Cisco Data Center

Solutions for
Partner Engineers

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Describe Cisco Compute and Virtualization solutions for small and

midsize customers

Describe Cisco Pre-Configured solutions for small and midsize

customers

Describe technical considerations for Cisco Data Center solutions for

small and midsize business customers

Describe plan, design, and build considerations for Cisco Data Center
solutions for small and midsize business customers

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Course Outline
The learning objectives will be covered in the following modules:

Cisco Compute and Virtualization Solutions for Partner Engineers

Cisco Data Center Pre-Configured Solutions for Partner Engineers

Cisco Data Center Solutions for Partner Engineers

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Cisco
Compute and
Virtualization
Solutions for
Small and
Midsize
Customers
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Module Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

Describe Cisco Compute and Virtualization solutions for small and

midsize customers

Describe the business benefits to small and midsize customers of

adopting Cisco Compute and Virtualization solutions

Articulate the value of Cisco Compute and Virtualization solutions over

the competition

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Module Outline
The learning objectives will be covered in the following sections:

Data Center Virtualization

Cisco Compute and Virtualization Solutions for Small and Midsize

Customers

Benefits of Cisco Compute and Virtualization Solutions for Small and

Midsize Customers

Competing with Cisco Compute and Virtualization Solutions

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Virtualization

Customer Challenges

Increase ROI

Provide Reliability

Boost Productivity

Lower Service &

Support Costs

Greater reliability and

productivity and lower
TCO provide ROI to
customer

Core hardware and OS

design supports
network functionality
with high uptime

Broad features set

enables diverse
workloads

Reduce total cost of

ownership, maximize
contribution of IT

Cisco solutions will address these challenges

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Customer Concerns in the Data Center

Limited IT staff and budget

Application performance and availability

Need to rapidly deploy any
application the business requires
Need to keep up with both planned and
unplanned growth
Getting and staying ahead of the competition

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Virtualization Promises
Greater business agility
Faster response to business and customer demands
Greater application availability
Rapid application and virtualized infrastructure deployment
Reduced operating and capital costs
Improved resource utilization
Improved business continuity

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Cisco Data Center Journey

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Evolution of IT Infrastructure
Old World: Physical

New World: Virtual

Dedicated, Vertical Stacks

Dynamic Pools Of Resources

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Legacy IT Infrastructure
The Problem: Complex, Inefficient, and Inflexible

Old World: Physical

5% Infrastructure Investment
23%
Application
Investment
30%
Application
Maintenance

42%
Infrastructure
Maintenance

Where IT Resources Are Spent

Cause
Inflexible, complex, and
expensive
Difficult to manage
Slow to scale

Dedicated, Vertical Stacks

Effect
>70% of IT budgets just
maintaining status quo
<30% of IT budgets goes to
innovation and competitive
advantage

Business Agility Depends on IT Agility

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New IT Infrastructure
New World: Virtual

Virtualized Infrastructure Benefits

Low-cost operations
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Self-service consumption model
Elastic resource allocation

Dynamic Pools Of Resources

Shared pools of resources

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You Can Build Your Own IT Infrastructure

Using Best-in-Class Components

Challenges of Build-Your-Own Infrastructure

Takes time
Takes resources
Carries high risk

New Virtualized
Data Center
Hardware
Design
&
Plan

Size

Build
and
test

Stabilize
and
optimize

Deploy

Time
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Cisco Validated Designs

Customer Value Proposition

Cisco Virtualized Foundation Smart Solution

Unify the Network

Quickly deploy and confidently manage infrastructure

Meet business demands

Cisco Nexus Switches

Reduce budgetary pressures

Accelerate journey to the cloud

Simplify Computing and Management

Beat competition

Cisco UCS
C-Series
Servers

End-to-End Virtualization
Cisco Nexus
1000V

Design
and
plan

Size

Build
and
test

Optimize

PRODUCTION

Time
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Desktop Virtualization

Virtualization can also include VDI or

virtualizing desktops

With VDI, all the compute operations are

done in the datacenter

This leads to optimal end user

experience and minimal WAN bandwidth
requirements

The virtual desktops can be accessed by

clients, apps or HTML5 enabled
browsers
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Business Drivers for Desktop Virtualization

Microsoft Windows 7 Migration

Business Process Outsourcing

Remote Office and Branch Office

Mobile Users

Contractors and Employee-Owned IT

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

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Cisco UCS Advantage

186 Desktops on C220 M3*

Knowledge Worker Profile

384 G memory, Dual Xeon E5-2690 8-Core CPU

Industry-leading
Density on
2-socket servers*

* Principle Technologies Brief

** Principle Technologies Brief

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Cisco Compute and

Virtualization
Solutions for Small
and Midsize
Customers

Cisco Small and Midsize Business Data Center Portfolio

E-Series

C-Series

Greatest range of
capabilities

Leverage ISR G2

Compute

NetApp

FAS2200 series

EMC

VNXe series

Third Party Storage

Nexus 1000V

Integrated virtual
switching

Switching

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Cisco Unified Computing System

