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What a CVD does:
• Provides a reference design for a
system architecture (A reference
design is a general design that
applies to 60 to 80 percent of
enterprise customers.)
• Documents a deployable system /
architecture
• Provides design recommendations
that compare different design
options and trade-offs
• Includes the most common
product scalability and
performance recommendations
• Sets the “rules” for deploying a
system with confidence
What a CVD does not do:
• Document a specific customer
implementation
• Advocate a technology / system
that is too early for deployment or
one with major gaps
• Define how every Cisco product
will perform in the system
• Provide product-specific
performance limits (a.k.a. “drag
strip” numbers)
• Act as a comprehensive
troubleshooting guide
Executive Summary
What are CVDs?
A Cisco Validated Design (CVD) is a specific
bundle of products—Cisco products as well as
products from our partners—designed to address
the business needs of customers. The CVDs are
created based on Cisco’s observation of market
trends and inside knowledge of future directions
of Cisco and its partners. As a complete
solution, each CVD consists of both hardware
and software, and optimizes the capabilities
of the Cisco components to maximize speed,
performance, stability, and reliability of the CVD
bundle.
Most importantly, each CVD has been
extensively tested, validated, and documented.
The CVDs were designed to facilitate faster,
more reliable, and more predictable customer
deployments and are guaranteed to work as
specified.
The initial sections of this playbook are
educational. You can browse through them to
get up to speed on the market forces driving
Cisco’s United Computing System (UCS) value
proposition and competitive differentiators,
and to learn about the benefits of using CVD
solutions.
Go to CVD sitemap
Visit DC Design Zone for the full and most
current set of validated designs:
www.cisco.com/go/dcdesignzone
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What’s in it for customers?
Two words: minimized risk. There is always risk
in any large-scale IT initiative, especially one that
involves switching out hardware and networking
equipment while implementing, migrating, or
upgrading mission-critical applications.
There are two types of risk: integration risk, risk that
products won’t work together, and performance risk,
risk that they won’t perform as promised.
Using a CVD minimizes both these risks. CVDs are not
simply an ad hoc group of products. Each CVD forms
an integrated, tested, and documented solution. Like
the reference architectures produced by other vendors,
CVDs incorporate best-of-breed combinations of
equipment and software to optimize the value of a
configuration for a customer. But unlike reference
architectures, CVDs are validated and supported. In
most cases, multiple technical teams, from both Cisco
and its partners, have put each CVD configuration
through rigorous testing to ensure that all products
work together to enable rapid deployment.
By implementing the solution presented in a CVD, you
are guaranteed to have a successful deployment for
the specific workload covered in the CVD. Of course,
each specific workload may vary.
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Using
CVDs
IT Infrastructure
Cost Reduction
$
0.15M
Productivity
$
1
.37M
User
Productivity
$
1M
Business
Productivity
$
1
.44M
per Organization over Five Years
“Keeping the Lights on”
89% 38%
46%
Key Performance Improvements Realized from Customers
Who Deployed Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure
Lower IT
Infrastructure Costs
Reduction in
Unplanned Downtime
Break-Even
Period
7 months
5-Year Total
per Organization
$
13M
5-Year
ROI
483%
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure Solutions
Document # #US41066816
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Building Momentum:
UCS Value Proposition
In today’s data center, a broad range of applications need to coexist:
legacy, web, collaboration, and business-critical applications, as well as
test / development sandboxes and virtual client computing (VCC). All these
applications are being virtualized, saving both operating expenses (OPEX) and
capital expenditures (CAPEX). In addition, emerging applications need to be
supported: Big Data and business analytics, and mobile, social media, and
back-end consumer applications.
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New Emerging Applications
Virtualization
Data Center
Legacy
Apps
Collaboration
Apps
Dev./Test
Sandboxes
Web Apps
Business
Critical Apps
Virtual Client
Computing
Private Public
HYBRID
Big Data & Business Analytics
Mobile Applications
Social Media Applications
Back End Consumer Applications
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Benefits of UCS CVD Solutions
Benefits
Here are just some of the reasons you should use
CVDs:
Demonstrate best practices for
deploying Cisco products
These tested solutions use all the best practices
Cisco has internally identified for its products, as well
the best practices recommended by Cisco partners.
By following the instructions in a CVD design,
customers can set performance expectations when
they deploy their desired solution.
Provide much greater efficiency
in deployment
Because CVDs provide everything—from designs to
configuration instructions to bill of materials (BOMs)—
enterprises require a much shorter time to deploy
their solutions. Everything is clearly and precisely laid
out; there are no surprises during the design phase.
And because CVD solutions are guaranteed to work,
Cisco provides 24/7 support for any issues that might
arise.
Demonstrate Cisco’s credibility and
commitment to solutions
Cisco UCS CVDs are evidence that Cisco’s recommended solutions are credible.
They are proof of Cisco’s commitment to these solutions and provide a viable path for
enterprises that depend on the Cisco technology roadmap.
Offer flexibility through scalability options
Most Cisco UCS CVDs offer scalability options that allow customers to scale solutions
to meet their specific needs. Customers still receive Cisco’s CVD guarantees for
performance, even if they choose to adjust the scale of the solution.
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Using UCS CVD Solutions to
Meet Business Needs
Benefits
CVDs are innovative, proven solutions to help address the business needs of customers.
For implementations of Cisco solutions as infrastructure, CVDs can help customers realize
optimal performance and optimization of Cisco UCS with hardware and software partners.
For implementations of Oracle, SAP, or other enterprise applications, CVDs incorporate
Cisco’s expertise in both applications and infrastructure to provide detailed guidance for
installing a particular application or suite at both the hardware and software levels.
By providing demonstrated solutions along with success stories from other customers,
CVDs give enterprises that are Cisco customers—but haven’t yet shifted their servers to
UCS—a level of confidence in the technology.
Benefits provided by CVDs
Cisco UCS CVDs provide customers with the following benefits:
• Removes risks. No one likes to be on the bleeding
edge. CVDs show that the trail has been blazed. By
providing tested solutions, CVDs remove the risk from
using Cisco UCS in a broad range of deployment
scenarios.
• Proves Cisco is more than a networking vendor.
Although Cisco is predominantly a network provider,
CVDs is proof that Cisco is also a provider of a viable
server option, UCS.
• Demonstrates possibilities. Cisco has carefully
calculated which products are put in each solution
bundle based on its understanding of both customers’
existing needs and the direction its technology partners
are heading. Customers can use the CVDs as a
jumping-off point to design solutions that meet their
needs.
• Bridges multiple partners. If you have a customer
account that has already standardized on a particular
software or storage vendor, the CVDs show how well
Cisco UCS works with partners like Oracle, Red Hat,
NetApp, VMware, and others.
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Potential shortcomings
For all the benefits that CVDs provide, customers
should be aware of a few potential shortcomings:
• CVDs may not always be completely
up-to-date. The Cisco CVD teams can
only work so fast,and thus, there is always
newer code available that has not been
validated. It’s important to understand the
difference between what is supported and
what has been validated.
• CVDs probably won’t precisely match
a customer’s needs. The chances that
a CVD will meet a customer’s complete
requirements are slim. Instead, CVDs can
be used as a jumping-off point to discuss
designs that do fully match the customer’s
needs.
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DATA-INTENSIVE
STORAGE
APPLICATIONS
EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES
INFRASTRUCTURE
Oracle
Microsoft
SAP
Desktop
Virtualization
Converged
Hyperconverged
Infrastructure
Security
Big Data
Data
Protection
Scale-out
Storage
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DATA-INTENSIVE STORAGE
A. Big Data
1. Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with MapR Data Platform - New
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Cloudera for Data Science at Scale
Cisco UCS Petabyte-Scale Solution for Splunk Enterprise
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with Cloudera Enterprises
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with Hortonworks Data Platform
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with MapR Converged Data Platform
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Cloudera for Real-time Analytics
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with SAP HANA Vora
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for SAP HANA
Hadoop as a Service on BareMetal with UCS Director Express (UCSDE) for Big Data on Cisco UCS
Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Cisco ACI
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with IBM BigInsights for Apach Hadoop
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with ACI with Cloudera
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with Hortonworks
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with MapR
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with Splunk Enterprise
2. Common Platform Architecture (CPA)
Big Data 60 node Hadoop Cluster with EMC Isilon
Big Data Cisco ACI with Cloudera
Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data with Cloudera
Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data with Hortonworks
HaaS with Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data and OpenStack
Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data with Intel Distribution
Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data with Pivotal HD and HAWQ
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5000 Seat FlashStack with Pure Storage FlashArray//m on VMware Horizon View 6.2
5000 Seat Mixed Workload FlashStack Solution with XenDesktop 7.9 on ESXi 6.0U2
Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for Converged Infrastructure - New
Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for SAP HANA TDI (Infrastructure, Applications) - New
Cisco HyperFlex 2.5 for Virtual Server Infrastructure
Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 for Virtual Server Infrastructure with Microsoft Hyper-V - New
Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 for Virtual Server Infrastructure with VMware ESXi
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash System with Horizon 7.6 up to 4400 users (Infrastructure, Application) - New
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server with MS Hyper-V (Infrastructure, Applications) - New
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server with VMware (Infrastructure, Applications) - New
Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 600 VMware Horizon 7 Users (Infrastructure, Applications)
Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 4000 Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Users (Infrastructure, Applications)
Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash with 1250 Citrix XenDesktop 7.16 Users & 1600 XenApp Sessions (Infrastructure, Applications) - New
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DATA-INTENSIVE STORAGE
A. Big Data
1. Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with Cloudera Enterprises
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with IBM BigInsights for Apach Hadoop
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with ACI with Cloudera
2. Common Platform Architecture (CPA)
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A. Big Data (cont.)
3. Analytics
Cisco SAS Edge to Enterprise IOT Analytics Platform
B. Data Protection
Cisco HyperFlex with Cohesity Data Protection - New
Cisco UCS for ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS S3260 Servers - New
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Multisite Deployments
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite Deployment Guide for Single Data Center Deployment
FlashStack VSI with Commvault for Data Protection
C. Scale-Out Storage
Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Server with Cloudian HyperStore Object Storage - New
Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Storage Server with Scality RING - New
VersaStack for IBM Cloud Object Storage on Cisco UCS C240 for Concentrated Dispersal Mode - New
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with IBM Cloud Object Storage
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with SwiftStack Software Defined Object Storage
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with Red Hat Ceph Storage
Cisco UCS Storage Server with Scality Ring
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INFRASTRUCTURE
A. Automation
VersaStack for Hybrid Cloud with Cisco CloudCenter and IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management Solution
Hadoop as a Service on BareMetal with UCS Director Express (UCSDE) for Big Data on Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure
for Big Data and Cisco ACI
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS Director, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
VersaStack for Data Center with Cisco UCS Director
B. Converged
1. FlexPod
a. VMware
I. Infrastructure
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, NetApp, MetroCluster IP, and VMware vSphere 6.7 - New
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware 6.5 Update1 and Cisco ACI 3.1
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.5, NetApp AFF A-series and Fibre Channel
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.5, NetApp AFF A-series and IP-Based Storage
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI and VMware 6.0U1
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco UCS 6300 Fabric Interconnect and VMware vSphere 6.0 U1
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.0 and Fiber Channel
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco UCS Mini and VMware vSphere 6.0 with IP-Based Storage
FlexPod with All Flash FAS, Cisco ACI and vSphere 5.5U2
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.0
FlexPod Datacenter with vSphere 5.5 Cisco UCS Mini and IP-Based Storage
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS Director, Cisco ACI
FlexPod Datacenter with Nexus 9000 Standalone and vSphere 5.5U1
FlexPod Datacenter with vSphere 5.5U1
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a. VMware (cont.)
II. Applications
FlexPod with Microsoft Exchange 2013 on Cisco ACI
III. Other
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS Director, Cisco ACI
b. Microsoft
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Server 2016 and Cisco ACI 3.0
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and VMware vsphere 6.5
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track 4.0
c. Virtual Client Computing
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 for 5000 Seats
FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 and VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 for 6000 Seats
FlexPod Datacenter with UCS, NetApp All Flash FAS, and Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.7
d. Applications
FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC on Cisco UCS and NetApp AFF A-Series - New
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 and Cisco ACI
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with IP-Based Storage using NetApp AFF A-Series
e. Other
FlexPod Datacenter for Hybrid Cloud with Cisco CloudCenter and NetApp Private Storage
FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC on Oracle Linux
FlexPod Datacenter with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0
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2. VersaStack
VersaStack for IBM Cloud Object Storage on Cisco UCS C240 for Concentrated Dispersal Mode - New
VersaStack for IBM Cloud Private with Cisco UCS and IBM Storage
VersaStack with Cisco UCS M5 Servers, IBM SVC, and vSphere 6.5 U1
VersaStack with Cisco UCS and IBM FlashSystem A9000 Storage for 5000 VMware Horizon Users
VersaStack Data Center with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
VersaStack with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and IBM SAN Volume Controller
VersaStack with Cisco UCS Mini and VMware vSphere 6.0 U2 with Direct Attached SAN Storage
VersaStack with IBM Storwize v5000 and Cisco UCS Mini
VersaStack for Data Center with All Flash Storage
VersaStack for Data Center Scale-out
VersaStack for Data Center with Direct Attached Storage
3. OpenStack
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 and Red Hat Ceph Storage
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.0
4. FlashStack
FlashStack Datacenter with VMware Horizon 7.4 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 for 6000 Seats - New
FlashStack for SAP HANA TDI - New
FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC 12cR2 Database on Pure Storage FlashBlade
FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 7.4 for 6000 Seats
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4. FlashStack (cont.)
FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure with Cisco ACI Multi-pod and Pure Storage ActiveCluster
FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC 12cR2 Database
FlashStack for Oracle 12c RAC on Oracle Linux
FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC on Oracle Linux
FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure
5. Hitachi
Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for SAP HANA TDI - New
C. Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server with MS Hyper-V - New
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server with VMware - New
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash System with Horizon 7.6 upto 4400 users - New
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems with up to 2000 Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Users - New
Cisco HyperFlex Virtual Server Infrastructure 3.0 with Cisco ACI 3.2 and VMware vSphere 6.5 - New
Cisco HyperFlex with Cohesity Data Protection - New
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Cisco HyperFlex M5 All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 600 Citrix XenDesktop Users
Cisco HyperFlex M5 All-Flash Hyperconverged System with Hyper-V 2016 and Citrix XenDesktop
Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 4000 Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Users
Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 4000 VMware Horizon 7 Users
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Multisite Deployments
SQL Server on HyperFlex All Flash
Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with up to 2400 VMware Horizon 7 Users
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Single Data Center Deployment
Cisco HyperFlex Virtual Server Infrastructure
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite
D. Security
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A. Oracle
1. Virtual
2. Physical Server
FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC on Cisco UCS and NetApp AFF A-Series - New
B. Microsoft
1. VMware
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and VMware vSphere 6.5
2. Microsoft
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server with MS Hyper-V - New
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server with VMware - New
C. SAP
Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for SAP HANA TDI - New
FlashStack for SAP HANA TDI - New
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI for SAP HANA - New
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with IP-Based Storage using NetApp AFF A-Series
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D. Virtual Client Computing
1. Citrix
a. VMware
FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 and VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 for 6000 Seats
Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 4000 Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Users
b. Citrix
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Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash System with Horizon 7.6 up to 4400 users - New
FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 7.4 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 for 6000 Seats - New
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 for 5000 Seats
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Red Hat Openshift Container Platform on VMware vSphere - New
Cisco UCS Infrastructure for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Contiv and Docker Enterprise Edition for Container Management
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Docker Datacenter for Container Management
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Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server with MS Hyper-V (Infrastructure, Applications) - New
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server with VMware (Infrastructure, Applications) - New
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Cisco HyperFlex Virtual Server Infrastructure 3.0 with Cisco ACI 3.2 and VMware vSphere 6.5 - New
Cisco HyperFlex with Cohesity Data Protection (Data-Intensive Storage, Infrastructure) - New
Cisco HyperFlex with Hyper-V 3.0 for Virtual Server Infrastructure - New
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Multisite Deployments (Data-Intensive Storage, Infrastructure)
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Single Data Center Deployment (Data-Intensive Storage, Infrastructure)
Cisco SAS Edge-to-Enterprise IOT Analytics Platform
Cisco UCS for ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS S3260 Servers - New
Cisco UCS Infrastructure for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Deployment Guide
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Contiv and Docker Enterprise Edition for Container Management
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Docker Datacenter for Container Management
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on VMware vSphere - New
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Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with IBM BigInsights for Apach Hadoop
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for SAP HANA (Data-Intensive Storage, Applications)
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with ACI and Cloudera
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform and
Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.0
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 and Red Hat Ceph Storage
Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Server with Cloudian HyperStore Object Storage - New
Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Storage Server with Scality RING - New
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with Cloudera Enterprise
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with IBM Cloud Object Storage (Data-Intensive Storage, Infrastructure)
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with SwiftStack Software Defined Object Storage
FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC 12cR2 Database (Infrastructure, Applications)
FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC on Oracle Linux (Infrastructure, Applications)
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FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 7.4 for 6000 seats (Infrastructure, Applications)
FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 7.4 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 with Cisco UCS
Manager 3.2 for 6000 seats (Infrastructure, Application) - New
FlashStack for Oracle 12c RAC on Oracle Linux (Infrastructure, Applications)
FlashStack for SAP HANA TDI (Infrastructure, Applications) - New
FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure with Cisco ACI Multi-pod and Pure Storage ActiveCluster
FlashStack VSI with Commvault for Data Protection (Data-Intensive Storage, Infrastructure)
FlexPod Datacenter for Hybrid Cloud with Cisco CloudCenter and NetApp Private Storage
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 and Cisco ACI (Infrastructure, Applications)
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with IP-Based Storage using NetApp AFF A-Series (Infrastructure, Applications)
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, NetApp MetroCluster IP, and VMware vSphere 6.7 - New
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco UCS 6300 Fabric Interconnect and VMware vSphere 6.0 U1
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco UCS Mini and VMware vSphere 6.0 with IP-Based Storage
FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 and VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1
for 6000 seats (Infrastructure, Applications)
FlexPod Datacenter with Docker Datacenter for Container Management
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and VMware vSphere 6.5 (Infrastructure, Applications)
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Server 2016 and Cisco ACI 3.0
FlexPod Datacenter with Nexus 9000 Standalone and vSphere 5.5U1
FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC on Cisco UCS and NetApp Aff A-Series (Infrastructure, Applications) - New
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FlexPod Datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and VMware vSphere 6.5U1 for 5000 seats
- (Infrastructure, Applications)
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.5, NetApp AFF A-series and Fibre Channel
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.5, NetApp AFF A-series and IP-Based Storage
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS Director, Cisco ACI (Infrastructure - Automation, Infrastructure - Converged)
FlexPod Datacenter with vSphere 5.5 Cisco UCS Mini and IP-Based Storage
FlexPod with Microsoft Exchange 2013 on Cisco ACI (Infrastructure, Applications)
Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Cisco ACI (Data-Intensive Storage, Infrastructure)
VersaStack Data Center with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
VersaStack for Data Center with Cisco UCS Director (Infrastructure - Automation, Infrastructure - Converged)
(Infrastructure - Automation, Infrastructure - Converged)
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VersaStack for IBM Cloud Object Storage on Cisco UCS C240 for Concentrated Dispersal Mode
(Data-Intensive Storage, Infrastructure) - New
(Infrastructure, Emerging Technologies)
VersaStack with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and IBM SAN Volume Controller
VersaStack with Cisco UCS M5 Servers, IBM SVC, and vSphere 6.5 U1
VersaStack with Cisco UCS Mini and VMware vSphere 6.0 U2 with Direct Attached SAN Storage
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Cisco UCS Integrated
Infrastructure with
Application Centric
Infrastructure (ACI)
with Cloudera
Infrastructure with
Hortonworks
Infrastructure with
MapR
Infrastructure with
Splunk Enterprise
Cisco UCS
Integrated Infrastructure
for Big Data with IBM
BigInsights for Apach
Hadoop
Infrastructure for SAP HANA
Infrastructure for Big Data
with SAP HANA Vora
Infrastructure for Big
Data and Analytics with
Cloudera for Real-time
Analytics
Hadoop as a Service on
BareMetal with UCS Diretor
Express (UCSDE) for Big Data
on Cisco UCS Integrated
Infrastructure for Big Data and
Cisco ACI
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage
Server with Hortonworks
Data Platform
Server with Cloudera
Enterprises
Cisco UCS Petabyte-Scale
Solution for Splunk
Enterprise
Infrastructure for BIG
Data and Analytics with
Cloudera for Data Science
at Scale
Server with MapR Converged
Data Platform
Infrastructure for Big Data
and Analytics with MapR
Data Platform
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Big Data Cisco
Application Centric
with Cloudera
Cisco UCS CPAv2
for Big Data with
Pivotal HD and
HAWQ
Cisco UCS CPAv2
for Big Data with
Cloudera
Cisco UCS CPAv2
for Big Data with
Hortonworks
Hadoop-as-a-Service
(HaaS) with Cisco
UCS CPA v2 for
Big Data and
OpenStack
Big Data 60 node
Hadoop Cluster with
EMC Isilon
Cisco UCS CPAv2
for Big Data with
Intel Distribution
Analytics
Cisco SAS Edge-to-
Enterprise IoT Analytics
Platform
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FlashStack VSI with
Commvault for Data
Protection
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam
Availability Suite Deployment
Guide for Single Data Center
Deployment
Availability Suite for Multisite
Deployments
Cisco UCS for ScaleProtect
with Cisco UCS S3260 Servers
- New
Cisco HyperFlex with Cohesity
Data Protection
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Cisco UCS S3260
Storage Server
with Red Hat Ceph
Storage
Cisco UCS Storage
Server with Scality Ring
Cisco UCS S3260
Storage Server with
SwiftStack Software
Defined Object Storage
Cisco UCS S3260
Storage Server with
IBM Cloud Object
Storage
Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Server
with Cloudian HyperStore
Object Storage
- New
Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Storage
Server with Scality RING
- New
VersaStack for IBM Cloud
Object Storage on Cisco UCS
C240 for Concentrated
Dispersal Mode
- New
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Hadoop as a Service on BareMetal
with UCS Director Express
(UCSDE) for Big Data on Cisco
UCS Integrated Infrastructure for
Big Data and Cisco ACI
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware
vSphere, Cisco UCS Director,
Cisco Application Centric
VersaStack for Data Center with
Cisco UCS Director
VersaStack for Hybrid Cloud
with Cisco CloudCenter and
IBM Spectrum Copy Data
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FlexPod with Microsoft
Exchange 2013 on
Cisco ACI
FlexPod Datacenter
with VMware vSphere,
Cisco UCS Director,
Cisco ACI
FlexPod Datacenter
with Nexus 9000
Standalone and
vSphere 5.5U1
FlexPod Datacenter
with vSphere 5.5U1
FlexPod Datacenter
with vSphere 5.5
Cisco UCS Mini and
IP-Based Storage
FlexPod Datacenter
with VMware vSphere
6.0
FlexPod Datacenter
with VMware vSphere,
Cisco UCS Director,
Cisco ACI
VMware
Infrastructure Applications Other
FlexPod Datacenter
with VMware vSphere
6.0 and Fiber Channel
FlexPod Datacenter
with Cisco UCS Mini
and VMware vSphere
6.0 with IP-Based
Storage
FlexPod with All Flash
FAS, Cisco ACI and
vSphere 5.5U2
FlexPod Datacenter with
Cisco UCS 6300 Fabric
Interconnect and
VMware vSphere 6.0 U1
FlexPod Datacenter
with Cisco ACI and
VMware 6.0U1
VMware vSphere 6.5,
NetApp AFF A-series
and Fibre Channel
VMware vSphere 6.5,
NetApp AFF A-series
and IP-Based Storage
VMware 6.5 Update1
and Cisco ACI 3.1
Cisco ACI Multi-Pod,
NetApp, MetroCluster
IP, and VMware vSphere
6.7
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Virtual Client
Computing Applications
Microsoft Other
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft
Private Cloud Fast Track 4.0
Windows Hyper-V Server 2016
and Cisco ACI 3.0
SQL Server 2016 and VMware
vSphere 6.5
FlexPod Datacenter with UCS,
NetApp All Flash FAS, and Citrix
XenApp/XenDesktop 7.7
FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix
XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 and
VMware vSphere 6.5 Update
1 for 6000 seats
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware
Horizon View 7.3 and VMware
vSphere 6.5U1 for 5000 seats
FlexPod with Microsoft Exchange
2013 on Cisco ACI
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP
Solution with IP-Based Storage
using NetApp AFF A-Series
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP
Solution with Cisco UCS Manager
3.2 and Cisco ACI
FlexPod Datacenter with Red
Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack
Platform 6.0
FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle
RAC on Oracle Linux
FlexPod Datacenter for Hybrid
Cloud with Cisco CloudCenter and
NetApp Private Storage
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FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle
RAC on Cisco UCS and NetApp
AFF A-Series
- New

VersaStack
VersaStack for
Data Center with
Cisco UCS Director
VersaStack for
Data Center with
Direct Attached
Storage
VersaStack for
Data Center
Scale-out
VersaStack for
Data Center with
All Flash Storage
VersaStack with
IBM Storwize
v5000 and Cisco
UCS Mini
VersaStack with Cisco
UCS Mini and VMware
vSphere 6.0 U2 with
Direct Attached SAN
Storage
VersaStack Data
Center with Cisco
Application Centric
Infrastructure
VersaStack
with Cisco
Application Centric
Infrastructure and
IBM SAN Volume
Controller
VersaStack with
Cisco UCS and IBM
FlashSystem A9000
Storage for 5000
VMware Horizon
Users
VersaStack for Hybrid
Cloud with Cisco
CloudCenter and IBM
Spectrum Copy Data
Management Solution
Cisco UCS S3260
Storage Server with
IBM Cloud Object
Storage
VersaStack with Cisco
UCS M5 Servers, IBM
SVC, and vSphere
6.5 U1
VersaStack for IBM
Cloud Private with
Cisco UCS and IBM
Storage
VersaStack for IBM
Cloud Object Storage
on Cisco UCS C240
for Concentrated
Dispersal Mode
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Infrastructure with Red
Hat Enterprise Linux
OpenStack Platform and
Red Hat Ceph Storage
7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
OpenStack Platform 6.0
Infrastructure with Red
Hat OpenStack Platform
8 and Red Hat Ceph
Storage
OpenStack
FlashStack
FlashStack Virtual Server
Infrastructure
FlashStack Data Center
with Oracle RAC on
Oracle Linux
5000 Seat Mixed
Workload FlashStack
Solution with
XenDesktop 7.9 on ESXi
6.0U2
5000 Seat FlashStack
with Pure Storage
FlashArray//m on VMware
Horizon View 6.2
1250 Users on
FlashStack a Cisco
UCS Mini and Pure
//m10, with Citrix
XenDesktop and
XenApp 7.15
FlashStack Virtual
Server Infrastructure
with Cisco ACI Multi-
pod and Pure Storage
ActiveCluster
FlashStack Data
Center with VMware
Horizon 7.4 for 6000
Seats
FlashStack for Oracle
12c RAC on Oracle
Linux
FlashStack Data
Center with Oracle
RAC 12cR2
Database
FlashStack VSI with
Commvault for Data
Protection
FlashStack Data
Center with Oracle
RAC 12cR2 Database
on Pure Storage
FlashBlade
FlashStack Datacenter
with VMware Horizon
7.4 and VMware
VSphere 6.5 U1 Cisco
UCS Manager 3.2 for
6000 Seats - New
FlashStack for SAP
HANA TDI
- New
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Infrastructure | CONVERGED | HITACHI
Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive
Solutions for Converged
Infrastructure
- New
Solutions for SAP HANA TDI
- New
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Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash
Hyperconverged System with
up to 600 VMware Horizon
7 Users
Cisco HyperFlex 2.6 for
Virtual Server Infrastructure
up to 4000 Citrix XenDesktop
7.x Users
7 Users
Cisco HyperFlex for Virtual
Server Infrastructure 2.0.1a
with All-Flash Storage
SQL Server on HyperFlex All
Flash
Availability Suite for Multisite
Deployments
Cisco HyperFlex
7 Users
Availability Suite for Single
Data Center Deployment
Cisco HyperFlex Virtual
Server Infrastructure
Availability Suite
up to 2000 VMware horizon
7 users
Cisco HyperFlex M5 All-Flash
Users
Hyper-V 2016 and Citrix
XenDesktop
with VMware ESXi
Cisco HyperFlex with
Hyper-V 3.0 for Virtual Server
Infrastructure
Cisco HyperFlex with
Cohesity Data Protection
Cisco HyperFlex Virtual
Server Infrastructure 3.0 with
Cisco ACI 3.2 and VMware
vSphere 6.5
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5
All-Flash Systems for
Deploying Microsoft SQL
Server with MS Hyper-V
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5
All-Flash Systems for
Deploying Microsoft SQL
Server with VMware
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5
All-Flash System with
Horizon 7.6 upto 4400 users
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5
All-Flash Systems with up to
2000 Citrix Virtual Apps and
Desktop Users
with Microsoft Hyper-V
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Virtual
Physical Server
with Oracle RAC on
Oracle Linux
FlashStack for Oracle 12c
RAC on Oracle Linux
with Oracle RAC 12cR2
Database
with Oracle RAC 12cR2
Database on Pure Storage
FlashBlade
FlexPod Datacenter
with Oracle RAC on
Oracle Linux
FlexPod Datacenter
with Oracle RAC on
Cisco UCS and NetApp
AFF A-Series
- New
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Applications | ORACLE

