unified IT Workflows. Service-Profiles.

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Unified Computing System The Platform of Innovation

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  1. Unified Computing SystemThe Platform of Innovation Justin BiggerSolution Specialist Data Center Technologies jbigger@cisco.com

  2. What is UCS?Continued Stream of Innovations Continued Architectural Innovation Unified Management Unified IT Workflows Service-Profiles Virtualizes Compute Hardware CONVERGENCE Templates Rapid Deployment Policies Deployment Consistency SCALE FSM Configuration Coherency VIC Virtualized NICs/HBAs Extended Memory DIMM Slot Virtualization INTELLIGENCE VN-Link Virtualizes the Network Port FEX-Link Optimized Scaling, Lower TCO Deterministic I/O DCB/FCoE

  3. Cisco UCS in Five Years Demand for Data Center Innovation Has Attracted 33,000 Customers and 75% of Fortune 500 Rapid Rate of Adoption; Cisco UCS Customers WW

  4. Cisco UCS #1 in North America X86 Blade Server Market Q3CY09 vs. Q1CY14 Vendor Shares1 Q3CY09 Q1CY14 2.4% Q3CY09 vs Q1CY14 40.0% 47.7% 34.9% 34.4% 10.2% 0.1% 0.1% 9.2% 12.0% 0.1% 0.0% 3.6% 0.5% 1.5% 0.5% 0.9% 2.0% Source:1 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 2014Q1, May 2014, Vendor Revenue Share

  5. Cisco’s Vision for Virtualization • Stateless Chassis • Stateless Servers • Stateless Connectivity • Simplified Connectivity • Simplified Management • Mobility of resources • Leverage Assets • Leverage Datacenters • “Virtualization doesn’t start nor stop at the Hypervisor”

  6. Simple Building Block Building Block: 2 x FI + chassis Uplinks to Existing LAN/SAN 2 x Unified Fabric Interconnects (Embedded mgmt, access layer for multiple UCS chassis) 2 x Fabric Extenders (I/O MUX, CMC) CHASSIS REAR VIEW 6U chassis (one or more) CHASSIS FRONT VIEW Stateless compute blades w/ CIMC, CNA, opt. HDDs

  7. SAN B Any ANSI T11 Compliant SAN SAN A Any ANSI T11 Compliant SAN LAN Any IEEE Compliant LAN Mgmt Cisco Unified Computing System One Logical Chassis to Manage* LAN Connectivity SAN Networking Blade Chassis’ Server Blades Rack Servers Server Identity Management Monitoring, Troubleshooting etc. *architectural limit of 320 servers with 160 servers supported as of 1.4(1)

  8. Cable it…

  9. Cable it (part II)

  10. Service Profile it…

  11. This is what a fully cabled chassis looks like…

  12. UCS Components and Relationships UCS Manager Management resides in the Fabric Interconnect UCS Fabric Interconnect Fabric Extender is a logically part of the Fabric Interconnect UCS Fabric Extender – I/O Module Inserts into Blade Chassis Chassis is logical part of the Fabric Extender UCS 5108 – Blade Chassis Blade inserts into the Chassis Blades are a logical part of the chassis Single Management Domain UCS Blade Servers Industry Standard Architectures UCS Mezzanine Adapters Cisco Virtualized Adapter, Emulex, Qlogic, Intel, Broadcom

  13. Unified Computing System Manager • Embedded device manager for family of UCS components • Enables stateless computing via Service Profiles • Efficient scale: Same effort for 1 to 320 blades • APIs for integration with new and existing data center infrastructure

  14. UCS Manager – Pools and PoliciesA Key Enabler for Dynamic Data Centers Each admin has their view of: UCS Policies Qualify a given compute node against requirements for a given application. UCS Pools Provide an inventory of resources a compute node needs. Server Network Storage

