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Unified Computing System E-Series (UCS E) Virtualization Ready Branch Server Platform for ISR G2

Anurag Gurtu (Sr. Product Manager)

BRKVIR-2003

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Agenda

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Unified Computing System E-Series Overview

Hardware Specifications

Management Overview

Performance Benchmarking


Unified Computing System E-Series

Overview


Single Device Integration

Higher Flexibility

Faster Provisioning

Less Ports and Wires

Right-Sized Blade Servers

Faster Provisioning

Less Parts and Wires

Lower Operating Costs

Bare-Metal OS / Hypervisor

Lower Hardware Costs

Faster Failure Recovery

Shorter Time-to-Market

Unified Computing System E-Series Addressing Lean Branch Office Challenges

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Virtualization

Platform Network

Platform

Compute

Platform

Domain-Based

Management


Compute Platform (UCS E-Series Single Wide) Compact, Multipurpose Blade Housed in ISR G2

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Up to 2 SATA, SAS or SSD hard drives

Lights Out Configuration and

Management Through CIMC

Intel Xeon E3 family quad-

core processor

On board Hardware RAID 0/1

with Hot-Swap Capability

One External and Two

Internal GE Ports

USB 2.0 Port for External Device Connectivity

8 GB , 12 GB

and 16 GB

DRAM Options

Maximum 65 W Power Draw

80% Less Than Server

Wire-Free, Plug-and-Play Modularity,

Low Shipping Weight (2.5 lb/1.1 kg)

Remote and Schedulable

Power Management

iSCSI Initiator

Hardware Offload

KVM Console connector

10/100 Ethernet

Management Port

Two SD cards: one for the CIMC and

temporary storage of OS and one for a blank

virtual drive


Compute Platform (UCS E-Series Double Wide) Compact, Multipurpose Blade Housed in ISR G2

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Up to 3 SATA, SAS, SSD hard drives or

2 HDD and a PCIe card

Intel Xeon E5-2400 quad

core or six-core processor

On board hardware RAID 0, 1 and

5 •Configuration Options with Hot-Swap Capability Two External and Two Internal GE Ports

with TCP/IP Acceleration

Front-panel VGA, 2 USB, and serial

console connectors

8 GB - 48 GB

DRAM Options

Maximum 130 W Power Draw

80% Less Than Server

Wire-Free, Plug-and-Play Modularity,

Low Shipping Weight (7 lb / 3.2 kg)

Remote and

Schedulable Power

Management

iSCSI Initiator

Hardware Offload

Two SD cards: one for the CIMC and

temporary storage of OS and one for a

blank virtual drive

Lights Out Configuration and

Management Through CIMC


UCS-E140S

UCS-E140D(P) / UCS-E160D(P)

Processor Intel Xeon (Sandy Bridge)

E3-1105C (1 GHz)

Intel Xeon (Sandy Bridge)

E5-2428L (2 GHz) / E5-2418L (1.8 GHz)

Core 4 4 / 6

Memory 8 - 16 GB

DDR3 1333MHz

8 - 48 GB

DDR3 1333MHz

Storage

200 GB- 2 TB (2 HDD)

SATA, SAS, SED, SSD

200 GB- 3 TB (3 HDD*)

SATA, SAS, SED, SSD

RAID RAID 0 & RAID 1 RAID 0, RAID 1 & RAID 5*

Network Port

Internal: 2 GE Ports

External: 1 GE Port

Internal: 2 GE Ports

External: 2 GE Ports

PCIE Card: 4 GE or 1 10 GE FCOE

Hardware Comparison Matrix (UCS E-Series)

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Compute Support (SRE / UCS E-Series) in ISR G2

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ISR G2 UCSE 140S UCSE 140D(P) UCSE 160D(P) Max Modules / Router

2911 Yes No No 1 SW

2921 Yes Yes No 1 SW or 1 DW*

2951 Yes Yes No 2 SW or 1 DW*

3925 Yes Yes Yes 2 SW or 1 DW & 1 SW

3925E Yes Yes Yes 2 SW or 1 DW & 1 SW

3945 Yes Yes Yes 4 SW or 2 SW & 1 DW

3945E Yes Yes Yes 4 SW or 2 SW & 1 DW

* Double Wide with four core


Virtualization Platform & Bare-metal OS

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ISR G2

UCS-E Server Modules

Hypervisor / Bare-metal OS

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Server

Oracle Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

SUSE Linux

Hypervisor

Microsoft Hyper-V

VMware vSphere

Citrix XenServer


Compute Certifications (UCS E-Series)