Single Unified System

Pre-integrated infrastructure designed as a whole

Unified Management

Bare-metal abstraction and API design for automation and

orchestration through industry-standard tools

Intelligent Infrastructure

Self-integrating components and policy-based automation

Patented Innovations

Virtualization awareness and scalability without complexity

Server Innovations

Industry-standard, x86-architecture servers with Cisco

innovations

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UCS C-Series Rack Server Portfolio

UCS C460 M2

RAS and Performance

Optimized

UCS C260 M2

UCS C420 M3
UCS C240 M3
UCS C220 M3

Scale-Out
UCS C24 M3
UCS C22 M3

Data Warehouse
Middleware, Collab
Big Data

Distributed DB
Middleware, Collab
Web/IT Infrastructure
Big Data
Storage Server

Web/IT Infrastructure
Proxy/Caching

Price / Performance
Optimized

Database
Consolidation
Virtualization

Database
Consolidation
Virtualization
ERP/CRM

Database
Consolidation
Virtualization
ERP/CRM

Mission Critical

Performance Optimized

Mainstream
Applications

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C-Series Workloads
Support for a variety of key workloads, from edge to large memory-intensive applications.

High-Density RackMount Server

C 220

High-density server with

balanced compute
performance and I/O flexibility

General-Purpose RackMount Server

C240

General-purpose server for

workloads requiring
economical, high-capacity,
internal storage

Extended Memory
Rack-Mount Server
C260

High-performance, memoryintensive server for virtualized

and large-data-set workloads

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Cisco UCS Common Features

Standards-based unified network fabric

Cisco Data Center VM-FEX virtualization support

Cisco UCS Manager software

Cisco fabric extender and fabric interconnect architectures

Cisco Extended Memory Technology

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Data Center Switching Demands

How

to efficiently combine LAN and

SAN networks

LAN and SAN

Increased

compute requirements

Increased

storage requirements

Increased

compliance requirements

Growth

Increased

complexity demand better

management tools

Management
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Cisco Nexus Switches

Wire

once for LAN and SAN

Single

point of management for LAN

and SAN

Consolidation

Reduced

High

cost

performance

Investment

protection evolves with

business geographic span

Scalability
Integrated

application delivery

Transparent

virtual machine

networking

Intelligence

Virtual

machine-aware security

Cisco Nexus 3000

Series Switches
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Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere

Software based provides flexibility in

customer architecture

Works well with all server types;

whether blade servers or rack optimized

Works with any upstream switch; such

as blade, top of rack, or modular

Supports 1 gigabit Ethernet and 10

gigabit Ethernet traffic

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Benefits of Cisco
Compute and
Virtualization Solutions for
Small and Midsize
Customers

Cisco UCS Leadership and Momentum

Customer are looking for
technical leadership
TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP

Customer are looking for

market leadership
MARKET LEADERSHIP

Design flexibility with highperformance unified ports

Billion dollar annualized

run rate

Low OpEx with scale and

management simplicity

#2 Market Share in just three

years in blade computing

Embedded automation: cloud

ready

Over 11,000+ Cisco UCS

customers

Ecosystem support with tens of

thousands of supported
applications

Used as foundation for many

public cloud offerings

30+ Cisco Validated designs

around VMware, Citrix, Microsoft,
SAP, ORACLE

Proven success with 63 worldrecord benchmarks

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Cisco Powered Data Centers

Data Center Requirements

Cisco Solution Benefits

Low Cost Operations

Simplified management
Lower service provisioning cost

Infrastructure as a Service

Integrated compute, network, and

storage resources

Consistent Consumption Model

Physical resources deployed

through policies and APIs

Elastic Resource Allocation

Rapid scalability of virtual and physical

Automated deployment

Shared Pools of Resources

Virtualization optimized
Resource abstraction
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Cisco UCS C-Series Server Innovation

Server
Innovations

Based on Industry-Standard x86

Architecture

Intel Xeon processors

World-record-setting performance

Cisco Extended Memory Technology

Superior density & price/performance

lowers TCO
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Mount Servers

53 World-Record Performance Results

TPC-C and TPC-H Performance
Price/Performance Leadership
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Customers Are Asking For More Flexibility, Security, and Efficiency

Business User

CIO

DC Manager

Systems Engineer

How can I fix an IT spending

How can I reduce the costs of

How do I consolidate assets,

How do I simplify our

pattern that uses 80% of its

the network, compute and

increase virtualization, and

technology support and speed

budget to do what we already

storage resources that I need to

improve administration while

up our provisioning

do, and only 20% on coming up

to remain competitive?

ensuring the continued security

capabilities?

with new ways to do business

of our systems?

