Cisco Data Center Orchestration Solution

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Cisco Datacenter Orchestration Solutions

Sasha Lebovic – Datacenter Consulting SE

October, 2013

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New deployment model for IT services and infrastructure

#1 Resource pooling (central management interface)

#4 Workload mobility (moving apps across networks)

#2 Consumption as a service (billing by usage)

#3 Automated provisioning (self-service portal)

Broad capability (specific implementation)

Note on cloud:

Computing resources include applications, virtual servers, storage, processing, memory, network parameters), are dynamically allocated

on-demand, and are provided though a network.

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Technology Adoption

Consolidate Assets

Virtualize the Environment

Automate Service Delivery

Standardize Operations

Increased Agility, Efficiency and Simplicity

Increased Cloud Readiness

Fabric

Resilience Fabric Convergence

Integrated Compute & Storage

Multi-Data Center Interconnection

Orchestration and Automation

Dynamic Resource

Elasticity

Virtual Networking

Secure Separation


Starter Cloud Like to experiment with Cloud

Proof of Concept - Need a “quick win” • Cloud mandate from CXO

• Simple use cases e.g., Dev/ Test

Solution Cloud Cloud as a delivery model for specific

applications (e.g. VDI, UC) • Willing to evolve to broader use cases

• Private or Public cloud • Infrastructure and enterprise apps

Private Cloud Committed to Cloud for broader IT/app needs

• Ready for Cloud Services as primary IT delivery model • Multi-use case/apps

• Integrate with existing apps & business processes • Virtualizing legacy/ mission critical apps

Public Cloud Need full feature, on-demand

infrastructure and services but have low service delivery readiness in IT

• Demand Uncertainty • Need agility & flexibility

Hybrid Cloud

Community

Cloud


Multi-Hypervisor and Multi-Orchestration Strategy

Virtualized

Infrastructure

Converged Infrastructure (Vblock, FlexPod, ExpressPod, VSPEX)

COMPUTE NETWORK STORAGE

UCS Blades

UCS Racks

Nexus 1K

Nexus 5K/7K

MDS

Partner Products (EMC, NetApp)

System Center Open Source vCloud Director/

DynamicOps BMC/CIAC

Cloud

Management

Nexus 1KV

vPath

Nexus 1KV

vPath

Nexus 1KV

vPath

Nexus 1KV

vPath Virtual

Network

Infrastructure

Mgmt UCS Manager / UCS Central/ Unified Infrastructure Controller

Hypervisor vSphere, Hyper-

V, Xen, KVM vSphere Hyper-V

Open Source (Xen, KVM)

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End User Service

(Application Presentation)

Applications

Data/Metadata/Content Programmable API

Configuration UI/Portal

x86 OS

Integrated

Development

Environment (IDE)

Middleware

Others

Database Interprocess Communication

Runtime Application

Container

Built On Top Of Compute Infrastructure

Paa

S (P

latf

orm

as

a Se

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SaaS

(S

oft

war

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a S

ervi

ce)

Hardware

Virtualization

OS

Application &

Software

Facilities

Physical

Server Storage

Interface

Hypervisor

Local Config Factory Identity

Programmable API


Programmable API


Identity and

Configuration

Abstraction

Virtual Server

IaaS

(I

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astr

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ure

as

a Se

rvic

e)

Virtual Services

Network

Interface

Network Connectivity

Connectivity Configuration and Cabling

Remote Storage

Remote Storage Connectivity

Power Cooling Physical Location

UCS

FlexPod Virtual System

Prioliant System X/P

Pure Systems

Infrastructure

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Software Cloud

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Who is playing on this field?

References: Cloud Security Alliance, “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing”

FlexPod UCP Select Active

System

vStart

PureFlex

System VirtualSystem VSPEX Vblock



• Hardware/Vendor Agnostic

Hypervisor-based Virtualization Cloud tools (typically VMware/MSFT) install on top of HW

Upgrade your existing and proven VM environment to Cloud VM with software (and $) only

Reduces the platform vendors constraints around pre-tested bundles with FW packages to maintain, etc.

