January 2009 New England VMUG at Gillette presentation

1. Cisco Nexus 1000V
Brad Maher
Practice Manager, Virtualization Services
Focus Technology Solutions
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2. Legal Disclaimer:
Many of the products and features described
herein remain in varying stages of development
and will be offered on a when-and-if-available
basis. This roadmap is subject to change at the
sole discretion of Cisco, and Cisco will have no
liability for delay in the delivery or failure to
deliver any of the products or features set forth
in this document.
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3. Agenda:
• Trends with Server Virtualization
• Cisco VN-Link Introduction
• Cisco Nexus 1000V
Overview & Architecture
Deployment Scenarios
Advanced Features
• Additional Information
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4. Expanding Role of Server Virtualization
Server Consolidation And Virtualization Are #1 And #2 Spending
Priorities
Source: Goldman Sachs CIO Survey
10% of server workloads virtualized in 2008; forecast to be 50%-60%
in next 5 years
Source: Industry analyst reports
Increasing Use of VMotion and DRS resulting in Multiplicative
Increase in Complexity
Source: Cisco
Desktop Virtualization Gaining Traction as Tool to Address Desktop
Manageability, Security and Cost
Source: Goldman Sachs IT Spending Survey
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5. Networking Challenges to Scaling Server Virtualization
Security and Policy Operations and Organizational
Enforcement Management Structure
Lack of VM visibility,
Applied at physical Muddled ownership
accountability, and
server—not the as server admin
consistency
individual VM must configure
virtual network
Inefficient
Impossible to
management model
enforce policy for Organizational
and inability to
VMs in motion redundancy creates
effectively
compliance
troubleshoot
challenges
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6. Cisco Virtual Network Link – VN-Link
Virtualizing the Network Domain
•Virtual machine aware
network and storage services
•Abstract physical and logical
infrastructure
•Virtual machines are the new
data center building block
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7. VN-Link Brings VM Level Granularity
Problems:
VMotion
• VMotion may move VMs
across physical ports—policy
must follow
• Impossible to view or apply
policy to locally switched
traffic
• Cannot correlate traffic on
physical links—from multiple
VMs
VLAN
101
VN-Link:
•Extends network to the VM
•Consistent services
•Coordinated, coherent
management
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8. Cisco Nexus 1000V
Industry First 3rd Party Virtual Distributed
Switch
Nexus 1000V provides
•
enhanced VM switching for
VMW ESX environments Server 1 Server 2
• Features VN-Link VM
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM
capabilities: #1
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
#5 #7 #8
Policy-based VM
VMware vSwitch 1000V Nexus 1000V
VMware vSwitch
Nexus 1000V
Nexus
connectivity
VMW ESX VMW ESX
Mobility of network and
security properties
Non-disruptive operational
model
• Ensures visibility and
continued connectivity
during VMotion
Enabling Acceleration of Server Virtualization Benefits
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9. Cisco Nexus 1000V
Faster VM Deployment
Cisco VN-Link—Virtual Network Link
Policy-Based Mobility of Network Non-Disruptive
VM Connectivity & Security Properties Operational Model
Server Server
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Cisco Nexus 1000V
VMW ESX VMW ESX
Defined Policies
VM Connection Policy
WEB Apps
Defined in the network
HR
Applied in Virtual Center
DB Virtual Linked to VM UUID
Center
Compliance
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10. Cisco Nexus 1000V
Richer Network Services
VN-Link: Virtualizing the Network Domain
Policy-Based Mobility of Network Non-Disruptive
VM Connectivity & Security Properties Operational Model
Server
Server
VM VM VM VM
VM VM VM VM
VM VM VM VM #1 #2 #3 #4
#5 #6 #7 #8
#1 #2 #3 #4
Cisco Nexus 1000V
VMW ESX VMW ESX
VMs Need to Move
VN-Link Property Mobility
VMotion
DRS VMotion for the network
SW Upgrade/Patch Ensures VM security
Virtual
Hardware Failure Maintains connection state
Center
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11. Cisco Nexus 1000V
Increase Operational Efficiency
VN-Link: Virtualizing the Network Domain
Policy-Based Mobility of Network Non-Disruptive
VM Connectivity & Security Properties Operational Model
Server Server
VM VM VM VM
VM VM VM VM
#5 #6 #7 #8
#1 #2 #3 #4
Cisco Nexus 1000V
VMW ESX VMW ESX
Server Benefits
Maintains existing VM mgmt
Network Benefits
Reduces deployment time
Unifies network mgmt and ops
Improves scalability
Improves operational security
Reduces operational workload
Enhances VM network features
Virtual
Enables VM-level visibility
Ensures policy persistence
Center
Enables VM-level visibility
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12. What stays the same? What gets better?
