co UCS and HyperFlex Systems • Global monitoring of health and inventory status • User customizable dashboard • Tagging and basic search • Context launch of element managers (UCS Manager, IMC, HyperFlex Connect, and UCS Director) • Simplified Cisco HyperFlex installation and upgrades • Connected TAC: FastStart Log Collection, Open Case, Support Contract Status, Project MedEvac (Proactive RMA) • RBAC, Single Sign-On (SAML), MFA Essentials • All the functionality of Base • SaaS and Virtual Appliance • Advanced global search and detailed inventory • Virtual Keyboard-Video-Mouse (vKVM) • Server HCL compliance check with driver Recommendations • Service Now Integration • Cisco Intersight Mobile App • Full RESTful OpenAPI • Cisco Standalone UCS C-Series management (M4 and later) • Policy-based configuration with Profiles • Firmware management and server actions (Power On/co UCS and HyperFlex Systems • Global monitoring of health and inventory status • User customizable dashboard • Tagging and basic search • Context launch of element managers (UCS Manager, IMC, HyperFlex Connect, and UCS Director) • Simplified Cisco HyperFlex installation and upgrades • Connected TAC: FastStart Log Collection, Open Case, Support Contract Status, Project MedEvac (Proactive RMA) • RBAC, Single Sign-On (SAML), MFA Essentials • All the functionality of Base • SaaS and Virtual Appliance • Advanced global search and detailed inventory • Virtual Keyboard-Video-Mouse (vKVM) • Server HCL compliance check with driver Recommendations • Service Now Integration • Cisco Intersight Mobile App • Full RESTful OpenAPI • Cisco Standalone UCS C-Series management (M4 and later) • Policy-based configuration with Profiles • Firmware management and server actions (Power On/co UCS and HyperFlex Systems • Global monitoring of health and inventory status • User customizable dashboard • Tagging and basic search • Context launch of element managers (UCS Manager, IMC, HyperFlex Connect, and UCS Director) • Simplified Cisco HyperFlex installation and upgrades • Connected TAC: FastStart Log Collection, Open Case, Support Contract Status, Project MedEvac (Proactive RMA) • RBAC, Single Sign-On (SAML), MFA Essentials • All the functionality of Base • SaaS and Virtual Appliance • Advanced global search and detailed inventory • Virtual Keyboard-Video-Mouse (vKVM) • Server HCL compliance check with driver Recommendations • Service Now Integration • Cisco Intersight Mobile App • Full RESTful OpenAPI • Cisco Standalone UCS C-Series management (M4 and later) • Policy-based configuration with Profiles • Firmware management and server actions (Power On/co UCS and HyperFlex Systems • Global monitoring of health and inventory status • User customizable dashboard • Tagging and basic search • Context launch of element managers (UCS Manager, IMC, HyperFlex Connect, and UCS Director) • Simplified Cisco HyperFlex installation and upgrades • Connected TAC: FastStart Log Collection, Open Case, Support Contract Status, P

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Presentation_ID 1
Unified Computing
Vincent Meoni
Data Center Systems Engineer
DataCenter Switching: FC, Ethernet, FCoE, Blade Switching
WAAS, Content Switching, xWDM, Unified Computing Systems
vmeoni@cisco.com

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Virtualization architecture
With and without UCS
IT
solution
Compute
Network
Virtualization
Virtualization has been promised as the answer. However, Virtualization Solutions to date only address part of the problem,
and has done so by increasing operational expenses, infrastructure complexity, and risk.
IT must try to weave together network,
compute, virtualization and management
software
= High complexity and cost
UCS is a fully integrated solution and brings
together network, compute resources and
virtualization services
= Simplify and automate setup and IT
operations, enable just-in-time provisioning
Current UCS

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From cabling to your Data Center
organization – UCS simplifies
From ad hoc and
inconsistent…
…to structured, but
siloed, complicated
and costly…
…to simple, optimized
and automated
What does your Data Center organization look like?