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Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) Certified

Certification for compatibility with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V

Windows Server 2012 certification in process

VMware HCL Certified

Certified with ESXi 5.0 Update 1 and above

Citrix Xen Hardware Certified

Red Hat Hardware Certified

SUSE Linux Hardware Certified


Management Overview


UCS E-Series Server System Management Domain-Based Separation of Management

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Cisco Network Management

Router Access Control

CCP Device Manager

Cisco Prime Central Manager

Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC)

Lights out management

Virtual KVM

Bare –metal OS and

Hypervisor Provisioning

Hypervisor Management

Microsoft System Center

VMware vCenter

Citrix XenCenter

Virtualization

Platform

Compute

Platform

Network

Platform

Domain-Based

Management


Domain Isolation (Network & IT Administrator)

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Network Administrator

Provisions IP Address

System Ready to Use

Network Administrator

Provisions Hardware

IT Administrator

Installs Software

IT Administrator

Configures Network

IT Administrator Connects

to Provisioned IP


Cisco Blade Management Cisco Integrated Management Controller

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Lights-Out Management

Out-of-band management accessed

hosted on dedicated base board management

controller(BMC) chip on each UCS E-series Server

Independent user management and access control

enforces network/server separation

Integrated Emulex Pilot-3 baseboard management

controller (BMC)

IPMI 2.0 compliant for management and control

One 10/100 Ethernet out-of-band management interface •

CLI and WebGUI management tool for automated, lights-

out management

Virtual KVM and Virtual Media support

Consistent CLI and GUI Look-and-Feel

Same user interface as UCS C-Series rack server CIMC

UCS E-Series Server

Web GUI

CLI LAN, WAN, Console

Ports, and Interfaces

CIMC

Compute

Platform


Cisco Blade Management Cisco Integrated Management Controller Compute

Platform



Platform

• Login

From ssh

From console

Unknown login: admin

Password:

UCS-E_CIMC#



Platform


Cisco Blade Management Cisco Integrated Management Controller

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Add-on Features Lock Front Panel power button

Configure BIOS, RAID & Boot Order

Install Host OSes using SD card

Router details

UCS E-Series Server

Web GUI

CLI LAN, WAN, Console

Ports, and Interfaces

CIMC

Compute

Platform


Cisco Blade Management

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Compute

Platform Network

Platform

CIMC Management via IOS

IP Address, Gateway, DNS, VLAN configuration

Configuration of management port

Ability to save & restore IMC configuration

Host Management via IOS

IP Address Configuration

Start / Stop / Restart / Reload of Host

Install Oses

Modification of Boot Order, RAID level

Ability to wipe of HDD

IOS 15.1.4 M2



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Compute

Platform Network

Platform Unknown /chassis # show detail

Chassis:

Power: off

Power Button: unlocked

IOS Lockout: unlocked

Serial Number: FOC16161F5E

Product Name: E140D

PID : UCS-E140D-M1/K9

UUID: 1255F7F0-0F16-0000-E5A5-05EAA6AF20B5

Description:

Unknown /chassis # set ios-lockout locked

Unknown /chassis *# commit

Unknown /chassis # show detail

Chassis:

Power: off

Power Button: unlocked

IOS Lockout: locked

Serial Number: FOC16161F5E

Product Name: E140D

PID : UCS-E140D-M1/K9

UUID: 1255F7F0-0F16-0000-E5A5-05EAA6AF20B5

Description:

Unknown /chassis #



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Compute

Platform Network

Platform

BMC

IMC

29xx/39xx

UCSE x/0

G0/1

UCSE x/1

UCS-E Doublewide

GE0 GE2

GE1 GE3 MGF

PCIe

NC-SI


Cisco Blade Management IOS CIMC Configuration – Shared LOM Console

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Compute

Platform Network

Platform

BMC

IMC

29xx/39xx

UCSE x/0

G0/1

UCSE x/1

UCS-E Doublewide

G0 GE2

G1 GE3 MGF

PCIe

NC-SI


Cisco Blade Management IOS CIMC Configuration – Shared LOM GE1

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Compute

Platform Network

Platform

BMC

IMC

29xx/39xx

UCSE x/0

G0/0/0 UCSE x/1

UCS-E Doublewide

GE0 GE2

GE1 GE3 MGF

PCIe

NC-SI


Cisco Blade Management IOS CIMC Configuration – Shared LOM G2/G3

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Compute

Platform Network

Platform

BMC

IMC

29xx/39xx

UCSE x/0

G0/1

UCSE x/1

UCS-E Doublewide

GE0 GE2

GE1 GE3 MGF

PCIe

NC-SI


Cisco Blade Management IOS CIMC Configuraton – Dedicated Mode

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Compute

Platform Network

Platform

Configuring CIMC Access Using Dedicated

Mode

Router#

!

interface ucse 2/0

imc ip address 10.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 default-

gateway 10.0.0.2

imc access-port dedicated

!

