1. Cisco Unified Computing and Virtualization:Architecture, Design and DeploymentRecommendationRoxana DiazConsulting Systems Engineer MexicoCCIE#18612 Securityroxadiaz@cisco.com 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1

2. Agenda Unified Computing UCS Overview Summary 3. Evolution of the Mini-Rack ArchitectureTraditional Duplicate Infrastructure Rackfor Every 16 Servers Divide into Mini-Racks Blade Mini-Rack 1 (16 blade servers) Blade Mini-Rack 2 (16 blade servers) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3 4. Legacy Blade Architecture MGMT MGMTSANSANLAN LANAdditionalAdditional LAN andLAN and SANSAN ConnectionsConnectionsOver the Past 10 Years An evolution of size, not thinking Additional More servers and switches than everManagementConnectionsConnections More switches per server Management applied, not integrated Multiple EthernetConnections An Accidental ArchitectureMultiple Result: ComplexitySAN Connections More points of management More difficult to maintain policy coherenceSeparate RemoteManagement More difficult to secureper Chassis More difficult to scaleMultiple Management Modules 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.4 5. Cisco UCSReducing ComplexityMGMT MGMTSAN SANLANLAN Additional LAN and SAN Embed management Connections Remove unnecessary:Additional Management Switches ConnectionsAdaptersManagement modulesMultiple Ethernet Unify the Fabric ConnectionsNetwork, Storage,Mgmt Power and cooling Multiple SAN Connections1/3rd lessinfrastructureLower power Separate Remote Built for Managementvirtualization per ChassisProcessor densityVM/host ratioMultiple Management I/O improvement Modules 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Extended memory5 6. Cisco Unified Computing SystemSimplicityForm Factor Independence and Cloud Scale LANSAN A SAN BMgmt Any IEEE Compliant LAN Any ANSI T11 Compliant SAN Any ANSI T11Compliant SAN One Logical Chassis to Manage* LAN Rack Servers Connectivity Server Identity SAN Management Networking Monitoring, Blade Chassis Troubleshooting Server Blades Etc.*architectural limit of 320 servers with 160 servers supported as of 2.0Cloud Scale Increases Mobility, Utilisation and Availability 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.6 7. Cisco Unified Computing SystemA Single System: Compute, Network, Virtualization, Storage AccessSingle UnifiedPre-integrated infrastructure designedSystemas a wholeSelf integrating components and policy- Unified Managementbased automationBare metal abstraction and API design forIntelligentautomation & orchestration throughInfrastructureindustry standard toolsUnified Virtualization awareness and scalabilityFabricwithout complexityServerIndustry-standard, x86-architectureInnovations servers with Cisco innovations 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.7 8. Fabric ComputingDefinition of Fabric ComputingA set of compute, storage,memory and I/O componentsjoined through a fabricinterconnect and the software toconfigure and manage them. The ability to reconfigure all system components in syncServer, Network, Storage, SpecialtyEngines The flexibility to provide resources within the fabric to workloads as needed The capability to manage systems from a more holistic standpoint 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 8 9. Unified Fabric in UCSRadically Simplified Network Access for Blades and VMs Unified Cisco Fabric Fabric Extender ArchitectureUnified FabricManagement Fibre Chanel Ethernet FabricRack Extender One NetworkSwitch Architecture One LayerBladeSwitchVirtualSwitch 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.9 10. Unified Fabric in UCS Physical Servers and VMs Connect Directly to the NetworkCisco Fabric ExtenderArchitecture Cisco Fabric Interconnects Cisco Fabric FabricExtenders ExtenderOne Network ArchitectureOne Layer Cisco Virtual Interface Cards Blade Virtual Rack-Mount Server Machines Server 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.10 11. Whats New in Volume Servers?Intels Tick-Tock Development Model:Sustained Microprocessor Leadership Intel Core MicroarchitectureIntel MicroarchitectureFuture Intel Codename Nehalem MicroarchitectureSandyMerom Penryn NehalemWestmereBridge NEWNEW NEWNEWNEWMicroarchitecture Process Technology Microarchitecture Process TechnologyMicroarchitecture 65nm45nm 45nm32nm 32nmTOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCKForecastAll dates, product descriptions, availability, and plans areforecasts and subject to change without notice. 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 11 12. Agenda Unified Computing UCS Overview Summary 13. How is Cisco UCS doing ? 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 13 14. Cisco UCS Performance-63 World RecordsA History of World Record Performance on Industry Standard Benchmarks SPECint_rate_base2006SPECfp_rate_base20 SPECfp_base2006SPECfp_rate_base2006SPECint_rate_base2006 SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86 2-socket SPECfp_rate_base200606 X86 2-socket C220 X86 2-socket X86 2-socket B200 M1X86 2-socket B200 M1X86 2-socket B200 M2 X86 4-socket C460 M1Best CPU B200 M2 M3 C220 M3Performance SPECint_rate_base2006 SPECfp_rate_base2006SPECint_rate_base2006 SPECint_rate2006SPECint_rate_base2006SPECint_rate_base20X86 2-socket2-socket2-socketX86 4-socket06 X86 2-socket C220 X86 4-socket C460 M1B200 M2 C260 M2 C260 M2C460 M2 M3 VMmark 1.xVMmark 1.x VMmark 1.x VMmark 1.xBest2-socket B200 M12-socket B200 M1 2-socket B250 M2Overall C460 M1VirtualizationPerformanceVMmark 1.x VMmark 1.xVMmark 1.x Overall C460 M1 Blade Server B440 M1 2 socket Blade B230 M1VMmark 2.1 VMmark 2.1VMmark 2.1 Twonode 4-socketBest Cloud2-socket Blade B200 M2 4-socket C460 M2 C460 M2ComputingPerformanceVMmark 2.0VMmark 2.1 Overall B200 M2 Overall C460 M2Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle E-Business SuiteOracle E-Business SuiteTPC-C TPC-H 1000GBTPC-H 300GBBest Ex-large Model Payroll Medium ModelXtra Large Model Payroll Xtra Large Model PayrollOracle DB 11g & OELMicrosoft SQL Server VectorWiseEnterpriseBatch B200 M2 Order-to-Cash B200 M2Batch B230 M2 B200 M3 C250 M2C460 M2 C250 M2Application Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle E-Business SuiteSPECjEnterprise2010SPECjEnteprise2010 TPC-H 100GB Medium Model PayrollMedium Model PayrollLarge ModelVectorWisePerformance Batch B200 M2 Batch B200 M2 Order-to-Cash B200 M3Overall B440 M1 2-node B440 M2 C250 M2 SPECjbb2005Best SPECjAppServer2004 1-node 2-socket C250 M2SPECjbb2005 X86 2-socket B200 M2 SPECjbb2005 X86 4-socket C460 M1SPECjAppServer20042-node B230 M1 