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Cisco Unified Data Center Benefits

30%
Less
Cost

50%
Faster

90%
Less
Time

Deploy 2x
Capacity
No Staff
Increase
Increase

60%
Less
Cost

Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Costs
Costs

Disaster
Disaster
Recovery
Recovery

Deployment
Deployment
Times
Times

IT
IT Staffing
Staffing

Power
Power Cooling
Cooling

30%
30%
Faster

Application
Application
Performance
Performance

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Competing with
Cisco Compute and
Virtualization
Solutions

Cisco UCS Leadership and Momentum

As of Q2FY13, data center revenue reached $2 billion annualized run rate

In Q2FY13, data center revenue grew 65% Y/Y

As of February 2013, there were over 20,000 unique Cisco UCS customers,
which represents 87% Y/Y growth

Over 3000 Cisco channel partners are actively selling Cisco UCS worldwide,
and there are over 1560 Cisco UCS specialized partners in the channel
worldwide

As of Q4CY12, Cisco is one of the top 5 server vendors based on worldwide

revenue share1

Cisco has 70+ world-record performance benchmarks to date

Source: 1 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Q4 2012, February 2013, Revenue Share

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Why Virtualize Why Cisco

Organizations must reduce TCO and increase business agility

Customers are demanding unified computing

Cisco provides the only industry-standards based, fully-integrated, cohesive,

unified computing system

Partners adopting UCS/C-Series are entering a growth market

Develop greater account control and long-term product and services revenue streams

Pursue additional profitability opportunities: value-added services, servers and software

sales

Differentiate themselves with new products and services in a commoditized market

Benefit from the market focus of Cisco and the interest it generates
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Why Cisco UCS Wins

Cisco UCS is a technology leader

Cisco solutions unifying compute, network,

storage access and virtualization

Cisco customers report tangible business

results

UCS is designed to solve key customer

challenges in the data center:

Manual solution assembly

Inflexible infrastructure

Operational friction

Virtualization complexity

Inefficient scaling

Compliance and audit control

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Key Stakeholder Messages

Next-generation data center

platform that reduces complexity
and increases agility

Superior compute resources

improve performance while saving
money

Complete scalability,
performance, security and control
allows customers to focus on
meeting business needs

Hypervisor

Hypervisor

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Compute and Virtualization Message In A Box

Design Zone for FlexPod

Cisco NetApp Alliance Portal

http://www.netapp.com/flexpod

Training Labs

http://www.cisco.com/go/flexpod

NetApp FlexPod Site

http://cisconetapp.com

Integrated Systems

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns414/ns742/ns743/ns1050/landing_flexpod.html

http://dcv-labs.labgear.net/Home.asp

UCS Sizer

http://wwwin-ucsappsizer.cisco.com/sizer/project/all/home
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Module Summary

Module Summary

Virtualization, the consolidation of multiple server workloads onto a smaller number of more
powerful servers is a key capability in customer data center environments

Cisco products and services enable partners and customers to more easily plan, deploy
and manage data center infrastructure

Cisco provides compute capabilities for small and midsize businesses via the C-Series and
E-Series product lines

Cisco provides switching capabilities for small and midsize businesses via the Catalyst
Series and Nexus Series product lines

Cisco is the best vendor for customers looking for technical leadership and market
leadership

Cisco provides a fully-integrated, unified computing system optimized for virtualization and
scale
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Review: Virtualization Benefits

What are customer benefits of data center virtualization? (choose
two)
A) Fewer applications
B) Greater agility
C) Increased footprint
D) Reduced OpEx and CapEx

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Review: Virtualization Benefits

What are customer benefits of data center virtualization? (choose
two)

B) Greater agility

D) Reduced OpEx and CapEx

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Review: Virtualization Benefits

What UCS server is recommended for customers needing
balanced compute performance and I/O flexibility? (choose two)
A) UCS C22
B) UCS C220
C) UCS C240
D) UCS C260

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Review: Virtualization Benefits

What UCS server is recommended for customers needing
balanced compute performance and I/O flexibility? (choose two)

B) UCS C220

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Cisco PreConfigured
Solutions for
Small and
Midsize
Customers

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Module Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

Describe the Cisco Office In-A-Box solutions

Describe the Cisco and NetApp FlexPod Express solutions

Describe the Cisco and EMC VSPEX solutions

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Module Outline:
The learning objectives will be covered in the following sections:

Pre-Configured Solutions: Overview

Pre-Configured Solutions: Office In A Box

Pre-Configured Solutions: Flexpod Express

Pre-Configured Solutions: VSPEX

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Pre-Configured
Solutions
Overview