Router#

Host Router

E-Series Server

GE0 GE1

GE2 GE3

Router CPU

PCIe MGF

M

ucse2/0

BMC

CIMC GUI


Cisco Blade Management IOS CIMC Configuraton Shared-LOM Console

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Compute

Platform Network

Platform

Configuring CIMC Access - Shared LOM

Console (PCIe):

Router#

!

interface g0/0

ip address 10.0.0.1 255.0.0.0

!

interface ucse 2/0

ip unnumbered g0/0

imc ip address 10.0.0.2 255.0.0.0 default-

gateway 10.0.0.1

imc access-port shared-lom console

!

ip route 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.255 ucse 2/0

Host Router

E-Series Server

GE2 GE3

Router CPU

PCIe MGF

ucse2/0

BMC

CIMC GUI G0/0

GE0 GE1

Shared-lom console and ip

unnumbered will require static ip

route to access CIMC



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Virtualization

Platform

UCS E UCS E

Router Router

Router

Router Router Router

Router Router Router Router

Single console for all VMs and

Hypervisor Administration

Features

Extend virtualization management from

the data center to the branch

Centralize control and visibility at every

level of virtual infrastructure

Streamline, standardize, and automate

remote server infrastructure


Cisco UCS E-Series Support Model

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Hardware and Virtualization Support Provided by Cisco

UCS E is supported under ISR G2 SMARTnet

VMware ESXi* support covered under SMARTnet

Guest OS support covered by OS vendor

Supported by Cisco SMARTnet Attached to ISR G2

Supported by Microsoft Purchased Separately

ISR G2

UCS E / SRE Hardware

vSphere Hypervisor


Multi-Gigabit Fabric Use-case(s)


Use Case: Video Application,

Storage System, and IP Cameras

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MGF Fabric

Router

CPU

Hypervisor

OS

App

Hypervisor

OS

App

Video Management

System

Storage

Application

C29(config)# interface vlan 1

C29(config-if)# ip address 10.1.30.1 255.255.255.0

UCS-E

UCS-E


Use Case: Multiple VMs in Different

VLANs and EtherSwitch Module/Card

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MGF Fabric

Router

CPU

EtherSwitch Module /

EHWIC Card

Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

UCS-E

C29(config)# interface g0/0/X C29(config-if)# switchport access vlan 40




Use Case: Multiple VMs in Different

VLANs on Multiple UCS-E

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MGF Fabric Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

UCS-E

Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

Hypervisor

OS

App

UCS-E

UCS-E

Router

CPU




Performance Benchmarking


PassMark-CPU Mark

• 6995 with Windows 7

• 6950 with Windows 2008 R2

UCSE-140D

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html


Workload Classification

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VMware vSphere Hypervisor

Mail Server

Actions / Second MB / Second

File Server

New Orders /

Second

Java Server

Hardware (UCS-E or SRE)

Access / Second

Web Server

Commits / Second

Database Server


UCS-E140S Benchmarking Numbers

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Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0 (SSD) 6,167 53,899 4,786 63 6,576

RAID 1 (SSD) 6,185 54,346 4,627 63 6,236

4.50

4.44

CPU: 4 Cores @1 GHz

Disk: SSD

RAID: 0 & 1


Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0 (SSD) 12,408 97,225 8,351 130 14,785

UCS-E160D Benchmarking Numbers

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CPU: 6 Cores @1.8 GHz

Disk: SSD

RAID: 0


UCS-E160D Benchmarking Numbers

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Tile 1 Tile 2 Tile 3 Tile 4 Tile 5 Tile6

1.46

3.11

4.66

6.18

7.7 8.37 VMMark with RAID 0

JBOD RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5

1.43 1.45 1.38 1.26

VMMark @ 1 Tile

CPU: 6 Cores @1.8 GHz

Disk: SSD / SAS


Summary


Summary

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UCS-E series server modules are designed for Integrated

Services Router (ISR) G2 platform to:

Host applications running native or virtualized

Provide one box solution for branch offices

Speed up ROI and lower TCO

Virtualization

Computing Networking


General Information

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Customer resources: http://www.cisco.com/go/ucse

Mailing list: [email protected]

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http://www.cisco.com/go/ucse

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