Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Strategy & Overview
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)Strategy & Overview02.02.2016presented by:Dipl.-Inform. Andreas WentlandSystems Engineer – Consultant, Datacenter Infrastructure Architecture & DesignCisco Systems GmbH, Office Hamburgawentlan@cisco.com
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Industry Evolution & Data CentersDigitization and IoT/IoECloud-native applicationsTraditional ApplicationsMonolithic ModelMulti-tier AppsOpen-nessPolicy and AutomationManual InteractionIT Silos based approachConfiguration drivenDevOps 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Enterprise-wide policy, hyper-convergence and crossdomain automationConsumption driven with analytics and programmabilityFocus on business solutionsFocus on productsDisjoint approaches to solve technical demandsCohesiveness as “after thought”Business Agility with cloud modelMicro-services / Bi-Modal IT / DevOpsAgility &ScaleData Center is the foundation for business agilityDelivered as a solution and / or as a service,Cisco Confidential5
Datacenter in transitionWorkload MobilityVMsContainersApplicationArchitectureJ2EE MonolithPolyglotMicroservicesDelivery tionInfrastructureConfiguration ManagementPhysical/Virtual MachinemanagementImmutableInfrastructure 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Integrated NetworkingSDN OverlaysApplicationCentricConverged StorageStorageArraysSoftwareDefinedCisco Confidential6
Puzzles Pieces Build Validated DesignsLegos Build Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)Where We've Been 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Where We're Going Cisco Confidential7
Unified Computing: Inspired by Customer NeedsIndustry in tyPlatform forIT InnovationHelp Me: Reduce complexity that drivesOPEXVirtualization Get the most out of virtualization Automate and move fasterCompute &FlashAccelerationCiscoUCSNetworkand StorageAccess Get ready for cloud 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential8
Cisco UCS StrategyPolicy Address new customer use caseswith expanded portfolio Deliver solutions and validateddesigns that reduce complexity andtime to deploy Expand the depth of IntegratedSolutions and ManagementEcosystem Deepen the Differentiation 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Application CentricAutomation andGovernanceOpenOpen SourceStandardsPowerful Ecosystemof Industry LeadersIntercloudSecure andefficient transportof workloadsbetween public andprivate cloudsCisco Confidential9
Cisco Unified Computing SystemTop 4Server Vendor 140%Rack Growth3,800 UCS Channel Partners#1Americas RevenueMarket Share in x86 Blades 1 85%of all Enterprisecustomershave invested in UCSFortune 50048,000 Unique UCS Customers 2 3.5B Data Center AnnualizedRevenue Run Rate 2100 World Record PerformanceBenchmarks to DateSource: 1 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 2015 Q1, May 2015, Vendor Revenue ShareSource: 2 As of Cisco Q4FY14 earnings results Data Center Revenue is defined as Cisco UCS and Nexus 1000V 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential10
Cisco Unified Computing SystemA differentiated/revolutionary herPerformance Networking withfewer components Faster deploy/provision Brings out the best ofx86 architecture Lower cost andeasier scaling Unification leads toreduced complexity Fewer managementtouch points Management via asingle interface Optimized resourceutilization for compute,networking, andmanagementScale Ultimate Scalability Enhanced designcapability Designed for thefuture, today Stateless: anyresource, any time Better TCO/ROI 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential11
Unified Computing Product InnovationInnovation to Improve ApplicationsUCS Management Reduced time to deploy new appsReallocate resources quickly and efficientlyXML APISTANDARDAPIsUnified Fabric Reduced infrastructureCohesive resource poolsVirtualized I/O Improved scalability and flexibilityIncreased performanceCompute With NO Compromise Blade and rack servers in a single UCSmanaged domainPhysical and virtual workloads 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential12