VMware
Microsoft
FlexPod with Microsoft
Exchange 2013
on Cisco ACI
Microsoft SQL Server
2016 and VMware
vSphere 6.5
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash
Systems for Deploying Microsoft
SQL Server with MS Hyper-V
- New
Systems for Deploying Microsoft
SQL Server with VMware
- New
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Applications | SAP
Infrastructure for SAP HANA
FlexPod Datacenter for
SAP Solution with IP-Based
Storage using NetApp AFF
A-Series
Solutions for SAP HANA TDI
- New
FlashStack for SAP HANA TDI
- New
Cisco ACI for SAP HANA
- New
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Citrix
Citrix
VMware
4000 Seat XenDesktop 5.6/
XenApp 6.5 Solution on
vSphere 5.1
UCS, NetApp All Flash FAS,
and Citrix XenApp/XenDesk-
top 7.7
7.x Users
Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp
7.15 and VMware vSphere
6.5 Update 1 for 6000 Seats
5000 Seat Mixed Workload
FlashStack Solution
with XenDesktop 7.9
on ESXi 6.0U2
1250 Users on FlashStack a
Cisco UCS Mini and Pure //
m10, with Citrix XenDesktop
and XenApp 7.15
Users
Hyperconverged System
with Hyper-V 2016 and Citrix
XenDesktop
Systems with up to 2000 Citrix
Virtual Apps and Desktop
Users
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Applications | VIRTUAL CLIENT COMPUTING
VMW View
up to 600 VMware Horizon 7
Users
Users
FlashStack Data Center with
VMware Horizon 7.4 for 6000
seats
VMware Horizon View 7.3 and
VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 for
5000 seats
7 Users
Cisco HyperFlex
Users
5000 Seat FlashStack with Pure
Storage FlashArray//m on
VMware Horizon View 6.2
VersaStack with Cisco UCS and
IBM FlashSystem A9000 Storage
for 5000 VMware Horizon Users
System with Horizon 7.6 up to
4400 users
FlashStack Data Center with
VMware Horizon 7.4 and
VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 Cisco
UCS Manager 3.2 for 6000
Seats
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Docker Datacenter for
Container Management
Cisco UCS Infrastructure
with Docker Datacenter for
with Contiv and Docker
Enterprise Edition for
VersaStack for IBM Cloud
Private with Cisco UCS and
IBM Storage
Cisco UCS Infrastructure for
Red Hat OpenShift Container
Platform
with Red Hat Openshift
Container Platform on
VMware vSphere
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whopping compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.9 percent. These estimates include hardware, software, and
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Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics
with MapR Data Platform
• Scalability and expansion of Big
Data Infrastructure
• Cost effective solution for the full
lifecycle of data, processing it as
application needed.
• Data storage and quality
• Cisco UCS C240 M5 2U-Rack
Mount Servers.
• Cisco UCSM 4.0(1d)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Serve 12
SP3
• MapR 6.1.0 Data Platform
• Installation and fine tuning
MapR on a 28 Node cluster via
MapR WebUI Installer and high
availability
• Simplified management through Cisco UCSM and MapR Control System (MCS)
• Ubiquitous high availability with no-NameNode architecture, YARN high availability, and NFS high
availability
• Ease of deployment
• Scalability for Big Data workloads
2 x Cisco UCS Fl 6332
Fabric Interconnect
16 x Cisco UCS
C240 M5 SFF
12 x Cisco UCS
C240 M5 SFF
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ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
with Cloudera for Data Science at Scale
• Enabling Deep Learning jobs to
use the massive amounts of data
stored in a Big Data lake
• Enable Deep Learning jobs
to make use of GPU for their
processing
• Manage scheduling of multiple
jobs on both CPU and GPUs
• Cisco UCS Rack Mount Servers
C240 M5 with C480 M5 with
GPUs
• CUDA enable containers
• Kubernetes managed Containers
• Deep Learning Frameworks such
as Tensorflow
• Deep Learning with data in Hadoop
• GPU accelerated Deep Learning
• Resource scheduling of GPU and CPU across multiple workloads
Cloudera Data Science Workbench
16 x C240 M5
2 x Cisco UCS 6332
Fabric Interconnect
ML/DL with data stored
on Hadoop
GPU acceleration for
DL workloads
All popular ML/DL
frameworks
Self Service UI with Jupyter
notebook and to collaborate
8 x C240 M5
4 x Cisco UCS C480
M5 with 6 x GPU each
Big Data DL with GPU
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• Scale horizontally while
continuously delivering
exceptional performance
• Highly scalable infrastructure
ensuring rapid and predictable
delivery of insights
• Optimize application and
infrastructure performance
• Peta-byte scale Splunk solution
(ITOA, ES and ITSI) on S-series
• Tiered storage comes standard:
SSDs for HOT+WARM data and
HDDs for COLD & Frozen
• Scales up to 8.9PB in single UCS
domain
• Powered by Cisco UCS S-series Storage Servers, Splunk real-time collection and indexing of
machine data, and distributed high capacity and performance architecture
Network Fabric:
· Two Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 6332
· 32 40 Gigabit-Ethernet ports
A single UCS domain can accomodate:
· 25 indexers
· 275 TB of Hot/Warm storage
· 2.5 PB of Cold storage
Search Head Servers:
Three Cisco UCS C220 M4 Servers with:
· 28 cores, 256 GB RAM
Total Storage:
· Hot/Warm Tier: 88-TB
· Cold Tier: 800-TB
Admin Servers:
Two Cisco UCS C220 M4 Servers with:
· Splunk cluster master, deployer
· DMC, License Master, Deployment server
Indexing Capacity:
· Up to 2.4 terabytes (TB) per day
· HOT/WARM: 30 days (1 month)
· COLD:300 days (10 months)
Indexers:
Four Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Servers with:
· Two processing node (per server) with
· 28 cores (total 56 cores)
· 16 SSDs for HOT/WARM, 40HDDs for COLD tiers
· 4 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Total Storage:
· Hot/Warm Tier:88-TB
· Cold Tier: 800-TB
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Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with Cloudera Enterprise
• Bringing flexibility and scalability
to dense storage for Big Data
• Flexible modular architecture to
handle both high performance
and high capacity workloads
Configuration Details
• 2 Cisco UCS 6332 Fabric
Interconnects
8 Cisco UCS S3260 Storage
Servers, each with 2 nodes with:
• 2 Intel Xeon processor
• E5-2680 v4 CPUs (14 cores on
each CPU)
• 256 GB of memory
• Cisco 12-Gbps SAS Modular
RAID Controller with 4-GB FBWC
• 24 x 4-TB 7200-rpm LFF SAS
drives(1.54 petabytes [PB] total)
• 2 x 480-GB 6-Gbps 2.5-inch
enterprise value SATA SSD
drives for boot
• Cisco UCS VIC 1387 (with 2 x 40
Gigabit Ethernet QSFP ports)
• 3 Cisco UCS C240 M4, as
master nodes
• Flexible Big Data platform powering the enterprise data hub with Cloudera Enterprise
2 Cisco UCS 6332 Fabric Interconnects
3 Cisco UCS C240 Servers
8 Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Chassis
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CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_UCS_S3260_Storage_Server_with_Hortonworks_Data_Platform_final.pdf
Interconnects
• E5-2680 v4 CPUs(14 cores on
each CPU)
• 2 x 480-GB 6-Gbps 2.5-inch
drives for boot
** 3 Cisco UCS C240 M4, as
master nodes
• Enterprise data lake using Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with Hortonworks Data Platform
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Interconnects
• E5-2680 v4 CPUs(14 cores on
each CPU)
• 2 x 480-GB 6-Gbps 2.5-inch
drives for boot
• Comprehensive integrated infrastructure for Big Data with MapR Converged Data Platform
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with Cloudera for Real-time Analytics
2 Cisco UCS 6296UP
Fabric Interconnects
16 x 10 Gigabit Links
Kafka Nodes
8 Cisco UCS C240 M4
Handoop Clusters
(NameNodes/Resource Manager/Data Nodes/Spark Executors)
Cisco UCS with Cloudera and Apache Spark
• Apache Spark brings batch and real-time
data processing together to offer deeper
and interactive insights to customers
• Spark Ecosystem offers a data-execution
engine for all workloads with Spark
Streaming, SparkSQL, and Spark Mlib
• Cloudera offers the fastest and easiest
secure-data platform for Hadoop, along
with Spark, and helps solves a magnitude of
business challenges
• Cisco and Cloudera provide companies with enterprise data management on a unified platform,
with high performance, low cost, and help in utilizing data to drive better business insights
• This solution helps organizations exploit the valuable hidden potential of the data, regardless of
whether it’s structured, semi-structured or unstructured. Cloudera 5.7-is the leading version of
enterprise-grade Hadoop infrastructure software and services along with a strong analytics stack
• Base configuration of 64 nodes with
SFF (1.8TB) drives. This also offers
HA with 3 management nodes. This
solution can be scaled further by
adding data nodes, ideally in sets of
16 Cisco UCS C240 M4 servers.
• Up to 80 servers (5 racks) can
be supported with no additional
switching in a single Cisco UCS
domain with no network over-
subscription
• Offers scalable/sizable reference
architectures for Spark batch
processing, and Spark Streaming
with Kafka, etc.
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_UCS_Integrated_Infrastructure_for_Big_Data_with_Cloudera_and_Apache_Spark.html
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N9396 N9396
N9508
Cisco UCS B460
SAP HANA
Appliances
32 C240 M4
Rack Servers
• Handoop,
• Spark,
• VORA
Cisco UCS B460 SAP
Applications
S4/HANA, BW
N9508
2 Links
2 Links
2 Links
6 Links
6 Links
36 Ports 40 Gig QSFP+Line card
Rack -1 Rack -2
6 Links
6 Links
6 Links
Shared Storage
6 Links
6 Links
6 Links
16 Links 16 Links
16 Links
16 Links
40 Gig
10 Gig
APIC 3
APIC
APIC 2
APIC
APIC 1
APIC
• Data from various sources are
received and processed in their own
silos
• Need correlation between various
data sources: enterprise data,
unstructured/semi-structured big
data(customer, partner, geo-location,
mobile devices, social media), and
newer sources like IoT sensors and
smart devices
• Big data lives in Hadoop, enterprise
data lives in enterprise DB, need to
bridge the gap
• Need an infrastructure that can scale-
up and scale-out to break down this
digital divide
• Detailed procedure and documentation for building the solution with:
• Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
• Cisco UCS Infrastructure
• SAP HANA Vora on Hortonworks Data Platform
• Works with any SAP HANA datacenter solution implementation that connects to ACI infrastructure
• Cisco Application Centric
Infrastructure as the backbone of
the solution
• FlexPod datacenter solution for
SAP HANA
• Cisco UCS integrated
infrastructure for big data - Up
to 80 servers per Cisco UCS
domain without network over-
subscription
• SAP HANA Vora
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_UCS_Integrated_Infrastructure_for_Big_Data_with_SAP_HANA_Vora.html
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Cisco Nexus 9000 Switch
4 x UCS C240 M5
(24 x 1.8 TB SAS drives)
MapR based Storage HANA Servers
8 x UCS C480 M5 Servers
Cisco UCS 6300 Fabric Interconnect
• SAP HANA TDI deployments
are complicated and generally
mission critical with high availability
requirements. Customers face
challenges maintaining these
landscapes both in terms of time,
available resources and operational
cost
• Availability of pre-tested, scalable
and best-in-class converged solution
stack for optimizing enterprise
workloads running SAP HANA
database-based applications
• Seamless scalability of performance
and capacity meeting required KPIs
for SAP HANA TDI deployments; also
ensuring high availability without
performance compromise through
in-place software and hardware
upgrades
• Details the reference architecture
for SAP HANA TDI implementation
leveraging existing Cisco UCS
infrastructure and Pure Storage
• Sample SAP HANA scale-up and
3+1 scale-out system deployment
best practices
• A single platform built from unified compute, fabric and storage technologies, allowing you to scale
to large-scale implementations without architectural changes
• Leverage a secure, integrated, and optimized converged stack that is pre-sized, configurable and
deployable in a flexible manner for SAP HANA implementations.
CVD with MAPR: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucsii_saphana_mapr.html
CVD with SLES: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucsii_saphana_sles.html
CVD with RHEL: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucsii_saphana_rhel.html
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Hadoop as a Service on BareMetal with UCS Director Express (UCSDE) for
Big Data on Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Cisco ACI
APIC
Tenant 1
Tenant 1
Tenant 2
Tenant 2
UCS Domain
Tenant 3 Tenant 5
Tenant 4
Tenant 4
• Data center’s biggest challenge
is the provisioning and managing
of the large number of Hadoop
nodes
• Consolidating multiple-Hadoop
clusters in a single, centrally
managed physical cluster to
improve infrastructure utilization,
and provide access controls
and security isolation between
tenants
• Multi Tenancy
• Resource Fragmentation
• Single point of management for Network
• Scale-Out Penalty-Free Overlay Network
• Single point of Management for Hadoop
Cisco ACI Fabric
UCS Director Express for Big-Data
• Cisco UCSDE provides centralized visibility into the complete infrastructure and big data application
to identify potential failures and latent threats before they affect application and business
performance
• ACI provides centralized visibility to the entire network with deep telemetry and real-time network
health status for each tenant
• Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with ACI, offers a linearly scalable architecture
and simplification of essential operations for single-rack and multiple-rack deployments spanning
thousands of servers
• The base configuration consists
of 1 UCSDE management node
and 80 Hadoop nodes with SFF/
LFF drives. This solution could
be scaled further just by adding
nodes ideally in sets of 16 Cisco
UCS C240 M4 servers
subscription
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/HaaS_on_Bare_Metal_with_UCSDExpress_on_Cisco_UCS_
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Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with IBM
BigInsights for Apache Hadoop
• Biggest challenge for data
scientists and analysts to reuse
their experience and tools in Big
Data landscape
• IBM BigInsights offers BigSQL
a feature rich SQL engine on
Hadoop that can deliver analytic
capabilities on Hadoop
• IBM BigInsights introduces
enterprise capabilities for
Hadoop, including machine
learning with Big R to help
data scientists, analysts and
administrators accelerate
• Cisco and IBM provide enterprises with transparent, simplified data as well as management
integration with an enterprise application ecosystem
• This solution helps organizations to exploit the valuable business insights in all their data, regardless
of whether it’s structured, semi structured or unstructured. Big Insights 3.1 is the leading version of
enterprise-grade Hadoop infrastructure software and services along with a strong analytics stack
and machine learning capabilities
of 3 management nodes and
16 Data nodes with LFF (6TB)
drives. This solution could be
scaled further just by adding
data nodes ideally in sets of 16
Cisco UCS C240 M4 servers
subscription
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_UCS_Integrated_Infrastructure_for_Big_Data_with_IBM.html
2 X Cisco UCS 6296
Fabric Interconnect
3 X Cisco UCS
C220 M4 Server
64 X Cisco UCS
C240 M4 Servers
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Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure and Application Centric
Infrastructure (ACI) and Cloudera
• Scalability, performance and
support for multi-tenancy that
enforces proper isolation and
SLA’s for workloads of different
tenants
• Centralized network visibility
with real time application health
monitoring
• Simplified automation through
application driven policy model
• Best practices for installing
Cloudera Distribution for
Apache Hadoop 5.0 tuned for
performance and scalability
• Scaling to thousands of servers with no over-subscription within a UCS domain, and 5.7.1
over-subscription between domains
• Radically simplifies, optimizes, and accelerates the entire application deployment lifecycle
• The Cisco ACI policy model is designed top down using a promise theory model to control a
scalable architecture of defined network and service objects
• Centralized management for servers and network independently
• Best practices for Hadoop 2.0 services tuning
• 160 UCS C240 M4 (SFF/LFF)
servers with scale-out option
up to 5760 servers in a single
switching domain
• Two Cisco N9K-C9508
• 23 Cisco N9K-C9396PX
• Three APIC-L1
• Cloudera Hadoop 5.0
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_UCS_Integrated_Infrastructure_for_Big_Data_with_
ACI_and_Cloudera.pdf
Nexus 9396 Nexus 9396
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
2 Links
2 Links
2 Links
6 Links
6 Links
36 Ports 40 Gig QSFP+Line card
UCS
Servers
Rack -5
Rack -2
Rack -1
Rack -1
Rack -1 Rack -5
Rack -5 Rack -2
Rack -2
6 Links
6 Links
6 Links 6 Links
6 Links
6 Links
14 Links
14 Links
14 Links
14 Links
UCS Domain-1
14 Links
40 Gig
10 Gig
APIC 3
APIC
APIC 2
APIC
APIC 1
APIC
Cisco UCS C240 M45
E1
E0
Fabric Interconnnect Fabric Interconnnect
Fabric Interconnnect
Port channel
Nexus 9396
Nexus 9396
14 Links
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• Data lifecycle management for
Hadoop where usage and utility
of data can be categorized into
hot (recent data), warm (not-so-
recent) and cold (archival data)
• Cost-effective solution for the
full lifecycle of data, processing
it as applications demand
• Enterprise SQL on Hadoop
with cost optimizations and
interactive queries
• Committed to 100% open source distribution
• Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Hortonworks Data Platform offer
comprehensive set of capabilities for data management, data access, data governance and
integration and operations
• Next version of Hadoop HDP 2.2 with enterprise SQL and tiered-storage support
• 64 UCS C240 M4 (SFF/LFF) with
four C3160 servers with scale-
out option up to five racks in a
single switching domain
• Cisco UCS® Director Express
for Big Data offers one-click
provisioning, installation, and
configuration
• HDP 2.2 includes HDFS tiered-
storage support (with related
storage policies) to manage tiers
of hot, warm, and cold data.
Solution focuses on moving
cold/archival data to Cisco UCS
C3160 through while maintaining
hot and warm data in faster Cisco
UCS C240 M4 series servers
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
2 X Cisco UCS 6296
Fabric Interconnect
16 X Cisco UCS
C240 M4 Server
Cisco UCS C3160
Server
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• Multi-tenancy is the capability of
a single instance of software to
serve multiple tenants. A tenant
is a group of users that have the
same view of the system
• Hadoop is an enterprise data
hub, and it demands multi-
tenancy. Big Data platforms are
increasingly expected to support
multi-tenancy by default
• Multi-tenancy requires isolation
of the distinct tenants: both the
data in the data platform and the
computing aspect
• Multi-tenancy with MapR supports data and job placement control to isolate sensitive data and
applications
• Ubiquitous high availability with no-NameNode architecture, YARN high availability, and NFS high
availability
• Simplified management through Cisco UCSM and MapR Control System (MCS)
• Ease of deployment
• Scalability for Big Data workloads
• Detailed instructions for installation
and fine tuning MapR on a 64 node
UCS C240 M4 (SFF/LFF) cluster
• Detailed configuration of multi-
tenancy with:
• Data and compute isolation
• Enforced quotas
• High availability
• Associating tenants with
volumes
• Ability to manage SLAs with
data placement and job
placement control
2 X Cisco UCS 6296
Fabric Interconnect
16 X Cisco UCS C240
M4 Server
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_UCS_Integrated_Infrastructure_for_Big_Data_with_MapR.pdf
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• Modern day datacenters generate
machine data in the order of terabytes
(TBs) to hundreds of TBs every day.
The organization needs to collect,
process, manage, derive business
insights from this large amount of data
• Organizations need an integrated infra-
structure for processing machine data
that’s efficient, reliable and secure
• Need to retain collected for longer
term analysis, or need to put in
an integrated storage medium for
retrieval at a later point in time
• Built on the Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data for Splunk Enterprise distributed search
with High Capacity reference architecture
• Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure offers horizontal scalability for Splunk Enterprise clusters
• Pre-validated configuration radically simplifies, and accelerates the entire Splunk distributed search
deployment process
• Cisco UCS C3160 rack server offers unmatched high density storage capacity in small form factor
to store frozen data that is readily accessible to Splunk Enterprise clusters
• Best practices for highly available distributed search deployment using Splunk Enterprise
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_UCS_Integrated_Infrastructure_for_Big_Data_with_Splunk.pdf
• 8 Cisco UCS C240 M4 rack servers
• 5 Cisco UCS C220 M4 rack servers
• 1 Cisco UCS C3160 rack server
• 2 Cisco UCS 6296UP fabric
interconnects
• Splunk Enterprise 6.2.2 and greater
• Cisco UCS C220 M4 rack servers serve as
search heads to form the Splunk search
head cluster, providing a highly available
analytics interface for the end user
• Cisco UCS C3160 rack server as NFS
server to archive frozen data
• Cisco UCS C240 M4 rack servers serve as
indexers to form the Splunk indexer clus-
ter, providing industry-leading scalability
and reliability mission critical data storage
Cisco UCS C240 M45
E1
E0
Search Heads:
Cisco UCS C220 M4
Rack Server (x3)
Fabric Interconnnect Fabric Interconnnect
Master Mode:
Cisco UCS C220 M4
Rack Server
Deployment Server:
Cisco UCS C220 M4
Rack Server
Archival Node:
Cisco UCS C3160
Rack Server
Forwarders /Data Sources
Indexes Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server (x8)
A single UCS domain
can accomodate up to:
• Over 64 indexers - 1.8
petabytes of index
storage
• 8TB/day indexing
capacity (replication-
factor:2)
• Over 10 search heads
supporting hundreds
of simultaneous
searches
• Up to 4 archival nodes
• No network
oversubscription
Search heads
• 3 Cisco UCS C220
M4 Servers(24 cores
256GB)
Network fabric
• 2 Cisco UCS 6296UP
fabric interconnects
Archival node
• 1 Cisco UCS C3160
server (24 cores, 256
GB, 60 x 4TB LFF
Admin servers
• 2 Cisco UCS C220 M4
Servers
• Splunk master node
(for indexer clustering),
License master
• Deployer, deployment
Server, distributed
management console
Indexers (configured
with replication factor 2):
• 8 Cisco C240 M4
Servers (24 cores, 256
GB, 24 x 1.2TB SFF
• Up to 230 TB of index
storage
• 3 months retention
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l
l Big Data 60 node Hadoop Cluster with EMC Isilon
l
l Big Data Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
with Cloudera
l
l Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data with Cloudera
l
l Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data with Hortonworks
l
l Hadoop-as-a-Service (HaaS) with Cisco UCS CPAv2 for
Big Data and OpenStack
l
l Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data with Intel Distribution
l
l Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data with Pivotal HD and
HAWQ
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• Need to address scalability
and deployment challenges in
enterprise Hadoop deployments
to rapidly increase or decrease
the compute, storage and memory
allocated to the Hadoop nodes
• Best practices for creating a
virtualized enterprise grade Hadoop
solution using Cisco UCS, EMC
Isilon and Cloudera Distribution
Apache Hadoop to meet the
changing needs of enterprises,
while minimizing downtime
• Ability to scale compute nodes
and HDFS storage nodes
independent of each other
• Cisco UCS 5108 blade chassis with
2208XP fabric extender modules
• Cisco UCS B200 M3 blade servers
• Cisco UCS 6296UP fabric
interconnects
• EMC Isilon S200 with OneFS 7.2.0.0
• VMware vSphere 5.5, vCenter
Server 5.5 with Big Data
extensions 2.1
• Cloudera Manager 5.2 with CDH
5.1.3
• End-to-end installation virtualized Hadoop solution with predictable scalability implementing
Business Data Lake architecture
• Unified compute for MapReduce and Isilon multi protocol scale-out NAS platform for distributed
NameNode and DataNode services
• Detailed instructions for installation and fine tuning for Big Data workloads
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
Uplink
Uplink
8 X 10GigE 8 X 10GigE
8 X 10GigE
8 X 10GigE
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with Cloudera
• Scalable performance and multi-
tenancy in hardware
• Centralized network visibility
with real time application health
monitoring
• Simplified automation through
application driven policy model
up to 964 servers in a single
switching domain
• Two Cisco NK-C9508
• 23 Cisco N9K-C9396PX
• 12 Cisco N9K-C93128TX
• Three APIC-L1
• Cloudera Hadoop 5.0
• Scaling to thousands of servers with no network over-subscription
• Application centric management
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Cisco_ACI_Architecture_for_BigData_with_Cloudera.pdf
ACI
Scaling:
Direct
Connect

