Cisco Connect Toronto 2017 covered updates on Cisco UCS and Hyperflex. Cisco UCS continues gaining customers with over 60,000 and growing, handling over 1 exabyte of total storage deployed. The presentation introduced the new UCS M5 portfolio and detailed the UCS S3260 modular platform and UCS GPU portfolio. Hyperflex was also discussed, highlighting its complete hyperconvergence, next generation data management, and future ready architecture.

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Cisco
Connect
Cisco Connect Toronto 2017
UCS and Hyperflex
Update
Jacob Van Ewyk – UCS Management Product Manager
Sean Comrie – Technical Solutions Architect
October 12, 2017

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Cisco UCS | Momentum
Source: 1 IDC, 2017 Q2, September 2017, Server Tracker
Source: As of Cisco Q4FY17 earnings results. Data Center Revenue is defined as Cisco UCS and Nexus 1000V
60,000+
Customers
1 Exabyte
Total Storage Deployed
>85%
of Fortune 500
have invested in UCS
120+
World Record Performance
Benchmark
1800+
HyperFlex Customers
15x
Big Data Revenue
Growth in 3 Years
#1
Converged Infrastructure
(Cisco UCS, Nexus)
#2
Global Revenue
Market Share in x86 Blades
#1
Americas Revenue
Market Share in x86 Blades

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Cisco UCS: Driving Business Outcomes
Proven value and over 60,000 customers world wide
“We’re able to offer leading-edge
solutions to our customers and
continue to expand our
business.”
Reduction in
Provisioning
Times
84%
Reduction of
Management
Costs
61%
Reduction of
Power and
Cooling Costs
54%
Cabling
Reduction
77%
World-record
Performance
Benchmarks
120+
“Our Cisco Unified
Computing System decision
is a game-changer.”
Wes Wright
CIO, Seattle Children’s
Martin Breslin
Infrastructure Architect, SEI
“With Cisco UCS, we can
adapt much more quickly to
user demand.”
Mark Adams
VP Information Technology, HireRight
Source: Cisco UCS Changing the Economics of the Datacenter, Customer Case Studies, Cisco UCS Performance Benchmarks

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Enterprise Performance
Next Generation UCS M5 Portfolio
Performance Optimized for Bare Metal, Virtualized, and Cloud Applications
Rack
C240 M5
Ideal Platform for Big Data
Analytics, ERP, Database and
High Performance Applications
C220 M5
Versatile, General Purpose
Enterprise Infrastructure, and
Application Server
B200 M5
Versatile, Enterprise Class half-
width blade for multiple
workloads including
Virtualization, Converged
Infrastructure and Enterprise
Applications
Cloud Scale
S3260
Ideal Capacity-Optimized Platform
for Large Object Storage at Scale
Intensive/Mission Critical
C480 M5
Mission-Critical, 4-Socket
Server for Large, CPU-Intensive
Applications
B480 M5
Mission-Critical / Enterprise Class, 4-Socket
Blade for Large, CPU and/or Memory-
Intensive Bare Metal
and Virtualized Applications

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UCS M5 Blade & Rack Servers
B480 M5
B200 M5
C480 M5
C240 M5
C220 M5
CQ3’17
CQ3’17
M5 differentiators:
• Dual Intel Skylake processors (up to 28
cores)
• Up to 2 SFF + 2 M.2/SD (SATA/SAS
HDD/SSD, PCIe NVMe)
• Dual GPU support
M5 differentiators:
• Quad Intel “Skylake” processors (up
to 28 cores)
• Up to 2 SFF + 2 x M.2/SD
• SATA/SAS HDD/SSD, PCIe
NVMe
• Quad GPU support
M5 differentiators:
• Dual Intel Skylake processors (up to 28 cores)
• Up to 10 SFF drive bays
• Up to 10 NVMe drive bays
• 10G LOM
• M.2 support
M5 differentiators:
• Dual Intel Skylake processors (up to 28 cores)
• Centralized mgmt for RAID for all drives
• Hot swap rear drives with HW RAID
• Up to 10 NVMe drive bays
• 10G LOM
• M.2 support
M5 differentiators:
• Quad Intel Skylake processors (up to 28 cores)
• Up to 24 front facing drives (24 can support NVMe)
• Up to 8 top accessible drives (8 can support NVMe)
• Up to 6 PCIe GPUs
• Up to 12 PCIe slots
• M.2 support
Highest Performance UCS 5th Gen Platforms designed for Intensive Enterprise Workloads
High Performance 4S Blade designed for Compute-
Intensive and Memory-Intensive Enterprise Workloads
World’s best selling blade enhanced with new CPU and
industry leading GPU density
Mission-Critical 4S Rack server with enhanced Memory, Storage, IO and
expansion capabilities
2U Rack Server designed for a wide range of enterprise workloads
including virtualization, big data, and bare metal applications
1U Rack Server designed for a wide range of enterprise workloads
including virtualization and bare metal applications
CQ3’17