Traditional Element ConfigurationLANStorageSMEServerSMENetworkSME QoS settingsBorder port assignment per vNICNIC transmit/receive rate limiting VLAN assignments for NICsVLAN tagging config for NICs Subject matter expertsconsumed by manualconfiguration chores Number of vNICsPXE settingsNIC firmwareAdvanced feature settings Serial processes andmultiple touches inhibitprovisioning speed Remote KVM IP settingsCall home behaviorRemote KVM firmwareConfiguration drift andmaintenance challenges Server UUIDSerial over LAN settingsBoot orderIPMI settingsBIOS scrub actionsBIOS firmwareBIOS settings 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.SAN FC fabric assignmentsfor HBAs Number of vHBAsHBA WWN assignmentsFC boot parametersHBA firmwareCompute, LAN, SAN Seamlessly Through Software RAID settingsDisk scrub actionsCisco Confidential13
UCS Service ProfilesConfiguration PortabilitySIM CardIdentity for a PhoneService ProfileIdentity for a ServerUCS Service ProfileUnified Device ManagementNetwork PolicyStorage PolicyServer Policy 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential14
UCS: Embedded AutomationIntegrated, Policy-Based Infrastructure ManagementUplink port configuration,VLAN, VSAN, QoS, andEtherChannelsStorageSMEServerSMEServer port configurationincluding LAN and SANsettingsNetwork interface card (NIC)configuration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBAconfiguration:worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,and bandwidth constraints;and firmware revisionsUnique user ID (UUID),firmware revisions,and RAID controller settingsNetworkSMEconfiguration: MAC addressVLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBAconfiguration:worldwide names (WWNs),VSANs,configuration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBAconfiguration:worldwide names (WWNs),VSANs,Service profile assigned to server,chassis slot, or poolconfiguration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBAconfiguration:worldwide names (WWNs),VSANs,21Subject Matter ExpertDefine PoliciesPolicies Used to CreateService Profile Templates 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.34Service Profile TemplatesCreate Service ProfilesAssociating Service Profileswith Hardware ConfiguresServers AutomaticallyCisco Confidential15
UCS Scalability8 UCS Blades1 UCSM, 3 Management IP16 UCS Blades1 UCSM, 3 Management IP24 UCS Blades1 UCSM, 3 Management IP32 UCS Blades1 UCSM, 3 Management IPAdd one ChassisAdd one ChassisUp to 20 Chassis(160 UCS blades) 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Add one ChassisCisco Confidential16
Unified ManagementBlade, Rack & Modular Servers Managed a Cohesive Resource PoolUCS ManagerUNIFIED MANAGEMENTA SINGLE UNIFIED SYSTEM FORBLADE AND RACK SERVERSServiceProfile: HR App1UCSServiceProfileVNIC1Unified DeviceManagementMAC: 08:00:69:02:01:2EHR WEB VLAN (ID 50)VNIC2MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:2FHR DB VLAN (ID 210)HBA 1 and 2WWN:5080020000075740WWN:5080020000075741VSAN ID: 12Boot Order: SANBIOS Settings:Turbo OnHyperThreading OnNetwork PolicyStorage PolicyC-Series RackOptimized ServersA Major Market Transformation in 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Unified Server ManagementBenefits of UCS Manager andService Profiles for Both Blade andRack-Optimized ServersServer PolicyB-SeriesBlade ServersAdd CapacityCisco ConfidentialWithout Complexity17
Cisco Data Center VisionDefined by Applications. Driven by Policy. Delivered as a cyComputeCloudBUSINESS OUTCOMES 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Business AgilityNew Business ModelsCisco ConfidentialLower TCO18
