How Orchestration Revolutionizes IT Provisioning

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Frank ReichartSenior Director Product Marketing –Enterprise Server & Software, Fujitsu Technology Solutions

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How Orchestration Revolutionizes IT Provisioning

Frank ReichartSenior Director Product Marketing

2 Copyright 2010 FUJITSUVISIT 2010 – Fujitsu Forum Europe

From manual provisioning to orchestration


The buffet: the culinary on-demand principle

Imagine you are really hungryImagine you are really hungry

You want to eat something nowg

But you want to eat something which you really like and no standardized fast foody


The ideal solution: the buffet - fast and flexible self provisioning.

The IT Buffet: Dynamic Infrastructures

The administrator defines how much server resources, which storage capacityand which network connections are needed and gets everything automaticallyThe core component to build Dynamic Infrastructures is an orchestrator –

Dynamic Infrastructures

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Why orchestration?

The dark side: manual provisioning

Whenever an application administratoror a developer needs IT resources …or a developer needs IT resources …

Endless coordination process with server,network, storage, OS administration Application administrators are involvedApplication administrators are involvedtoo much in IT infrastructure provisioningEach manual installation is different causinghigh maintenance effortsgExperiences of proven configurationsare not shared New complex architectures (multi-tier, SOA)New complex architectures (multi tier, SOA)are making provisioning increasingly difficult


That's why!

The bright side: orchestration

Whenever an application administratoror a developer needs IT resources …or a developer needs IT resources …1 He types in his required configuration

into ServerView Resource Orchestrator2 After some minutes he gets the required2 After some minutes he gets the required

resources automatically3 He can install the application

or the development environmentor the development environment


ServerView Resource Orchestrator (ROR)


ROR – Key Characteristics

Creation of a pool of infrastructure resourcesIntroduction of a logical platform (L-Platform) and logical server (L-Server) conceptL Platforms and L Servers are descriptions of configurationsL-Platforms and L-Servers are descriptions of configurationsROR automatically assembles resources out of the pool based on L-platformand L-Server descriptions

Logical Logical LogicalLogicalPlatform

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

GlobalResource Servers Storage Network SW

Images

Application administrators define the

Poolg Images


Application administrators define the system they need and they get it automatically.

First Step: creating the resource pool

IT infrastructure administrators prepare resources for the pool

They register them in ServerView Resource OrchestratorThey register them in ServerView Resource Orchestrator

OSOSImage Pool

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ROR delivers a "buffet" of resources

The culinary buffetThe ROR Buffet

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Logical resources – automated provisioning

The application administrator/developer defineson a logical level what type of infrastructure he needs

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ROR automatically creates the defined infrastructureby assembling the resources out of the pool

Infrastructure Design

Logical server Web1

L i l W b2L d b l

Logical server AP1

L i l AP2Logical server DB1

N t 1 N t 2 SAN 1Logical server Web2

Logical server Web3

Load balancer Logical server AP2

Logical server AP3Logical server DB2

(Engineering concept)

Net 1 Net 2 SAN 1

LogicalPlatform

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

GlobalR Servers Storage Network SW


ResourcePool

Servers Storage Network Images

You get what you order – fast!

Infrastructure Design

Logical server Web1 Logical server AP1Logical ser er DB1

Logical server Web2

Logical server Web3


Logical server AP3

Logical server DB1

Logical server DB2


Net 1 Net 2 SAN 1


LogicalLogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

Platform

GlobalGlobalResourcePool

Servers Storage Network SWImages


Examples

Logical Server 1Request: Windows 2003 on VMwareAllocation

OSImage Pool

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OperationSystem

OperationSystem

App

OperationSystem

App

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VirtualServer Pool

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OperationSystem

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PhysicalServer Pool

NetworkPool

Logical Server 2

Request: physical server with RHEL4Allocation

StoragePool


ROR: Resource Orchestration

Dynamic creation and management of logical servers with resource pools


ROR: Resource Orchestration

Example: Operation to create an L-Server


Templates for easy and consistent provisioning

Templates for proven configurations to achieve consistent provisioningDriving internal standards and compliance rules to the usersSi lif i i t t i t hSimplifying maintenance, e.g. system images, patchesApplication-specific templates allow application administrators to providethe required platforms by themselves

Logical server creation × Select a OS image ×Select a template

Name: AP-Server1

Manual

Template: Medium

CPU 2GHz *1, Mem 4GB, Disk 64GB

Name CPU Memory Disk

Small 1GHz * 1 2GB 32GB

Medium 2GHz * 1 4GB 64GB

Template

Next Cancel OK Cancel

OS Image: Windows2008Large 2GHz * 2 8GB 128GB

X-Large 2GHz * 4 16GB 256GB


No idea which combination harmonizes best?

Stay on the safe side and choose from a menu

Benefit from proven best-practices

The Sushi menu card

Benefit from proven best-practices

The ROR menu card

Select a template

Name CPU Memory Disk Server Recovery

Small 1GHz * 1 2GB 32GB ---

Medium 2GHz * 1 4GB 64GB HA

Large 2GHz * 2 8GB 128GB HA

X-Large 2GHz * 4 16GB 256GB HA


Higher productivity through automated provisioning

Manual Procedure With ROR

Storage Initial Setup Storage Initial Setup90 min 90 minInitialSetup

Storage Configuration Storage Configuration

OS Installation

90 min 35 min

85 min

Setup

OS Installation

OS Installation

Network Configuration

85 min

85 min

35 min

Network Configuration 60 min Pool & Template Creation 10 min

Template Creation/Selection 10 minAdding Storage Configuration 90 min

Time required for an initial setup

Template Creation/Selection 10 minAddinga Server

Storage Configuration

OS Installation

90 min

90 min Time required for an initial setup of a system can be reduced by 20%

Time required to add a serverNetwork Configuration 60 min


Time required to add a servercan be reduced by 94%

Grouping of resources – defining access rights

Challenges of resource management in large installations

It becomes difficult to select a specific resource from a large number of resources U t d t i i th tiUsers tend to overprovision, thus wasting resourcesIn multiple administrator environment, responsibilities may become unclear

