Accelerating VM Deployments with Virtual Machine-Aware Networks

Sumit Mukhija

National Sales Manager

Cisco, India and SAARC

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On the Road Ahead

ChallengesProliferating I/O

Lack of CorrelationInconsistent Network Policy

SolutionsConsolidated I/O•10G Lossless Ethernet

•Unified fabric

VN-Link

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Consolidated I/O Delivered Over 10GbE

� Simplifies infrastructure and lower TCO

� Multiple, standards-based options – Lossless 10Gb Ethernet IEEE 802.1Qbb, 802.1Qaz, 802.1Qau

– Fibre Channel over Ethernet T11/FC-BB-5

– iSCSI

� Every host can mount any storage device

� Ubiquitous connectivity

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Virtualization Drives Network Bandwidth

OS+App OS+App OS+App OS+App OS+App

Server200-500Mb/s

Server200-500Mb/s

Server200-500Mb/s

Server200-500Mb/s

Server200-500Mb/s

Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor Hypervisor

+Memory

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Virtualization Drives Network Bandwidth

OS+App

Server2-5Gb/s

Hypervisor

OS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+App

With 8xGbE per Virtualized Server

48 Servers per Nexus 700042 per Catalyst 65006 per 4948

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Virtualization Drives Network Bandwidth

OS+App

Server2-5Gb/s

Hypervisor

OS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+AppOS+App

With 1x10GbE per Virtualized Server

256 Servers per Nexus 7000130 per Catalyst 650056 per Nexus 500024 per Catalyst 4900M

10GbE enables a 5x increase in server density

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FCoE Shipping TodayAt Least 6:2 Consolidation of Links

� Cisco Nexus 5020 switch

� Converged Network Adapters

� VMware ESX 3.5-U2 – on the I/O HCL

� EMC certification

VMotion

SAN ALAN SAN BLAN

Now

Now

Now

Now

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Consolidate I/O with iSCSI and NAS

� Built on low-latency, lossless 10GbE

� Both cost effective bandwidth and increased bandwidth per VM

� Flexible network storage options

� Simplified infrastructure and management

� ESX 3.5 and above and a broad selection of 10GbE NICs

VMotion

AN

LAN

Available Now

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Networking Challenges to Scaling Server Virtualization

Applied at physical server—not the individual VM

Impossible to enforce policy for VMs in motion

Security and Policy Enforcement

Lack of VM visibility, accountability, and consistency

Inefficient management model and inability to effectively troubleshoot

Operations andManagement

Muddled ownership as server admin must configure virtual network

Organizational redundancy creates compliance challenges

OrganizationalStructure

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VN-Link: Virtualizing the Network Domain

Virtual machine aware network and storage services

Abstract physical and logical infrastructure

Virtual machines are the new data center building block

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VN-Link Brings VM Level Granularity

Problems:

VN-Link:• Extends network to the VM • Consistent services • Coordinated, coherent management

VMotion• VMotion may move VMs across

physical ports—policy must follow

• Impossible to view or apply policy to locally switched traffic

• Cannot correlate traffic on physical links—from multiple VMs

VLAN101

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VN-Link With the Cisco Nexus 1000V

Cisco Nexus 1000VSoftware Based

VMW ESX

VM#1

VM #4

VM #3

ServerVM #2

Nexus 1000V

NIC NIC

LAN

Nexus1000V

� Industry’s first third-party ESX switch

� Built on Cisco NX-OS

� Compatible with switching platforms

� Maintain VirtualCenter provisioning model unmodified for server administration but also allow network administration of Nexus 1000V via familiar Cisco NX-OS CLI

Policy-Based VM Connectivity

Non-DisruptiveOperational Model

Mobility of Network and Security Properties

Announced @ vmworld 2008 Shipping 1H09

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Fully Extending SAN Fabric Virtualization to Virtual Machines

� NPIV allows each virtual machine (VM) to be associated to a unique virtual HBA

–VMs register independently via unique PWWN and obtain unique FCID

–Standard-based (ANSI T11)

� Separate fabric login by each VM enables VM level:

– Zoning

– Security

– Traffic mgmt

� Combined with F-Port Trunking, each VM can now belong to a different VSAN

3 Virtual Machines

Single physical FClink carrying multiple VSAN

ERPWeb

E-Mail

PhysicalServer

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Branch

WAN Acceleration for Desktop Virtualization� WAN performance issues may inhibit deployment of VDI

