1. IBM Systems and Technology Group System StorageSolution
Brief Building a Microsoft Hyper-V cloud with IBM solutions IBM
System x3650 M3 and IBM XIV Storage help maximize cloud deployments
A private cloud is a combination of physical servers, storage,
Highlights networking and management software that enables
customers to receive capacity on demand by creating virtual
machines from physical Deploy a private cloud to attain highly
resource pools. Companies can realize the following benefits: agile
and dynamic IT environments Realize higher resource utilization and
Deploying a private cloud in an organizations data center can help
optimization of resources through businesses attain highly agile
and dynamic IT environments. shared use Abstracting the physical
hardware infrastructure allows higher resource Monitor, deploy and
maintain physical utilization and optimization of resources through
shared use. and virtual servers using cloud Using cloud management
tools to monitor, deploy and maintain management tools physical and
virtual servers can occur while providing reporting, Provide
reporting, metering and metering and resource billing as needed.
resource billing as needed Creating resource groups for customers
from the clouds pool of Associate billing metrics for each capacity
can enable IT organizations to associate billing metrics for
resource unit such as CPU, memory each resource unit such as CPU,
memory and storage. and storage From the IT consumer perspective,
cloud services appear to have infinite capacity and are accessed
via a self-service portal that allows individual organizations to
create and repurpose virtual resources as needed. The IBM Private
Cloud Offering (PCO) for Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track
configuration is a validated, ready-to-use configuration of
servers, networking and storage systems that provide a reliable,
scalable, available, high-performance, fault-tolerant management
and computing platform for your cloud deployments. Building a
complete cloud platform with Microsoft and IBM components A private
cloud environment built upon a robust and reliable foundation of
IBM System x servers, IBM XIV Storage Systems, IBM switches and
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V hypervisor
provides exceptional high availability and fault tolerance for the
most demanding virtual environments. To successfully achieve the
uptimes demanded by todays critical business applications and
organizations, the private cloud must contain both management and
production layers.
2. IBM Systems and Technology Group System StorageSolution
BriefThe private cloud management layer is built on a pair of IBM
performance workhorses in the industry. XIV Fibre ChannelSystem
x3650 M3 systems using Windows failover clustering (FC) and
Internet SCSI (iSCSI) connectivity are well suitedand Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Microsoft for private cloud
end-to-end virtualization environments.Hyper-V. For domain
authentication, an IBM System x3550M3 active directory server
facilitates cloud security. Cloud Finally, the private cloud layers
are linked together by amanagement utilizes Microsoft System Center
Operations converged networking framework made up of redundant
IBMManager (SCOM) with the IBM Hardware Management Pack; B32 and
IBM B24Y switches in a fault-tolerant configuration.Microsoft
System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Each host server in
the management and Hyper-V productionwith the IBM Performance and
Resource Optimization (PRO) clusters uses two Brocade dual-port
converged networkPack; and Microsoft SCVMM Self-Service Portal 2.0
services. adapters (CNAs) to provide highly optimized redundant
pathsThis unique combination of Microsoft System Center tools, for
both SAN and LAN traffic.extended with IBM upward-integration
components, supportskey administrative cloud functions. Together,
these components form a high-performing, cost- effective solution
that supports Microsoft Hyper-V cloudThe private cloud production
layer consists of an 8-node environments for business-critical
applications that includecluster of IBM System x3650 M3 2-socket
servers running Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange,
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 SP1. All cluster servers are
attached SharePoint and even many custom third-party solutions.to
the highly reliable IBM XIV Storage System, which scalesup to 243
TB of usable enterprise-class disk storage for cloud Figure 1 shows
the general configuration of the IBM PCO.servicing needs while
being one of the most user-friendlyFigure 1: The IBM Private Cloud
Offering 2
3. IBM Systems and Technology Group System StorageSolution
BriefMicrosoft Hyper-V and failover clustering virtual hard disk
files. Creating several large CSVs helps to hostMicrosoft Hyper-V
virtualization technology is an virtual machine operating system
files and balance the load acrossincreasingly key cloud component
that is included as a role in Microsoft cluster nodes. Optional
CSVs help host virtual hardx64 versions of Windows Server 2008 R2
Standard, Enterprise disk (VHD) files for application data
depending on theirand Datacenter editions or as a stand-alone,
console-based functional design. Using fixed VHDs helps to
maximizehypervisor in the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 product (available
performance. Additional storage volumes help provide iSCSI orfor
download from http://www.microsoft.com/hvs). Virtual VM
pass-through disks as required.machines can support up to four
virtual processors and 64 GBof memory, depending on the operating
system loaded. Furthermore, spreading virtual machines and CSVs
across an active/active group of cluster members helps to
maximizeEach virtual machine has its own operating system instance
hardware resource utilization based on the number of highlyand is
completely isolated from the host operating system as available
virtual machines present and the total number ofwell as other
virtual machines (VMs). VM isolation helps parent hosts
participating in the cluster. Similarly, thepromote higher
business-critical application availability while spreading of XIV
LUNs across every spindle inside the XIVthe Microsoft failover
clustering feature, found in the storage array provides consistent
I/O response to the clusterWindows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and
Datacenter without needing administrator planning or
intervention.Editions, can dramatically improve production uptimes.
