Cisco UCS: Choosing the Best Architecture for Your Citrix ...Cisco UCS Leadership and Momentum 4...
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Cisco UCS: Choosing the Best Architecture for Your Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp Implementations
Mark Balch
May 22, 2013
With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Desktop and Application Virtualization: Business Drivers
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• Security from the end points, through the network, to the data center • Risk Management
Compliance and Security
• Remote workers, tele-workers, contractors, consultants • Business Process Outsourcing
Evolving Use Cases
IT Operational Efficiency and Agility
• Centralized control and management of user desktops • Flexible desktop and application deployment
Enterprise Mobility
• Desktop access regardless of network connection • Employee productivity
Consumerization of IT—BYOD
• Desktop and data access from employee-owned assets • Policy-based access and control
Desktop Refresh Cycles
• Upgrade costs reduction • Existing desktop software life extension
Business Drivers Aligned with
the Cisco Unified Workspace
Co-sponsored by Intel®
Major Trends—Cloud Physical » Virtual » Cloud Journey
HYPERVISOR
CONSISTENCY: Policy, Features, Security, Management
• One App Per Server
• Static
• Manual Provisioning
• Many Apps Per Server
• Mobile
• Dynamic Provisioning
• Multiple Tenants Per Server
• Automated Scaling
• Elastic
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VDC-1 VDC-2
Co-sponsored by Intel®
Cisco UCS Leadership and Momentum
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• UCS revenue reached a $2B annualized run rate
• Data Center revenue was 515M growing 77% Y/Y
• Over 23,000 unique UCS customers which represents 89% Y/Y growth
• More than half of all Fortune 500 customers have invested in UCS
• Over 3,400 Channel Partners are actively selling UCS worldwide and over 1700 UCS specialized
• Cisco is one of the Top 5 Server Vendors based on Worldwide Revenue Share
• 73 World Record Performance Benchmarks to date
With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Source: DC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Q4 2012, February 2013, Revenue Share
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Industry Awards / Recognition for VDI / Virtualization
Citrix XenDesktop Density and Performance on Cisco UCS
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Source: Principled Technologies White Paper, Cisco Validated Design: Citrix XenDesktop on Cisco UCS, Cisco/Citrix Internal testing
Fastest Desktop Boot Process 5000 desktops in 30 minutes
Virtual PVS Leveraging high throughput within Cisco UCS
Optimized XenApp Delivery 208 Sessions per Cisco UCS B200 M3
• Knowledge Worker Profile (Login VSI 3.x based)
• 384 GB memory, Dual E7-2870/10 Core CPU
175 Desktops on Cisco UCS B230 M2
• Knowledge Worker Profile (Login VSI 3.x based)
• 384 GB memory, Dual E5-2690/8 Core CPU
186 Desktops on Cisco UCS B200 M3
With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Scalable Design
Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions Portfolio Lowest Cost per Desktop with Optimized Cisco UCS Infrastructure
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Data Center Designs/Architectures
Segment
• Scale-out environment
with shared storage
• Targeted for medium and
large scale environments
SMB
Mid-Market Enterprise
Service Provider
500 Seats 20000 Seats 5000 Seats 2000 Seats
Cisco Desktop Virtualization Designs
On-Board Design
• Integrated Solution with
Tier-0 Storage on Server
• Targeted for non-
persistent desktops
Simplified Design
• “Appliance” config with
collapsed n/w layer with
shared storage
• Targeted for medium
scale environments
Converged
Infrastructure
• Turnkey Solutions with
integrated compute stacks
• Targeted for medium and
large scale environments
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processor
On-Board Architecture
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Virtual Desktops
Platform + OS/Hypervisor
Server
Write latency = ~ 30μs – 2ms
Read latency = ~ 70μs - 2ms
Density
Desktop Delivery Options
Scalability
Cost
Solution Manageability
Benefits
• High density
• Floating/Stateless Desktop delivery
• Scales linearly
• Server based Manageability
• Lower acquisition cost & TCO
Co-sponsored by Intel®
Scalable Architecture High-level Topology
Benefits
• High density
• Citrix XenDesktop non-persistent, with
personal vdisk and persistent options
• Scale-out environment
• Advanced manageability
• Variable Acquisition costs
Network Storage (connected directly to Cisco UCS® FI)
Cisco® UCS
5108 Chassis
Cisco® UCS
FI 6248 UP
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Nexus 5548
Access Switch
Architecture Overview
HYPERVISOR
Density
Desktop Options
Scalability
Cost
Solution Manageability
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processor
