This document discusses the partnership between Cisco and F5 and their application-centric infrastructure solutions. It provides an overview of Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and its integration with F5's BIG-IP and BIG-IQ solutions. Examples are given of how joint customers like Pulsant have benefited from improved automation, scalability, security and reduced costs by building their SDN architectures on Cisco ACI and F5.

1. Cisco and F5
Shashi Kiran,
Head, Corporate Marketing
Data Center and Cloud Networking
The Role of Application Centric
Infrastructure in Data Center
Strategy for Today’s Application-
Oriented Economy
F5 EMEA Agility 2015

2. Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Customer Perspectives - Pulsant
Channel Partner Practice Perspectives – Dimension Data
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together

3. Cisco and F5: The last 18 Months
Cisco ACI
Launch Nov’13
New York
Cisco Live 2014
San Francisco
Milan
F5 Agility 2014
Copenhagen
New York
F5 Agility 2015
Scotland

4. Partnership Focus
Deep technology integration across L2-L7 network
services with intelligent services orchestration. F5
BIG IP and F5 BIG IQ integration with Cisco ACI
Comprehensive application-centric policy framework
and enforcement as part of ACI Ecosystem
Address Joint Customer Needs in Data Center and
Cloud Deployments Worldwide with scalable GTM
Extensible platform supporting future service growth
Deliver a Fundamentally Superior
Application Experience

5. Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together
Customer Perspectives - Pulsant
Channel Partner Practice Perspectives – Dimension Data

6. Pace of Change – Disruptions - Opportunity
DatabaseDistributed Cloud
IT LoB
Technology
Disrupters
Operational
Disrupters
Big Data / IoE
Mobile
Social
Fog/ / Cloud / Containers
Build vs. Buy
Shadow IT
DevOps
XaaS
Applications
Operational Simplicity | Business Efficiency | Lower Cost

7. We Are at the Cusp of a Major Shift
DIGITAL EXPERIENCESEFFICIENCY SIMPLICITY | SPEED
Adoption
Curve
IT as a Service
IaaS | PaaS | SaaS | XaaS
Flexible Consumption Models
CONSOLIDATION
VIRTUALIZATION
HYBRID
CLOUDS
2000 2010 2015 The Next 5+ Years
POLICY BASED
AUTOMATION
TRADITIONAL DATA CENTER
We are here
CLOUD-READY DATA CENTER

8. ACI Vision: Application Centric SDN approach
Scale, Security and Full Visibility
TENANT APPLICATION
Enabled by Physical and Virtual Integration

9. Automation through
Common Policy
Cisco ACI
Physical, Virtual &
Containers
Open, Standards &
Secure
Application Policy
Infrastructure
Controller

10. Subject Matter
Experts Define
Policies
1
Application Centric Policy
Network
SME
Security
SME
Application
SME
2
Policies Used To
Create Application
Network Profile
Templates
3
Automated policy
configuration across
the infrastructure
Life cycle management
for day 1, day 2
operations
4
Multi DC
WAN and
Cloud
StorageL4–L7
Services
ComputePhysical
Networki
ng
Hypervis
ors
and
Virtual
Networki
ng
Hypervisors
and Virtual
Networking
Physical
Networking
Compute L4–L7
Services
Storage Multi DC
WANand
Cloud

11. 2009 20142008
Consolidation Virtualization Automation Enabling
the Cloud
LAN SAN
Network
Compute
Storage
Access
Network
Apps Policy
Today
Policy
Policy
Policy
Accelerating the Journey to Cloud
Application
Centric
Infrastructure
RAPID APPLICATION EVOLUTION
Policy

12. ACI Delivers Secure Multi-Tenancy at Scale
CENTRALIZED
AUTOMATION
Audit, Detect, Mitigate
EMBEDDED IN ACI INVESTMENT PROTECTION
FirePOWER Now Integrated with ACI
Validated for Deployment in PCI Compliant Networks
POLICY DRIVEN
Physical & Virtual
Automated Protection to Cover the Attack Continuum