ACI
Scaling:
Direct
Connect

N9508_B
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6 Ports 6 Ports
1 Port
6 Ports 6 Ports 6 Ports 6 Ports
6 Ports
N9508_A
6 Ports 1 Ports
N9596_B
N9396_A
N93128TX
10Gx45
45 ports
Mgmt
45 ports
P0/ P1
14 Servers 14 Servers 14 Servers
10Gx45
CIMC
APIC 1
APIC 2
APIC 3
APIC
APIC
APIC
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ARCHITECTURE
40 Gig
10 Gig
1 Gig
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• Highly scalable architecture
designed to meet a variety of
scale-out application (Big Data)
demands with seamless data
integration and management
• Support for multiple distributed
computational frameworks on
same Hadoop cluster
servers with scale out option
up to 10 racks in a single
switching domain
• Detailed instructions for
installation and fine tuning for
Big Data workloads
• Detailed Raid configuration and
operating system tuning for
Big Data application
performance
• Next version of Hadoop Map/Reduce (Yarn)
• End-to-end installation for Cloudera Distribution of Apache Hadoop for performance and scalability
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnect 6296UP
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Extender 2232PP
16X Cisco UCS
C240M3 Server
8 x 10 Gigabit
Links
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• Support for multiple distributed
computational frameworks on
same Hadoop cluster
• 100 percent open source
distribution with enterprise
support
switching domain
installation and fine tuning for Big
Data workloads
performance
• Committed to 100% open source distribution
• End-to-end installation for Hortonworks HDP 2.0
• Next version of Hadoop Map/Reduce (Yarn)
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnect 6296UP
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Extender 2232PP
16X Cisco UCS
C240M3 Server
8 x 10 Gigabit
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Hadoop-as-a-Service (HaaS) with Cisco UCS CPAv2 for Big Data
and OpenStack
offering Hadoop-as-a-Service
• Running Hadoop on OpenStack
• Enterprise-grade, hardened
Apache Hadoop distribution with
excellent support
• 100 percent open source
distribution with enterprise
support
switching domain
installation and fine tuning for Big
Data workloads
performance
• Self service provisioning of Hadoop
• Tuning OpenStack for Hadoop
• End-to-end installation for Hortonworks HDP 2.0 on VM’s managed by OpenStack
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/CPA2_for_BigData_with_Hortonworks_for_HaaS.html
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnect 6296UP
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Extender 2232PP
16X Cisco UCS
C240M3 Server
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• Enterprise-grade, hardened
Apache Hadoop distribution with
excellent support
• Hardware-assisted encryption
using AES-NI technology
beneficial for HIPPA and
payment card industry (PCI) data
security
• Focused on hardware-assisted encryption, security, fine-grained access control (ACL), role-based
access control, and Kerberos
• End-to-end installation for Intel distribution 2.5
for up to 10 racks in a single
switching domain
• Detailed role-based access
control and other security setting
• Detailed RAID configuration and
operating system tuning for Big
Data application performance
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ARCHITECTURE
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnect 6296UP
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Extender 2232PP
16X Cisco UCS
C240M3 Server
8 x 10 Gigabit
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• Require highly scalable
architecture capable of meeting
• Need an enterprise-grade,
hardened Apache Hadoop
distribution with support
• Hadoop 2.0 with Yarn and
HAWQ, a 100 percent compliant
SQL query engine on Hadoop
• 64 UCS C240 M3 LFF servers
with scale-out option of up to
10 racks in a single switching
domain
• Apache Hadoop 2.0 distribution
with YARN
• Detailed RAID configuration and
operating system tuning for Big
Data application performance
• HAWQ with its parallel SQL processing is fully SQL compliant on Hadoop
• End-to-end installation for Pivotal HD 1.1 and HAWQ 1.1
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnect 6296UP
2x Cisco UCS Fabric
Extender 2232PP
16X Cisco UCS
C240M3 Server
8 x 10 Gigabit
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Cisco SAS Edge-to-Enterprise IOT Analytics Platform
• Edge-to-Enterprise – analyze local
and remote data in real time
• Insights - discover, understand, and
act in real time
• Scale - from POC to production
• Multi-phase analytics at edge on
Cisco routers/switches and at data
center on UCS infrastructure enabled
by SAS software
• Complete orchestration of device
and application using Cisco Fog-
Director. Automation of infrastructure
and data platform with UCS Manager
and UCS Director Express
• Highly scalable architecture with
resiliency using a high-performance
gateway for sensor data ingest
• Industries first comprehensive solution encompassing Cisco routers and switches at edge and UCS
infrastructure at data center with SAS software enabling multi-phase analytics.
• Provides end-to-end orchestration platform comprising off device, application and infrastructure
• CVD eliminates risk and leverages Cisco routers/switches, Cisco UCS infrastructure and SAS
software efficiencies for an optimal platform.
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• Secondary storage systems
(backup/replication/test) are often
highly fragmented, using multiple
platforms
• Traditional secondary storage
systems do not scale well,
leading to significant sprawl and
complexity
• Outdated architectures do not
work well with hyperconverged
virtual systems and cloud
• Cohesity cluster of 3 or more
Cisco C240 M5L servers using a
specific Cohesity BoM
• Servers are UCS Managed, not
standalone
• Solution based on 4th generation
FI 6454 and VIC 1457
• Cisco UCSM 4.0(1c)
• Cisco HyperFlex 3.5(2a) or later
required
• Cohesity version 6.1.1a or later
required
• Cohesity integration with Cisco HyperFlex via the HX API for snapshot controls
• Cohesity cluster provides policy based VM protection for HyperFlex clusters or other external
systems
• Rapid mass restores and return to service
• On-prem cluster to cluster backup replication and archiving, and to cloud
• Test/Dev temporary VM cloning
Cisco HyperFlex with Cohesity Data Protection
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
Cisco Nexus Switch Cisco Nexus Switch
Fl 6454 Fl 6454 Fl 6248 Fl 6248
Cohesity Cluster Cisco HyperFlex Hybrid Cluster
Cisco UCS Domain Cisco UCS Domain
Fl 6332
Fl 6332
Fl 6332
Fl 6332 Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Cluster
Cisco HyperFlex Stretched Cluster
Cisco UCS Domain
Cisco UCS Domain
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• Challenge in protecting workloads
with traditional Scale-up
architectures.
• Missing service level agreements
(SLAs) due to difficulty in
scaling backup infrastructure for
operational needs.
• Multiple data silos preventing the
integration of applications, data,
and infrastructure
• Complex data management and
operations.
• Modular, scalable, and highly
resilient data management solution
that is simple to install and manage.
• Turnkey Hyperconverged data
management solution.
• Cisco UCS S3260 Storage
Server with M5 Server Nodes.
• Cisco Nexus 9k Series Switches.
• Commvault Complete™ Backup
and Recovery v11 and Commvault
HyperScale Software.
• Scale - Cut costs and reduce your hardware footprint by breaking down data silos.
• Manage - Remove operational complexity and gain more value from your data with native
automation and orchestration capabilities.
• Optimize - Use operational metrics to tailor your service level agreements to your business
demands and take advantage of hybrid cloud integration capabilities with no added hardware or
appliances.
Cisco UCS for ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS S3260 Servers
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
vPC peer link
40 GbE Converged
Port-Channel
40 GbE Virtual Port-Channel
Virtual Port-Channel
Cisco Nexus 9000
series switches
Cisco UCS 6300 series
Cisco UCS S3260 M5
Storage Servers
ScaleProtect with Cisco UCS
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• High RPO/RTO with multiple hours
of restore & backup time for 24/7
business critical applications on
Cisco HyperFlex
• High OPEX in managing data
protection endpoints for HyperFlex
clusters in multiple sites across
geography
• Replication of application VM
deployed across data centers on
HyperFlex clusters
• Integrated UCS Management for
HyperFlex and S3260 storage
server and single Veeam console
to manage backup and replication
of VM across several HyperFlex
clusters across geography
• Storage integration of Cisco
HyperFlex with Veeam providing
HX native snapshots and higher
backup throughput through HX
storage network
• All-in-one, scalable and easy-
to-deploy validated design and
deployment guide for multisite
HyperFlex, Veeam and Cisco UCS
S3260 storage server
• Enable RPO/RTO’s < 15 minutes with instant VM Recovery™, Veeam Explorer™ for Microsoft
Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint, and SQL server, Veeam Explorer for Oracle
• Scalable Veeam Repository on UCS Managed S3260 storage servers and C240 M4 LFF rack
servers
• Best practices to deploy multisite HyperFlex cluster with Veeam and Cisco UCS S3260 storage
server
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Multisite
Deployments
Cisco Nexus 9372 PX
Cisco Nexus 9372 PX
Cisco UCS 6248UP
Fabric Interconnect A
Cisco UCS 6248UP
4 x HX220C M4 Cluster
Cisco UCS S3260
Cisco UCS S3260
Cisco UCS 6248UP
Fabric Interconnect B
Cisco UCS 6248UP
vPC Peer Link
vPC Peer Link
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
Cisco Nexus 9372 PX
HyperFlex Cluster 1
Veeam
Availability Suite
Veeam
Availability Suite
Veeam Proxy &
WAN Accelerator
Backup Copy Jobs
Local Replication
Local Backup
Veeam Proxy &
WAN Accelerator
HyperFlex
Cluster
HyperFlex
Cluster
Veeam Proxy &
WAN Accelerator
Branch Office
HyperFlex Cluster
Cisco Nexus 9372 PX
Remote Data Center Remote Replication
Primary DC Remote DC
Primary Data Center
WAN
WAN
WAN
40 Gigabit Ethernet Link to Cisco UCS C3260 M4 Chassis
10 Gigabit Ethernet Link
Uplink to distribution switch
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• Enable RPO/RTO’s < 15 minutes with Instant VM Recovery™, Veeam Explorer™ for Microsoft
Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint, and SQL Server, Veeam Explorer for Oracle
• Scalable Veeam repository on UCS Managed S3260 storage servers
• Best practices to deploy HyperFlex cluster with Veeam and Cisco UCS S3260 storage server
server
• Single Veeam console to
manage backup and replication
of application VM across several
HyperFlex clusters
deployment guide for Veeam,
HyperFlex and Cisco UCS S3260
storage server
• High RPO/RTO with multiple
hours of restore time or data
loss for 24/7 business critical
applications
protection endpoints for multiple
HX clusters in remote offices
deployed across geography
• Single solution to deploy,
configure and optimize HX
backup and replication with
Veeam 9.5 and Cisco S3260
Storage Server
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Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite Deployment Guide
for Single Data Center Deployment
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
HX Data Platform
HX Data Platform
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Backup &
Replication
Backup &
Replication
Cisco UCS C3260
Storage Server
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco UCS
6248UP Fabric
Interconnect A
Cisco UCS
6248UP Fabric
Interconnect B
Cisco UCS 6248UP
Secondary
HyperFlex Cluster
Primary HyperFlex Cluster
4 x HX240C M4
Cluster
4 x HX240C M4 Cluster Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server
Cisco UCS 6248UP
vPC Peer Link
vPC Peer Link
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
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• Business continuity
• Multi-site data protection
• Fast and reliable RPTO
• High speed archive repositories using
the Cisco S3260 servers
• VM data protection working with the
native FlashArray//m snapshots
• Local, remote site, and cloud
archiving options
• Live VM recovery and remote live
synch
• Modern data protection delivered within the FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure
• Full deployment walkthrough along with feature validation
• Total solution that brings together performance, efficiency, automation, availability, and
recoverability
Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches
Cisco UCS servers Cisco UCS servers
Cisco S3260 MediaAgent Cisco S3260 MediaAgent
Cisco MDS 9000 Switches
Pure Storage Flash Array//m
Cisco UCS
6300 Fabric
Interconnects
Cisco UCS
6300 Fabric
Interconnects
Primary Data Center Secondary Data Center
40 GbE
40 GbE Converged
40 GbE
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• IOT and digital transformation
is driving data growth and it is
putting tremendous pressure on
IT
• IDC shows that 80% of new
data that is being generated is
unstructured and it cannot be
addressed by traditional storage.
• Capacity management with
seamless scaling to PBs in a cost
efficient manner
• End to end scale-out file and
object storage offering with
Cloudian HyperStore 7.1.2 on
UCS S3260 M5 storage Server
• Unified scale-out framework--
optimized to deliver compute,
capacity and throughput
intensive workloads
• True scale-out storage with self-
healing capabilities combined
with object and file services
support
• Massively scalable, software-defined storage system that gives you unified storage to run
your business
• Cisco and Cloudian are collaborating to offer customers a scalable object storage solution for
unstructured data that is integrated with Cloudian HyperStore Storage
• Pre-validated scale-out storage solution backed by CVD to provide cloud-like agility and
flexibility to your data center.
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Server with Cloudian HyperStore Object
Storage
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Cisco Nexus 9332 - FabricA
Cisco UCS 6332 - FabricA Cisco UCS 6332 - FabricB
Cisco Nexus 9332 - FabricB
vPC Peer Link
HA Proxy
6 HyperStore Cluster Nodes
2 x Cisco UCS C220M5
3 x Cisco UCS S3260 Chassis & 2 x S3X60 M5 Servers Per Chassis
(optional)
(optional)
1 x 40GbE
1 x 1GbE
2 x 40GbE
1 x 40GbE
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putting tremendous pressure on
IT
addressed by traditional storage.
efficient manner
• End to end scale-out file and
object storage offering with
Scality RING 7.4 on UCS S3260
M5 storage Server
intensive workloads
with object and file services
support
• Massively scalable, software-defined storage system that gives you unified storage to run
your business
• Cisco and Scality are collaborating to offer customers a scalable object storage solution for
unstructured data that is integrated with Scality RING Storage
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Cisco UCS S3260 M5 Storage Server with Scality RING
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Cisco Nexus 9332 - FabricA
Cisco UCS 6332 - FabricA Cisco UCS 6332 - FabricB
Cisco Nexus 9332 - FabricB
vPC Peer Link
Supervisor
6 Storage Nodes
1 x Cisco UCS C220M5
3 x Cisco UCS S3260 Chassis & 2 x S3X60 M5 Servers Per Chassis
(optional)
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1 x 1GbE
2 x 40GbE
1 x 40GbE
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• Enterprises today struggle to use
scale-out storage solutions to
start small and grow as needed.
• 70% of IT decision maker
believe that their current
storage systems will not be
able to handle the growth of
unstructured data.
• Inadequate storage infrastructure
is considered to be a significant
pain point.
• End to end 40G capable UCS
Architecture delivers scalable
infrastructure starting with just
three C240 M5 nodes.
• Unified scale-out framework -
intensive workloads.
with object services support.
• IBM COS provides the industry leading solution to manage unstructured data in a scalable,
reliable, secure, and cost-effective environment.
• Cisco and IBM are collaborating to offer customers a scalable object storage solution for
unstructured data that is integrates with IBM Cloud Object Storage.
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
VersaStack for IBM Cloud Object Storage on Cisco UCS C240 for
Concentrated Dispersal Mode
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• 2 x Nexus 9332
• 2 x 6332 Fabric Interconnects
• Full Deployment UCS Managed
• 40 GbE end-to-end
• Starting low with 72 TB usable – 6RU
IBM COS Manager
Nexus 9332PQ
Fabric Interconnect 6332
UCS C240
IBM COS Slicestor +
Embedded Accesser
VM Manager
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• Enterprises today struggle to
manage the explosive growth of
data while remaining agile and
cost competitive
• 70% of IT decision makers
able to handle next generation
workloads
pain point
• End-to-end 40G capable UCS
Architecture delivers high-
throughput performance with
programmable QoS critical for
scale-out storage solutions
intensive workloads
with object services support
reliable, secure, and cost-effective environment
unstructured data that integrates with IBM Cloud Object Storage
• Pre-validated scale-out storage solution backed by CVD to provide cloud-like agility and flexibility
to your data center
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
• Full Deployment UCS
Managed
• Up to 3.3 PB Raw Capacity in
6 S3260 – 24RU
• 1 x C220 M4 Server
• 1 x IBM COS Manager
• 4 x C220 M4 Servers
• 4 x IBM COS Accessers
• 6 x S3260 Storage
Servers
• 12 x M4 Server Nodes
• 12 x IBM COS Slicestors
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• Unstructured data is growing
at an exponential rate and it is
putting tremendous pressure
on IT
• Enterprises require cloud-scale
infrastructure that can scale
seamlessly without any limitation
• Legacy storage cannot address
unstructured data challenges
which requires cloud-like
economies of scale
• Massive and highly configurable
scale-out storage solution
designed for petabyte scalability
• Up to 600TB of RAW storage
and 160Gb of network within
4RU rack space and end-to-end
40G capable UCS Architecture
delivers high-throughput critical
for scale-out storage solutions
• Delivers around 8,000 PUT and
25,000 GET HTTP requests and
35 GB/s of external facing client
network bandwidth
• Best-of-Breed scale-out storage solution by SwiftStack and Cisco UCS
flexibility to your data center
• Hybrid cloud storage solution for current and next generation applications
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server with SwiftStack Software
Defined Object Storage
SwiftStack Object Storage on Cisco UCS S3260 Object Storage Use Cases
SwiftStack System Architecture
VPC Peer Link
Cluster Heart Beat Link
NX-PQ9332-A NX-PQ9332-B
FI 6332-A
6 x S3260 8 x C220M4S
8 x B200M4
2 x C220M4S
FI 6332-B
2
2 2
2
Swift
Nodes
Optional Load Generating Clients
Active/Standby
SwiftStack Controllers
Unstructured data
consumes lots of storage
capacity
Unstructured data grows
very rapidly
Unstructured data rarely, if
ever, changes
Unstructured data must be
retained for the long-term
• Data Repository
• Data Protection
• Data Analysis
SwiftStack
Controller
App/User
Data Access
(HTTP)
SwiftStack
Nodes
SwiftStack
Cluster
2
2
4
8
8
All links are 40Gb Ethernet
2
12
12
2
4
The SwiftStack Controller manages
and monitors all of the storage
resources but it is not in the data path.
The SwiftStack Cluster can have nodes
in multiple geographic regions to protect
and location-optimize your data.
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data while remaining agile and cost
competitive
• 70% of IT decision makers believe
that their current storage systems
will not be able to handle next
generation workloads
• Inadequate storage infrastructure is
considered to be a main pain point
• 5 Cisco UCS S3260 servers with an
operational guide to increase the
environment with further servers
• Design and deployment guide for
Red Hat Ceph Storage on Cisco
UCS S3260
• Detailed instructions for installation
and fine tuning for Cisco UCS
S3260 and Red Hat Ceph Storage
• Software-defined storage solution for various workloads and large scale environments
• Unified, embedded management with UCS Manager for an easy-to-scale infrastructure
• Operational guide to extend the solution with the help of UCS Manager
2 Cisco Nexus 9332PQ
2 Cisco UCS 6332
6 Cisco UCS S3260
as Ceph OSD
7 Cisco UCS C220 M4
as Ceph MON/RGW/ADM
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
Cisco UCS Manager 3.1
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• IoT and digital transformation
is driving data growth, and it is
putting tremendous pressure on IT
addressed by traditional storage
efficient manner
architecture delivers high-
capacity and throughput intensive
workloads
healing capabilities combined with
object and file services support
• Massively scalable, software-defined storage system that gives you unified storage to run your
business
• Cisco and Scality are collaborating to offer customers a scalable object storage solution for
unstructured data that is integrated with Scality RING Storage
to your data center
Cisco Nexus 9332 - Fabric A Cisco Nexus 9332 - Fabric B
vPC Peer Link
3 x Cisco UCS C220 M4
6 x Cisco UCS C3260 + 12 x M4 Server Node
Cluster Link
Cisco UCS 6332 - Fabric A Cisco UCS 6332 - Fabric B
1 x 40 Gbe
2 x 40 Gbe
1 x 40 Gbe
1 x 1 Gbe
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reasons, including market leader/maturity, vendor familiarity, and quality product/brand/reliability.
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Infrastructure | Automation
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BUSINESS CHALLENGES
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• Operational complexity: Ability to
deploy and run applications on-
premises
or off-
premises without modification
• Inconsistency: The different formats
and opaque private and public
cloud environments can induce
inconsistencies, and lack of consistent
policies which can further erode
transparency
• Visibility and management: Having
same degree of visibility and
management as the workloads migrate
from one environment to another
• VersaStack with Cisco ACI and SVC for
private cloud and IBM Bluemix public
cloud
• Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite,
which includes CloudCenter to automate
self-
service application deployment to
users’ choice of on-premises or public
cloud environments
• IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management
that orchestrates the creation,
distribution, efficient use, and retention
of application-
aware copies of data,
both on-
premises and in the cloud
