Brkini 2201

Deploying UCS in Modern
Datacenters
Madhu Somu - Technical Marketing Engineer
Scott Garee - Technical Marketing Engineer
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Agenda
Short Historical Background
Unique Characteristics of Modern Datacenters
Role of UCS in Modern Datacenter
Datacenter Fabrics and Security
UCSM Operational, Optimization, Resiliency Enhancements
Rapidly Changing Storage Landscape
Programmability of UCS
Conclusion
Back in 2007
Relevance of Using IP based Datacenter Systems was an open question
IP is way too greedy and heavy weight
IP is not secure
IP is Lossy
IP is not optimized for Storage Transport
IP is not optimized for Datacenters
Long list of misunderstanding

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Looking Back at Datacenter
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Fragmented SILOs to True Architecture for

Datacenter
Highly fragmented (Server, Storage, Network)
Strong pockets of resistance
Few things connected
Separate Islands of networks
UCS - Network Compute/Storage Convergence to IP Fabrics
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Unique Characteristics of Modern

Datacenters
Data Centers Trends

DevOps
Distributed Storage
Orchestration
Converged LAN and SAN
Intent-based Networking
Containers
DATA CENTER
TRENDS
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Network Fabrics
Industry Evolution & Data Centers

Digitalization and IoT/IoE
Cloud-based applications
Traditional Applications
Monolithic Model
Multi-tier Apps
Business Agility with cloud model

Micro-services / Bi-Modal IT / DevOps
Open
Source
Policy and Automation
Manual Interaction
IT Silos based approach
Configuration driven
Enterprise-wide policy, hyper-convergence

and cross-domain automation
Consumption driven with analytics and programmability
DevOps
Focus on business solutions
Focus on products
Disjoint approaches to solve technical demands
Cohesiveness as after thought
Data Center is the foundation for business agility

Delivered as a solution and / or as a service,
Agility &
Scale
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Cisco Datacenter Strategy
Cisco Data Center Strategy & Vision
Defined by Applications. Driven by Policy. Delivered as a Service / Solution

BUSINESS
REQUIREMENTS
Policy
Policy
Policy
Network
Cloud
Compute
BUSINESS OUTCOMES
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Shaping The Next DC Architecture

DevOps Tools
ServiceNow/Custom ITSM
Jenkins
Application-Centric Lifecycle Management

Model
Benchmark
Deploy
Manage
Application Profiles
Datacenter
VXLAN Controller
UCS
Storage
Profile
Private Cloud
Profile
Public Cloud
ACI
Nexus
Hyper-V
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Role of UCS in Modern Datacenter
UCS Architecture
Security Built-in at Every Layer
Mgmt. Plane
Access
CLI
Control
Context
Awareness
Threat
Prevention
(Netflow+)
APIs
UCSM
Control Plane
Data Plane
NIV, LLDP, VIC
Infrastructure
Element
Layer
XML
Application
Visibility
(Netflow+)
Common Security Policy & Management
APIs
Control and
Data Plane
Content
GUIInspection
NX-OS
L2, QoS, FCoE
Management Plane
SNMP,SSH,XML,
Memory Management , Scheduler,IPC, Services

Linux Kernel
ASIC Data Plane
Compute-Network-Storage-Security
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Architecture of Cisco UCS C-Series IMC

SNMP-based NMS
Syslog Server
Events Polls
{SNMP
Traps}
Events
{Syslog
Messages}
{SNMP
GET}
Events HTTP(S)
{xml}
XML API
Syslog
SNMP
{xml}
Faults
C
I
M
C
Inventory
Sensor Data
Config
Fault Engine
IPMI
Storage Daemon
Disk
Disk
Storage Controller
Disk
Disk
Disk
Disk
Disk
Disk
CPU
Memory
System Board
Fans
PCI Adaptors
PSU
Cisco UCS C-Series Server

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Cisco UCS Director Turn-Key Solution

On-Demand
Automated Delivery
Compute VMs
Storage
Policy-Driven
Provisioning
UCS Director
End-to-End Automation and