13. Cisco ACI Complements, Enhances and/or
Replaces Any Other SDN Offering
Bare Metal Applications
Virtualized Applications
Optional Software Overlay
Foundation:
Nexus or ACI

14. PRE-ACI POST-ACI
Network
Operations
PROCESS SIMPLIFICATION
Network and
Policy Instantiate
Translate Setup
and Policy
Weeks Minutes
OPEX
CAPEX
PRE-ACI
41%Cost Savings
COST SAVINGS
POST-ACI
ACI Simplified Operations:
TCO and Cost Savings
Weeks Minutes
Cisco IT Projections

15. Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Cisco-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together
Customer Perspectives - Pulsant
Channel Partner Practice Perspectives – Dimension Data

16. How to Make a Data Center Ready for Agile
Service Delivery?
Server
vFW
Switch
Router
FW
Router
LB
Service Insertion in
Traditional Networks
Configure Firewall Rules as
Required by the Application
Configure Network to Insert
Firewall
Configure Firewall Network
Parameters
Configure Load Balancer as
Required by the Application
Configure Load Balancer
Network Parameters
Configure Router to Steer
Traffic to/from Load Balancer
Service insertion
takes days
Network configuration
is time consuming
and error prone
Difficult to track
configuration on
services

17. Separate application tier
policy and service definition
APIC-centralized network
policy control
Programmable service
bring-up/tear-down
Supports existing operational
model with existing services
ACI Layer 4–7 Service Integration
Centralized, Automated, and Supports Existing Model
Web
Server
App Tier
A
Web
Server
Web
Server
App Tier
B
App
Server
Chain
“Sharepoint”
Policy Redirection
Service
Graph
begin endStage 1 …….. Stage N
Providers
inst
inst
…
Firewall
inst
inst
…
Load Balancer
ServiceProfile
“Sharepoint” Chain Defined
Application
Admin
Service
Admin
……..

18. ACI: Application Agility – Physical/Virtual
Using the Language of Apps in the Network
F5 DEVICE PACKAGE
FOR APIC
DB DBDB
WEB WEB WEB APP WEB APP WEB
BIG-IP
PHYSICAL AND/OR VIRTUAL
HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR
Physical
Networking
L4–L7
Services
Multi DC
WAN +
Cloud
ComputeStorageHypervisors
and Virtual
Networking
Rapid Deployment of
Applications with Scale
and Security
Application-centricity to
Visibility and Troubleshooting
Open Source Application
Policies
Common Operational Model
through Open APIs
ACI Slide Source: Cisco

19. Virtual Edition Appliance Chassis
BIG-IP
F5 and Cisco ACI Integration Models
BIG-IQ
ACI Fabric
Function profiles leveraging existing iAPP
knowledge
Customize Device package to support new
applications—within the device model support
One iRule per function profile
Provides multi tenancy and true traffic isolation
Configure any iAPPs with iRules through Cisco APIC
—no need to make device model changes
Extend to other L4-L7 services ex: GTM, AAM, AFM,
APM, ASM through iApps
Deep application performance visibility & extensive
applications health score data (future)
Provides multi tenancy and true traffic isolation
F5 Synthesis Fabric

20. ARCHITECT DESIGN COMPUTE
Service
Request
STORAGE SECURITY NETWORK
Application
Available
TIME
APP
F/W
ADC WEB ADC DB
Policy Automation Application Policy Language
Common Policy Framework and
Platform for All IT Teams
Faster App Availability
Simplified Operational Processes + Automation
APPLICATION
COMPUTE NETWORK
CLOUD
STORAGE SECURITY

21. Cisco ACI-F5
(BIG IP and
BIG IQ)
Integration
Flash Demo of Solution

22. Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together
Customer Perspectives - Pulsant
Channel Partner Practice Perspectives – Dimension Data