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Key Benefits of Unified Computing
System
Reduce DC power consumption by 33%
76 VMs per kW drives greater DC efficiency
Extends the lifecycle of current data center 5 years
Wire once, connect to any
40% Savings on Cable Infrastructure
$21M Compute Cost Avoidance
$92M Storage Cost Avoidance
Service provisioning reduced to 1 hour from 200
Zero Down-Time Operations

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Agenda
 What is UCS ?
 UCS Components
 What is the UCS differentiator ?
 Nexus 1000V briefly

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UCS
 Not a point product – it’s a complete solution
 UCS collapses the LAN, SAN and compute layers in
one package
 You said Compute layer ?
 Yes, it means Cisco is entering the blade server market
 UCS  blade servers, LAN/SAN access layers, unified
IO, central point of management all combined with
several innovative differentiators

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Mgmt Server
Why we are where we are
 Over the past 10 years
An evolution of size, not thinking
More servers & switches than ever
More switches per server
Management applied, not integrated
 An accidental architecture
Still a 1980’s PC model
 Result: Complexity
Server spawl
More points of management
More difficult to maintain policy coherence
More difficult to secure
More difficult to scale

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Mgmt Server Mgmt Server
 Embed management
 Consolidate LAN & SAN
switches
 Remove
Blade switches
Adapters
Management modules
 Less than 1/3rd infrastructure
Mgmt Server
How UCS Compares to Other Blades

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Our Solution
 Consolidated Infrastructure
Natural aggregation point: Network
Less overhead per server
 Wire once: I/O on demand
LAN, SAN, IPC
 Centralized management
Embedded native management
Fewer switches, management modules
 Lower cost
Fewer switches, adapters, cables
Lower power consumption

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Agenda
 What is UCS ?
 UCS Components
 What is the UCS differentiator ?
 Nexus 1000V briefly

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The family

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Presentation_ID 12
Cisco Unified Computing System
Cisco UCS Manager
Embedded in Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects
UCS 6120XP 20 Port Fabric Interconnect
UCS 6140XP 40 Port Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS 2100 Series Fabric Extenders
Logically part of Fabric Switch
Inserts into Blade Enclosure
Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Chassis
Flexible bay configurations
Logically part of Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
UCS B-200 M1 Blade Server
UCS B-250 M1 Extended Memory Blade Server
Cisco UCS Network Adapters
Three adapter options
Mix adapters within blade chassis

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UCS Cable Connections
`
California System
Cluster Heartbeat
Chassis
Fabric A link Fabric B link
Ethernet
•Mgmt
•FCoE
•IP
Up to 40 Chassis
4 x x 4
Up to 320
servers

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Overall System (Front)
Top of Rack
Switch
Chassis

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Overall System (Rear)
Uplinks

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Agenda
 What is UCS ?
 UCS Components
 What is the UCS differentiator ?
 Nexus 1000V briefly

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Agenda
 What is UCS ?
 UCS Components
 What is the UCS differentiator ?
Management
 Nexus 1000V briefly

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UCS Management
UCM (Unified Computing Manager)
Management GUI is hosted inside
the built-in Management-Node
 As simple as pointing your browser to the switch’s IP
 The GUI (called UCM) is Java-based
 UCM is used to configure and monitor all aspects of the
solution (LAN/SAN/Compute)
 Key differentiator: the GUI is the one and only point of
contact for all configuration and monitoring tasks
 UCS is extremely extensible: it’s all XML behind the
scenes !

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Agenda
 What is UCS ?
 UCS Components
 What is the UCS differentiator ?
Stateless computing
 Nexus 1000V briefly

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Introducing Service Profiles
PHYSICAL SERVERS
Server Profiles
 UCS Blades are very much like virtual
machines in a Vmware environment
 Configuration files store server
characteristics:
Boot parameters
NIC and HBA configuration (MAC, WWN,
etc.)
UUID
Various policies (what happens when a link
fail, etc.)
 All those items can be grouped in resource
pools
 Those service profiles are then mapped to
physical servers to very quickly provision one
or more appropriate servers
Server Name
UUID
MAC
WWN
Boot info
LAN Config
SAN Config

