Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems: The Next Generation in Complete Hyperconvergence

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Introducing Cisco HyperFlexSystems: The Next Generation in Complete Hyperconvergence

2016 May 18th

In collaboration with

Sean ComrieTechnical Solutions Architect - DC

Agenda

• Cisco Innovation in the always Evolving Data Center

• HyperFlex Systems HX-Series

• HX Data Platform Overview

• Summary

Cisco Innovation in the always Evolving Data Center

Customer Challenges

CFOs Expect

Cloud Economics

Traditional storage

burdened with features

for “high ceremony” IT

Data Growth

Continues

SAN and NAS designed for

terabytes, not petabytes

Data and

Infrastructure Silos

Proliferation of solutions

creating silos of workloads, apps,

people, and infrastructure

APPS

Cisco’s Storage Strategy

Comprehensive Array Storage Integration

Cisco Integrated Infrastructure Solutions

1

2

3

Optimization for Server-based StorageUCS Hyperconverged Solutions

UCS Software-Defined Storage Solutions

Operational Simplicity

Applications

+

Mode 1Traditional

+

Emerging

+

Operations

Mode 2 Server-BasedArray-Based

Infrastructure

VM VM VM VM VM APP

Simplified ConsumptionCisco UCS Director Storage Orchestration

UCS Manager Storage Profiles

One System, One Management Model

UCS MINI SCALE OUT

Edge CloudCore Data Center

UCS M-Series

Modular Servers

UCS C3160

Fourth Generation UCS

UCS B-SERIES

Current offering Current offeringNew Offering

Hyperconverged is an immediate gap in establishing UCS as the common platform for

heterogeneous workloads in the Data Center

Cisco Portfolio Completion

HyperFlex Systems

HYPERCONVERGEDINTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE

UCS Infrastructure Strategy

UCS Director

Policy Driven, Application Centric Infrastructure Management and

OrchestrationUCS Manager Domain

Centralized-Simple

Management Interface

One Button

Infrastructure

Deployment

Simple Scale

Bringing the

same simplicity

model to ANY

storage type

Big Data Analytics

Integrated Infrastructure HyperConverged

SIMPLICITY

SPEED

SCALE

(Increasing Overlap)

Introducing Cisco HyperFlex SystemsHX-Series

The first Hyperconverged system to integrate Compute, Storage and Networking

Big Data

and

Analytics

The Evolution of Infrastructure Architecture

Converged/Integrated

InfrastructureFirst Generation

HyperConverged

Compute (with

hypervisor)

+

Storage

DIY

networking

----------------------

Complete

HyperConverged

Architecture

Unified

Fabric

Compute(with

hypervisor)

+

Storage

HyperFlex

Systems

Unified Fabric

Compute Storage

Hyperconvergence Meets Unified ComputingHyperFlex HX-Series

HCI Built on Cisco UCS

Unified

Fabric

Integrated

Compute

Centralized

Management

Optimized for

Virtualization

Scale Without

Complexity

Low Latency

Physical & Virtual

Data & Management

Proven Performance

Enterprise Reliability

Blades & Rack Mount

Complete HW Abstraction

Policy & Profile Driven

Optimized for Scale

Comprehensive Hypervisor

Integration

Native I/O Virtualization

Hypervisor Switching in HW

Maintains Single Point of

Management

Self-Integrating

Fewer Components

HyperFlex Components

>HX Appliance HX Data Platform Software

+

Simple: Pre-Engineered with Delivery

and Support Services

Agile: On-demand provisioning and

scaling

Adaptable: Mix and match servers and

blades

Efficient: Optimized solution with

familiar management and operations

Compute & Storage

on servers

Fabric based

platform

Centralized UCS

management

Enterprise grade

data services

Flexible on-demand

scaling

Simplified vCenter

management

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

Datastore/Volume

Cisco HX Data Platform

Controller Hypervisor/Container

VM VM VM VM VM

SDD

SDD

HX Data Platform Overview

Hyperconverged Data Platform that allows companies to leveragecompute servers for storing and managing their data without

compromising on features or performance.