SPECjbb2005X86 2-socket B230 M1 X86 2-socket C220EnterpriseM3MiddlewareSPECjbb2005SPECjbb2005 SPECjbb2005SPECjbb2005 SPECjbb2005PerformanceX86 2-socket B230 M12-socket C260 M22-socket B230 M2 2-socket B230 M24-socket B440 M2 SPECompMbase2001SPECompLbase2001LinPack LS-DynaSPECompMbase2001SPECompMbase2001 SPECompMbase20012-socket B200 M22-socket B200 M22-socket B200 M2 4-socket C460 M14-socket C460 M14-socket C460 M1 2-socket C240 M3Best HPCPerformanceSPECompMbase2001SPECompLbase2001SPECompMbase2001 SPECompLbase2001 SPECompMbase2001 SPECompMbase2001 SPECompLbase20012-socket B200 M22-socket B200 M22-socket B230 M2 2-socket B230 M2 4-socket C460 M2 4-socket C460 M2 2-socket C220 M3 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco UCS Benchmarks that held world record performance records as of date of publication 14 15. Gartner Magic Quadrant 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 15 16. Cisco UCS Latin America Two years in the market. UCS Customers in Latin America FY10 81 FY11339 90 Q3FY12 to date282 (564 projected)132 Total UCS Customers 478224 166% y/y growth self integrates600500400300No Customers Repeat Customers2001000FY10FY11FY12 (to date) Total 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.16 17. Integrated Solutions Power of the EcosystemEnterprise AppsDatabasesBusiness Analytics Virtual Desktop RISC MigrationHANA &ApplicationsBWA Unified ComputingOS / HypervisorManagement Information Applications Operating Systems VirtualizationCisco UCS Cisco NexusNetApp FASInfrastructure B-SeriesFamily Switches 10 GE & FCoECompute Cisco UCSComplete ManagerBundleNetworkVBLOCKFLEXPOD STANDARD CONFIGURATIONS 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.17 18. Cisco Unified Computing System Product PortfolioCisco UCS Blade Cisco UCS RackUCS Manager Servers Servers Single Management DomainBest-of-Breed innovationsIndustry leading performance Dynamic provisioning ofExceptional scalabilityChoice of UCS form factor server, storage and network Hardware State Abstraction Stateless computing with (Service profiles)service profiles6100 and 6200 SeriesVirtual Adapters2100 and 2200 Series Fabric Interconnects Consolidates multiple NICsFabric Extenders High performance scalability and HBAs Data center network Low latency multi-purpose VM-FEX : VM Awareconvergence Ethernet-based Fabric Networking Simplified Connectivity Data center network Pass Through Switching & Exceptional Bandwidth convergence.Hypervisor Bypass 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.18 19. System Components Fabric InterconnectSANLAN MGMTSAN Up to 96 unified ports: Ports can be configured as either Ethernet or Native FC PortsG G S SG G Fabric A FabricA UCS Manager InterconnectInterconnect G G GGG G Embedded device manager for family of UCS UCS Manager componentsChassis Compute Chassis Compute ChassisFabric Extender RIC C Fabric Extender I R Chassis Up to 8 half width blades or 4 full width blades M AdapterBP Adapter BP Adapter Fabric Extender Up to 160Gbs Flexible bandwidth allocationX XX X X X x86 Computer x86 Computer I/O Adapter(s)Virtualized adapter for single OS and hypervisorCompute NodeCompute Node systems(Half slot) (Full slot) Compute: Blade or Rack Mount Server 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.19 20. Cisco UCS Components SAN LAN MGMTSAN G Fabric GSS GFabric G Cisco UCS A A Interconnect Interconnect GG GG G G UCS ManagerUCS Manager ChassisCompute Chassis InterconnectCompute Chassis Fabric ExtenderC Fabric Extender Fabric ExtenderRIC I R ChassisMAdapterBP Adapter BP Adapter Compute Node(s) IO Adapter(s) X XX X X Xx86 Computer x86 ComputerCompute NodeCompute Node(Half slot) (Full slot) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 20 21. Unified Computing System Manager Single Pain of Glass for BMaaS Embedded devicemanager for family ofUCS components Enables statelesscomputing via ServiceProfiles Efficient scale: Sameeffort for 1 to 160blades APIs for integrationwith new and existingdata centerinfrastructure 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.21 22. UCS ManagerUser Developed Portal,GUITools, Utilities Embedded device manager Discovery, Inventory, Monitoring,Packaged SystemsCLI Management Diagnostics, Statistics Collection,Software Configuration Unifies many UCS HW components UCS Manager into a single, cohesive, system Adapters, blades, chassis, fabric extenders, fabric interconnects APIs for integration with new and existing data center infrastructure SMASH-CLP, IPMI, SNMP XML SDK for commercial and custom implementations 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 22 23. Unified Management for Multi-UCSEnvironmentsUCS Central Com iin 2 ngH 201 2 Data Center 1Data Center 2Data Center 3 UCS Manager UCS ManagerUCS Manager UCS ManagerUCS Manager Unifies management of multi UCS domains pools and templates Leverages UCS Manager technology Foundation for high availability, disaster recovery and workload Simplify global operations with centralized inventory, faults, logsmobility and server consoles Model based API for large scale automation Delivers global policies, service profiles, ID Unified Management at 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Scale23 24. Programmatic Infrastructure Comprehensive XML API, standards-based interfaces Bi-Directional access to physical & logical internals Self Serve portals Management ToolsAuditing Tools Direct UCS CLIUCS GUI 3rd Party CustomerXML API System Status Physical Inventory Logical Inventory Broad 3rd party integration support Faster custom integration for customer use cases So open, it can now even be managed by your Consistent data and views across ALL interfaces iPhone or iPad or Blackberry or !! 