The Evolving Data Center Past, Present and Future

David Yen, Ph.D.SVP & GM Data Center Group

Physical » Virtual » Cloud Journey in Compute

VDC-1 VDC-2

Physical Workload

HYPERVISOR

Cloud Workload

• One App Per Server• Static• Manual Provisioning

• Many Apps Per Server• Mobile• Dynamic Provisioning

• Multiple Tenants Per Server

• Automated Scaling• Elastic

Virtual WorkloadPhysical Workload

Cisco’s Data Center VisionWorld of Many Clouds Connecting People and Businesses

PUBLIC PRIVATE

HYBRID

Media Others

GovernmentHealthcare

INDIVIDUALS BUSINESS

Evolution of Data Center Network View

Distributed

Holistic

ComputeCompute Storage Storage Services Services

Spine Switches

L2,

L3

Leaf Switches

Fabric

Evolution of Data Center Network View

Distributed

Cisco’s Data Center Nexus SwitchingLeading with Innovation

NX-OS

Nexus 3KNexus 5KMDS 9000

Nexus 2K

Nexus 7K

Nexus 1K Blade Offerings

Unified Fabric

Topological ApproachTraditional Scalable PODs

FEX and Switch ScalingScalable Fabric

L2 / L3

Multipathing

10,000s–100,000s servers per POD

100s–10,000s servers per POD

100s–1,000s servers per POD

Cisco Data Center Architecture

Routers & Service Appliances

Simplified managementScalable and Multi-Tenant Fabric

Any Service Any Where

Physical and Virtual

Storage

UCSCompute

Storage

UCS Compute

ServicesServices

Nexus Spine Switches

L2, L3 Nexus Leaf Switches

Wire-Once Infrastructure:Operational Flexibility for Workload Mobility

“Wire-Once” Fabric Computing Infrastructure

FC

FCoE

NAS/iSCSI

Unified Compute

Unified Fabric

FC, FCOE NAS

Virtual Workloads

Infrastructure Standardization Results in Application Agility

Flexibility of Running File and Block on Same Infrastructure

Unprecedented Operational Simplicity

Cisco’s Vision for Hybrid Cloud

Public CloudEnterprise Data Center

Tenant B

Private CloudSecure Hybrid Cloud=Securely Connect Enterprise Private Cloud and Provide Public Cloud

Use Cases

• Bursting

• Disaster recovery/avoidance

• Upgrade/migration

Requirements

• Network consistency

• Security consistency

• Policy consistency

Workloads

• Dev/QA

• Intern/Partner VDI

• Training Apps

• Initially low-value workloads

Virtual Private Cloud

New Game in Town?

Software Defined Network

(SDN)

Holistic

ComputeCompute Storage Storage Services Services

Spine Switches

L2,

L3

Leaf Switches

Fabric

Evolution of Data Center Network View

Distributed

What is SDN?

SDN

Customer InsightsNetwork Programmability

Research/Academia

• ExperimentalOpenFlow/SDN components for production networks

Network“Slicing”

Massively ScalableData Center

• Customize with Programmatic APIs to provide deep insight into network traffic

Network Flow Management

Cloud

• Automated provisioning & programmable overlay, OpenStack

Scalable Multi-Tenancy

Service Providers

• Policy-based control & analytics to optimize and monetize service delivery

Agile Service Delivery

Private Cloud Automation

Enterprise

• Virtual workloads, VDI, Orchestration of security profiles

Diverse Programmability Requirements Across SegmentsMost Requirements are for Automation and Programmability

Sample Vendor Deployments in the Industry

Vendor A Vendor B Vendor C

Cisco Approach: Flexibility to Choose—The Power of “AND”

OpenFlowDevice

Device

OtherAgents

Device w/OpenFlow

Apps

Controller

Apps

Network

APIs

Network

Apps

Physical and Virtual

Virtual Overlays

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Leading the Way:Cisco Open Network EnvironmentFlexible. Programmable. Application-aware.

www.cisco.com/go/one

June 13th, 2012

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Cisco Open Network EnvironmentPhased Availability and Customer Trials from Q4 CY 2012

2. Controller/Agents

OpenFlow v1.x Agent

Controller software

1. Platform APIs

ComprehensiveDeveloper Kit across

IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS

onePK(ONE Platform Kit)

3. Virtual Overlay Networks

• OpenStack and REST API

• Multi-Hypervisors

• VXLAN Gateway

• Security, Services Chaining

Nexus 1000V

Industry’s broadest approach for Network Programmability

Open Network Environment – Flexibility to ChooseProtocols, APIs and Deployment Models

