Cisco, VMware and Hyper-converged Solutions for

the Enterprise. Architecture for the Next Generation

Roger Barlow, Cisco

Kishan Ramaswamy, Cisco

Alex Jauch, VMware

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Virtualization Changed the Storage Workload

OS

App

Physical Virtual Infrastructure

• 1:1 app to datastore

• Predictable, single QoS

• N:1 app to datastore

• Random, multi-QoS

Hypervisor

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Software-Defined Storage

Virtualized Data Plane

App-centric Data Services

Policy-Driven Control Plane

VMware Approach to Software-Defined Storage

Extensible framework

leveraged by ecosystem

to deliver VM-centric

snapshots, clones,

replication, backup, etc.

Common management

model based on VM-level

policies for automated

placement, balancing,

data services provisioning

Hypervisor-based pooling

of heterogeneous storage

resources optimized for

VM consumption

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VMware Virtual SAN: Software Defined Storage with Unparalleled Efficiency and Agility

…………….

vSphere

VSAN

VMware vCenter Server

• Virtual SAN clusters direct-attached solid state drives and hard disks from multiple servers to create shared storage

• Provides converged compute & storage

• Policy based management for self-tuning VM-centric storage

• Scale-out architecture with built-in Flash-based caching

• Integrated with existing vSphere constructs

• Radically simple storage designed for virtual machines

• Fast, resilient, dynamic

• Starts small with linear scaling of performance, capacity, and cost

Overview

Benefits Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD

VSAN Datastore

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VSAN: Radically Simple & Dynamic Storage for Virtual Machines

Instantly provision

VM storage using

simple policies

vSphere

Hard disks SSD

VSAN

Hard disks SSD

…………….

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

Clustered VSAN Datastore

Each VM maintains

its own unique

policy on the

VSAN datastore

Storage capacity

and performance

scale dynamically

with your cluster

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

VSAN

vSphere

VSAN Datastore

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VMware VSAN – Initial Use Cases

vSphere

VSAN

1. Virtual Desktop

(VDI)

vSphere

VSAN

3. Big Data

vSphere

VSAN

2. Tier 2/3 Test

and Dev

vSphere

VSAN

4. DR Target

ROBO

Site A

Site B

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Vision: Hyper-converged infrastructure

To Be Realized over the Next

3-5 Years

Single Pane of Glass

Management

Rapid Deployment

Seamless Migration

Single UCS Console

Advanced Data Management

Services

Orchestrated Workflows via

vCO

WAN

Data Center

UCS B & C Series

Application Level Data Management

UCS E-Series

VMware Virtual SAN

VMware Virtual SAN

Remote

Sites

UCS E-Series

VMware Virtual SAN

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Business Drivers

Traditional Architecture Requires a Compromise

• Distributed Architecture is often more performant

• Centralized Architecture is usually cheaper

Hyper Converged Architecture Offers A Middle Ground

• Distributed Compute on a Hyper Converged Platform

• High Performance Advantages of Distributed Architecture

• Reduced Cost Due to Platform Convergence

Assumes Architectural Changes

• Not All Applications Are Appropriate

• Assumes “Cloud Generation” Architecture

• Requires Application Level Data Mobility (today)

One of Many Benefits of Hyper-Converged Architectures

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Cisco UCS B (Blade) and C (Rack) Servers

Unified Data Center Computing Platform

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Cisco Is to Physical as VMware Is to Virtual

Single point physical infrastructure management

Fully capable XML API

Policy based configuration management

Template based configurations

OS migration servers

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Cisco Physical Infrastructure Innovations

Unified Fabric

FEX-Link

o Fabric Extender

o Adapter-FEX

o VM-FEX (aka “VM-FEX”, “VN-Tag”)

Virtualized Adapter

Unified Management

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Wire Once Architecture

All links can be active all the time

Policy-driven bandwidth allocation

Virtual interface granularity

Uplinks

20Gb/s 40Gb/s 80Gb/s

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Unified Computing System (UCS)