Application Performance Acceleration and Graphics Use Cases NVIDIA GRID on Cisco UCS with Citrix HDX 3Pro
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Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server
Nvidia GRID
* Based LoginVSI 3.5 Medium work load (Knowledge Worker)
Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server is 2U, 2-socket server
Supports up to 186 Virtual Desktops*
Supports up to 2 x NVIDIA GRID K2
Supports up to 2 x Nvidia GRID K1
With Intel®
Xeon® processor
Citrix Pre-Excalibur Desktop Virtualization Model Today: Separation of Owners and Roles
Current Desktops and Apps Architecture
Citrix Excalibur Desktop Virtualization Model Future: One Desktops and Apps Team
FlexCast Management Architecture
Excalibur Key Features
Cisco Desktop Virtualization CVD Projects for Citrix Excalibur
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Citrix Excalibur on
Hyper-V 2012 SMB
750–1500 Seat Mixed
Use Case Study
Citrix Excalibur on
XenServer 6.2
Enterprise
5000 Seat Mixed
Use Case Study
Citrix Excalibur on
ESXi 5.1 Midmarket
2000 Seat Mixed
Use Case Study
Citrix Excalibur on Hyper-V 2012 SMB Architecture With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Citrix Excalibur on ESXi 5.1 Mid-Market Architecture With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Citrix Excalibur on XenServer 6.2 Enterprise Architecture
With Intel® Xeon®
processor
• Physical resources deployed through APIs
• Policy-enforced compute, network, identifier resources Rapid Provisioning
CLOUD REQUIREMENTS IDEAL INFRASTRUCTURE
• Integrated compute, network, and storage resources
• Bare metal abstraction and API design Simplified Infrastructure
• Virtualization awareness and scalability without complexity
• Automation and orchestration through industry standard tools Self Service Consumption Model
• Rapid scalability of virtual and physical resources
• Automated deployment Elastic Resource Allocation
Infrastructure Capabilities Matter More than Ever
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Co-sponsored by Intel®
• Abstraction of bare-metal configuration
• Encapsulated in Cisco service profiles
• Available through an intuitive GUI, CLI or XML API
• Over 9000 objects in system management model
Programmable Infrastructure
Cisco UCS: Bare Metal Abstraction
Cisco UCS 6200
Series Fabric Interconnects
Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server
or Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount
Server
Cisco Virtual Interface Cards (VIC 1240, VIC 1280)
Automated, Policy-Based
Configuration of Entire Hardware Stack
Network interface
card (NIC) configuration:
MAC address, VLAN,
and QoS settings; host
bus adapter
HBA configuration:
worldwide names
WWNs), VSANs, and
bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Cisco Service Profile
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With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Uniquely Cisco: Cisco UCS Embedded Automation Integrated, Policy-Based Infrastructure Management
Subject matter expert
define policies
Uplink port configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, QoS, and EtherChannels
Server port configuration including
LAN and SAN settings
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Unique user ID (UUID),
firmware revisions,
and RAID controller settings
Service profile assigned to server,
chassis slot, or pool
Uplink port configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, QoS, and EtherChannels
Server port configuration including
LAN and SAN settings
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Unique user ID (UUID),
firmware revisions,
and RAID controller settings
Service profile assigned to server,
chassis slot, or pool
Uplink port configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, QoS, and EtherChannels
Server port configuration including
LAN and SAN settings
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Unique user ID (UUID),
firmware revisions,
and RAID controller settings
Service profile assigned to server,
chassis slot, or pool
Uplink port configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, QoS, and EtherChannels
Server port configuration including
LAN and SAN settings
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Unique user ID (UUID),
firmware revisions,
and RAID controller settings
Service profile assigned to server,
chassis slot, or pool
Uplink port configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, QoS, and EtherChannels
Server port configuration including
LAN and SAN settings
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Unique user ID (UUID),
firmware revisions,
and RAID controller settings
Service profile assigned to server,
chassis slot, or pool
Policies used to
create service
profile templates
Service profile
templates create
service profiles
Associating service profiles
with hardware configures
servers automatically 1 2 3 4
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Storage SME
