Paul D’Cruz

Consulting Manager – DC Transformation

Data Centre Design with Unified Computing & Network Virtualisation

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Agenda

- Data Centre Emerging Trends & Innovation- Unified Fabric- Unified Compute- Virtualisation Aware Network- Case Study Cisco IT Infrastructure as a Service

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Today’s Enabling Technologies

StandardsStandards

MACB

MACA

MACC

A & B C

End nodes

LAN

MACB

MACA

MACC

A & B C

End nodes

LANEthernet LAN

N5000

LAN

N5000

MACB

MACA

VirtualisationWire speed 10GE Enhanced Ethernet

FCoE

LAN SAN BSAN ALAN SAN BSAN A

N5000

VM-aware networkingVN-Link

10GE L2 non-blocking, lossless, low latency switch

Data Center Bridging (Ethernet)

Unified fabric for LAN, SAN, HPC/IPC

Ecosystem Partners

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LAN

Acc

ess

Lay

er

EthernetFCApplication Clusters

• Data Centre Compute• Application Clusters• Data Centre Storage

SAN BSAN A

Cluster

Unified Fabric Access Layer

EthernetFCApplication Clusters

Ethernet/DCB/FCoE

LAN

SAN B

SAN A

HPC Cluster

CNACNA

CNACNA

• Data Centre Compute• Application Clusters• Data Centre Storage

CNACNA

Unified Fabric Access LayerNexus 5000

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Cabling Simplification in your Data CenterFCoE and UCS simplifies

From ad hoc and inconsistent…

…to structured, but siloed, complicated and

costly……to simple, optimized

and automated

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Fewer CablesFewer switchesFewer adaptersOverall less powerInteroperates with existing SAN’s

Unified Fabric and Compute

FCoE

Cisco SolutionCisco Solution

Mgmt ServerMgmt Server

Fibre Channel

Ethernet

TodayToday

Ethernet

FC traffic

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Cisco IT’s Approach

Consolidation StrategyDatabases, Applications

Proprietary Hardware to x86

Data Centers – Global Data Center Strategy

Virtualization StrategyVirtualization is not new (eg. VLANS/VSANS)

Server Virtualization through VMWare

Collapsing I/O with FCOE

Data virtualization (SAN and NAS)

Focus on capacity and resiliency as well as agility

Automation StrategyIncreased focus on agility, repeatability, and productivity

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IaaS AutomationConceptual Architecture Framework

COMPUTENETWORK STORAGE

INFRASTRUCTUREORCHESTRATION

SERVICES CATALOGUE

N1kV

MPLSINTERNET

PE N7K C6k L2-L7SVS

“VIRTUAL SERVICE CHAIN”

XM

L

XM

L

XM

L

SS

H C

LI

SS

H C

LI

FederatedCMDB

ConfigurationManagement

MDS(SAN)

XM

L

NFS FC

Billing

JOB SCHEDULER

SERVICE DESK

SERVICE BROKER (SLA)

ASSET MGMT

COMPLIANCE MGMT

VM ASSEMBLER

OPERATIONS MGMT

Assurance Mgmt Capacity Mgmt Performance MgtCompute Mgmt

Unified Compute

XM

L/IP

MI

CUSTOMERPORTAL

XM

L

XM

L

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Visit our Stand

Cisco Stand 646 VMware Zone – VM’09

- Unified Fabric with FCoE

- Network Aware Virtualisation with Nexus 1000v

- Long Distance Vmotion

- Unified Compute

VMWare Cisco and EMC Stand 458 - Cloud09

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You can find additional information about the topics and products covered in this session at the following links:

• http://www.thedcofthefuture.com/

• www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing

• www.cisco.com/go/nexus1000v

• www.cisco.com/go/nexus2000

• www.cisco.com/go/nexus5000

• www.cisco.com/go/nexus7000

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