This document discusses the partnership between Cisco and F5 and their focus on application-centric infrastructure. It highlights key capabilities of Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) including policy-driven automation, integration with F5's BIG-IP and BIG-IQ solutions, and addressing joint customer needs. It also provides an overview of WWT's Advanced Technology Center and how they help customers prove and adopt new technologies like ACI through demo environments and other services.

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 US Agility 2015

2. Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc.
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
Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc.
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together

6. 30M
New devices
connected
every week
78%
Workloads processed
in Cloud DCs
by 2018
5TB+
of data per person
by 2020
180B
Mobile apps
downloaded
in 2015
277X
Data created
by IoE devices
v. end-user
Source: Cisco, Global Cloud Index 2014
Data Center and Cloud Power Market Disruption

7. SaaS
PaaS IaaS
A Broad Perspective Is Required…
Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT

8. SaaS
PaaS IaaS
…to Balance New and Existing
Requirements
Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT
Traditional
Applications
Cloud Native
Applications
Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT
ERP, Financial, CRM, email,
Client/Server, …
IoT, Big Data,
Analytics, Gaming, ...

9. IT Transformation: The Tale of 2 ITs
SPEED
EFFICIENCY

10. What if you Could…
EFFICIENCY
+
DISRUPTION
+
SPEED

11. SaaS
PaaS IaaS
Cisco
UCS
Cisco
Nexus
Cisco
ONE
ACI,
Programmable
Fabric,
Programmable
Network
Programmable
Fabric
Programmable
Network
EFFICIENCY
+
DISRUPTION
+
SPEED
Best Data Center and Cloud Portfolio in Industry
Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT
Cisco
Connected
AnalyticsCisco and Partner
Intercloud Services
Cisco
OpenStack
Private
CloudCisco ONE
Enterprise
Cloud Suite
Policy-Driven
Infrastructure
Privateand
Hybrid Cloud
Software
Cloud Offers
Big Data
Analytics

12. Minimum Capabilities Are not Enough!
Only Cisco Enables Your Digital Transformation Journey
Flexible Consumption Models
Automation
Edge / IoT Applications
EFFICIENCY
+
DISRUPTION
+
SPEED
Edge / IoT Applications
and Real Time Analytics
Choice of Consumption
with Security and Data Sovereignty
Policy Driven Infrastructure

13. 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

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

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

16. 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

17. 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

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

19. 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

20. Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc.
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together

21. 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

22. 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
……..

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

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

27. Pulsant: Expanding Business with Cloud
Solutions
United Kingdom Cloud Service Provider Pulsant
improves its services and profits with
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure.
With Cisco ACI, we are selling more cloud
services, adding new cloud services,
and onboarding customers faster without
increasing staff.
Martin Lipka
Head of Connectivity
Watch Video
Read Case Study

28. Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, Solution Architect
WWT Inc.
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together

29. WWT on Software Defined Networking
Agility Simplicity
Business
Value
Ability to Adopt New
Market Transitions
Rapid Service
Enablement
Reduce Operational
Complexity
Decrease TCO
Automation
Differentiate
Business Services
Monetize Networks
Cost Savings
Requirements for Next
Generation Networks
Software Defined
Networking
“A flexible, programmatic
framework to optimize the
delivery and management
of network services”

30. Characteristics of SDN
Increased flexibility
Automation
Network Services
Holistic View
Software Defined
Networking

31. Why Cisco ACI ?
Accelerated
deployment of
applications
and services
Reduced application
development-to-
production cycle times
Mitigated
security and
compliance risk
Increased revenue
growth and
business agility by
delivering the right
services in real time

32. Prove it…
A collaborative
eco-system to design,
build, demo and deploy
advanced technology
solutions for our
customers and partners.
CUSTOMERS
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
PARTNERS
Product teams
Sales
Engineering
SALES AND
ENGINEERS
RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
LABS
TEST LABS INTEGRATION
LABS
TRAINING
LABS
ATC
PRIVATE
CLOUD
Advanced
Technology
Center

33. WWT Simplifies the Complex
Tech Briefings Workshops Sandbox
Environments
Proof of Concept Integrated Product
and Solution Demos
Training Product Testing
and Benchmarking
Early Field
Trails
Pilots and
Integration
Lab as a
Service