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High TechDatacenter
Cisco Unified Computing System
Robert Evans and Rich Hudak
A Brief Overview And Basic Understanding
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What Is UCS and Why Do We Use?
• UCS = Unified Computing System
• Easily managed
• Very Flexible
• Extremely Powerful and Efficient
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How Old Is The UCS?
The UCS was introduced in
2009
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UCS in the Marketplace
• 43,000+ Unique UCS customers
• Number 1 market share in US for x86 Blades
• More than 85% of all Fortune 500 use UCS
• 100+ World record performance benchmarks to date
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Simplified Architecture
Unified Management
Higher Performance
Scale
Cisco Unified Computing System
• Faster deploy/ provision
• Unification leads to reduced complexity
• Management via a single interface
• Networking with fewer components
• Lower cost and easier scaling
• Fewer management touch points
• Stateless: any resource, any time
• Better TCO/ROI
• Ultimate Scalability
• Enhanced design capability
• Designed for the future, today
• Brings out the best of x86 architecture
• Optimized resource utilization for compute, networking, and management
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Legacy Top-of-Rack Server Architecture• Individual ToR switches to manage (IOS
software & Config)• Routing/STP topology to maintain
• Discrete servers – BIOS, Boot Order, Firmware, KVM, etc…
• Nx1GE – no easy scale to 10GE
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Legacy Blade ArchitectureSAN
LANSAN
LAN
MGMT MGMT
Additional LAN & SAN Connections
Additional Management Connections
Multiple Ethernet Connections
Multiple SAN Connections
Separate Remote Management per Chassis
Multiple Management Modules
Additional Management Connections
Additional LAN & SAN Connections
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Traditional Data Center Cabling
From ad hoc and inconsistent…
to structured but costly and complex...
to impossible to manage!
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Building A Unified Computing System
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A couple of UCS Installations we manage and assist with
Cabling On the Marion
UCS
NWOCA
UCS
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Summit Steel’s UCS C-series
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UCS Components
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MGMT SANLAN
Fabric Interconnect
UCS Chassis
Heartbeat link (No Data)
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UCS Components
Fabric Interconnect
UCS Blade
IO Module
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Cisco VIC
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Network Interface Virtualization
10 GE EthernetvHBA
vFC
…
vFC
vHBA
vEth
vNIC
vEth
vNIC
vEth
vNIC
vEth
vNIC
• Stateless computing: 256 PCIe devices (NICs or HBAs)
• Host Connectivity: PCIe Gen3• Network Connectivity: Multiple
Physical 10Gb, 40Gb ready
Physical Network
256 PCIe devices
UCS ComponentsCisco Virtual Interface Card
Physical 10G Uplink Port
Physical 10G Uplink Port
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Physical look into the UCS
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Storage Support
Network Attached File/BlockNo certification required
FC/FCoESwitch Mode
ETH 1 ETH 2
iSCSI/NAS iSCSI/NAS
ETH 1 ETH 2
iSCSI/NAS/FC/FCoE LAN SAN
Cisco MDSNexus 5000
iSCSI/NAS/FC/FCoE
Network Attached Storage
Direct Attached Storage
SAN Attached Storage
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UCS Fabric Interconnect Portfolio
UCS 6296 & 6248
UCS 6120 & 6140Mar 2013
UCS 6300UCS 6324 (Mini)
* FUTURE SHIPPING EOL / EOS
10GbE 40GbE
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Installing Servers Today: Component Centric
LAN
SAN
•RAID settings•Disk scrub actions
•Number of vHBAs•HBA WWN assignments•FC Boot Parameters•HBA firmware
•FC Fabric assignments for HBAs
•QoS settings•Border port assignment per vNIC•NIC Transmit/Receive Rate Limiting
•VLAN assignments for NICs•VLAN tagging config for NICs
•Number of vNICs•PXE settings\•NIC firmware•Advanced feature settings
•Remote KVM IP settings•Call Home behavior•Remote KVM firmware•Server UUID•Serial over LAN settings•Boot order•IPMI settings•BIOS scrub actions•BIOS firmware•BIOS Settings
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Stateless Computing: UCS Service Profiles
LAN
SAN
Cisco UCSService Profile NIC MACs HBA WWNs Server UUID VLAN Assignments VLAN Tagging FC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot Parameters Number of vNICs Boot order PXE settings IPMI Settings Number of vHBAs QoS Call Home Template Association Org & Sub Org Assoc. Server Pool Association Statistic Thresholds BIOS scrub actions Disk scrub actions BIOS firmware Adapter firmware BMC firmware RAID settings Advanced NIC settings Serial over LAN settingsBIOS Settings
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UCS Service ProfilesConfiguration Portability
SIM CardIdentity for a Phone
Service ProfileIdentity for a ServerUCS Service Profile
Unified Device Management
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Server Policy
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UCS Manager Graphical Interface
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Role Based Administration• Full Role based administration• Pre-defined roles• Customizable Roles (via Privileges)• Authenticate against external Directory• Administrators involved in initial Setup.
• Network• Server• Storage
• Server Admin does most of the ongoing administration
• Create organizations “Mgmt Domains”• Map “Sub Admin’s” to organizations
LAN, SAN, and Server Tasks Are Grouped Individually and Require Explicit Rights
Thank you.
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VersaStack Solution
EasySeamless IntegrationSimplify Deployment
EfficientReduce Provisioning TimeUnified Management
VersatileFlexible Cloud CapabilitiesDynamic Infrastructure
Hypervisor
ManagementIBM Storwize V7000
Cisco Nexus & MDS
Cisco UCS Servers
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Cisco® UCS B and C Series Servers, UCS Manager, UCS Director
Cisco Nexus® 9000 Switches
IBM Storwize V7000 & V7000U Disk Systems
Cisco MDS Switches
VersaStack Solution
• Uniform deployment model for compute, network and storage resources
• ACI-Ready architecture• Pre-validated by Cisco & IBM thru Cisco Validated
Design• UCS Management
• 160 UCS Server Per Domain, scales to 100s of domains• Up to 8 nodes and 1056 disks per V7000/V7000U
cluster• 5X more data with Real-time compression• Automated data optimization with IBM Easy Tier
• Architected with no single point of failure• Multi Data Center scalable design for disaster
tolerance
Highlights
Performance & Scale
ReliabilityCVD in Dec 2014 w/
Vmware ESXi 5.5
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L4-7 Services Virtual Machines
Integrated application containers for secure workload provisioning
Application Centric Infrastructure configuration
Open developer kit for ecosystem acceleration
Automation Driven by UCS Director
Storage
UCS Director
Nexus Product Family
Unified Computing System
Infrastructure Management
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Subject Matter Experts Define Policies
Policies Used to Create Service Profile SAN and
Storage
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vSwitchNexus 1000v
VISME
StorageSME
ServerSME
NetworkSME
Server NameUUID, MAC, WWNBoot InformationLAN, SAN ConfigFirmware PolicySAN ZoningCreate and MAP LUN
Provision Physical and VI
3System is ready for Use
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Server NameUUID, MAC, WWNBoot InformationLAN, SAN ConfigFirmware Policy
Storage Configuration
Virtual Infrastructure Configuration
Network Configuration Application Profile
Virtualization Policy
Server Policy
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Ease & Efficiency with UCS Director