• “Converged cloud” IT infrastructure that allows easy movement of applications across on-
premises
and cloud environments
• End-
to-
end copy data management to lower storage capacity requirements and accelerate
application development and testing
• IT as a service to balance user self-service on-demand deployment and management in
environments with central governance and control
• Capacity utilization optimization with automated standup and teardown of applications
VersaStack for Hybrid Cloud with Cisco CloudCenter and IBM
Spectrum Copy Data Management Solution
VersaStackTM
Solution
by Cisco and IBM
Cisco CloudCenter
VersaStack Data Center Public Clouds
vCenter
UCS Servers Nexus Switches
MDS Switches
SAN Volume Controller Storwize FlashSystem
SDX API SDX API
SDX API
VMware
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Hadoop as a Service on BareMetal with UCS Director Express (UCSDE) for
Big Data on Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Cisco ACI
APIC
Tenant 1
Tenant 1
Tenant 2
Tenant 2
UCS Domain
Tenant 3 Tenant 5
Tenant 4
Tenant 4
• Data center’s biggest challenge
is the provisioning and managing
of the large number of Hadoop
nodes
• Consolidating multiple-Hadoop
clusters in a single, centrally
managed physical cluster to
improve infrastructure utilization,
and provide access controls
and security isolation between
tenants
• Multi Tenancy
• Resource Fragmentation
• Single point of management for Network
• Scale-Out Penalty-Free Overlay Network
• Single point of Management for Hadoop
Cisco ACI Fabric
UCS Director Express for Big-Data
• Cisco UCSDE provides centralized visibility into the complete infrastructure and big data application
to identify potential failures and latent threats before they affect application and business
performance
• ACI provides centralized visibility to the entire network with deep telemetry and real-time network
health status for each tenant
• Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with ACI, offers a linearly scalable architecture
and simplification of essential operations for single-rack and multiple-rack deployments spanning
thousands of servers
of 1 UCSDE management node
and 80 Hadoop nodes with SFF/
LFF drives. This solution could
be scaled further just by adding
nodes ideally in sets of 16 Cisco
UCS C240 M4 servers
subscription
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ARCHITECTURE
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FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS Director,
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
• Complex infrastructures
spanning physical and virtual
• Slow and costly provisioning and
de-provisioning of application
infrastructure resources
• Manual processes across end-
to-end converged infrastructure
elements
• Simplifying and extending
complex capabilities to end-
users through self-service
models
• Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco Application Infrastructure
Controller
• Cisco UCS Manager
• NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP
• VMware vCenter server
• Extension to FlexPod with Nexus
9000 ACI architecture
• End-to-end automation across complete physical and virtual infrastructure
• Example customer use-cases and how to deliver automation through various Cisco UCS Director
tools and features
• Downloadable UCS Director workflows for quick enablement
Cisco UCS
Director
FlexPod
Management
&
Automation
Cisco UCS Director Use-Cases Include:
• Tenant Infrastructure Configuration
• Enabling iSCSI Guest Attached Storage
• Virtual Machine Provisioning
• Enabling Application Consistent SnapShots
• Publishing Self-service Capabilities
NetApp Clustered
Data ONTAP
Cisco Application
Infrastructure Controller
VMware vCenter Server
Cisco UCS Manager
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• Multiple element managers on
integrated stacks
• Efficient and accountable IT
resource use – service provider/
cloud model
• API’s to integrate with enterprise
tools for IT service management
(ITSM)
• Simple, efficient and scalable solution for any converged/integrated stack
• IaaS cloud delivery with features of orchestration, chargeback and self-service
• CVD eliminates risk and leverages Cisco UCS and IBM Storwize efficiencies for an optimal platform
• Supports Cisco and non-Cisco
devices and technologies in an
agnostic manner
• IaaS cloud functionality for virtual
and physical server resources
with guided setup
• Scalable and shared architecture
with resiliency and standard
API’s
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FC Fabric A
FC Fabric A
10G Ethernet
Converged
Interconnect
... ...
IBM Storwize V7000 Controller
VersaStack
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Cisco MDS 9000 FC Switches
IBM Storwize V7000 File Modules
VMware ESX VMware ESX
VPC
VPC
VPC
VPC
PortChannel
PortChannel
VPC
peerlink
Web
VM
OS
Web
VM
OS
App
VM
OS
App
VM
OS
db
VM
OS
db
VM
OS
Common Infrastructure
VMware ESX
A/D DNS
DHCP
VM
OS
SQL DB
VM
OS
vCenter
VM
OS
Cisco UCS Servers
HA Interconnect
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
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l FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, NetApp,
MetroCluster IP, and VMware vSphere 6.7 - New
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with VMware 6.5 Update1 and
Cisco ACI 3.1
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l FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.5, NetApp
AFF A-series and Fibre Channel
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.5, NetApp
AFF A-series and IP-Based Storage
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI and VMware 6.0U1
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco UCS 6300 Fabric
Interconnect and VMware vSphere 6.0 U1
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.0 and Fiber
Channel
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco UCS Mini and VMware
vSphere 6.0 with IP-Based Storage
l
l FlexPod with All Flash FAS, Cisco ACI and
vSphere 5.5U2
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.0
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with vSphere 5.5 Cisco UCS Mini
and IP-Based Storage
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS
Director, Cisco ACI
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with Nexus 9000 Standalone
and vSphere 5.5U1
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with vSphere 5.5U1
FLEXPOD
Infrastructure | Converged
VMware: Infrastructure
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BUSINESS CHALLENGES
• Cisco ACI Multi-Pod using ACI 3.2
release
• Cisco UCS 3.2(3d) release; B200
M5 servers
• VMware vSphere 6.7 hypervisor
• NetApp MetroCluster IP using
ONTAP 9.4
• No single point of failure; redundant
devices and connectivity;
expandable design
• Cisco ACI providing automation
and orchestration capabilities for
the design
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI Multi-Pod, NetApp,
MetroCluster IP, and VMware vSphere 6.7
• Typical high availability solutions
are limited to a single site and
therefore do not safeguard against
site failures
• Traditional multi-datacenter
solutions are complex and difficult
to deploy and maintain
• Providing cross site high-
availability requires purchase of
additional technologies, features
and licensing
• Infrastructure high availability and disaster recovery in a metropolitan area
• Interconnecting and centrally managing connectivity across two geographically dispersed
datacenters using ACI Multi-Pod
• Seamless workload mobility across the sites
• NetApp MetroCluster IP configuration using IP-only network to provide non-disruptive storage HA
in active-active configuration
ARCHITECTURE
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ACI APIC Cluster
ACI 93180 LC
Leaf
ACI 9504
Spines
ACI 9504
Spines
Multicast enabled
Network
2 x 10G Redundant Links between the two sites
75 KM
75 KM
ACI APIC Cluster
ACI 93180 YC
Leaf
Protected by
VMware HA
UCS - 6332 Fl UCS - 6248 Fl
UCS 5108
Chassis
NetApp
A700
NetApp
A700
Nexux 3132 Nexux 3132
UCS 5108
Chassis
vCenter
10 GbE
40 GbE
Inter Pod Network (IPN)
NetApp MetroCluster IP
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ARCHITECTURE
• End-to-end IP design using a
Cisco ACI fabric to provide 40GbE
connectivity to compute and
storage sub-system, and 10GbE to
outside networks
• Cisco UCS Manager 3.2(3a)
running on Cisco UCS 6332 FIs,
and UCS B- and C-series M5
servers running vSphere 6.5U1
• Cisco ACI 3.1(1i) using Nexus
9336PQ Spines and 9332PQ Leaf
switches to deliver a policy-based
40GbE data center fabric
• NetApp AFF A300 arrays running
Clustered Data ONTAP 9.3 to
enable 40GbE connectivity to IP
based storage (iSCSI and NFS).
Optional support for 16G FC
access by connecting directly or via
SAN, to UCS FI.
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi65u1_n9k_aci.html
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• Provide a scalable, multi-tenant data
center platform with the flexibility
and agility to support rapidly
evolving business requirements
• Improve IT agility and deployment
time for new applications while
minimizing integration costs
• Next Generation Data Center Infrastructure for Enterprise & Cloud deployments using Cisco UCS,
Cisco ACI and NetApp All Flash FAS (AFF) for IP based storage
• Flexible, policy-based, programmable Infrastructure to simplify and accelerate deployment lifecycle
of new applications
• Advanced Capabilities of Nexus 9000 Switches with Cisco ACI to provide a secure, multi-tenant
data center platform with deep telemetry, centralized visibility and management
PC
PC PC
40GbE - ACI Fabric
ACI APIC Cluster
10GbE
10GbE
40GbE 40GbE
Cisco UCS 6332-16UP FI
Cisco UCS C-Series M5
Cisco UCS B200 M5
Compute Domain Storage Domain
Management
Switch
Gateway Routers
Outside Networks - L3 Routed Domain Outside Networks - L2 Bridged Domain
Nexus 9336PQ
ACI Spines
Nexus 9332PQ
ACI Leafs
NetApp AFF A300
PC
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• UCS 6300 Fabric Interconnect,
Nexus 9000, and NetApp
AFF-A300 providing 40 GE end-to-
end IP connectivity and 16 Gb FC
with MDS 9148s (10 GE and 8 Gb
FC with UCS 6200)
• NetApp All Flash FAS (AFF)
with Clustered Data ONTAP 9.1
delivering 8/16 Gb FC, 10 Gb FCoE
Direct Connect and 10/40 Gb NFS
storage solutions
• New FlexPod Datacenter best
practices for VMware vSphere 6.5
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FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.5, NetApp AFF
A-series and Fibre Channel
• Improve utilization rates
• Reduce time to deployment of new
applications
• Ease infrastructure management
burdens
• Reduce risk of downtime
• Converged infrastructure for the next-generation data center
• Investment protection in high density and high performance data center environments
• High performance, scalable and resilient systems
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
UCS
C-Series &
B-Series
UCS
C-Series &
B-Series
UCS
6332-16UP
MDS
9148S
UCS
6248UP
Nexus
9332
Nexus
93180
MDS
9148S
NetApp AFF
A300
NetApp AFF
A300
UCS 6300 Implementation UCS 6200 Implementation
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
1 GbE Only
16 Gb FC
40 GB Converged
10 GbE Only
40 GbE Only
1 GbE Only
16 Gb FC
10 GB Converged
10 GbE Only
8 GB FC
PC
PC
PC
PC
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
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AFF-A300 providing 40 GE end-
to-end IP connectivity (10 GE with
UCS 6200)
• NetApp All Flash FAS (AFF) A300
with Clustered Data ONTAP 9.1
delivering ISCSI and NFS storage
and 40 GE connectivity
• New FlexPod Datacenter best
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi65_n9kiscsi.html
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FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 6.5, NetApp AFF
A-series and IP-Based Storage
applications
burdens
• Converged infrastructure for the next-generation data center
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
40 Gb Converged
1 GbE Only
40 GbE Only
10 Gb Converged
1 GbE Only
10 GbE Only
UCS
C-Series &
B-Series
UCS
C-Series &
B-Series
UCS
6332-16UP
UCS
6248UP
Nexus
9332
Nexus
93180
NetApp AFF
A300
NetApp AFF
A300
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• Proven and validated solution
• Streamlined installation following detailed CVD
• Secure tenant separation/security at every layer of the stack
• Highly scalable
• Developed with best practices
from Cisco, NetApp, and
VMware
• Scalable with any UCS blade
server and platform
• Scalable across NetApp AFF/
FAS product family
• Integrated physical and virtual
machine management
• Close integration with Cisco
Application Policy Infrastructure
Controller (APIC)
• Provide a secure, shared
infrastructure
• Minimize operational expenses
• Ability to rapidly and flexibly
deliver IT services
• Minimize integration and
configuration costs
10 GbE only
Converged Interconnects
Standby Link
SFO Interconnect
40 GbE only
Cisco Unified Computing System
UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnects &
5108 Blade Chassis with B200 M4
Cisco ACI Fabric
APIC, Nexus 9300
Nexus 93180
Nexus 9336
Nexus 9336
APIC 1-3
Spine Switches
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
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FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco UCS 6300 Fabric Interconnect and
VMware vSphere 6.0 U1
• Reduce time to deployment of
new applications
burdens
• UCS 3.1 unified software release
provides unified, embedded
management of all software and
hardware components of the
UCS system
• UCS 6300 Fabric Interconnect
and Nexus 9000 providing 10
• NetApp All Flash FAS (AFF) with
clustered Data ONTAP 8.3.2
delivering ISCSI and UCS direct
attached fibre channel storage
solution
• Converged infrastructure based on Cisco Unified Data Center
Po Po
Po Po
ifgrp ifgrp ifgrp ifgrp
Po
Po
Po Po
Po Po
VPC VPC
VPC VPC VPC VPC
VPC VPC
10GbE Only 10GbE Only
40Gb Converged 10Gb Converged
16Gb FC 8Gb FC
40GbE Only 40GbE Only
UCS
C-Series &
B-Series
UCS
C-Series &
B-Series
UCS
6332-16UP
UCS
6248UP
Nexus
9372
Nexus
9372
NetApp AFF
8040
NetApp AFF
8040
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new applications
burdens
• Addition of Cisco MDS to
FlexPod provides highly scalable
fiber channel switching for SAN
boot and application data
• UCS 6200 and 6300 Fabric
Interconnects and Nexus
9000 providing 10 and 40 GE
connectivity
with clustered Data ONTAP 9.0
delivering fiber channel and NFS
storage capabilities
Unified Computing
System
UCS 6332-16UP
& UCS B and C
Series Servers
Unified Computing
System
UCS 6248 Fabric
Interconnects,
Nexus 2232 Fabric
Extender & UCS
C and B Series
Servers
Nexus 9372PX
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
MDS 9148S
NetApp
AFF 8040
10GbE only
SFO Interconnect
16Gb FC
40 GbE Converged
40 GbE only
10GbE only
16Gb FC
8Gb FC
10 GbE Converged
SFO Interconnect
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
MDS 9148S
NetApp
AFF 8040
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FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco UCS Mini and VMware vSphere 6.0
with IP-Based Storage
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10 GbE
Converged
vPC
Direct Connect IP Solution
10 GbE vPC
Converged 10 GBE
IP Based Data Center Solution
FlexPod
Express
Solution
FlexPod
Express
Solution
Cisco
UCS
Mini
Cisco
UCS
Mini
Cisco
Nexus
9000
Cisco
Nexus
9000
NetApp
FAS2552
NetApp
FAS2552
Converged
Services
Converged
Services
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
• Reducing cost: to reduce the time
and money spent on managing
servers, storage and applications.
This also includes power, space,
and cooling
• Supporting business requirements:
to create a more flexible and agile
infrastructure
• Reducing time-to-market: to
enable rapid deployment of new
services quickly
• Cisco Unified Computing System
(Cisco UCS) Mini
• New integrated Fabric
Interconnect and 110V power
supplies
• Management, networking and
storage control embedded in the
chassis
• NetApp fabric-attached storage
(FAS) systems 2500 Series
directly connected
• Consistent management with appropriate scale
from the edge of the network to the data center
• FlexPod Infrastructure for uses cases including
app workloads such as Exchange 2010, VCC,
SAP, MS SQL
• FlexPod Data Center for Enterprises and Service
Providers with small failure domain requirements
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• Slow, complex, expensive
application deployment
• Isolated network control
• Inefficient orchestration and
cumbersome network automation
• Complex multi-tenancy support
• Applications requiring faster
storage response and higher IOPs
• Nexus 9000 supporting ACI
• Policy driven network
configuration
• NetApp All Flash FAS 8000 with
Cluster Data ONTAP 8.3
• UCS 2.2(3d) supporting direct
Fabric Interconnect attached
C-series
• Direct Attached storage for
FCoE boot support
• Converged infrastructure based on Cisco
Unified Data Center
• Consistent network policies throughout the DC
with enhanced automation capabilities
• High performance all flash storage
• Rapid Application deployment
10 GbE only
Standby Link
SFO Interconnect
40 GbE only
Unified Computing
System
UCS 6248 Fabric
Interconnects,
Nexus 2232 Fabric
Extender & UCS C and B
Series Servers
NetApp Storage
Controller
AFF 8040
Nexus 9396
Nexus 9336
Nexus 9336
APIC 1-3
Spine Switches
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
UCS B-Series and
C-Series
3 Node APIC Cluster
9396 TOR Switches
NetApp AFF 8040
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• Siloed network, compute,
storage
• Inefficient resources
operations
• Application restraints
• Energy efficiency
• High performance, scalable and resilient system
• UCS2.2(5b)
• Nexus 9000 supports low
latency 10 GE & 40 GE switching
• iSCSI solution
• vSphere 6.0 support
• NetApp clustered Data ONTAP
8.3.1
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi60_n9k.html
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi60_n9k_design.html
Cisco UCS C220 M4
C-Series Server(s)
Cisco UCS 5108 B-Series
Blade Chassis 2208XP
Chassis FEX Modules B260
and B460 M4 Blade(s)
Cisco Nexus
9372PX Switches
NetApp All Flash FAS8060
Storage Controllers
with HA Backplane in
switchless configuration
NetApp DS2246
Disk Shelves
Controller 1
Controller 2
Po
Po
Po
Po
Po
VPC
VPC
VPC
VPC
ifgrp
ifgrp
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SAS only
Cisco UCS 6248UP
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IP-Based Storage
• Reducing cost: to reduce
the time and money spent on
managing servers, storage and
applications. This also includes
power, space, and cooling
• Supporting business
requirements: to create a more
flexible and agile infrastructure
• Reducing time-to-market:
to enable rapid deployment of
new services quickly
• Consistent management with appropriate scale from the edge of the network to the data center
• FlexPod Infrastructure for uses cases including app workloads such as Exchange 2010, VCC, SAP, MS SQL
• FlexPod Datacenter for Enterprises and Service Providers with small failure domain requirements
(Cisco UCS) Mini
• New integrated fabric
interconnect and 110V power
supplies
storage control embedded in the
chassis
• NetApp fabric-attached storage
(FAS) systems 2500 Series
directly connected
CVD Datacenter: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_ucsmini_esxi55_ip.html
CVD Express: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_express_ucsmini_esxi55_ip.html
Design: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_ucsmini_design.pdf
10 GbE
Converged
vPC
FlexPod
Datacenter
Solution
Nexus
9000
Cisco
UCS
Mini
NetApp
FAS
2552
10 GbE
Converged
vPC
Cisco
UCS Rack
Servers
FlexPod
Express
Solution
Nexus
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Cisco
UCS
Mini
NetApp
FAS
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Cisco
UCS Rack
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CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi55u1_n9k.pdf
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi55u1_n9k_design.pdf
FlexPod Datacenter with Nexus 9000 Standalone and
vSphere 5.5U1
storage
operations
• UCS 2.2(2c)
• iSCSI solution
• vSphere 5.5U1 support
8.2.1
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Cisco UCS C220 M3 C-Series
Server(s)
Cisco UCS
5108 B-Series Blade Chassis
2208XP Chassis FEX Modules
B200 M3 B-Series Blade(s)
Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric
Interconnects
Cisco Nexus 9396 Switches
NetApp FAS8040 Storage
Controllers w/ High Availability
Backplane
Cisco Nexus 5596 Cluster
Interconnects
NetApp DS2246 Disk Shelves
VPC
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Po
Po Po
Po
VPC
ifgrp
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Controller 2
ifgrp
VPC
VPC
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SAS only
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storage
operations
• UCS 2.2(2c)
and FCoE, VXLAN ready, low
hop count
• Multi-hop FCoE
• vSphere 5.5U1 support
8.2.1
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi55u1.pdf
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi55u1_design.pdf
ARCHITECTURE
Cisco UCS C220 M3 C-Series
Server(s)
Cisco UCS
2208XP Chassis FEX Modules
B200 M3 B-Series Blade(s)
Interconnects
Cisco Nexus 5548UP or
5672UP Switches
NetApp FAS8040 Storage
Controllers w/ High Availability
Backplane
Cisco Nexus 5596 Cluster
Interconnects
NetApp DS2246 Disk Shelves
VPC
Po
Po
Po
Po
Po Po
Po
VPC
ifgrp
ifgrp
VPC
VPC
Po
Converged
FCoE only
10 GbE only
SAS only
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Controller 2
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ARCHITECTURE
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/exchange2013_aci_flexpod_vmware.html
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/exchange2013_aci_flexpod_vmware_design.html
• Scalability and performance
issues
• Challenges in business adjacency
due to growing enterprises and
complexity in managing them
• Time consuming, convoluted,
expensive application deployment
• Isolated network regulation
• Complex multi-tenant environment
configuration
• NetApp FAS 8000 with cluster
Data ONTAP 8.2.1
• UCS 2.2 (1d) supporting
direct fabric interconnect
attached C-series
• vSphere 5.5 virtualization
platform
• Microsoft Exchange 2013
Unified Data Center
• Consistent network policies throughout the data
center with enhanced automation capability
• Rapid Exchange application deployment
• Joint publication with Cisco-NetApp
• High-performance, scalable and resilient system
10 GbE only
Standby Link
SFO Interconnect
40 GbE only
Unified Computing
System
UCS 6248 Fabric
Interconnects,
Nexus 2232 Fabric
Series Servers
FAS Controller 8000
Nexus 5596
Cluster Interconnect
X8
Nexus 9396
Nexus 9508
Nexus 9508
APIC 1-3
Spine Switches
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
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Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Active

