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1. Cisco, VMware and Hyper-converged Solutions for
the Enterprise. Architecture for the Next Generation
Roger Barlow, Cisco
Kishan Ramaswamy, Cisco
Alex Jauch, VMware
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Virtualization Changed the Storage Workload
OS
App
Physical Virtual Infrastructure
• 1:1 app to datastore
• Predictable, single QoS
• N:1 app to datastore
• Random, multi-QoS
Hypervisor

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Software-Defined Storage
Virtualized Data Plane
App-centric Data Services
Policy-Driven Control Plane
VMware Approach to Software-Defined Storage
Extensible framework
leveraged by ecosystem
to deliver VM-centric
snapshots, clones,
replication, backup, etc.
Common management
model based on VM-level
policies for automated
placement, balancing,
data services provisioning
Hypervisor-based pooling
of heterogeneous storage
resources optimized for
VM consumption

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VMware Virtual SAN: Software Defined Storage
with Unparalleled Efficiency and Agility
…………….
vSphere
VSAN
VMware vCenter Server
• Virtual SAN clusters direct-attached solid
state drives and hard disks from multiple
servers to create shared storage
• Provides converged compute & storage
• Policy based management for self-tuning
VM-centric storage
• Scale-out architecture with built-in Flash-
based caching
• Integrated with existing vSphere constructs
• Radically simple storage designed
for virtual machines
• Fast, resilient, dynamic
• Starts small with linear scaling of
performance, capacity, and cost
Overview
BenefitsHard
disks
SSD
Hard
disks
SSD
Hard
disks
SSD Hard
disks
SSD
VSAN Datastore

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VSAN: Radically Simple & Dynamic Storage for Virtual Machines
Instantly provision
VM storage using
simple policies
vSphere
Hard disks
SSD
VSAN
Hard disksSSD
…………….
Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD
Clustered VSAN Datastore
Each VM maintains
its own unique
policy on the
VSAN datastore
Storage capacity
and performance
scale dynamically
with your cluster
Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD
VSAN
vSphere
VSAN Datastore

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VMware VSAN – Initial Use Cases
vSphere
VSAN
1. Virtual Desktop
(VDI)
vSphere
VSAN
3. Big Data
vSphere
VSAN
2. Tier 2/3 Test
and Dev
vSphere
VSAN
4. DR Target
ROBO
Site A
Site B

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Vision: Hyper-converged infrastructure
 To Be Realized over the Next
3-5 Years
 Single Pane of Glass
Management
 Rapid Deployment
 Seamless Migration
 Single UCS Console
 Advanced Data Management
Services
 Orchestrated Workflows via
vCO
WAN
Data Center
UCS B & C Series
Application Level Data Management
UCS E-Series
VMware Virtual SAN
VMware Virtual SAN
Remote
Sites
UCS E-Series
VMware Virtual SAN

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Business Drivers
 Traditional Architecture Requires a Compromise
• Distributed Architecture is often more performant
• Centralized Architecture is usually cheaper
 Hyper Converged Architecture Offers A Middle Ground
• Distributed Compute on a Hyper Converged Platform
• High Performance Advantages of Distributed Architecture
• Reduced Cost Due to Platform Convergence
 Assumes Architectural Changes
• Not All Applications Are Appropriate
• Assumes “Cloud Generation” Architecture
• Requires Application Level Data Mobility (today)
 One of Many Benefits of Hyper-Converged Architectures

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Cisco UCS B (Blade)
and C (Rack) Servers
Unified Data Center Computing Platform

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Cisco Is to Physical as VMware Is to Virtual
 Single point physical infrastructure management
 Fully capable XML API
 Policy based configuration management
 Template based configurations
 OS migration servers

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Cisco Physical Infrastructure Innovations
Unified Fabric
FEX-Link
o Fabric Extender
o Adapter-FEX
o VM-FEX (aka “VM-FEX”, “VN-Tag”)
Virtualized Adapter
Unified Management