Lifecycle Management
Network
Single Pane of Glass
Secure Cloud
Container
Domain
Managers
OS and
Virtual
Machines
VM
VM
Bare
Metal
Virtualized and Bare-Metal
Compute
Compute and Hypervisor
Network
Network and Services
Storage
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Tenant Tenant Tenant
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Cisco UCS Director - Overview

Infrastructure Automation and Private Cloud Foundation automation
Infrastructure Automation and
Orchestration
Physical Compute, Network, Storage, Hypervisor
Day0 bring up of Infrastructure
Like musictheres an
appropriate timing and order
of operations when
provisioning infrastructure
Virtualization
Single Pane Management

Converged Infrastructure (FlexPod, Vblock, etc.)
Private Cloud Foundation
Physical Servers
Secure Multi-Tenancy
Application Infrastructure Blueprint
Resource Management
Self-Service Portal
Network
Metering and Showback
Improve IT Operational Efficiency
Storage
Reduce Opex & Decrease Service Delivery time

Reduce Capex
UCS Director
Increased Visibility
Increase focus on value-add services
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UCS Management Portfolio

UCS Director API
UCS Director
Policy Driven, Application Centric Infrastructure Management and
Orchestration
Non-Cisco
Infrastructure
API
Virtual Machines
API
UCS Performance
Manager
Policy Driven Multi DC,

Multi-Domain
Management
IMC Supervisor
Network Devices
API
UCS Central
Performance Monitoring
API
API
UCS Manager
Domain 1
UCS Manager
Domain x
API
CIMC
FlexPod
Storage
Stand-Alone UCS
C-Series
Servers
Basic Management Functionality
Unified Computing
System
vBlock
Integrated & Converged

Infrastructure
Advanced Infrastructure Abstraction & Automation
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The Power of UCS Unleashed for Modern Datacenters

Policy
Driven
Software
Defined
Secure
Simplicity of
Storage
Unified
Fabric
BootStrap
and
Provisioning
Operational
Simplicity
Virtualization
Aware
Simple, Scale
and Secure
Unified Fabric
Standard
Open
Interfaces
Open
Hyperconverged
Secure
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Open API
NetFlow
Visibility,
Automation,
Telemetry
Programmable
Server
Management
Tools
Ready for
DevOps
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UCS FI & IOM 3rd Generation Models

FI 6300 Series and IOM 2304
FI 6332
32 x 40GbE QSFP+ ports
2.56Tbps switching performance
1RU fixed form factor, two power supplies & four fans
FI 6332-16UP
24 x 40GbE QSFP+ & 16 x UP ports (1/10GbE or 4/8/16G FC)
2.43Tbps switching performance
1RU fixed form factor, two power supplies & four fans
IOM 2304
8 x 40GbE server links & 4 x 40GbE QSFP+ uplinks
960Gbps switching performance
Modular IOM for UCS 5108
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FI 6332 Use Case

Existing Infrastructure
FI 6332 Use Case

40G
10G
Nexus
7K/9K
Nexus
7K/9K
40G FCoE
8G FC
FI 6248
FI 6296
FI 6332
10G
UCS
B-Series
B200
B260
B460
&
IOM 2204
IOM 2208
10G
UCS
C-Series
C220
C240
C460
Storage
MDS
9706/9710/9718 Array
40G
UCS
B-Series
B200
B260
B460
&
IOM 2304
40G
UCS
C-Series
C220
C240
C460
Storage
MDS
9706/9710/9718 Array
10G
40G
10G / FC
40G FCoE
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FI 6332-16UP Use Case

Existing Infrastructure
FI 6332-16UP Use Case

40G
10G
Nexus
7K/9K
Nexus
7K/9K
16G FC
8G FC
FI 6248
FI 6296
FI 6332-16UP
10G
UCS
B-Series
B200
B260
B460
&
IOM 2204
IOM 2208
10G
UCS
C-Series
C220
C240
C460
Storage
MDS
9706/9710/9718 Array
40G
UCS
B-Series
B200
B260
B460
&
IOM 2304
40G
UCS
C-Series
C220
C240
C460
Storage
MDS
9706/9710/9718 Array
10G
40G
8G FC
16G FC
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Converged Compute Design Spin/Leaf
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UCS: Platform Integrity via Trust Anchor