• Less complicated

Not turning over control of environment to proprietary HW/FW/SW packages

Easy to deploy

• Drawbacks

Not prepackaged with vendor proven/approved/certified/supported bundles

Limited enterprise orchestration and automation functionality


End User Service


Applications



Packaged Cloud IaaS

Paa

S (P

latf

orm

as

a Se

rvic

e)

SaaS

(S

oft

war

e as

a S

ervi

ce)

Hardware

Virtualization

OS

Application &

Software

Facilities

UCS

Physical

Server BM

aaS

(Bar

e M

etal

as

a Se

rvic

e)

Storage

Interface

Hypervisor


Programmable API


Programmable API


Identity and

Configuration

Abstraction

Virtual Server

Virtual Services

Network

Interface



Remote Storage



FlexPod

CIAC

x86 OS

Integrated

Development

Environment (IDE)

Middleware

Others


Runtime Application

Container

Pure System

CloudSystem Matrix VIS

Packaged Cloud

Infrastructure

Virtual System


Pure Systems

Software Cloud

IaaS

(I

nfr

astr

uct

ure

as

a Se

rvic

e)




Partner Services

Advanced Services

Cloud

Management CIAC

Hypervisor vSphere, Hyper-V, Xen, KVM

Virtual

Network Nexus 1KV

vPath

Virtualized

Infrastructure

Converged Infrastructure (Vblock, FlexPod, ExpressPod, VSPEX)

COMPUTE NETWORK STORAGE

UCS Blades

UCS Racks

Nexus 1K

Nexus 5K/7K

MDS

Partner Products (EMC, NetApp)

Infrastructure

Mgmt UCS Manager / UCS Central/ Unified Infrastructure Controller


On-Demand, Self-Service Provisioning of IT Resources

Easiest to Use and Deploy, Delivers Faster Time to Value

Optimized for Cisco Architectures, Complements Existing IT Systems and Management Tools

Policy-Based, Model-Driven Approach Reduces TCO

Automation

Intelligence

Flexibility

Self-Service Portal and Orchestration

Policy-Based

Network

Infrastructure Resource Mgmt

Policy-Based

Compute

Network

Compute

Storage

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End User Service


Applications



Packaged Cloud IaaS and Packaged Enterprise Cloud PaaS

Paa

S (P

latf

orm

as

a Se

rvic

e)

SaaS

(S

oft

war

e as

a S

ervi

ce)

Hardware

Virtualization

OS

Application &

Software

Facilities

UCS

Physical

Server BM

aaS

(Bar

e M

etal

as

a Se

rvic

e)

Storage

Interface

Hypervisor


Programmable API


Programmable API


Identity and

Configuration

Abstraction

Virtual Server

Virtual Services

Network

Interface



Remote Storage



FlexPod

CIAC

x86 OS

Integrated

Development

Environment (IDE)

Middleware

Others


Runtime Application

Container

Pure System


Packaged Cloud

Infrastructure

Virtual System


Pure Systems

Software Cloud

IaaS

(I

nfr

astr

uct

ure

as

a Se

rvic

e)

PureApplication System

CloudSystem Enterprise

Enterprise





Physical

Server

Adding Services Led, Software Cloud Implementations

BM

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Se

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Storage

Interface

Hypervisor

x86 OS


Programmable API


Programmable API


Integrated

Development

Environment (IDE)

End User Service


Middleware

Applications

Others

Identity and

Configuration

Abstraction


Data/Metadata/Content

Runtime Application

Container

Virtual Server

Proagrammable API


Pa

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(P

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as

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Sa

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Hardware

Virtualization

OS

Application

&

Software

Facilities

References: Cloud Security Alliance, “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing”

Virtual Services

Network

Interface



Remote Storage



CIAC

PureApplication System

PureFlex System


CloudSystem Enterprise

Infrastructure

Open Software Cloud

Packaged Cloud

Packaged

Enterprise

Iaa

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(In

fra

str

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as

a S

erv

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)

UCS



Pure Systems

IBM SmartCloud HP Converged Cloud Custom, Full

Cloud

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• Provides an end-to-end automated lifecycle management solution for cloud-based IT hosting environments

