evolutionary fabric, revolutionary scale – presented by softchoice + cisco

Data Center Evolution

Agenda

• History o f the Data Center

• What i s the Next Evo lut ion in Data Center Network ing?

• Why C isco i s Lead ing the Charge Through th is Evo lut ionary Phase

• What About My (Growing) Server Env i ronment

• Next Steps

HYPERVISOR

STORAGE

PLATFORM

OPERATING SYSTEM

APPLICATIONS

The Impact of Virtualization on the Network

FC HBA

FC HBA

NIC

NIC

NIC

NIC

NIC

NICVirtualization

Host

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

FC traffic

FC traffic

Traditional Virtualization I/O Design

Network

SAN

NetworkSwitches

SANSwitches

2 switches every 16 servers10/100/1000

2 Switches every 24 serversFibre Channel / iSCSI / Ethernet

• How do I…• Manage this?• Provision this?• Cable this?• Troubleshoot this?

• Why wasn’t the network impact considered?

• Wasn’t virtualization supposed to make things LESS complex?!?!

LAN SAN

UNIFIED FABRIC

The Impact of the Unified Fabric

FC HBA

FC HBA

NIC

NIC

NIC

NIC

NIC

NICVirtualization

Host

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

FC traffic

FC traffic

Traditional Virtualization I/O Design

CNA

CNA

Virtualization Host

All traffic goes over

10G

Unified I/O Design

Show me the NUMBERS!!!

}FC HBA

FC HBA

NIC

NIC

NIC

NIC

NIC

NICVirtualization

Host

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

Enet traffic

FC traffic

FC traffic

Traditional Virtualization I/O Design

6 Switches (48-Port)LAN (10/100/1000)

6 Switches (24-Port)Fiber Channel (1/2/4/8 Gb)

CONSOLIDATION

• 6 x 48-Port Switches – Top of Rack• LAN Connectivity (10/100/1000)

• 6 x 24-Port Switches – Bottom of Rack• SAN Connectivity (1/2/4/8 Gb Fibre Channel)

• 180 x Cat6 Cables (288 Total Ports)• 60 x Fiber Patch Cables (144 Total Ports)

REDUCED• 2 x 48-Port Nexus Universal Port Switches

• Top of Rack Middle of Row• 60 x TwinAX Pre-Terminated SFP+ Copper Cables

NEXUS 55XX UNIVERSAL PORT SWITCHES

• 48 and 96 Universal Port Models Available• 1/10 GbE• 10 Gb DCB / FCoE• 1/2/4/8 Gb Fiber Channel

• Layer-3 Capable

• Line-Rate – Low Latency

• Can be used as:• Server aggregation / access switch• Collapsed Core / Distribution / Access

Switch

• FCoE Gateway

What about my now

(re-growing) server environment?

Cisco Unified Computing System

SAN B

Mgmt SAN ALAN

WHAT DIFFERENTIATES UCS?

• UCS Manager• Service Profiles• Extended Memory Technology• Centralized Management

• Hypervisor• Storage• Platform• Network

• Data Center Bridging for Connectivity

UCS USE CASES

• Server Consolidation and Virtualization

• Desktop Virtualization

• New Application Deployments

• Disaster Recovery Projects

• Server and Data Center Refreshes

20% Lower Cost for Compute + Network Infrastructure

Simple Operation: Start in Minutes, Scale in Seconds

Massive Scalability: Scales to 320 servers/ Thousands of Desktops per Cisco Unified Computing System™

Extended Memory and I/O to Avoid Desktop Virtualization Bottlenecks

60% Greater Virtual Desktop Density with No Effect on Performance

Thank You!