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Cisco UCS Director Joann Starke, Solutions Marketing Manager

Co-Sponsored by Intel®

Data Centers Today

• VMs in minutes remainder of infrastructure stack provisioned

manually

• 77% of time spent on infrastructure deployment, monitoring, updating

and troubleshooting

• Limited time to focus on new services

• Centralized automation and management is key to shifting this ratio towards value-add

• Allows IT to better respond to needs of business

Source: IDC, 2011

Challenges:

•Manual processes

•Complex handoffs between teams and domains

•Static resource allocation

Result:

•Days/weeks/months to deploy IT services

•High operational cost

•Rigid silos

•Infrastructure inefficiency and under utilization

Complex IT Processes to Deploy Application Resources

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Configure Configure SAN ZoningSAN ZoningConfigure Configure

SAN ZoningSAN ZoningCreate UCS Create UCS

Service ProfilesService ProfilesCreate UCS Create UCS

Service ProfilesService ProfilesCreate Create

Network PoliciesNetwork PoliciesCreate Create

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ServersServers

Setup Setup ServersServers

Add VLAN to Add VLAN to Service ProfileService Profile

Add VLAN to Add VLAN to Service ProfileService ProfileCreate Create

VLANVLAN

Create Create VLANVLAN

Create Storage Create Storage Resources (LUNs Resources (LUNs

and Volumes)and Volumes)

Create Storage Create Storage Resources (LUNs Resources (LUNs

and Volumes)and Volumes)

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IP spaceIP space

Create Create IP spaceIP space

UCS Blade UCS Blade Power OnPower On

UCS Blade UCS Blade Power OnPower OnCreate Create

Storage PolicyStorage Policy

Create Create Storage PolicyStorage PolicyMap Map

NetApp LUNNetApp LUN

Map Map NetApp LUNNetApp LUN

Add Users Add Users and Groupsand GroupsAdd Users Add Users and Groupsand Groups

IT IT PlanningPlanning

IT IT PlanningPlanning

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Cost ModelsCost ModelsDefine Define

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Cisco UCS Director Turn-Key Solution

On-DemandAutomated Delivery

Policy-Driven Provisioning

Secure Cloud Container

VMsComputeNetwork Storage

UCS Director

Domain Managers

OS and OS and Virtual Virtual

MachinesMachines

OS and OS and Virtual Virtual

MachinesMachines

StorageStorageStorageStorage

NetworkNetworkNetworkNetwork

ComputeComputeComputeCompute

Tenant

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Virtualized and Bare-Metal

Compute and Hypervisor

BB CCAANetwork and Services

VM VM BareMetal

Single Pane of Glass

End-to-End Automation and

Lifecycle Management

Centralized Lifecycle Management of Physical and Virtualization InfrastructureCentralized Lifecycle Management of Physical and Virtualization Infrastructure

Virtual Infrastructure

IT Admins IT OperationsEnd Users

Physical Infrastructure

Cisco UCSCisco Nexus

Open API for

Integration

UCS DirectorUCS DirectorUCS DirectorUCS Director

Self Service Console

OS & VM DeploymentOS & VM DeploymentOS & VM DeploymentOS & VM Deployment

Admin Console

Policy ManagerPolicy ManagerPolicy ManagerPolicy Manager

Dashboard

Resource PoolsResource PoolsResource PoolsResource Pools

Subject Matter Experts Define Policies

Policies Used to Create Service

Profile SAN and Storage

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StorageSME

ServerSME

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Storage PolicyStorage Policy……Storage PolicyStorage Policy……

Network PolicyNetwork Policy……Network PolicyNetwork Policy……

Virtualization PolicyVirtualization Policy……Virtualization PolicyVirtualization Policy……

Application Profiles…Application Profiles…Application Profiles…Application Profiles…

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Server NameUUID, MAC, WWNBoot InformationLAN, SAN ConfigFirmware Policy

Storage ConfigurationStorage Configuration

Virtual Infrastructure Configuration

Virtual Infrastructure Configuration

Network ConfigurationNetwork Configuration

UCS DirectorKey Differentiators

Single Pane:Virtual, Physical,

Bare Metal

Installation & Use

Multi-vendor Support

Model-based OrchestrationTask Library

Single PurposeSolution

Model-based Orchestration

Script-based Orchestration

Model-based Orchestration

UCS Director Summary

Delivers IT efficiency to better align with business strategyDelivers IT efficiency to better align with business strategy

End-to-End Automation

Turnkey Solution ready for use in hours

Align People, Policies and Infrastructure Configuration with Business

Multi-Vendor Support

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