Element Element Capabilities Configuration

Management Interface/Ports Events Location Information

Utilities Syslog Events and

Queries AAA Interface Netflow Events DHCP Events

Discovery Network Element

Discovery Service Discovery Topology Discovery

Developer Debug Capabilities Tracing Interfaces Management

Extensions

Policy Interface Policy Interface Feature

Policy Forwarding

Policy Flow Action

Policy

Routing Protocol

Change Events

RIB Table Queries

Packet classifiers Marking Copy/Punt Inject Statistics

Quantum API Interface descriptions L2 network provisioning L3 and IP Addr. Mgmt. -

coming

OpenStack OpenFlow

onePK Developer Environment

AB

ILIT

Y TO

SPA

N L

AYER

S

RICHNESS OF FEATURES

Developer portal

Training & Certification

ISVs

Cisco Cloud Technology StacksMulti-Hypervisor and Multi-Orchestration Strategy

Solutions: Vblock, FlexPOD, VMDC, VDI, HCS, Cross-DC Mobility

Nexus 2K-7K + ASR 9K (Edge)

UCS

Physical Network

Computing Platform

Storage Platform

UCSM

onePK

ONEController

UCSCentral

vSphere

vCloudDirector/

DynamicOps

NSM

ASA 1KVvWAAS

CSR 1KV

Nexus 1KVvPath

Hypervisor

Cloud Portaland Orchestration

Virtual NetworkInfrastructure

Hyper-V

SystemCenter

NSM

ASA 1KVvWAAS

CSR 1KV

Nexus 1KVvPath

Open Source(Xen, KVM)

Open Source

NSM

ASA 1KVvWAAS

CSR 1KV

Nexus 1KVvPath

vSphere, Hyper-V,Xen, KVM

CIAC/OpenStack/

Partners

NSM

ASA 1KVvWAAS

CSR 1KV

Nexus 1KVvPath

Cisco Open Network Environment

a

OPEN NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

Industry’s Most Comprehensive PortfolioHardware + Software Physical + Virtual Network + Compute

ControllerMulti-layer API

Network

ProgrammaticAPIs

Controllers and agents

Virtual Overlays

AppsApps Apps

Device Device Device

Virtual Overlay

Software Network

Application Application

Application PerspectiveHolistic

ComputeCompute Storage Storage Services Services

Spine Switches

L2,

L3

Leaf Switches

Fabric

Evolution of Data Center-Network View

Distributed

Network Programmability ModelsPhysical or Virtual

Current Switch/Router

Applications

APIs

Control Plane

Data Plane

Resilient, Scalable, Secure, Rich Features, Evolutionary, Investment Protection

Network Programmability ModelsPhysical or Virtual

“SDN” Approach

Data Plane Data Plane…

Applications

APIs

Simpler Provisioning, Centralized Network Topology

TraditionalDC Mgmt.

SW

Current Switch/Router

Applications

APIs

Control Plane

Data Plane

Resilient, Scalable, Secure, Rich Features, Evolutionary, Investment Protection

Control Plane

Control Plane

Network Programmability ModelsPhysical or Virtual

“SDN” Approach

Data Plane Data Plane…

Applications

APIs

Simpler Provisioning, Centralized Network Topology

TraditionalDC Mgmt.

SW

Current Switch/Router

Applications

APIs

Control Plane

Data Plane

Resilient, Scalable, Secure, Rich Features, Evolutionary, Investment Protection

Controller

Network Programmability ModelsPhysical or Virtual

“SDN” Approach

Data Plane Data Plane…

Applications

APIs

Simpler Provisioning, Centralized Network Topology

TraditionalDC Mgmt.

SW

Current Switch/Router

Applications

APIs

Control Plane

Data Plane

Resilient, Scalable, Secure, Rich Features, Evolutionary, Investment Protection

Controller

Openstack and Network Overlays Apply to All Models (Physical/Virtual)Custom Features Can Be Built

Hybrid Model

Control Plane

Data Plane…

Control Plane

Data Plane

Controller

Combined Benefits, Evolutionary Model, Investment Protection

TraditionalDC Mgmt. SW

Applications

APIs

Hybrid Model

Control Plane

Data Plane…

Control Plane

Data Plane

Presentation_ID

Controller

Sensor

System+

-

Reference System Input System Output

Measured Output

A Closed Loop System

Presentation_ID

Controller

Sensor

Network+

-

Administrator

Measured Output

The Network as a Closed Loop System

Presentation_ID

Sensor

NetworkAdministrator

CLI System Output

The Network as a Closed Loop System

Presentation_ID

Controller

Sensor

User onePK/Openflow System Output

Measured Output

Network

AnalyticsBoundary ConditionsKey Decision Triggers

Governance……..