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Wire Once Architecture
 All links can be active all the time
 Policy-driven bandwidth allocation
 Virtual interface granularity
Uplinks
20Gb/s 40Gb/s 80Gb/s

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Unified Computing System (UCS)
Single Point of Management
Unified Fabric
Stateless Servers with Virtualized Adapters

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UCS Blade Servers
B22 M3 B200 M3 B230 M2 B420 M3 B440 M2
Slots 1 1 1 2 2
CPU E5-2400 E5-2600 E7-2800 E5-4600 E7-4800
Cores 16 16 20 32 40
DIMMs 12 24 32 48 32
Max GB 384GB 768GB 512GB 1.5TB 1TB
Disk 2 x 2.5” 2 x 2.5” 2 SSD 4 x 2.5” 4 x 2.5”
Raid 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1/5/6 0/1/5/6
Integrated I/O Dual 10Gb Dual 20Gb No Dual 20Gb No
Mezz 1 1 1 2 2

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UCS Rackmount Servers
C22 M3 C24 M3 C220 M3 C240 M3 C260 M2 C420 M3 C460 M2
RU 1 2 1 2 2 2 4
CPU E5-2400 E5-2400 E5-2600 E5-2600 E7-2800 E5-4600 E7-4800
Cores 16 16 16 16 20 32 40
DIMMs 12 12 16 24 64 48 64
Max GB 192GB 192GB 512GB 768GB 1TB 1.5TB 1TB
Disk
8 x 2.5” or
4 x 3.5”
24 x 2.5” or
12 x 3.5”
8 x 2.5” or
4 x 3.5”
24 x 2.5” or
12 x 3.5”
16 x 2.5” or
32 x SSD
16 x 2.5” 16 x 2.5”
LoM 2 x 1Gb 2 x 1Gb 2 x 1Gb 4 x 1Gb
2 x 1Gb +
2 x 10Gb
2 x 10Gb
2 x 1Gb +
2 x 10Gb
PCIe
Slots
2 x PCIe 3.0 5 x PCIe 3.0 2 x PCIe 3.0 5 x PCIe 3.0 6 x PCIe 2.0 6 x PCIe 3.0 10 x PCIe 2.0
Internal
Storage
USB Port USB Port
USB Port
FlexFlash
USB Port
FlexFlash
USB Port
FlexFlash
USB Port
FlexFlash
eUSB

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Unified, Embedded Management
Aligns People, Policy, and Configuration with the Cloud
Server Policy…
Storage Policy…
Network Policy…
Virtualization Policy…
Application Profiles…
Subject Matter Experts
Define Policies
Storage
SME
Server
SME
Network
SME
Policies Used
to Create
Service Profile
Templates
Service Profile
Templates
Create Service Profiles
Associating Service
Profiles with Hardware
Configures Servers
Automatically
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Unified
Management

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Manage Many Form Factors for Diverse
Application Requirements
 Rack and Blade
form factors in
a common
resource pool
 Self Integrating
System
 Add capacity
without complexity
Cisco UCS
Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS
Fabric Extender
C-Series Rack Mount
ServersB-Series Blade Servers
Unified
Management

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Cisco ISR G2 and UCS E-series
Compute resource for the Branch

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Cisco UCS E-Series Single Wide Blade
Up to 2 SATA, SAS or SSD Hard
Drives
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, 12, and 16
GB DRAM
Options
Maximum 65 W Power
Draw
80 Percent 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

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Cisco UCS E-Series Double Wide Blade
Up to 3 SATA, SAS, SSD Hard
Drives or 2 HDD and a PCIe Card
Out-of-Band
Configuration and
Management
Through
CIMC
Intel Xeon E5-2400 Quad
Core or Six-Core
Processor
On-Board Hardware RAID 0, 1, and
5 •Configuration Options with Hot-Swap
CapabilityTwo 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 Percent 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

