NetApp FlexPod continues its Converged Infrastructure leadership with new validated designs and program enhancements -- here's the latest FlexPod news as of Winter 2013/14.
Text of FlexPod Winter Leadership Update
1. Converged Infrastructure Leadership Winter 2013 Distribute.
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2. FlexPod Winter Announcement Highlights Announcing 6 new
validated designs, including - Validation with Cisco Nexus 6000 and
9000 Series switch FlexPod now offers validated designs covering
the breadth of Nexus data center switches - Update to the
award-winning Microsoft Private Cloud design, now with faster
performance and non-disruptive operations with NetApp Data ONTAP
8.2 FlexPod Program news - Microsoft, worlds largest software
company, joins FlexPod Cooperative Support program - FlexPod
Unified Financing a single program to accelerate converged
infrastructure solution sales, now Generally Available Information
Available Today - Web updates, Collateral, Sales Tools, Social
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3. FlexPod Leadership 2014 NetApp. All rights reserved. 3
4. FlexPod Leadership Proofpoints 3,300+ customers, 100%+
growth with 100+ public references "Best of TechEd" award for the
FlexPod with Microsoft Private Cloud Windows IT Pro Silver award
for Best Hardware appliance Broadest selection of validated
hypervisor-based and bare-metal designs, including vSphere,
Hyper-V, XenServer, KVM, and OVM Leading ecosystem: 4 of 5 world's
largest software cos. - VMware, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle - and
Citrix, Red Hat, Cloudera, Hortonworks Massive channel adoption
with 1,000+ resellers in 84 countries Leading resellers including
13 of the 15 world's largest SIs Leading results: customers see 120
percent ROI, breakeven in 9 mns Leading savings: Customer-validated
savings in time, cost, equipment, space and energy: Guaranteed 50%
savings vs. traditional storage 2014 NetApp. All rights reserved.
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5. Why FlexPod? Worlds most Efficient, Flexible Converged
Infrastructure Flexible FlexPod Use existing equipment Scale, Flex
as needed Architecture Rigid Performance 2014 NetApp. All rights
reserved. Purpose Efficiency
6. FlexPod also Leads in overall IT Interest Of the following
integrated systems, which ones are you evaluating, running in a
test or pilot environment, or running in production? Cisco/NetApp
FlexPod/ExpressPod 16.9% HP VirtualSystem 4.5% 10.4% Dell Active
System 9.4% Dell vStart 9.7% HP AppSystem 4.2% 9.4% 22.4% 13.6%
2.9% 13.0% 4.5% 6.5% 3.2% 8.1% IBM PureData 8.1% 3.6% 6.2% IBM
PureApp 8.4% 3.2% 5.8% Oracle Exadata 5.8% IBM PureFlex 3.2% 6.8%
0% 8.1% 2.6% 5% 10% 7.5% 15% Evaluating 20% Testing 25% 30% 35% 40%
45% Running in production environment N = 308 Base = All
Respondents, multiple responses permitted Source: IDC Converged and
Integrated Systems End-User Survey, July, 2013 6 2014 NetApp. All
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7. Whats New? FlexPod new Validated designs 2014 NetApp. All
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8. FlexPod Winter 2014 Technical Payload Announcing the latest
FlexPod reference architectures CVD Description Date FlexPod
Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud Brings clustered Data ONTAP
and SMB 3.0 to MSFT Private Cloud design; also with Fast Track
validation Nov 18 FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix CloudPlatform
powered by Apache CloudStack Citrixs commercial CloudStack
offering; cloud management for the enterprise with Amazon-style
scale, elasticity and efficiency Dec 13 FlexPod Datacenter with
VMware vSphere 5.1U1 Currency update for core FlexPod architecture
adding latest update of vSphere 5.1, and CDOT 8.2 Announced at past
VMworld Dec 24 FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco Nexus 6000 Series
Switches Adding validation for new Nexus 6000 switch to replace
5000 series; more ports, lower latency Jan 9 FlexPod Express with
VMware vSphere 5.1U1 Converged Infrastructure for MSEs; Update to
existing FlexPod Express design with CDOT 8.2, vSphere 5.1U1 Feb 28
FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches FlexPod
now offers validated designs covering the breadth of Nexus data
center switches with this ACIready design Mar 25 2014 NetApp. All
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9. FlexPod Datacenter with Microsoft Private Cloud Converged
cloud solution now with clustered Data ONTAP Focuses on advanced
capabilities of Clustered Data ONTAP for Private Clouds, especially
for Microsoft Private Clouds with Windows Server and Hyper-V, SMB
3.0 For Enterprises, MSPs and Telcos Update to current FlexPod with
Microsoft Private Cloud - With Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 - Key Win
Server 2012 features: Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX), SMB 3.0 - New
version of Cisco UCS Manager 2.1(2) / Del Mar MR2 Microsoft Private
Cloud Fast Track 3.0 certified Multiple validated design documents
- CVD Deployment guide (650 pages!), CVD Design guide, NVA 2014
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10. FlexPod Datacenter with Citrix CloudPlatform powered by
Apache CloudStack Leading Converged Infrastructure for Citrix Cloud
Solutions Follows Citrix joining Cooperative Support this past Fall
Citrix CloudPlatform - Flexible, open cloud orchestration platform
Powered by Apache CloudStack - Open source cloud computing software
for creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud
services. Cloud management for enterprise workloads with
Amazon-style scale, elasticity and efficiency XenDesktop designs
planned to publish next quarter 2014 NetApp. All rights reserved.
