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DC Automation: It’s a MARVEL!

Nikos D. AnagnostatosNetwork Consultant, Network Solutions Division Classification ISO 27001: Public

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Data Center Evolution


A brief history of Datacenter Networks

1960 1970 1980 2000 2010 20201990

Era of the

MainframeEra of Client

Server

Era of the

Web

Era of the

Cloud

SALESFORCE

WORKFORCE


Limitations of the Current Network Technologies

No consistent global network policy

Device level protocols operating in

isolation

Addition of network device requires

touching multiple switches, routers,

firewalls, etc.

Manual network configurations slow and

error prone

Time-consuming to deploy new applications

Network complexity

Inability to scale

Vendor dependence


Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure


ACI is Cisco’s SDN

Simple turnkey network automation

Application-focused configuration of the

network that improves application

performance

Deployment of new apps in minutes rather

than weeks

Open APIs, open source, and open standards

to optimize customer choice

End-to-end visibility into network

performance and troubleshooting support


ACI: How to deliver service with policy and automation

Storage

WEB APP DBLAN LAN LAN LAN SAN

LBFWLAN

Connectivity

Security

QoS

SLA

Services

Policy

Application or Service Templates

Much Faster

More Comprehensive

Better SLAs & MTTR


Advantages

• Automation

• Application Centric

• Simplicity in management

• Smaller TCO

• Zero touch provisioning

• Zero time deployment

• Physical and virtual

container driven networking

• Performance and scalability

• Health metrics

• Visibility, telemetry, analytics

tools

• Open Standards and

embedded security

• Fully compatible APIs, Open source (free to

download the entire group policy model)

• Secure multi-tenancy

• Extensive ecosystem, Interoperability


Data Center Analytics


Modern Data centers are getting increasingly complex

• Zero trust model

• Multi cloud orchestration

• Application portability

Hybrid cloud

• Increase in east-west traffic

• Expanded attack surface

• Open source

Big and fast data

• Continuous development

• Application mobility

• Micro services

Rapid app deployment


What do we mean by the term “Analytics”?

• Extracting data from multiple

sources and compiling (click

through data, customer

sentiment, etc)

• Examples: Google Analytics,

Meraki

• A repository or

storage/consolidation location

for data

• Search/reduce functionality

• Examples: Hadoop, Splunk,

NoSQL

• A compute environment

• Heavy duty number crunching

• AI, simulations, gene

sequencing, modeling,

forecasting/predicting


Decisions enabled by Analytics

Analysis

What is

Happening?

Why did it

Happen?

What is likely

to Happen?

What should I

do about it?

Descriptive Diagnostic Predictive Prescriptive

Data

Raw & Processed

Network/Ops DataMobile

InternetCRM &

ERP

Events

AlarmsSocial

Media

VideoEmail and

MessagingUsage

Machine and

Sensors

Geolocation Relationships and

Social Influence

Big Data Technologies

Collect, Integrate, Process, Aggregate, Visualize


Cisco Tetration Analytics


Cisco Tetration Analytics: One ring to guide your infrastructure

Tetration

Analytics

Forensics

Application

Network Ops

Policy

Compliance


Architecture

Data Collection

Software Sensor and

Enforcement

Embedded

Network Sensors

(Telemetry Only)

Third Party Sources

(Configuration Data)

Analytics Engine

Cisco

Tetration

Analytics

Cluster

Open Access

Web GUI

REST API

Event Notification

Tetration Apps

Self Managed Cluster

One Touch Deployment

Easy Integration via Open interfaces

Open Data Lake (via Tetration Apps)

No Hadoop / Data Science Background Needed

No External Storage Needed


Data sources

Software Sensors

Universal*

(Basic Sensor for other OS)

Linux VM

Windows Server VM

Bare Metal

(Linux and Windows Server)

Available Now

Nexus 9200-X

Nexus 9300-EX

Network Sensors

9K switches

Third Party Sources

Asset Tagging

Load Balancers

IP Address Management

CMDB

…

3rd party

Low CPU Overhead (SLA enforced)

Low Network Overhead (SLA enforced)

New! Enforcement Point (Software agents)

Highly Secure (Code Signed, Authenticated)

Every Flow (No sampling), NO PAYLOAD

*Note: No per-packet Telemetry, Not an enforcement point


Tetration Analytics Offers

NETWORK OPERATIONS

Policy compliance and simulation

Troubleshooting and forensics

Latency monitoring

IT OPERATIONS AND LINES OF BUSINESS

Application dependencies

Application behavior baselines

Anomalies and policy compliance

SECURITY OPERATIONS

Automated whitelist policy

Hierarchical policy definition

Profile and context driven Application Segmentation

Policy Simulation and compliance


Cloud Data Center


Policy-Driven Integrated Infrastructure is the key to a new era

Security Everywhere9

Analytics Everywhere10

8 Policy Everywhere

1

Modernize Infrastructure:

Open and Programmable

Network / L4-7

Compute

Storage

Security

Data Center

5

Move Data and

Workloads Securely

6

Self-Service Portal

(IT as a Service)

7

Extend Policy

Model

2

Automate

and Simplify

POLICY

3

Build Your

Hybrid Cloud

Private Cloud Stack

Integrated Infrastructure

4

Choose any

Other Cloud

Managed

Public

Private


Cloud computing is rapidly evolving

COST

Public

Cloud

Data

Center

Private

Cloud


Statistically speaking…It is a Hybrid IT World!

Evaluating or using

public cloud

81%

Have a hybrid

cloud strategy

73%

Will use

multiple clouds

84%


Cisco Cloud Center


CloudCenter: leading Cloud Management Platform

Data

Center

DEPLOY

MANAGE

MODEL

Public

Cloud

Private

Cloud

One Integrated

Platform

Lifecycle

Management

New and Existing

Applications

Application Centric: Model Once. Deploy and Manage Anywhere.


Unique Approach

Infrastructure-Centric

Cloud-Specific workflows

and Scripts

Labor /Services Intensive

Unique

Script /

Workflow

Application-Centric

Cloud-Agnostic

Low TCOUnique

Script /

Workflow

Unique

Script /

Workflow

Script-Based Application Profile-Based


Cloud Center Benefits: IT-as-a-Service

What How Estimated Annual Value

Improve Deploy Time (Speed)

Fully automated deployment of single VM or full stack

drastically reduce deploy time over manual process, and

eliminates calendar days from application or new features

release

~90% + faster deploy time

From weeks or days to minutes

(soft benefit)

Improve Efficiency

Reduce both user (Dev) and Ops effort in VM security,

storage, network teams. No passing and queuing work

tickets and eliminate repetitive deployment tasks.

Devs ~10-20% more efficient

Ops Teams ~90% + more efficient

Improve Quality

Repeatable and predictable increase consistency and

reduce troubleshooting. No more labor intensive

deployment, followed by troubleshooting and QA before

application can be used.

~ 75% + reduction in deploy errors

and related troubleshooting

Hybrid Governance – scale

economies

Control usage, security, visibility, reporting, multiple

tenants, user groups, policy automation

Federation – clouds, applications, users

~50% reduction in governance

and control efforts


Why Space Hellas

Lead System Integrator, Value-Added

Solution and Service Provider

Cisco Gold Partner

Know-how

Best Tech Support

Thank you and always remember

Space Hellas is your trusted partner

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seconds to break and

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