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.24 25. UCS Management Ecosystem OverviewManage UCS with Industry Standard Tools OS and Software Application StackManagementThird Party Management Service Orchestration Provisioning and ConfigurationMonitoring and Analysis UCS Visibility Cisco UCS Managerand ControlUnified Control API Service Profiles Cisco UCS Pools 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 25 26. Describe Port Functions on the UCS 6100Series Mgmt 0L1ClusteringClusteringL2 Mgmt 1 Console Port Unused 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 26 27. UCS Manager High-availability UCS Manager accessible via cluster IP address Floating IP address for automatic failover Management port on both Fabric Interconnects must be connected UCS Manager runs as two instances (Primary and Subordinate) Database and state information replicated over cluster links Split brains scenarios are prevented by architecture itself Automatic process restart upon failure UCS Cluster CLI Custom Portal or Tools 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 27 28. UCS Manager LayoutEquipment: Physical ports between UCScomponents and Northbound SAN and LAN Servers: Manage Service ProfilesLAN: Manage VLANsSAN: Manage SANsVM: Manage Virtual Machine Service ProfilesAdmin: Authentication, users, logs, SNMP 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 28 29. UCS KVM 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 29 30. : KVM Console and Virtual MediaISO/IMG 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 30 31. KVM: Virtual Media Manager 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 31 32. Discuss the Purpose of the UCS Donglesfor Blade and IOM Access 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 32 33. Multi-Tenancy Features of UCS Manager Device Management User ManagementLAN SAN Server Admin Admin AdminUserUserUserOrganizations, Local, TACACS+ Locales,RADIUS, LDAPObject Rights, Customizable User RolesCustomizable QoSStatistics ThresholdsUser Roles, InitialUpdatingSerial Over LAN Server Pools Server SAN LAN Podand multipleService ServiceRights Rights Rights Rights Templates Templates Bios Scrub Disk ScrubauthenticationVLANsUsers Disk(RAID)KVM FirmwareProfiles vSANs Blade HW WWNs StatsStats MACs QoS Orgs StatsmethodsBIOSPolicies Policies Policies TimezoneIPMIEtc.EtcFirmwareEtc. Etc. Service ProfileAdapterBootSettingsTemplatesPolicies Locales OrganizationsXMLHTTPHTTPSSNMP Telnet SSH UCS Manager 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.33 34. UCS Orgs, Locales, and User RolesCreate Orgs Create Locales from Orgs Create Users and Assign Roles & Locales 1. Create Organizations 2. Create Locale(collection of 1+Organizations) 3. Create User 4. Assign to Locale(s) 5. Assign User Role(s) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 34 34 35. Cloud Multi Tenancy and Security in UCSWhat do Organizations Define? Organizational Boundaries Example; Server Admin attributes: Server Pools Server Pool Qualifications Service Profile Templates vHBA Templates vNIC Templates WWNN Pools WWPN Pools MAC PoolsFundamental multi-tenancy unit QoS Policyis an organization Network Control Policy Flow Control PolicyOrganizations are logical divisionsDynamic vNIC Connection Policyof resources and policyUUID Pools Ethernet Adapter Policy FC vHBA PolicyOrgs and Sub-Orgs can be 5Boot Policylevels deepHost Firmware Policy Management Firmware PolicyUsers are Defined against Roles. Granular Roles existLocal Disk RAID Policyto define privileges (default or custom) Scrub Policy BIOS Settings Policy BIOS Defaults PolicyRemote enterprise authenticationPinning, Pruning, VLAN, VSAN, WWN, L3 uplinks, etcEncrypted Management, PVLAN, DHCP Snooping, etc 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.35201035 36. Simplify Connectivity andManagement of Rack Optimized Servers UCS 6100 or 6200 UCS 6100 or 6200Nexus 2232Nexus 2232 Reduce cost of deployment GE LOM PCIe Adapter Scale and performance Mgmt TrafficChoose from 5 serversData Traffic CIMC OS or Hypervisor Choose from 4 adapters Including Cisco VIC Scale to 160 C-Series per domain 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.36 37. What if I dont have UCS blade servers? 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 37 38. UCS Components SAN LAN MGMTSAN G GSS G G Cisco UCS Fabric Fabric UCS Manager A A Interconnect Interconnect GG GG G G InterconnectUCS Manager ChassisCompute ChassisCompute Chassis Fabric ExtenderRIC C Fabric ExtenderI R Fabric Extender ChassisM P P Compute Node(s)AdapterB Adapter B Adapter IO Adapter(s) X XX X X Xx86 Computer x86 ComputerCompute NodeCompute Node(Half slot) (Full slot) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 38 39. I/O Consolidation with FCoEFewer Network Adapters per Server 2/4G FC HBA Storage Traffic FC 2/4G FC HBA Storage Traffic 10GB CNA&1GB NICLAN1 Traffic Ethernet 10GB CNA1GB NICLAN1 Traffic1GB NICLAN2 Traffic1GB NICLAN2 Traffic1GB NICLAN3 Traffic1GB NICLAN3 Traffic 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 39 40. Unified Fabric Single network technology supports all I/Traditional O in the systemSystems Standards-based, high-bandwidth, low-Morelatency, lossless Ethernet and FibrecomponentsChannel over Ethernetand cables(FCoE) network 160 Gbps of bandwidth available perblade server chassis System is wired once, and I/Oconfigurations are managed throughsoftware Simpler server I/O configuration,Cisco UCScabling, and upstream switchingFewercomponents Lower infrastructure costsUnified IOand cables Greater agility 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.40 41. Example: Embedded FCoE atCisco UCSCiscoUCSFrom ad hoc and to structured, but inconsistent siloed, complicated and to simple, op,mized and costly automated 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 41 42. UCS and FET options Cost-effective transceiver for 10G FEX connections Supported for connections between UCS 6200 and UCS 2200 ONLY SFP+ form-factor Multimode fiber (MMF) Reach: 25m (OM2) 100m (OM3) Approximately 1 watt (W) per transceiver Cisco Proprietary; Incompatible with SR optics FET Optics available as cost effective bundlesIO Module SKU Description List Price UCS-IOM-2208XPUCS 2208XP Fabric Extender/8 external 10Gb ports $ 10,000 UCS-IOM2208-16FET UCS 2208 with 16 FET Optics$ 15,600 FET-10G=FET Optics Spare (Non Bundled) $ 1,495 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 42 43. UCS Fabric Topologies:Chassis Bandwidth Options20G per Chassis 40G per Chassis 80G per Chassis 160G per Chassis1st Generation UCS Fabric 2nd Generation UCS Fabric Wire once architecture All links active 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.43 44. Cisco UCS FCoE Diagram Physical View of Network and Storage Connectivity for 160 Cisco Blade ServersLANSANSANAB Backpla ne A: 10 -8 0GbUCS Blade Chassis 20UCS Blade Chassis 1Port 1Port 2 Port 1 Port 2 Port 1Port 2Port 1 Port 2CNA CNACNACNA vHBA Eth0 Eth1vHBA vHBAEth0Eth1 vHBAvHBAEth0Eth1vHBA vHBAEth0Eth1 vHBAOS OS OS OS UCS Blade Server 1 UCS Blade Server 2UCS Blade Server 159UCS Blade Server 160 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 44 45. 