cloud computing y ucs

Cisco UCS2011

Carlos Nicasio

[email protected]

Cisco Unified Computing System

Contents

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- UCS Market Positioning

- UCS Architecture

UCS Market Positioning


Cisco UCS ResultsCisco UCS Results

• 5400 UCS customers at the end of 2010• 400%+ Growth year over year• 30 World-breaking benchmarks


Clips from the “The Worst Predictions in History” Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0oIffAjuqI&feature=youtu.be


Market Share Data #3 vendor in x86 blade servers WW with 10.5% revenue share #3 vendor in total blade servers WW with 9.4% revenue share #2 vendor in US x86 blades with 19.7% revenue share Tied for #2 in North America x86 blades with 18.8% revenue share

IDC – Press Release:

http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22841411

Customer facing slideshare:

http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/data_center/ucs_marketshare.html

http://www.slideshare.net/MeredithSabye/ucs-impact-of-innovation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cisco_pics/5328636375/in/set-72157626675863887/


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UCS #3 with 10.5%

UCS #2 with 19.7%

UCS After Two Short Years

5400 UCS Customers WW

UCS momentum is fueled by game-changing innovationCisco is quickly passing established players in fastest growing segment of x86 computing market 2

Source: 1 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Q1 2011, May 2011 2 IDC Q4 CY10 Server Forecaster, 2010-2015 CAGR of x86 Blade Servers


Demand for data center innovation has vaulted Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) to the #3 leader in the fast growing segment of the x86 server market

Customer adoption of UCS is changing the server industry landscape

Cisco growth is out-pacing the market

Customers have shifted over 10% of the global x86 blade server market to Cisco and nearly 20% in the US

UCS #3 and climbing

Market appetite for Innovation fuels UCS

growth

WW X86 Server Blade Market Share

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Q1 2011, May 2011


Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) has moved the industry forward by unifying compute, network, storage access and virtualization into one cohesive system

Cisco data center customers report tangible business results due to transformative improvements in IT efficiency and agility

UCS is designed to solve key customer challenges in the data center

Manual solution assembly

Inflexible infrastructure

Operational friction

Virtualization complexity

Inefficient scaling

Compliance and audit control

Cisco Unified Computing SystemQ2 CY09 Q1 CY10 Q3 CY10 Q4 CY10 Q4 CY10 Q2 CY11

2-socket VMmark B200 M1

2-socket VMmark B250 M2

SPECjAPPServer 2004 single node 2-socket C250 M2

SPECint_rate_base 2006 X86/64 2-socket B200 M2

SPECfp_rate_base 2006 X86/64 2-socket B200 M2

SPECOMPM base2001 2-socket B200 M2

SPECOMPL base2001 2-socket B200 M2

SPECjbb2005 X86/64 2-socket B200 M2

2-socket server VMmark B200 recapture

LInPack 2-socket B200 M2

VMmark OverallC460 M1

SPECint_rate_base 2006 X86/64 4-socket C460 M1

SPECfp_rate_base 2006 X86/64 4-socket C460 M1

SPECjbb2005 X86/64 4-socket C460 M1

LS-Dyna 4-socket C460M1

SPECOMPM base2001 4-socket C2460 M1

SPECOMPL base20014-socket C2460 M1

Oracle E-business Suite Ex-large Model payroll Batch B200M2

Oracle E-business Suite Medium Model payroll Batch B200M2

Oracle E-business Suite Medium Model Order to Cash B200M2

SPECjAPPServer 2004 2-node B230 M1


VMmark 1-Blade B440 M1

VMmark 1-Blade C460 M1

Oracle E-business Suite Medium Model payroll Batch B200M2

VMmark 2.0 Overall B200 M2

SPECOMPM base2001 2-socket B200 M2

SPECOMPL base2001 2-socket B200 M2

SPECjEnterprise 2010 Overall B440 M1

SPECint_rate_base 2006 X86/64 2-socket B200 M2

VMmark 2.12 -socket-Blade B200 M2


VMmark 1.12 -socket-Blade B230 M1

SPECfp_rate_base2006C260 M2

SPECint_rate_base2006 C260 M2

SPECijbb2005C260 M2

SPECompMbase2001B230M2

SPECompLbase2001 B230 M2

SPECompMbase2001 C460 M2

SPECompLbase2001C460M2

VMmark 2.1C460 M2

SPECint_rate2006 Cisco UCS C460 M2

SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86/64 2-Socket B200 M1

SPECint_rate_base2006 X86/64 2-Socket B200 M1

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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/ps10265/industry_benchmarks.html#~application_performance_reports


“Fabric computing is a fixture on the radar screen of many IT groups, driven by the increased penetration of virtualization and prospects for cloud computing.”