Cisco Data Center Pre-Configured Solutions

Consist of specific hardware and software configurations

Address specific customer needs and provide complete deployment

guidance for maximum success

Three pre-configured solutions will be covered:

Office-in-a-Box:
UCS

E-Series in an ISR G2 Router

FlexPod Express:
Cisco

UCS C-220 M3 Server + NetApp storage for up to 50 VMs

VSPEX:
Cisco

UCS C-220 M3 Rack Servers + EMC VNXe storage for 50 to 125 VMs
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Benefits of Ecosystem Partners

Reduce Complexity

Simplified cloud building process pubic, private, or hybrid

Same technology foundation for all cloud types

Reduce Risk

Mitigates risk of vendor lock-in

Minimize Investment Cost

Backwards compatibility and heterogeneity across infrastructure, applications, and

services.

Time to Market/Leadership Advantage

Fully tested, integrated solutions help reduce deployment times

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Customer Benefits

Start Right: Low-Cost, Ease of Deployment

Keep it Simple: Virtualized Infrastructure much easier to manage

Grow Smart: Scale-Up or even Scale-Out with validated, standardized

pre-configured solutions

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Pre-Configured
Solutions:
Office In A Box

Office-in-a-Box Solution - Overview

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers on Cisco ISR G2 Routers allow branch

offices to virtualize applications, services and desktops locally

Less WAN Bandwidth

Dramatic improvement in application delivery and performance resulting

in optimum end user experience

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Cisco Office in a Box UCS-E and VMware View VDI

Cisco Solution

Cisco UCS E-Series Server blades in ISR G2

routers support Desktop Virtualization with
VMware View and vSphere

Superior VDI User Experience with no WAN

limitations, coupled with continuous access
without any latency

Benefits

Hosts essential applications including desktop

virtualization on an optimized lean branch
platform

Single box solution for all business needs

Dramatically reduces TCO and provides

virtualization ready infrastructure for branch

Space and power Savings

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Office-in-a-Box Solution Use Case 1

Initial VDI Solution centralized everything at Datacenter

Clients at Branch used View Client
Subject to WAN latency, WAN outage at Branch
Required bandwidth upgrade

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Office-in-a-Box Solution Use Case 1 (Cont.)

Office-in-a-Box moved the virtual

desktops to the Branch

Optimized user experience now that

desktops are local

Avoids WAN latency, QoS and

redundancy issues and costs

Management still centralized

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Office-in-a-Box Solution Use Case 2

Customer migrated to Office-in-a-Box

Solution from typical branch equipment

300% gain in storage and scale

100% improvement in footprint and

power savings

200% savings in network software

200% improvement in performance

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Office-in-a-Box Solution Use Case 2 (Cont.)

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Pre-Configured
Solutions:
Flexpod Express

FlexPod Express

FlexPod Express combines NetApp storage with

Cisco solutions

Tested and validated by Cisco and NetApp

Architecture provides flexibility in sizing and

products

Customer Benefits:

Right-sized for scale

Allows for unlimited growth

Efficiency via unified storage, management and

network infrastructure

FlexPod

Cisco Validated Designs provide guidance

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FlexPod Express: UCS C-Series Server

Designed for Performance

Web Server

Distributed Database

1RU form factor

Xeon E5-2600 processor

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Flexpod Express: NetApp FAS2200 Series Storage

Powerful, flexible data storage to handle data growth

Named a 'Champion' and 'Best in Overall Value' by Info-Tech Research

Group

Affordable and more powerful storage platform than other systems in its
class

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NetApp FAS2200 Series Models

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FlexPod Express: Nexus 1000V

Software-only switch residing on the UCS

server

Delivers VN-Link functionality for maximum

performance and flexibility

Works with:

All server types

All upstream switches

Supports 1Gbps and 10Gbps Ethernet traffic

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FlexPod Express Use Testimonials

Bob Olwig, vice president of business strategy, World Wide Technology

FlexPod Express provides systems integrators like WWT with a critical

solution that our midsized customers want now. It combines best-ofbreed computing, networking, storage, and management products into
an easy-to-deploy architecture. Additionally, sales, technical, and
professional services support from Cisco and NetApp enable us to build
a successful business that capitalizes on the migration to the virtualized
environments our customers are undertaking."