Server SME
Network SME
With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Designed for Scale: Physical, Virtual and Cloud
Cisco UCS
Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS
Fabric Extender
Rack Mount Servers
Many Form-factors—
One System Scale Without Complexity
Distributed Virtual
Blade Chassis
Self Aware, Self
Integrating System
Blade Servers
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Unified Fabric
Cisco® Fabric Extender Architecture
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With Intel® Xeon®
processor
App Virtualization Optimized with Cisco VM-FEX Citrix XenApp
Performance Deterministic Delivery Low Latency
Up to 67% reduction in
application networking latency
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Near linear deterministic
application delivery with scale
Up to 50% increase in application
networking performance
Co-sponsored by Intel®
Zero Touch Integration Decouple Complexity and Scale
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Chassis: 4
- IOM 1: UCS 2104
- IOM 2: UCS 2104
- Blade slots
occupied: 8
Chassis: 3
- IOM 1: UCS 2104
- IOM 2: UCS 2104
- Blade slots
occupied: 8
Chassis: 2
- IOM 1: UCS 2104
- IOM 2: UCS 2104
- Blade slots
occupied: 8
Chassis: 1
- IOM 1: UCS 2104
- IOM 2: UCS 2104
- Blade slots
occupied: 8
Physical Inventory Name: Cisco UCS 12
Class: System
ID: 77449-32
Name: Cisco UCS 5108
Class: Chassis
ID: 234222-33
IOM 1: Cisco UCS 2104
IOM 2: Cisco UCS 2104
Blade slot occupied: 8
Fans: 8
Increase Capacity,
Not Complexity
New Equipment
Self Integrates
With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Zero Touch Integration Decouple Complexity and Scale
Chassis: 4
- IOM 1: UCS 2104
- IOM 2: UCS 2104
- Blade slots
occupied: 8
Chassis: 3
- IOM 1: UCS 2104
- IOM 2: UCS 2104
- Blade slots
occupied: 8
Chassis: 2
- IOM 1: UCS 2104
- IOM 2: UCS 2104
- Blade slots
occupied: 8
Chassis: 1
- IOM 1: UCS 2104
- IOM 2: UCS 2104
- Blade slots
occupied: 8
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Physical Inventory Name: Cisco UCS 12
Class: System
ID: 77449-32
Increase Capacity,
Not Complexity
New Equipment
Self Integrates
Inventory and
Status Updated
With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Policy Inventory
Service Profile: Default 1
Service Profile: HR-App1
Zero Touch Integration Decouple Complexity and Scale
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Immediately Apply
Existing Policies
Increase Capacity,
Not Complexity
New Equipment
Self Integrates
Inventory and
Status Updated
With Intel® Xeon®
processor
Cisco UCS and Citrix XenDesktop Management Simplification (GPU and Non-GPU Servers in Single Domain)
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Citrix 3D PRO with
NVDIA VGX
Citrix XenApp Farm Application
Tier Servers
Citrix XenDesktop
Farm
Citrix Dynamic Desktop Controller
Citrix Provisioning Services
LAN SAN A
SAN B Mgmt
One Logical Chassis to Manage*
IDLAN Connectivity
SAN Networking
Blade Chassis’
Server Blades
Rack Servers
Tier-0 storage on server
Server Identity Management
Monitoring, Troubleshooting
*160 servers managed in a single domain as a logical chassisS: 77449-32
With Intel® Xeon® processor
Unified Manageability Across Citrix XenDesktop Farms in Multiple Cisco UCS Domains: Use Case
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• Unifies management of multi Cisco UCS domains
• Leverages Cisco UCS Manager technology
• Simplify global operations with centralized
inventory, faults, logs and server console
• Delivers global policies, service profiles, ID pools and templates
- Foundation for high availability, disaster
recovery and workload mobility
• Model based API for large scale automation
• Manages up to 1 Million+ virtual desktops
• Manages both tenant and service
provider environments
Farm1 XenApp/
XenDesktop
Cisco UCS Manager
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Cisco UCS
Central
With Intel® Xeon®
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Farm2 XenApp/
XenDesktop
Farm3 XenApp/
XenDesktop
Farm4 XenApp/
XenDesktop
Case Study—University of Tennessee
CHALLENGE
SOLUTION
IMPACT
• Transform computing environment into a flexible service to meets students’ work styles
• Easily support new applications every semester
• Support increasing data and information generated by UT and students
• Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions with Citrix XenDesktop and NetApp
Unified Storage Architecture
• Anytime access to virtual desktops, apps, personal files, network resources for over 27,000 students and staff on university-owned and personal devices
• Students’ educational experience is improved so they can make more efficient use of their time, giving UT a competitive edge when attracting students
• Reduced cost of software/hardware refreshes, security patches; increased energy savings
• Eventually phase out some computer labs
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