Cisco Advantage: Unified Management FrameworkUCS ManagementPolicy-Driven, Application Centric Infrastructure Management and OrchestrationCentralized SimpleManagement InterfaceAutomatedInfrastructure DeploymentSimple to ScaleCisco Integrated InfrastructureSoftware Defined Storage (SdS)Application Specific InfrastructureBig DataAnalyticsCeph/GlusterOpenStackBig Data &AnalyticsBringing the Same Simplicity Model to ANY Storage Type
UCS Integrated InfrastructureVersaStackFlexPodVblockCiscoUCSHDS UCPSelectVSPEXUCS DirectorSmartStackUCS for RedHat OpenStackCiscoNexusUCS Integrated InfrastructureCisco is #1 and a partner in 69%of all Integrated Infrastructure*Exclusive in the top 2 solutions (FlexPod and Vblock)and 50% in the #3 solution (VSPEX)* 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.*IDC Worldwide Integrated Infrastructure and Platforms Tracker, April 29, 2014Cisco Confidential21
UCS Portfolio & Innovations AgendaCOMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION1UCS CoreBlade and Rack2UCS Fabric 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.3UCS Mini4 C3000 StorageServer5UCS M-SeriesModular ServersCisco Confidential23
UCS Compute Portfolio1Performance Optimized for Bare Metal, Virtualized, and Cloud ApplicationsUCS C3000 SeriesIdeal Capacity-OptimizedPlatform for Large ObjectStorage at ScaleEnterprisePerformanceIntensive/Mission CriticalRackCloud ScaleUCS C460 M4Mission-Critical, 4-SocketServer for Large, CPUIntensive ApplicationsUCS C240 M4Ideal Platform for Big Data, ERP,and Database ApplicationsUCS M-Series Modular ServersModular servers optimized for Cloudscale deploymentsUCS B200 M4Optimal Choice for VDI, PrivateCloud, or Dense Virtualization/Consolidation Workloads 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.UCS B420 M4Enterprise Class, 4Socket Blade for Large,Memory-Intensive BareMetaland VirtualizedApplicationsUCS B260 M4Mission-Critical, 2-SocketBlade for Large, CPUIntensive Bare Metaland Virtualized ApplicationsUCS B460 M4Mission-Critical, 4Socket Blade for Large,CPU-Intensive BareMetaland VirtualizedApplicationsCisco ConfidentialBladeUCS C220 M4Versatile, General Purpose EnterpriseInfrastructure, and Application Server24
2UCS Fabric Interconnect PortfolioUCS 6324 (Mini)UCS 6300*UCS 6296 & 6248UCS 6120 & 6140Sustaining10GbE40GbECisco Confidential 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.* FUTURESHIPPING25EOL
UCS 3rd Gen FI & IOM OverviewFI 6300 Series and IOM 2304Enabling a high-performance, low-latency & lossless fabricHigh-density 40GbE ports FI 6300 series & IOM 2304 coupled with B-Series & C-Seriesenables an end-to-end 40GbE solution FI 6300 series coupled with Cisco MDS 40G FCoE enables anend-to-end 40GbE FCoE solutionHigh speed Fibre Channel 16G FC portsProduction Q1’CY16 Provides high performance SAN (4/8/16G FC) connectivity forblades & rack servers 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential26
3UCS MiniUCS Manager 3.0C240 M3/M4 Rack ServerNew architectural entry pointfor Unified ComputingB200 M3/M4 Blade ServerC220 M3/M4 Rack ServerB420 M3 Blade Server6324 Fabric InterconnectsUCS in an All-in-One package: Compute Networking UCS Management Unified Computing in 6U Chassis-Integrated FabricInterconnects Standard UCS Blades / Fans/ Power SuppliesUCS MiniEnterprise Capabilityat Edge ScaleConnect up to 7 C-Series rackservers for expanded capacity 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential27
Placing Computing at the Source ofDemandCore Data CenterRetail, Sports andEntertainmentSensor DataService Provider:Customer PremiseEquipmentBranch Office or ClinicUCS Management 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential28
Cisco UCS Mini SolutionsDeploymentModelsRemote Office/Branch OfficeOn-Prem—Smaller FootprintSmall and Medium BusinessUse CasesVirtual Infrastructure, VDI Use Cases, Branch-in-a-box (WIP)HypervisorVMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-VManagementUCS Manager, UCS Central, UCS DirectorStorageNetApp FAS2552–2RUEMC VNXe 3200–2RUNimble CS220–2RUMGMT0112345678910 1112 1314 15161718 1920 2122 2324 2526 2728 2930 31323334 3536 3738 3940 4142 4344 4546 47482345678910 1112 1314 15161718 1920 2122 2324 2526 2728 2930 31323334 3536 3738 3940 4142 4344 4546 4748IBM NetworkTwo Nexus 93xx or 3524 switchesIDPTP CLKSTATMGMTID011PTP CLKSTATComputeCISCO NEXUS 3548P-10GCONSOLECISCO NEXUS 3548P-10GUCS Mini Config:Chassis—Up to 8 x B200 M4 Serversand up to 2 x C-Series M4 ServersCapacity: Up 150 VMs or 600 Desktops 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential29