10G CNA options 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 45 46. Network Stack ComparisonSCSIFCPLess Overhead iSCSI than FCIP or iSCSIFCIP FC TCP IP FCoE Ethernet Physical WireSCSI iSCSIFCIPFCoEFC 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 46 47. FCoE Exceeds FC Performance by over 25%Testing done with Nexus 5000 and 2nd Generation CNAsOneConnect QLE 8200 Throughput ThroughputUCNA1,200 1,2001,000 1,000Throughput (MB/s)800800 Throughput (MB/s)6008G FC Reads8G FC W rites 6004008G FC Writes 8G FC Reads 40010G FCoE W rites20010G FCoE Reads10G FCoE Reads010G FCoE Writes 2002K4K 8K K K K 16 32 64 02K 4K 8K16K 32K 64K Block Size (KB)Block Size (KB) Demonstrated 400,000 IOPS Better throughput for large block transfers Superior for large file transfers and high transaction workloads Database, Back-up, Data Warehousing, Video, Graphics, Animation 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.47 48. 4 Deployments of Ciscos FEX Technology #1 #2 #3#4Rack FEXChassis FEXAdapter FEX VM-FEXNexus 5k + Nexus 2k UCS FI + UCS IOMUCS FI or Nexus UCS FI or Nexus 5500 + VIC + VM Mgmt5500 + VICLink12 32 12 8 1 2 11612 112Switch SwitchSwitchSwitch UCS Manager Management Plane1 2 FEX 32Integration Rack Server Rack Server Rack Server Rack ServerBlade Server Rack ServerBlade Server Rack Server FEX 1Blade Server Rack ServerBlade Server 2 FEX Rack Server Rack ServerBlade Server Hypervisor12116Virtual Machine Rack ServerBlade Server FEXManager OS1 211 8 Rack ServerBlade Server Rack ServerBlade ServerVMVM2 VMBare Metal Blade/ Server Rack 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Blade Server ChassisRackServerVM Host 48 49. UCS 6200 Fabric InterconnectAlready here.! Performance for improved Workload Density UCS-FI-6296UP o High Density 96 Ports in 2RU o Increased 2Tbps Switching Performance Flexibility to defer port usage type and number atdesign time rather than purchase time o Flexibility to configure any port at Ethernet(1/10 Gigabit with SFP+) or FCoE or NativeFC Ports (8/4/2/1G with FC Optics) o All Ports usable as uplinks/ downlinks Latency Lowered to 2us within Switch 3x UCS-FI-E16UP Power Optimized with 80 PLUS Gold Efficiency Investment Protection with Backward andForward CompatibilityFLEXIBILITY, UTILIZATION AND BETTER APP. PERFORMANCE 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 49 50. UCS 6200 Expansion ModuleUCS-FI-E16UP 16 Unified Ports Ports can be configured as either Ethernet or Native FC Ports Ethernet operations at 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet Fibre Channel operations at 8/4/2/1G Uses existing Ethernet SFP+ and Cisco 8/4/2G and 4/2/1G FC Optics 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 50 51. Unified Port Management 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 51 52. Connectivity options: End host mode LANSpanning Server vNIC pinned to an Uplink portTree No Spanning Tree Protocol Reduces CPU load on upstream switches Reduces Control Plane load on 6100 Simplified upstream connectivity UCS connects to the LAN like a Server, not like a6100 A MAC Switch Learning Maintains MAC table for Servers only vEth 3 vEth 1 Eases MAC Table sizing in the Access LayerVLAN 10MAC Allows Multiple Active Uplinks per VLANFabric A Learning Doubles effective bandwidth vs STP L2 Prevents Loops by preventing Uplink-to-UplinkSwitching switching Upstream VSS/vPC optional Completely transparent to upstream LANVNIC 0 VNIC 0 Traffic on same VLAN switched locally Recommended method for most implementationsServer 2 Server 1 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.52 53. Connectivity options: Switch mode RootLAN Fabric Interconnect behaves like a normalLayer 2 switch Server vNIC traffic follows VLAN forwarding Spanning tree protocol is run on the uplinkports per VLANRapid PVST+6100 A MAC Learning Configuration of STP parameters (bridgepriority, Hello Timers etc) not supported vEth 3 vEth 1VLAN 10 VTP is not supported currentlyFabric A MAC learning/aging happens on both the L2 server and uplink ports like in a typical Layer 2Switching switch Upstream links are blocked per VLAN viaVNIC 0 VNIC 0 Spanning Tree logicServer 2 Server 1 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 53 54. Local Switching: One consideration However, for servers in the same VLAN and whose vNICs arerouted through different switches (one server goes to Switch A, theother goes to Switch B) switching involves the externalinfrastructure 6100A 6100B 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.54 55. Connectivity: SAN End host NPV mode Fabric Interconnect operates in N_Port Proxy mode SAN A (not FC Switch mode) SAN BSimplifies multi-vendor interoperationFLOGI Simplifies managementFDISC NPIVNPIV SAN switch sees the 6100 as an FC End Host with F_PortF_Port many N_Ports and many FC IDs assigned VSAN 1 VSAN 1 Server facing ports function as F-proxy portsN_ProxyN_Proxy Server vHBA pinned to an FC uplink in the same 6100-A6100-BVSAN. Round Robin selection.vFC 1vFC 2 vFC 1 vFC 2 Provides multiple FC end nodes to one F_Port off an F_ProxyF_Proxy FC Switch Eliminates need for FC domain on UCS Fabric Interconnect N_PortN_Port All zoning on the NPIV switch, not UCS.vHBA 0vHBA 1 vHBA 0 vHBA 1 One VSAN per F_port (multi-vendor) Server 1 Server 2 F_Port Trunking and Channeling with MDS, 5KVSAN 1 VSAN 1 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 55 56. Connectivity: SAN FC Switch mode Directly attach FC and FCoE targets UCS behaves like an FC fabric switch FCFCoESAN Storage ports can be FC or FCoEOptional Light subset of FC Switching featuresMDS MDS Select Storage ports N_PortVSAN 1 VSAN 2 Set VSAN on Storage ports TE_Port Default zoning per VSANF_Port No zoning configuration inputs in UCSM6100-A FC Switch6100-B FC Switch If connection to MDS is present:vFC 1vFC 2vFC 1vFC 2 Zoning configured and pushed to UCS from MDS F_Port If not connected to MDS: Default zoningN_Port Access control via LUN Masking on Storage arrayvHBA 0 vHBA 1vHBA 0 vHBA 1 Fabric Interconnect uses a FC Domain ID Server 1 Server 2 Recommended as TEST mode VSAN 1VSAN 2 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.56 57. Cisco UCS Components SAN LAN MGMTSAN G Fabric A GSS GFabric A G Cisco UCS Interconnect Interconnect GG GG G G UCS ManagerUCS Manager ChassisCompute ChassisCompute Chassis Interconnect Fabric ExtenderRIC C Fabric ExtenderI R Fabric Extender ChassisMAdapterBP Adapter BP Adapter Compute Node(s) X XX X X X IO Adapter(s)x86 Computer x86 ComputerCompute NodeCompute Node(Half slot) (Full slot) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 57 58. UCS Fabric Infrastructure Portfolio Cisco UCS 6200 and 2200 with Unified PortsHigh End Deployments Typical Deployments New! Cisco UCS 6100 and 2100 96 Port Fabric Interconnect 48 Port Fabric InterconnectAt UCS Launch UCS 6296 FI UCS 6248 FI2TB switching Cisco UCS 6140/ 6120 1TB switching throughput UCS Fabricthroughput96 ports in 