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Schneider Electric 1Foundational BUSINESS OVERVIEW Rev 2
APC Partners - Virtualization
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The global specialist in energy management
Foundational BUSINESS OVERVIEW Rev 1
$20 billion sales in 2010
110,000 people in more than 100 countries
200+ factories around the world
R&D centers in 25 countries
4 core businesses:
IT Physical
infrastructure for IT Rooms of all sizes
POWERGeneration and
distribution
BUILDINGS Automation, HVAC,
security
INDUSTRYIndustrial and
factory automation
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5% of sales devoted to R&D
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THE leading manufacturer of
Critical Power and Cooling for over 30 years
● Unsurpassed brand recognition
● History of innovation in IT infrastructure space
● Hundreds of Research and Development experts dedicated to bringing the next great technology on-line
● Over 10,000 IT channel partners world wide make up our virtual sales force
● Legendary Reliability
Dedicated to resolving your problems in:
● Server Rooms
● Network Closets
• Branch Office• Data Center Environments• Home/Home Office
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1 + 1 = 3Schneider Electric datacenters and APC ROBO (remote office/branch office) environments can leverage one another, since we know they are often times connected.
We know that customers grow, and providing seamless solutions, no matter their needs, will help the channel partner remain the trusted advisor for future IT needs.
Small IT systems often grow into data centers
Small IT partners grow into datacenter partners
Can be hundreds of smaller environments connected to the data center.
Fundamental architecture is very similar in both places.
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The opportunities are endless
43 times for Small Space to Data Center ratio
Every one of these spaces is a solution opportunity
2x more Small Space to Data Center Square Footage
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Future of the Workplace
● Application Availability
● Users see applications, but they experience the physical environment
● Mobility
● Increasingly intelligent and capable of accessing the network from more places.
● Voice and Video
● Voice and Video on networks projected to quadruple by 2014. The physical environment has to scale to meet this demand. Unified Communications
● Green
● Provide intelligent energy management
● Security
● And this changes the game for IT. The needs of the business are moving towards virtualization, including VDI so there needs to be physical security monitoring for edge/idf/mdf to enable availability and positive customer experience
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IT managers are struggling to do more with less space, money and time.
Lack of budget/ funding
Increasing availability expectations from users
Lack of onsite resources
corporate IT initiatives
Changes in IT deployment
methods
Unventilated spaces
Lack of dedicated spaces for IT
Growing/changing business IT needs
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APC can help solve these problems TODAY.Foundational BUSINESS OVERVIEW Rev 1
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Our story…
APC is the backbone of small IT infrastructure and offers the most manageable and most adaptable solutions, while at the same time keeping them simple to configure, order and install.
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Virtualization and physical infrastructure – new partners
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… are now talking to each other
Virtual machine management andphysical infrastructure management…
Physical infrastructuremanagement
Virtual machine management
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What’s the problem?
● Which VMs are on a host server with compromised physical health?● Power● Cooling
● Where should I move a VM, or add a new one?
● What is the best “healthy” host server?
● How do I find this place?
● How do my VMs migrate?
● When a physical event occurs, who/what will move the VMs?
● Is this an automated or a manual process?
● Effect on business process?
● In a physical event, what business process(es) could be impacted?
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Virtualization – efficient and simple
Proce
ssor
Mem
ory
Stora
ge
VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORMA server “simulator”
Proce
ssor
Mem
ory
Stora
ge
Operating system
App App
Proce
ssor
Mem
ory
Stora
ge
Operating system
App App
VIRTUALIZED SERVERTRADITIONAL PHYSICAL SERVERS
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Virtualization – efficient and simple
Proce
ssor
Mem
ory
Stora
ge
VIRTUALIZED SERVER
Virtual machine
Operating system
Operating system
App App App App
(VM) Virtual machine
(VM)
Proce
ssor
Mem
ory
Stora
ge
Operating system
App App
Proce
ssor
Mem
ory
Stora
ge
Operating system
App App
VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORMA server “simulator”
TRADITIONAL PHYSICAL SERVERS
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● CPU efficiency
Traditional server utilization rate: ~10-15% (usually higher for storage)
Virtualized server utilization rate: Up to 80% VMs can be turned off when not needed
● Server consolidation Fewer servers to buy/install/maintain
● Floor footprint Reduced floor space because fewer servers needed
● Disaster recovery Virtualized servers can be easily mirrored in case of trouble with
their physical host server
● Labor cost Easier hardware provisioning and maintenance
Fast server deployment No need to purchase and deploy new physical servers, which can take weeks
Quick review – Why virtualize?
