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Cisco and VMware vSAN: converged storage

John Kennedy, TME, Cisco

Co-Sponsored by Intel®

Virtualization Changed The Storage Workload

OS

App

Physical Virtual

Infrastructure

• 1:1 app to datastore

• Predictable, single QoS

• N:1 app to datastore

• Random, multi-QoS

Hypervisor

VSAN: Radically Simple & Dynamic Storage For Virtual Machines

Instantly provision VM

storage using simple

policies.

vSphere

Hard disks SSD

VSAN

Hard disks SSD

…………….

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

Clustered VSAN Datastore

Each VM maintains its own

unique policy on the VSAN

datastore.

Storage capacity and

performance scale

dynamically with your

cluster.

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

VSAN

vSphere

VSAN Datastore

Cisco Is To Physical As VMware Is To Virtual

• Single point physical infrastructure management

• Fully capable XML API

• Policy based configuration management

• Template based configurations

• OS migration between physical

servers

Wire Once Architecture

All links can be active all the time

Policy-driven bandwidth allocation

Virtual interface granularity

Uplinks

20Gb/s 40Gb/s 80Gb/s

Unified Computing System (UCS)

Single Point of Management

Unified Fabric

Stateless Servers with Virtualized Adapters

Unified, Embedded Management Aligns People, Policy, and Configuration With the Cloud

Server Policy…

Storage Policy…

Network Policy…

Virtualization Policy…

Application Profiles…

Subject Matter Experts Define Policies

Storage SME

Server SME

Network SME

Policies Used to Create

Service Profile Templates

Service Profile Templates

Create Service Profiles

Associating Service Profiles with Hardware

Configures Servers Automatically

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Server Name

UUID, MAC, WWN

Boot Information

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware Policy

Unified Management

Manage Many Form Factors for Diverse Application Requirements

Rack and Blade form factors in a common resource pool

Self Integrating System

Add capacity without complexity

Cisco UCS

Fabric Interconnect

Cisco UCS

Fabric Extender

C-Series Rack Mount Servers

B-Series Blade Servers

Unified Management

Cisco UCS E-Series Single Wide Blade

Up to 2 SATA, SAS or SSD Hard Drives

Configuration and Management

Through CIMC

Intel Xeon E3 Family Quad-Core

Processor

On-Board Hardware RAID 0/1 with Hot-

Swap Capability

One External and Two Internal

GE Ports

USB 2.0 Port for External Device

Connectivity

8, 12, and 16 GB

DRAM Options

Maximum 65 W Power Draw

80 Percent Less than Server

Wire-Free, Plug-and-Play Modularity,

Low Shipping Weight (2.5 lb/1.1 kg)

Remote and

Schedulable Power

Management

iSCSI Initiator

Hardware Offload

KVM Console Connector

10/100 Ethernet Management

Port

Two SD cards: One for the CIMC and

Temporary Storage of OS and One

for a Blank Virtual Drive

Cisco UCS E-Series Double Wide Blade

Up to 3 SATA, SAS, SSD Hard Drives or 2

HDD and a PCIe Card

Out-of-Band Configuration

and Management Through

CIMC

Intel Xeon E5-2400 Quad Core or

Six-Core Processor

On-Board Hardware RAID 0, 1, and 5 •Configuration

Options with Hot-Swap Capability Two External and Two Internal GE Ports

with TCP/IP Acceleration

Front-Panel VGA, 2 USB, and Serial

Console Connectors

8 GB - 48 GB DRAM

Options

Maximum 130 W Power Draw,

80 Percent Less than Server

Wire-Free, Plug-and-Play Modularity,

Low Shipping Weight (7 lb / 3.2 kg)

Remote and

Schedulable Power

Management

iSCSI Initiator

Hardware Offload

Two SD Cards: One for the CIMC and

Temporary Storage of OS and One for a

Blank Virtual Drive

VSAN on ISR G2 and UCS E-series

One Chassis In-Box redundancy architecture • 4 UCS E-140S Modules in one Cisco 3945 Integrated Service Router

• VSAN running on the UCS E-series modules in the ISRs

• Synchronous Data Mirroring across the nodes

• Use vCenter to manage all hosts and VSAN storage clusters

VSAN Datastore

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

VSAN Across Remote Sites

Redundancy across UCS E-series with in a router in a ROBO • VSAN can create a single VSAN Storage cluster across all nodes with in a router

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

…………….

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

VSAN Datastore

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

WAN/Internet Remote/Branch Offices- Cisco UCS E-series

Data Center – Cisco UCS B/C Series

VSAN Datastore

Branch B Branch A

VSAN Across Multiple Routers at a Site

Redundancy across multiple routers with in a ROBO • VSAN can create a single VSAN Storage cluster across all nodes in both the routers

Hard disks SSD Hard disks SSD

…………….

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WAN/Internet Remote/Branch Offices- Cisco UCS E-series

Data Center – Cisco UCS B/C Series

Branch B Branch A

VSAN Datastore

Retail

Mission Critical Applications

• Point of Sale

• Credit card payments

Core Services

• DNS/Domain Controller

• File/Print Server

Internet

WAN

Home Grown Applications

• Inventory Control

Third Party Applications

• Industry Weapon

• Analytical Software

• Distributed architecture

• Low speed WAN links

• Limited available space for IT gear

• VSAN for business continuity

Physical Security

• Surveillance Camera

• Local Storage

Wireless LAN Controllers

Healthcare

Internet

WAN

Large Clinics • Typically 3900 ISR Aggregation Routers with UCS E-140D or UCS E-160D

• VSAN running on UCS E-Series modules for HA

• Patient Data, Storage of Medical Records, Digital Images

Large Hospitals or Regional Data Center • Data redundancy provided by VSAN

• Virtual Desktops

• Storage of Medical records

• Application Management

Small Clinics • Typically 2900 ISR Aggregation Routers with UCS E-140S

• VSAN running on UCS E-Series modules for HA

Session Summary

The Introduction of vSAN Introduces New Architectural Possibilities

This is Continuing to Evolve over the next few years

vSAN is a V1 Product, It Will Continue to Evolve

Please Try the BETA!

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