—Gartner

Gartner report: Fabric Computing Poised as a Preferred Infrastructure for Virtualization and Cloud Computing, February 11, 2011, George J. Weiss and Andrew Butler Report. ID number: G00210438.

Fabric computing has emerged as the preferred infrastructure for data center virtualization and cloud computing, and Cisco is the market leader in this industry transition


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Gartner report: Fabric Computing Poised as a Preferred Infrastructure for Virtualization and Cloud Computing, February 11, 2011, George J. Weiss and Andrew Butler Report. ID number: G00210438.

You can read the full Gartner report here: http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/cisco/210438.html

Which vendor would you perceive to be the most Which vendor would you perceive to be the most competent to deliver on a fabric–based strategy in competent to deliver on a fabric–based strategy in

your enterprise?your enterprise?

Dell

Egenera

HP

IBM

VMware

Other

Don’t Know/Not Sure

Cisco


““According to VARs, According to VARs, Cisco’s UCS is scaring the heck out of all of Cisco’s Cisco’s UCS is scaring the heck out of all of Cisco’s data center rivalsdata center rivals, even if they put on a good face in public and scoff at , even if they put on a good face in public and scoff at UCS viability.”UCS viability.”

— — Computer Reseller News, December 15, 2010Computer Reseller News, December 15, 2010

““The Cisco Unified Computing System is a high-end, high-density, highly The Cisco Unified Computing System is a high-end, high-density, highly scalable, awesomely powerful network, compute, virtualization, and scalable, awesomely powerful network, compute, virtualization, and management backbone that management backbone that re-architects the notion of the blade chassisre-architects the notion of the blade chassis ….” ….”

— — Windows IT Pro Tech Ed 2011 Best of Show, May 2011 Windows IT Pro Tech Ed 2011 Best of Show, May 2011

““It's a paradigm shift in datacenter infrastructure It's a paradigm shift in datacenter infrastructure whose time has comewhose time has come.”.”

——InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award, June 2010InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award, June 2010

““After several years of being a highly consolidated market where the top After several years of being a highly consolidated market where the top 3 vendor accounted for over 80% of blade revenue, 3 vendor accounted for over 80% of blade revenue, the recent entry of the recent entry of Cisco has introduced a viable new competitor to the market.” Cisco has introduced a viable new competitor to the market.” — — IDC: Jed Scaramella IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker Press Release, May 24, 2011IDC: Jed Scaramella IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker Press Release, May 24, 2011


The market has affirmed that

Cisco has truly changed the game and is leading an industry

transition that was long overdue!

Choosing Cisco as a trusted partner for

computing is proving to be the right path

for many as the data center

evolves

UCS is a proven, reliable

platform for enterprise and

cloud computing; rapid UCS

market traction is driven by customers

seeking better solutions to IT

challenges

UCS Architecture


Blade Manager (iLO)Blade Manager (iLO)

Chassis ManagerChassis Manager

Interconnect ManagersInterconnect Managers

Multi-Chassis ManagerMulti-Chassis Manager

Multiple Network, Fabric ModulesMultiple Network, Fabric Modules

Multiple NICs, HBAsMultiple NICs, HBAs

• Limited or no Unified I/O

• More hardware to manage

• Larger energy footprint

• More management software and licenses

• Proprietary interconnects (VC)

• More NICs and HBAs per server

• No network policy engine for VMs

• No network QoS

• OS based agents and CMS required

• Clustered CMS required for mgmt HA

• Must buy switches and mgmt devices for every chassis.

• Complexity and cost is amplified as you scale(3 Chassis, Rear

View)

The legacy blade solution is a Chassis Level “Mini-Rack” Design

Complex and fragile Life Cycle mgmtComplex and fragile Life Cycle mgmt


Uplinksto Existing LAN/SAN

BLADE CHASSISREAR VIEW

BLADE CHASSISFRONT VIEW

2 x Unified Fabric Interconnects(Embedded mgmt,

access layer for multiple UCS chassis)

2 x FabricExtenders(I/O MUX, CMC)

Stateless compute blades w/ CNA, opt. HDDs

6U chassis(one or more)

Building Block: 2 x FI + chassis

Simple Building Block


LANAny IEEE Compliant LAN SAN B

Any ANSI T11 Compliant SANMgmt

SAN AAny ANSI T11 Compliant SAN


One Logical Chassis to Manage*

LAN ConnectivitySAN NetworkingBlade Chassis’Server BladesRack Servers

Server Identity ManagementMonitoring, Troubleshooting

etc.