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Stateless Computing
 Server identity no longer has to be
tied to physical server hardware
Profiles provide identity
Seamless server mobility
Stateless blades
 Boot over network (LAN or SAN)
Boot order and boot devices are
part of the pre-defined logical
server profile
On-board disks can be used for
temp, swap, etc.
Server Name: LS-A
UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b 61…
MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC
WWN: 5080020000075740
Boot Order: SAN, LAN
SAN LAN
Chassis-1/Blade-1
Chassis-9/Blade-5

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Agenda
 What is UCS ?
 UCS Components
 What is the UCS differentiator ?
Memory Capacity
 Nexus 1000V briefly

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Cisco Memory Expansion

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Presentation_ID 35
Cisco Memory Expansion

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Intel Xeon 5500 (Nehalem)
3 Channels
3 Dimm-Banks each =
9 Dimm-Banks (Total of 18)

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Presentation_ID 38
Agenda
 What is UCS ?
 UCS Components
 What is the UCS differentiator ?
Virtualization
 Nexus 1000V briefly

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Network I/O offerings
Palo (not at FCS) Menlo Oplin

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Presentation_ID 40
02/10/2009 Cisco Inc., Company Confidential - NDA Required 40
40
True wire once architecture – highly dynamic
Network policy and visibility brought to VMs
Hypervisor bypass support – increases performance
Reduce NIC and mezz card infrastucture
Virtual
Machine
Virtual
Machine
Virtual
Machine
Virtual
Machine
Virtual
Machine
Virtual
Machine
Soft
Switch
Switch
Hypervisor
Hypervisor
Today’s Server Cisco with Palo
Virtualization Adapter

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Presentation_ID 41
Unified Computing System Key Differentiation
Single Point of Management
Unified
Fabric
Service
Profiles
Virtualized
Adapters
Expanded
Memory

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Presentation_ID 42
Agenda
 What is UCS ?
 UCS Components
 What is the UCS differentiator ?
 Nexus 1000V briefly

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Presentation_ID 44
Cisco Nexus 1000V
Industry First Third-Party Distributed Virtual Switch
 Nexus 1000V provides
enhanced VM switching for
VMW ESX environments
 Features VN-Link
capabilities:
Policy-based VM connectivity
Mobility of network and security
properties
Non-disruptive operational model
 Ensures visibility and
continued connectivity
during VMotion
Enabling Acceleration of Server Virtualization Benefits
VMW ESX
Server 1
VMware vSwitch
Nexus 1000V
VMW ESX
VMware vSwitch
Nexus 1000V
Server 2
Nexus 1000V DVS
VM
#4
VM
#3
VM
#2
VM
#1
VM
#8
VM
#7
VM
#5
VM
#5
VM
#2
VM
#3
VM
#4
VM
#5
VM
#6
VM
#7
VM
#8
VM
#1
VM
#1

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Some Nexus 1000V features
 Quality of service (QoS) : CoS, DSCP, Traffic policing
 Security: Private VLAN, L2 & L3 ACLs, Cisco TrustSec (roadmap),
Port Security, IP Source guard, Dynamic ARP inspection
 Monitoring: NetFlow, SPAN, ERSPAN, packet Capture and
analysis, Syslog
 CDP, NTP, LLDP, Ping, Telnet, SSHv2, SNMPv3, LACP, IGMP
Snooping, DHCP Snooping, Jumbo Frame Support , BPDU filter,
TACACs, Radius …

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Presentation_ID 46
Management Efficiency
Server Administrator Network Administrator

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Presentation_ID 48
Links
 Unified Computing: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing
 Unified Computing Services: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputingservices
 DataCenter: http://www.cisco.com/go/datacenter
 Nexus family: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus
 Nexus 1000v: http://www.cisco.com/go/1000v
 Nexus 2000: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus2000
 Nexus 5000: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus5000
 Nexus 7000: http://www.cisco.com/go/nexus7000
 Design Zone http://www.cisco.com/go/designzone
 Subscribe to Data Center Insights Newsletter:
https://tools.cisco.com/gdrp/coiga/showsurvey.do?surveyCode=3688&keyCode=TE
ST&gId=TEST
 Cisco Switzerland Data Center Webinar: www.cisco.ch/dcwebinar

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