Protects Against Hardware Counterfeiting, Data Manipulation, and Weak Randomization
Checks to Verify as Cisco Genuine
Authenticity and License Check
Verify Secure Identity
Foundational Security
Immutable Identity (SUDI X.509 cert)
Secure Storage (Keys)
Certifiable Entropy Source
Secure Crypto Assist
Secure Application Certificates
SUDI
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UCS Cloud Security Framework

Co-Tenancy
Co-Tenancy
Organizations
Logical Isolation Without Dedicated
Physical Infrastructure per Organization
Different Policies, Pools, and Quality of Service Definitions
Sub-Organizations
Locale Assign or Restrict User Privileges

and Roles by Organization
Network Control Policy
Disjoint Layer-2 Networks
Utilized for Connecting Shared UCS Infrastructure with
Separate Upstream Network Clouds
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Microsegmentation
SAFE Simplifies Security: Data Center
Host-based
Security
Database
Zone
Next-Gen
Intrusion
PreventionFirewall Load
Balancer Switch
System
To Campus
Flow
Analytics
PCI
Compliance
Zone
WAN
App Server
Zone
L2//L3
Network
Web
Application
Firewall
Shared
Services
Zone
Centralized Management
Flow
Analytics
Policy/
Configuration
Visibility/
Context
Analysis
Correlation
Analytics
Virtualized Capabilities
Logging/
Reporting
To Edge
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Threat
Vulnerability Monitoring
Intelligence Management
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Use Case Flows through Data Center
Complex Flows on UCS Servers
Database Zone
Clerk processing credit card

transaction
Field engineer submitting

work order
CEO sending email

to shareholders
Corporate guest accessing

Internet
Technician remotely checking

logs
Secure Apps
Access
Secure
applications
and
segmentation
Remote
Access
VPN
Client-BasedIdentity Posture TrustSec Flow

Security
Assessment
Analytics
User
Client-Based
Identity Posture VPN
Security
Authorization
Assessment
AVC
Firewall
Anti- Intrusion Threat Server-Based POS

Malware PreventionIntelligence Security
DDOSFirewall VPN Threat AVC Intrusion Anti- Flow WAF

Server-Based
Concentrator
Intelligence
Prevention
MalwareAnalytics
Security Server
Secure Mail
Client-BasedWiFi WIPS Identity MDM PostureTrustSec Flow Email Anti- AVC Threat Intrusion Firewall DDOS
Security
Assessment
AnalyticsSecurityMalware
Intelligence
Prevention
Guest
Wireless
Access
Ext to Corp
VPN
Client-Based WiFi
Security
WIPS
Identity TrustSec
Flow
AntiAnalytics Malware
Client-Based Identity Posture

VPN
VPN
Flow
Security
Assessment
ConcentratorAnalytics
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AVC
AVC
Threat Intrusion Firewall

IntelligencePrevention
DDOS
AntiThreat Intrusion Firewall

MalwareIntelligencePrevention
DDOS
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UCS Netflow+ Lancope Cyber Threat Defense

Network Reconnaissance Using Dynamic NetFlow Analysis
Detect
Monitor
Analyze
Respond
Understand your
network and data
center normal
Leverage Network
Behavior Anomaly
detection & analytics
Collect & Analyze

holistic network audit
trails
Accelerate network
troubleshooting & threat
mitigation
Gain real-time
situational awareness
of all traffic
Detect behaviors
linked to APTs,
insider threats,
DDoS, and malware
Achieve faster root

cause analysis to
conduct thorough
forensic investigations
Respond quickly to
threats by taking action
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UCSO Design
Three controller design provides HA for

OpenStack management
Pair of Cisco Nexus switches and fabric

interconnects provide HA for network
Minimum of three Ceph nodes with

replication provides HA for storage
Scalable compute and storage with

additional servers and chassis
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Cisco UCS Manager ML2 Plugin
Configures port profiles in Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM) and pass through to
Neutron for individual instance use.
PCI passthrough in UCSM for SR-IOV/VM-FEM for Cisco NICs
Configures VLANs within UCS
More details:
o
http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/neutron-specs/specs/juno/ml2-ucsmanager-mechanism-driver.html
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UCSM Operational, Optimization,