2RUInterconnects 48 ports in 1RUUnified Ports Forward compatible with Second Generation Unified PortsInvestment protection I/O Modules Investment protection40 Port I/O Module20 Port I/O Module New!UCS 2208 IOMUCS I/OModules Cisco UCS 2104UCS 2204 IOM 160G per chassisI/O Module 80G per chassis 40G to the Blade 20G to the Blade Lower Latency Forward compatible with Second GenerationEntry point pricing Port Channel Capable Interconnects Port Channel Capable 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.58 59. Cisco UCS I/O ModulesCisco 2100 and 2200 Series Fabric Extenders: Generation Comparison Cisco UCSFeature Cisco UCS 2208Cisco UCS 2204 2104XPQoSSimple registerACL based ACL basedHost ports 83216Network ports48 4BandwidthClasses of service 4 (3 enabled)8 8Port speed 1/10-GB fixed location 1/10-GB anywhere1/10-GB anywhereResiliencyEtherChannelsHI > NI only 4 ports Both directions 8 ports Both directions 8 portsPolicers None 64 per 8 ports64 per 8 portsIEEE 1588 supportNo Yes YesLatency~800 nanoseconds ~500 nanoseconds~500 nanosecondsAdapter redundancy 1 mLOM onlymLOM and mezzaninemLOM and mezzanine 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 59 60. Discuss Connectivity from Blade to UCS6100 Series 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 60 61. Double Chassis Throughput80 GBPS 160 GBPS40 GIGPER80 GIGFABRIC PER FABRIC2104XP 2208XP 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 61 62. IOM to Fabric Interconnect Port Pinning Server-to-Fabric Port Pinning Configurations160 Gb (Discrete Mode)160 Gb (Port Channel Mode) FAN FANFANFANFAN1 FAN1 PS1PS1FAN FANFANFANSTATSTAT STAT STAT FAN1FAN1PS1 PS1STATSTAT STAT STAT FAILFAILFAIL FAILSTATSTAT FAIL FAILFAIL FAILFAN2 FAN2 STAT STAT FAN2FAN2 OKOKOK OK OK OKOK OK PS2PS2PS2 PS2 N10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550W N10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550W N10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550W Slot 1Slot 2 Slot 1Slot 2U C S 5 1 0 8 U C S 5 1 0 8 SLOT SLOTSLOT SLOT 1 21 2SLOT3 Slot 3Slot 4SLOT4 SLOT 3Slot 3Slot 4SLOT 4SLOT5 Slot 5Slot 6SLOT 6 SLOT 5Slot 5Slot 6SLOT6SLOT7 Slot 7Slot 8SLOT8 SLOT 7Slot 7Slot 8SLOT 8 OK FAIL OK FAILOK FAIL OK FAILOK FAIL OK FAILOK FAIL OK FAIL6100 to 2208 6200 to 22086200 to 2208 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 62 63. Discrete Links - PinningNumber of Active Fabric Links Blades pinned to fabric link1-LinkAll the HIF ports pinned to the active link2-Link1,3,5,7 to link-12,4,6,8 to link-24-Link1,5 to link-12,6 to link-23,7 to link-34,8 to link-48-Link (Applies only to 2208XP) 1 to link-12 to link-23 to link-34 to link-45 to link-56 to link-67 to link-78 to link-8 HIFs are staDcally pinned by the system to individual fabric ports. Only 1,2,4 and 8 links are supported - 3,5,6,7 are not valid conguraDon. 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 63 64. Discrete LinksStatic Pinning (IOM-FI)Fabric Interconnect Static Pinning done by theFabric Portssystem dependent on numberof fabric ports 1,2 4, 8 (2^x) are valid linksIOMfor initial pinningServer Ports Applicable to both 6100 /6200 and 2104XP/2208XP Blade 1Blade 2 Blade 3 Blade 4 Blade 5 Blade 6 Blade 7 Blade 8 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 64 65. Discrete LinksFabric Port FailureFabric Interconnect Pinned HIFs are brought downFabric Ports Other blades unaffected IOMServer Ports Blade 1Blade 2 Blade 3 Blade 4 Blade 5 Blade 6 Blade 7 Blade 8 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 65 66. Port-Channel (IOM-FI)Only possible betweenFabric Interconnect6200-2208XP6200 Fabric PortsHIFs pinned to port-channelPort ChannelPort-Channel Hash IOMIOM 2208XPIPServer PortsL2 DA/SA, VLAN, L3 DA/SA, L4 DP/SPFCoEL2 SA/DA, L2 VLAN, FC SID/DID, FC-OXIDBlade 4Blade 5Blade 6 Blade 8Blade 1 Blade 2 Blade 3Blade7 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 66 67. Port-Channel (IOM-FI)Link Failure Fabric Interconnect 6200 Blades still pinned to Port- Fabric Portschannel on a link failure Port Channel HIFs not brought down till all IOMmembers failIOM 2208XPServer PortsBlade 4Blade 5Blade 6 Blade 8Blade 1 Blade 2 Blade 3Blade7 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 67 68. Fabric Ports: Discrete vs. Port Channel Mode160 Gb (Discrete Mode) FAN FANFANFAN160 Gb (Port Channel Mode) FAN FANFANFANFAN1 FAN1FAN1 FAN1 PS1PS1 PS1PS1 STATSTAT STAT STATSTATSTAT STAT STATFAIL FAILFAIL FAILFAIL FAILFAIL FAILSTATSTATSTATSTATFAN2 FAN2FAN2 FAN2OK OKOK OKOK OKOK OK PS2PS2 PS2PS2 N10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550W N10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550W N10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550W N10-PAC1-550WN10-PAC1-550WSlot 1 Slot 2 Slot 1 Slot 2U C S 5 1 0 8 U C S 5 1 0 8 SLOT SLOT SLOT SLOT 1 2 1 2 SLOTSlot 3 Slot 4 SLOT SLOTSlot 3 Slot 4 SLOT 3 4 3 4 SLOT 5Slot 5 Slot 6 SLOT6 SLOT 5Slot 5 Slot 6 SLOT6 SLOTSlot 7 Slot 8 SLOT SLOTSlot 7 Slot 8 SLOT 7 8 7 8 OK FAIL OK FAILOK FAIL OK FAILOK FAIL OK FAILOK FAIL OK FAIL Servers can only use a single 10GE IOM uplink Servers can utilize all 8x 10GE IOM uplinks Bandwidth range per blade - 0 to 20 Gb Bandwidth range per blade 0 to 160 Gb A blade is pinned to a discrete 10 Gb uplink A blade is pinned to a logical interface of 80 Gbps FabricFailover if a single uplink goes down FabricFailover if all uplinks on same side go down Per blade traffic distribution , same as Balboa Per flow traffic distribution with-in a port-channel Suitable for traffic engineering use case Recommended with VIC 1280 Suitable for most environments 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 68 69. Cisco UCS Components SAN LAN MGMTSAN G Fabric GSS GFabric G Cisco UCS A A Interconnect Interconnect GG GG G G UCS ManagerUCS Manager ChassisCompute Chassis InterconnectCompute Chassis Fabric Extender Fabric ExtenderRIC C Fabric ExtenderI R ChassisMAdapterP AdapterP Adapter Compute Node(s) B B IO Adapter(s) X XX X X Xx86 Computer x86 ComputerCompute NodeCompute Node(Half slot) (Full slot) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 69 70. Cisco UCS 5108 Blade ChassisChassis 6 RU / 32 deep Up to 8 half slot blades Up to 4 full slot blades 8x fans 2x Chassis IO Module All devices hot-pluggable Power Supplies 4x 2,500W hot-plug powersupplies 90+% efficient N+N redundancy Single Phase 220V 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.70 71. Cisco UCS Chassis (Front) with FI Redundant, Hot Swap Power Supply Redundant, Hot Swap Fan 1U or 2U Fabric Switch Half width server blade Up to eight per enclosure Full width server blade Up to four