Applications

The Network as a Closed Loop System

Presentation_ID

Controller

Sensor

User onePK/Openflow System Output

Measured Output

Network

AnalyticsBoundary ConditionsKey Decision Triggers

Governance……..

Applications

The Network as a Closed Loop System

SDN

True scope of SDN

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RIGHT NOWNot Quite

The Compute Model Influences the Network Model

CloudPhysical

Virtual

Single Unified System

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT

Blades and rack mountExtended memory

Integrate Compute2

Unify Fabrics1

Optimize For Virtualization4

Embed Management3

Scale WithoutComplexity5

Fibre channelEthernet managementSingle network layer

Server personality abstractionVirtual I/O awareness

CentralizedAll elements self integrating

Capacity instead of management pointsFewer components

Cisco UCS Architecture

XML API STANDARDAPI’S

Fabric Extenders(I/O modules)

UCS Manager

COMPUTEBlade Form Factor

Rack Form Factor

FABRIC INTERCONNECTSCisco UCS 6296 XP

IndustryStandard APIs

Traditional Element Configuration

• FC Fabric assignments for HBAs

• RAID settings• Disk scrub actions

• Number of vHBAs• HBA WWN assignments• FC Boot Parameters• HBA firmware

• Number of vNICs• PXE settings\• NIC firmware• Advanced feature settings

• VLAN assignments for NICs• VLAN tagging config for NICs

• QoS settings• Border port assignment per vNIC• NIC Transmit/Receive Rate Limiting

• Remote KVM IP settings• Call Home behavior• Remote KVM firmware

• Server UUID• Serial over LAN settings• Boot order• IPMI settings• BIOS scrub actions• BIOS firmware• BIOS Settings

• Subject matter experts consumed by manual configuration chores

• Serial processes and multiple touches inhibit provisioning speed

• Configuration drift and maintenance challenges

StorageSME

ServerSME

NetworkSME

LAN SAN

Compute, LAN, SAN Seamlessly Through Software

UCS: Embedded AutomationIntegrated, Policy-Based Infrastructure Management

StorageSME

ServerSME

NetworkSME

Subject matter expertdefine policies

1 Policies used to create service profile templates

2 Service profile templates create service profiles

3 Associating service profiles with hardwareconfigures servers automatically

4

Uplink port configuration, VLAN, VSAN, QoS, and Ether Channels

Server port configuration including LAN and SAN settings

Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints;and firmware revisions

Unique user ID (UUID), firmware revisions,and RAID controller settings

Service profile assigned to server, chassis slot, or pool

Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints;and firmware revisions

Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints;and firmware revisions

Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints;and firmware revisions

Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address,VLAN, and QoS settings;host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints;and firmware revisions

Global Stateless Computing For Workload Mobility

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT UNIFIED MANAGEMENT

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT

Domain 1 Domain 2

For Workload Mobility

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT UNIFIED MANAGEMENT

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT

Data Center 1 Data Center 2

UCS Central

Cisco UCS Architecture

XML API STANDARDAPI’S

Fabric Extenders(I/O modules)

UCS Manager

COMPUTEBlade Form Factor

Rack Form Factor

FABRIC INTERCONNECTSCisco UCS 6296 XP

IndustryStandard APIs

Integrated SolutionsInnovations with Industry Leaders

Smart Solutions

Vblock

FLEXPOD

VXI

RISC Migration

Applications

Operating System& Hypervisor

Management

Vertical Solution Focus Retail

Enterprise Apps Databases Business Analytics/ Big Data

Virtual Desktop

ManufacturingFinancialServicesHealthcare

Cisco Unified Computing SystemFastest Growing Product in the Market

• 17,800 unique UCS Customers

• #3 market share in x86 blades (#2 in the US)

• 2,600 UCS channel partners

• 44 ISVs writing to UCS API (and growing)

• Ten of thousands of supported applications

• 65 world record performance benchmarks to date

• Numerous industry awards and certifications

Source:IDC Q4’11 Server Forecaster

The Unified Data CenterApplication Optimized Infrastructure

ComputeResources

NetworkResources

Storage Resources

Applications

Unified Data Center Infrastructure

Application Optimized Platform

The Compute Model Influences the Network Model

CloudPhysical Physical

Virtual

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