  15. Unified Management for a Multi UCS Environment Multi-UCS Manager Unified Management at Scale Multi-UCS Manager Data Center 1 Data Center 2 Data Center 3 UCS Manager UCS Manager UCS Manager UCS Manager UCS Manager • Unifies management of multi UCS domains • Leverages UCS Manager technology • Simplify global operations with centralized inventory, faults, logs and server consoles • Delivers global policies, service profiles, IDpools and templates • Foundation for high availability, disaster recovery and workload mobility • Model based API for large scale automation This is an upcoming product—Feature set for first release subject to change

  16. “I want to manage my physical servers just like my virtual machines”

  17. LANConnectivity OS & Application SANConnectivity MAC Address NIC Firmware NIC Settings HDD Controller F/W Controller settings Drive Firmware UUID BIOS Firmware BIOS Settings Boot Order BMC FirmwareBMC Settings WWN Address HBA Firmware HBA Settings Service Profiles in UCSHardware “State” is abstracted from components Hardware Stateabstracted from hardware State • Separate firmware, addresses, and parameter settings from server hardware • Separate access port settings from physical ports • Physical servers become interchangeable hardware components • Easy to move OS & applications across server hardware

  18. Integrated Stateless Computing Service Profile: DataBase Network1: DB_vlan1 Network1 QoS: Platinum MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC WWN: 5080020000075740 Boot Order: SAN, LAN FW: DataBaseSanBundle • Attributes decoupled from hardware components • Not just identity: • FW, Boot Device, BIOS, etc • Dynamic Provisioning • Deploy in minutes, not days • Simplified infrastructure repurposing • Seamless server mobility • Integrated with 3rd party tools Database ESX WWW DataBase Service Profile: ESX-Host Network1: esx_prod Network1 QoS: Gold MAC : 08:00:69:11:19:EQ WWN: 5080020000074312 Boot Order: SAN, LAN FW: ESXHostBundle Service Profile: WebServer Network1: www_prod Network1 QoS: Gold MAC : 08:00:69:10:78:ED Boot Order: LOCAL FW: WebServerBundle Service Profile: DataBase Network1: DB_vlan1 Network1 QoS: Platinum MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC WWN: 5080020000075740 Boot Order: SAN, LAN FW: DataBaseSanBundle

  19. Stateless Computing: UCS Service Profiles • RAID settings • Disk scrub actions • Number of vHBAs • HBA WWN assignments • FC Boot Parameters • HBA firmware • FC Fabric assignments for HBAs • QoS settings • Border port assignment per vNIC • NIC Transmit/Receive Rate Limiting LAN • VLAN assignments for NICs • VLAN tagging config for NICs SAN • Number of vNICs • PXE settings\ • NIC firmware • Advanced feature settings • 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

  20. Stateless Computing: UCS Service Profiles Cisco UCS Service Profile NIC MACs HBA WWNs Server UUID VLAN Assignments VLAN Tagging FC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot Parameters Number of vNICs Boot order PXE settings IPMI Settings Number of vHBAs QoS Call Home Template Association Org & Sub Org Assoc. Server Pool Association Statistic Thresholds BIOS scrub actions Disk scrub actions BIOS firmware Adapter firmware BMC firmware RAID settings Advanced NIC settings Serial over LAN settings BIOS Settings LAN SAN

  21. “Firmware management was like cavities… we ignored ‘em until it was to late”

  22. Simplified System-wide Firmware Management • Infrastructure Bundle UCS Manager and Fabric Interconnect Fabric Extender Chassis Management Controller • Server Bundles: • B-Series Blade Server Bundle • C-Series Rack-Mount Server Bundle Adapter BIOS and CIMC RAID and Disk Rackmount Server Firmware • Easy change of firmware on servers from one version to another • Mapping of applications with specific firmware through service profiles • One step change of firmware for multiple servers