per enclosure 6U Enclosure Hot SwapPower Supplies: N+1, N+N,SAS drive (optional) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Grid Redundant, and Hot Swap71 72. Cisco UCS Chassis (Rear) with FI 10GigE Ports Expansion Bay1U or 2U FabricSwitchRedundant,Hot swap fanmoduleRedundant, Hotswap Fabricextender/IOM6U EnclosurePower Expansion Module 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 72 73. Chassis middleplaneI/O Modules63% Open Blade ConnectorsPSU Connectors Redundant data and management paths 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.73 74. SAN LAN MGMTSAN G Fabric A GSS GFabric A G Cisco UCS Interconnect Interconnect GG GUCS Manager G G G UCS Manager ChassisCompute ChassisCompute Chassis Interconnect Fabric ExtenderRIC C Fabric ExtenderI R Fabric Extender ChassisMAdapterBP Adapter BP Adapter Compute Node(s) X XX X X X IO Adapter(s)x86 Computer x86 ComputerCompute NodeCompute Node(Half slot) (Full slot) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 74 75. UCS new M3 ServersRack form-factor B22 M3B200 M3 B230 M2 B420 M3 B440 M2 Slots1112 2Cores16 16 20 3240 DIMMs 12 24 32 4832Max GB 384GB768GB 512GB 1.5TB 512GB Disk2 x 2.52 x 2.5 2 SSD 4 x 2.5 4 x 2.5 Raid0/10/10/10/1/5/6 0/1/5/6 Integrated I/ODual 10Gb Dual 20Gb NoDual 20GbNo Mezz 1112 2 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.75 76. 2204 with no Mezz card (1240) 8 x 2 a/s @ 10Gbps interfaces per server (1x2 standby for redundant access) What is the oversubscription ratio with each scenario? (1,2,4 cables per FEX)?1 2 3 4 Fabric Ports 1 2 3 4 Fabric Ports 2204 IOM (A)2204 IOM (B)1 2 16 Downstream 1 2 16 Downstream Ports Ports 2204: 1 link to Mezz slot, 1 to mLOM Mezz Slot No Mezz Adapter 0 1 Cota, mLOM vNIC1 vNIC2 vNIC3 vNIC4 eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3 HBA 0 HBA 1 Host 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.76 77. UCS Rack ServerC22 M3 C24 M3C220 M3C240 M3 C260 M2 C420 M3 C460 M2 RU 12 122 24Cores 16 1616 16 20 3240 DIMMs12 1216 24 64 4864Max GB 192GB192GB 512GB768GB1TB 1.5TB512GB 8 x 2.5 or24 x 2.5 or 8 x 2.5 or 24 x 2.5 or 16 x 2.5 orDisk 16 x 2.516 x 2.54 x 3.5 12 x 3.54 x 3.512 x 3.532 x SSD2 x 1Gb + 2 x 2 x 1Gb +LoM 2 x 1Gb2 x 1Gb2 x 1Gb 4 x 1Gb10Gb 2 x 10Gb2 x 10Gb PCIe2 x PCIe 5 x PCIe2 x PCIe 4 x PCIe6 x PCIe 2.06 x PCIe 3.0 10 x PCIe 2.0 Slots 3.03.0InternalUSB Port USB PortUSB PortUSB Port USB Port USB PorteUSBStorage FlexFlashFlexFlash FlexFlash FlexFlash 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 77 78. Cisco UCS: Application level performance World record performance across the new line: #1 position on 11 results Best in Class single node results Infrastructure requirements lowered by 80% 30% greater application throughput 76% greater consolidation 65% better client performance 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.78 79. Cisco UCS Components SAN LAN MGMTSAN G Fabric A GSS GFabric A G Cisco UCS Interconnect Interconnect GG GG G G UCS ManagerUCS Manager ChassisCompute ChassisCompute Chassis Interconnect Fabric ExtenderRIC C Fabric ExtenderI R Fabric Extender ChassisMAdapterBP Adapter BP Adapter Compute Node(s) X XX X X X IO Adapter(s)x86 Computer x86 ComputerCompute NodeCompute Node(Half slot) (Full slot) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 79 80. Cisco UCS Mezzanine adapter options VirtualizationCompatibility Cost VM I/O Virtualization Minimal Disruption High Speedand Consolidation Using ExistingEthernetDriver StacksConnectivityM81KRCNA M71KR (failover)M51KR VIC 1280CNA M72KR (no fabric failover)M61KR Support for VN-LinkNo fabric failover 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 80 81. Emulex/Qlogic CNA FEX FEX Fabric FabricAB10G 10G E E CNA vHBAvNICvNICvHBA vmnic vmnic vhba0 vhba1 0 1 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. vSwitch / Nexus 1000V81 81 82. Emulex/Qlogic CNA logical viewFabric Interconnect A Fabric Interconnect B vfc vEth vEth vfc1 122FEX FEX CNA vmnic vmnic vhba0 vhba1 0 1 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. vSwitch / Nexus 1000V82 82 83. Cisco Virtual Interface Controller (VIC)FEX FEX FabricFabricA B 10G10GEE Cisco VIC vHBvHB A vNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNIC vNIC vNIC vNICA58 vhba vmni vmni vmni vmnivmni vmni vmni vmni vhba 0 c0 c1 c2 c3c4 c5 c6 c71 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.vSwitch / Nexus 1000V 8383 84. Cisco VIC logical viewFabric Interconnect A Fabric Interconnect B vfcvEth vEthvEthvEth vEthvEthvEth vEthvfc112 3 45 6 78 2FEX A FEX B Cisco VIC vhba vmni vmnivmni vmnivmnivmnivmni vmnivhba0 c0 c1c2 c3c4c5c6 c7 1 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.vSwitch / Nexus 1000V8484 85. Cisco UCS C-Series Adapter-FEXUCS P81E Virtual Interface Card It supports NIC partitioning to the OS and 802.1BR to the switch In Adapter-FEX mode: support for up to 16 Eth vNIC and 2 FC vHBA In VM-FEX mode: support for up to 96 vNics Adapter Failover feature: in case of failure on the primary path, the vNIC is mapped to the standby port transparently to the OS Security and scalability improvements: no need of trunking all VLANs to the server interface 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.85 86. Adapter-FEX at UCS C-Series ServersNetwork admin can control the veth configuration and, as a result, the servernetwork adapter Support matrix at Nexus 5500 (NX-OS 5.1(3)N1(1)) and UCS C-Series Servers Nexus-5548(config)# int veth6 Nexus-5548(config-if)# shut Nexus-5548(config-if)# no 86 shut 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 87. UCS 1280 Virtual Interface Card 2nd Generation Mezzanine Adapter FI-A FI-BUp to 2 x 80GbUCS 5108 2nd Generation VIC Chassis backplane Dual 4x10 Gbps connectivity into fabric AB PCIe x16 GEN2 host interfaceIO Capable of 256 PCIe devices M IO MOS dependentUp to 2x 40GbCurrent maximum of 116 virtual interfaces Same host side drivers as VIC Retains VIC features with1280-VIC enhancementsiSCSI boot, Fabric Failover SR-IOV capable device 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 87 88. Cisco 1280 VIC AdapterPresents up to 116 Interfaces to the OSNICs or HBAs UCS 6248 UCS 6248Fabric Interconnect AFabric Interconnect B IOM (2208) IOM (2208)Physical Port 1Physical Port 2 Physical Port 3 Physical Port 4Physical Port 5 Physical Port 6 Physical Port 7 Physical Port 8 1280 VIC Mezzanine AdaptervHBA vNICvNIC vHBA1 3 4 2UCS Blade Chassis vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNIC vNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNIC5 6 7 8910596673 80 87 94101108109 110 vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNIC vNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNIC11121314 15 16171860 67 74 8188 95 102 111 Server Blade vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNIC vNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNIC19202122 23 24252661 68 75 8289 96 103 112 vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNIC vNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNIC27282930 31 32333462 69 76 8390 97 104 113 vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNIC vNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNIC35363738 39 40414263 70 77 8491 98 105 114 vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNIC vNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNIC43444546 47 48495064 71 78 8592 99 106 115 vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNICvNICvNIC vNIC vNIC vNICvNIC vNIC vNICvNIC51525354 55 56575865 72 79 8693 100107 116OS 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.88 89. UCS Topology Designs for MaxBandwidthChoose the Fabric Interconnect + IO Module + VIC adapter combo for yourneeds UCS 6248UP UCS 6248UP UCS 6248UP or UCS 6100 or UCS 6100 UCS 6248UP or UCS 6100 UCS 6248UP UCS 2104 IOM UCS 2208 IOM UCS 2208 IOM UCS 2208 IOMUCS 2208 IOM Side ASide B Side ASide B Side ASide BSide A Side BSide A Side B1280 VIC or M81KR M81KR M81KR UCS 1280 VIC UCS 1280 VIC Shared IOM uplink Dedicated IOM uplink Shared IOM Port Channel Dedicated IOM uplink Shared IOM Port bandwidth of 10Gbps bandwidth of 10Gbps bandwidth of 20-80Gbps bandwidth of 10Gbps Channel bandwidth of 20-80Gbps vNIC Burst up to 10Gbps vNIC Burst up to 10Gb vNIC Burst up to 10Gb vNIC Burst up to 10Gbps *(IOM uplink limitaDon) vNIC Burst up to 40Gbps *(PCIe Gen 2 limitaDon of 64) Dedicated IOM Uplink Shared IOM Port-Channel Dedicated IOM Uplink Shared IOM Uplink with 1, 3, or 7 other servers with 8 servers Shared IOM Port- Channel with 8 servers Host port pinned to a Host port pinned to a Host port-channel Host port pinned to a discrete IOM uplink discrete IOM port-channel pinned to discrete IOM Host port-channel discrete IOM uplink uplink pinned to the IOM port- 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. channel 89 89 90. UCS Fabric-Based NIC Teaming Fabric Failover Enhances Multi Hypervisor Clouds Chassis backplane (or Fabric) LAN provides redundant path for each vNIC Failures detected on border portsFabric Interconnect A Fabric InterconnectB or fabric ports Transparent to Operating System IOM-A IOM-B Unlike OS NIC Teaming, redundancy provided with single Port 2interfaceUCS Blade Chassis Port 1 CNA After failover:UCS Blade ServerCNA Transmit GARPvNIC 1 vNIC 2 Local AreaConnection 0Local Area Connection 1 Multicast Group reRegistration1.1.1.12.2.2.2 VIC1280 offers up to 256 vNICs OS 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.90 91. Stateless Computing: ServiceProfilesTheyre like Software Defined Computing SERVERIDENTITY NIC MACsHBA WWNsServer UUIDVLAN AssignmentsVLAN TaggingFC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot ParametersSAN Quantity of NICs Boot Order PXE SettingsUCSIPMI Settings Service Quantity of HBAs QoS Settings LANProfileCall HomeStatistic Thresholds System Firmware Adapter FirmwareCIMC FirmwareRAID SettingsNIC Teaming in HWAdds: BIOS Settings etc., etc., etc. Portability More flexibility Improved uptime 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.91 92. Unifying Configuration Settings to Deliver a Server as a ServiceQoSVLANsand andNIC toSecurity VSANsPoliciesMACsSwitch and port WWNs Mappings Unify These Settingsas a Service Service Profile BIOSFirmwareSettingsStorageNIC andSettings HBA Settings 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 92 93. Traditional Element ConfigurationLAN SANStorage ServerNetwork SME SME SME QoS settings Border port assignment per vNIC NIC Transmit/Receive FC Fabric assignments for Rate Limiting HBAs VLAN assignments for NICs VLAN tagging config for NICs Number of vHBAs HBA WWNSubject matter experts Number of vNICs assignmentsconsumed by manual PXE settings FC Boot Parameters HBA firmwareconfiguration chores NIC firmware Advanced feature settingsSerial processes and Remote KVM IP settingsmultiple touches inhibit Call Home behavior Remote KVM firmwareprovisioning speed RAID settings Disk scrub actions Server UUIDConfiguration drift and Serial over LAN settingsmaintenance challenges Boot order IPMI settings BIOS scrub actions BIOS firmware BIOS Settings 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.93 94. Unified, Embedded ManagementServer Name UnifiedUUID, MAC, WWN ManagementBoot Information LAN, SAN Config Firmware PolicyServer Name Subject Matter Experts 1 Define Policies UUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information LAN, SAN ConfigFirmware Policy Storage ServerNetworkSME SME SMEServer Name UUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information LAN, SAN ConfigFirmware Policy2 Policies UsedServer Nameto CreateUUID, MAC, WWN Service Profile Boot InformationServer Policy LAN, SAN Config TemplatesFirmware PolicyStorage Policy 4Network Policy Server NameUUID, MAC,3 Associating ServiceWWN Profiles with HardwareVirtualization Policy Boot InformationService ProfileTemplatesConfigures Servers LAN, SAN ConfigCreate Service Profiles AutomaticallyApplication Profiles Firmware Policy 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 94 95. VM Migration vs. UCS ServiceProfile Migration Live Migration of a VM vs. a Cold Migration of a Bare Metal Server Physical UCS Server B Physical Server APhysical Server BPhysical UCS Server AOSOSOS ImageImageImageVIEW IN SLIDE SHOW MODE GuestGue Guest **ANIMATED SLIDE** Serve st Server1Serv r3OS Imageer 2 VLAN 4(Boot from SAN) VLAN 1VLAN 3 Fabric AFabric AFabric B VM Migration Host Server 1Hypervisor Hypervisor(Windows, ESX, Linux, etc)Host OS Host Server AHost OS Host Server B BIOS: BIOS: BIOS: BIOS: BIOS: Firmware: Version 2BFirmware: Version 2BFirmware: Version 1CFirmware: Version 1A Firmware: Version 2BUUID: 1122ABUCSMACs: A1 & B1UUID:5566EF UUID:3344CD UUID: 1122ABUUID:3344CDUCSWWNs: C1 A3 & B3MACs: & D1 MACs: A2 & B2 MACs: A1 & B1MACs: A2 & B2UCS WWNs: C3 & D3 WWNs: C2 & D2 WWNs: C1 & D1 WWNs: C2 & D2 FC FabricsFC FabricsUCS Service Profile Migration FC Fabric AA&B A&BVLANs 1 & 2 VLANs 1-5 VLANs 1-5 UCS Fabric InterconnectFC Fabrics A& B; VLANs 1- 5External Network Fabric 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. External Network Fabric 9595 96. A UCS Service Profile:VLAN Tagging Settings per NICDisk Scrub ActionsNIC Transmit Rate Limiting Thresholds for Monitored StatisticsNIC