lenovo servers and microsoft azure: the future of the stack
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Lenovo Integrated Microsoft Azure Stack
Data Center Group
Oct-2016
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State of the Enterprise
The Average
Enterprise
is
COMPLEX
8 Cloud Services
173 3rd Party Apps
7 Mobile
OS
198 Internally
Developed Apps
8 Data
Analytic
Solutions
11 Device Formats
200 Externally
Developed Apps
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State of the Enterprise
The Average
Enterprise
is
COMPLEX
8 Cloud Services
173 3rd Party Apps
7 Mobile
OS
198 Internally
Developed Apps
8 Data
Analytic
Solutions
11 Device Formats
200 Externally
Developed Apps
Building this on
traditional IT is
UNTENABLE
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Hybrid Complexity is Scrambling Resources
Infrastructure
Configuration
and
Deployment
Cloud OS and
Tools Stand Up
Operational
Management
Planning and
Implementing
Changes
1. https://www.rightscale.com/lp/state-of-the-
cloud
Lack of
Resources
and
Expertise
Implementing
SecurityManaging
Compliance
Managing
Multiple
Cloud
Services
32%29%
26% 26%
Leads to Major Challenges1Cloud Lifecycle Complexity
Top Challenges Based on Percent of Respondents
5
IT innovation
and new
capabilities
60%
Hardware 10%
Software
20%
Lifecycle or
Maintenance
60%1
Hardware 10%
Software
20%
Where you are today Where you want to be
How to bridge the IT & business gap?
IT innovation 10%
Lifecycle 10%
* http://www.apptio.com/blog/don%E2%80%99t-spend-majority-your-it-budget-new-projects
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Lenovo 1 of 3 Partners for Microsoft Azure Stack
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September 26: Featured in:
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Microsoft Azure Stack – On Premise – Hybrid Cloud
• Azure consistent user experience
• Rich personalization
• Highly scalable
• Services marketplace
• Integration across services
• Extensible
Microsoft: “Cloud is a Model not a Place”
• Microsoft will uniquely have both a Public and Private Cloud offering
• Azure Datacenters are in 24 regions WW with 32 total announced
• Azure Stack is an extension of Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-preview-portal-improvements-june-
update/
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Lenovo Integrated Microsoft Azure Stack
Build Applications On-Premise and Burst On
Demand to Azure Cloud
1 of 3
partners
Centralized Hardware Programmability
x3650 – Storage/Compute
Lenovo RackSwitch - ToR
Azure Stack
Hybrid Cloud
Windows Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
1 of 3
partners
TP2 – Now
TP = Technology
Preview
TP3 – Feb.
2017
Expected
General
Availability
1H2017
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Resilient Foundational Infrastructure• Lenovo hyperconverged systems utilizing on-node storage
• #1 world record performance for virtualized worloads1
• Centralized hardware programmability and management with XClarity
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Introducing Lenovo Integrated Microsoft Azure Stack
Unified Cloud Management• Transform data center resources into cloud services
• Build cloud-native applications using on premise deployments
• Access elastic public cloud resources on demand
Engineered, Pre-Integrated End-to-End Solution• Single orderable offering
• “White glove” deployment services
• High Speed ToR Lenovo Switches
• 24x7 single point of contact for Support
1. Top x86 2 socket SPECvirt_sc2013 performance result (http://spec.org/virt_sc2013/results/res2016q3/virt_sc2013-20160823-00060-perf.html), top
4 socket SPECvirt_sc2013 performance result (http://spec.org/virt_sc2013/results/res2016q2/virt_sc2013-20160615-00053-perf.html), and top
overall SPECvirt_sc2013 performance result (http://spec.org/virt_sc2013/results/res2016q3/virt_sc2013-20160830-00062-perf.html)
Feature of WS2016 - to pool storage (SDS)
GA of October 14th 2016
Enables building highly available and scalable
storage systems with local (on-node) storage
1. 3 Node minimum
2. 32 Node current maximum
Storage for Microsoft applications (like SQL
Server) in both native format and virtualized with
Hyper-V
Specifically focused on Hyper-V IaaS
(Infrastructure as a Service) for Service Providers
and Enterprises.
WSSD – Windows Server Software Defined
certification program for S2D solutions
Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
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Sample Configuration – As Demonstrated at Ignite
With Cables
4 to 16 Nodes
(2 Fault Domains)
Expandable:
• 1 Node at a time
• or in 4-Node pack
• up to 16 Nodes
Field Upgradable
(Services)
• Fault Domain = up to 8
identical nodes
• Up to 2 Fault Domains per
rack (16 Nodes)
• 42U Rack supports up to
16 Nodes
• Up to 4 racks can be
joined ( up to 64 Nodes)
• Factory Integrated• Firmware Best Recipe
• Services based
installation / configuration
With Cables
Nodes 5, 6, 7, 8
Nodes 5-8
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Ignite Demonstration Configuration
CPU: 2x E5-2680 v4 Memory: 256GBNetwork: 4 x 1Gbps and 1 x 10/25GbE Mellanox CX4 (VXLAN and RoCE support)Storage: (Boot – 600GB (Mirrored) Cache – 3,200GB SSD Capacity – 40TB Raw, 20TB Available)
• M1215 Rear SFF HDD RAID (RAID 1, OS boot) • N2215 SAS HBA (LSI SAS3008 12 Gbps) for 14 LFF HDD (cascading)• 2x SFF SAS HDD (600GB), 10x LFF 6Gbps NL SATA (4TB), 4x LFF SATA SSD (800GB)
25U Rack w/PDU’s
TOR Switches:
1x Lenovo RackSwitch G8052
2x Lenovo RackSwitch G8272
4x (or 8, 12, 16) Lenovo x3650 M5
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• Sold, shipped and supported
by Lenovo as a single
unit, pre-configured,
ready to deploy
• Single point of support from Lenovo
• Uniform, tailored support across the
entire solutions (includes hw & sw)
• Best recipe firmware - kept up-to-date
• Predictive Analytics for Storage
Lenovo Confidential: Under embargo until October 17, 2016
Software and Services to deliver a White Glove Experience
Pre-deployment
Onsite Deployment
Post Deployment
• Configuration Services
• discover hosts and storage
• Knowledge transfer
Delivering a white-glove experience
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LENOVO XCLARITY CENTRALIZED HARDWARE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
External Automation &
Management Tools
Hardware Systems
REST APIs & Integrators
Discovery and inventory
Monitoring
Firmware updates
Configuration
Simplify Lifecycle Management
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Efficiency &
Speed
Why Lenovo Enterprise?
Strategic
Relationships
#1 in Product
Reliability
#1 in Customer
Satisfaction
Innovation &
Commitment
End-to-End
Portfolio
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SummaryLenovo Engineered Solution for Azure Stack
• Why Lenovo!– Lenovo DCG is One of Three hardware partners, and the Only Partner at Ignite With a
Working Demo!
– Azure Stack will only be available as a fully integrated infrastructure solution
• Learn More About Azure Stack!– Open an Azure public cloud account
- Learn how to use Azure Stack software by using Azure public cloud – it’s the same end user experience
- Microsoft link for more information
– Participate in the Microsoft Technology Preview
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