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Cisco Integrated Services Router Generation 2
Virtual
Office
Highly
Secure
Mobility
Customizable
Applications
Highly Secure
Collaboration
Scalable
Interactive-Media
Services
860, 880, 890
1941, 1941W
No UCS E-
Series Blades
No UCS E-
Series Blades
1 or 2 UCS
E- Series
Blades
Up to 4 UCS
E- Series
Blades
3925, 3945
3925E, 3945E
2901*, 2911,
2921, 2951
ISR 4451-X
1 or 2 UCS
E- Series
Blades

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VSAN on ISR G2 and UCS E-series
 One Chassis In-Box redundancy architecture
• 4 UCS E-140S Modules in one Cisco 3945 Integrated Service Router
• VSAN running on the UCS E-series modules in the ISRs
• Synchronous Data Mirroring across the nodes
• Use vCenter to manage all hosts and VSAN storage clusters
VSAN Datastore
Hard disks
SSD Hard disksSSD
Hard disksSSDHard disksSSD

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VSAN Across Remote Sites
 Redundancy across UCS E-series with in a router in a ROBO
• VSAN can create a single VSAN Storage cluster across all nodes with in a
router
Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD
…………….
Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD
VSAN Datastore
Hard disksSSD Hard
disks
SSD Hard
disks
SSDHard
disks
SSD Hard disksSSD Hard
disks
SSD Hard
disks
SSDHard
disks
SSD
WAN/Internet
Remote/Branch Offices- Cisco UCS E-
series
Data Center – Cisco UCS B/C Series
VSAN Datastore
Branch BBranch A

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VSAN Across Multiple Routers at a Site
 Redundancy across multiple routers with in a ROBO
• VSAN can create a single VSAN Storage cluster across all nodes in both
the routers
Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD
…………….
Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD Hard disksSSD
Hard disksSSD Hard
disks
SSD Hard
disks
SSDHard
disks
SSD Hard disksSSD Hard
disks
SSD Hard
disks
SSDHard
disks
SSD
WAN/Internet
Remote/Branch Offices- Cisco UCS E-
series
Data Center – Cisco UCS B/C Series
Branch A
VSAN Datastore

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Retail
 Mission Critical Applications
• Point of Sale
• Credit card payments
 Core Services
• DNS/Domain Controller
• File/Print Server
Internet
WAN
 Home Grown Applications
• Inventory Control
 Third Party Applications
• Industry Weapon
• Analytical Software
• Distributed architecture
• Low speed WAN links
• Limited available space for IT gear
• VSAN for business continuity
 Physical Security
• Surveillance Camera
• Local Storage
 Wireless LAN Controllers

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Healthcare
Internet
WAN
Large Clinics
• Typically 3900 ISR Aggregation Routers with UCS E-140D or
UCS E-160D
• VSAN running on UCS E-Series modules for HA
• Patient Data, Storage of Medical Records, Digital Images
Large Hospitals or Regional Data Center
• Data redundancy provided by VSAN
• Virtual Desktops
• Storage of Medical records
• Application Management
Small Clinics
• Typically 2900 ISR Aggregation Routers with
UCS E-140S
• VSAN running on UCS E-Series modules for HA

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Session Summary
 The Introduction of vSAN Introduces New Architectural
Possibilities
 Hyper Converged Architectures in The Datacenter and Remote
Office Lower Complexity and Cost
 Cisco and VMware Are Partnering To Deliver on this Vision
 This is Continuing to Evolve over the next few years
 vSAN is a V1 Product, It Will Continue to Evolve

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Other VMware Activities Related to This Session
 Group Discussions:
STO1001-GD
VSAN with Cormac Hogan and VMware R&D Engineers
Breakout:
STO5027 – vSAN Best Practices
Deep Dive vSAN session with Cormac and Kiran

30. THANK YOU

32. Cisco, VMware and Hyper-converged Solutions for
the Enterprise. Architecture for the Next Generation
Roger Barlow, Cisco
Alex Jauch, VMware
STO5415
#STO5415