Directory
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
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Exchange

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iSCSI

Network
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iSCSI

Network
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Exchange

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iSCSI

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iSCSI

Network
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Network

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Directory
Exchange

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iSCSI

Network
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Network

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CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_iaas_ucsd_52_aci.pdf
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_esxi55u2_n9k_aci_design.pdf
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere, Cisco UCS Director,
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
• Complex infrastructures
spanning physical and virtual
• Slow and costly provisioning and
de-provisioning of application
infrastructure resources
• Manual processes across end-
to-end converged infrastructure
elements
• Simplifying and extending
complex capabilities to end-
users through self-service
models
• Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco Application Infrastructure
Controller
• Cisco UCS Manager
• VMware vCenter server
• Extension to FlexPod with Nexus
9000 ACI architecture
• End-to-end automation across complete physical and virtual infrastructure
• Example customer use-cases and how to deliver automation through various Cisco UCS Director
tools and features
• Downloadable UCS Director workflows for quick enablement
Cisco UCS
Director
FlexPod
Management
&
Automation
Cisco UCS Director Use-Cases Include:
• Tenant Infrastructure Configuration
• Enabling iSCSI Guest Attached Storage
• Virtual Machine Provisioning
• Enabling Application Consistent SnapShots
• Publishing Self-service Capabilities
NetApp Clustered
Data ONTAP
Cisco Application
Infrastructure Controller
VMware vCenter Server
Cisco UCS Manager
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FLEXPOD
Microsoft
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end IP connectivity for CIFS/SMB
share for VM store and 16 Gb FC
with MDS 9148s for boot LUNs (10
GE and 8 Gb FC with UCS 6200).
with clustered ONTAP Data 9.1
delivering 8/16 Gb FC, 10 Gb FCoE
Direct Connect and 10/40 Gb NFS
storage solutions.
• New FlexPod Data Center Best
Practices for Microsoft Hyper-V
2016. with System Center 2016
VMM.
ACI Design: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_mspc_ws2016_aci_design.html
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_mspc_ws2016_aci.html
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Server
2016 and Cisco ACI 3.0
applications
burdens
• Converged infrastructure for the NextGen Data Center
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
UCS
C-Series &
B-Series
UCS
C-Series &
B-Series
UCS
6332-16UP
MDS
9148S
UCS
6248UP
Nexus
9332
Nexus
93180
MDS
9148S
NetApp
AFF
A300
NetApp AFF
A300
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
1GbE Only
16Gb FC
40GB Converged
10GbE Only
40GbE Only
1GbE Only
16Gb FC
10GB Converged
10GbE Only
8GB FC
PC
PC
PC
PC
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
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CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/mssql2016_flexpod_vmware_cvd.html
• Non-Standardization and
decentralization SQL Server
Databases
• Slow, complex, expensive SQL
application deployments
Challenges
• Business Continuity challenges due
to growing environment complexity
• Reduce the number of management
domains – data center agility
• Scalable Architecture
• 40GE End-to-End iSCSI
Connectivity
• NetApp AFF300 Series
Storage
• MS SQL Server 2016
• Nexus 9000 Series
• vSphere 6.5 Virtualization
Platform
• High Availability with VMware
• To simplify the design and deployment of MS SQL server on a virtualized FlexPod Infrastructure
• Maximize hardware utilization, reducing sprawl, power and cooling costs by consolidation
• Virtualizing SQL server on the FlexPod (All Flash storage) infrastructure meets the most demanding
customers’ workloads
• UCS “Service Profile” approach helps in deploying servers/solutions quickly & effectively.
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and
VMware vSphere 6.5
UCS 6332-16UP
SQL
Server
Virtual
Center
Infra
Virtual
Machines
SQL
Server
SQL
Server
Virtual Machines
ESX1 ESX2
SQL
Server
Nexus 93180YC-EX
NetApp AFF A300
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
VMware vSphere 6.5 HA/DRS
VMware
vSphere
ESX
6.5
Infra
UCS B200
M5
UCS B200
M5
AD
Server
40 GbE Converged
SFO Interconnect
40 GbE Only
10 GbE Only
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vPC
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CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_mspc40_cmode_n9k.pdf
• Reduce server sprawl
• Minimize operational expenses
• Ability to rapidly and flexibly
deliver IT services
• Minimize integration and
configuration costs
• Developed with best practices
from Cisco, NetApp, and
Microsoft
• Scalable with any UCS blade or
rack server
• Scalable across NetApp FAS
product family
• Integrated physical and virtual
machine management
• Tight integration with Microsoft
System Center
• VMM SCOM Orchestrator
PowerShell
• Includes Windows Azure Pack
and NLB deployment
• Proven and validated solution
• Streamlined installation following detailed CVD
• Enhanced automation with System Center and PowerShell integration
• Microsoft Azure Pack Integrated Infrastructure
Cisco Unified
Computing System
UCS 6248 Fabric
Interconnects & 5108
Blade Chassis w/ B200
M4, UCS C-220
Microsoft Hyper-V
2012 R2
System Center
2012 R2
Cisco Access Layer
Cisco Nexus 9396
Switch
Net App Storage
FAS 8000
Nexus 1110X
Nexus 9396 ACI
Capable Datacenter
Switches
Unified Computing
System
UCS 6248 Fabric
Interconnects, UCS
C-220, B-200-Series
Servers
FAS 8040 controller
Nexus 5596 Cluster
Interconnect
FCoE only
10 GbE only
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CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_vmware_horizon_n9k_aff_ucsm32.html
• Typical VMware Horizon Desktops & RDS
Hosted Server Sessions mixed workload
combined users
• Rapid workload changes (mostly
unpredictable) and hence high demand on
quick H/W expansion flexibilities
• Demand density when proposing RDSH &
VDI solutions
• Different VDI end users (Non Persistent
& Persistent and RDSH Server Sessions
Users) connecting to newer/variety of end
point devises
• Scalable architecture with UCS B200 M5
Chassis
• 5,000 Mixed RDSH & VDI users Instant and
Full Clone combined and Infrastructure
Servers in four 5108 Blade Server Chassis
• 5000 Combined RDS Hosted Server Sessions
& VDI users, Cisco Hardware, 3rd Gen 6300
, 40GBE FIs, Nexus Switches, 9148S MDS
Switch 16 Gb FC, NetApp AFF A300 Storage
System in 42 RU single rack solution
• Performance study with simulations of RDS
Hosted Server Sessions & VDI Instant non-
persistent Clones & Full Clone persistent
desktop workloads running knowledge
worker workload
• High Density with a small footprint supporting mixed users workloads
• UCS “Service Profile” approach helps faster flexible deployments in short notice
• Very good end user experience measuring <1 second for both RDSH & VDI Users on cluster level
and 5000 users mixed workload level
• FlexPod all flash storage technology delivering 16 GB FC/ 10 GB FCoE/ 10/40 GB NFS
• Converged Infrastructure for the NextGen Data Center
NetApp AFF A300
Storage System
2 Storage Controllers
1 Disc Shelf D5224C
Cisco-MD5 9148S-A
Nexus 9372PX-A
UCS 6332-16UP-FI-A UCS 6332-16UP-FI-B
Fabric / Switching
2 Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Switches
2 Cisco UCS 6332-16UP
2 Cisco MDS 9148S 16GB
Fibre Channel Switches
NetApp Stack – A single
rack solution for 5000 (RDSH
& VDI) Mixed Users
Compute
1 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Chassis
2 Cisco 2304 IO Modules
Upto 8 B200 M5 Blade Servers
Storage
1 NetApp AFF A300 Storage System
2 Storage Controllers HA
1 Disk shelf (DS224C): 24 x 3.8TB
Capacity: 65 TB (Usable Capacity)
Cisco-MD5 9148S-B
Nexus 9372PX-B
2 x 16 GB FC from each 9148S MD5 Fabric Switch
to NetApp AFF A300 Storage System Controller
(2 Controller)
2 x 40 GB Connection from
each 2304 IO Module to
6332-16UP FI-A (4 Chassis)
6332-16UP FI-B (4 Chassis)
VPC Domain-Peer Link
Cluster Link
8/16 GB FC
40GB Ethernet (2x40GB each IOM)
Cluster Link
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Workload 3
Workload 4
4 Cisco UCS Chassis
(27 Servers) 5K Mixed
workload Configuration
CH-1&2-BL8 (2 Infra
Servers)
CH-1-(6 Workload Servers)
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and
VMware vSphere 6.5U1 for 5000 Seats
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
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VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 for 6000 Seats
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_ucs_xd715esxi65u1_flexpod.html
combined users
VDI solutions
point devises
Chassis
worker workload
NetApp AFF A300
Storage System
1 Disc Shelf D5224C
Cisco-MD5 9148S-A
Nexus 9372PX-A
Fabric / Switching
Switches
& VDI) Mixed Users
Compute
Storage
Cisco-MD5 9148S-B
Nexus 9372PX-B
(2 Controller)
Cluster Link
8/16 GB FC
Cluster Link
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Workload 3
Workload 4
4 Cisco UCS Chassis
CH-1&2-BL8 (2 Infra
Servers)
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Workload XenApp 7.7
XenDesktop 7.7
2x Nexus 9372 Switches
2x Cisco UCS 6248
4x Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis
28x Cisco UCS B200 M4
Blade Server
NetApp AFF8080EX Storage28x 2x
NetApp DS2246 Disk
Shelves 48x 800GB SSDs
Network
Compute
Storage
FlexPod Datacenter with B200 M4 Blade Servers, AFF8080EX Storage,
vSphere 6 U1, and Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.7 for 5000 Seats
vPC (12)
vPC (11)
vPC (10)
Peer Links
ifgrp ifgrp
Cisco Unified
Computing System
UCS 5108 Chassis w/
UCS B200 M4 Blade
Servers
Cisco UCS
6248UP Fabric
Interconnects
Cisco Nexus
9372PX Switches
NetApp
AFF 8080 EX Storage
w/ Single HA Pair
NetApp
DS2246 Disc Shelves
48x 800GB SSDs
Node 1
Cluster
Network
Node 2
vPC
(14,18)
vPC
(13,17)
• Day-zero workflow provisioning support
Unified Data Center
• Mixed VCC and RDS workload scenarios
• CVD introduction to UCS Performance Manager
• Hardware/software level redundancy using
Cisco UCS and NetApp Availability features
• UCS 3.1(1e)
• UCS B200 M4 blades
• NetApp AFF8080EX-A storage
system
• NetApp clustered data ONTAP
8.3.2
• Nexus 9372 series switches
(standalone)
• Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
(7.7)
• VMware vSphere 6.0 update 1a
• Quick provisioning of VCC
solution environment
• Dynamic and agile expansion of
VCC solution
• Scalability of VCC to support
user demand at large scale
• Support for enterprise converged
VCC solution
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
FlexPod Datacenter with UCS, NetApp All Flash FAS, and Citrix
ARCHITECTURE
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_ucs_xd77esxi60u1_flexpod.html
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• Balancing large and continually evolving
business requirement with a cost–
efficient, high performing and always-
available database infrastructure
• Pre-tested, scalable and best in-class
converged solution stack for optimizing
your most challenging Oracle RAC
databases
• Oracle RAC must exude the highest
level of flexibility, performance,
scalability and resilience
• Time consuming, convoluted, expensive
• Cisco UCS 3.2(3c), Cisco UCS B200
M5 Blade Servers and NetApp AFF
A700s with Oracle 12cR2 RAC and
Oracle Linux
• A single platform built from unified
compute, fabric, and storage
technologies, allowing you to scale
to large-scale data centers without
architectural changes
• NetApp All Flash Array powered by
NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 9.3
and Cisco UCS running OLTP and DSS
Databases together
• Integrated compute, network & storage solution
• High-performance, scalable, and resilient system
• Centralized, simplified management of infrastructure resources, including end-to-end automation
• Hardware level redundancy for all major components using Cisco UCS and NetApp availability
features
• Faster deployments, greater flexibility of choice, efficiency, high availability and lower risk
FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC on Cisco UCS
and NetApp AFF A-Series
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LAN
NetApp AFF A700s
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C93180LC-EX-A
FI 6332-16UP-A FI 6332-16UP-B
UCS-B200-M5 Servers
MDS-C9148S-B
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vPC Domain 1
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
VSAN-B 202
VLAN 10
for Failover
VLAN 135
for Failover
16G FC Storage Traffic
10/40 GbE Uplinks Traffic
10/40 G Private Network Traffic
40 G Public Network Traffic
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Swingbench Client
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 4
Private Traffic
Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects
Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fabric Switches
Cisco UCS Chassis 5108
Cisco UCS Blade Servers
NetApp AFF A-Series All Flash Arrays
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business critical applications
like SAP HANA
• Ease infrastructure
deployment and management
burdens
• Industry trends of
management automation
and dynamic workload
provisioning
• Converged infrastructure for the NextGen Data Center with FlexPod and Application driven policy
based approach to Solution deployment with Cisco ACI.
• High performance, scalable and resilient and multi-tenant network infrastructure centrally managed
and configured.
Cisco UCS
2304 Chassis FEX Modules
B480 M5 Blade Servers
Cisco UCS
Cisco UCS C480 M5
Rack Server(s)
Cisco UCS C240 M5
Rack Server(s)
Cisco UCS C220 M5
Rack Server(s)
Cisco Nexus 9336PQ
Spine Switches
Cisco Nexus 93180LC-EX
Leaf Switches
NetApp AFF A300 Storage
Controllers w/ NetApp
DS224C Disc Shelves
Cisco ACI APIC
Controllers
Cisco UCS 6332 Fabric Interconnects
SAS Only 40GbE Only 10GbE Only
Po Po
VPC VPC
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with Cisco UCS
Manager 3.2 and Cisco ACI
• Cisco UCS 6332 Fabric
Interconnects running UCSM
3.2 , Cisco Nexus 9000 series
ACI switches with 3-node
APIC cluster 3.2(2l)
• NetApp AFF-A300 providing
40 GE end-to-end IP
connectivity with NFS and
iSCSI options for boot as well
as HANA persistence layer.
• SAP HANA single host and
scale-out implementation
examples.
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applications
burdens
end IP connectivity
with clustered data ONTAP 9.2
• New FlexPod data center best
for virtualized implementations
• Converged infrastructure for the NextGen data center
• Investment protection in high density and high performance data center environments. Nexus
switches used are leaf node supported; easing shift to ACI mode.
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with IP-Based Storage using
NetApp AFF A-Series
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12x Cisco UCS B480M5
or
2x Cisco UCS C220M5
(Management Server)
NetApp AFF A300
NetApp DS224C
Cisco UCS FI 6332-16UP
Cisco UCS FI 6332
vPC-peer
Cisco Nexus
2348TQ
vPC
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issues
• Challenges in business adjacency
due to growing enterprises and
complexity in managing them
• Complex multi-tenant
environment
configuration
Data ONTAP 8.2.1
• UCS 2.2 (1d) supporting
direct Fabric Inter connect
attached C-series
platform
unified data center
• Rapid Exchange application deployment
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10 GbE only
Standby Link
SFO Interconnect
40 GbE only
Unified Computing
System
UCS 6248 Fabric
Interconnects,
Nexus 2232 Fabric
Series Servers
FAS Controller 8000
Nexus 5596
X8
Nexus 9396
Nexus 9508
Nexus 9508
APIC 1-3
Spine Switches
vPC
vPC
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vPC
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FLEXPOD
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• Simplify applications deployment
across multiple private and public
clouds
• Maintain control of critical customer
data and provide secure data
transfers
• Enable distributed applications
– application tiers running on
different clouds
• Cisco CloudCenter provides
seamless application deployment in
DC, AWS and Azure
• FlexPod DC with ACI-based private
cloud to enable automated network
provisioning
• NetApp Private Storage hosted
in Equinix provides high-speed
connectivity to multiple clouds
including AWS and Azure
• Secure, high-performance integration between FlexPod and leading cloud providers
• Multi-cloud App deployment with automated data provisioning
• Utilize the resources in public clouds while maintaining control of critical customer data
• Seamless data mobility between on premise NetApp storage and NPS using secure encrypted
communication
FlexPod Datacenter for Hybrid Cloud with Cisco CloudCenter
and NetApp Private Storage
Cloud
Service
Providers
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Internet
Direct Connect DC
Co-Lo Facility
NetApp Private Storage
IPsec Tunnel
IPsec Tunnel
Direct Connect
FlexPod Datacenter
Private
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features
• Balancing large and continually
evolving business requirement
with a cost–efficient, high
performing and always-available
database infrastructure
• Pre-tested, scalable and best-
in-class converged solution
stack for optimizing your
most challenging Oracle RAC
database
• Oracle RAC must exude
the highest level of flexibility,
performance, scalability
and resilience
• Cisco UCS 2.2(3a) and NetApp
FAS 8080 with Oracle 12c RAC
and Oracle Linux
technologies, allowing you to
scale to large-scale data centers
without architectural changes
• NetApp FAS Hybrid Arrays
with Flash Pool™ and Cisco
UCS running OLTP and DSS
databases together
FlexPod Data Center Solution with UCS
Cisco Nexus
Switch Family
NetApp FAS
Storage Family
NetApp E-Series
Storage Family
Cluster Link
UCS B460 Servers
NetApp FAS 8080 — Controller
N9K-Flexpod-SwitchA
vPC Domain 1
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 4
Configuration
and
Connectivity
Best
Practices
• Nexus 9000
• Nexus 7000
• Nexus 5600
• Nexus 5500
• Nexus 1110
• And more
• Nexus 9000
• Nexus 7000
• Nexus 5600
• Nexus 5500
• Nexus 1110
• And more
• UCS 6200 FI
• Cisco UCS 5108
• UCS 2200 I/O
Module
• UCS B-Series
• UCS C-Series
• And more
• UCS 6200 FI
• Cisco UCS 5108
• UCS 2200 I/O
Module
• UCS B-Series
• UCS C-Series
• And more
• FAS 8000
• AFF 8000
• FAS 2500
• DS2246
• DS4246
• E5500 Series
• And more
• FAS 8000
• AFF 8000
• FAS 2500
• DS2246
• DS4246
• E5500 Series
• And more
Cisco Unified
Computing System
UCS FI-6200
B-Series Blades
Cisco C-Series
Rack Servers
LAN
VLAN 135,20
for failover
UCS 6248 UP Fab-8
VLAN 10,30
for failover
UCS 6248 UP Fab-A
vPC Private & Storage
Allowed VLAN 10,30,135,20
vPC Public & Storage
vPC Storage B
VLAN 30,20
vPC Storage A
VLAN 20,30
N9K-Flexpod-SwitchB
vPC Peer
Link 1
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FlexPod Datacenter with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack
Platform 6.0
• Converged infrastructure
platform for OpenStack
• Trusted and supported
OpenStack Platform from
industry leaders
• Scale up or out without
disruption
• Slow, complex, risky, and
expansive deployments and
operations
• Inflexible infrastructure
• Investment protection in high-density and high-performance data center environments
• Highly available OpenStack Platform on Red Hat optimized Juno distribution
• End-to-end hardware level redundancy using Cisco UCS and NetApp high availability features
• UCS 2.2(3g)
• B200 M4 blade servers
• NetApp E5500 and FAS 8040
storage controllers
• NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3
• Nexus 9000 Series switch
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
OpenStack Installer
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• Cisco Nexus 5108 B-Series UCS Chassis
• Cisco 2204XP Fabric Extenders
• B200 M4 Server(s)
• Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnect
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
NetApp FAS Storage
• 1 NetApp FAS8040 Array
• 2 10GB NIC per Controller
NetApp E-Series Storage
• 1 NetApp DE5560 Array
• 2 NetApp E5500 4x 10Gb iSCSI Controller
• 2 10GB HIC per Controller
10 Gb Ethernet
vPC
Peer
Links
vPC
iSCSI
iSCSI
vPC
Port Channel
Port Channel
iSCSI/NFS iSCSI/NFS
VPC/IFGRP
VPC/IFGRP
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• Enterprises today struggle
to use scale-out storage
solutions to start small and
grow as needed.
• 70% of IT decision maker
able to handle the growth of
unstructured data.
• Inadequate storage
infrastructure is considered to
be a significant pain point.
• End to end 40G capable UCS
Architecture delivers scalable
infrastructure starting with just
three C240 M5 nodes.
intensive workloads.
• True scale-out storage with
self-healing capabilities
combined with object services
support.
reliable, secure, and cost-effective environment.
unstructured data that is integrates with IBM Cloud Object Storage.
to your data center.
VersaStack for IBM Cloud Object Storage on Cisco UCS C240 for
Concentrated Dispersal Mode
• 2 x Nexus 9332
• Full Deployment UCS Managed
• Starting low with 72 TB usable – 6RU
IBM COS Manager
Nexus 9332PQ
Fabric Interconnect 6332
UCS C240
IBM COS Slicestor +
Embedded Accesser
VM Manager
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• Operational complexity:
Ability to deploy and run cloud
native microservices-based
applications on-premises.
• Compliance and
management: Simplicity, ease
of deployment and compliance
requirements to keep
applications and data secure
with in enterprise’s control.
• Investment leverage: Ability to
leverage existing investments
across both middleware and
infrastructure.
• VersaStack with Cisco UCS
M5 and IBM Storage for IBM
Private Cloud.
• IBM Cloud Private 2.1.0
Enterprise Edition
• IBM Spectrum Connect 3.4.0
• IBM Storage Enabler for
Containers 1.0
• VMware vSphere 6.5 U1
• Enterprise grade highly available and secure Infrastructure with VersaStack
• Persistent storage for application containers
• Multi-tenant containers and orchestration that is based on Kubernetes for creating microservices-
based applications
• A common catalog of enterprise and open services to accelerate developer productivity
• Automatic horizontal and non-disruptive vertical scaling of applications
VersaStack for IBM Cloud Private with Cisco UCS
and IBM Storage
iSCSi
VM
IBM Cloud
Private
VMware vSphere
High
Availability
IBM Storage Flex
Volume for Kubernetes
IBM Storage Dynamic
Provisioner for Kubernetes
IBM Storage Enabler for
Containers
Spectrum
Connect backend
High
Availability
VersaStack
Infrastructure
IBM Spectrum Connect
Master
1
Master
2
Master
3
Worker
1
Worker
2
VM VM VM VM
VM
VM
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• Operational Complexity and
increasing cost of people,
management, software, and
facilities
• Increased demand for new
services (e.g. mobility,
social media, collaboration,
the Internet of Everything
(IoE), in-memory database
technologies)
• Shift toward heavily virtualized
private, hybrid, and public
cloud computing
• UCS 6300 series Fabric
interconnect and M5 blade
support
• Detailed instructions on
deploying VersaStack in Fibre
Channel & iSCSI environments
leveraging IBM SVC.
Implementation leverages
Cisco 9k 40G network and
MDS 9396S 16G fabric
switches
• Easy – Seamless integration through the validated deployment
• Efficient - Reduce provisioning time with Unified Management
• Versatile – dynamic, scalable infrastructure with cloud capabilities
VersaStack with Cisco UCS M5 Servers, IBM SVC, and
vSphere 6.5 U1
Cisco Nexus 93180
Cisco UCS 6332-16UP
Cisco UCS C-Series
Rack Servers
Cisco UCS 5108
Blade Server Chassis
IBM SAN Volume Controller
Cisco MDS 9396S
IBM FlashSystem 900
and Storwize V5030
40GbE
FC SAN A
FC SAN B
FC SAN A
FC SAN B
10GbE
40GbE Converged
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data while remaining agile and
cost competitive
• 70% of IT decision makers
able to handle next generation
workloads
pain point
Architecture delivers high-
intensive workloads
with object services support
reliable, secure, and cost-effective environment
unstructured data that integrates with IBM Cloud Object Storage
to your data center
• Full Deployment UCS
Managed
• Up to 3.3 PB Raw Capacity in
6 S3260 – 24RU
• 1 x C220 M4 Server
• 1 x IBM COS Manager
• 4 x IBM COS Accessers
• 6 x S3260 Storage
Servers
• 12 x M4 Server Nodes
• 12 x IBM COS Slicestors
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VersaStack with Cisco UCS and IBM FlashSystem A9000 Storage
• Typical VMware Horizon tops and
RDS-hosted server sessions mixed
workload combined users
unpredictable) and hence high
demand on quick H/W expansion
flexibilities
• Demand density when proposing
RDSH and VCC solutions
• Scalable architecture with UCS
B200 M4 chassis
• 5,000 mixed RDSH and VCC
users combined and infrastructure
servers in four 5108 blade server
chassis
• 5000 combined RDS-hosted server
sessions and VCC users, Cisco
hardware, FIs, Nexus switches, IBM
A9000 FlashSystem Storage in 42
RU single rack solution
• Performance study with simulations
of RDS-hosted server sessions and
VCC typical desktop workloads
running knowledge worker
workload
• High density with a small footprint supporting mixed users workloads
• Very good end-user experience measuring <1 second for both RDSH and VCC users on cluster
level and 5000 users mixed workload level
• IBM modular storage technology. Storage controller failure with 3 active grid controllers technology.
No business disruption resilient capability
8/16 Gb FC
10 GB Ethernet
Cluster Link
4 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server
Chassis (32 Blade)5K Mixed
workload configuration
Chassis-1: Infra Server (1) & RDSH
Servers (7)
Chassis-2: Infra Server (1) & VCC
Servers (6) RDSH Server (1)
Chassis-3: VCC Servers (7) &
RDSH Server (1)
RDSH Server (1)
Physical Architecture
VersaStack Components
IBM FlashSystem
A9000 Storage
VersaStack – A single rack
solution for 5000 (RDSH &
VCC) Mixed Users
Fabric
2 Cisco Nexus 9372PX Switches
2 Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects
2 Cisco MDS 9148S 16Gb Fibre Channel / Switches
Compute
2 Cisco UCS 2208 IO Modules
Up to 8 Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade Servers
Storage:
1 IBM FlashSystem A9000
12 x1.2 TB MicroLatency
Modules (21.44 TB Raw capacity)
Cisco MDS 9148-A
Nexus 9372 PX-A
UCS 6248UP - Fab. A UCS 6248UP - Fab. B
Cisco MDS 9148-B
Nexus 9372 PX-B
4 x 8GB Uplink to
Storage-VSAN-A:300
4 x 8GB Uplink to
Storage-VSAN-B:301
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
VPC Domain
VPC Peer-Link
Cluster-Link
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Node-3
Workload
Node-4
Workload
6 x 8 GB from each
MDS 9148S to IBM
FlashSystem A9000
Connecting 3 Storage
Grid Controllers
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• Integration of latest Cisco ACI-based network functionality into the VersaStack architecture
• Highlight latest UCS hardware and software features
• Consistent network policies throughout the DC with enhanced automation capabilities
• Rapid application deployment
• Nexus 9000 based ACI
Infrastructure
configuration
• IBM Storwize V7000 Unified and
FlashSystem V9000 designs
• Fibre channel, NFS and iSCSI-
based storage connectivity
• Cisco AVS and VMware
VDS-based virtual switching
architecture
• Isolated network control
• Inefficient orchestration
and cumbersome network
automation
• Complex multi-tenancy support
Cisco APIC Cisco APIC
Cisco Nexus
9336 Spines
Cisco Nexus
9336 Spines
iSCSI based storage design with IBM FlashSystem V9000 FC and NFS based storage design with IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
Cisco Nexus 9372 Cisco Nexus 9372
Cisco UCS 6248
Cisco UCS 6248
Cisco UCS C220 M4
Rack Servers
Cisco UCS C220 M4
Rack Servers
Cisco UCS 5108 Blade
Server Chassis
Cisco UCS 5108 Blade
Server Chassis
Cisco MDS 9148S
IBM FlashSystem
V9000
IBM Storwize
V7000
40GbE
40GbE
FC SAN A
FC SAN B
10GbE
10GbE
10GbE
Converged
10GbE
Converged
Virtual
Port-Channel
Virtual
Port-Channel
Port-Channel
Legend
Legend
IBM Storwize V7000
Unified File Modules
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• Inconsistent storage functions
and lack of standardized storage
support
• Complex multi-tiered storage
support
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VersaStack with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and IBM
SAN Volume Controller
• Nexus 9000 based ACI
infrastructure
• IBM SAN Volume Controller
(SVC) based single point of
storage control for FC and iSCSI
based storage access
• IBM FS900 and v5030 based
multi-tiered storage
• UCS C-series based dedicated
management cluster
• Integration of IBM SVC to support a tiered storage design based on IBM Storwize and FlashSystem
• Highlight latest network and compute features and functionality by utilizing ACI version 2.x and
UCS 3.1.2
• Consistent network policies throughout the data center with enhanced automation capabilities
• Rapid application deployment
Cisco Nexus
9336 Spines
Cisco UCS
C-Series Mgmt.
x2
Cisco Nexus 93180
Cisco UCS 6248
Cisco UCS C220 M4
Cisco UCS 5108
Cisco MDS 9396S
IBM FS900 IBM Storwize V5030
Physical Layout Logical Design
x2
x2
x2
x2
x2
x2
x2 x2
x2
x2
x2
Cisco APIC
2145-DH8/SV1
SVC Cluster
UCS B200 M4 UCS C200 M4
Ethernet
Data
+
iSCSI
Fiber
Channel
SVC-2145-DH1 SVC-2145-SV1
Storwize v5030 FS 900
Nexus 93180YC
MDS 9396S
40GbE
FC SAN A
FC SAN B
10GbE
10GbE
Converged
Virtual
Port-Channel
Port-Channel
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VersaStack with Cisco UCS Mini and VMware vSphere 6.0 U2 with
Direct Attached SAN Storage
• Reducing time-to-market: to
enable rapid deployment of new
services quickly
(Cisco UCS) Mini with embedded
management, networking and
storage access
• New integrated fabric
interconnect (Cisco UCS 6324)
with support for 2nd UCS chassis
• IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2
system - directly connected
to Cisco UCS Mini using fibre
channel
• VMware vSphere 6.0 U2, Cisco
UCS 3.1(2c), IBM Spectrum
Virtualize V7.7.1
• Easy: Simple and flexible infrastructure platform – ideal for SMB or small deployments
• Efficient: Reduce provisioning time with unified management and seamless integration through
the validated deployment
• Versatile: Dynamic, scalable infrastructure with Cloud compatibilities
10 Gig E
FC Fabric A
FC Fabric B
Converged
vPC
Peer Link
vPC vPC
Storwize V5000 Gen2
Nexus 9000 Series
UCS C-Series (Optional)
Cisco UCS Mini Primary
Chassis with FI-6324 and
Blade Servers
Cisco UCS Secondary
Chassis
VersaStackTM
Solution
by Cisco and IBM
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
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Rack Servers
Node B
Node A
UCS Mini with
6324 FI’s
Apps/Middleware
Management Software
Nexus Switches
IBM Storwize V5000
10 GbE
vPC
Converged
Cisco UCS Servers
Cisco Nexus
IBM Storwize V5000
• Consistent management with appropriate scale from the edge of the network to the data center
• VersaStack Infrastructure for use cases including Remote Office/Branch Office, Small Medium
Business, VCC
• VersaStack for Enterprises and Service Providers with streamlined architecture
• Cisco Unified Computing
System (Cisco UCS) Mini
• New integrated Fabric
Interconnect and 110V
power supplies
storage control embedded in
the chassis
• IBM Storwize V5000 system
• Reducing time-to-market:
to enable rapid deployment of
new services quickly
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_n5k_mini.html
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_n5k_mini_design.html
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• Operational complexity and
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services (e.g. mobility, social
media, collaboration, the Internet
of Everything (IoE), in-memory
database technologies)
private, hybrid, and public cloud
computing
• UCS M4 blade support
• Detailed instructions deploying
VersaStack in Fibre Channel
environment leveraging
IBM FlashSystem V9000.
Implementation leverages Cisco
9k network and MDS fabric
switches
• Nexus 9000 ACI ready
• Versatile – dynamic, scalable infrastructure with cloud capabilities
10 Gig E
FC Fabric A
FC Fabric B
Converged
vPC
vPC
Port Channel
vPC
Peer Link
FlashSystem V9000
Cisco MDS
9000 Series
Cisco Nexus
9000 Series
Cisco Unified
Computing System
Port Channel
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_vmw55_v9kflash.html
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_vmw55_v9kflashdesign.html
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facilities
computing
• Versatile – Dynamic, scalable simple infrastructure with cloud capabilities
• IBM v7000 Storwize 7.4 with 4
nodes scaling IO for Cisco UCS
• Mirroring with automatic failover-
VersaStack can provide no
downtime during a failure
• Storwize adds built-in encryption
and 16 gig FC connectivity new
for 7.4
• Easy Tier and In-line hardware
compression
• Cisco Nexus 9000 ACI ready
• UCS M4 support along with MDS
16 gig
VersaStackTM
Solution
by Cisco and IBM
Storwize V7000 Controller
IBM Storwize V7000 File
Modules
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series
Cisco MDS 9000 Series
Cisco Unified Computing
System
FC Fabric A
FC Fabric B
Converged
vPC
vPC Port Channel
Port Channel
vPC
vPC
vPC
Peer Link
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/Versastack_n9k_vmw55_scale.html
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facilities
computing
• Efficient - Reduce provisioning time with unified management
• Versatile – Dynamic, scalable infrastructure with cloud capabilities
• IBM v7000 Storwize storage
directly attached to the Cisco
UCS fabric interconnects
• Simplified and centralized
management via UCSM SAN and
LAN policies
• Nexus 9000 ACI ready
• UCS M4 support
ARCHITECTURE
Storwize V7000 Controller
IBM Storwize V7000 File
Modules
Interconnects
UCS5108 B-Series Blade
Chassis
B200 M3 and M4 B-Series
Blade(s)
FC Fabric A
FC Fabric B
Converged
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
Peer Link
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and Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.0
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0
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• Reduce shadow IT and emulate