As Users should still make sure enough physical server
resourcessuch, Microsoft failover clustering plays a pivotal role
in the are available to handle all virtual machines in an N-1IBM
PCO solution and careful consideration is built into the
configuration to accommodate maintenance windows ornetwork and
storage design. unplanned cluster failovers. Once a management
failover cluster is successfully deployed, a separate virtual
machine canEach clustered Hyper-V node uses four converged network
be created for SCVMM.ports to handle LAN and SAN communication
functions suchas Hyper-V management, VM connectivity, failover
cluster Microsoft System Center Virtual Machineheartbeats, cluster
shared volume (CSV) traffic, and live Manager 2008 R2migration
communication as well as other desired networks. SCVMM simplifies
private cloud management for bothSAN I/O is spread across all four
Brocade CNA ports using physical and virtual systems from a single
administrativeMicrosoft Windows native multipath I/O (MPIO) enabled
by console. Administrators have the ability to create virtualthe
XIV Host Attachment Kit. Using the Brocade Host machine templates
to rapidly and intelligently deploy VMsConnectivity Manager,
logical separation of the Ethernet to Microsoft failover clusters.
Acting as a virtual machinenetworks is achieved through the use of
two CNA network deployment hub, SCVMM supports live migrations,
quick-interface card teams comprised of separate cluster role-based
storage migrations and straightforward automationvirtual LANs.
capabilities leveraging Windows PowerShell. It enables performance
and resource optimization of virtual machinesThe majority of IBM
XIV Storage System volumes are allocated triggered by SCOM alerts,
which contribute to greater VMfor virtual machine CSV use. In order
to eliminate storage control and efficiency. PRO Packs, such as the
IBM PROarrayrelated hot spots, XIV volumes (LUNs) are automatically
Pack, allow automated VM cluster migrations in response tospread
across every disk inside the XIV storage array. The XIV defined
SCOM triggers that can resolve problematicLUN is then defined by
single LUN-to-CSV mapping via the resource states or balance
critical workloads across clustereasy-to-use XIV GUI. In other
words, each individual XIV LUN hosts. Part of the same family,
SCVMM tightly integratesrepresents a single CSV. CSVs are
concurrently visible to all with SCOM and substantially enhances
private cloudcluster nodes and store the virtual machine
configuration and management and monitoring. 3
4. IBM Systems and Technology Group System StorageSolution
BriefMicrosoft System Center Operations IBM System x3650 M3Manager
2007 R2 At the core of the IBM PCO solution, IBM System x
serversSCOM provides centralized administration from a single
deliver the performance and reliability required forGUI, and
provides multilayer monitoring of health, virtualizing
business-critical applications in Hyper-V cloudperformance and
availability of private cloud environments environments. To provide
the expected virtualizationacross hardware, hypervisors, operating
systems and even performance to handle any Microsoft
productionapplications. The IBM Hardware Management Pack is
environment, IBM System x3650 M3 servers can be equippedavailable
to add IBM-specific monitoring and information to with up to two
Intel 6-core processors for a total ofSCOM. Operations Manager
primarily caters to Windows- 12 processing cores and up to 288 GB
of memory. Hot-based monitoring but also supports heterogeneous
swappable power supplies and fans as well as remoteenvironments for