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Pre-Configured
Solutions: VSPEX

VSPEX

VSPEX combines EMC storage with Cisco

solutions

Tested and validated by Cisco and EMC

Architecture provides flexibility in sizing and

products

Customer Benefits:

Right-sized for scale

Allows for unlimited growth

Efficiency via unified storage, management and

network infrastructure

Cisco Validated Designs provide guidance

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VSPEX Solution Matrix

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FlexPod Express: UCS C-Series Server

Designed for Performance

Web Server

Distributed Database

1RU form factor

Xeon E5-2600 processor

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VSPEX Components: VNXe Storage

Deliver exceptional flexibility for small-to-medium-business

Application-driven management environment

Complete consolidation solution for all IP storage needs

Compact system with built-in disk storage to provide multi-protocol IP

connectivity for concurrent NAS and iSCSI SANs

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VNXe Models
VNXe Series Overview

3150 Single

3150 Dual

3300

Min/Max Drives

6 to 50

6 to 100

6 to 150

CPU/Memory per
Controller

Xeon Quad Core / 4GB

Xeon Quad Core / 8GB

Xeon Quad Core 12 GB

Base 1Gb IP Ports per

Controller

Max Flex IO Modules

per Controller

Supported LUNs

Up to 128

Up to 256

Up to 512

Total Raw Capacity

144 TB

288TB

450TB

Back-End Disk
Connectivity

6 Gb/s x 4 SAS

6 Gb/s x 4 SAS

6 Gb/s x 4 SAS

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Nexus 1000V

Software-only switch residing on the UCS

server

Delivers VN-Link functionality for maximum

performance and flexibility

Works with:

All server types

All upstream switches

Supports 1Gbps and 10Gbps Ethernet traffic

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Pre-Configured Solutions Message In A Box

Design Zone for FlexPod

Cisco NetApp Alliance Portal

http://www.netapp.com/flexpod

Training Labs

http://www.cisco.com/go/flexpod

NetApp FlexPod Site

http://cisconetapp.com

Integrated Systems

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns414/ns742/ns743/ns1050/landing_flexpod.html

http://dcv-labs.labgear.net/Home.asp

UCS Sizer

http://wwwin-ucsappsizer.cisco.com/sizer/project/all/home
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Module Summary

Module Summary

Cisco pre-configured solutions consist of specific hardware and software configurations

that have been designed to address specific customer needs

Cisco pre-configured solutions include: Office in a Box, FlexPod Express and VSPEX

Cisco and its third party partners provide complete guidance on the assembly, installation,
configuration and deployment of pre-configured solutions

Office in a Box is focused on delivering virtual desktop and server application services to a
branch office

FlexPod Express combines NetApp storage with Cisco UCS C-Series servers and Nexus
switches

VSPEX combines EMC storage with Cisco UCS C-Series servers and Nexus switches

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Review: Cisco UCS Servers

What Cisco server components are used in pre-configured
solutions for small and midsize business? (choose two)
A) E-Series Servers
B) D-Series Servers
C) C-Series Servers
D) B-Series Servers

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Review: Cisco UCS Servers

What Cisco server components are used in pre-configured
solutions for small and midsize business? (choose two)
A) E-Series Servers

C) C-Series Servers

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Review: Pre-configured Solutions

What are customer benefits of implementing Cisco preconfigured solutions? (choose two)
A) One choice simplifies selection
B) Allows for unlimited growth
C) Cisco-only solutions provide simplicity
D) Right sized for scale

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Review: Pre-configured Solutions

What are customer benefits of implementing Cisco preconfigured solutions? (choose two)

B) Allows for unlimited growth

D) Right sized for scale

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Cisco Data
Center
Solutions for
Partner System
Engineers

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Module Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

Describe technical considerations for Cisco Data Center solutions for

small and midsize business customers

Describe plan, build and manage considerations for Cisco Data Center
solutions for small and midsize business customers

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Module Outline
The learning objectives will be covered in the following sections:

Technical Considerations for Cisco Data Center Solutions

Plan, Design, and Build Considerations for Cisco Data Center Solutions

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Technical
Considerations for
Cisco Data Center
Solutions

Cisco Small and Midsize Business Data Center Portfolio

UCS C-Series

Greatest range of
capabilities

UCS E-Series

ISR G2 Service
Module

Compute

NetApp

FAS2200 series

EMC

VNXe series

Third Party Storage

Nexus 1000V

Integrated virtual
switching

Switching

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UCS C-Series Rack Server Portfolio

UCS C460 M2

RAS and Performance

Optimized

UCS C260 M2

UCS C420 M3
UCS C240 M3
UCS C220 M3

Scale-Out
UCS C24 M3
UCS C22 M3

Data Warehouse
Middleware, Collab
Big Data

Distributed DB
Middleware, Collab
Web/IT Infrastructure
Big Data
Storage Server

Web/IT Infrastructure
Proxy/Caching

Price / Performance
Optimized

Database
Consolidation
Virtualization

Database
Consolidation
Virtualization
ERP/CRM

Database
Consolidation
Virtualization
ERP/CRM

Mission Critical

Performance Optimized

Mainstream
Applications

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Cisco UCS C22 M3 Use and Specs