Single Point of Management

Unified Fabric

Stateless Servers with Virtualized Adapters

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UCS Blade Servers

B22 M3 B200 M3 B230 M2 B420 M3 B440 M2

Slots 1 1 1 2 2

CPU E5-2400 E5-2600 E7-2800 E5-4600 E7-4800

Cores 16 16 20 32 40

DIMMs 12 24 32 48 32

Max GB 384GB 768GB 512GB 1.5TB 1TB

Disk 2 x 2.5” 2 x 2.5” 2 SSD 4 x 2.5” 4 x 2.5”

Raid 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1/5/6 0/1/5/6

Integrated I/O Dual 10Gb Dual 20Gb No Dual 20Gb No

Mezz 1 1 1 2 2

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UCS Rackmount Servers

C22 M3 C24 M3 C220 M3 C240 M3 C260 M2 C420 M3 C460 M2

RU 1 2 1 2 2 2 4

CPU E5-2400 E5-2400 E5-2600 E5-2600 E7-2800 E5-4600 E7-4800

Cores 16 16 16 16 20 32 40

DIMMs 12 12 16 24 64 48 64

Max GB 192GB 192GB 512GB 768GB 1TB 1.5TB 1TB

Disk 8 x 2.5” or

4 x 3.5”

24 x 2.5” or

12 x 3.5”

8 x 2.5” or

4 x 3.5”

24 x 2.5” or

12 x 3.5”

16 x 2.5” or

32 x SSD 16 x 2.5” 16 x 2.5”

LoM 2 x 1Gb 2 x 1Gb 2 x 1Gb 4 x 1Gb 2 x 1Gb +

2 x 10Gb 2 x 10Gb

2 x 1Gb +

2 x 10Gb

PCIe

Slots 2 x PCIe 3.0 5 x PCIe 3.0 2 x PCIe 3.0 5 x PCIe 3.0 6 x PCIe 2.0 6 x PCIe 3.0 10 x PCIe 2.0

Internal

Storage USB Port USB Port

USB Port

FlexFlash

USB Port

FlexFlash

USB Port

FlexFlash

USB Port

FlexFlash eUSB

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Unified, Embedded Management

Aligns People, Policy, and Configuration with the Cloud

Server Policy…

Storage Policy…

Network Policy…

Virtualization Policy…

Application Profiles…

Subject Matter Experts Define Policies

Storage SME

Server SME

Network SME

Policies Used to Create

Service Profile Templates

Service Profile Templates

Create Service Profiles

Associating Service Profiles with Hardware

Configures Servers Automatically

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Unified Management

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Manage Many Form Factors for Diverse Application Requirements

Rack and Blade form factors in a common resource pool

Self Integrating System

Add capacity without complexity

Cisco UCS

Fabric Interconnect

Cisco UCS

Fabric Extender

C-Series Rack Mount

Servers B-Series Blade Servers

Unified Management

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Cisco ISR G2 and UCS E-series Compute resource for the Branch

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Cisco UCS E-Series Single Wide Blade

Up to 2 SATA, SAS or SSD Hard

Drives

Configuration and

Management Through

CIMC

Intel Xeon E3 Family

Quad-Core Processor

On-Board Hardware RAID 0/1

with Hot-Swap Capability

One External and Two

Internal GE Ports

USB 2.0 Port for External

Device Connectivity

8, 12, and 16

GB DRAM

Options

Maximum 65 W Power

Draw

80 Percent Less than

Server

Wire-Free, Plug-and-Play Modularity,

Low Shipping Weight (2.5 lb/1.1 kg)

Remote and

Schedulable Power

Management

iSCSI Initiator

Hardware Offload

KVM Console

Connector

10/100 Ethernet

Management Port

Two SD cards: One for the

CIMC and Temporary

Storage of OS and One for

a Blank Virtual Drive

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Cisco UCS E-Series Double Wide Blade

Up to 3 SATA, SAS, SSD Hard

Drives or 2 HDD and a PCIe Card

Out-of-Band

Configuration and

Management

Through

CIMC

Intel Xeon E5-2400 Quad

Core or Six-Core

Processor

On-Board Hardware RAID 0, 1, and

5 •Configuration Options with Hot-Swap

Capability Two External and Two Internal

GE Ports with TCP/IP

Acceleration

Front-Panel VGA, 2 USB,

and Serial Console

Connectors

8 GB - 48 GB

DRAM

Options

Maximum 130 W Power

Draw,

80 Percent Less than

Server

Wire-Free, Plug-and-Play Modularity,

Low Shipping Weight (7 lb / 3.2 kg)