  23. VN-Link Brings VM Level Granularity Problems: VMotion • VMotion may move VMs across physical ports—policy must follow vSwitch • Impossible to view or apply policy to locally switched traffic vSwitch • Cannot correlate traffic on physical links—from multiple VMs vSwitch VLAN101 • VN-Link: • Extends network to the VM • Consistent services • Coordinated, coherent management

  24. Cisco Virtualization Interface Card 256 PCIe devices • Cisco UCS VIC Differentiators: • Stateless computing: 256 PCIe devices (NICs or HBAs) • High Performance Virtualization: • High Performance virtual network (VM-FEX) • Storage Performance • Market & Eco System Momentum • 500,000 10Gb cumulative VIC ports sold in 24 months • Approx. 40% of total10Gb blade server ports • Approx. 95% of UCS B-series attach • Storage Certified \ Multi OS Certified vFC vEth vEth vEth vSphere vNIC vNIC vHBAs vNIC vNIC vNIC vEth vEth

  25. UCS 2.0 System Topology Flexible per chassis bandwidth allocation 1 Link 20 Gb per chassis 2 Link 40 Gb per chassis 4 Link 80 Gb per chassis 8 Link 160 Gb per chassis

  26. UCS System Connectivity LAN SAN Direct Attach Direct Attach LAN Switch SAN Switch FCoE Storage FC Storage Appliance 1 Link 20 Gb per chassis 2 Link 40 Gb per chassis 4 Link 80 Gb per chassis 8 Link 160 Gb per chassis

  27. Cisco UCS – Rack Server Management Consolidation UCS Manager • Oversubscribe the port licenses for much better costs • 16 servers per UCS “virtual chassis” • Scale to 160 Servers is the target (10 sets of 2232) Single-wire becomes a cabling and SW effort instead of HW • C200M2, C210M2, C250M2, C200M2SFF, C260M2, C460M2 • Generation 2 IO adapters UCS6100 or 6200 Nexus 2232 Nexus 2232 10 Gb 1225 VIC Mgmt/Data Connection

  28. SMB/Remote Office Environments • Complex • Multiple HW vendors • Physical sprawl • Multiple management tools • Inefficient • Higher costs • More downtime • Inconsistent with central IT • Rigid • No IT flexibility • Not easy to scale

  29. UCS MiniThe power of UCS for SMB and Branch • Scaleable solution for office IT • Proven management simplicity • Integration with std management tools • Simplified management for Central IT • Simplified networking

  30. UCS Mini Chassis Redundant out of band management B200 M3 Blades Hot plug redundant power supplies Redundant SFP+ Uplinks 10GBIt or 1Gbit 2 QSFP+ Scalability ports

  31. UCS Mini – Servers • No compromise compute capability • B200 M3 - feature rich, two-socket half-width server • Support for all CPU configurations • Up to 768GB DDR memory • Up to 40Gbit Bandwidth per blade in UCS Mini

  32. Simplified Networking • Easily connect to upstream networks with end host mode • SFP+ supports 10Gbit &1GbE for future proofing • Redundant networking capability built in • Simple expansion for additional compute

  33. UCS Mini: Expansion • Up to 8 Blades • Cisco UCS B200 M3 • Up to 7 rack mount servers • C220M3 • C240M3 • Managed through UCSM

  34. UCS Mini Storage Connectivity iSCSI/NAS/FC/FCoE iSCSI/NAS/FC/FCoE iSCSI/NAS iSCSI/NAS ETH 1 ETH 2 ETH 1 ETH 2 Network attached storage Direct Attach storage

  35. Unified Computing System Innovation Performance optimized for any type of workload Integrated Design Agility and Reduced time to deploy and provision applications Service Profiles Role Based Management, Automation, Ease of Integration UCS Manager Centralized Multi Domain Management, Alerting and Visibility UCS Central Unified Fabric Simplified Infrastructure Security Isolation per application, Scale, Improved Performance Virtualized I/O Supports both blades and rack mount servers in a single domain Form Factor Independence Cost Effective Application Performance, Scale Extended Memory

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