flexpod from cisco and netapp: new announcements at vmworld europe
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John Rollason, Director, Solutions Marketing, NetApp
Infrastructure Solutions for Mid-Sized Businesses to Large Enterprises
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Agenda
FlexPod momentum
NEW ExpressPod
NEW FlexPod enhancements
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FlexPod momentum
FlexPod Momentum
175 customers in 20 countries
120 certified partners No Partner Program Open management
ecosystem 7 Validated Designs Cooperative Support
1,300 customers in 35 countries
660 certified partners 33 FlexPod Premium
Partners Added Validated
management solutions 20 Validated Designs Cooperative Support Lab
One Year Ago… Today…
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NEW ExpressPod
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IT Challenges for Growing Midsize Organizations
Challenges for organizations up to 500 users Supporting business needs with shrinking budgets Environments are becoming complex and expensive Generalist staff struggling with IT infrastructure
complexity and budget pressures Future needs are unpredictable
Opportunities Ease deployment with infrastructure solutions Accelerate move to virtualized environments Access new, smaller customers
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ExpressPod provides simple, affordable IT infrastructure solution
Transition from Application Silos to Virtualization
Reduced power, space and cooling requirements through better utilization of IT assets
Reduction in amount of storage needed to support your application environment
Reduced overhead with simplified, centralized management of applications
Cisco and NetApp can simplify your infrastructure via:
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Infrastructure Solution Portfolio
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1Scale up by incorporating Cluster-Modeinto FlexPod
2 Address new market segments and
use cases with a simple, low-cost solution
Sol
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Capability
FlexPod®
ExpressPod
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ExpressPod for Infrastructure Consolidation
Cisco® UCS Unified Computing System C Series Server
Cisco Nexus® 3000Series Switch
NetApp® FAS2200Series Storage
Features Simplifies deployment of IT resources
Cisco UCS C220 M3 servers
Cisco Nexus 3048 switches
NetApp FAS2220 or FAS2240 storage
Physical and virtual resource management software
Implementation guide to facilitate deployment
Pretested by Cisco and NetApp
Cooperative support model
Cooperative Support Lab
Physical and virtual resource management
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Simplify the path to shared, virtualized IT
Database
Collaboration
Content Mgmt
ExpressPod Delivers Real Benefits
Affordability start with a low cost ,easy-to-deploy
platform
Simplicity reduce complexity with efficient
operations and management
Efficient growth with standardized environment to
improve predictability
Optimize IT through workload consolidation
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Two ExpressPod Configurations
Cisco® Nexus® 3048 Switch
Cisco UCS C220 M3 Server
NetApp® FAS2220 Storage
Small
Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch
Cisco UCS C220 M3 Server
NetApp FAS2240 Storage
Medium
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Implementation Guide for ExpressPod
ExpressPod is tested and documented by Cisco and NetApp
Documented deployment process Deployment instructions Wiring diagrams Bill of Materials High-level sizing guidance
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NEW FlexPod enhancements
VMware®
vSphere™ and vCenter™
Cisco®
UCS Servers and UCS Manager
Cisco Nexus®
Family of Switches
NetApp® FAS;10 GbE and FCoE; Data ONTAPwith Cluster-Mode
New VMware vSphere on FlexPod®
with vSphere 5.0 update + Clustered Data ONTAP (8.1.1)
Features Manage NetApp storage cluster as a single
entity with a single, global namespace
HA pairing with automatic failover to active components
Eliminate planned downtime by moving data across storage systems non-disruptively
Dynamically meet performance and cost requirements by mixing storage controllers & disk types
Improve service levels by automatically mapping data to optimal storage tiers
Benefits Lowers risk with an always-on, optimized
architecture for planned downtime
Unmatched Flexibility with an adaptable architecture that expands as you grow
Improves operational efficiency with optimized resources at a lower TCO
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VMware®
vSphere™ and vCenter™
Cisco®
UCS Servers and UCS Manager
Cisco Nexus®
Family of Switches
NetApp® FAS, Data ONTAP
Oracle RAC on FlexPod validated with VMware Features Secure multi-tenancy, application and data
mobility Integrated data protection
Automated provisioning
Infrastructure components (tenants, OS)
Multiple Oracle® Database copies
Fenced Oracle RAC systems or landscapes
Consolidate multiple RAC nodes
Improved Performance with Cache Components (FlashCache, Direct NFS)
Benefits Performance agility: Respond to service-level
needs effortlessly
Intelligent management and data protection: Easily back up and protect more frequently, recover in minutes
Virtualization and efficiency: Manage more databases in less time and space
Thank You