Remote and

Schedulable Power

Management

iSCSI Initiator

Hardware Offload

Two SD Cards: One for the

CIMC and Temporary Storage

of OS and One for a Blank

Virtual Drive

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Cisco Integrated Services Router Generation 2

Virtual

Office

Highly

Secure

Mobility

Customizable

Applications

Highly Secure

Collaboration

Scalable

Interactive-Media

Services

860, 880, 890 1941, 1941W

No UCS E-

Series Blades

No UCS E-

Series Blades

1 or 2 UCS

E- Series

Blades

Up to 4 UCS

E- Series

Blades

3925, 3945

3925E, 3945E 2901*, 2911, 2921, 2951

ISR 4451-X

1 or 2 UCS

E- Series

Blades

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VSAN on ISR G2 and UCS E-series

One Chassis In-Box redundancy architecture

• 4 UCS E-140S Modules in one Cisco 3945 Integrated Service Router

• VSAN running on the UCS E-series modules in the ISRs

• Synchronous Data Mirroring across the nodes

• Use vCenter to manage all hosts and VSAN storage clusters

VSAN Datastore

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

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VSAN Across Remote Sites

Redundancy across UCS E-series with in a router in a ROBO

• VSAN can create a single VSAN Storage cluster across all nodes with in a

router

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

…………….

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

VSAN Datastore

Hard disks SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard disks SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD

WAN/Internet Remote/Branch Offices- Cisco UCS E-

series

Data Center – Cisco UCS B/C Series

VSAN Datastore

Branch B Branch A

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VSAN Across Multiple Routers at a Site

Redundancy across multiple routers with in a ROBO

• VSAN can create a single VSAN Storage cluster across all nodes in both

the routers

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

…………….

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

Hard disks SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard disks SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD Hard

disks

SSD

WAN/Internet Remote/Branch Offices- Cisco UCS E-

series

Data Center – Cisco UCS B/C Series

Branch A

VSAN Datastore

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Retail

Mission Critical Applications

• Point of Sale

• Credit card payments

Core Services

• DNS/Domain Controller

• File/Print Server

Internet

WAN

Home Grown Applications

• Inventory Control

Third Party Applications

• Industry Weapon

• Analytical Software

• Distributed architecture

• Low speed WAN links

• Limited available space for IT gear

• VSAN for business continuity

Physical Security

• Surveillance Camera

• Local Storage

Wireless LAN Controllers

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Healthcare

Internet

WAN

Large Clinics

• Typically 3900 ISR Aggregation Routers with UCS E-140D or

UCS E-160D

• VSAN running on UCS E-Series modules for HA

• Patient Data, Storage of Medical Records, Digital Images

Large Hospitals or Regional Data Center

• Data redundancy provided by VSAN

• Virtual Desktops

• Storage of Medical records

• Application Management

Small Clinics

• Typically 2900 ISR Aggregation Routers with

UCS E-140S

• VSAN running on UCS E-Series modules for HA

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Session Summary

The Introduction of vSAN Introduces New Architectural

Possibilities

Hyper Converged Architectures in The Datacenter and Remote

Office Lower Complexity and Cost

Cisco and VMware Are Partnering To Deliver on this Vision

This is Continuing to Evolve over the next few years

vSAN is a V1 Product, It Will Continue to Evolve

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• It’s free

• It’s as easy as installing vSphere

• It gives you the chance to win an iPad!

Register for Virtual SAN Beta Now!

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Other VMware Activities Related to This Session

Group Discussions:

STO1001-GD

VSAN with Cormac Hogan and VMware R&D Engineers

Breakout:

STO5027 – vSAN Best Practices

Deep Dive vSAN session with Cormac and Kiran

THANK YOU

Cisco, VMware and Hyper-converged Solutions for

the Enterprise. Architecture for the Next Generation

Roger Barlow, Cisco

Alex Jauch, VMware

STO5415

#STO5415