Increase Operational Efficiency
Task Virtualization or Network Admin
Server Admin
vSwitch Config Automated Same as physical network
Port Group Config Automated Policy Based
Port Group Unchanged -
Assignment (Virtual Center based)
Add new ESX host Automated Unchanged
(assign NIC & go)
NIC Teaming Config Automated EtherChannel Optimized
VM Creation Unchanged Policy Based
Security Policy Based ACL, PVLAN, IP Redirect,
Port Security, TrustSec
Visibility VM Specific VM Specific
Management Tools Unchanged Cisco CLI, XML API,
(Virtual Center) SNMP, DCNM
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13. Cisco Nexus 1000V Architecture
Server 3
Server 1 Server 2
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
Nexus 1000V VMware vSwitch
VEM VEM VEM
VMware vSwitch VMware vSwitch
VMW ESX
VMW ESX VMW ESX
Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM)
Virtual or Physical appliance
Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM)
running Cisco OS (supports HA)
Virtual Center
Enables advanced networking
Cisco Nexus 1000V Enables:
capability management, monitoring,
Performs on the hypervisor
& configuration Connectivity
Policy Based VM Nexus 1000V
Provides each VM with dedicated
Tight integration with VMware
Mobility of Network & Security
“switch port”
Virtual Center
Properties
Collection of VEMs = 1 Distributed
Non-Disruptive Operational Model
Switch
VSM
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14. Nexus 1000V Deployment Scenarios
Pick your flavor
Rack Optimized
Servers
1. Works with all types of
Blade Servers
servers (rack optimized,
blade servers, etc)
2. Works with any type of
upstream switch (Blade, Top
or Rack, Modular)
3. Works at any speed (1G or
10G)
4. Nexus 1000V VSM can be
deployed as a VM or a
physical appliance
Nexus 1000V
VSM
Virtual Center
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15. Product Availability & Support
• Nexus 1000V is a Cisco product & will be sold and
supported through Cisco’s normal channels.
• It will be available in conjunction with an upgraded
version of the VMW ESX product in the 1st half of
2009
• Cisco Services & SmartNet support will be available
• Nexus 1000V is in BETA now – talk to the BU for more
information
• Nexus 1000V will have a flexible licensing
mechanism, more detail will be provided closer to
general availability.
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16. Accelerate Server Virtualization
Enable, Simplify, Scale
Security and Policy Operation & Organizational
Enforcement Management Structure
Simplify
Enable flexible
Enable VM-level management and
collaboration with
security and policy troubleshooting with
individual team
VM-level visibility
autonomy
Scale the use of
VMotion and DRS Scale with
Simplify and
automated server &
maintain existing
network
VM mgmt model
provisioning
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17. VN-Link With the Cisco Nexus 1000V
Cisco Nexus 1000V
Software Based Server
VM VM VM VM
#1 #2 #3 #4
Industry’s first third-party ESX
switch
Nexus 1000V
Built on Cisco NX-OS
VMW ESX
Compatible with switching platforms NIC NIC
Maintain Virtual Center provisioning
model unmodified for server Nexus
1000V
administration; allow network
LAN
administration of Nexus 1000V via
familiar Cisco NX-OS CLI
Policy-Based Mobility of Network Non-Disruptive
VM Connectivity and Security Properties Operational Model
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18. Key Features of the Nexus
1000V L2 Switching, 802.1Q Tagging, VLAN Segmentation, Rate Limiting (TX)
Switching IGMP Snooping, QoS Marking/Queuing
Policy Mobility, PVLAN, ACL (L2–4 w/ Redirect), Port Security
Security Cisco TrustSec—Authentication, Admission, Access Control
Automated vSwitch Config, Port Profiles, Virtual Center Integration
Provisioning Optimized NIC Teaming
Historical VMotion Tracking, ERSPAN, NetFlow v.9 w/ NDE, CDP v.2
Visibility VM-Level Interface Statistics, Wireshark
Virtual Center VM Provisioning, Cisco Network Provisioning
Management Cisco CLI, XML API, SNMP (v.1, 2, 3)
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