Solution by ROR

Grouping of resources on a logical or on a physical resource levelG i h

Group 3Group 1

Grant access rights to resource groups

Group 2 Group 3Group 1LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

Group 2LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer


Role-based operations

Application administrationSeparating application and infrastructure administration roles

Logical infrastructure

Logical server Web1 Logical server AP1L i l DB1 infrastructure administration roles

Application administration fully concentrates on application

t d d fi itiLogical Logical Logical

Logical server Web2

Logical server Web3


Logical server AP3

Logical server DB1

Logical server DB2


Net 1 Net 2 SAN 1

management and definition of required resources

LogicalPlatform

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

Infrastructure administrationAdministrators for servers, network and Global SW

OS

storage fully concentrate on delivering resources into the pool

Each expert can fully leverage his skills

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Each expert can fully leverage his skills instead of everybody does everything(and wrong)

(IP, SAN)

StoragePool


Server Pool

Fast repurposing of servers

Assign the same physical server to multiple L-ServersDifferent L-Servers can be booted at different times(i.e. to enable daytime and nighttime operations)( y g p )

L-Server A L-Server B L-Server A L-Server B

WWPN1 IP1 WWPN2 IP2 WWPN1 IP1 WWPN2 IP2

Physical Server A Physical Server A

OS1 OS2 OS1 OS2


Cost effective high-availability – share the spare

Physical environmentVirtual environment

App App App App

VMware

OS OS OS OS

Hyper V

App App

OS OSVMware Hyper-V

Server Server

OS OS

Server Server

Spare Server

M d ti h fMany productive servers share a few spare servers Increased efficiency thanks to fewer non-productive spare systemsAll services can be protected against system failures, not only the business critical servicesS t i t l it d b h ffi b it d


Systems in central sites and branch offices can be monitored

ROR advantages

ROR benefits

Flexible adaption of IT resources according to changing business demandsF t d li f t t li ti l t ll t d ti llFast delivery of system resources to applications accelerate roll-out processes dramaticallyEasy and fast addition or exchange of system resources to the infrastructureIncreased utilization of invested hardwareDo more with the same administration teamIncreased quality of serviceEasier maintenance and simplified management of upgradesImproved consistency and compliance of your system configuration through standardization and automationIncreased agility through a fast adaptation of IT infrastructures on demand Building of an SLA-based IT operation with a high service orientation


Architecture


What is needed to build a DI – list of components

HardwareServer, Storage,Network Equipment

1

Network Equipment

Software which virtualizesd th h d

2and manages the hardware

Server virtualization softwareSoftware which manages physical and virtual serversSoftware which manages and virtualizes storageSoftware which manages and virtualizes storageSoftware which virtualizesnetwork connections of serversSoftware which virtualizesSoftware which virtualizesnetwork connections of storage

Mgmt. Software which manages everythingThe manager of managers (Orchestrator)

3


What is needed to build a DI: basic architecture

Dynamic Infrastructure

Management (Orchestration) of servers, storage, network connections

Dynamic Infrastructures

Manager ofvirtual and physical

servers

ManagingStorageCapacity

VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VM

200GB

200GB

200GB

500 500 500

VirtualizingServers

VM VM VM VM GB GB GB

Virtualizing disksto storage capacity

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(Blade) servers Storage

VirtualizingServer

NetworkConnections

VirtualizingstorageNetwork

ConnectionsNetwork

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Fujitsu's architecture for Dynamic Infrastructures with ROR

Dynamic Orchestration: ServerView Resource Orchestrator (ROR)ResourceManagement

ServerView Resource CoordinatorCoordinator

Server Mgmt.Physical servers,VMs OS images

Storage Mgmt.LUNs

virtual disks

Network Mgmt.IP config, VLANs,

LAN/SAN addressesVMs, OS images virtual disksLAN/SAN addresses

Abstraction &Virtualization

Server VMVMware ESX

StorageVirtualization

I/O AddressVirtualizationVirtualization VMware ESX

MS Hyper-VXen

VirtualizationETERNUS SCDataONTAP …

VirtualizationRCVEVIOM

I f t tInfrastructureComponents

ServerPRIMERGY

PRIMEQUEST3rd party x86

StorageETERNUSNetApp …

NetworkCisco

Brocade


Comparison RCVE and ROR

ServerView Resource CoordinatorVE manages server resources on a physical and virtual level

ServerView Resource Orchestrator manages infrastructure resources on a logical level using definitionsUtili d l iUtilizes underlying resources managers like RCVE for servers and others for storage and networkContains RCVE functionality

ServerView Resource Coordinator VE ServerView Resource Orchestrator

Tenant 1 Tenant 2

Contains RCVE functionality

OSImage Pool

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Tenant 1 LogicalPlatform

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

Tenant 2LogicalPlatform

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

LogicalServer

VirtualServer Pool

App App

OperationSystem

OperationSystem

App

OperationSystem

App

OperationSystem

App

OperationSystem

App App

OperationSystem

OperationSystem

App

OperationSystem

App

OperationSystem

App

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GlobalResourcePool

Servers Storage Net SWImages

PhysicalServer Pool

OSImage Pool

VirtualServer Pool

App App

OperationSystem

OperationSystem

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Network(IP, SAN)

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For more information

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Data Center Management

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