Applications in the Connected WorldTraditionalApplicationsCloud NativeApplicationsSaaSERP, Financial,Client/Server, CRM,PaaSEmailData CenterIaaSCloudIoT, Big Data,Analytics, GamingEdge/IoTSecurity EverywhereCisco Confidential
Monolithic Servers Are Not the Best Answer for alltypes of WorkloadsWhat the IndustryOffers TodayWhat CustomersShould be Able to DoMatch the Application toFixed Infrastructure WithVirtualizationCreate Ratio-optimizedCombinations of SubsystemsTuned for the Application Total server subsystem disaggregation: CPU,Memory, I/O and Accelerators, Local DiskReplace Entire Server toUpgrade One SubsystemUpgrade SubsystemComponents Independentlyas Required Control plane to create composite machines out ofatomic componentsOrchestrate Fixed-ratio,Monolithic ServersApplications InvokeComposable Infrastructure Exposed programmability for composable IT servicesMonolithic ServersWhat’s Required?CPUResource PoolsMemoryStorageNetwork
Storage is Moving Ever Closer to the CPUCacheDIMMsNVDIMMsNVMePCIeFlashSSDHDD
Composable InfrastructureComposable InfrastructureLowOperating ExpenseIntegrated InfrastructureDynamically AssembledTraditional InfrastructurePre-AssembledHighManually AssembledStaticDynamicFlexibility
Dynamically Configures To: Optimize application performance Achieve best ratio of compute to I/Oto storage Reduce under-utilization and/or overprovisioning of local resourcesComposable Infrastructure PoolComputeIntensiveDataIntensive
Cisco Composable Infrastructure M-Series for compute intensive applications C3260 for data intensive applicationsComputeIntensiveDataIntensive 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.C3260Data IntensiveM-SeriesCompute IntensiveCisco Confidential35
Storage Capacity Tier Converging IntoCompute80%of Datais Unstructured High Performance,High AvailabilityLower TCO for PBStorageDECREASEin /GBINCREASEin SDS
4UCS C3260 Rack ServerSHARED LOCAL RESOURCESIncreased flexibility in CPU storage ratio and associated use casesHA in a boxCOMPUTERESOURCESDUAL SERVER NODESDedicated RAID controller and IO path for each nodeComing 1H2016: UCSM and UCS Director, Intel “Broadwell”MASSIVE LOCAL STORAGESTORAGERESOURCESUCS C3260Up to 360TB (Coming soon 480TB) of dense storage in a compact4U Form Factor that fits in a standard rackDisks can be distributed across node in any scaleDense Rack ServerNETWORKRESOURCES 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.HIGH I/O BANDWIDTHPowered by Cisco Gen 3 VIC 1300Cisco Confidential37
Modular Architecture of the UCS C3000HDD4 Rows of hot-swap HDD4TB/6TBTop load: 56 drivesServer Node2x E5-2600 V2 CPUs128/256GB RAM1GB/4GB RAID CacheFANS8 hot-pluggable fansOptional Disk Expansion4x hot-swappablerear-load LFF 4TB/6TB HDDSystem I/O Controller (SIOC)Cisco mLOM Slot 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Two 120GB SSDsPower SupplyOS/Boot4 hot-pluggable PSUsCisco Confidential38
Use Cases for the UCS C3000 Server FamilyCisco UCS C3x60Service Providers,Enterprise, CloudService ProvidersPublic SectorService Providers,EnterpriseService Providers,EnterpriseSoftware Defined StorageObject StoreMedia Streaming andContent DistributionVideo SurveillanceExchangeBackup and Archive(as Service)Big Data and AnalyticsWarm Storage TierSP COSSP COS VSOMHadoop 2.0 Tiered storageStorage Spaces 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.In a boxCisco Confidential39
