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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)

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tora

ge A

PI fo

r Sto

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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.