customers who want to build non-Windows management via keyboard,
video and mouse, which enablesvirtual machines. Additionally, SCOM
2007 R2 also offers continuous remote management capabilities, help
solidifyuncomplicated reporting and authoring capabilities to track
the dependability IBM customers have grown accustomedperformance
against private cloud service-level agreements. to with System x
servers.Through the Microsoft Self-Service Portal,
administratorsactually define many of the service-level resources
and By virtualizing with Microsoft Hyper-V technology on
IBMcomplete the private cloud management layer. System x3650 M3
servers (Figure 2), businesses reduce physical server sprawl, data
center footprints, powerMicrosoft SCVMM Self-Service Portal 2.0
consumption and total cost of ownership (TCO). VirtualizingSCVMM
Self-Service Portal 2.0 is the primary customer the server
environment also results in lower serverweb-based interface for
dynamic virtual machine administrative overhead, giving IT
administrators themanagement. It is a free, partner-extensible
software package capability to manage more systems than with
exclusivelythat allows service providers to dynamically pool,
allocate and physical environments. Highly available critical
applicationsmanage data center resources. Private cloud
administrators residing on clustered host servers can be managed
withsell virtual resource services to customers seeking to reduce
greater flexibility and minimal downtime due to the Hyper-VIT
costs. Budget-oriented organizations can purchase virtual premier
migration features. Perform live migrations duringinfrastructure
resources made up of server, storage, and physical server
maintenance windows to prevent productionnetworking hardware that
is managed and hosted by private downtime by simply failing over
virtual machines. Continuouscloud service providers. This increases
IT flexibility for those operation is accomplished by transferring
VM memory pagescustomers that benefit from an automated,
user-friendly web between servers across the network while VMs are
stillportal. SCVMM Self-Service Portal 2.0 easily supports cloud
running. The final transition occurs within the TCP/IPcustomer
solutions by providing metering, billing and timeout window,
resulting in zero client downtime. Realizereporting. SCVMM
Self-Service Portal 2.0 is also tightly greater IT flexibility by
using virtualization to streamline theintegrated with the System
Center family of products, and deployment and upgrade processes for
both physical andsimplifies service provider billable unit mappings
for server, virtual machines.storage and networking hardware
resources. 4
5. IBM Systems and Technology Group System StorageSolution
BriefIn addition, experience a greater return on investment (ROI)
optimizes performance and integrates seamlessly with cloudand a
lower TCO from reduced hardware requirements technologies to give
you the agility needed to handle growthby maximizing resource
utilization of all physical server while helping ensure high
availability and data protection.investments. Benefit by optimizing
infrastructure to simplifyand standardize IT administration and
curb labor costs. The XIV data protection design incorporates
active-active N+1Also realize reduced downtime costs by easily
moving and redundancy of all data modules, disk drives,
interconnectbalancing workloads across different resources. Improve
switches and UPS units, and offers multipath FC and
iSCSIoperational agility and flexibility in managing maintenance
host connectivity. Three UPS units protect all disks, cache
andschedules when responding to todays dynamic IT demands.