*architectural limit of 320 servers with 160 servers supported as of 1.4(1)


UCS External Connectivity

SAN SwitchLAN Switch

LANCLOUD

FC StorageFC Storage

NAS STORAGENAS STORAGE

UCS Fabric InterconnectUCS Fabric Interconnect

Access Layer LAN & SANUnified Fabric (FCoE)

Access Layer LAN & SANUnified Fabric (FCoE)

LAN Switch SAN Switch


Cisco UCS:A single, logical, expandable blade server chassis

Add One UCS Blade Chassis




System Interconnect Choices (rear)

UplinksFEX

Scalability(Up to 40 chassis;20 Gbps)

Balance(Up to 20 chassis;40 Gbps)

Bandwidth(Up to 10 chassis;80 Gbps)


UCS Mezzanine AdaptersVIC, Menlo (Q & E), Oplin

UCS Blade ServerIndustry Standard components2s, 4s Intel Nehalem, Westmere, DDR3 RAM, SAS, SSD

UCS 5108 – Blade ChassisBlade inserts into the ChassisBlades are a logical par of the chassisUp to 40 chassis per environment

UCS 2104 – I/O ModuleInserts into Blade ChassisCMC, port aggregator, I/O MUX, extension of FI

UCS 6100 - Fabric Interconnect Unified access layer interconnect and management20 or 40 ports and option uplink modules

UCS ManagerManagement resides in the Fabric Interconnect

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UCS Manager:Simplified Compute Managementand Operations


• Embedded device manager for family of UCS components• Enables stateless computing via Service Profiles• Efficient scale: Same effort for 1 to 320 blades• Clustered Fabric Interconnects for HA

Simplified ManagementMinimize errors, reduce risk, lower cost, minimize complexity

Cisco UCS SolutionCisco UCS Solution

Mgmt ServerMgmt Server+Plug-ins

Legacy Blade ArchitectureLegacy Blade Architecture

Single Embedded Device ManagerSingle Embedded Device Manager

Blade Manager (iLO)Blade Manager (iLO)

Chassis ManagerChassis Manager

Multiple switch ManagersMultiple switch Managers

Multi-Chassis ManagerMulti-Chassis Manager

Multiple Network, Fabric ModulesMultiple Network, Fabric Modules

Multiple NICs, HBAsMultiple NICs, HBAs

Complex and fragile Life Cycle mgmtComplex and fragile Life Cycle mgmt

OS based agents per bladeOS based agents per blade


Real Customer ResultsAgility is the Biggest Value in Virtualization

The draw to virtualization is saving money, but after ayear or so, surveys show that adopters believe the key value is agility.

Thomas BittmanGartner

UCS amplifies the value of agility by virtualizingthe compute hardware 100%!


Compute as a Service Software & Hardware Virtualization

Cisco UCS virtualizes the Server Hardware State 100%

Hypervisor (or OS) is unaware of underlying hardware state abstraction

HYPERVISOR

Cisco Hardware State Virtualized

Software-Based Virtualization(OS and application layer virtualized)

Hardware State

VM VM VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR


Database

WWW

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DataBase

Policy Driven Virtualized Server Hardware

FW,boot device, MAC, WWN, vLan, vSAN, UUID, and

QoS managed through policies, profiles, templates

Dynamic and Consistent Provisioning

Easily deploy in minutes, not days or weeks

Rapid HW deploy, repair, change = maximum agility

RBAC, multiple levels of administration

Consistent server builds = minimized risk & errors

Service Profile: Virtual Server Hardware

Service Profile: DataBaseNetwork1: DB_vlan1Network1 QoS: PlatinumMAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FCBoot Order: SAN, LANFW: DataBaseSanBundle

Service Profile: ESX-HostNetwork1: esx_prodNetwork1 QoS: GoldMAC : 08:00:69:11:19:EQWWN:Boot Order: SAN, LANFW: ESXHostBundle

Service Profile: WebServerNetwork1: www_prodNetwork1 QoS: GoldMAC : 08:00:69:10:78:EDBoot Order: LOCALFW: WebServerBundle


Stateless Computing: UCS Service Profiles

LAN

SAN

•RAID settings•Disk scrub actions

•Number of vHBAs•HBA WWN assignments•FC Boot Parameters•HBA firmware

•FC Fabric assignments for HBAs

•QoS settings•Border port assignment per vNIC•NIC Transmit/Receive Rate Limiting

•VLAN assignments for NICs•VLAN tagging config for NICs

•Number of vNICs•PXE settings\•NIC firmware•Advanced feature settings

•Remote KVM IP settings•Call Home behavior•Remote KVM firmware

•Server UUID•Serial over LAN settings•Boot order•IPMI settings•BIOS scrub actions•BIOS firmware•BIOS Settings

Server hardware state is fully configurable

Preserved in software known as a Service Profile.