ENTERPRISE GRADE

Robust Data Integrity

Continuous Availability

Proactive Auto-support

VM-level Snapshots for Instant Backups

MAXIMUMSIMPLICITY

Fast Installation and Configuration

100% vCenter based management

Rapid Cloning for VM Provisioning

ECONOMICAL SCALING

Inline De-duplication and Inline Compression

Scale out just-in time

Scale Compute and Storage independently

Annual Subscription pricing

HX Data Platform Overview

Hyperconverged Scale Out and Distributed File System

CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM

Start with as few as three nodes

Hyperconverged Data Platform

installs in minutes

Add Servers, One or More at a Time

Linearly Scale Compute, Storage Performance and

Capacity

Distribute and rebalance data across servers automatically

Retire older servers

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

Software Modules inside a Server

VAAI Plugin offloads snapshots and clone

operations

Controller VM hasDirect access to drives

IOVisor Module Presents NFS to ESX and Stripes IO

CONTROLLERVM

HYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM

CONTROLLERVM

HYPERVISOR/

VM VM VM

CONTROLLERVM

HYPERVISOR/

VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

DATASTORE/VOLUME


VMVMVMVMVM

HDD

HDD

SDD

SDD

IOVisor

VAAI

Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity

Compute Nodes

Hyper-Converged Nodes

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHX DATA PLATFORM

Scale Compute

Scale Storage Capacity

IOVisor IOVisor IOVisor IOVisor IOVisor IOVisor IOVisor IOVisor

VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR CONTROLLERCONTROLLER

Avoid controller hot spots

Leverage cache across all SSDs in the cluster

IOVisorIOVisor IOVisor IOVisor

IOVisor Enables Uniform IO Distribution

DATASTORE

CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER

Balanced space utilization No data migration on VM migration

Less stress on Network

HYPERVISOR

…And Efficient Capacity and Network Utilization

HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR

VM VM

1 2 3

VM

DATASTORE

CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER

DATASTORE DATASTORE

Non-disruptive Operations


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

• Stripe blocks of a file across servers

• Replicate one or two additional copies to other servers

• Handle entire server or disk failures

• Restore back to original number of copies

• Rebalance VM’s and data post replacement

• Rolling software upgrades

File.vmdk

D1 E1A1 B1 C1B2 A2 A3C2 C3 D2D3 E2E3 D1E1 B3 B3

EDCBA

Fast and Flexible Native Snapshots for backups

• Pointer-Based Snapshots

• Space Efficient

• Fast creations and deletions

• Fine-grained or coarse grained

• VM-Level or VM Folder Level

• VAAI integrated

• Quiesced and Crash-consistent

• Use vCenter Snapshot Manager

• Policy based

• Schedules, Retention period

• Pointer-Based Writeable Snapshots

• VM-level granularity

• VAAI integrated

• Batch creation GUI

• Apply unique names

• Use customization spec to apply IP

Native VM Clones for Rapid Provisioning

2-5X Data Reduction without impacting performance

• Inline Deduplication20-30% space savings

• Inline Compression30–50% Space Savings

• No Special Hardware

• No Performance Impact

Management Built for Server Admin

• 100% VCenter Based Management

• Extends virtualization management seamlessly

• No switching between management consoles

• View storage alerts/alarms alongside with ESX alerts/alarms

• Command line interface for automation

• Cloud-based auto-support

• Daily reports

• Periodic heartbeats

• Instant alerts on critical events

• Cluster visibility

• Support Use Cases

• Real-time monitoring for critical events

• Proactive and advanced warning

• Preliminary troubleshooting & investigation support cases

• Access currently limited to support

Insights: Cloud-based Monitoring and Analytics

Fast and Easy Installation

Step 0• VMware and HX Data Platform Software installed on servers at

Factory/Reseller before shipping to customer

Step 1• Rack up servers, power on and add to vCenter

• Drag and drop Configuration (jSon) File

• Create Cluster and Datastore

• Start Provisioning VMs60Minutes

or less

Variety of Common Use Cases

• Agile provisioning

• Frequent iterations

• Instant cloning and snapshots

TEST & DEVELOPMENT

• Low upfront costs

• Consistent performance

• Predictable scaling

VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE

• Reduce operational complexity

• Adaptive Scaling

• Always-on resiliency

SERVER VIRTUALIZATION

• Simple deployment

• Centralized management

• No “fly-and-fix” missions

LARGE REMOTE /BRANCH OFFICE

Summary: Key Technology/Feature Differentiators in HCI

Capability Competition Cisco Hx Key Benefit

#1 Unified Fabric – brings

together Stateless Compute,

Network and Storage

DIY Networking Unified Fabric with

Service Profiles

Less complexity, higher performance,

easier to manage Network and HW

#2 Scaling Scale both compute

and storage

Independent scaling of

compute and storage

Leverage Blades

Economical Scaling

#3 Data locality Local to the server Striped across all servers

with IOVisor

Eliminates host/node performance hot

spots

#4 Local File System EXT4

(Open Source)

Log FS

(Native)

Compression with no performance

impact

#5 Management Fragmented between

vCenter and Prism

100% vCenter based

Management

Near-zero learning curve for vCenter

Admin

#6 Software and Support High cost for software

and support

All inclusive subscription

based licensing

Lower TCO and barrier to entry

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