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Branch Office Desktop Virtualization - Financial Services Deployment Erick Stoeckle – Network & Systems Manager, NorthRim Bank

Jay Chokshi – Manager, Product Management, Cisco Systems. Inc

Co-Sponsored by Intel®

Simplified IT Operations, Higher Resource Use, Cost Savings

WAN/Internet

Data Center/Cloud

Branch Office Infrastructure

Mail Servers File Servers Web Servers

Voice Systems

Storage Security

Technology Trends in the Branch Office

Infrastructure Centralization Improves IT Efficiency

• No local servers

• Full reliance on WAN

• Simplicity, low cost

• No service guarantees

The Lean Branch Office Balancing IT Efficiency and User Experience

Serverless Branch

Data Center/

Cloud

WAN/Internet

Branch Office

Lean Branch

Data Center/

Cloud

WAN/Internet

Branch Office

• 4-5 local servers

• Full reliance on WAN except for mission-critical applications

• All servers local

• No reliance on WAN

• Complexity, high cost

• Service guarantees

Full-Service Branch

Data Center/

Cloud

WAN/Internet

Branch Office

The Lean Branch Office Balancing IT Efficiency and User Experience

Compute

Platform

ISR G2 Router:

Single Device Integration

Single chassis for branch networking and services

Faster provisioning

Simplified operations

UCS E-Series Right-Sized Blade Servers

Faster provisioning

Less parts and wires

Lower operating costs

Hyper-V, vSphere, Xen Server Certified

Lower hardware costs

Faster failure recovery

Low power use Network

Platform Virtualization-

Ready Platform

Domain-Based Management

Cisco UCS E-Series Server Addressing Lean Branch Office Challenges

All-in-One Device for Branch Services

Unified Communications

Application Hosting

Wireless LAN/WAN

Routing/Switching

WAN Optimization

Security

Direct UCS E -Series Blade-to-LAN Connectivity

Redundant Power Supply Options

Long Service Life 2x Typical Blade System

Highly Secure Platform with Small Attack Surface

Two and Three RU Options

One, Two, and Four Blade Slots

Options

Cisco ISR G2 as Blade Server Enclosure Use Slots on Most Widely Deployed Branch Device

Northrim Bank Business Drivers for VDI –Simplicity for business continuity

–Centralized management

–Secure mobility through VMWare View and mobile devices

Business Drivers Cisco UCS E-Series blades (“Branch in a Box”) –Consolidation of devices, lower power and cooling costs

–Consolidation of management for devices

–Lower number of physical connections but has same redundancy.

–Support for branch devices are consistent with same vendor and covers hardware and software including VMWare Hypervisor support.

–Low latency for USB redirected devices on premise vs. over WAN.

–Multiple Cisco routers and UCS E-Series blades per remote site for vMotion / vSAN redundancy

–Unified Communications options within virtualized branch

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Branch Redundancy Deployment

Hypervisor

iLIO

Cisco ISR / UCS E-Series

Hypervisor

iLIO

Sync

MPLS - Primary Internet - Secondary

Primary Datacenter

Secondary Datacenter

Cisco ISR / UCS E-Series

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Best Practices and Lessons Learned

–Baseline your solution utilizing Login VSI to know your boundaries

– iLIO provides lower latency and higher IO on local storage. These lower attributes also lower CPU wait time and per VM CPU was able to be reduced to 1 with the same end-user response experience.

–Plan for VPC growth, a better end-user experience is contagious.

–Have a Business Continuity Plan for VPCs either local or remote, preconfigure the pools and train users.

–USB redirect is latency sensitive ensure QoS stability for USB redirection over the WAN. (TCP/4172 bi-directional)

–USB redirect can/will disconnect if the “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power” is enabled on USB root hub on local workstation.

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