UCS Common Platform Architecture for Big Data
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Increasingly Everything will be Connected to Everything Massive increase in connections between people, process, data, and things
“Smart Connections”
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In the Internet of Everything Era, Big Data will Get Much BIGGER!
All of these connections will be capable of producing data
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Cisco UCS Common Platform Architecture (CPA) for Big Data Optimized for Big Data Workloads Today and Tomorrow
Pre-tested and pre-validated configuration
Fabric-based infrastructure integrates computing, networking, and storage resources
Programmability accelerates infrastructure deployment, automates management
Designed for high performance and availability to accelerate delivery of insights, with a lower TCO
UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects
Nexus 2232 Fabric Extenders
UCS Manager
UCS 240 M4 Servers
LAN, SAN, Management
LAN, SAN, Management
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Self-aware, self-integrating system
• 33,000+ customers
• #2 position in worldwide x86 blade server market share, (#1 in the Americas) and gaining
• Simplified, programmable design allows cost-effective growth, management as data clusters increase in size
• Industry-leading transistor technology:
─ 40% more energy efficient
─ 35% greater performance
─ Improves I/O bandwidth up to 2x
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Industry-leading compute, networking and management
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Unified Fabric’s SingleConnect Technology Provides an Efficient Foundation for Growth
One connection type for all protocols
SINGLECONNECT TECHNOLOGY
Efficient capacity scaling
Automated I/O bandwidth allocation
Auto-discovery & self-integrating components: network and compute
Direct SAN access
Wire once then manage through software
Traditional Cisco Unified Fabric
As you scale, simplified architecture reduces cost and facilitates growth
SAN A SAN B ETH 1 ETH 2
10 GE Ethernet
FCOE—Fibre Channel over Ethernet (LAN/SAN/Management)
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Comparing Traditional Architectures to UCS CPA for Big Data
As your Big Data deployment grows, significant and ongoing savings create a compelling business case
# CABLES
Traditional Approach With Cisco UCS
At 32 Servers 180 80
At 64 Servers 360 160
At 160 Servers 530-870 400
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Unified Management Robust Management Delivers Superior Programmability, Scalability, and Automation for Big Data Deployments
Traditional UCS Manager Service Profile
LAN
SAN
NIC MACs HBA WWNs Server UUID VLAN Assignments VLAN Tagging FC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot Parameters Number of vNICs Boot order PXE settings IPMI Settings Number of vHBAs QoS Call Home Template Association Org & Sub Org Assoc. Server Pool Association Statistic Thresholds BIOS scrub actions Disk scrub actions BIOS firmware Adapter firmware BMC firmware RAID settings Advanced NIC settings Serial over LAN settings BIOS Settings
Server UUID Serial over LAN settings Boot order IPMI settings BIOS scrub actions BIOS firmware BIOS Settings
RemoteKVM IP settings Call Home behavior Remote KVM firmware
Number of vNICs PXE settings NIC firmware Advanced feature settings
VLAN assignments for NICs VLAN tagging config for NICs
Number of vNICs PXE settings NIC firmware Advanced feature settings
FC Fabric assignments for HBAs
Number of vHBAs HBA WWN assignments FC Boot Parameters HBA firmware
RAID settings Disk scrub actions
LAN
SAN
QoS settings Border port assignment per vNIC NIC Transmit/Receive Rate Limiting
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Cisco UCS Optimized Performance for Big Data Deployments
• Cisco UCS with Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v3 Series delivers high
performance infrastructure
• Intel Hadoop optimizes performance for UCS through deep technology and
engineering collaboration
Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server
SUPERIOR
PERFORMANCE
94 World-record Application
Performance Benchmarks
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• UCS’ fabric-based infrastructure with service profiles allows programmable, policy-based management
• Enables policy-based management between multiple UCS domains
• Delivers end-to-end automation, orchestration, and lifecycle management
• Abstracts complexity of managing individual devices, making components viewable and manageable from single pane of glass
• Automates big data processes to deliver reliable, cost-effective intelligence
Full Suite of Industry-Leading Systems Management
UCS
MANAGER
UCS
CENTRAL
UCS
DIRECTOR
TIDAL ENTERPRISE
SCHEDULER
End-to-end management software offers speed and enterprise-grade reliability, while simplifying deployment and operations
Management
Management Automation that Grows with You
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Enterprise Applications UCS Common Platform Architecture for Big Data
Single Platform for Enterprise and Big Data Applications Easily Pull Data from Enterprise Applications into Hadoop Environment
UCS Rack-
Mount Servers UCS Blade
Servers
NoSQL
Database
SAN/NAS
Arrays
Management
Simplified Operations: Common Management Across Rack and Blade UCS Servers
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Use of service profiles reduces and automates manual tasks to reduce provisioning time from 8 weeks down to only 15 minutes
Consistent and Rapid Deployments with Service Profiles New Infrastructure Deployment in Minutes
Deployment Speed
Lets you cost-effectively keep pace with the growth of big data
Reduction in
Provisioning
Times
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MULTIPLE DOMAINS SINGLE DOMAIN
Up to 10 Racks, 160 Servers
Easily Scale Cisco UCS CPA for Big Data
Scalability
UCS Manager
UCS Central
SINGLE RACK 16 Servers
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The Big Picture: Designed for Massive Scale Lets You Convert Vast Data Clusters into Powerful Insights
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No additional
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UCS Central lets
you scale to
10,000 servers
Tackle the Most Complex Workloads with Big Data Clusters Fueled by
Hundreds of Servers and Petabytes of Storage
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Cisco UCS CPA for Big Data Redefining the Economics of Big Data Infrastructure
TCO
World-Record
Performance
Benchmarks
Reduction in
Management
Costs
Reduction in
Power and
Cooling Costs
Reduction in
Cabling
Reduction in
Provisioning
Times
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Cisco Validated Designs Accelerate Deployment
DESIGNS Big Data
Cisco Validated Designs for all major big data software distributions can be found at:
www.cisco.com/go/bigdata