Resiliency Enhancements
Operational, Optimization, Resiliency Enhancements

Firmware Upgrades
Fabric High Availability checks 2.2.3
Fault Suppression 2.1.1
Maintenance Policy Option On Next

Boot 3.1
Fabric Evacuation 2.2.4
Server Packs - 2.2.4
Baseline Policy for upgrade checks 3.1
Per Fabric Chassis Acknowledge 2.2.4
Pre- upgrade validation check 2.2.2
Automatic UCSM Backup
UCS Health Monitoring 3.1
I2C Statistics and Improvements 3.1
UCSM policy to monitor FI/IOM link 2.2.4
Reset IOM to Factory Default 3.1
Locator LED for Disks 3.1
Smart Call Home Enhancements 2.2.3
DIMM Blacklisting 2.2.3
Memory reporting Enhancements

2.2.7,3.1.1
during Auto Install 2.2.4
Monitoring
Maintenance
Server Firmware Auto Sync 2.2.1
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HTML5 User Interface
Eliminate maintenance of JRE Desktop versions by

migrating to a browser-based technology
Completely in-browser UI built on HTML5 and

Dojo/XWT JavaScript framework
Web Sockets (for persistent channel with back-end)

Local Storage & Cookies (for cached preferences)
Identical Layout, Colors, Icons & Text (to Java-based

UI)
Available for both UCS Manager and KVM Manager
Browser Support (only HTML5-compliant modern

versions)
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HTML5 Sample Screenshots

FI Physical View
Chassis Physical View
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HTML5 Sample Screenshots

Service Profile Wizard
Local User
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Consumer Grade User Interface
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Maintenance Policy Option On Next Boot
Apply deferred changes through

Maintenance policy when the Host OS Level
reboot.
The On Next Boot option can be selected

with User Ack or Timer Automatic This option is
not available with Immediate
Deferred changes will be applied during

below scenario :
Reboot a server from host OS

Shutdown server from UCSM or host OS
Reset Server from UCSM
Host OS crash
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Maintenance Policy Option On Next Boot
Waiting for next boot status displayed

when the On next Boot is enabled and
the server is in pending activities list
waiting for reboot
When the feature is enabled, UCSM will

power OFF the host when it detects a Host
OS Level reboot or reset and will also
display a message on the KVM console
indicating the host is in maintenance mode.
This message will be displayed until the

UCSM start applying the deferred changes
The feature is supported on blades, racks

and modular servers
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Acknowledging Auto Install Primary FI reboot
Resolve the Faults before

proceeding
Check new Faults
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Fabric Evacuation
Checks for Faults before

Fabric Evacuation
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Manual Firmware Upgrade Fabric Evacuation
Checks for Faults before

Fabric Evacuation
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Baseline Policy
System will create a base line (pin

the existing faults on the system)
of the outstanding faults when a FI
is about to be rebooted.
System will store the timestamp

for the last pinned reboot. If the
time gap between the last pin time
and the current time is greater
than the pinning window (User
configurable. Default is 24 hours),
we will skip the pinning validation
during firmware upgrade process
to avoid false alarms.
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New Baseline Faults
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DIMM Blacklisting and Correctable Error Reporting

Customer benefits
Improved accuracy at identifying Degraded

DIMMs
Protect customers from running with bad DIMMs
that would otherwise pass BIOS MRC check
Feature details
Forcefully map-out a DIMM that hits an

uncorrectable error during host CPU execution
The Blacklisted DIMM will be mapped-out on the

next host reboot
UCSM will maintain historical DIMM error counts,

and provide more accurate identification of
Degraded DIMMs
Supports post-mortem DIMM failure analysis by

logging ECC info on the DIMM SPD
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FC SPAN
Sources
FC port
FC port channel
VSAN
Service profile vHBA
ACL-based
Only supported on the ingress side.
FC span supported only for FI 6332-16UP
Destination
Unconfigured Eth port
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NIF monitoring for corrupted frames
UCSM monitors the errors on