cost savings of public cloud
• Provide infrastructure for cloud
applications
• Provide platform for transformation
of business critical applications
• Simplify Devops
• Translated IT to internal service
provider
• UCS managed servers for
stateless computing and wire-
once architecture
• Scalable and highly available
architecture with UCS blades and
rack servers for storage
• Integration of Red Hat OpenStack
- Liberty and Cisco plugins and an
end-to-end validated solution
• High performance, scalable and resilient solution
• Complete automation of OpenStack deployment with Cisco plugins
• Enterprise-level support from Cisco and Red Hat
• Turn key deployment of cloud platform targeting cloud-native apps
• Jointly engineered with Cisco, Red Hat and Intel
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with Red Hat OpenStack
Platform 8 and Red Hat Ceph Storage
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_openstack_osp8.html
Cisco UCS, OSP, CEPH
Liberty
Cisco PLUGINS
Nexus 9372 PX Nexus 9372 PX
UCS 6248UP - Fab.A UCS 6248UP - Fab.B
UCS 5108 Chassis01
UCS 5108 Chassis02
UCS C240 M4L
UCS C240 M4L
UCS C240 M4L
4
4
3 3
4
4
Ceph Node 1
Ceph Node 2
Ceph Node 3
Compute 1
Compute 4
Compute 6
Compute 5
Controller 1
Controller 2
Controller 3
OSP7 Director
Compute 3
Compute 2
vPC Peer Links
Cluster Heart Beat Link
LAN CLOUD
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Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/openstack_osp7_design.html
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.0
Nexus 9372 PX
Cisco UCS, OSP, CEPH Kilo
Nexus 9372 PX
UCS 6248UP - Fab.A UCS 6248UP - Fab.B
UCS 5108 Chassis01
UCS 5108 Chassis02
UCS C240 M4L
UCS C240 M4L
UCS C240 M4L
4
4
3 3
4
4
Ceph Node 1
Ceph Node 2
Ceph Node 3
Compute 1
Compute 4
Compute 6
Compute 5
Controller 1
Controller 2
Controller 3
OSP7 Director
Compute 3
Compute 2
vPC
Peer
Links
Cluster
Heart
Beat Link
• Reduce shadow IT and emulate
cost savings of public cloud
• Provide infrastructure for cloud
applications
• Provide platform for
transformation of business
critical applications
• Simplify Devops
• Translated IT to internal service
provider
• High performance, scalable and resilient solution
• Complete automation of OpenStack deployment with Cisco plugins
• Enterprise level support from Cisco and Red Hat
• Turn key deployment of cloud platform targeting cloud-native apps
• Jointly engineered with Cisco, RedHat, and Intel
• UCS managed servers for
stateless computing and wire-
once architecture
• Scalable and highly available
architecture with UCS blades
and RACK servers for storage
• Integration of Red Hat
OpenStack- Kilo and Cisco
Plugins and an end-to-end
validated solution
Provider Network
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FlexPod Datacenter with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack
Platform 6.0
• Converged infrastructure
platform for OpenStack
• Trusted and supported
OpenStack Platform from
industry leaders
• Scale up or out without
disruption
operations
• Highly available OpenStack Platform on Red Hat optimized Juno distribution
• UCS 2.2(3g)
• B200 M4 blade servers
• NetApp E5500 and FAS 8040
storage controllers
• NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3
• Nexus 9000 Series switch
OpenStack Installer
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_openstack_osp6.html
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_openstack_osp6_design.html
• Cisco Nexus 5108 B-Series UCS Chassis
• Cisco 2204XP Fabric Extenders
• B200 M4 Server(s)
• Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnect
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
NetApp FAS Storage
• 1 NetApp FAS8040 Array
• 2 10GB NIC per Controller
NetApp E-Series Storage
• 1 NetApp DE5560 Array
• 2 NetApp E5500 4x 10Gb iSCSI Controller
• 2 10GB HIC per Controller
10 Gb Ethernet
vPC
Peer
Links
vPC
iSCSI
iSCSI
vPC
Port Channel
Port Channel
iSCSI/NFS iSCSI/NFS
VPC/IFGRP
VPC/IFGRP
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l
l FlashStack for SAP HANA TDI - New
l
l FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC 12cR2 Database on Pure Storage FlashBlade
l
l FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 7.4 for 6000 Seats
l
l FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure with Cisco ACI Multi-pod and Pure Storage ActiveCluster
l
l 1250 Users on FlashStack a Cisco UCS Mini and Pure //m10, with Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 7.15
l
l FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC 12cR2 Database
l
l FlashStack for Oracle 12c RAC on Oracle Linux
l
l FlashStack VSI with Commvault for Data Protection
l
l 5000 Seat FlashStack with Pure Storage FlashArray//m on VMware Horizon View 6.2
l
l 5000 Seat Mixed Workload FlashStack Solution with XenDesktop 7.9 on ESXi 6.0U2
l
l FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC on Oracle Linux
l
l FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure
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• Typical VMware Horizon View
Desktops & RDS-hosted server
sessions mixed workload
combined users
flexibilities
VDI and RDSH solutions
• 30 UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers,
(n+1) with scale out option in a
single UCS domain
• Cisco UCSM 3.2(2f)
• VMware Horizon 7.4
• Pure Storage FlashArray //
X70 with All-NVMe DirectFlash
Modules
• Purity v5.0.2
• Very good end user experience on cluster level and 6000 users mixed workload testing
• Live storage migration/upgrade or controller failure with no business disruption resilient capability
FlashStack Datacenter with VMware Horizon 7.4 and VMware
VSphere 6.5 U1 Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 for 6000 Seats
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flashstack_horizon_6k.html
Pure Storage
FlashArray//X70
Cisco-MDS 9148S-A
Nexus 93180YC-FX - A
Cisco-MDS 9148S-B
Nexus 93180YC-FX - B
4 x 16 GB FC from each 9148S MDS Fabric Switch
to Pure //X70 Storage System (2 Controllers)
vPC Peer Link
vPC Port-Channel
Cluster Link
8/16 GB FC
40GB Ethernet
1G Ethernet
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Workload 3
Workload 4
4 Cisco UCS Chassis
(32 Servers) 5K Mixed workload
Configuration
CH-1&2-BL8 (2 Infra Servers)
CH01-1-7 (Workload Servers)
vPC Port-Channel vPC Port-Channel
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• SAP HANA TDI deployments
are complicated and generally
mission critical with high availability
requirements. Customers face
challenges maintaining these
landscapes both in terms of time,
available resources and operational cost
• Availability of pre-tested, scalable and
best-in-class converged solution stack
for optimizing enterprise workloads
running SAP HANA database based
applications.
ensuring High availability without
performance compromise through in-
place software and hardware upgrades
infrastructure and Pure Storage.
• Sample SAP HANA Scale-up and
3+1 Scale-Out system deployment
best practices with newer Purity RUN
platform enabled WFS based NFS
services providing for HANA shared
filesystem.
• A single platform built from unified compute, fabric and storage technologies, allowing you to
scale to large-scale implementations without architectural changes.
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Customer NW
MDS-C9148S-A
Pure FlashArray //X 50 R2
Nx9336C-FX2-A
Cisco UCS 6332-16UP Cisco UCS 6332-16UP
Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis with B480 M5 Servers
Nx9336C-FX2-B
MDS-C9148S-B
vPC Peer Link 1
8/16G FC Storage Traffic
10/40G Ether Traffic
10/40 G NFSshared, Mgmt Traffic
10/40 G Inter-node and other Traffic
Inter-node and others NFSshared, Mgmt and others
Cluster Link
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flashstack_saptdi.html
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• New design targets a variety of
scale-out application demands
for database consolidation,
management, and seemless date
integration
• A cost–efficient, high performing
and always-available
infrastructure that balances
enormous and evolving business
requirements
• Pre-tested converged
infrastructure that optimizes
your mission critical Oracle
requirements
• 8 node Oracle RAC, validated
performance of Server, Network
and NVMe all-flash Storage on a
per workload basis
• Seamless Oracle performance and
scalability with data reduction to
meet growth needs
• Maintain highly available database
instances through software and
hardware upgrades without
compromising performance
• A pre-validated integrated system managed, serviced, and tested as a complete offering
• Minimizes business disruption and improves IT agility while reducing deployment time
• Improved customer success back by Cisco Systems and Pure Storage
LAN
Pure Storage
FlashArray//X70
Controller
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C9372PX-A
UCS FI 6332-16UP-A UCS FI 6332-16UP-B
UCS-B200-M4 Servers
N9K-C9372PX-B
MDS-C9148S-B
Storage VSAN-A 201
Allowed VLAN 134,10
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 5
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 4
Oracle RAC Node 8
Private Traffic
vPC Private & Public
Allowed VLAN 134,10
vPC Domain 1
VLAN 10 for failover VLAN 134 for failover
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
40G QSFP to four 10G SFP+
Breakout Cable
Storage VSAN-B 202
10/40 G Public Network Traffic
FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC 12cR2 Database on Pure
Storage FlashBlade
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Desktops and RDS-hosted server
sessions mixed workload combined
users
flexibilities
single UCS domain
• Pure Storage FlashArray //X70 with
All-NVMe DirectFlash Modules
• Purity v5.0.2
Pure Storage FlashArray//
X70 Controller
Cisco-MD5 9148S-A
Cisco-MD5 9148S-B
vPC Peer Link
Cluster Link
8/16 GB FC
40GB Ethernet
1G Ethernet
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Workload 3
Workload 4
4 Cisco UCS Chassis
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FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure with Cisco ACI Multi-pod
and Pure Storage ActiveCluster
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flashstack_vsi_m5_multipod.html
• Consistent workload environment
regardless of the site.
• Reliable, Flexible and Scalable
platform for mixed workloads.
• Business continuity through site
availability issues.
• Cisco ACI 3.2(1l) implementing the
Multi-Pod design, extending the
network between sites.
• PureStorage 5.0.6 with
ActiveCluster for active/active,
synchronously replicated storage.
• UCSM 3.2(3d) and vSphere 6.5 U1
• Highly redundant throughout
the design. Stateless servers,
implemented through policy
decisions, that are easily recovered
from an iSCSI foundation.
• Uniform data center experience across differing sites with common network and storage availability.
• Best of breed products between Cisco and Pure Storage, bringing workload portability and
business continuity.
• Documented in a detailed, easy to follow guide, of how to implement the architecture.
Inter-Pod Network
(dark fibre or multicast enabled L3 network)
Spine Switches
Cisco Nexus 9504
Cisco Nexus 9504
Cisco UCS B200 M5 Cisco UCS B200 M5
Cisco UCS
6332-16UP
Cisco UCS
6332-16UP
Cisco Nexus
93180YC-EX
Cisco Nexus
93180LC-EX
Pure Storage
FlashArray//X70
Pure Storage
FlashArray//X70
APIC 1,3 APIC 2
Site A Site B
40-Gbps Converged
40-Gbps Ethernet
10-Gbps Ethernet
Leaf Switches
PortChannel PortChannel
vPC vPC
vPC vPC
PortChannel PortChannel
Spine Switches
Cisco Nexus 9504
Cisco Nexus 9504
Leaf Switches
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• Typical end-user virtualization
workloads
flexibilities
VCC solutions
• Simple architecture with UCS B
Series Servers
• High performance SAN for desktop
workloads
• 1250 users per FlashStack Mini
solution
of typical desktop workloads
• High performance and scalability with simplicity
• Small footprint for SMB
1250 Users on FlashStack a Cisco UCS Mini and Pure //m10, with
Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 7.15
Physical Architecture Logical Architecture
Cisco UCS
Chassis 5108
Pure //m10 All
Flash Array
User Layer Access Layer Resource Layer
Control Layer
XenDesktop 7.15
Delivery Group
for VCC Users (up
to 1000)
SSL
Netscaler 1000v
Load
Balancer
HA Pair
Sync
FlashStack Mini
Machine Catalogs for VCC and RDS Users
DS for VCC Systems
(Win 10 VCC)
Citrix XenDesktop/
XenApp 7.15 VDA
VCC VMs:
2vCPU/2GB RAM
Mirror
Sync
Citrix XenApp 7.15
Deliver Controller
SQL Database
Director
Storefront
Studio License Server Active Directory
8GB FC (Pure Controller A)
8GB FC (Pure Controller B)
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flashstack_citrixmshyperv_1250.html
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management, and seamless date
integration
and always-available infrastructure
that balances enormous and
infrastructure that optimizes your
mission critical Oracle performance
and scalability requirements
performance of server, network and
NVMe all-flash storage on a per
workload basis
meet growth needs
LAN
Pure Storage
FlashArray//X70
Controller
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C9372PX-A
UCS-B200-M4 Servers
N9K-C9372PX-B
MDS-C9148S-B
Storage VSAN-A 201
Allowed VLAN 134,10
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 5
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 4
Oracle RAC Node 8
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Allowed VLAN 134,10
vPC Domain 1
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
Breakout Cable
Storage VSAN-B 202
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• Highly scalable architecture designed
to meet a variety of scale-out
application demands with seamless
data integration and management
• Balancing enormous and evolving
efficient, high performing and
always-available infrastructure
• Pre-tested, scalable converged
solution for optimizing your
challenging Oracle RAC performance
and scalability
• 8 node Oracle RAC build, validate
and predict performance of server,
network and storage platform on a
per workload basis
and capacity to meet growth needs
of Oracle database
• High availability of database
instances without performance
compromise through software and
hardware upgrades
• A cohesive, integrated system that is managed, serviced and tested as a whole
• Leverage a pre-validated platform to minimize business disruption and improve IT agility and reduce
deployment time from months to weeks
• Guarantee customer success with prebuilt, pre-tested drivers, Oracle database software
LAN
Pure Storage
FlashArray//m
Controller
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C9372PX-A
UCS-B200-M4 Servers
N9K-C9372PX-B
MDS-C9148S-B
Storage VSAN-A 101
Allowed VLAN 134,10
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 5
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 6
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 4
Oracle RAC Node 8
Private Traffic
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vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
Breakout Cable
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8/16 G FC Storage Traffic
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• Business continuity
• Multi-site data protection
• Fast and reliable RPTO
• High speed archive repositories using
the Cisco S3260 servers
• VM data protection working with the
native FlashArray//m snapshots
• Local, remote site, and cloud
archiving options
• Live VM recovery and remote live
synch
• Modern data protection delivered within the FlashStack Virtual Server Infrastructure
• Full deployment walkthrough along with feature validation
• Total solution that brings together performance, efficiency, automation, availability, and
recoverability
Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches
Cisco UCS servers Cisco UCS servers
Cisco S3260 MediaAgent Cisco S3260 MediaAgent
Cisco MDS 9000 Switches
Pure Storage Flash Array//m
Cisco UCS
6300 Fabric
Interconnects
Cisco UCS
6300 Fabric
Interconnects
Primary Data Center Secondary Data Center
40 GbE
40 GbE Converged
40 GbE
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5000 Seat FlashStack with Pure Storage FlashArray//m on VMware
Horizon View 6.2
sessions mixed workload
combined users
flexibilities
VCC and RDSH solutions
B200 M4 Chassis
• 5,000 mixed RDSH & VCC users
combined and infrastructure
chassis
• Nearly 1250 combined RDS-
hosted server sessions and VCC
users in 2 RU data center foot
print
• Performance study with
simulations of RDS-hosted
server sessions and VCC typical
desktop workloads
• Local resources replace SAN for
workload files
• Very good end user experience measuring <1 second for both VCC and RDSH users on cluster level
and 5000 users mixed workload testing
8 Gb FC
10 GB Ethernet
Cluster Link
4 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade
Server Chassis
Cluster-1: Infra Server (1) &
VCC RDSH Servers (7)
VCC Servers (7)
Cluster-3: VCC Servers (7) &
RDSH Server (1)
RDSH Server (1)
Physical Architecture FlashStack Components
Pure Storage
FlashArray//m50
Cisco MDS 9148-A
Nexus 9372 PX-A
Cisco MDS 9148-B
2 Cisco 9372 PX Network Switches
4 Cisco 5108 Blade Server Chassis
2 Cisco B200 M4 Blade Servers For Infrastructure
30 Cisco B200 M4 Blade Servers For Workload
Pure FlashArray//m50
1 Base disck 40TB raw space
1 external disk shelf with 44TB raw space
(Total 88TB disk space)
2 Cisco 9148 S MDS Switches
Network
Compute
Storage
Nexus 9372 PX-B
4 x 8 GB FC from MDS
9148 S to Puren//m50
Storage
4 x 8GB Uplink to
Storage-VSAN-A:20
4 x 8GB Uplink to
Storage-VSAN-B:30
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
VPC Domain
VPC Peer-Link
Cluster-Link
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Node-3
Workload
Node-4
Workload
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5000 Seat Mixed Workload FlashStack Solution with
XenDesktop 7.9 on ESXi 6.0U2
• Siloed network, compute, and storage
• Integration complexity
• Inefficient human resource utilization
• Complex, expensive operations
• Large scale deployment building
blocks needed
• Requirement for outstanding end-user
experience
• Graphics support
• Windows 10/Office 2016 transition
• UCS 3.1(2b) with Broadwell support
• Cisco UCS Managed B 200 M4 (E5-
2680v4) 28 servers, four clusters, N+1
• Nexus 9172PX 7.0(3)I2(2e), Nexus
1000V 5.2(1), 10 GE and FC switching
• VMware vSphere 6.0 update 2
Hypervisor
• Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp and PVS
7.9
• Pure Storage FlashArray//m50 84TB
raw flash storage
• NVIDIA M6 graphics mezzanine card
• Converged infrastructure based on Cisco Unified Data Center and FlashStack architecture
• High performance, scalable and resilient virtual environment with rapid boot, excellent end user experience
• Mixed workload with pooled and persistent Windows 10 VCC and hosted shared server desktops
• Higher VM density per ESXi cluster
• Supported NVIDIA M6 graphics
FlashStack 5000 Seat Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.9 Mixed Workload
4 x 8 GB FC from each
MDS 9148S to Pure//m50
Storage
4 x 8GB Uplinks to
Storage-VSAN-A:20
Pure Storage FlashArray//m50
4 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
Chassis-1: Infra Server (1) & VCC RDSH Servers (5)
Chassis-3: VCC Servers (4) Persistent/ (4) Non-Persistent
Cisco MDS 9148-A
Nexus 9372 PX-A
UCS 6248UP - Fab. A
Nexus 9372 PX-B
Cisco MDS 9148-B
VPC Domain VPC Peer-Link
Cluster-Link
4-UCS 5108
Chassis 28 B200
M4 Blades
8 Gb FC
10 GB Ethernet
Cluster Link
4 x 8GB Uplinks to
Storage-VSAN-B:30
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
UCS 6248UP - Fab. B
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• Highly scalable architecture designed to meet a variety of scale-out application demands with
seamless data integration and management
• Balancing enormous and continually evolving business requirements with a cost–efficient, high
performing and always-available database infrastructure
• Pre-tested, scalable and best-in-class converged solution stack for optimizing your most
challenging Oracle RAC database performance and scalability
• 8 node Oracle RAC build,
validate and predict performance
of server, network and storage
platform on a per workload basis
• Seamless scalability of
performance and capacity to
meet growth needs of Oracle
Database
• High availability of DB
compromise through software
and hardware upgrades
• A cohesive, integrated system
that is managed, serviced and
tested as a whole
• Leverage a pre-validated
platform to minimize business
disruption, improve IT agility and
reduce deployment time from
months to weeks
• Guarantee customer success
with pre-built, pre-tested
drivers, Oracle database
software
LAN
Pure Storage
FlashArray//m
Controller
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C9372PX-A
UCS-B200-M4 Servers
N9K-C9372PX-B
MDS-C9148S-B
Storage VSAN-A 101
Allowed VLAN 134,10
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 5
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 6
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 4
Oracle RAC Node 8
Private Traffic
Allowed VLAN 134,10
vPC Domain 1
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
Breakout Cable
Storage VSAN-B 102
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• Reliable, flexible and scalable
platform for mixed workloads
• Simple and secure infrastructure
that is easy to manage with
standard tools
• Efficient infrastructure with lower
total cost of ownership
• Highly redundant throughout
the design. Stateless servers,
implemented through policy
decisions, that are easily
recovered from a SAN
foundation
• APIs exposed at each layer
of the infrastructure for easy
management and integration
with automation and ITSM tools
• High performance storage
implemented with default
compression and de-dupe
• Simple, resilient and powerful solution of validated converged infrastructure
• Best of breed products between Cisco and Pure Storage
• Documented in a detailed, easy to follow guide, of how to implement the architecture
FlashStack
Nexus 93180YC-EX
vPC Peerlink
vPC
Port Channel
Port Channel Port Channel
Port Channel
vPC
UCS 6332-16UP FI
UCS B200 M4
MDS 9148S
FlashArray//m70
40Gb Converged
10Gb Ethernet
40Gb Ethernet
16Gb Fibre Channel
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HITACHI
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• Reliable, Flexible and Scalable
platform for mixed workloads.
• High density server
requirements, along with robust
storage connectivity.
• A resilient, agile, and flexible
foundation for today’s business.
• UCS 4th gen Fabric Interconnect
as well as UCS 4th gen VIC.
• 32G FC end to end.
• Validation of both vSphere 6.5
and 6.7 within the design.
• Next gen Hitachi VSP Storage
Systems with 100% data
availability guarantee
• Hybrid or all-flash storage
configurations available
• Simple, resilient and powerful solution of a validated converged infrastructure.
• Cisco and Hitachi Vantara collaboration of a unified reference architecture.
• Design Guide detailing the principles, with an easy to follow Deployment Guide of how to
implement the design.
Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for Converged Infrastructure
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_hitachi_adaptivesolutions_ci.html
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10/40-Gbps Converged
40-Gbps Ethernet
16/32-Gbps FC
16/32-Gbps FC
VSP G1500 or G370 MDS 9706
Nexus 9336C-FX2
vPC
PortChannel
UCS 6454
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• Need for scalable and reliable
infrastructure that can be
implemented in an intelligent,
policy driven manner
• Need for secured multi-tenancy
across Compute, Network and
Storage
• Need for proven end-to-end
implementation of SAP HANA
with resilient, agile, flexible
infrastructure
• Supports Cisco blade series
servers B200 and B480 with all
SAP supported Memory config
• Design document multiple OS
SLES 12 SP4 and RHEL 7.5
• Design Supports Hitachi VSP
Series storage.
• Provides detailed deployment
guide for SAP HANA, SAP
BW powered by SAP HANA,
SAP Business Suite powered
by SAP HANA, SAP Business
Suite powered by SAP HANA,
S/4HANA scenarios
• The solution is designed and validated using compute, network and storage best practices for
high performance, scalability, and resiliency throughout the architecture.
• Run mission-critical applications efficiently by independently and automatically scaling compute
and storage
• Unify and automate the control of server, network, and storage components to simplify resource
provisioning and maintenance.
Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for SAP HANA TDI
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Nexus 9336C-FX2
MDS 9706
VSP G370
Cisco UCS 6332-16UP
Cisco UCS B480-M5
Cisco UCS B200-M5
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Infrastructure
Security threats are real, growing in both complexity and sophistication. Such threats place a heavy burden on organizations that need to increase their security
resources to manage these risks. Organizations, however, find it challenging to find the best security solutions for their specific requirements and hate the
inefficiencies of buying components from a broad range of vendors.
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with MS Hyper-V - New
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with VMware - New
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l Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems with up to 2000 Citrix Virtual Apps and
Desktop Users - New
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Hyper-V - New
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VMware vSphere 6.5 - New
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l Cisco HyperFlex with Cohesity Data Protection - New
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l Cisco HyperFlex with Hyper-V 3.0 for Virtual Server Infrastructure - New
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l Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 for Virtual Server Infrastructure with VMware ESXi
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l Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 2000 VMware
Horizon 7 users
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l Cisco HyperFlex M5 All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 600 Citrix
XenDesktop Users
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l Cisco HyperFlex M5 All-Flash Hyperconverged System with Hyper-V 2016 and
Citrix XenDesktop
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l Cisco HyperFlex 2.6 for Virtual Server Infrastructure
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l Cisco HyperFlex 2.5 for Virtual Server Infrastructure
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l Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 4000 Citrix
XenDesktop 7.x Users
l
Horizon 7 Users
l
Horizon 7 Users
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Users
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Deployment
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• MS SQL Servers on standalone
servers causing database sprawl
• MS SQL Server 2008 End-of-
Support
• Underutilized servers in traditional
infrastructure.
• Siloed and disintegrated
management in traditional
infrastructure
• Virtualization license/cost
challenges
• HyperFlex 3.5 cluster with
Hyper-V
• 4 x HXAF240c M5 Nodes
• Windows Server 2016 and MS
SQL Server 2016 SP1
• Cisco UCSM 4.0 (1b)
• 2x Cisco Nexus 9396PX
• Deployment best practices for hosting MS SQL databases on HyperFlex All Flash Systems with
Windows Hyper-V.
• HA deployment options – Always On Availability Group.
• Test and performance validation of OLTP database workloads and DB maintenance tasks
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying
Microsoft SQL Server with MS Hyper-V
Shared
services
AD/DNS/NTP
DHCP
SCVMM
Cisco Nexus Series Switches
3 to 8 Cisco HyperFlex HXAF240c
M5 Node
SMB Datastore
vPC vPC
vPC Peer
40G Converged
40GbE
HyperFlex Distributed Filesystem
Boot Boot
SQL
Data
SQL
Data
SQL
Data
SQL
Data
SQL
Log
SQL
Log
VHDX VHDX
VHDX VHDX
VHDX VHDX
VHDX VHDX
SQLVM SQLVM
SQLVM SQLVM
Controller VM Controller VM
Hyper V Hyper V
Network
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SSD SSD
SSD SSD
CPU/memory CPU/memory
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Support
• Underutilized servers in traditional
infrastructure
infrastructure
VMware ESXi 6.5
SQL Server 2016 SP1
• HX Stretched Cluster
VMware ESXi.
• Stretch Cluster deployment & validation for disaster recovery
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying
Microsoft SQL Server with VMware
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Cisco Hyperflex All Flash Node 1
Cisco Hyperflex All Flash Node n
Customer
Network
Shared
services
AD-DNS
VCenter
NTP
DHCP
SQL Server VM
3 to 32 Cisco HyperFlex All Flash
Nodes
Compute Only Blade Servers
Hyperflex NFS Datastore(s)
Cisco Hyperflex HX Data Platform
Datastore-1
LSI Logic SAS
SCSI Controller 0
Paravirtual
SCSI Controller 1
Paravirtual
SCSI Controller 2
Paravirtual
SCSI Controller 3
Boot
Volume
SQL data
volume
SQL data
volume
SQL Log
volume
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to meet scale-out application (VDI)
demands with seamless datacenter
integration and management, Energy
efficiency.
• Enterprise-grade Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure solution with excellent
End User Experience.
• Best practices for installation and
Deployment of Cisco HyperFlex
for VMware Horizon 7 tuned for
performance and scalability.
• 32 Node All Flash Hyperflex Solution:
16 UCS HXAF220C-M5SX rack
servers and 8 UCS 220C-M5 rack
servers + 8 UCS B200 M5 blade
servers (n+1 cluster) with scale out
option in a single UCS domain
• Cisco HyperFlex v3.5(1a), UCSM
4.0(1b)
• Nexus 93180 YC switches,
• VMware vSphere 6.5.2.U2, VMware
Horizon 7 .6
• 4400 User Windows Server 2016
RDS Sessions & Windows 10 mixed
Knowledge Worker workload density.
• All Flash HyperConverged infrastructure based on Cisco HyperFlex
• High performance, scalable and resilient virtual environment
• Very good sub mil second knowledge worker workload End User Experience
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash System with Horizon 7.6 up to
4400 users
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Cisco HyperFlex and VMware Horizon 7, Full Scale Single UCS Domain Reference Architecture
16 x Cisco HXAF C220-M55X Rack Servers
Each Server Includes:
• 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 Scalable family processor @ 2.3 GHz
• 240GB M.2 SATA SSD
• 768 GB (12 x 64GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666 MHz
• 1 x Cisco VIC 1387 mLOM
• 1 x Cisco 12 GBPs Modular SAS HBA
• 1 x 240 GB Intel SATA Enterprise Value SSD
8 x Cisco UCS C220 M5 Rack Servers
Each server includes:
• 2 x Intel© Xeon© Gold 6140 scalable family processor @ 2.3 GHz processor
• 120Gb M.2 SATA SSD
• 768 GB (12 x 64GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
• 1 x Cisco VIC 1387
8 x Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers
• 768 GB (12 x 64GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
HX Datastore configured to host Windows 10 desktop pool or Server 2016 RDS
Pool with drives listed below per node:
• 1 x 400GB Toshiba Enterprise Performance (EP) SSD for Cache
• 8 x 960GB Samsung SATA Enterprise Value SSDs for capacity
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX
Cisco UCS-FI-6332
Cisco UCS-FI-6332
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
16 x 40G
8 x 40G
2 x 40G
16 x 40G
8 x 40G
2 x 40G
HX
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designed to meet scale-out
application (VDI) demands with
seamless datacenter integration
and management, Energy
efficiency.
Infrastructure solution with
excellent End User Experience.
All-Flash system for Citrix Virtual
Desktop tuned for performance
and scalability
• 8x UCS HX220-M5S rack
servers, & 8x B200M5 servers
for compute (n+1) with scale out
• Cisco HyperFlex 3.5.1a, UCSM
4.0.1(b)
• Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops
1808
• Vmware ESXi 6.5
• Hyperconverged infrastructure based on Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems with up to 2000 Citrix
Virtual Apps and Desktop Users
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Cisco HyperFlex and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Single UCS Domain Reference Architecture
8 x Cisco HXAF220C-M5SX or Cisco HXAF240C-M5SX Rack Servers
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
Gold 6140 scalable family processor @ 2.3 GHz
• 768 GB (24 x 32GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666 MHz
• 1 x Cisco 12GBPs Modular SAS HBA
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
Gold 6140 scalable family processor @ 2.3 GHz processor
• 768 GB (24 x 32GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX
Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16-UP Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16-UP
vPC vPC
4 x 40 G
16 x 40 G 16 x 40 G
4 x 40 G
HX
Datastore
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BUSINESS CHALLENGES
• Legacy and traditional converged
environments rely on multiple
technology stacks
• Significant technical debt and
management silos
• Companies need faster
deployment and more flexible
options
• Eight HX220 or HX240 M5
rackmount servers with scale out
• Cisco HyperFlex 3.0.1d, UCSM
3.2(3g) and Microsoft Windows
Server 2016 Hyper-V
• High performance, scalable and
resilient virtual environment
• Detailed UCS and HyperFlex
design descriptions, installation,
functional operation and best
practices
• First CVD release for Cisco HyperFlex platform with Hyper-V.
• Installation of standard HX Clusters using HyperFlex Installer appliance
• CVD highlights all product options, provides best practices, Installation and provides day two
instructions for all core features
Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 for Virtual Server Infrastructure with
Microsoft Hyper-V
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Cisco Nexus 9396PX
40G
40G 40G
40G
Infra Servers - AD/DNS,
HXHDP Installer, SCVMM
Cisco UCS 6332 FI
Cisco Nexus 9396PX
Cisco UCS 6332 FI
HXAF220c M5SX
HXAF220c M5SX
HXAF220c M5SX
HXAF220c M5SX
3-8 HX Hyper-V Nodes
Peer-Link
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• Speed up deployment of
applications and services
by reducing infrastructure
deployment times and increasing
operational efficiency
• Highly automated data center
infrastructure with the operational
agility to support rapidly evolving
business needs
• Cisco HX220c M5 servers that
form the HyperFlex 3.0 cluster,
connect to Cisco UCS 6332 Fabric
Interconnects running Cisco UCS
Manager 3.2(3e)
• Cisco ACI fabric, built using
Nexus 9000 series switches and