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Analysts are reporting the trend…
IDC Presentation, "The Changing IT Landscape: Virtualization, Cloud Computing and New Datacenter Requirements," Michelle Bailey, 2010
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Virtualization and automation tools are among the top 5 efficiency strategies …
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IDC Presentation, "The Changing IT Landscape: Virtualization, Cloud Computing and New Datacenter Requirements," Michelle Bailey, 2010
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VMs migrate to a more productive “work space”...
Proce
ssor
Mem
ory
Stora
ge
Virtualization platform
VM
If a VM needs more PROCESSOR, MEMORY, or STORAGE, it migrates to a physical server with available resources
Proce
ssor
Mem
ory
Stora
ge
Virtualization platform
VMVM
PHYSICAL SERVERWITH MORE RESOURCESPHYSICAL SERVER
VM
Virtual machine manager
Virtual machineincluding its operating system and running
applications
The “big two” VM managers are ...
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... to maximize computing throughput
Virtualized servers
VMs move around as their computing demands vary, to optimize use of physical server resources
Virtualization is part of a general move toward optimizing the ultimate data center efficiency metric: COMPUTING PER WATT
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But equally important…
VMVM VM
COOLING
VMs depend critically on the POWER and COOLING that keeps their host server healthy
POWERVMs must not only be
PRODUCTIVE ...
... they must also be physically
HEALTHY
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Why move a VM? Reasons on both sides...
The virtual machine manager
● Not enough PROCESSOR
● Not enough MEMORY
● Not enough STORAGE
Not enough COMPUTE resources...
● Power outage – on battery, low battery
● Cooling trouble – failure of a cooling device
● Loss of redundancy in power or cooling
PowerCooling
Operations
There is physical DANGER ...OR
watches this side watches this side
Power Cooling
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What if VMs could know when to migrate away from an unhealthy server?
COOLING
VMVM VM
POWER
X X
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Now they can !
Virtual machine manager Operations
COMPUTE management and PHYSICAL management are talking…
COMPUTE management
Moving VMs for best productivity
Keeping watch on power and cooling
PHYSICALmanagement
Trouble
OK, taking action!
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Operations
Virtual machine manager
Rack15
The new conversationPOWER ALERT
at rack 15
Rack12
OK, moving VMs out of rack 15 – TO WHERE?
Rack 12 looks good
Done !
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Virtual machine manager
New teamwork
HOW to move…
● How to move VMs● How to find computing capacity in
the healthy racks you tell me about
I KNOW ...
WHERE to move…
Operations
● Bad at THIS rack● Good over at THOSE racks
I KNOW conditions are...
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Getting started:
A human configures the system
●LAYOUT of room and racks
●POWER TRAIN from UPS to rack
●LOCATION and TYPE of power/cooling devices
●VM IDENTIFICATION for each VM
●VM GROUPS with similar physical requirements (criticality, redundancy)
●ALERT PROFILE for each group
OperationsVirtual machine map Power/cooling map
● Rack location● Business process running on it● Owner
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The power/cooling “map”Location of racks and power/cooling equipment
From this map and airflow modeling, Operations can calculate which racks will be affected by a power/cooling event
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Alert profile
● Specified for each user-defined VM “group”
● Specifies thresholds and conditions that should trigger an alert for the group
● Examples:
● Cooling system failure
● Power approaching overload
● Low battery
● Power/cooling redundancy compromised
Each profile can be tailored to comply with theorganization’s policies for incident management
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Virtual machine manager
I know where my VMs are I know the POWER/COOLING landscape
The result:
Automated vigilance
... and I will move them to a safe rack when you tell me there is trouble
... and I will tell you when there is danger to your VMs and where it is
safe to move them
Operations
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InfrastruXureOperations
Virtual machines (VMs)
Physical infrastructure
• Power• Cooling• Redundancy
Physical server
Virtual machines (VMs)
UPS A
UPS B
Operations
A bridge between VMs and their physical infrastructure
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An “incident” looks like this ...
