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FlexPod Data Center SolutionWhat’s New for Spring 2013!
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FlexPod® Converged InfrastructurePrevalidated, Flexible, Unified Platform
Unified management Policy-based automation & Service Profiles Self-integrating components
Programmable infrastructure Abstraction of bare metal server elements Open API for automation Orchestration through industry standard tools
Unified fabric Virtualization awareness Scalability without complexity High performance I/O
Cisco Unified Computing System
NetApp FAS with Clustered ONTAP
Unified storage Virtualize storage into pools Non-disruptive data motion
Intelligent data management Built-in storage efficiency Integrated data protection
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Traditional Deployment
Faster Implementation with FlexPod®
IT moving to Converged Infrastructure to speed time to deployment, simplify IT, reduce risk and reduce cost
FlexPod platform brings benefits to growing portfolio of business applications
FlexPod is the Fast Forward button for IT infrastructure!
> 50% Faster
Many Weeks or Months
Service Request
Design and Size
DC Planning
ProcureDetailedDesign
Deploy Test
Service Available
DC Planning
Procure Deploy Test
Service Available
Deployment with FlexPod
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Consistent architecture from entry to large configurations
Scale up or down with minimal disruption
Common structure for support and management
The FlexPod Solution Family
100s of users
1000s of users
FlexPod®
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FlexPod Pre-validated ApplicationsExpanding Business-Critical Workload Support
VMware® (vSphere™, View™)
Microsoft® (Exchange, SQL Server®, SharePoint® Hyper-V™)
Oracle® (Oracle RAC, JD Edwards, Oracle Linux, Oracle VM Server)
Citrix XenDesktop
SAP® applications
Red Hat Enterprise Linux®
Secure Multi-Tenancy
Validated workloads
Performance-balanced server, network, and storage components
VMwareView
MSExchange
MSSharePoint
MS SQLServer
Hyper-V Oracle VM VMware vSphere®
Secure SeparationOptional securityBare-metal OS
RedHat
New/Enhanced Designs for Biz-critical Apps!
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Develop and Test
Starting Out
Data Protection and Backup
More Computing andLess Storage
Less Computing andMore Storage
Deploy Entry System; Then Scale Up
VDI
Higher PerformanceBlades and More IOPS
IOPS
CPU
CapacityMemory
ProductionBalanced Infrastructure
Customized Pod Sizing with FlexPod
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Incident resolution initiated
Cisco®
First-LineSupport
*Valid customer support contracts with all three companies required
Cooperative Support Model Process
Customer*
NetApp®
First-LineSupport
VMware®
First-LineSupport
Cisco Support Escalation or Engineering
Problem analysis begins
Coordinated engineering escalation process
Collaborated cross-company engineering and development efforts
NetApp Support Escalation or Engineering
Vmware Support
Escalation or Engineering
Vendor engagement and ownership through resolution
If Development or Engineering Escalation Required
Collaborative engagement
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New FlexPod Reference Architectures FlexPod platform updates
FlexPod with Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches for IP-Based Storage
VMware reference architectures VMware vSphere 5.1 on FlexPod
Microsoft reference architectures ExpressPod with Windows Server 2012 FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud
Oracle reference architectures Oracle on FlexPod with VMware vSphere Oracle on FlexPod with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Oracle on FlexPod with Oracle Linux Oracle on FlexPod with Oracle VM
New
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VMware vSphere 5.1 on FlexPodReference Architecture update
Key component updates Updated server virtualization with
vSphere 5.1 Converged compute & network fabric
w/ UCS Manager 2.1 Newest Clustered Data ONTAP 8.1.2 Latest NetApp mid-range storage
platform -- FAS 3250
Designed to provide overall platform validation for use with a wide range of applications and workloads
VMware vSphere 5.1
Cisco Nexus® Family of Switches
NetApp® StorageClustered Data ONTAP 8.1.2OnCommand™ Software Validated on FAS3250
Cisco UCS™ B-Series or C-Series and Cisco UCS Manager 2.1
New
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FlexPod with Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches for IP-Based Storage
Adds high-end data center switch – Nexus 7000 series
FlexPod now supporting the leading unified fabric core routers
Valuable to large enterprises and SPs for greater networking scalability, throughput, availability and advanced capabilities (ex. ISSU, OTV/LISP, FabricPath) not available in the Nexus 5000
VMware vSphere 5.1
Cisco Nexus® 7000 Series Switches
NetApp® StorageClustered Data ONTAP 8.1.2OnCommand™ Software Validated on FAS3250
Cisco UCS™ B-Series or C-Series and Cisco UCS Manager 2.1
New
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FlexPod with Microsoft Private CloudMicrosoft Private Cloud Fast Track 3.0 Validated
* NetApp 50% Storage Guarantee http://www.netapp.com/us/solutions/infrastructure/virtualization/guarantee.html
Converged infrastructure platform from NetApp and Cisco for Microsoft Private Cloud: Deep integration with Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1
Reduced Risk: pre-validated HW accelerates and simplifies deployment
Lower Cost: compute, network, storage and private cloud in a turnkey platform
More Efficient: Virtualize infrastructure and automate workflows with integrated management and orchestration.
Flexibility to Scale: Add or change servers and storage as needed, without breaking support. Most scalable Hyper-V platform
Cisco® UCS™ Blade and Rack Servers and UCS Manager
Cisco Nexus® Family Switches
NetApp® FASStorage Systems
New
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Newest Oracle Reference ArchitecturesExpanding support for Oracle workloads
Brings FlexPod converged infrastructure benefits to Oracle business-critical workloads
4 new architectures in all Oracle on FlexPod with VMware FlexPod with Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne FlexPod with Oracle Linux FlexPod with Oracle VM
Oracle value: Increased performance, availability Includes: Oracle Database 11g R2 RAC on Oracle Linux
(RHEL), Bare-metal or VM as indicated, up to 4 RAC nodes tested
New
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Over Two Years of FlexPod Success
“FlexPod is one of the most complete private cloud
architectures available.” (IDC)
• IDC 2011 white paper, “Accelerating Converged Infrastructure with the FlexPod Datacenter Solution and the Support Alliance”
http://media.netapp.com/documents/ar-accelerating-converged-infrastructure.pdf
2500+ FlexPod customers, 70+ public references Customers in 35 countries
How IT is using FlexPod– Virtualized Workloads – 90%
– VXI/VDI – 10-20%
– Microsoft Apps – 50-60%
– Oracle and SAP – 20-30%
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Forrester Total Economic Impact StudyPublished January, 2013
Research to quantify FlexPod financial benefits Based on Analyst interviews of Customers VDI and Microsoft business app workloads Key Findings
Benefits & savings of $858k over 3 years 120% risk-adjusted ROI Savings in areas of: Labor from automated
provisioning and automated management, Hardware consolidation, Data storage efficiency, and Reduced power & cooling
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FlexPod SummaryTransform your Data Center with FlexPod
Use a Converged Infrastructure to…
Focus IT spending on innovation
Rapidly respond to business needs
Maintain stringent service levels
Learn more at NetApp.com/FlexPod
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