managed by Cisco APIC running
3.2(2l) software, provides 40GbE
connectivity to Cisco HyperFlex
cluster
• Cisco ACI Virtual Edge (AVE)
running 1.2(2a) provides ACI vLeaf
and virtual switching functions
• Cisco Intersight and Cisco
Umbrella provides cloud based
management security for the
solution
• Next-generation Data Center Infrastructure for Enterprise & Cloud deployments based on Cisco
HyperFlex, Cisco UCS, Cisco ACI and VMware vSphere
• Cisco HyperFlex delivers agility and simplicity of complete hyperconvergence with Cisco UCS based
unified computing, fabric and management
• Cisco ACI brings software-defined networking solutions to deliver a programmable data center fabric,
with centralized management and application policy model to enable rapid deployment of applications
and improve application agility
• Cisco Nexus 9000 EX series cloud-scale switches used as ACI leaf switches provide a high-
performance, low-latency platform with advanced capabilities that include deep telemetry and security,
analytics and intelligent traffic management for maximizing application performance and visibility.
Cisco HyperFlex Virtual Server Infrastructure 3.0 with Cisco
ACI 3.2 and VMware vSphere 6.5
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Cisco APIC Cluster
Cisco
ACI
Fabric
(40GbE)
Cisco HyperFlex Cluster
Outside (ACI) Network - L3
Routed Domain
CISCO
Intersight
SCVM
Management IP
Storage IP
VMware vCenter
HX Installer VM
Active Directory
...
...
Cisco Nexus
9504
ACI Spines
Cisco Nexus
93180YC-EX
ACI Leafs
Cisco UCS 6332-16UP
Cisco Nexus
7000 Gateways
Internet & Other
Internal Networks
(Camplus, WAN)
Cisco Umbrella
208.67.222.222
Cisco
UCS
10GbE
40GbE
40GbE
40GbE 10GbE
Hypervisor
40GbE Unified Fabric
4 x Cisco HX220c M5
HX Data
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• Secondary storage systems
(backup/replication/test) are
often highly fragmented, using
multiple platforms
• Traditional secondary storage
systems do not scale well,
leading to significant sprawl and
complexity
• Outdated architectures do not
work well with hyperconverged
virtual systems and cloud
• Cohesity cluster of 3 or more
Cisco C240 M5L servers using a
specific Cohesity BoM
• Servers are UCS Managed, not
standalone
• Solution based on 4th generation
FI 6454 and VIC 1457
• Cisco UCSM 4.0(1c)
• Cisco HyperFlex 3.5(2a) or later
required
• Cohesity version 6.1.1a or later
required
• Cohesity integration with Cisco HyperFlex via the HX API for snapshot controls
• Cohesity cluster provides policy based VM protection for HyperFlex clusters or other external
systems
• Rapid mass restores and return to service
• On-prem cluster to cluster backup replication and archiving, and to cloud
• Test/Dev temporary VM cloning
Cisco HyperFlex with Cohesity Data Protection
Cisco Nexus Switch Cisco Nexus Switch
Fl 6454 Fl 6454 Fl 6248 Fl 6248
Cohesity Cluster Cisco HyperFlex Hybrid Cluster
Cisco UCS Domain Cisco UCS Domain
Fl 6332
Fl 6332
Fl 6332
Fl 6332 Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Cluster
Cisco HyperFlex Stretched Cluster
Cisco UCS Domain
Cisco UCS Domain
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management silos
options
• Eight HX220 or HX240 M5
rackmount servers with scale out
• Cisco HyperFlex 3.0.1d, UCSM
3.2(3g) and Microsoft Windows
Server 2016 Hyper-V
• High performance, scalable and
resilient virtual environment
design descriptions, installation,
functional operation and best
practices
• First CVD release for Cisco HyperFlex platform with Hyper-V.
• Installation of standard HX Clusters using HyperFlex Installer appliance
• CVD highlights all product options, provides best practices, Installation and provides day two
instructions for all core features
Cisco HyperFlex with Hyper-V 3.0 for Virtual Server Infrastructure
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hyperflex_3_0_hyperv.html
Cisco Nexus 9396PX
40G
40G 40G
40G
Infra Servers - AD/DNS,
HXHDP Installer, SCVMM
Cisco UCS 6332 FI
Cisco Nexus 9396PX
Cisco UCS 6332 FI
HXAF220c M5SX
HXAF220c M5SX
HXAF220c M5SX
HXAF220c M5SX
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technology stacks.
management silos.
options.
• New installation option for
stretched clusters spread across
two physical sites.
• Logical Availability Zones feature
provides enhanced failure
tolerance in larger clusters.
• Support for HyperFlex on Large
Form Factor disks and Intel Optane
caching options.
• New GUI replication and recovery
workflows.
• Scalable & flexible architecture: 64
node clusters, Expanded Clusters
with Compute-only Nodes, and
Mixed M4/M5 generation Clusters.
• Factory pre-integration work results in a rapid and simplified deployment.
• Installation and expansion using the improved HyperFlex Installer OVA.
• CVD highlights all product options, provides best practices, and provides day two instructions for all
core features.
Standard Cluster Expanded Cluster
VM Replication
+ +
Mixed M4/M5 Cluster Stretched Cluster
Site 1
Site 1
Cisco HyperFlex 3.0 for Virtual Server Infrastructure with
VMware ESXi
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2000 VMware Horizon 7 Users Infrastructure, Applications
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hx30_2kseat_ucs_horizon.html
efficiency.
• 8 UCS HXAF220C-M5SX rack
servers and 8 UCS B200 M5 blade
server (n+1) with scale out option
in a single UCS domain
3.2(3a)
• Nexus 93180 YC switches
• VMware vSphere 6.5 VMware
Horizon 7
• 2000 User Windows 10 & Server
2016 RDSH sessions mixed
Knowledge Worker workload
density.
Cisco HyperFlex and VMware Horizon 7, Full Scale UCS Domain Reference Architecture
HX
Datastore
8 x Cisco HXAF220C-M5SX
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (24 X 32GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
• 1 x Cisco 12Gbps Modular SAS HBA
8 x Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers Each server includes:
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (24 X 32GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16-UP
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
8 x 40G
4 x 40G
8 x 40G
4 x 40G
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up to 600 Citrix XenDesktop Users
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hx26_vdi_600seat_citrix.html
efficiency.
excellent End User Experieance.
All-Flash system for VMware
Horizon 7 tuned for performance
and scalability.
• 4 UCS HXAFC220-M5S rack
servers, M5 rack server (n+1) with
scale out option in a single UCS
domain
• Cisco HypperFlex 2.6.1b, UCSM
3.2(2d)
• XenDesktop 7.16
• HyperConverged infrastructure based on Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex M5 All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to
600 Citrix XenDesktop Users
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
efficiency.
and scalability.
domain
3.2(2d)
• XenDesktop 7.16
Cisco HyperFlex and Citrix XenDesktop 7.16, Reference Architecture
HX
Datastore
4 x Cisco HXAF220C-M5S Rack Servers
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (12 X 64GB DDR4) RAM
Cisco Nexus 93108
Cisco Nexus 93108
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
4 x 40G 4 x 40G
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2016 and Citrix XenDesktop
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hx301a_vdi_hyperv_xd716.html
efficiency.
excellent End User Experience
• Best practices for installation
and Deployment of Cisco
HyperFlex All-Flash system for
Citrix XenDesktop turned for
domain
• •Cisco HypperFlex 3.0.1a, UCSM
3.2(2d)
• XenDesktop 7.17
• Microsoft Hyper-V 2016
Hyper-V 2016 and Citrix XenDesktop
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
efficiency.
domain
• Cisco HypperFlex 3.0.1a, UCSM
3.2(2d)
• XenDesktop 7.17
HX
Datastore
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (12 X 64GB DDR4) RAM
Cisco Nexus 93108
Cisco Nexus 93108
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
4 x 40G 4 x 40G
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CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hyperflex_26_vsi.html
technology stacks
management silos
• Companies need faster deployment
and more flexible options
• Support for HyperFlex on new M5
generation servers, including mixed
M4 and M5 clusters
• First CVD to highlight Cisco
Intersight cloud-based monitoring
and management
• Scalable and flexible architecture:
Expanded clusters with compute-
only nodes, hybrid or all-flash
converged nodes, mixed clusters,
SED data-at-rest encryption, and
VM replication
• Factory pre-integration work results in a rapid and simplified deployment
• Installation and expansion using the improved HyperFlex Installer OVA
• CVD highlights all product options, provides best practices, and provides day two instructions for all
core features
Standard Cluster Expanded Cluster
VM Replication
+ +
Mixed M4/M5 Cluster Cluster with SEDs
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technology stacks
management silos
• Companies need faster deployment
and more flexible options
• New enterprise class features
including native replication and
encryption
• Hybrid or All-Flash models to suit
the VM and application workloads
• Scalable architecture with
compute-only nodes creating
extended compute-intensive
clusters
• Factory pre-integration work results in a rapid and simplified deployment
• Installation and expansion using the improved HyperFlex Installer OVA
• CVD highlights all product options, and provides best practices and day two instructions for all core
features
Hybrid or All-Flash Clusters
Cisco Rack
Mount Servers
or
Cisco Blade
Servers
Plus Compute-Only Nodes:
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application (VCC) demands with
and management, and energy
efficiency
• Enterprise-grade Virtual Client
Computing solution with excellent
end-user experience
and deployment of Cisco
Citrix XenDesktop 7.x tuned for
servers, 8 UCS B200 M4 blade
servers, 8 UCS C220 M4 rack
servers (N+1) with scale out option
• Cisco HyperFlex 2.1.1b, UCSM
3.1(2g)
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.13
• Citrix Provisioning Services 7.13
4000 Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Users
Cisco Nexus 9372PX Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
16 x 10 G 16 x 10 G
8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G
8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
HX
Datastore
8 x Cisco UCS C220 M4S Rack Servers
• 2 x Intel© Xeon© CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.6 GHz
processor
• 2 X 64GB SD card
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
processor
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
processor
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
HX Datastore configured with drives per converged node
• 1 x 800GB Samsung Enterprise Performance (EP) SSD
for Cache
• 10 x 960GB Samsung SATA Enterprise Value SSDs for
capacity
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efficiency
end-user experience
deployment of Cisco HyperFlex
and scalability
servers and 8 UCS C220 M4 rack
servers (n+1) with scale out option
3.1(2g)
4000 VMware Horizon 7 Users
Cisco HyperFlex and VMware Horizon 7, Reference Architecture
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
16 x 10 G 16 x 10 G
8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G
8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
HX
Datastore
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.6. GHz processor
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
CPU E5-2680 v4 @ 2.6 GHz processor
• 2 x 64GB SD card
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 512 GB (16 X 32 GB DDR4) RAM
HX Datastore configured to host Windows 10 desktop pool with drives
listed below per node:
• 1 x 800GB Samsung Enterprise Perfomance (EP) SSD for Cache
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efficiency
end-user experience
and scalability
domain
3.2(2b)
• VMware Horizon 7.3.1
HX
Datastore
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (12 X 64GB DDR4) RAM
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
4 x 40G 4 x 40G
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CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/dataprotection_hx_veeam_multisite.html
• High RPO/RTO with multiple hours
of restore & backup time for 24/7
business critical applications on
Cisco HyperFlex
protection endpoints for HyperFlex
clusters in multiple sites across
geography
• Replication of application VM
deployed across data centers on
HyperFlex clusters
server and single Veeam console
to manage backup and replication
of VM across several HyperFlex
clusters across geography
• Storage integration of Cisco
HyperFlex with Veeam providing
HX native snapshots and higher
backup throughput through HX
storage network
deployment guide for multisite
HyperFlex, Veeam and Cisco UCS
S3260 storage server
• Enable RPO/RTO’s < 15 minutes with instant VM Recovery™, Veeam Explorer™ for Microsoft
Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint, and SQL server, Veeam Explorer for Oracle
• Scalable Veeam Repository on UCS Managed S3260 storage servers and C240 M4 LFF rack servers
• Best practices to deploy multisite HyperFlex cluster with Veeam and Cisco UCS S3260 storage server
Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Multisite
Deployments
Cisco Nexus 9372 PX
Cisco Nexus 9372 PX
Cisco UCS 6248UP
Cisco UCS 6248UP
Cisco UCS S3260
Cisco UCS S3260
Cisco UCS 6248UP
Cisco UCS 6248UP
vPC Peer Link
vPC Peer Link
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
Cisco Nexus 9372 PX
HyperFlex Cluster 1
Veeam
Availability Suite
Veeam
Availability Suite
Veeam Proxy &
WAN Accelerator
Backup Copy Jobs
Local Replication
Local Backup
Veeam Proxy &
WAN Accelerator
HyperFlex
Cluster
HyperFlex
Cluster
Veeam Proxy &
WAN Accelerator
Branch Office
HyperFlex Cluster
Cisco Nexus 9372 PX
Remote Data Center Remote Replication
Primary DC Remote DC
Primary Data Center
WAN
WAN
WAN
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• SQL server database sprawl
• Need for consistent performance
with low latencies
• Ad-hoc database workloads
• Need for robust and integrated
backup solution
• Highly available and robust platform
for consolidating SQL databases
• Delivers consistent high performance
with low latency, and scale the
performance with ease
• Designed to absorb ad-hoc
workloads
• Cisco Veeam integrated backup
appliance for transactionally
consistent database backups
• CVD describing the best practices and recommendations for configuring and deploying SQL
databases on HyperFlex All Flash Systems
• Deployment options for highly available SQL databases using AlwaysOn
• SQL database performance numbers for workloads with medium and large working sets
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hyperflex_2_0_mssql_af.html
Read/Write Transaction
Cisco Hyperflex All Flash Storage System
SQL Server VM-1 SQL Server VM-n
Cisco Hyperflex All Flash Node 1 Cisco Hyperflex All Flash Node n
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• Rapid deployment of virtual
environments using built-in server
storage versus dedicated traditional
arrays
• Software-defined all-flash storage
solution expands the applications for
performance-sensitive workloads
• Complete end-to-end
hyperconverged solution with
enterprise class features
• Creation of Cisco HyperFlex cluster
with HX-series all-flash or hybrid
nodes, plus option for hybrid cluster
using Cisco UCS compute-only
servers
• Connecting Cisco HyperFlex cluster
to third-party FC or iSCSI storage
arrays
• Detailed UCS and HyperFlex design
descriptions, functional operation and
best practices
• Introduction of the first release of Cisco HyperFlex all-flash systems
• Simplified procedure to connect HX cluster to external storage devices
• Best practice for HXDP software version 2.0.1a
Cisco HyperFlex for Virtual Server Infrastructure 2.0.1a with
All-Flash Storage
Cisco UCS 6200
Series Fabric Interconnects
Choice of Management Point for
Hardware and Sotware
Cisco UCS Management API Cisco HyperFlex Management
Cisco UCS B200 M4
Compute-Only Nodes
Cisco HyperFlex HX220c M4 Nodes Small-Footprint Cluster
Cisco Hyperflex HX240c M4 Nodes High-Capacity Cluster
Cisco Hyperflex HX240c M4 All Flash Nodes High-Performance, High-Capacity Cluster
Cisco Hyperflex HX240c M4 All Flash Nodes High-Performance Cluster
Cisco UCS C220 M4
Cisco UCS C240 M4
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Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with up to 2400 VMware
Horizon 7 Users
seamless data center integration
efficiency
• Enterprise-grade virtual client
computing solution with excellent
end user experience
• 8 UCS HXC240-M4SX rack servers
and 8 UCS B200 M4 blade server
single UCS domain
• Cisco HyperFlex 1.8.1c, UCSM
3.1(2b)
• VMware Horizon 7
• VMware vSphere 6.0
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
8 x 10 G 8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G 4 x 10 G
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
HX
Datastore
8 x Cisco HX240C-M4S Rack Servers
• 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.6 GHz processor
• 512 GB (16 x 32GB DDR4) RAM
• 512 GB (16 x 32GB DDR4) RAM
• 1 x 1.6TB Intel SATA Enterprise Value SSD for Cache
23 x 1.2TB 10K RPM SAS HDDs for capacity
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Cisco HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite for Single Data
Center Deployment
• Scalable Veeam repository on UCS Managed S3260 storage servers
• Best practices to deploy HyperFlex cluster with Veeam and Cisco UCS S3260 storage server
server
of application VM across several
HyperFlex clusters
deployment guide for Veeam,
HyperFlex and Cisco UCS S3260
storage server
applications
• Single solution to deploy,
configure and optimize HX
backup and replication with
Veeam 9.5 and Cisco S3260
Storage Server
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/HX181_dataprotection_Veeam95.html
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
HX Data Platform
HX Data Platform
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Backup &
Replication
Backup &
Replication
Cisco UCS C3260
Storage Server
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco UCS
6248UP Fabric
Interconnect A
Cisco UCS
6248UP Fabric
Interconnect B
Cisco UCS 6248UP
Secondary
HyperFlex Cluster
Primary HyperFlex Cluster
4 x HX240C M4
Cluster
4 x HX240C M4 Cluster Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server
Cisco UCS 6248UP
vPC Peer Link
vPC Peer Link
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
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• First CVD release for the new Cisco HyperFlex platform
• Installation of standard and hybrid HX clusters using Springpath and Cisco developed tools
• Best practices for HX software version 1.7.1
• 8 HX220 or HX240 rackmount
servers, plus option for hybrid
cluster using B200 compute-
only blades
design descriptions, functional
operation and best practices
• Manual installation guide for
systems not installed via factory
automated process
• Rapid deployment of virtual
environments using built-in
server storage versus dedicated
traditional arrays
• Scalable virtual environments
that can grow on demand as
workloads dictate
• Enterprise class storage features
without purchasing traditional
arrays from legacy vendors
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/HX171_VSI_ESXi6U2.html
HX220c HX240c B200 & HX240c
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
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• Scalable Veeam Repository on UCS Managed C3000 storage servers
• Best practices to deploy HyperFlex cluster with Veeam and Cisco UCS C3000 storage server
HyperFlex and C3000 storage
server
if application VM across several
HyperFlex clusters
to-deploy validated design
combining Veeam, HyperFlex
and Cisco UCS C3000 storage
for ROBO and distributed data
center
applications
• Single solution to provision data
protection for HyperFlex clusters
deployed in ROBO or distributed
across multiple data centers
Deployment: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/HX181_dataprotection_Veeam95.html
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM VM
HX Data Platform
HX Data Platform
HX Data Platform
Backup &
Replication
Backup &
Replication
Backup &
Replication
Replication
Backup &
Replication
Cisco UCS C3260
or UCS C240
Backup Repository
Cisco UCS C3260
or UCS C240
Backup Repository
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
LAN/SAN
Frontend
LAN/SAN
Frontend
LAN/SAN
Frontend
LAN/SAN
Frontend
Standalone
ESXi Cluster
Remote Data Center
Local Data Center
Remote Office / Brand Office
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SECURITY
Infrastructure
Security threats are real, growing in both complexity and sophistication. Such threats place a heavy burden on
organizations that need to increase their security resources to manage these risks. Organizations, however, find it
challenging to find the best security solutions for their specific requirements and hate the inefficiencies of buying
components from a broad range of vendors.
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FlexPod CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_sea.pdf
• Changing Business Models
• Transition to cloud, Internet of
Everything
• Dynamic Threat Landscape
• No perimeter
• Complexity and Fragmentation
• Inconsistent security policy
and enforcement
• Consistent approach to infrastructure deployment and security posture
• Flexible consumption model to meet application and business requirements
• Addresses the attack continuum using a “Before, During and After” approach
• Automation of well-known and well-understood resource pools
• Extensions of Cisco’s integrated
systems built on Cisco UCS and
Nexus switching
• Integrates security products such
as Cisco TrustSec ASA, IPS,
VSG, NGA, ISE and technology
partners
• Automation via UCS Director
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
Cisco Integrated
Infrastructures
Cisco and Partner
Security Technologies
Private Access Control
Public Access Control
Cisco Cyber
Security
and Threat
Defense
Cisco
TrustSec
Management
App1
Appx
Application
Tier
DB1
DBX
Database
Tier
W1
Web Tier
WX
Load Balancing
Enclave Model
Cisco Cyber
Security
and Threat
Defense
Cisco
TrustSec
Management
App1
Appx
Application
Tier
DB1
DBX
Database
Tier
W1
Web Tier
WX
Load Balancing
Enclave Model
Cisco Cyber
Security
and Threat
Defense
Cisco
TrustSec
Management
App1
Appx
Application
Tier
DB1
DBX
Database
Tier
W1
Web Tier
WX
Load Balancing
Enclave Model
Cisco Cyber
Security
and Threat
Defense
Cisco
TrustSec
Management
App1
Appx
Application
Tier
DB1
DBX
Database
Tier
W1
Web Tier
WX
Load Balancing
Enclave Model
Cisco Cyber
Security
and Threat
Defense
Cisco
TrustSec
Management
App1
Appx
Application
Tier
DB1
DBX
Database
Tier
W1
Web Tier
WX
Load Balancing
Enclave Model
Cisco Cyber
Security
and Threat
Defense
Cisco
TrustSec
Management
App1
Appx
Application
Tier
DB1
DBX
Database
Tier
W1
Web Tier
WX
Load Balancing
Enclave Model
Virtualized and physical
Compute and Hypervisor
Network and Services
Tenant Tenant Tenant
UCS Director
Single pane of glass for efficient
Management
+
VM VM Physical
Server
C
C
B
B
A
A
Cisco Cyber
Security
and Threat
Defense
Cisco
TrustSec
Management
App1
Appx
Application
Tier
DB1
DBX
Database
Tier
W1
Web Tier
WX
Load Balancing
Enclave Model
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Enterprises today feel an urgency to respond to fast-changing market and economic conditions by consolidating,
rationalizing, and transforming their mission-critical business applications in a way that supports growth.
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ORACLE
Applications
Virtual
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Cisco Nexus
Switch Family
NetApp FAS
Storage Family
NetApp E-Series
Storage Family
Cluster Link
UCS B460 Servers
NetApp FAS 8080 — Controller
N9K-Flexpod-SwitchA
vPC Domain 1
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 4
Configuration
and
Connectivity
Best
Practices
• Nexus 9000
• Nexus 7000
• Nexus 5600
• Nexus 5500
• Nexus 1110
• And more
• Nexus 9000
• Nexus 7000
• Nexus 5600
• Nexus 5500
• Nexus 1110
• And more
• UCS 6200 FI
• Cisco UCS 5108
• UCS 2200 I/O
Module
• UCS B-Series
• UCS C-Series
• And more
• UCS 6200 FI
• Cisco UCS 5108
• UCS 2200 I/O
Module
• UCS B-Series
• UCS C-Series
• And more
• FAS 8000
• AFF 8000
• FAS 2500
• DS2246
• DS4246
• E5500 Series
• And more
• FAS 8000
• AFF 8000
• FAS 2500
• DS2246
• DS4246
• E5500 Series
• And more
Cisco Unified
Computing System
UCS FI-6200
B-Series Blades
Cisco C-Series
Rack Servers
LAN
VLAN 135,20
for failover
UCS 6248 UP Fab-8
VLAN 10,30
for failover
UCS 6248 UP Fab-A
vPC Private & Storage
vPC Public & Storage
vPC Storage B
VLAN 30,20
vPC Storage A
VLAN 20,30
N9K-Flexpod-SwitchB
vPC Peer
Link 1
• Integrated Compute, Network & Storage Solution.
• Centralized, simplified management of infrastructure resources, including end-to-end automation.
features.
evolving business requirement
with a cost –efficient, high
performing and always-available
database infrastructure.
• Pre-tested, scalable and best-
in-class converged solution
stack for optimizing your
most challenging Oracle RAC
database.
• Oracle RAC must exude
the highest level of flexibility,
performance, scalability
and resilience.
• Cisco UCS 2.2(3a) and NetApp
FAS 8080 with Oracle 12c RAC
and Oracle Linux
without architectural changes.
• NetApp FAS Hybrid Arrays
with Flash Pool™ and Cisco
UCS running OLTP and DSS
databases together.
ARCHITECTURE
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_orcrac_12c_bm.html
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NetApp AFF A-Series - New
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Database on Pure Storage FlashBlade
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Database
l
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Linux
Applications
Physical Server
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evolving business requirement with
a cost–efficient, high performing
and always-available database
infrastructure
• Pre-tested, scalable and best in-
class converged solution stack for
optimizing your most challenging
Oracle RAC databases
• Oracle RAC must exude the highest
level of flexibility, performance,
scalability and resilience
• Cisco UCS 3.2(3c), Cisco UCS
B200 M5 Blade Servers and
NetApp AFF A700s with Oracle
12cR2 RAC and Oracle Linux
without architectural changes
• NetApp All Flash Array powered
by NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP
9.3 and Cisco UCS running OLTP
and DSS Databases together
features
• Faster deployments, greater flexibility of choice, efficiency, high availability and lower risk
FlexPod Datacenter with Oracle RAC on Cisco UCS and NetApp
AFF A-Series
ARCHITECTURE
SUMMARY
TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_orc12cr2_affaseries.html
LAN
NetApp AFF A700s
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C93180LC-EX-A
FI 6332-16UP-A FI 6332-16UP-B
UCS-B200-M5 Servers
MDS-C9148S-B
VSAN-A 201
Allowed VLAN 135,10
Allowed VLAN 135,10
vPC Domain 1
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
VSAN-B 202
VLAN 10
for Failover
VLAN 135
for Failover
40 G Public Network Traffic
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Swingbench Client
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 4
Private Traffic
Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects
Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fabric Switches
Cisco UCS Blade Servers
NetApp AFF A-Series All Flash Arrays
Networking
Compute
Storage
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management, and seemless date
integration
and always-available
infrastructure that balances
enormous and evolving business
requirements
infrastructure that optimizes
your mission critical Oracle
requirements
performance of Server, Network
and NVMe all-flash Storage on a
per workload basis
meet growth needs
LAN
Pure Storage
FlashArray//X70
Controller
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C9372PX-A
UCS-B200-M4 Servers
N9K-C9372PX-B
MDS-C9148S-B
Storage VSAN-A 201
Allowed VLAN 134,10
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 5
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 4
Oracle RAC Node 8
Private Traffic
Allowed VLAN 134,10
vPC Domain 1
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
Breakout Cable
Storage VSAN-B 202
FlashStack Data Center with Oracle RAC 12cR2 Database on Pure
Storage FlashBlade
ARCHITECTURE
SUMMARY
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
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management, and seamless date
integration
and always-available infrastructure
that balances enormous and
infrastructure that optimizes your
mission critical Oracle performance
and scalability requirements
performance of server, network and
NVMe all-flash storage on a per
workload basis
meet growth needs
• Improved customer success backed by Cisco Systems and Pure Storage
LAN
Pure Storage
FlashArray//X70
Controller
• Increased Performance
• Lower Latency
• Greater Performance Density
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C9372PX-A
UCS-B200-M5 Servers
N9K-C9372PX-B
MDS-C9148S-B
Storage VSAN-A 201
Allowed VLAN 134,10
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 5
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 4
Oracle RAC Node 6
Oracle RAC Node 8
Private Traffic
Allowed VLAN 134,10
vPC Domain 1
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
Storage VSAN-B 102
FlashArray//X with 100% NVMe
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to meet a variety of scale-out
application demands with seamless
data integration and management
• Balancing enormous and evolving
efficient, high performing and
always-available infrastructure
• Pre-tested, scalable converged
solution for optimizing your
challenging Oracle RAC performance
and scalability
• 8 node Oracle RAC build, validate
and predict performance of server,
network and storage platform on a
per workload basis
and capacity to meet growth needs
of Oracle database
• High availability of database
compromise through software and
hardware upgrades
• A cohesive, integrated system that is managed, serviced and tested as a whole
• Leverage a pre-validated platform to minimize business disruption and improve IT agility and reduce
deployment time from months to weeks
• Guarantee customer success with prebuilt, pre-tested drivers, Oracle database software
LAN
Pure Storage
FlashArray//m
Controller
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C9372PX-A
UCS-B200-M4 Servers
N9K-C9372PX-B
MDS-C9148S-B
Storage VSAN-A 101
Allowed VLAN 134,10
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 5
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 6
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 4
Oracle RAC Node 8
Private Traffic
Allowed VLAN 134,10
vPC Domain 1
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
Breakout Cable
Storage VSAN-B 102
8/16 G FC Storage Traffic
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BUSINESS CHALLENGES
• Highly scalable architecture designed to meet a variety of scale-out application demands with
seamless data integration and management
• Balancing enormous and continually evolving business requirements with a cost–efficient, high
performing and always-available database infrastructure
• Pre-tested, scalable and best-in-class converged solution stack for optimizing your most
challenging Oracle RAC database performance and scalability
• 8 node Oracle RAC build,
validate and predict performance
of server, network and storage
platform on a per workload basis
• Seamless scalability of
performance and capacity to
meet growth needs of Oracle
Database
• High availability of DB
compromise through software
and hardware upgrades
• A cohesive, integrated system
that is managed, serviced and
tested as a whole
• Leverage a pre-validated
platform to minimize business
disruption, improve IT agility and
reduce deployment time from
months to weeks
• Guarantee customer success
with pre-built, pre-tested
drivers, Oracle database
software
LAN
Pure Storage
FlashArray//m
Controller
MDS-C9148S-A
N9K-C9372PX-A
UCS-B200-M4 Servers
N9K-C9372PX-B
MDS-C9148S-B
Storage VSAN-A 101
Allowed VLAN 134,10
Public Traffic
Oracle RAC Node 1
Oracle RAC Node 5
Oracle RAC Node 2
Oracle RAC Node 6
Oracle RAC Node 3
Oracle RAC Node 7
Oracle RAC Node 4
Oracle RAC Node 8
Private Traffic
Allowed VLAN 134,10
vPC Domain 1
vPC Peer Link 1
Cluster Link
Breakout Cable
Storage VSAN-B 102
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Applications
VMware
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• Non-Standardization and
decentralization SQL Server
Databases
• Slow, complex, expensive SQL
application deployments
Challenges
• Business Continuity challenges due
to growing environment complexity
• Reduce the number of management
domains – data center agility
• Scalable Architecture
• 40GE End-to-End iSCSI
Connectivity
• NetApp AFF300 Series
Storage
• MS SQL Server 2016
• Nexus 9000 Series
• vSphere 6.5 Virtualization
Platform
• High Availability with VMware
• To simplify the design and deployment of MS SQL server on a virtualized FlexPod Infrastructure
• Maximize hardware utilization, reducing sprawl, power and cooling costs by consolidation
• Virtualizing SQL server on the FlexPod (All Flash storage) infrastructure meets the most demanding
customers’ workloads
• UCS “Service Profile” approach helps in deploying servers/solutions quickly & effectively.
UCS 6332-16UP
SQL
Server
Virtual
Center
Infra
Virtual
Machines
SQL
Server
SQL
Server
Virtual Machines
ESX1 ESX2
SQL
Server
Nexus 93180YC-EX
NetApp AFF A300
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
VMware vSphere 6.5 HA/DRS
VMware
vSphere
ESX
6.5
Infra
UCS B200
M5
UCS B200
M5
AD
Server
40 GbE Converged
SFO Interconnect
40 GbE Only
10 GbE Only
FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and VMware
vSphere 6.5
SUMMARY
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
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ARCHITECTURE
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• Scalability and performance issues
• Challenges in business
adjacency due to growing
enterprises and complexity in
managing them
expensive application
deployment
automation
• Complex multi-tenant
environment
configuration
Data ONTAP 8.2.1
• UCS 2.2 (1d) supporting direct
fabric interconnect attached
C-series
platform
Unified Data Center
• Rapid exchange application deployment
10 GbE only
Standby Link
SFO Interconnect
40 GbE only
Unified Computing
System
UCS 6248 Fabric
Interconnects,
Nexus 2232 Fabric
Series Servers
FAS Controller 8000
Nexus 5596
X8
Nexus 9396
Nexus 9508
Nexus 9508
APIC 1-3
Spine Switches
vPC
vPC
vPC
vPC
Outlook

Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Active

Directory
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
Outlook

Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Active

Directory
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
Outlook

Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Active

Directory
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
Outlook

Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Active

Directory
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
Network
Loadbalancer
Active Sync
Clients
Outlook
Clients
Exchange
Servers
iSCSI
Network
Active
Directory
Outlook

Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Active

Directory
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
Outlook

Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Active

Directory
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
Outlook

Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Act
Direc
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
Outlook

Clients
Active

Sync

Clients
Network

Loadbalancer
Exchange

Servers
iSCSI

Network
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MICROSOFT
Applications
Microsoft
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Support
• Underutilized servers in
traditional infrastructure.
infrastructure
• Virtualization license/cost
challenges
Hyper-V
SQL Server 2016 SP1
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft
SQL Server with MS Hyper-V
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
SUMMARY
Windows Hyper-V.
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hyperflex_3_5_1a_hyperv_mssql.html
Shared
services
AD/DNS/NTP
DHCP
SCVMM
Cisco Nexus Series Switches
3 to 8 Cisco HyperFlex HXAF240c
M5 Node
SMB Datastore
vPC vPC
vPC Peer
40G Converged
40GbE
HyperFlex Distributed Filesystem
Boot Boot
SQL
Data
SQL
Data
SQL
Data
SQL
Data
SQL
Log
SQL
Log
VHDX VHDX
VHDX VHDX
VHDX VHDX
VHDX VHDX
SQLVM SQLVM
SQLVM SQLVM
Controller VM Controller VM
Hyper V Hyper V
Network
v
S
C
S
I
C
t
r
l
0
vS
CS
I
Ct
rl
0
vSC
SI C
trl 1
vSCSI Ctrl 2
vSCSI Ctrl 3
Network
SSD SSD
SSD SSD
CPU/memory CPU/memory
vSCSI Ctrl 3
v
S
C
S
I
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t
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l
2
v
S
C
S
I
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Support
• Underutilized servers in
traditional infrastructure
infrastructure
VMware ESXi 6.5
SQL Server 2016 SP1
• HX Stretched Cluster
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash Systems for Deploying Microsoft
SQL Server with VMware
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
SUMMARY
VMware ESXi.
• Stretch Cluster deployment & validation for disaster recovery
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hyperflex_3_5_1a_esxi_mssql.html
Cisco Hyperflex All Flash Node 1
Cisco Hyperflex All Flash Node n
Customer
Network
Shared
services
AD-DNS
VCenter
NTP
DHCP
SQL Server VM
3 to 32 Cisco HyperFlex All Flash
Nodes
Compute Only Blade Servers
Hyperflex NFS Datastore(s)
Datastore-1
LSI Logic SAS
SCSI Controller 0
Paravirtual
SCSI Controller 1
Paravirtual
SCSI Controller 2
Paravirtual
SCSI Controller 3
Boot
Volume
SQL data
volume
SQL data
volume
SQL Log
volume
Compute Only Rack Mount Servers
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• Need for scalable and reliable
infrastructure that can be
implemented in an intelligent,
policy driven manner
• Need for secured multi-tenancy
across Compute, Network and
Storage
• Need for proven end-to-end
with resilient, agile, flexible
infrastructure
• Supports Cisco blade series
servers B200 and B480 with all
SAP supported Memory config
• Design document multiple OS
SLES 12 SP4 and RHEL 7.5
• Design Supports Hitachi VSP
Series storage.
• Provides detailed deployment
guide for SAP HANA, SAP BW
powered by SAP HANA, SAP
Business Suite powered by
SAP HANA, SAP Business Suite
powered by SAP HANA, S/4HANA
scenarios
• The solution is designed and validated using compute, network and storage best practices for
high performance, scalability, and resiliency throughout the architecture.
• Run mission-critical applications efficiently by independently and automatically scaling compute
and storage
• Unify and automate the control of server, network, and storage components to simplify resource
provisioning and maintenance.
Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for SAP HANA TDI
SUMMARY
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_hitachi_adaptivesolutions_ci_sap.html
Design: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_hitachi_adaptivesolutions_ci_sap_design.html
Nexus 9336C-FX2
MDS 9706
VSP G370
Cisco UCS 6332-16UP
Cisco UCS B480-M5
Cisco UCS B200-M5
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• SAP HANA TDI deployments are
complicated and generally mission
critical with high availability requirements.
Customers face challenges maintaining
these landscapes both in terms of time,
available resources and operational cost
• Availability of pre-tested, scalable and
best-in-class converged solution stack
for optimizing enterprise workloads
running SAP HANA database based
applications.
ensuring High availability without
performance compromise through
in-place software and hardware
upgrades
infrastructure and Pure Storage.
• Sample SAP HANA Scale-up and
3+1 Scale-Out system deployment
best practices with newer Purity RUN
platform enabled WFS based NFS
services providing for HANA shared
filesystem .
• A single platform built from unified compute, fabric and storage technologies, allowing you to
scale to large-scale implementations without architectural changes.
SUMMARY
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ARCHITECTURE
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flashstack_saptdi.html
Customer NW
MDS-C9148S-A
Pure FlashArray //X 50 R2
Nx9336C-FX2-A
Cisco UCS 6332-16UP Cisco UCS 6332-16UP
Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis with B480 M5 Servers
Nx9336C-FX2-B
MDS-C9148S-B
vPC Peer Link 1
10/40G Ether Traffic
10/40 G NFSshared, Mgmt Traffic
10/40 G Inter-node and other Traffic
Inter-node and others NFSshared, Mgmt and others
Cluster Link
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business critical applications like
SAP HANA
• Ease infrastructure deployment and
management burdens
• Industry trends of management
automation and dynamic workload
provisioning
• Converged infrastructure for the NextGen Data Center with FlexPod and Application driven policy
based approach to Solution deployment with Cisco ACI.
• High performance, scalable and resilient and multi-tenant network infrastructure centrally
managed and configured.
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco ACI for SAP HANA
SUMMARY
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ARCHITECTURE
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_saphana_aci_UCSM32.html
Cisco UCS
Cisco UCS
Cisco UCS C240 M5
Rack Server(s)
Cisco UCS
C480 M5 Rack Server(s)
Cisco UCS C220 M5
Rack Server(s)
Cisco Nexus 9336PQ
Spine Switches
Leaf Switches
NetApp AFF A300 Storage
Controllers w/ NetApp
DS224C Disc Shelves
Cisco ACI APIC
Controllers
Cisco UCS 6332 Fabric Interconnects
SAS Only 40GbE Only 10GbE Only
Po Po
VPC VPC
• Cisco UCS 6332 Fabric
Interconnects running UCSM
3.2 , Cisco Nexus 9000 series
ACI switches with 3-node
APIC cluster 3.2(2l)
• NetApp AFF-A300 providing
40 GE end-to-end IP
connectivity with NFS and
iSCSI options for boot as well
as HANA persistence layer.
• SAP HANA single host and
scale-out implementation
examples.
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applications
burdens
end IP connectivity
with clustered data ONTAP 9.2
• New FlexPod data center best
for virtualized implementations
• Converged infrastructure for the NextGen data center
• Investment protection in high density and high performance data center environments. Nexus
switches used are leaf node supported; easing shift to ACI mode.
FlexPod Datacenter for SAP Solution with IP-Based Storage using
NetApp AFF A-Series
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_saphana_n9k_aff_ucsm.html
or
2x Cisco UCS C220M5
(Management Server)
NetApp AFF A300
NetApp DS224C
Cisco UCS FI 6332-16UP
Cisco UCS FI 6332
vPC-peer
Cisco Nexus
2348TQ
vPC
ifgrp ifgrp
vPC
40Gbps FCoE
40Gbps NFS
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• Provide an end-to-end
utilizing the capabilities of
the unified infrastructure for
compute, network and storage
• Cisco’s integrated infrastructure
with policy-driven programmable
infrastructure enables customers
to better fit SAP applications into
their data center
• Provide a reliable, flexible and
scalable reference design with
Cisco only hardware
• Solution is designed with
next gen Cisco UCS fabric
interconnect with 40Gb end-to-
end network
• Persistent storage is configured
on UCS C240 C-series servers
with MapR Converged Data
Platform
• MapR Data Platform provides
distributed, reliable, high
performance, scalable, and full
read/write NFS-based storage
for SAP HANA
• Rapid provisioning of SAP HANA using UCS Service Profile with 40Gb end-to-end network including
Storage Network. Single management endpoint for compute and storage elements for SAP HANA
• Cisco UCS servers provides persistent storage with MapR Converged Data Platform, a modern
NFS-mountable distributed file-system with enterprise grade storage
• UCS integrated infrastructure provides policy-based models to deliver operational simplicity,
comprehensive and consistent performance to run SAP HANA
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Cisco Nexus 9000 Switch
4 x UCS C240 M4
(24 x 1.8 TB SAS drives)
MapR based Storage HANA Servers
8 x UCS B460 M4 Servers
CVD with MAPR: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucsii_saphana_mapr.html
CVD with SLES: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucsii_saphana_sles.html
CVD with RHEL: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucsii_saphana_rhel.html
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l FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 and VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 for 6000 Seats
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l Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 4000 Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Users
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l FlexPod Datacenter with UCS, NetApp All Flash FAS, and Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.7
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l 4000 Seat XenDesktop 5.6/XenApp 6.5 Solution on vSphere 5.1
VIRTUAL CLIENT COMPUTING
Applications
Citrix: VMware
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FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 and
VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 for 6000 Seats
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_ucs_xd715esxi65u1_flexpod.html
combined users
VDI solutions
point devises
Chassis
worker workload
NetApp AFF A300
Storage System
1 Disc Shelf D5224C
Cisco-MD5 9148S-A
Nexus 9372PX-A
Fabric / Switching
Switches
& VDI) Mixed Users
Compute
Storage
Cisco-MD5 9148S-B
Nexus 9372PX-B
(2 Controller)
Cluster Link
8/16 GB FC
Cluster Link
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Workload 3
Workload 4
4 Cisco UCS Chassis
CH-1&2-BL8 (2 Infra
Servers)
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efficiency
end-user experience
and deployment of Cisco
Citrix XenDesktop 7.x tuned for
servers, 8 UCS C220 M4 rack
servers (N+1) with scale out option
3.1(2g)
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.13
• Citrix Provisioning Services 7.13
4000 Citrix XenDesktop 7.x Users
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
16 x 10 G 16 x 10 G
8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G
8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
HX
Datastore
processor
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
processor
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
processor
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
HX Datastore configured with drives per converged node
• 1 x 800GB Samsung Enterprise Performance (EP) SSD
for Cache
• 10 x 960GB Samsung SATA Enterprise Value SSDs for
capacity
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10 GbE
Converged
SAS
Workload XenApp 7.7
XenDesktop 7.7
2x Nexus 9372 Switches
2x Cisco UCS 6248
4x Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis
28x Cisco UCS B200 M4
Blade Server
NetApp AFF8080EX Storage28x 2x
NetApp DS2246 Disk
Shelves 48x 800GB SSDs
Network
Compute
Storage
FlexPod Datacenter with B200 M4 Blade Servers, AFF8080EX Storage,
vSphere 6 U1, and Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.7 for 5000 Seats
vPC (12)
vPC (11)
vPC (10)
Peer Links
ifgrp ifgrp
Cisco Unified
Computing System
UCS 5108 Chassis w/
UCS B200 M4 Blade
Servers
Cisco UCS
6248UP Fabric
Interconnects
Cisco Nexus
9372PX Switches
NetApp
AFF 8080 EX Storage
w/ Single HA Pair
NetApp
DS2246 Disc Shelves
48x 800GB SSDs
Node 1
Cluster
Network
Node 2
vPC
(14,18)
vPC
(13,17)
• Day-zero workflow provisioning support
Unified Data Center
• Mixed VCC and RDS workload scenarios
• CVD introduction to UCS Performance Manager
• Hardware/software level redundancy using
Cisco UCS and NetApp Availability features
• UCS 3.1(1e)
• UCS B200 M4 blades
• NetApp AFF8080EX-A storage
system
• NetApp clustered data ONTAP
8.3.2
• Nexus 9372 series switches
(standalone)
• Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
(7.7)
• VMware vSphere 6.0 update 1a
• Quick provisioning of VCC
solution environment
• Dynamic and agile expansion of
VCC solution
• Scalability of VCC to support
user demand at large scale
• Support for enterprise converged
VCC solution
FlexPod Datacenter with UCS, NetApp All Flash FAS, and Citrix
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/cisco_ucs_xd77esxi60u1_flexpod.html
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• Siloed network, compute, and
storage
• Complex design and integration
• Scale challenge
• Differing user requirements
• Low end-user adoption
• Rapid boot, rapid login and support for 4000 mixed-use case virtual desktops and session users
• Cisco UCS Manager 2.1(1a)
• Cisco UCS B200 M3 with Intel
E5-2690
• Cisco 6248UP fabric
interconnect, Nexus 5548UP
Layer 2 switch
• Citrix ‑ 5.6 pooled and personal
vDisk, XenApp 6.5 hosted
shared desktops
• Nexus 1000v for VMware v
4.2(1)SV1(5.2)
• EMC VNX7500 with fast cache
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
Cisco UCS6248UP
2 x 1 Gbps
Cisco UCS6248UP
4 Cisco UCS 5108
Blade Chassis
5 x 5200 M3
Infrastructure
EMC VNX7500
4 Cisco UCS 5108
Blade Chassis
5 x 5200 M3
Mixed Workload
Cisco UCS
2204XP
Cisco UCS
2204XP
Cisco UCS
2204XP
Cisco UCS
2204XP
FC/FCoE
10 GE
SP-B 8Gb FC
DM-2 10GE
SP-A 8Gb FC DM-3 10GE
2 x 8Gb FC
2 x 8Gb FC 2 x 10GE
4 X 10 Gbps
4 X 10 Gbps
vPC Peer Links
Cisco Nexus 5548UP
Cisco Nexus 5548UP
2 x 10GE
DM-5 10GE
DM-4 10GE
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l Cisco HyperFlex M5 All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 600 Citrix XenDesktop Users
l
l Cisco HyperFlex M5 All-Flash Hyperconverged System with Hyper-V 2016 and Citrix XenDesktop
l
l 1250 Users on FlashStack a Cisco UCS Mini and Pure //m10, with Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 7.15
l
l 5000 Seat Mixed Workload FlashStack Solution with XenDesktop 7.9 on ESXi 6.0U2
Applications
Citrix: Citrix
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Virtual Apps and Desktop Users
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ARCHITECTURE
efficiency.
All-Flash system for Citrix Virtual
Desktop tuned for performance and
scalability
• 8x UCS HX220-M5S rack servers,
& 8x B200M5 servers for compute
single UCS domain
4.0.1(b)
• Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops
1808
• Vmware ESXi 6.5
• Hyperconverged infrastructure based on Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Single UCS Domain Reference Architecture
8 x Cisco HXAF220C-M5SX or Cisco HXAF240C-M5SX Rack Servers
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
Gold 6140 scalable family processor @ 2.3 GHz
• 768 GB (24 x 32GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666 MHz
• 1 x Cisco 12GBPs Modular SAS HBA
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (24 x 32GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX
Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16-UP Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16-UP
vPC vPC
4 x 40 G
16 x 40 G 16 x 40 G
4 x 40 G
HX
Datastore
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hx35_vdi_CitrixVAD_2000.html
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efficiency.
and scalability.
domain
3.2(2d)
• XenDesktop 7.16
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
efficiency.
and scalability.
domain
3.2(2d)
• XenDesktop 7.16
HX
Datastore
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (12 X 64GB DDR4) RAM
Cisco Nexus 93108
Cisco Nexus 93108
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
4 x 40G 4 x 40G
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efficiency.
domain
• •Cisco HypperFlex 3.0.1a, UCSM
3.2(2d)
• XenDesktop 7.17
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
efficiency.
domain
• Cisco HypperFlex 3.0.1a, UCSM
3.2(2d)
• XenDesktop 7.17
HX
Datastore
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (12 X 64GB DDR4) RAM
Cisco Nexus 93108
Cisco Nexus 93108
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
4 x 40G 4 x 40G
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• Typical end-user virtualization
workloads
flexibilities
VCC solutions
• Simple architecture with UCS B
Series Servers
• High performance SAN for desktop
workloads
• 1250 users per FlashStack Mini
solution
of typical desktop workloads
• High performance and scalability with simplicity
• Small footprint for SMB
1250 Users on FlashStack a Cisco UCS Mini and Pure //m10,
with Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 7.
15
Physical Architecture Logical Architecture
Cisco UCS
Chassis 5108
Pure //m10 All
Flash Array
User Layer Access Layer Resource Layer
Control Layer
XenDesktop 7.15
Delivery Group
for VCC Users (up
to 1000)
SSL
Netscaler 1000v
Load
Balancer
HA Pair
Sync
FlashStack Mini
Machine Catalogs for VCC and RDS Users
DS for VCC Systems
(Win 10 VCC)
Citrix XenDesktop/
XenApp 7.15 VDA
VCC VMs:
2vCPU/2GB RAM
Mirror
Sync
Citrix XenApp 7.15
Deliver Controller
SQL Database
Director
Storefront
Studio License Server Active Directory
8GB FC (Pure Controller A)
8GB FC (Pure Controller B)
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flashstack_citrixmshyperv_1250.html
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5000 Seat Mixed Workload FlashStack Solution with
XenDesktop 7.9 on ESXi 6.0U2
• Siloed network, compute, and storage
• Integration complexity
• Inefficient human resource utilization
• Complex, expensive operations
• Large scale deployment building
blocks needed
• Requirement for outstanding end-user
experience
• Graphics support
• Windows 10/Office 2016 transition
• UCS 3.1(2b) with Broadwell support
• Cisco UCS Managed B 200 M4 (E5-
2680v4) 28 servers, four clusters, N+1
• Nexus 9172PX 7.0(3)I2(2e), Nexus
1000V 5.2(1), 10 GE and FC switching
• VMware vSphere 6.0 update 2
Hypervisor
• Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp and PVS
7.9
• Pure Storage FlashArray//m50 84TB
raw flash storage
• NVIDIA M6 graphics mezzanine card
• Converged infrastructure based on Cisco Unified Data Center and FlashStack architecture
• High performance, scalable and resilient virtual environment with rapid boot, excellent end user experience
• Mixed workload with pooled and persistent Windows 10 VCC and hosted shared server desktops
• Higher VM density per ESXi cluster
• Supported NVIDIA M6 graphics
CVD: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flashstack_XD79_5k.html
FlashStack 5000 Seat Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.9 Mixed Workload
4 x 8 GB FC from each
MDS 9148S to Pure//m50
Storage
4 x 8GB Uplinks to
Storage-VSAN-A:20
Pure Storage FlashArray//m50
4 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
Cisco MDS 9148-A
Nexus 9372 PX-A
UCS 6248UP - Fab. A
Nexus 9372 PX-B
Cisco MDS 9148-B
VPC Domain VPC Peer-Link
Cluster-Link
4-UCS 5108
Chassis 28 B200
M4 Blades
8 Gb FC
10 GB Ethernet
Cluster Link
4 x 8GB Uplinks to
Storage-VSAN-B:30
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
UCS 6248UP - Fab. B
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l FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 7.4 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 for 6000 Seats - New
l
l FlexPod Datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and VMware vSphere 6.5U1 for 5000 Seats
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l Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Hyperconverged System with up to 2000 VMware Horizon 7 Users
l
l FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 7.4 for 6000 seats
l
l
l
l Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with up to 2400 VMware Horizon 7 Users
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l VersaStack with Cisco UCS and IBM FlashSystem A9000 Storage for 5000 VMware Horizon Users
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Applications
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to meet scale-out application (VDI)
demands with seamless datacenter
integration and management, Energy
efficiency.
Infrastructure solution with excellent End
User Experience.
• 32 Node All Flash Hyperflex Solution:
16 UCS HXAF220C-M5SX rack servers
and 8 UCS 220C-M5 rack servers +
8 UCS B200 M5 blade servers (n+1
cluster) with scale out option in a single
UCS domain
• Cisco HyperFlex v3.5(1a), UCSM
4.0(1b)
• Nexus 93180 YC switches,
• VMware vSphere 6.5.2.U2, VMware
Horizon 7 .6
• 4400 User Windows Server 2016
RDS Sessions & Windows 10 mixed
Knowledge Worker workload density.
Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 All-Flash System with Horizon 7.6 up to
4400 users
SUMMARY
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/hx35_vdi_horizon76_4400.html
Cisco HyperFlex and VMware Horizon 7, Full Scale Single UCS Domain Reference Architecture
16 x Cisco HXAF C220-M55X Rack Servers
• 2x Intel Xeon Gold 6140 Scalable family processor @ 2.3 GHz
• 768 GB (12 x 64GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666 MHz
• 1 x Cisco 12 GBPs Modular SAS HBA
8 x Cisco UCS C220 M5 Rack Servers
• 768 GB (12 x 64GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
• 768 GB (12 x 64GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
Cisco UCS-FI-6332
Cisco UCS-FI-6332
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
16 x 40G
8 x 40G
2 x 40G
16 x 40G
8 x 40G
2 x 40G
HX
Datastore
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flexibilities
single UCS domain
• Purity v5.0.2
FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 7.4 and VMware
vSphere 6.5 U1 Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 for 6000 Seats
SUMMARY
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
ARCHITECTURE
Pure Storage
FlashArray//X70
Cisco-MDS 9148S-A
Cisco-MDS 9148S-B
vPC Peer Link
vPC Port-Channel
Cluster Link
8/16 GB FC
40GB Ethernet
1G Ethernet
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Workload 3
Workload 4
4 Cisco UCS Chassis
Configuration
vPC Port-Channel vPC Port-Channel
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combined users
VDI solutions
point devises
Chassis
worker workload
NetApp AFF A300
Storage System
1 Disc Shelf D5224C
Cisco-MD5 9148S-A
Nexus 9372PX-A
Fabric / Switching
Switches
& VDI) Mixed Users
Compute
Storage
Cisco-MD5 9148S-B
Nexus 9372PX-B
(2 Controller)
Cluster Link
8/16 GB FC
Cluster Link
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Workload 3
Workload 4
4 Cisco UCS Chassis
CH-1&2-BL8 (2 Infra
Servers)
FlexPod Datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and
VMware vSphere 6.5U1 for 5000 Seats
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efficiency.
• 8 UCS HXAF220C-M5SX rack
servers and 8 UCS B200 M5 blade
server (n+1) with scale out option
3.2(3a)
• Nexus 93180 YC switches
• VMware vSphere 6.5 VMware
Horizon 7
• 2000 User Windows 10 & Server
2016 RDSH sessions mixed
Knowledge Worker workload
density.
Cisco HyperFlex and VMware Horizon 7, Full Scale UCS Domain Reference Architecture
HX
Datastore
8 x Cisco HXAF220C-M5SX
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (24 X 32GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
8 x Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers Each server includes:
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (24 X 32GB DDR4) RAM @ 2666MHz
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
8 x 40G
4 x 40G
8 x 40G
4 x 40G
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users
flexibilities
single UCS domain
• Purity v5.0.2
Pure Storage FlashArray//
X70 Controller
Cisco-MD5 9148S-A
Cisco-MD5 9148S-B
vPC Peer Link
Cluster Link
8/16 GB FC
40GB Ethernet
1G Ethernet
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Workload 3
Workload 4
4 Cisco UCS Chassis
Configuration
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efficiency
end-user experience
and scalability
servers and 8 UCS C220 M4 rack
servers (n+1) with scale out option
3.1(2g)
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
16 x 10 G 16 x 10 G
8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G
8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
HX
Datastore
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.6. GHz processor
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 512 GB (16 X 32GB DDR4) RAM
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 512 GB (16 X 32 GB DDR4) RAM
• 1 x 800GB Samsung Enterprise Perfomance (EP) SSD for Cache
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efficiency
end-user experience
and scalability
domain
3.2(2b)
• VMware Horizon 7.3.1
HX
Datastore
• 2 x Intel©
Xeon©
• 768 GB (12 X 64GB DDR4) RAM
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Cisco Nexus 9372PX
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
4 x 40G 4 x 40G
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• 8 UCS HXC240-M4SX rack servers
and 8 UCS B200 M4 blade server
single UCS domain
• Cisco HyperFlex 1.8.1c, UCSM
3.1(2b)
• VMware Horizon 7
Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with up to 2400 VMware
Horizon 7 Users
seamless data center integration
efficiency
• Enterprise-grade virtual client
computing solution with excellent
end user experience
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
8 x 10 G 8 x 10 G
4 x 10 G 4 x 10 G
Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP
Peer-Link
vPC vPC
HX
Datastore
8 x Cisco HX240C-M4S Rack Servers
• 512 GB (16 x 32GB DDR4) RAM
• 512 GB (16 x 32GB DDR4) RAM
• 1 x 1.6TB Intel SATA Enterprise Value SSD for Cache
23 x 1.2TB 10K RPM SAS HDDs for capacity
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VersaStack with Cisco UCS and IBM FlashSystem A9000 Storage
• Typical VMware Horizon tops and
RDS-hosted server sessions mixed
workload combined users
flexibilities
RDSH and VCC solutions
B200 M4 chassis
• 5,000 mixed RDSH and VCC
users combined and infrastructure
chassis
• 5000 combined RDS-hosted server
sessions and VCC users, Cisco
hardware, FIs, Nexus switches, IBM
A9000 FlashSystem Storage in 42
RU single rack solution
of RDS-hosted server sessions and
VCC typical desktop workloads
running knowledge worker
workload
• Very good end-user experience measuring <1 second for both RDSH and VCC users on cluster
level and 5000 users mixed workload level
• IBM modular storage technology. Storage controller failure with 3 active grid controllers technology.
No business disruption resilient capability
8/16 Gb FC
10 GB Ethernet
Cluster Link
4 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server
Chassis (32 Blade)5K Mixed
workload configuration
Chassis-1: Infra Server (1) & RDSH
Servers (7)
Chassis-2: Infra Server (1) & VCC
Servers (6) RDSH Server (1)
RDSH Server (1)
RDSH Server (1)
Physical Architecture
VersaStack Components
IBM FlashSystem
A9000 Storage
VersaStack – A single rack
solution for 5000 (RDSH &
VCC) Mixed Users
Fabric
2 Cisco Nexus 9372PX Switches
2 Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects
2 Cisco MDS 9148S 16Gb Fibre Channel / Switches
Compute
2 Cisco UCS 2208 IO Modules
Up to 8 Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade Servers
Storage:
1 IBM FlashSystem A9000
12 x1.2 TB MicroLatency
Modules (21.44 TB Raw capacity)
Cisco MDS 9148-A
Nexus 9372 PX-A
Cisco MDS 9148-B
Nexus 9372 PX-B
4 x 8GB Uplink to
Storage-VSAN-A:300
4 x 8GB Uplink to
Storage-VSAN-B:301
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
VPC Domain
VPC Peer-Link
Cluster-Link
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Node-3
Workload
Node-4
Workload
6 x 8 GB from each
MDS 9148S to IBM
FlashSystem A9000
Connecting 3 Storage
Grid Controllers
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Solution Brief: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_flashstack_view62_5k.html
5000 Seat FlashStack with Pure Storage FlashArray//m on VMware
Horizon View 6.2
Desktops and RDS-hosted
server sessions mixed workload
combined users
flexibilities
VCC and RDSH solutions
B200 M4 Chassis
• 5,000 mixed RDSH and
VCC users combined and
infrastructure servers in four
5108 blade server chassis
• Nearly 1250 combined RDS-
hosted server sessions and VCC
users in 2 RU data center foot
print
• Performance study with
simulations of RDS-hosted
server sessions and VCC typical
desktop workloads
• Local resources replace SAN for
workload files
• Very good end user experience measuring <1 second for both VCC and RDSH users on cluster level
and 5000 users mixed workload testing
8 Gb FC
10 GB Ethernet
Cluster Link
4 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade
Server Chassis
VCC RDSH Servers (7)
VCC Servers (7)
RDSH Server (1)
RDSH Server (1)
Physical Architecture FlashStack Components
Pure Storage
FlashArray//m50
Cisco MDS 9148-A
Nexus 9372 PX-A
Cisco MDS 9148-B
2 Cisco 9372 PX Network Switches
4 Cisco 5108 Blade Server Chassis
2 Cisco B200 M4 Blade Servers For Infrastructure
30 Cisco B200 M4 Blade Servers For Workload
Pure FlashArray//m50
1 Base disck 40TB raw space
1 external disk shelf with 44TB raw space
(Total 88TB disk space)
2 Cisco 9148 S MDS Switches
Network
Compute
Storage
Nexus 9372 PX-B
4 x 8 GB FC from MDS
9148 S to Puren//m50
Storage
4 x 8GB Uplink to
Storage-VSAN-A:20
4 x 8GB Uplink to
Storage-VSAN-B:30
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
4 x 10G Uplinks per
chassis IOM
VPC Domain
VPC Peer-Link
Cluster-Link
Infra Node-1
Workload 1
Infra Node-2
Workload 2
Node-3
Workload
Node-4
Workload
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The global cloud computing market is predicted to grow to $411.4 billion by 2020, up from just $37.8 billion in 2010,
according to Gartner. Source: Gartner (October 2017)
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l Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Red Hat Openshift Container Platform on VMware vSphere - New
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l Cisco UCS Infrastructure for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
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l VersaStack for IBM Cloud Private with Cisco UCS and IBM Storage
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• Application portability across Dev/Test and
Production environments
• Agile business application deployment workflow
and turnaround time
• Optimal infrastructural resource utilization at scale
• Enterprise Grade Container & Associated Service
Orchestrator
• Security, Isolation and Multi-tenancy
• Enterprise-grade Kubernetes with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on Cisco UCS Infrastructure
with VMware vSphere
• Production-ready highly available PaaS solution for private cloud
• A very good starting point for Enterprise IT to move on to DevOps & CI/CD based application
environment
• Cisco UCS providing the converged computing, network, and storage platform
• Open APIs driven infrastructure provisioning through automation
• Powerful, web-scale container orchestration
and management with Kubernetes
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, running containers
at scale with Security-enhanced Linux
enabled for strong isolation
• Multi-tenant native SDN plugin in CNI mode
for application pod network
• Virtualized Red Hat OpenShift Container
Platform nodes with VMware vSphere HA.
• Persistent storage using Red Hat GlusterFS,
running on Cisco UCS C240 M5 bare-metal
nodes for stateful cloud-native container
applications
• OpenShift Container Platform deployment
including scale-out operations through
Ansible Automation Engine
• End to end high available architecture from
software stack to infrastructure stack
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Red Hat Openshift Container
Platform on VMware vSphere
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_openshift_esxi.html
Enterprise Storage Enterprise Storage
vPC vPC
vPC
Peer
Links
40Gb Converged
16Gb FC
10GbE Ethernet
40GbE Ethernet
10GbE iSCSI
• 3 x Cisco UCS C240s are acting as compute nodes as well as providing
persistent storage to containers.
• Enterprise storage is providing Boot LUNs to all the servers via the boot
policy configuration in Cisco UCS Manager
• Enterprise storage also provides data stores to VMware vSphere
environment for VM virtual disks.
Compute
Network
Storage
• 1 x Cisco UCS 5108
B-Series Chassis
• 2 x Cisco UCS 2304XP
Fabric Extenders
• 4 x B200 M5 Servers
• 2 x Cisco UCS 6332UP
• 2 x Cisco Nexus
93180YC-EX
Public Network
Private Network
BD.443
B443
OpenShift SDN
Load Balanced Traffic
vCENTER
Master Nodes - VM
ETCD ROUTER APP1 APP2
APP1 APP2 APP3
REGISTRY
API
VDMK VDMK VDMK
Infrastructure Nodes - VM Application Nodes - VM Storage Nodes - Bare Metal
BASTION
ANSIBLE HAPROXY
LOAD BALANCER - VM DNS
Storage Node 1 Storage Node 2 Storage Node 3
Storage Request to
Heketi EndPoint:
http://int.IP:8080
Heketi
Servert
GlusterFS Logical Volume
CNS
POD
CNS
POD
CNS
POD
Master - 01 Infra - 01 App Master - 02
Infra-03
App
App
App
Master - 03 Infra - 02 App
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Design: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_openshift_design.html
• Application portability across Dev/Test
and Production environments
• Agile business application deployment
workflow and turnaround time
• Optimal infrastructural resource
utilization at scale
• Enterprise Grade Container &
Associated Service Orchestrator
• Powerful, web-scale container orchestration
and management with Kubernetes
• Integrated Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic
Host, optimized for running containers
at scale with Security enhanced Linux
enabled for strong isolation
• Multi-tenant native SDN plugin in CNI
mode for application pod network
• Persistent storage for stateful cloud-
native container applications
• Infrastructure automation with UCS
Manager built-in capabilities
• End to end high available architecture
from software stack to infrastructure stack
• A very good starting point for Enterprise IT to move on to DevOps & CI/CD based application environment
Cisco UCS Infrastructure for Red Hat OpenShift
Container Platform
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_openshift.html
• Application portability across Dev/Test
and Production environments
• Agile business application deployment
workflow and turnaround time
• Optimal infrastructural resource utilization
at scale
• Enterprise Grade Container & Associated
Service Orchestrator
• Powerful, web-scale container
orchestration and management with
Kubernetes
• Integrated Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Atomic Host, optimized for running
containers at scale with Security-
enhanced Linux enabled for strong
isolation
• Multi-tenant native SDN plugin in CNI
mode for application pod network
• Persistent storage for stateful cloud-native
container applications
• End to end high available architecture from
software stack to infrastructure stack
• A very good starting point for Enterprise IT to move on to DevOps & CI/CD based application environment
UCS C220M5
Bastion Bastion
Master
AppNodes
Network Network
Infra
Storage
Storage
Cisco UCS Chassis 5108/UCS B200M5
UCS C240M5
UCS C220M5
UCS C220M5
UCS
Cisco Nexus
9396PX-A
Cisco Nexus
9396PX-A
Cisco UCS
FI 6332-
16UP-A
Cisco UCS
FI 6332-
16UP-A
Cisco UCS
FI 6332-
16UP-B
Cisco UCS
FI 6332-
16UP-B
Container-Native
Storage
- 3 Node Cluster
- 20x3.8TB SSDs
Container-Native
Storage
- 3 Node Cluster
- 20x1.2TB HDDs
*Co-hosted on
Infra+ Storage
Nodes
Cisco Nexus
9396PX-B
Cisco Nexus
9396PX-B
vPC vPC
4*App
Nodes
3*Master
Nodes
2*Infra
Nodes
40Gbps
1GbE
40Gbps
1GbE
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• Operational complexity:
Ability to deploy and run cloud
native microservices-based
applications on-premises.
• Compliance and
management: Simplicity, ease
of deployment and compliance
requirements to keep
applications and data secure
with in enterprise’s control.
• Investment leverage: Ability to
leverage existing investments
across both middleware and
infrastructure.
• VersaStack with Cisco UCS
M5 and IBM Storage for IBM
Private Cloud.
• IBM Cloud Private 2.1.0
Enterprise Edition
• IBM Spectrum Connect 3.4.0
• IBM Storage Enabler for
Containers 1.0
• Enterprise grade highly available and secure Infrastructure with VersaStack
• Persistent storage for application containers
• Multi-tenant containers and orchestration that is based on Kubernetes for creating microservices-
based applications
• A common catalog of enterprise and open services to accelerate developer productivity
• Automatic horizontal and non-disruptive vertical scaling of applications
iSCSi
VM
IBM Cloud
Private
VMware vSphere
High
Availability
IBM Storage Flex
Volume for Kubernetes
IBM Storage Dynamic
Provisioner for Kubernetes
IBM Storage Enabler for
Containers
Spectrum
Connect backend
High
Availability
VersaStack
Infrastructure
IBM Spectrum Connect
Master
1
Master
2
Master
3
Worker
1
Worker
2
VM VM VM VM
VM
VM
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• Application portability across dev/
test and production environments
• Agile business application
deployment workflow and
turnaround time
utilization at scale
• Policy-based infrastructure
management including networking
application containers and
microservices
• Security, isolation and multi-
tenancy
• Cisco UCS infrastructure optimizes security, availability, performance and scale
• Docker Enterprise Edition provides a single management control plane from runtime to container
lifecycle management
• Cisco UCS provides the converged computing, network, and storage platform needed to run the
entire Docker Enterprise Edition
• Contiv provides security for application containers through policy-based rich network features, built-in
service discovery and service routing
• CNM-based Contiv network plugin
integrated with Docker Enterprise
Edition
• Native fabric visibility with L2
VLAN forwarding mode
• Multi-tenancy and data path
segregation for application
container/microservices I/O with
Contiv
• High performance with near line
rate networking for application
containers
• Docker EE with Contiv provisioning
through Ansible for scale-out
architecture
Topology 1 -
With Cisco B-Series Servers
Topology 2 -
With Cisco C-Series Servers
Cisco Nexus 9396PX - A Cisco Nexus 9396PX - A
CiscoUCS
FI 6332-
16UP-A
Cisco UCS
FI 6332-
16UP-A
Cisco UCS
FI 6332-
16UP-B
Cisco UCS
FI 6332-
16UP-B
Cisco Nexus 9396PX - B Cisco Nexus 9396PX - B
VPC VPC
UCS C220M5
UCS C220M5
UCS C220M5
UCS C220M5
Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Contiv and Docker Enterprise
Edition for Container Management
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Cisco UCS Infrastructure with Docker Datacenter for Container
Management
• Application portability across dev/
test and production deployment
• Agile business application
deployment workflow and
turnaround time
utilization
• Policy-based management
• Security and isolation
• Policy-driven and programmable
infrastructure for ease of
deployment and management
• Microservices and cloud-native
application architecture enabling
stateless application container
deployment
• Continuous integration and
continuous deployment(CI/CD)
enabling developers to develop and
test applications rapidly at scale
• DevOps model breaks down
barriers between development
and operations teams to improve
delivery of applications
• Cisco UCS infrastructure optimizes security, availability, performance and scale
• Docker Datacenter provides a single management control plane from runtime to container lifecycle
management
• Cisco UCS provides the converged computing, network, and storage platform needed to run the
entire Docker Datacenter
Topology 1 - With Cisco B-Series Servers
Cisco Nexus 9372PX-A Cisco Nexus 9372PX-A
UCS C220M4
UCS C220M4
UCS C220M4
UCS C220M4
Cisco
UCS F1
6248UP-A
Cisco
UCS F1
6248UP-A
Cisco
UCS F1
6248UP-B
Cisco
UCS F1
6248UP-B
Cisco Nexus 9372PX-B Cisco Nexus 9372PX-B
UCS 5108 Chassis - 1
UCS 5108 Chassis - 2
UCP Controller Pool
DTR Pool
UCP Node Pool
Docker Pool
VPC VPC
Topology 2 - With Cisco C-Series Servers
10 Gbps
1 Gbps
Blade - 1
Blade - 1
Blade - 3
Blade - 3
Blade - 5
Blade - 5
Blade - 2
Blade - 2
Blade - 4
Blade - 4
UCP Controller
Server - 1
UCP Controller + DTR
Server - 2
Server - 3
Server - 4
UCP Node
DTR
DTR
UCP Controller
UCP Node
UCP Node
UCP Controller
DTR
UCP Node
UCP Node
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vPC
vPC
vPC
CVD: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/ucs_docker.html
Design: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_docker_deploy_design.html
FlexPod Datacenter with Docker Datacenter for Container
Management
• Converged infrastructure platform
for Docker
• Trusted and supported Docker
Datacenter platform from industry
leaders
• Scale up or out without disruption
operations
• UCS 3.1(2f)
• B200M4 Blade Servers
• NetApp AFF 8040 with ONTAP 9.0
• NetApp Docker Volume Plugin 1.4
• Nexus 9000 series switch
• Docker Engine 17.03.1-ee-3
• Docker Universal Control Plane
(UCP) 2.1.2
• Docker Trusted Registry (DTR)
2.2.3
• Highly available Enterprise Docker Datacenter on Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution
• NetApp Docker Volume Plugin (nDVP) provides persistent NFS-based storage for containers
Nexus 93180YC-EX
NetApp
AFF 8040
Unified Computing System
UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnects,
UCS 2204 Fabric Extender and
UCS B Series Servers
• 2x Cisco Nexus 5108 B-Series UCS Chassis
• 4x Cisco 2204XP Fabric Extenders
• 10 x B200 M4 Server(s)
• 2 x Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnect
NetApp AFF8040
• 48 x 400 GB SSD (2 X Disk Shelves – DS2246)
• 24 x SSDs/Shelves
2 x Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX
10 GbE Only
10 GbE Converged
SFO Interconnect
8 Gb FC
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Additional Resources:
Design Zone: www.cisco.com/go/cvd
Data Center Design Zone: www.cisco.com/go/dcdesignzone
Virtual Client Computing (VCC) Design Zone: www.cisco.com/go/vccdesigns
Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) support many Cisco Data Center and UCS Solutions. For more information
on Cisco Solutions broader than CVDs, use the following URLs:
• www.cisco.com/go/bigdata
• www.cisco.com/go/flexpod
• www.cisco.com/go/hyperflex
• www.cisco.com/go/microsoft
• www.cisco.com/go/oracle
• www.cisco.com/go/openstack
• www.cisco.com/go/sap
• www.cisco.com/go/vdi
• www.cisco.com/go/versastack
For more information on UCS and UCS Solutions, use the following URL: www.cisco.com/go/ucs
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