UCS Compute Evolution - Virtual Desktops with Uncompromised Performance and Scale

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UCS Compute Evolution - Virtual Desktops with Uncompromised Performance and Scale

Ravi Balakrishnan, Ashok Rajagopalan

With Intel® Xeon® processor

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Innovation Driving Virtual Desktop Performance and Scale

Next Generation UCS Servers Enhance the Differentiation Along the Same Vectors

Next Generation UCS Servers Will Continue to Employ These Differentiated Features and Set New Standards for Performance

and Value in the X86 Server Industry

UCSManager

UnifiedFabric

VirtualInterface

Card

ExtendedMemory

Industry-LeadingDensity



Leading the Industry in Virtual Desktop Performance and Scale

Mem

ory

CPU

I/O Unified Fabric (FCoE)

• Lower cost for compute + network infrastructure

• Greater virtual desktop density without performance impact

• Simple Operation—start in minutes, scale in seconds

• Massive Scalability—scales easily to 1000’s of desktops per UCS system

• Extended memory and I/O to avoid desktop virtualization bottlenecks

Cisco UCS

Cisco UCS -The Optimized Platform for Cisco Desktop Virtualization



Citrix XenDesktop Desktop Density and Performance on Cisco UCS

Source: Principled Technologies White Paper, Cisco Validated Design: Citrix XenDesktop on Cisco UCS, Cisco/Citrix Internal testing

175 Desktops on B230 M2

Knowledge Worker Profile (Login VSI 3.x based)384 GB memory, Dual E7-2870 / 10 Core CPU

186 Desktops on B200 M3

Knowledge Worker Profile (Login VSI 3.x based)384 GB memory, Dual E5-2690 / 8 Core CPU

Fastest Desktop boot Process5000 desktops in 30 minutes

Virtual PVSLeveraging high throughput within UCS

Optimized XenApp Delivery208 Sessions per B200 M3



Scalable Design

Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions Portfolio (Lowest cost per Desktop with Optimized UCS Infrastructure)

Data Center Designs/Architectures

Segment

• Scale-out environment with shared storage

• Targeted for medium & large scale environments

SMB Mid-Market

EnterpriseService Provider

500 Seats 20000 Seats5000 Seats2000 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

ConvergedInfrastructure

• Turnkey Solutions with integrated compute stacks

• Targeted for medium & large scale environments

5 With Intel® Xeon® processor


Cisco Unified Data Center Optimizations for Virtual Desktops

Application Performance OptimizationsVM-FEX delivering deterministic performance

Tier-0 Storage on ServerIOPS and storage optimizations

Prioritization of Desktop Pools / WorkloadsUCS QoS and bandwidth controls deliver prioritization to desktop pools

Rapid Provisioning of DesktopsService profile templates for rapid provisioning of desktop pools

Desktop Density and ScalabilityGreat virtual desktop density with linear performance scalability

Networking Visibility and Security to the DesktopsNexus 1000V with VSG and VM-FEX provide VM level controls



Efficient Scaling of Cisco UCS Desktop Virtualization Solutions

LAN SAN A

SAN B

Mgmt

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3

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10

VM Management Domain (~2000 desktops)

Infrastructure Management Domain (~20K desktops)



Dynamic Platform Provisioningwith Service Profiles

• Separate firmware, addresses, and parameter settings

• Physical servers become interchangeable hardware components

• Service profile templates allow rapid provisioning of new virtual desktops

Chassis-8/Blade-4Chassis-1/Blade-2

Profile 1 UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b…MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FCWWN: 5080020000075740Boot Order: SAN, PXE

Profile 2 UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5d…MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FFWWN: 5080020000075742Boot Order: SAN

Profile 3 UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5f…MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FBWWN: 5080020000075744Boot Order: PXE, SAN

LAN SAN

Desktop Profile 1120 Knowledge | HVD Win 7

B-250 192GBLAN ConnectivitySAN Connectivity

Boot Order

Desktop Profile 2140 Task | XenApp CRM


Boot Order

Desktop Profile 3100 Power | HVD Win 7


Boot Order

Cisco UCS Manager



Cisco Desktop Virtualization Prioritization and QoS Pools

Silver Pool30% BandwidthFC with max burst 32k

Bronze Pool20% BandwidthFC with max burst of 16K

Platinum Pool50% BandwidthLossless Ethernet NFSMax burst 64K

• QoS controls for tuning Storage & Network flows—Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, best effort, FC QoS Classes

• Multi-cast optimizations

• Bandwidth controls

• Lossless Ethernet—drop/no drop

• Burst size controls

ServerBlade

Hypervisor

Cisco VIC

FEX 2200

FI 6200

VMVMVM VMVM VMVM Bronze PoolPlatinum Pool Silver Pool


App Virtualization Optimized with Cisco VM-FEX

Up to 50% increase in Application performance

Up to 67% reduction in Application latency

Near linear deterministic Application delivery with

scale

Performance Low Latency Deterministic Delivery

Citrix XenApp


Summary Thoughts/Information You Can Use!

http://bit.ly/JsHftg

Cisco Desktop Virtualization with Citrix and Hyper-V

Cisco Desktop Virtualization QoS and Manageability

http://bit.ly/J3lSn4

Cisco Validated Designs for Desktop Virtualization

http://bit.ly/J3n9uk

More on Cisco.com:• cisco.com/go/vdi• cisco.com/go/vdidesigns

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