electronics with redundant power supplies and fans, which help to
further promote impressive hardware and software reliability with
enterprise-class availability. The XIV also employs a predetermined
data distribution model that helps ensure fast recovery from
failures by anticipating and predicting failures through proactive
error and pre-failure detection, and employing corrective healing
before failures occur. From a storage administrators perspective,
XIV has earned a reputation for being one of the most user-friendly
storage arrays available. The XIV storage array incorporates a
management architecture that allows XIV storage to grow or change
without a need for hot spot administration andFigure 2: IBM System
x3650 M3 planning. Combining the no-hot-spot management feature
with the XIV familys ability to self-heal and automaticallyIBM XIV
and XIV Gen3 Storage Systems load balance server workloads
minimizes the need for storageIBM XIV Storage Systems are excellent
choices for administration time and skills.Microsoft virtualized
cloud environments. The IBM XIVfamily of arrays was built to
provide easy-to-use, enterprise- In addition to the high
availability and reliability features,class storage, offering IBM
CE installation and maintenance, the XIV family offers performance
characteristics to meetphone home, synchronous and asynchronous
mirroring, demanding cloud-based workloads. The 15-module
XIVsnapshots, thin provisioning, performance reporting and
2810/2812-A14 distributed architecture provides a combinedredundant
hardware components. The IBM XIV total of up to 240 GB of cache and
individual modulescomplements IBM System x3650 M3 servers and the
powered by quad-core Intel Xeon processors; similarly, theBrocade
converged networking infrastructure in an end-to- new XIV Gen3
model provides even higher performance withend Microsoft Private
Cloud Fast Track solution by up to 360 GB of cache. Six dedicated
host interface modulesdelivering proven disk storage, starting as
small as six ensure optimal, pseudo-balanced data distribution
among allmodules and 27 TB (usable) and scaling to 15 modules and
180 1 TB or 2 TB Serial ATA (SATA) disks to eliminate hotover 243
TB (usable). IBM XIV eliminates the complexity of spots. This data
distribution feature has become increasinglymanaging enterprise
storage, never compromising important due to the larger LUNs used
by multiple virtualperformance or reliability, while offering
incredibly low machines typically deployed in cloud environments.
Since everyTCO. Its grid architecture delivers virtual storage that
LUN has access to all operating spindles, all the time, the chance
of bottlenecking on the storage is greatly reduced when compared to
traditional architectural approaches using RAID sets and hot
spares. 5
6. IBM Systems and Technology Group System StorageSolution
BriefThis unique grid architecture helps provide the following key
With the XIV familys one price for all features pricingbenefits:
model, there are no hidden costs for multipath software or
replication featuresspecifically, every XIV includes the
Continuous, predictable high performance without following with
purchase: snapshot capability, thin provisioning, traditional
complex tuning requirements asynchronous and synchronous data
replication, advanced 4 Gb FC and 1 Gb iSCSI host connectivity
management, performance reporting, monitoring and alerting, No
single point of failure and full support of Microsoft technologies
including Industry-leading rebuild times in the event of disk or
module GeoClustering, Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) failures
(less than 60 minutes for 2 TB drives) and MPIO. Innovative
snapshot functionality that includes snap-of-snap, restore-of-snap
and a nearly unlimited number of snapshots IBM Converged Switch B32
Nondisruptive maintenance and upgrades The IBM Converged Switch B32
(Figure 3) enables access Per host/cluster QoS capability to
prioritize workloads based to LAN and SAN environments over a
common server on business criticality connection by utilizing data
center bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
protocols. The B32 usesThe newest model in the XIV family, the IBM
XIV Storage full Fibre Channel Forwarding capabilities and connects
toSystem Gen3 storage array (model 2810/2812-114) contains servers
via Brocade CNAs. The switch offers 24-10 Gbpsall the benefits of
the XIV family plus the following DCB Ethernet ports that can
transport both FCoE andperformance enhancements: regular Ethernet
traffic. FCoE can be forwarded into an FC SAN network through the
eight 8 Gbps FC ports on the B32. Up to 4 times the throughput (10
GB/sec) of the previous generation, improving performance for
business intelligence, The consolidation of server SAN and LAN
ports and archiving and other I/O-intensive applications
corresponding cables simplify configuration and cabling in Up to 3
times improved response time of the previous server cabinets and
reduce acquisition costs. With fewer generation, enabling faster
transaction processing and greater components using power and
cooling, organizations can save scalability for online transaction
processing, database and significant operating costs as well. For
the IBM private cloud email applications solution, 10 Gbps DCB
Ethernet ports provide connectivity Power to serve even more
applications from a single system between hosts and uplinks to the
LAN aggregation layer and with a substantial hardware upgrade that
includes an to the IBM Ethernet Switch B24Y carrying iSCSI traffic.