Recommended Uses:

Technical Specs:

IT

CPU:

infrastructure

Web
File

infrastructure

and Print Server

Small

and Midsize Business

Applications

Scale-out
Small

Applications

virtualization

Up to 2 Intel Xeon processor

E5-2400 product family

Size:
RAM:

1 RU
384 GB

Storage:

SFF: 8 TB ; LFF: 12 TB

Network:

2 x 1 Gb ports; 10 Gbps
unified fabric optional

Expansion:

2 PCI Express (PCIe)

Generation 3.0 slots
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Cisco UCS C24 M3 Use and Specs

Recommended Uses:

Technical Specs:

IT

CPU:

and Web Infrastructure

Server

Consolidation

Entry-level
Big

virtualization

Size:
RAM:

data

Storage

Up to 2 Intel Xeon processor

E5-2400 product family

or File server

2 RU
384 GB

Storage:

SFF: 24 TB ; LFF: 36 TB

Network:

2 x 1 Gb ports; 10 Gbps
unified fabric optional

Expansion:

5 PCI Express (PCIe)

Generation 3.0 slots
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Cisco UCS C220 Use and Specs

Recommended Uses:

Technical Specs:

Distributed

CPU:

database clusters

Middleware
High-performance virtual desktops

IT

and web infrastructure

Up to 2 Intel Xeon processor

E5-2600 product family

Size:
RAM:

1 RU
512 GB

Storage:

SFF: 8 TB ; LFF: 12 TB

Network:

2 x 1 Gb ports; 10 Gbps
unified fabric optional

Expansion:

2 PCI Express (PCIe)

Generation 3.0 slots
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Cisco UCS C240 M3 Use and Specs

Recommended Uses:

Technical Specs:

Collaboration

Up

Small

and medium-sized business

databases

Big

data infrastructure

Virtualization
Storage

and consolidation

servers

High-performance

to 2 Intel Xeon processor E52600 product family

RU

768

GB

SFF:

24 TB ; LFF: 36 TB

appliances

x 1 Gb ports; 10 Gbps unified fabric

optional

PCI Express (PCIe) Generation 3.0

slots
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Cisco UCS E-Series Application/Deploy

UCS capabilities on a Cisco ISR G2 via a

Service Module upgrade

Available in two form factors:

Single Wide Blade

Double Wide Blade

Excellent performance and value for a diverse

range of workloads, including:

Core Microsoft Windows services

Mission-critical business applications

Client-management services

Cisco virtualized network services

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Cisco E-Series Single Wide Blade

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Cisco E-Series Double Wide Blade

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Cisco E-Series Blade Comparison

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UCS C-Series Network Connectivity

Use built-in 1Gb Ethernet Ports to connect to Catalyst switch

Typically used in small deployments

Disk storage would be internal for best performance

Access to external storage would be via IP protocols: iSCSI, NFS, SMB

Use optional CNA Adapter to connect to external Nexus switch

Provides for converged network with normal IP traffic and storage traffic on the
same wire

Use internal virtual switch to connect VMs to each other

Provides for fastest and easiest communication among VMs on the same host
and can extend across multiple hosts with addition of external switch pathway
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Connectivity With Converged Network Adapters

Converged Network Adapters simultaneously support

both Ethernet and Storage over Ethernet traffic

Combines FCoE technology with 10Gb Ethernet

technology in a single network adapter that is installed in
a UCS C-Series PCI slot:

Supports Fibre Channel over Ethernet Storage Area

Networking traffic

Supports Ethernet LAN traffic

Best performance is achieved with an external switch that

supports the same capabilities:

Cisco Nexus 3048 would be a possible choice for a

small or midsize business

Can use as a 10GB Ethernet interface without storage

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Connectivity With Cisco Nexus 1000V

Virtual machine access switch for VMware
vSphere running inside the hypervisor

Simplifies deployment of new hosts and

virtual machines

Increases flexibility, simplifies

management

Provides high level of availability by

extending the network to the virtual
server

Supports 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet traffic

Compatible with all switches

Compatible with all servers on the

VMware Hardware Compatibility List

VM

VM

VM

VM

1000V
VEM

vSphere

Server

Physical Switches
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Pre-Configured Bundles

Cisco has partnered with outside companies to create pre-configured bundles

that combine UCS compute, Nexus switches and storage

Benefits to the partner and customer:

Easy to understand

Easy to order

Meet a wide range of customer needs

Eliminates deploying the wrong product or product combination

Available pre-configured bundles:

FlexPod Express with NetApp

VSPEX with EMC

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Third Party Storage Options

FlexPod Express

NetApp FAS 2200 Series including 2220/2240 models

Scales to 240 TB or 552 TB

SSD support across both Models

Ultra fast application response due to flash technology

Provides 4 to 8 ports of GB Ethernet for best I/O Performance

Supports optional 10GB Ethernet adapters (1 or 2 dual port adapters)

VSPEX

EMC VNXe 3150 Storage

Up to 288TB Raw Storage

6Gbps Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Drive Interconnects

Up to 4 1GB Ethernet Ports

Optional Flex I/O Port Supports 2 10GB Ports

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Plan, Design, and

Build Considerations
for Cisco Data
Center Solutions

Plan, Design, Build for Partner Engineers

There are three major

responsibilities of the partner
engineer during the customer
engagement:

Plan the feature requirements and

assess product choice against
features

Design a solution based on

understanding of required functions
and best practices

Build a solution by deploying,

configuring and managing it

Plan
Design
Build

Feature
Requirements
Product Assessment
Determine
Function
Design
Deploy
Configure
Manage

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Planning

In the case of Cisco Data Center

solutions, one of our key planning
steps is to match customer needs to
either a pre-configured bundle or to
build a custom system
Pre-Configured Bundles:

Express Pod

VSPEX

Plan

Feature
Requirements
Product
Assessment

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FlexPod Express for Infrastructure Consolidation

Components

Features:

Cisco Unified
Computing
System (UCS)
C-Series Server

Compute, switch and storage bundle

from Cisco and NetAapp

Simple to deploy

Cisco Nexus 3000

Series Switch

Designed to handle mixed application

workloads

Centralized and simplified management

Implementation guide to facilitate

deployment

Pre-tested by Cisco and NetApp

NetApp FAS2200
Series Storage

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FlexPod Express Configurations

Small
Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch
Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack Server
NetApp FAS2220 Storage

Medium
Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch
Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack Server
NetApp FAS2240 Storage

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FlexPod Express Support Model

FlexPod Express is covered by cooperative support model
from Cisco, NetApp, and VMware
Hypervisor
Server

Streamlined response to support issues

Efficient escalation process engages the

best vendor to provide deep
specialization

Just contact the suspected vendor

directly escalation will be used if a
different vendors expertise is required

Valid premium support contracts on each

product required

Fabric
Storage

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Implementation Guide for FlexPod Express

FlexPod Express is tested and documented by Cisco and NetApp

Documented deployment process:

Deployment
Wiring
Bill

diagrams

of materials

High-level

instructions

sizing guidance

For more information visit http://

www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/Virtualizati
on/flexpod_deploy.pdf
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VSPEX for Infrastructure Consolidation

Components

Features:

Cisco Unified
Computing
System (UCS)
C-Series Server

Compute, switch and storage bundle

from Cisco and EMC

Simple to deploy

Cisco Nexus 3000

Series Switch

Designed to handle mixed application

workloads

Centralized and simplified management

Implementation guide to facilitate

deployment

Pre-tested by Cisco and EMC

EMC VNXe
Series Storage

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VSPEX Configurations
Small
Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch
Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack Server
EMC VNXe 3150 Storage

Medium
Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch
Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack Server
EMC VNXe 3300 Storage

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VSPEX Support Model

VSPEX is covered by cooperative support model
from Cisco, EMC, and VMware
Hypervisor
Server

Streamlined response to support issues

Efficient escalation process engages the

best vendor to provide deep
specialization

Just contact the suspected vendor

directly escalation will be used if a
different vendors expertise is required

Valid premium support contracts on each

product required

Fabric
Storage

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Implementation Guide for VSPEX

VSPEX is tested and documented by Cisco and EMC

Documented deployment process

Deployment
Wiring
Bill

diagrams

of materials

High-level

instructions

sizing guidance

For more information visit

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns1203/index.html#~overview

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Designing

Correct design requires understanding data

center capabilities and design best practice,
including:

Cisco Validated Designs for Data Centers

Design

Determine
Function
Design

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Cisco Validated Designs for Data Centers

Guidance for partners and customers

to design and quickly deploy a fullservice business network

Designs work out of the box and are

scalable and flexible

Includes all required technologies,

tested together as a complete system

Based on a layered architecture:

Data Center Foundation

Data Center Services

User Services

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Design Zone

Cisco Validated Designs are part of the

Design Zone Portal

Smart Business Architectures are

incorporated as part of Cisco Validated
Designs

You may need to refer to the Design Zone

for Smart Business Architectures to find
additional small business data center
design guidance

Visit these URLs for current information:

http://cisco.com/go/dsignzone

http://cisco.com/go/cvd
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Build

Building a solution requires knowledge of

the appropriate configuration and
administration tools:

Single Wire Management with UCS Manager

Cisco Integrated Management Controller

C-Series Standalone Management

Build

Deploy
Configure
Manage

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Management Interfaces
Cisco UCS C-Series servers provide multiple management interfaces that
can be accessed by in-band or out-of-band tools and techniques:

Single Wire Management with Cisco UCS Manager

Ethernet network access to the Cisco Integrated Management Controller

(CIMC)

Agent and agentless management with third-party tools through in-band

data-plane connections

Front-or back-panel access for video, USB (with the capability to boot
from a USB CD/DVD drive), and serial console access
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Single Wire Management with UCS Manager

When integrating into Cisco UCS, a

single pair of cables connects the
Virtual interface card (VIC) to an
active-active pair of Cisco Nexus
fabric extenders

Provides lossless connectivity

without imposing layers of switching
or additional management points

Provides a single point of

management for up to 160 servers

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Physical and Logical Management Interfaces

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Cisco Integrated Management Console

Runs in the systems baseboard management controller (BMC) and can be

accessed through the server network management ports

Provides out-of-band management that can be accessed through CLIs, webbased interfaces, and standard management protocols

CLI Access

Accessed through a Secure Shell (SSH)

Administrators can perform server control and administration tasks

Configuration tasks can be scripted for repeatability across multiple servers

Web Access

The web user interface supports out-of-band management through a standard web
browser

It includes server management, remote KVM, virtual media, and administration

capabilities

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Standard Protocol Access to CMIC

IPMI and SNMP provide standards based management to the CIMC

IPMIv2

Supports out-of-band management through third-party tools and open-source

tools such as IPMItool

IPMI allows these tools to manage server power states and monitor operation
parameters available through temperature, fan-speed, power-supply voltage,
and power sensors

SNMPv3

Supports out-of-band management with third-party tools that use SNMP to

monitor system status variables and receive SNMP traps in the event that the
status falls outside predetermined ranges
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Third Party Management Tools

Third-party management tools typically use a combination of in-band and

out-of-band management techniques

In-band management is performed through the servers data network

connection and can interact with OS-based management tools

Out-of-band management tools from Alteris, BMC, IBM and Microsoft

use Cisco IMC interfaces available through the network management
port

These tools typically interact with servers via IPMI, SNMP or open XML
API
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Cisco Blade Management E-Series

Out of Band Management:

Uses same CIMC as C-Series, hosted on BMC

Independent user management and access control

enforces server - network separation

IPMI 2.0 compliant for management and control

One 10/100 Ethernet out of band management

interface

CLI and WebGUI management tool for automated

lights out management

Same look and feel, same user interface as C-Series

servers

Virtual KVM and Virtual media support

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Additional Resources

Cisco Data Center

http://cisco.com/go/datacenter

FlexPod Express
http://cisco.com/go/flexpod

VSPEX
http://cisco.com/go/vspex

Design Zone
http://cisco.com/go/designzone

Cisco Validated Designs

http://cisco.com/go/cvd

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Module Summary

Module Summary

The Cisco UCS series provides a wide range of compute platforms for Small and Midsize
business use

The primary distinctions between the UCS models are with respect to processor type and
quantity, memory type and quantity and expansion capabilities

Compute services must be combined with switching and storage services to build a data
center

Cisco Nexus 1000V is a virtual switch that runs in software on a UCS host and allows VMs
to communicate with each other

NetApp and EMC have both partnered with Cisco to produce pre-configured bundles for
easy deployment and to help partners ensure success when building data center solutions

Cisco UCS C-Series servers provide multiple management interfaces that can be accessed
by in-band or out-of-band tools and techniques
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Review: UCS for Data Intensive Use

What technical components would you desire more of when configuring a UCS
Series for data intensive uses? (choose two)

A) More processors
B) More storage
C) More RAM
D) More PCI

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Review: UCS for Data Intensive Use

What technical components would you desire more of when configuring a UCS
Series for data intensive uses? (choose two)

B) More storage
C) More RAM

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Review: Data Center Architecture

What are the layers of the data center architectural model in Cisco Validated
Designs? (choose two)

A) Data Services
B) Data Center Foundation
C) Security Services
D) User Services

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Review: Data Center Architecture

What are the layers of the data center architectural model in Cisco Validated
Designs? (choose two)

B) Data Center Foundation

D) User Services

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Course Summary

Summary

Cisco products and services enable partners and customers to more

easily plan, deploy, and manage virtualized data center infrastructure

Cisco provides a fully-integrated, unified computing system optimized for

virtualization and scale

Cisco pre-configured solutions consist of specific hardware and software

configurations that have been designed to address specific customer
needs

Cisco pre-configured solutions include: Office in a Box, FlexPod Express

and VSPEX

Compute services must be combined with switching and storage

services to build a data center
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