the Network Interface (NI) port
of the IOM/FEX when the
threshold has been crossed,
then UCSM can put the
corresponding FI server port
into err-disabled
UCS FI
Time based auto-recovery
I
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Faulty optics or links will not

cause service interruption due
to faulty frames (CRC)
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Port Recovery
Auto recovery
Option for port auto-recovery

if port is err-disabled due
crossing the threshold
Time-based and user

configurable
UCSM will re-enabled the errdisabled after the defined
time.
Manual recovery
Disable/enable the server

port on the FI
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VSAN Span Example
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FI System Stats Enhancements

Kernel low memory usage
Low Memory is the segment of memory that the Linux

kernel can address directly
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FI Health Monitoring
Major Fault
will be raised
if Kernel
mem>100MB
KernelMemFree & KernelMemTotal

stats are added to threshold policy for
system stats where user can define
there own thresholds.
Supported on
all UCS FI
Platforms
6200,6300,
UCS Mini
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ECC Memory Error Reporting on 3GFI
Supported on
all UCS FI
Platforms
6200,6300,
UCS Mini
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ECC Memory Error Reporting on 3GFI
Uncorrectable parity errors are also retrieved in UCSM.
If UCSM finds a uncorrectable error, a major fault is raised on FI.
Triggers call home and suggested recovery action for this kind of fault is to reboot FI.
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CIMC Health Monitoring
If two health events are reported one with severity Major & other with
severity Minor, fault will be raised with major severity and details of
both the health events is displayed as health qualifier.
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IOM Health Monitoring
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IOM Health Monitoring
Following stats will be reported for FEX under

Fex System Stats:
Load
Mem Available
Mem Cached
Kernel Mem Total
Kernel Mem Free
All supported FEX for Granada release on 6200 &

3GFI will support this feature
Note: FEX stats are not supported on Mini

platform.
All FEX stats are added to threshold policy as Fex

System Stats where user can define there own
thresholds.
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Fan Speed Policy added (C-Series use case)

Added Fan Speed Policy to the
UCSM Power Control Policy
Allows user override of default
fan control behavior.
Use Case: Efficient cooling of
3rd party (non-managed) PCI
Adapters in C-Series Servers.
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Storage Profiles Local Storage
Legacy Initial Disk Configuration and Virtual Drive Creation
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Storage Profiles / MultiLUN

Local LUN Provisioning from Within UCSM
Storage Profiles
Virtual Drives
Advanced Disk Geometries and Configurations

Disk Group Policies
Direct Communication to Local PCIe Storage Controller

PCH Controller Integration
C240M4 Internal SSDs
Modification of Local Storage Without Reboot

Consumed by Service Profiles and Templates
UCSM Managed M3 and M4 (B,C)
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Disk Group Policies
Each Storage Profile Defined

LUN Mapped to a Disk Group
Disk Group Configuration
Defines RAID Level, Disks and

Quantities
Automatic Configuration
Chooses from Available Disks
Disk Qualifiers
Manual Configuration Choose
Specific Disks
Virtual Drive Configuration
Defines LUN Parameters Within

Disk Group
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Local LUN Creation
Define Individual LUNs

Claim Existing Local LUN (Orphan LUN)
Expand To Available
Auto / No Auto Deploy
Use All Remaining Space in Disk Group

Automatic or Manual LUN Deployment
Disk Group
Consume or Create Disk Group for LUN
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Acknowledging Auto Install Primary FI reboot
Resolve the Faults before

proceeding
Check new Faults
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Storage Profiles Boot Policies
Boot Policies
Boot From Local LUN

Enter Defined Boot LUN Name
PCH Controller Support
C240M4 Internal SSDs

SWRAID - Add Embedded Local
LUN
AHCI Add Embedded Local Disk
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Storage Profiles Provisioning
Local Storage Provisioning Flexibility
Specific Storage Profiles
Single System Use
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Configuration
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IPv6 Clients to UCS Server CIMC