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11. FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 5.1U1 Updates
FlexPod platform for key element components Architecture and
deployment procedures of an infrastructure composed of Cisco,
NetApp, and VMware virtualization that uses FCoE-based storage
serving NAS and SAN protocols Purpose - Validate latest software
stack to maintain FlexPod solution currency - Introduce new
features of ONTAP 8.2 (e.g. QoS, switchless cluster, etc.) Will be
base design for other validations such as Nexus 6000 Key new
features - Clustered and 7-Mode Data ONTAP 8.2 P4, UCS Manager 2.1,
vSphere 5.1U1 - Will use new Intel Ivy Bridge-based UCS servers
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12. FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches
Increased Network Capacity & Performance, Headroom for Growth
Upgrade to Nexus 5000 Series-based design Benefits - Customers:
Increased capacity, performance, scalability - Partners: Capitalize
on network refresh cycle For Enterprises and Service providers Key
features - Up to 96 40 GE ports or 384 10 GE ports in a 4 RU - L2
and L3 functionality at line rate and 1 s latency - FEX support,
comprehensive analytics tool Use scenarios - 40GE, Compact
aggregation, Large scale L2/L3, HPC, Multi-hop FCoE Validated
design documents - Also Implementation guides for 7-mode and CDOT
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13. FlexPod Datacenter with Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Validated design for ACI-Ready FlexPod The new Cisco Nexus 9000
Series deliver high scalability and performance, and exceptional
energy efficiency in compact form factor Purpose - Uses new Nexus
9300 Standalone/TOR Ethernet switch - Supports NetApp/FlexPod
participation in Cisco launch of Nexus 9000 / ACI - Foundational
solution for future FlexPod with Nexus 9000 Fabric, targeting May
Key new features - Nexus 9300 Standalone - iSCSI, NFS, CIFS - CDOT
support only - UCSM: Del Mar MR2 - VMware vSphere 5.1U1 2014
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14. FlexPod Express with VMware vSphere 5.1U1 The Benefits of
Converged Infrastructure for Mid-sized Business Update to existing
FlexPod Express design - ONTAP 8.2 p4 (Clustered & 7-Mode) -
Hypervisor & O/S VMware 5.1U1 & Windows Server 2012 R2 For
Mid-Size Enterprise, Enterprises with smaller workloads or remote
office/branch office needs Go to market will leverage VMware PEX
event To be followed by similar Hyper-V design in 90 days tentative
NetApp Implementation guide 2014 NetApp. All rights reserved.
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15. New Programs for Winter FlexPod Cooperative Support and
FlexPod Unified Financing 2014 NetApp. All rights reserved. 15
16. Newest Cooperative Support partner: Microsoft Extending
simplified support for more ISVs, now including Microsoft Adds
Hyper-V, Windows Server, System Center, VDI no other apps MSFT
being added to joint escalation procedures Becoming part of RTP
Cooperative Support Lab 2014 NetApp. All rights reserved. FlexPod
Blue = Cooperative support Green = Coordination via TSANet.org
17. FlexPod Unified Financing Maximize your Purchasing Power
New joint customer financing program through NetApp and Cisco
Provides unified portfolio of innovative options to finance the
FlexPod portfolio Allows you to present a single proposal that
covers the entire technical solution Added benefit of efficient
processing and occasional promotions 2014 NetApp. All rights
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18. Summary FlexPod Value in Review 2014 NetApp. All rights
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19. Recent FlexPod Customer Successes State of Alaska
Enterprise Tech Services used FlexPod with VMware vSphere
virtualized 95% servers for substantial cost avoidance, and now
delivers services 66% faster Service Provider Exostar accelerated
deployment of SaaS offerings by 40%, Improved data throughput by
30%-40%, Reduced IT management and maintenance time by 20%, and
Enhanced efficiency of IT staff, allowing each FTE to manage up to
40% more data Mercy Health Systems moved to single, patient
electronic health record system on FlexPod; virtualization provided
IT agility, and system high availability/DR provided ability to
survive an F5 Tornado Multi-national Ingersoll improved data
availability, security, and system performance and provisioning
through virtualization on FlexPod Government IT service provider
ActionNet now does more projects, and deploys customers in weeks
versus months; specifically a VDI environment can be deployed in
less than two days vs. two weeks Muscogee Creek Nation casino
deployed FlexPod with VMware to reduce downtime; also reduced time
to deploy new services by up to 75% and recouped 30% of storage
through deduplication 2014 NetApp. All rights reserved. 19
20. FlexPod Winter Announcement Summary Converged
Infrastructure Leadership 6 new Validated designs - Microsoft
Private Cloud, CloudPlatform, vSphere 5.1U1, Nexus 6000 and 9000
Series Switches, FlexPod Express FlexPod Program news Microsoft
joining FlexPod Cooperative Support program FlexPod Unified
Financing Upcoming Events VMware PEX, Intl Oracle User Group, Red
Hat Summit Information Available Today - NetApp.com/FlexPod
FlexPodCommunity.com FlexPodPartners.com (NetApp partners only)
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