MAC Address Assignment Number of vHBAs on Server 120+ server settings in a single object NIC Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)Local HDD RAID ConfigurationNumber of NIC Transmit QueuesDefine Number of iSCSI interfacesNIC Transmit Queue Ring Size on ServerNIC Receive Queues Define Number of vHBAs on BIOS: Quiet BootBIOS: PCI Memory Mapped IO Above NIC Receive Queue Ring SizeServer BIOS: Post Error Pause4Gb ConfigDistribution FC Switch UplinkNIC Completion Queues BIOS: Resume A/C on Power LossBIOS: Boot Option Retry Assignment Per HBA (Pin Group)NIC Interrupts BIOS: Front Panel Lockout BIOS: UCSM Boot Order Rule ControlHBA World Wide Port NameNIC Transmit Checksum Offload BIOS: Turbo Boost BIOS: Intel Entry SAS RAID NIC Receive Checksum Offload (WWPN) Assignment BIOS: ACPI10 SupportBIOS: Intel Entry SAS RAID Module HBA Fiber Channel SANNIC TCP Segmentation Offload BIOS: Enhanced Intel SpeedstepBIOS: Assert Nmi on SerrMembershipNIC TCP Large Receive Offload BIOS: Hyper Threading BIOS: Assert Nmi on PerrFiber Channel Boot ParametersNIC Receive Side Scaling (RSS) BIOS: Core Multi Processing BIOS: OS Boot Watchdog TimerHBA-to-Distribution FC SwitchNIC Failback Timeout BIOS: Virtualization Technology (VT)BIOS: Console RedirectionNIC Interrupt Mode Uplink Persistent Binding BIOS: Execute Disabled BitBIOS: Console Flow Control NIC Interrupt Coalescing HBA Maximum Data Field Size BIOS: Direct Cache Access BIOS: Console BAUD rate (MTU)NIC Interrupt Timer BIOS: Processor C State BIOS: Console Terminal Type HBA Transmit Queue Ring SizeNIC QoS Host Control Option BIOS: Processor C1E BIOS: Console Legacy OS RedirectHBA Receive Queue Ring SizeEnable/Disable Cisco Discovery BIOS: Processor C3 Report Server Boot Order (HDD, CD-ROM,Protocol for VMware vSwitchHBA SCSI I/O Queues BIOS: Processor C6 Report SAN, USB, Floppy, PXE) MAC Security per NIC HBA SCSI I/O Queue Ring Size BIOS: CPU Performance Server BIOS FirmwareHBA FCP Error RecoveryQoS settings per NIC BIOS: Max Variable MTRR Setting Ethernet Adapter Firmware HBA Flogi RetriesNIC action on Switch uplink failure BIOS: VT for Directed IOFiber Channel Adapter FirmwareHBA Flogi TimeoutDistribution Enet Switch Uplink BIOS: Interrupt Remap HBA Option ROM FirmwareAssignment Per NIC (Pin Group) HBA Plogi Retries BIOS: Coherency Support Storage Controller FirmwareServer Pool Assignment HBA Plogi Timeout BIOS: ATS Support Remote Management Controller (e.g. HP Maintenance PolicyHBA Port Down Timeout BIOS: Passthrough DMA Support iLO) Firmware HBA Port Down IO RetryIPMI Usernames & Passwords BIOS: Memory RAS Config Server UUIDIPMI User RolesHBA Link Down Timeout BIOS: NUMAVirtual Server Serial Number Server Management IP Address HBA IO Throttle Count BIOS: Low Voltage DDR ModeDefine Number of vNICs on Server Serial over LAN ConfigurationHBA Max LUNs Per Target BIOS: Serial Port A state Define Number of Dynamic vNICs (for HBA Interrupt ModePower Control Policy Capping and BIOS: USB Make Device Non Bootable VMware Pass-through) HBA QoS PriorityPriority BIOS: USB System Idle Power Settable vNIC/FlexNIC Speed (reflected PCIe Bus Device Scan Order for NICs/ HBA QoS Burst size Optimizing Settingin OS) HBAs HBA QoS Rate limit BIOS: USB Front Panel Access Lock PXE Boot Setting PCIe Virtual Device Slot Placement for HBA QoS Host Control Option BIOS: PCI Max Memory Below 4G Fabric Failover (NIC Teaming) Settings NIC/HBAHBA World Wide Node Name 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.96 VLAN Assignment per NICBIOS Scrub Actions (WWNN) Assignment 96 97. Server AvailabilityOracle Web VMware Todays Deployment:BladeBladeBlade Provisioned for peak capacityBladeBladeBladeBladeBladeBlade Spare node per workloadBladeBladeBladeBurst capacityBladeBladeBlade HA spareOracleWebVMware Blade BladeBladeWith Service Profiles: Blade BladeBlade Blade BladeBladeResources provisioned as needed Blade Same availability with fewer Blade spares 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 97 98. Zero touch integrationPhysical Inventory Increase capacity, notName: UCS 12Class: SystemID: 77449-32Chassis: 1- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104- Blade slots occupied: 8complexityChassis: 2- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104- Blade slots occupied: 8 New equipment self integratesChassis: 3- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104- Blade slots occupied: 8Chassis: 4- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104- Blade slots occupied: 8Chassis: 5- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104- Blade slots occupied: 8 Name: UCS 51082104 Class: ChassisFEX ID: 234222-33 IOM 1: UCS 2104 IOM 2: UCS 2104 Blade slot occupied: 8 Fans: 8 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.98 99. Zero touch integrationPhysical Inventory Increase capacity, notName: UCS 12Class: SystemID: 77449-32Chassis: 1- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104- Blade slots occupied: 8complexityChassis: 2- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104- Blade slots occupied: 8 New equipment self integratesChassis: 3 Inventory & status updated- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104- Blade slots occupied: 8Chassis: 4- IOM 1: UCS 2104- IOM 2: UCS 2104 Policy Inventory- Blade slots occupied: 8 ServiceUCS 2104 Default 1Chassis: 5Profile:- IOM 1: ServiceUCS 2104 HR-App1- IOM 2: Profile:- Blade slots occupied: 8 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.99 100. Zero touch integration Increase capacity, not complexity New equipment self integrates Inventory & status updated Immediately apply existing policies Policy Inventory Service Profile: Default 1 Service Profile: HR-App1 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.100 101. Q&A 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 101 102. Summary 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 102 103. Unified Computing System Innovation Performance optimizedIntegrated Designfor any type of workload Agility and Reduced timeService Profiles to deploy and provision applications Role Based Management, UCS Manager Automation, Ease of Integration Centralized Multi DomainUCS CentralManagement, Alerting and VisibilityUnified Fabric Simplified Infrastructure Security Isolation perVirtualized I/Oapplication, Scale, Improved Performance Supports both blades and rackForm Factormount servers in a singleIndependence domain Cost Effective ApplicationExtended MemoryPerformance, Scale 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 103 104. 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 104