FC InfiniBand interconnect, larger cache (up to 360 GB of ports are
used to connect to the IBM XIV Storage System. combined memory),
faster SAS disk controllers and increased processing powerplus,
each Gen3 interface module delivers 8 Gb FC and 1 Gb iSCSI
connectivity Option for future upgradeability to solid-state drive
(SSD) Caching for breakthrough SSD performance levels at a fraction
of typical SSD storage costs (planned availability for Gen3 in the
first half of 2012) Figure 3: IBM Converged Switch B32 6
7. IBM Systems and Technology Group System StorageSolution
BriefIBM Ethernet Switch B24Y IBM XIV storage, can provide up to 96
physical CPU cores, justThe IBM Ethernet Switch B24Y (Figure 4) is
a high- over 2 TB of memory and up to 243 TB of usable disk
space.performance Ethernet/IP switch offering 24-1 GbE ports and
The IBM Hardware Management Pack and PRO Pack, forfour 10 GbE ports
versatile enough to be used for stacking, Microsoft System Center
Operations Manager and Systemuplinks or connectivity to end
devices. Designed for wire-speed Center Virtual Machine Manager,
provide valuable monitoringand non-blocking performance, the B24Y
with symmetric flow of cloud environments and identify and resolve
potential issuescontrol capabilities is well suited for connecting
servers to before they negatively impact business-critical
applicationstorage in an iSCSI environment. Users can manage the
device uptimes. In addition, you can streamline organizational
processesusing an industry-standard command-line interface or
through and costs by rapidly deploying, managing and recycling
virtuala web management GUI. machines using SCVMM while employing
Microsoft Self- Service Portal 2.0 to provide metering, billing and
self-serviceThe IBM private cloud solution uses the B24Y to provide
a provisioning to supported organizations.secure, redundant
back-end management network to theattached hosts and Microsoft
Active Directory servers as well For more information or to place
an order, please contactas iSCSI connectivity to the XIV storage.
your IBM sales or business partner representative. The following
IBM Business Partners can provide integration and customization
services for your IBM-based, Microsoft Private Cloud or Hyper-V
project: Avanade Inc. (www.avanade.com): Avanade provides business
technology services and solutions that connect insight, innovation
and expertise in MicrosoftFigure 4: IBM Ethernet Switch B24Y
technologies to help customers improve performance, productivity
and sales for organizations in all industries.Realizing value with
the IBM Private Avanade has the expertise to automate IT
operationalCloud Offering processes in a Microsoft environment.
Through automation,Discover the true value delivered by IBMs
affordable and Avanade can help clients reduce their dependency
oninnovative private cloud solutions for Microsoft environments
manual tasks, reducing opportunity for error, and freeing ITbased
on insight and proven experience gained from IBMs operational staff
to focus on higher-value activities.diverse partner and customer
relationships. IBM and itsbusiness partners are committed to the
tradition of providing The Avanade knowledge can help extend
proactive (andindustry-leading server, storage and networking
hardware and automated) management of supporting
infrastructures,virtualization services and solutions that improve
high including network, storage, security and other
componentsavailability, efficiency, ROI and satisfaction for the
most that are core to delivering IT services. Avanade
Clouddemanding Microsoft IT environments. Services Manager helps
provide a renewed and enhanced perspective on IT Service
management, extending acrossThe IBM Private Cloud Offering for
Microsoft Private various Information Technology Infrastructure
LibraryCloud Fast Track helps bring business to the next level of
(ITIL) principles, including Incident Management,virtualization. It
successfully creates a capacity-on-demand Problem Management,
Change Management andenvironment that pools compute, storage and
networking Configuration Management.resources. Combine IBM System x
servers, XIV storage systemsand Brocade networking with Microsoft
Hyper-V virtualization For additional information, refer to
www.avanade.com or sendto optimize utilization levels and maximize
return on investment. an e-mail to Avanade directly at
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