• BMC has released the 2nd Generation Cloud Lifecycle Management Platform

• Integrated full-stack cloud services —from the network to applications

• Integrated policy definitions to govern multi-tenancy, security, and make intelligent decisions on placement of provisioned services

• Provides a complete self-service, Service-Catalog driven platform for Automation, Orchestration, and Management

• “Day 2 management”— performance, compliance, security

Operational Repository

Map to CMDB

Network Services

Secure Network Containers

FlexPod, Vblock

Networks

Integrated Compute Stack

Storage Servers

Virtualized Multi-Service Data Center

Resource Management

Service Governor

Service Catalog

User Request

Service Catalog

Service Blueprint

Design Services and Options

Translate to Business Offerings

VXI, HCS, IaaS

Completes a Service Request


Service Catalog

Self-Service Portal

Customer (User)

IT and Line of Business

(Admin)

Define Service

Service Request Management;

Change Management

Request Service

Automated Provisioning

Op

era

tio

ns

Performance Management

Compliance Management

Metering and Chargeback Cisco UCS

Physical Blades Cisco UCS

Virtual Servers

Cisco Nexus Network

Storage Cloud

CMS +

CMDB

Service Retirement


• Provides the customer with a fully secured and segmented environment as defined in Cisco’s VMDC architecture and Cloud Services

• Elimination of administrative errors through service automation

• Removal of manual resource usage documentation and tracking

• Reduction in service deployment time

• Minimizing coordination of technologies between silos

• Abstraction of complexities from the user

• Self Provisioning capabilities with devolved administration

MPLS Backbone

Physical Topology

Cloud Service/Tenant 2

Cloud Service/Tenant 1


IT Process Integration

Enforce license compliance

Federate CMDB/CMS

Enable incident and problem management

Continuous Compliance

Enforce regulatory, operational, and security compliance

Facilitate auditing

Integrate change management

Financial Management

Enable billing (show back. chargeback)

Drive usage accounting

Actively manage suppliers

Automated Provisioning

Cisco UCS Physical Blades

Cisco UCS Virtual Servers

Cisco Nexus Network

Storage Cloud

CMS +

CMDB

Op

era

tio

ns

Performance Management

Compliance Management

Metering and Chargeback

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Hundreds of Management Points and IP Addresses

Physical/Virtual Frontier

Virtual Automated

and Dynamic

Physical Manual

and Static

Virtualization + Orchestration and Automation Tools

Fixed Infrastructure:

Virtual Resource Pools:

Accidental Architecture

• Technology silos not designed for easy integration

• Infrastructure is unaware of virtual world above, lacking control plane and API

• Manual IT labor and layers of software holding the system together

• Costly to integrate, maintain, upgrade, repurpose, scale, secure, or span geographically

Virtual Resources: Always Rooted In Physical Infrastructure

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Intelligent Infrastructure

Intelligent Automation

Resource Pools: Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks

Ideal Architecture:

• Abstracted resources

• Automation through API and policy

• Rapidly Scalable and Flexible

• Simplified management

• Lower service provisioning cost

• Fully Integrated and Validated

• Hardened against failure

• Secured at all levels

• Optimized for Cost, CAPEX and OPEX

API

Intelligent Automation

Intelligent Infrastructure

Virtual Resource Pools:

Infrastructure Challenge Highest quality to realize the Full Cloud Vision

Automated and Dynamic



# of

Customers

Served

% handled

“Out of the box”

20% 80%

Difference

in Models

Chart is

illustrative.

•Validated/Certified

•Quicker TTM

•System SLA easier

•Can build Whole Offer

•Takes Longer

•Costs More

•Greater Flexibility

•Services Led


• OpenStack:

Good buzz, strong popularity

Generally regarded as unstable and lagging in functionality*

• CloudStack:

Owned by Citrix (licensed version is called CloudPlatform)

Recently open sourced through Apache

Generally regarded as more stable and feature rich than OpenStack

• Eucalyptus:

Significant relationship with Amazon; product closely mimics Amazon APIs

Open core** approach unpopular with open source developers

* Numerous sources: Gartner (Apr 3, 2012); Gartner (Sep 14, 2012); InfoWorld (Apr 6, 2012); Network Computing (May 23, 2012)