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UCS GPU Portfolio with M5 Servers
UCS Integrated for accelerated VDI, Deep Learning, and HPC Applications
Cloud VDI
Rack
Deep Learning and HPC
UCS M6 Blade GPU
General Purpose, Enterprise
Class NVIDIA GPU for Remote
Knowledge Workers, Task
Workers and Designers
UCS NVIDIA M60
Ultimate choice for Remote
Engineering Workstations
and Application Delivery via
the Cloud
UCS NVIDIA M10
For M4 and M5
Servers. Accelerated
Remote Desktop,
Maximum User Density
per Server
UCS Tesla K80
Price/Performance leader
for HPC applications
UCS Tesla P100
Worlds most advanced GPU
for demanding Deep
Learning Training and
HPC applications
Available
Available
UCS Tesla P40
For M5 Server - Remote
Engineering Workstations
and Fast Inferencing for
Deep Learning
UCS Tesla P4
Inferencing Engine for Deep
Learning at the edge.
2H’ CY17
UCS P6 Blade GPU
For M5 Blades – Doubles user
density for Remote Knowledge
Workers, Task Workers and
Designers
2H’ CY17
Available
Available
EoS
Soon
UCS AMD 7150 x2
For M4 and M5 Servers
based on SRIOV
Accelerated Remote
Desktop, Engineering
workstation
2H’ CY17
UCSM
3.1.3

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High-density 40GbE ports
• FI 6300 series coupled with B-Series & C-Series enables an
end-to-end 40GbE solution
• FI 6300 series couple with Cisco MDS enables an end-to-end
40GbE FCoE solution
High speed Fibre Channel 16G FC ports
• Provides high performance SAN (4/8/16G FC) connectivity for
blades & rack servers
• Simplifies management by reducing the number of links required
between end points
Enabling a high-performance, low-latency & lossless fabric
UCS FI 6300 Series / IOM 2304 OverviewFI 6332, FI 6332-16UP & IOM 2304

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FI 6300 Series
• 40GbE
• 40G FCoE
• 4/8/16G FC
• B-Series or C-Series
• Requires UCSM 3.1(1)
FI 6200 Series
• 10GbE
• 10G FCoE
• 2/4/8G FC
• B-Series or C-Series
• UCSM 2.x(x) or 3.1(1)
What Fabric Interconnect Do I Need?
FI 6300 series vs FI 6200 series

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Applications
Cisco UCS Converged & Hyperconverged Solutions
Choice and Flexibility
Data Center Infrastructure
Integrated Infrastructure
Converged Infrastructure w/ Storage Partners Cisco w/Software Defined Storage
Vblock
VCE
VersaStack
IBM
SmartStack
Nimble
Storage
FlashStack
Pure
Storage
OpenStack
Red Hat
OpenStack
FlexPod
NetApp
UCS Director
Cisco
UCS
Cisco
Nexus
UCS Integrated Infrastructure
Container
Stack
Docker
Big Data &
Analytics
All Cisco
Infra
Cisco
HyperFlex
Hyper
Converged

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Cisco/NetApp
VCE
Dell
5.3%
EMC
16.9%
Hitachi
2.9%
HP
17.2%
Lenovo
5.1%
Others
2.5%
Cisco is exclusive in the top 2
solutions – Vblock and FlexPod
Integrated Infrastructure Market Share
(Q2 2015 vendor revenue)
Cisco UCS: Foundation for Integrated Infrastructure
Cisco is #1 and a Partner in ~50% of All Integrated Infrastructure Solutions
With Cisco UCS
Source: IDC Worldwide Integrated Infrastructure & Platforms Tracker Q2 2015 Vendor Revenue
23.4%
26.8%
Cisco UCS
50.1%

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Cisco UCS S3260: Modular Platform
Massive Capacity
• 600TB data storage
capacity in 4U
• Up to 90TB SSD Flash
Lower
Capex34%
Multi-Node Power
• Single or Dual Server Options
• New cache acceleration
capabilities with NVMe and
Fusion IoMemory
I/O flexibility
• 40Gb Cisco Virtual Interface
Card (VIC) Technology
• 256 virtual adapters per node
plus 16Gb native Fabre Channel
options
Total Automation
• Scale to Petabytes in
minutes with UCS Manager
• Cisco SystemLink
Technology with flexible
storage profiles
Lower Ongoing
Management80%
Less
Cabling70% Less
Space60% Lower
Power
59%
Significant Benefits Compared to Conventional 2RU Servers