Service Profiles can then be dynamically assigned to specific blade hardware for runtime.

Configurable HW State Examples


ServerBlades

Adapters

Chassis Modules

Multi Chassis Access Layer

FC

Enet

FC

Enet

Unified Fabric

Unified Fabric

Unified Fabric

Server Identity Management Comparison


Next Gen Market Direction: UCSLegacy (HP, IBM, Dell)

Server = ResourceServer = ApplicationInefficient Complex High Cost Fragile Efficient Agile Transformative

Management and Control

Primary

Network

Secondary Network

SAN A

SAN B

Unified Computing SystemThe Right Solution at the Right Time


Differentiating Technologies Embedded in UCS


I/O Consolidation – Unified Fabric in UCS(Universal I/O, Mixed Workloads, Wire Once, minimal access points)

LAN SAN BSAN A

Legacy Server Access Connectivity

Ethernet FC

Ethernet FCFC

I/O Consolidation with FCoE

LAN SAN BSAN A

TraditionalEthernet

TraditionalFC

FCoE(at server

access layer where most

savings for I/O consolidation

resides)

(Nth Server)


VN-Link: VM Level Network Transparency

Problems:

VN-Link (Problems Solved):•Extends network to the VM •Consistent services •Coordinated, coherent management

VMotion• VMotion may move VMs

across physical ports—policy must follow

• Impossible to view or apply policy to internally switched traffic

• Cannot correlate traffic on physical links—from multiple VMsVLAN

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• True wire once architecture – highly dynamic• Network policy and visibility to VM (VN-Link in hardware)• Hypervisor bypass support – increases performance• Reduce NIC and HBA cards (get up to 58 virtual PCI devices)

VirtualMachineVirtualMachine






SoftSwitchSoftSwitch

SwitchSwitch

HypervisorHypervisor

LegacyServer With Virtualization Adapter

Virtual Interface Card (VIC)


Optimizing Memory for Intel EP processors

Typical SystemEither

• 12 DIMMs @ 1066MHz

• Max 96GBOr

• 18 DIMMs @ 800MHz • Max 144GB at lower

performance

Intel Xeon 5500/5600 CPUs• Max 384GB per Blade - 1333 mhz in all configurations

in M2 models!

Benefit•4x capacity•Lower costs•Standards DIMMs, CPUs, OS

Typical Memory Cisco UCS Memory

Xeon 5500

Fixed number of DIMMs can be addressedby the CPU

Each DIMM the CPU sees is made of 4 standard DIMMs

Xeon 5500


QoS – Key Element for Multi-Tenancy

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FabricExtender

FabricExtender

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FabricExtender

Compute Blade(Half slot)

Compute Blade(Half slot)

AdapterAdapter

Compute Blade(Full slot)

Compute Blade(Full slot)

AdapterAdapterAdapterAdapter

QoS parameters can be configured at a per system class level, or a per vNIC level.

All traffic belongs to 1 of 6 System Classes - Four are user configurable while the other two are for FCoE and standard Ethernet

No packet drops - Priority Flow Control (PFC) uses per priority pause mechanism to guarantee no frames are dropped in lossless priorities.

Segregation of resources into pools and organizations with their own policies

Allows bandwidth allocation for different classes of traffic No other compute vendors have

anything like this…


Industry Standard Server Components


UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects

40-Port L2 Interconnect• 40 fixed ports 10GE/FCoE, fixed

• 2 Expansion Modules

20-Port L2 Interconnect• 20 fixed ports 10GE/FCoE, fixed

• 1 Expansion Module

FC + Ethernet • 4 Ports 10GbE/FCoE

• 4 Ports 1/2/4G FC

Fibre Channel • 8 Ports 1/2/4G FC

• 6 ports 1/2/4/8G FC

Ethernet • 6 Ports 10GE/FCoE

Fabric Interconnects

Fabric Interconnects

ExpansionModules

ExpansionModules


Adapter Offerings

Ethernet Only

10 Gbe Ethernet

VIC

VM I/O Virtualization and

Consolidation

Standard CNA

10GbE/FCoE

PCIe Bus

FCFC10GbE10GbE

Existing Driver Stacks

Intel Niantic

Broadcom 57711 (iSCSI offload)

PCIe x16

User Definable

vNICs

Eth

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FC

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10 GbFCoE

Emulex

Thank you

Carlos [email protected]

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