Data Center

� Cisco Wide Area Application Services accelerate RDP traffic to ensure end user experience and broaden deployment scenarios

� Building block for the “anywhere” aspect of cloud computing

User Experience

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VDI Acceleration with WAAS

� LAN-like desktop performance over the WAN

With WAAS

� User experience varies by location

Without WAAS

60-70% Reduction in Bandwidth

Time (secs)

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Virtualization in the Data CenterVirtual Servers / Machines

Virtual LANs

Virtual SANS

Virtual Network Services

Virtual Storage

VLAN 1

VLAN 2 VLAN 3

VSAN 1

VSAN 2 VSAN 3

Physical Blade

Virtual Context

1

Virtual Context

2

Virtual Context

3

Domain Virtualization

to Virtual

Serviceswith

VFrame

Traditional VirtualizationCreating a virtual element

Virtual Storage

Virtual Servers / Machines

Virtual SANS

Virtual Network Services

Virtual LANs

VLAN 3

Application 1 Application 2

VFrame Enabled Service OrchestrationCreating an End-to-End Virtual Service

VLAN 2

Virtual Firewall Context

1

VSAN 1VSAN 3

VLAN 1

VSAN 2

Virtual SLB

Context 2

Virtual SSL

Context 3

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Automate physical provisioning in VMware ESX environments

ESX

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

Cisco

VFrame DC

VMware

VirtualCenter

VMCreationImage LoadMobilityGrid balancing

L2 Network Services802.1qVLAN MembershipL4-L7 Services AssociationsESX Boot

SAN ZoningLUN maskingLUN mapping

ESX

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

X86 Server

API

Storage Pool

Network Pool

X86 Server

ESX

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

ESX

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

Cisco

VFrame DC

VMware

VirtualCenter

VMCreationImage LoadMobilityGrid balancing

L2 Network Services802.1qVLAN MembershipL4-L7 Services AssociationsESX Boot

SAN ZoningLUN maskingLUN mapping

ESX

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

ESX

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

ESX

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

X86 ServerX86 Server

API

Storage Pool

Network Pool

X86 ServerX86 Server

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Cisco and VMware Joint Services Cisco and VMware Virtualization Assessment Service – Key Deliverables:�Assessment report with recommendations to analyze virtualization

opportunities L2/L3� Network transport and application call flows� Security, Server Load Balancing, Web Caching, and SSL

Offload �Data Center provision assessment using Cisco VFrame Data Center�Server consolidating and virtualization report with findings and

recommendations that include� System and performance data analysis on existing windows and

Linux servers � A high level financial assessment of the benefits of server

consolidation and TCO�On Site Reviews and Discussions

Cisco and VMWare Virtualization Planning and Design Service - Key Deliverables

�Customer Requirements Documentation

�Cisco and VM High and Low-level Virtualized architecture design

�VM Configuration Guide

�VM Ware standard procedure guide

�Cisco low-level network design

�Cisco and VMWare virtualization rollout and migration plan

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VMware InfrastructureVirtual Datacenter OS from VMware

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VMware + CiscoInnovation throughout the VM Networking stack

Nexus

VN-Link

Complete Technology stack

� 3rd Party Virtual Switch Plug-in for Nexus 1000V

� VMSafe and Cisco TrustSec for enhanced VM Security

� VMDirectPath for improved I/O performance

� VN-Link for VM networking transparency

� VDI WAN/LAN Acceleration

� Innovation towards Cloud Computing

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Network Scale VirtualizationVMotion

VMotion

Virtualize at Cluster Scale

DataCenter

Virtualize at Data Center Scale

DataCenter

Virtualize at Network Scale

Service Provider

Data CenterTowards Cloud Computing

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Accelerate Server VirtualizationEnable, Simplify, Scale

Security and Policy Enforcement

Enable VM-level security and policy

Scale the use of VMotion and DRS

Operation & Management

Simplify management and troubleshooting with VM-level visibility

Scale with automated server & network provisioning

Organizational Structure

Enable flexible collaboration with individual team autonomy

Simplify and maintain existing VM mgmt model

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