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HyperConvergence in a

Software Defined Data Center

Introduction

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Damien Philip Systems Engineer

Nutanix

Meena Sankaran Ecosystem & Solutions

Cumulus Networks

Networking Sto

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VLA

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IP Addresses

MAC Addresses

DHCP

DN

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LACP

Ethernet

Fibre Channel

OSPF

UDP TCP

IPMI

LOM

BIOS

VT-

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x86

iSCSI

NFS FCOE

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SAN

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LUNs RAID Zones

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Inherent Complexity

Inefficient Silos

Unpredictable Scaling

Enterprise Datacenters Are Too Complex

Massively Scalable. Elastic. Agile. 4

Physical transforms to virtual Converged architecture Services delivered via software Commodity hardware alters economics

The Next-gen Datacenter

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Virtualization Decoupling State from Hardware

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Dynamic Data Centers A massive strain on legacy infrastructure

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Dynamic Data Centers A massive strain on legacy infrastructure

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Eliminating the Bottleneck Converging compute and storage into a single tier

Dell’s vStart 50 “Baby” Cloud

VCE’s vBlock 300 Cisco/NetApp FlexPod

Traditional vs. Next-Gen Convergence

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Diverse Customer Base

Public Sector

Manufacturing

Retail

Education

Healthcare

Technology

Financial Services

Energy

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Transformation: First Servers, Now Networking

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First: Compute

Transformed

LOCKED

Now: Networking Transforms

OPEN

Open Networking Enables Platform Choice and Affordable Capacity

Applications, OS and Hardware

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Networking OS as a Platform

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§  Standard Linux Interface (No need for a defined REST API – Solution Ecosystem can grow rapidly) §  Choice for customers at every tier of the stack – Switching Hardware ,Network Virtualization Overlays,

Orchestration Tools, Automation Tools, Monitoring etc…. §  Accelerated Innovation – No Single Vendor dependency, so faster feature deployment §  Proven Expertise with standard protocols , Open Source communities and Linux adoption

Broad Set of Hardware Platforms

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CL 1.5 CL 2.2

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Timeline CL 2.0

Hardware Agnostic OS

x86 CPU architectures •  16 Platforms •  5 Hardware Vendors •  6 Switch Silicon •  2 CPU architectures

40G Fixed Platforms Trident II switches •  13 Platforms •  5 Hardware Vendors •  6 Switch Silicon

1G Fixed Platforms 10G Fixed Platforms •  6 Platforms •  4 Hardware Vendors •  4 Switch Silicon

CL 2.5

10G Trident II Platforms 19 Platforms •  5 Hardware Vendors •  6 Switch Silicon •  2 CPU architectures

Broad portfolio of next gen leaf/spine switches •  VXLAN-capable •  x86 architectures

Benefits : Nutanix w/Cumulus Linux

§  Aligning on HyperConvergence §  Shared vision of intelligence in software

with industry standard hardware in the data center

§  Convergence of storage, compute and network in a solution stack enables ease of consumption

Customer Value : ü  Standards based Architectural Framework ü  Lower Investment : Capital Expense ü  Operational Agility

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§  Simplify Networking for Application Delivery §  Abstraction of hardware and software empowers

customers to deploy network infrastructure with a variety of Switching hardware and Nutanix nodes

§  Flexible automation capabilities with existing toolsets to install “compute +storage and network “ as racks for “Proof of Concepts or Production”.

Customer Value : ü  Network Infrastructure is agile ü  Modern automation tools can be leveraged with Linux ü  Simplified management & accelerate Innovation

Target Buyer : Virtualization Admins/ Data Center Architects

Solution Today

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§  Linear Scaling with L2 Leaf/L3 Spine non-blocking architecture

§  Single Procurement solution as a

POD architecture for ease of consumption

§  TurnKey Solutions decrease

CapEx/OpEx §  No Vendor Lock-in with proprietary

black box architecture §  Predictable Price & Performance

drive reliable ROI

Vision

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§  Faster time to revenue with “POD” level consumption §  Elevate Network Admin role to higher efficiencies with greater automation §  Orchestration enables consistent Infrastructure provisioning §  Enabling IT to become a “Profit Center” for driving business on-demand §  Increase collaboration while maintaining Operational boundaries ①  Single Pane of Management – VXLAN/VLAN bindings ②  Orchestration/Provisioning VLAN – NOS/Hypervisor ③  Integrate Foundation/Orchestration intelligence into the Network that can be used

for Application provisioning ④  Integrate VM level stats and follow VM stats across multiple different network

switching infrastructure in the entire DC and across DCs (DR Use cases)

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Demo

Components

§  Nutanix Foundation VM §  V2.0

§  Cumulus® Linux®

§  CL 2.5

§  Open Networking switch §  Dell® S6000-ON x2

§  Nutanix Converged Infrastructure node(s) §  N1450 block x1 (4 nodes)

§  Jumphost (wbench VM) §  Ubuntu

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Demo Topology

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eth0 IPMI

eth1 eth2

eth0 IPMI

eth1 eth2

eth0 IPMI

eth1 eth2

eth0 IPMI

eth1 eth2

mgmt mgmt

Wbench VM

eth0 eth1 Foundation VM

eth0

Leaf1 Leaf2

Internet

Next Steps

Customer Enablement

§ Assets for Customer Enablement in Cloud deployments §  Reference Architecture Design : A Blueprint for Nutanix with Cumulus Linux §  A centralized repository(microsite) for customers to test and get started on a

POC with Nutanix & Cumulus Linux automated through Ansible (Demo Video, Blog etc..)

§  Solution Overview

§ Flexible procurement of the complete stack as a Customer from a single source §  (Single mechanism for “Best-of-Breed” acquisition)

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Available today

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§ Thank You!

© 2014 Cumulus Networks. Cumulus Networks, the Cumulus Networks Logo, and Cumulus Linux are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cumulus Networks, Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense from LMI, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a world-wide basis.

§ Thank You!

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