UCS M-Series Composable ServerShared Local ResourcesImproved utilization of resourcesResource amortization over smaller nodesShared Local ResourcesBased on Cisco System Link TechnologyPCIeThird Gen VIC extends UCS fabric to within the serverCompute CartridgesUCS M SeriesModular DesignImproved subsystem lifecycle managementAbility to scale individual subsystems independentlyLean ComponentryImproved compute densityCost and power optimization5
Most Common Use CasesDense Compute(Micro servers)Next-GenApplicationsGridComputing Web serving Bare metal as aservice/hosted desktopsBimodal IT - Mode 2applicationsRisk modeling and derivativespricing DevOps Electronic design automation Test and dev Application containers andmicro services Cancer research
UCS M-SeriesM-Series AdoptersCurrent Portfolio of Cartridges1 Dense Compute(Microservers)2UCS M142UCS M1414UCS M281416 Single Socket Servers in 2 RU8 Single Socket Servers in 2 RU4 Dual Socket Servers in 2 RUProcessorIntel Xeon E3 L(Lower wattage CPU)Intel Xeon E3(Highest Clockspeed)Intel Xeon E5(TDP 105W per CPU)TargetedWorkloadsStatic web page serving,dedicated hosting, onlinegame delivery, genomicsresearchElectronic designautomation, seismicresearchDynamic content delivery,Application Containers,Cloud ComputingDensityFinanceCloud ServicesMedical ResearchEDACloud NativeApps(Microservices)GridComputing
UCS M-Series Composable ServersUP TO77%FasterProvisioningUP TO8xServerDensity 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.UP TO95%FewerPeripheralsUP TO38%TCOImprovementUP TO22%PowerEfficiencyCisco Confidential43
Cisco Modular Server OptionsUnmatched Breath of Scale, Common Operating EnvironmentUCS M SeriesUCS B & C SeriesUCS MiniUCS E-SeriesISR EmbeddedComputeEnterprise Computefor Edge ScaleCore Data Center ApplicationsHigh Density Scale-OutComputingDistributed Branch,Small Retail,Healthcare,EducationMid-Market, BranchOffice and RemoteSiteMid-Market, Enterprise,Global, Public Sector,Service ProviderService Providers, Cloud ServicesLarge Enterprise, Public Sector &National Labs 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential44
Cisco Infrastructure for Future Proofed ITScale up & Scale OutVirtualized & Bare MetalConvergedInfrastructure ComposableInfrastructureHyper Converged Virtual SANCisco System Link TechnologyUCS M-SeriesCisco Unified Computing SystemExtensible Control Plane&Comprehensive APIConsistent InfrastructureManagement&Broad InteroperabilityArchitectural Flexibility&Future Proofed ITDevOps Style ITTraditional ITAutomationTraditional IT ModelsDevOps Style IT
Composable Server JourneyEfficiencyPC CPUMemoryMemoryMemoryMemoryMemoryLocal StorageLocal StorageLocal StorageLocal StorageLocal StorageNetwork I/ONetwork I/ONetwork I/ONetwork I/ONetwork I/OSAN I/OSAN I/OSAN I/OSAN I/OSAN I/OOrchestrationGranularityScalabilityPhysical, Fixed Ratio,MonolithicNexusUCSACISystem Link(M-Series)Abstracted,Variable Ratio,ComposableProgrammability
Extending the Cisco UCS AdvantageOptimized App Delivery with Simplified Operational ExperienceUCS Founding implicityPlatform forIT InnovationUCS SystemLink TechnologyNetwork /StorageAccessScale server subsystemsindependentlyUCSManagementExtend policy-architectedmanagement to Cloud ScaleApplicationsNext Gen Unified Computing 2015-2016 Cisco and/orits affiliates.All rights reserved.ServerLevelDisaggregation Disrupts Mainstream ComputingCisco Confidential47
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Powering Applications at Every ScaleFourth GenerationUCS ServersUCS ManagementInnovationCore Data CenterWorkloadsUCS M-SeriesModular ServersUCS C3x60UCS MiniEdge-Scale ComputingCloud-Scale ComputingCompute Network Storage Virtualization Management and Automation 2015-2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential50
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Cisco UCS anatomy gives a nuts-and-bolts description of Cisco UCS in terms of how our components—Cisco Unified Fabric, Cisco UCS management, and Cisco UCS servers—combine to create a single unified system. The next three sections, Unified I/O architecture, Cisco UCS management, and Cisco UCS servers take a deep dive into the
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