23. Customers Success with Cisco ACI and F5
Pulsant has built its SDN architecture on Cisco and F5
Martin Lipka, Director of Network Strategy explains his views on SDN and why Cisco and F5 have been deployed in Pulsant's
architecture

24. Martin Lipka - Head of Connectivity Architecture

25. • Open infrastructure supporting open APIs
• Support for Multi-Hypervisor environments
• Management, visibility and monitoring
simplification
• Architectural simplification of our Hybrid Solutions
• Future proofing our infrastructure
• Automation, orchestration and agility
• Scalability, performance and speed
• Security and compliance!
• Unification of virtual and physical
environments
• Both Capex and Opex saving
What is our story?
We started an official Next-Generation Cloud Network research 4 years ago and discussed
our requirements with all major vendors and start-ups around the world aiming to improve:

26. What are the business outcomes?
• Cisco ACI not only allowed to deliver our Next-Generation Cloud Network,
but also defined Pulsant Next-Generation Cloud Data Centres!
• The ACI policy model unified our infrastructure with our applications and
delivered a new team member (Cisco APIC) to our Network, Cloud and
Storage, Provisioning, Solution Architects, DevOps and Professional
Services Teams improving operational efficiency and agility
• Automation of our ACI fabrics, solutions and applications, federation with
our Clouds saved up to 30% of Capex (install and innovative architecture)
and more than 50% of Opex (SIMPLIFING management with awareness of
the application health, configuration consistency, advanced
monitoring/alerting and many more...)
• We SIMPLIFIED our Hybrid Solutions (Cloud, Colocation, Managed
Hosting) while improving its flexibility and allowing for advanced automation
and programmability saving the provisioning times by up to 80%

27. What are the business outcomes?
• We completely removed the boundary between physical and virtual
environments
• We implemented policy-oriented application aware infrastructure delivering
granular application security to all customers in our Cloud Data Centres
• Cisco ACI and F5 integration delivered SIMPLIFIED service insertion,
auto-provisioning and auto-chaining improved provisioning speeds by up
to 80% and delivered a complete set of of L4-7 services vital for powerful
application oriented Cloud Services
• We are still learning about benefits of Cisco ACI expecting to deliver
additional saving while improving our business operations, developing
new class of products and redefining our customer experience!

28. Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together
Customer Perspectives - Pulsant
Channel Partner Practice Perspectives – Dimension Data

29. accelerate your ambition
Software-defined Networking at
DIMENSION DATA
Stefaan Hinderyckx
Director Europe – Networking and Security
stefaan.hinderyckx@dimensiondata.com

30. Our consulting
approach and
capabilities help
demystify
and navigate
software-defined
networking
Assist organisations gain a deeper understanding of
SDN concepts, technology, standards
Review the impact of SDN to infrastructure,
operations, the organisation and IT strategy
Identify a place to start the SDN journey and provide a
roadmap on how to get to the future state network
Refine a vision for the use of SDN and a future state
network architecture

31. SDNDM cycle
Strategicdevelopment
Operational development
Optimised
Integrated
Coordinated
Basic
To Be
As Is
SDNDM readiness state
Software-defined Networking Development Model (SDNDM)

32. Software-defined Networking Development Model framework
Infrastructure
readiness
Network
Virtualisation
Security
Agility
Operational
readiness
SLA
Change management
Network management
Organisational
change
Skills and training
Communications
Governance
Process
Business
alignment
Strategy
Budget
Sourcing
Culture
Optimised
Integrated
Coordinated
Basic

33. • Highly Complementary to Approach
• Preserve Existing App. Delivery Profiles and Service Definitions
• Layered Policy Approach; Perfect for F5 (policy template driven)
Summary
+ACI
Improved Service Velocity | Reduced Cost | Investment Protection

34. ACI
KITS
For More Information Visit:
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution www.cisco.com/go/acif5
Device Package Download downloads.f5.com
Cisco APIC www.cisco.com/go/apic
Cisco ACI www.cisco.com/go/aci
Now Available!

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