Troubleshooting Virtualization Cascade10

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Troubleshoot Virtualization in All Its Guises: Server, Desktop and SDN Introducing Cascade 10.0

November 2012

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Cascade 10.0 Overview

A single, unified solution for managing performance of the entire virtual infrastructureo VDI, server, and network virtualization

New VDI and CIFS monitoring and troubleshootingo Enhances joint value with Steelhead and Granite

Fully virtualized Cascade product familyo Deployment flexibility

Miscellaneous enhancements

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VDI

New!

Network Team Embrace Virtualization!

Server Virtualization

Network Virtualization(SDN)

Embrace the benefits without losing control

New!

Cascade 10.0: a complete solution for managing network and application performance across all forms of virtualization

Feb 2012, Sample Size = 162

Which broad IT initiatives are driving current priorities in monitoring/managing networks and networked application performance?

Virtualization and Cloud Are Top Executive Initiatives

Other (Please specify)IP-TV and streaming video-related initiatives

SOA/Web Services applications Client end-point mobility

Individual high-profile application rolloutsVideoconferencing, including telepresence

ITIL or best-practices initiativesCross-domain Security initiatives

Internal cloud (services) transformationPublic/Hybrid Cloud initiatives

VoIP and IP Telephony-related initiativesApplication performance optimization

Data Center ConsolidationVirtual/hosted desktop


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

IT Staff Executive Level

Feb 2012, Sample Size = 162, 125

Do you feel that your org has adequate network monitoring access and visibility into your virtualized server environ to reasonably monitor and

troubleshoot service quality?

Virtual Network Visibility Improving But Still Not Meeting All Expectations

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Sure - we’re all set

Not bad, but we could always use more/richer insight

We’ve got some visibility, but it’s not nearly enough

This is a major gap/problem

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28%

52%

19%

1%

23%

51%

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6%

Feb 2011 Feb 2012

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VDI Intelligence – VMware View (PCoIP), Citrix (ICA)

VDI tunnels activity across network Cascade Pilot exposes what users are doing at a channel / activity level IT gains deeper knowledge, control of user activity Empowers IT operations to prioritize user activities on Steelhead

Citrix / VMware View

Print Traffic

Key Strokes

Mouse Movements

File Transfers

Screen Refreshes

print typeclick

browse

copy

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Pilot Views

Citrix (ICA & CGP) Citrix traffic overview

• Protocol over time• Encryption type over time

Virtual Channel• Over time• By distribution

Packet Priority • by IP DSCP• by virtual channel• over time

Server and client• By priority• By virtual channel• Perceived latency

VMware View (PCoIP) Channel Distribution

• Packet Type over time• Media channel distribution

Priority Overview • Session priority distribution• DSCP analysis

• by distribution• by server and client

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SDN and the Virtual Data Center

Businesses want the promise of dynamic, on-demand cloud based IT Problem: Network and VM layers are too intertwined

• Provisioning of networks and network services cumbersome and slow• VM and network configurations must be coordinated – shared IP address domains• Changes to shared network services have unintended consequences

Solution: Fully virtualized data center (VDC)• Completely separate VM and network configuration – isolated IP address domains• Create virtual overlay networks for each virtual data center• Virtualize all network services within a VDC

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VXLAN – The Foundation of the Virtual Datacenter

VXLAN VXLAN tunnels traffic over the

physical network Separates virtualization and network

layers Accelerates provisioning of networks

and network services Completely isolates virtual workloads Enables vMotion across clusters

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VXLAN Challenges – Loss of Network Visibility & Control

Total loss of visibility of overlay network – all traffic is now UDP-tunneled

Virtualization layer controls all tunnel and overlay network setup/tear down

Impossible to isolate overlay traffic from physical network

Different overlay networks can have overlapping address spaces

UDP Tunnel

How to troubleshoot and monitor network performance?

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Overlay Networks – The Foundation of the SDN & SDDC

VXLAN

Embrace the virtualization of networking Understand virtual network performance

and it’s impact on the physical network Monitor/troubleshoot the multi-tenant

environment Spin up data centers on demand with

integrated performance management Enable tenants to monitor SLAs for their

virtual data center

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Cascade is the Only Solution to Provide VXLAN Visibility

This is the depth of detail other NPM solutions can see without VXLAN visibility

Cascade can provide details into • Top applications• How VMs converse• How virtual tunnel endpoints

(VTEPs) interact• Top virtual networks• And more…

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Virtual Infrastructure – Real Blind Spots

Visibility Black Hole• IT operations/system admins own virtual infrastructure • NetOps is responsible for end-to-end performance• Can’t see network traffic or performance between VM servers

Physical Virtual

Cascade Shark Virtual Edition Monitors all inter-VM traffic crossing virtual switch Provides simultaneous packet capture to local server/SAN and flow export to

Cascade Profiler

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The Virtualization of the Enterprise


Software-Defined Data Center(SDN/SDDC)

Desktop Virtualization

(VDI)

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Cascade & Steelhead – Better Together

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Steelhead & Cascade: Better Together

Transform your existing Steelhead into a remote probe with no additional cost or hardware

Gain integrated reporting into critical optimized traffic (CIFS, VDI) and make sure QOS goals are met

Cascade is the only NPM solution with packet capture and flow monitoring built directly into

Steelhead appliances.

Cascade makes sure Steelhead optimization decisions are performing as expected

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Steelhead, Granite, & Cascade – Better Together

Cascade 10.0 aligns to key Steelhead/Granite initiatives CIFS Acceleration – Users need reliable access to network-based files

• Quantify CIFS performance problems and the benefit of Steelhead• Cascade reports on files, transfer times, errors• Presented in customer language – file names, folder names, etc.• IT can see user experience and optimize where needed

VMware View and Citrix Acceleration and Prioritization• Visibility into composition of PCoIP and ICA traffic, including QoS classifications• Pair with Steelhead’s ability to prioritize different type of PCoIP and ICA traffic

CIFS Citrix(ICA)VMware View (PCoIP)

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CIFS Intelligence

CIFS performance by tree, command, file, request, or server

Errors by request & error distribution

Top CIFS commands, trees and files, trees and files – requests & client /servers

Transaction sequence diagram

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Cascade is Fully Virtualized

Fully Virtualized Product Line

Cascade 10.0 completes the virtualization of the Cascade family that was started with Cascade® Shark Virtual Edition Cascade Profiler Virtual Edition and Cascade Gateway Virtual Edition

provide deployment flexibility for those organizations who want to fully embrace virtualization.

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Miscellaneous Enhancements

Cascade Pilot View Editor - create your own views Pcap-ng (with nanosecond support)

Cascade Profiler 95th percentile reporting

Cascade Shark System diagnostics 1 gigabit fiber NIC card

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Cascade 10.0 Summary

A single, unified solution for managing performance of the entire virtual infrastructure: desktop, server, and network virtualization

Great joint value between Cascade and Steelhead / Granite with new VDI and CIFS monitoring and troubleshooting

Fully virtualized Cascade product family for deployment flexibility


Desktop Virtualization

(VDI)

Software-Defined Data Center(SDN/SDDC)

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