** Eucalyptus considers most of its platform to be open source, but retains proprietary rights to several key components

Common theme: Requires strong “open source” culture to realize any value


Inter-Data Center Networking

Unified Fabric and Data Center Networking

Providing Network and Services Virtualization

Unified Computing and Integrated Systems

Providing Server and Application Virtualization

Compute NAS SAN

WAN

Access

Services

Network Fabric

Networking Fabric

VM

DC

Cloud Service Management

Business

Support

Provisioning

Configuration

Portability/

Interoperability Storage

Compute

Unified Computing

Multi-Site Connectivity

Virtualized Multiservice Data Center


Virtualized Multiservice Data Center Physical Components

Inter-Data Center Networking

Unified Fabric and Data Center Networking

Providing Network and Services Virtualization

Unified Computing and Integrated Systems

Providing Server and Application Virtualization

Compute NAS SAN

WAN

Access

Services

Network Fabric

Networking Fabric

VM

DC

Cloud Service Management

Business

Support

Provisioning

Configuration

Portability/

Interoperability Storage

Compute

Unified Computing

Multi-Site Connectivity Cisco ASR 9000, ASR 1000 Cisco Nexus 7000

Cisco Nexus 7000 Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco Data Center Service Node Service Appliances, ASA, ACE, WAAS

Cisco and NetApp FlexPod Cisco and VCE Vblocks Cisco Unified Computing System Cisco MDS Cisco Nexus 1000v Hypervisors: VMWare, Microsoft, RedHat, Citrix, OpenStack


VMDC Sample Containers Flexible framework allows variations as need be

Silver Gold Palladium Expanded Bronze

L2

L3

FW

LB

LB

Public Zone

Private Zone

L2

L3

FW

LB

LB

vFW

vFW

FW

Protected Back-End

Protected Front-End

L2

L3

L3

vFW

LB

L2

L3

L3

vFW

FW

L2

L3

L3

vFW

LB

• Predefined containers provide examples for different types of deployments • Automated provisioning and management logic for each container type is pre-defined

in the Management and Orchestration software • Customers can choose from existing models or define their own customized models



End User Service


Applications



x86 OS

Integrated

Development

Environment (IDE)

Middleware

Others


Runtime Application

Container

Built On Top Of Compute Infrastructure

Paa

S (P

latf

orm

as

a Se

rvic

e)

SaaS

(S

oft

war

e as

a S

ervi

ce)

Hardware

Virtualization

OS

Application &

Software

Facilities

Physical

Server Storage

Interface

Hypervisor


Programmable API


Programmable API


Identity and

Configuration

Abstraction

Virtual Server

IaaS

(I

nfr

astr

uct

ure

as

a Se

rvic

e)

Virtual Services

Network

Interface



Remote Storage



UCS



Pure Systems

Infrastructure

BM

aaS

(Bar

e M

etal

as

a Se

rvic

e)

Software Cloud



Virtual Pool of Resources

Programmable

Infrastructure

Virtual

Resource

Pools

AU

TO

MA

TE

D

& D

YN

AM

IC

Extends abstraction

beyond the

hypervisor to

system elements

Truly Elastic

Fully Orchestrated

Workload Defined


Custom Design

Converged Infrastructures

Reference Architectures

Solutions Built Using Tested and Proven

Products and Services

NetAPP Flexpod, EMC VSPEX and

HDS VIA Reference Architectures

VCE Vblock Systems, a Transformative Way to

Consume Virtual Infrastructure

FLEXPOD UCP VSPEX

Cisco Nexus and UCS Fabric Interconnect

Blade Servers Rack Servers

Policy-Driven Provisioning

Elastic Physical & Virtual Infrastructure Pools

Integrated Solutions: FlexPod, ExpressPod, VSPEX,

Vblock

Unified Management: Visibility and Control

Hypervisor Hypervisor Bare metal

Single user experience

Consistent cost model

Enterprise-class infrastructure

Storage Solutions


Mobile Devices

CloudGenie

Physical Infrastructure

IT Admins End Users IT Operations

Virtual Infrastructure

Compute Network Storage Customer Choice

Self-Service Infrastructure Policy-Driven Lifecycle Management

Self Service

Console

Admin

Console Dashboard

Resource

Pools

Policy

Manager

ID & Access

Manager

Event

Manager Database

OS

Provisioning

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NetApp Storage

Virtualization

(VMware/Hyper-V)

