Moving Beyond Infrastructure:

Meeting Demands on App Lifecycle Management

in the Dynamic Datacenter

Charlie Cano, F5 Networks

Dan Mitchell, VMware

PHC6050

#PHC6050

Agenda

• Tackling Complex Datacenter Management

• Why Applications Are Like Teenagers

• ADN Architecture, Orchestration & Automation

• Solution Options

• Summary

Datacenter Management…?

Business Value

User Application

[Data Center]

Application

Instance

Storage

Compute

RAM

Available Fast

Secure

Available Fast

Secure

Operations, Network Admins

Virtualization, Server Admins

Application Delivery Admins

Business Owners

[Data Center]

Application

Instance

Storage

Compute

RAM

Available Fast

Secure

Tackling Complex Datacenter Management

vCloud Management

• Each management layer abstracts complexity and simplifies administrative tasks

• Each management layer offers integration and extensibility through APIs

• vCenter Orchestrator and Log Insight is the shared “connective tissue” between each layer

vCenter Chargeback Manager

vCenter Operations Manager Suite

vCloud Automation Center vFabric Application Director

vCloud Director

vCloud Connector

vCenter Site Recovery Manager

vSphere (vCenter)

vCloud Networking and Security

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Why Applications Are Like Teenagers

Application Demands on Infrastructure are….

Storage

Compute

Networking

Security

Acceleration

High Availability

Configure /

Monitor

Start Stop

Modify Destroy

Dynamic Throughout

Application Lifecycle

Determined By Business

Requirements, Logic

And Context

Business SLAs

Who is accessing the app?

Where are they?

What device are they using?

What are the network conditions?

Application Delivery Networking

• Provides local and global scaling, security, and acceleration for application traffic

• Services are dynamic – managing traffic based on real-time conditions and events, and must be efficient for performance

• Context awareness (user, network, location, device, availability, performance) and the policy determines traffic management

L4-L7

Local

Scaling

Securing

Global

Scaling

Accelerating

The ADN Services Problem

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Key Elements For Automating Application Delivery Services • Centralized, unified management and point of integration

• F5 BIG-IQ Cloud

• Open API for integration with ecosystem • F5 iControl REST

• Policy templates which can express rich, bundled L4-7 services • F5 iApps Templates

• Abstract complex details of configuration, without sacrificing functionality

• Repeatable, streamlined, simplified deployment of all F5 services

BIG-IQ

Architecture

Data Plane

Applications

Management Plane

What Is BIG-IQ?

Automate BIG-IP Network / Services

Orchestrate BIG-IP Services

Application Performance and Health Monitoring

Provision Cloud, Security

and ADC services for your

private cloud or as

a service provider.

Use centralized application

visibility and reporting

leveraging on-box stats,

health monitoring and

analytics to ensure optimal

application performance.

Automate BIG-IP services

for multiple deployment

and provisioning

scenarios.

Orchestrate ADC Services

BIG-IQ Cloud Integration Model

BIG-IP Devices

GUI

REST API Integration External /

Public Cloud

Provider

Cloud Management

Platforms

BIG-IQ CLOUD

Provider /

Tenant

F5 iApps™: Complete ADN Service Templates

• App-centric templates that

bundle complete F5 service

configurations

• Encapsulate best practice,

tested configurations of ADC

services, eg “Exchange”

• Similar to VMware vApps,

Host/Storage Profiles, etc

• All F5 BIG-IP features and

platforms are accessible

through an iApp

Strategic Points of F5/VMware Automation Integration

F5 Networks Plugin for vCenter Orchestrator

What is vCO?

• vCO is a workflow engine—executing a set of pre-defined actions in a programmatic fashion to perform a task

• Drag and drop interface to build workflows

vCO: vCloud Management’s Connective Tissue

vCenter Chargeback Manager

vCenter Operations Manager Suite

vCloud Automation Center vFabric Application Director

vCloud Director vCloud Connector

vCenter Site Recovery Manager

vSphere (vCenter)

vCloud Networking and Security

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Other

Hardware

Other

Management

Systems

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Phase 1: iControl

Phase 2: iControl REST

F5 BIG-IQ Cloud

Link Management Planes Through Orchestration

Combining the intelligence and content from

multiple management domains provides

extensibility and flexibility for automating

complex operations.

Leverage Workflows in:

• vCAC fabric integration

• vSphere task automation

• Automated remediation for vCOPs

Architecture

vCenter Orchestrator

SELF-SERVICE

Cloud Platform

CMDB

DNS

IP Address Mgmt

Monitoring Systems

Databases

Web Services

Hypervisor

vCO REST API

vCO plug-in for

vCloud Director

vCO plug-ins for:

• vCenter Server

• vCenter Configuration Mgr

• F5 BIG-IP

• SSH

• Microsoft PowerShell

BIG-IP vCO Plugin

Big-IQ

Phase 1: iControl

Phase 2: iControl REST

F5 Networks BIG-IQ and VMware NSX / vCNS

BIG-IQ

CLOUD

Integration Overview

• F5 Components • BIG-IQ Cloud

• Any product in the BIG-IP product family

• VMware Components • VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus*

• NSX or vCloud Networking & Security**

• vCloud Director (optional)

vCD vSphere

NSX / vCNS

NSX/vCNS Manager

REST API

BIG-IQ REST

API

Northbound

Southbound F5 iControl

REST API

BIG-IP

Local Traffic Manager

BIG-IP

Access Policy Manager

BIG-IP

Web Accelerator

BIG-IP

Application

Security Manager

vCEF***

* VMware requires vSphere Enterprise Plus to run vCNS

** vCNS is a component of vCloud Suite. It can be purchased with vCloud Suite or as a standalone SKU.

*** vCloud Ecosystem Framework is a feature of vCNS that provides the APIs needed. It is not a separate product or SKU that needs to be purchased.

BIG-IP

Product Family

Service Catalog

Provider Config

Application Catalog

Tenant Config

Deploy

Exchange

Web

Oracle

Web Bronze

Web Silver

Web Gold

Workflow

The ADN Services Solution

Let’s Review

• Apps and supporting L4-7 ADN services are complex, and necessarily dynamic

• Currently the bottleneck of application provisioning and deployment times in the dynamic data center lies with L4-7 and ADN services

• Unlike L2/3, L4-7 services require expertise and coordination across teams (network, security, application)

• Apps and app delivery services can span pods, datacenters, and geographically dispersed locations. Using a holistic, centralized management solution like BIG-IQ Cloud will streamline ongoing operational cost

• Using an application-centric model for automation, orchestration, and lifecycle management of ADN services allows efficiencies in reusability, consolidation of services, and improves operational efficiencies

Q/A

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vCloud Automation Solutions

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Group Discussions:

PHC1002-GD

vCHS & Hybrid Cloud Experience (migration, operations, management)

with Patrick Chang

PHC6050

THANK YOU

Moving Beyond Infrastructure:

Meeting Demands on App Lifecycle Management

in the Dynamic Datacenter

Charlie Cano, F5 Networks

Dan Mitchell, VMware

PHC6050

#PHC6050