cisco & hitachi: enabling the virtualized data center
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Cisco Confidential© 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1
Cisco + Hitachienabling the virtualized data centerMike MeditzConsulting System Engineer
August 27, 2012
mimeditz@cisco.com
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• HDS and Cisco are both strategic Technology Partners with VMware
• HDS + Cisco = successful partnership for almost a decade
Shared vision for the data center
Complementary strengths
Mutual go-to-market channel partners
• Mutually investing in resources to enhance our value to our customers, and the marketplace
Cisco and HDS Partnership
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The Blueprint
A collaborative effort between Cisco and Hitachi Data Systems to develop enterprise data center virtualized solutions
Virtual Infrastructure Architecture (VIA)
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Infrastructure-Wide Efficiency Flexibility Resilience
Enables Resource Optimization
Provides a Right-sized, Readily Scalable Solution
Delivers the Uptime That Customers Need
Integrated Solution BenefitsCisco Validated Design = Greater Value Together
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Availability+
Performance+
Reliability
LeverageIntelligentHardware
ReduceComplexity
EliminateSingle Points
of Failure
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform + Cisco UCS and Unified FabricHigh Performance & Scalable Platforms for VMware on a single footprint
Fundamental Solution Principles
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Cisco UCS B200-M3 and B230-M2 Convergence – Flexibility – Performance
Over 60 record-setting benchmarks VMware VMmark 2.1: Cloud Computing Performance Cisco UCS
B200 M3 Server SPECjbb2005: Cisco UCS C220 M3: Java Business Application
Performance Performance for 2-Socket Servers SPECjEnterprise2010: Cisco UCS B440 M2 Server: Record-Setting
Enterprise Application Performance
Cisco Nexus 5500UP and MDS 9500 Directors with Gen4 Integrated multi-protocol SAN Platform Scalability and Performance
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform with 3D Scale Scale Up for performance Scale Out for capacity with up to 2048 internal drives Native, Non-Disruptive Migration Industry first - 100% Data Availability Warranty
VIA Architecture ComponentsSimplified Management
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Internal Switch Matrix Controller
Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
vStorage API for Array Integration (T10 – 5 x Primitives)
vS
tora
ge A
PI fo
r Sto
rag
e
Aw
are
ness (V
AS
A)
VMware vCenter Server
Profile-driven Storage
+Storage DRS
VMFS-5 LUNs
Hitachi Storage Manager / Cisco UCSUCS and DCNM / VMware vCenter
Nexus 5500UP & MDS
Cisco UCS
Virtual Storage Platform
Solution Formula
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• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
• Cisco Gen 2 I/O Modules
• MDS 9500 Directors
• Nexus 5500UP
• Hitachi VSP
• VMware native multi-pathing
• Continuous operation in the event of a storage controller failure
Access
Compute
SAN/Storage
vPC
4x10GE
4x10GE
4x10GE
4x10GE
FC FC
vPC
FC FC
Cisco Nexus 5500UP
CiscoUCS 6200 FI
UCS Blade Servers
Cisco MDS 9500 Directors
HDS VSP Array
High Availability
Resiliency
Key Resiliency Benefits
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Use Cases
Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
• More VMs with less physical storage
High performance UCS blades
• Over 60 record-setting benchmarks
Cisco Unified Fabric
• Manage multiple workloads on the
same infrastructure
Server Consolidation at Scale
HDSVSP
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Use Cases
Cloud Computing
• Abstract, Automate, Orchestrate
• Self Service and On-Demand
• Charge Back / Bill Back
Solution Benefits
• Massively scalable compute,
network, and storage components
• Elastic
• Reduce Complexity
• Multitenancy
Private Cloud
HDSVSP
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Use Cases
VDI
• VMware vSphere + View/Citrix
Benefits
• High Density of Hosted Virtual
Desktops
• Security
• Performance
• High availability
• Lower costs (Thin Provisioning)
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
HDSVSP
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Summary and Additional Information
Support all standard services, installation resources, and sparing requirements
Joint framework built on shipping products which are customizable
http://www.cisco.com/go/hds
All components are fully qualified by Hitachi Data Systems + Cisco
Thank you.
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