Cisco Nexus

Compute (UCS)

FlexPod

EMC Storage

Virtualization

(VMware/Hyper-V)

Cisco Nexus

Compute (UCS/HP/Dell)

VSPEX

Storage

Network

Other Infrastructure

Combinations

Virtualization

Current Support

EMC Storage

Virtualization

(VMware)

Cisco Nexus

Compute (UCS)

Vblock

Compute


• NetApp: FlexPod and ExpressPod

• VCE: Vblock

• EMC: VSPEX

Unified Management of Converged

Infrastructures

• Unmatched breadth and depth of functionality

• Multi-platform, multi-vendor

End to End Virtual & Physical

Management

• A single integrated, unified platform that installs quickly

• 400+ out-of-the-box orchestration tasks

• Usable without heavy pro services; fast time to value Turnkey Solution

• Multi-vendor support (NetApp & EMC)

• Multi-protocol storage support Storage Choice

• Unmatched breadth and depth of functionality

• Tightly integrated; Cloupia is part of same BU that makes UCS

Best Integration with UCS


Out-of-the-box turnkey solution Yes

No

Both Virtual & Physical infrastructure

supported

Yes Vendor specific

(Multiple products)

Automation ready; no programming

required

Yes

Model-based

Other vendors require plug-ins

and scripting

Manages industries leading converged

infrastructures

Yes No

Mobile support iPAD, iPhone, Android IBM – Android & Blackberry,

VMware - iPad

Easy extensibility & integration Via Rest APIs Dependent on vendor

Deployment time / cost Deploys in hours Deploys in weeks

Other Solutions


• Add tenants

• Migrate or add

applications

• Deploy

Resources via

Self-service UI

• Monitor

performance

Trends

• Refine policies

• Set granular

access rules

• Release

resources

• Add capacity

• Lifecycle

management

Day-1 Day-2 Day-3

Request Infrastructure Services via GUI


Consistent

Management

Across Pods

Scale up or

down with

ease

Open API for 3rd Party Integration

Process Orchestrator

Cloud Portal

Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud

Ecosystem Integrations

BSS/OSS LDAP / AD / Email

CMDB / Service Desk Monitoring / Assurance

Image / Config Mgt Billing / Chargeback

Heterogeneous Environments

Cloud Service Providers

Multi- Cloud

Policy-Driven Infrastructure Services

Compute, Network, Storage, Hypervisor

End-User IT Services

Self-Service Infrastructure

Converged Infrastructure Automation

Hybrid Cloud Services


IT A

dm

ins

IT

Op

era

tion

s

Pa

rtne

r Ec

os

ys

tem

Physical Infrastructure Virtual

Infrastructure

Compute Network Storage Customer

Choice

Multi-Cloud

Infrastructure

Management

vCloud Director

MSCVMM RHEV-M

Data Center

Core Network

& WAN

End Users

Cloud Service

Providers

Self Service Portal Hybrid Cloud

• Enterprise-Wide Orchestration

• Extensible Service Catalog for IT Governance

• Integration with IT Operations & Management Tools

Cisco

Intelligent

Automation

For Cloud

Network

Services

Manager

FlexPod

VSPEX

UCS

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• Integration with IT Operations & Management Tools HelpDesk/Ticketing, Monitoring, CMDB, Image Configuration & Lifecycle, Access Management

• XaaS Single service catalog incorporating ITaaS, PaaS, and combinations

• Customizable approval processes and/or multi-step approvals Approvals based on multiple factors with conditional paths

• Billing/Chargeback Complex/Multiple cost models, integration with billing systems

• Network device support outside the Pod (i.e. core network, NSM)

• Cloud Platform Management or Multi-cloud Management vCenter Director, OpenStack, CloudStack

• Hybrid Cloud Management Orchestration across private and public clouds (Amazon, Rackspace, vCloud-based, etc.)

• Other cloud customizations Cisco IAC excels at extensibility and integrations with other systems


Thank you.