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Software Defined and
Object Storage
Video Analytics
Big Data and
Analytics
Data Protection
Cisco Storage Partner Ecosystem
Data Protection
$5B
Big Data and
Analytics
$6.2B
Video Analytics
$1B+
IBM Cloud Storage
Software Defined and
Object Storage
$3.6B
Performance
Capacity

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Mainstream Computing Scale Out
UCS
S3260
Fourth Generation UCS
Cisco UCS—One Management Platform
HyperFlex Systems
Hyperconverged
Infrastructure
Converged
Infrastructure
Core Data CenterEdge Cloud
Cisco ONE—Single Infrastructure Management Model
UCS Mini
UCS Manager UCS Director Enterprise Cloud Suite

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Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems
Complete
Hyperconvergence
Software Defined Compute,
Storage & Network
Next Generation
Data Management
Always-on Optimization and
Flexible Scaling
Future Ready
Architecture
Built for Todays Workloads
and Emerging Applications

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Cisco HyperFlex Systems
1
3
Complete
Hyperconvergence
Unified Compute and
Network Infrastructure
Part of a Complete
Data Center Strategy
Elastic and Secure at
Enterprise Scale
Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HX Data Platform
Data Services and Storage Optimization
2
Next Gen
Data Platform
Designed for
Distributed Storage
Cisco One
Enterprise Cloud Suite
Cisco ACI
Cisco Security

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Independent Scaling of
Compute and Capacity
HX Data Platform
Add NodesScale Cache or Capacity Within Nodes
HX Data Platform
Scale
Compute-Only
Blades IOVisorIOVisor
IOVisorIOVisor
IOVisorIOVisor
IOVisorIOVisor
VM VM VM VM
Non-
HyperFlex
Hosts Can
Connect to
Storage with
IOVisor
CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR
VM VMVM
Scale
Compute-Only
Racks
VM VM VM VM
IOVisor
IOVisor
CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR
VM VMVM
CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR
VM VMVM
CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR
VM VMVM

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Cisco HyperFlex Configurations
HX240c Nodes
Hybrid / AF / SED
Capacity-heavy 3–16* Node Cluster
(VSI: IT/Biz Apps, Test/Dev)
Per-Node
1x1.6TB Cache SSD
up to 23 x 1.2TB HDDs / 3.84TB SSDs
SD Card/120GB Back SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
HX220c Nodes
Hybrid / AF / SED
Smallest Footprint 3–16* Node
Cluster (VDI, ROBO)
Per-Node
1x480 GB Cache SSD
6 x 1.2TB HDDs / 3.84TB SSDs
SD Card/120GB SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
Hybrid Configs
HX Nodes + Compute Nodes
Compute-heavy Hybrid
(Compute Bound Apps / VDI)
HX220c HX240c
or
B200 M4
C240 M4C220 M4
Compute Nodes (up to 16 per cluster)
+
…
(1)
(2)
(3)
(16*)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(16*)
…

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Next Generation Data Platform
Custom Built, Log Structured File System with Flash, Dedup and Compression as Foundational Elements
Independent Scaling and
Scale Out Architecture
Predictable, Pay-as-You-Grow Efficiency
Enterprise Storage Features
Pointer-Based Snapshot
Near Instant Clones
Inline dedup and compression
Enterprise Data Protection
Highly Available/Self-Healing
Single Button Non-Disruptive Rolling Upgrades
Call Home and Onsite 24x7 Support Available
Single Point of Management
Integrated into vCenter
Robust Reporting and Analytics

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HX All Flash Improvements vs. Hybrid
6X IOPS
1/5th Latency
6X
Better Perf
Consistency
3.2X
Capacity /
Density
Comparison between HX Hybrid and HX All Flash for 70/30 8K Random Read Write Workload
with 4.8TB Working Set Size, vmdks were initialized with writes

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ESG – Enterprise Strategy Group
http://esg-global.com/cisco-hyperflex/

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HyperFlex Edge IT Solution
HX220c
Smallest Footprint
(VSI, ROBO)
Hybrid
Cluster
HCI
Automation
Tuned for
1Gb/sec
network
Existing
Network
Designed for customers with no plans to upgrade or
refresh their network at the remote office
Single Processor
3+ Drives
128GB RAM
1Gb/NIC
Dual Processor
6 Drives
128GB RAM
1Gb/NIC

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HX Management
HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM
HyperVisor (vSphere, Hyper-V)
VM …….
Application Orchestration
UCS Central
VMware vCenter
UCS Director
CliQr / Cloud Center
UCS Manger
vCenter HX PluginVM VM VM VM VM
Server / Firmware
Management
Data Platform
Management
Automation /
Orchestration