Impacted Host
This host is impacted by a failure in the physical infrastructure. InfrastruXure Operations has detected that this host is in a critical state and is no longer suitable for hosting virtual machines.
This monitor tracks the impact of the physical infrastructure such as power supply and cooling. The host is currently impacted by a physical incident.
Cause and resolution
This host relies on physical infrastructure which is currently in a critical state.
To ensure that the virtual machines running on this host remain available, PRO will migrate them to a healthy host.
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InfrastruXureOperations
UPS A
UPS B
UPS on battery1
Operations
Anatomy of an incident
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Central
Monitoring software
InfrastruXureOperations
UPS A
UPS B
Central sees the problem2
Operations
Anatomy of an incident
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Monitoring software
InfrastruXureOperations
UPS A
UPS B
Anatomy of an incident
Central notifies Operations3
Operations
Central
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Monitoring software
InfrastruXureOperations
UPS A
UPS B
Anatomy of an incident
Operations tells the VM manager which VMs are affected
4
Operations
Central
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Monitoring software
InfrastruXureOperations
UPS A
UPS B
Anatomy of an incident
The VM manager moves the affected VMs to a healthy rack
5
Operations
Central
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Behind the scenes:
How do they talk to each other?
OperationsVirtual machine manager
Web services
API
A networked meeting place to exchange data in a non-proprietary “open” format
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Operations
You
r V
M
man
ag
er
2008
running on …
Central
Aggregates monitored data from physical infrastructure devices
“appliance”The
Physical infrastructure
Virtualized servers
How does it collect real-time data?Behind the scenes:
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Automated communication with networked devices
“OUT of the box” deployment
Access to rack-level data
No custom programming when deployed with devices or other supported vendors*
● Temperature/humidity● Power/cooling health● Power/cooling redundancy● Physical security
● Non-proprietary web-services access● Multi-vendor support
Open protocol
● Auto-discovery of manageable devices● Mass configuration for updates to settings
FASTEASYINTEGRATED
Central
Data interpretation● Reports● Trending● Analysis
The “hub” of physical infrastructure monitoring
*For vendors not automatically supported, we provide a service to configure Central to receive data from any device using SNMP or Modbus TCP protocol
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Part of the software family
The “appliance”
Central
Operations
Capacity
Change
● Where can I add a new server?
● Do I have “stranded capacity” of power, cooling, or space?
● Monitor physical conditions
● Warn of trouble spots
● Talk to the VM manager
● Track inventory and provisioning of equipment
The physical server for automation tools
This is the one we’re talking about, for communication with VIRTUAL servers
These are for management of PHYSICAL servers
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Virtual machine manager
Physical infrastructuremanager
● No communication between virtual machines and their physical environment
● Virtual machines didn’t know if there was power or cooling trouble at their rack
BEFORE
Virtualized servers were “in the dark” regarding physical threats
Central
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InfrastruXureOperations
Virtual machine manager
Operations
Physical infrastructuremanager
Virtualized servers can now respond to physical threats
Central
NOW
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Beyond automation
A view into the “other side”
Operations
Each manager can see real-time information in the other’s domain
Facilities managerIT
manager
IT Physical infrastructure
I need to service rack 12 – who needs to
be notified?Where in the room
are the servers that runmy email VMs?
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Virtualized servers ...
vSphere™
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Plus integrated management with physical infrastructure
Operations
vSphere™
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Will save you...
● Energy
● Staff time to “babysit” physical threats
● VM downtime from physical events
● Damage to business relationships
● Lost sleep due to worrying what might happen next
All affecting ...
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Questions?
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