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HyperFlex Connect

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Primary HyperFlex Use Cases
• Agile provisioning
• Frequent
iterations
• Instant cloning
and snapshots
Test and
Development
• Low upfront costs
• Consistent
performance
• Predictable
scaling
Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure
• Reduce
operational
complexity
• Adaptive scaling
• Always-on
resiliency
Server
Virtualization
• Simple
deployment
• Centralized
management
• No “fly-and-fix”
missions
Large Remote
Branch Office
• Consistent, low-
latency
• High IOPS
• All-flash nodes
Databases

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Three Year Lead on the Industry
Sustainable Differentiation
Technology Area Result
Operational Simplicity
Software Defined Infrastructure
Deploy in Less Than an Hour
Resource Efficiency
Always on Data Optimization
30% TCO Advantage
Workload Scaling
High Performance File System and Fabric
40% Performance Advantage

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Mainstream Computing Scale Out
UCS
S3260
Fourth Generation UCS
Cisco UCS—One Management Platform
HyperFlex Systems
Hyperconverged
Infrastructure
Converged
Infrastructure
Core Data CenterEdge Cloud
Cisco ONE—Single Infrastructure Management Model
UCS Mini
UCS Manager UCS Director Enterprise Cloud Suite

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Proven Results with UCS Automation
83% Reduction in
provisioning times4
75% Reduction in project
execution time5
29% Faster application
development life cycles1
48% Lower IT
infrastructure costs1
68% Reduced staff time needed
for server management
30% - 50% IT productivity
savings3
528% 5-year ROI1
368% 5-year ROI4
202% ROI2
Sources:
1. IDC, “The Business Value of Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure Solutions for Running SAP Workloads”,
#US41084916, Dec-16
2. Forrester Research, “The Total Economic Impact of the SmartStack Integrated Infrastructure Solution”, Jul-16
3. IDC, “The Total Economic Impact of Cisco Unified Computing System”, Jul-14
4. Based on 103 customer case studies
5. IDC, “The Business Value of Cisco UCS as a Platform for SAP HANA:, Sep-14
Speed Efficiency ROI

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Simplicity
Agility
Efficiency
Scale
Automated
UCS Director
Semi-Automated
Unified Computing System
Manual
HW + Scripts
Hand-crafted:
Server-focused
Stateless Computing:
Policy-focused
DIY Workflows:
Infrastructure-focused
Past Future

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Cisco Intersight
Simplicity
Agility
Efficiency
Scale
Intuitive
Adaptive
Automated
UCS Director
Semi-Automated
Unified Computing System
Manual
HW + Scripts
Hand-crafted:
Server-focused
Stateless Computing:
Policy-focused
DIY Workflows:
Infrastructure-focused
Intent-Based:
Application-focused
AI Powered:
Optimization-focused
Past Future
Inflection Point:
• Cloud Managed Infrastructure
• ML / AI for Operational Analytics

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UCS Evolution
Server
Tools
Network
Tools
Storage
Tools
Conventional
Infrastructure
is Software
Silos of Manual Element
Management
UCS Central
Global Resource Pooling
and Policy Management
Cloud-Managed
Cisco Hosted (Initial Release)
MSP Hosted | Customer Hosted
UCS Director
Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Orchestration
Third Party Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Management and Orchestration-
as-a-Service
• Global Resource and Policy Management
• Analytics, Machine Learning,
Recommendation Engine,
Autonomic Functions
Intersight
UCS
UCS
becomes SaaS
UCS Manager
Policy-based,
Unified Element
Management
HyperFlex
Connect
Hyperconverged
Management

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Cisco Intersight: Management as-a-Service (MaaS)
Telemetry
and Analytics
Policy Based
Orchestration
API Driven,
DevOps Enabled
Secure and
Compliant
Connected
TAC
App Store
Stand-Alone
UCS C-Series
HyperFlex
UCS S-Series
UCS Mini
Unified
Computing System
HyperFlex
Unified
Computing System
Data Center 2
Data Center 1
Branch A
Branch N
Intersight

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Cisco Intersight Benefits
Unified Management
Single pane of glass, consistent operations
model and experience for managing all
systems and solutions
Recommendations
Embedded recommendation platform with
insights sourced from across Cisco installed
base and tailored to each customer
SaaS/Subscription
Hosted management will free customers
from care/feeding of management tools and
eliminate upgrade dependencies
Enhanced Support Experience
Hosted platform allows Cisco to address issues
platform-wide and experience extends into TAC
supported platforms
Programmability
End to end programmability with native API,
SDK’s and popular DevOps toolsets will enable
customers to consume natively
No-Impact Transition
IMC/UCSM/HX embedded connector will allow
customers to start consuming benefits without
forklift upgrade

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Initial Use Cases
Deployment
& Upgrades
DashboardCompliance
Telemetry
Launch
Point Tools
SaaS
Intersight

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Cisco Intersight Tech Preview
https://ucs-starship.com

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