KVM
vMedia
IPMI
MGMT
SOL
MGMT
LAN
FI-A
I
O
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A
Chassis 1
CNA
B200s
FI-B
Cluster
I
O
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I
O
M
B
A
Chassis 20
CNA
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Rapidly Changing Storage

Landscape
Wheres the buzz?
Software Defined Storage
Flash in the Datacenter
Hyperconverged Systems
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Definition: What is Software Defined Storage (SdS)
The programming that controls the storage

is decoupled from the physical hardware
Consists of the Storage Tier Only
Emphasizes storage services such as

deduplication or replication, instead of
storage hardware
Hosts
A shared pool that runs on commodity

hardware
Utilizes Policy Based Management
Often referred to as Storage Virtualization

and is part of a bigger industry trend of
Software Defined Datacenter
Local Physical Storage

Storage Software can run on bare
metal or as a VM on a hypervisor host
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Use Cases for the UCS Server Family

Service Providers,
Enterprise, Cloud
Service Providers
Public Sector
Service Providers,
Enterprise
Service Providers,
Enterprise

Object Store
Media Streaming and Content

Distribution
Video Surveillance
Exchange
Backup and Archive
(as Service)
Big Data and Analytics
SP COS
Storage Spaces
SP COS VSOM
In a box
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Servers for Software Defined Storage
UCS C3000 Series

Up to 480TB Disk Storage
UCS C240 M4
Up to 96TB Disk Storage
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Flash in the Datacenter
Flash density is increasing
Flash cost is decreasing
Flash performance in IOPs is ~1000x
Flash performance in bandwidth is ~20x
Flash $/GB is ~5x
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Evolution of Flash in Shared Storage
Flash Caching
Hybrid Arrays
All Flash Array Conversions
Purpose Built Flash Arrays
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UCS In-Server Flash Options

SFF 2.5
SFF 2.5
HHHL
Small Form Factor (SFF) 2.5
SAS
SATA
RAID Controller
RAID Controller
PCIe
PCIe - Direct
to CPU (just
like Fusion io)
Performance
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2016-2018 server-side storage technologies

Shipping now
Shipping as soon as possible
Latency
10,000 s
$1/GB
HDD
1,000 s
SAS/SATA SDD (NAND)
100 s
$2/GB
PCIe/NVMe SSD (NAND; Add in Card or

2.5 Small Form Factor)
10 s
PCIe/NVMe Xpoint (New Media, not

NAND; various Form Factors)
1 s
Streaming/Sequential
Backup
Big Data/Analytics
OLTP DB (most)
Some Analytics (Hadoop, SAS)
Virtual Servers
Flash $/GB
decreasing quickly
$3/GB
$6/GB
DRAM Extension
In-Memory DB
Caching
IOPS
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Flash Acceleration Options for Databases
Store and Accelerate

key parts of the
Database
Store and
Accelerate the
Entire Database
Accelerated
Replication and
High Availability
SGA or Data Caching

Smart Flash Cache
Accelerate Reads with Flash

Cache
Offload SAN with

ASM Preferred
Read Mirrors
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SQL Server Case Study

Summary of Results:
General 40% improvement across the
board on all production IIS traffic
Reduction in database server failover
from 10 minute outage to a seamless
seven second hiccup
Ability to provide a near real-time data
warehouse solution to clients
Increased operations efficiency through
visibility of systems status provided by
UCS
Increased headroom in available capacity
allows for additional services without
additional hardware investments
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Definition: What is Hyperconvergence?
New Converged Infrastructure offering utilizing

Tight integration of x86 servers for compute

and storage, networking and virtualization in
all-in-one appliance. Packaging
Integration of hypervisors and physical

infrastructure
Simple Scale one unit/appliance at a time
Simple deployment measured in hours
Centralized management, intuitive UI
Storage presentation via a distributed

filesystem or object store
Controller
VM
VM
VM
VM
Hypervisor

Controller
VM
VM
VM
VM
Hypervisor

Controller
VM
VM
VM
VM
Hypervisor

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The Promise of Hyperconverged Systems

Agile
Deploy at Cloud Speed

Instantly Provision, Clone or Snapshot Applications
Efficient
Flexible Deployment
Variety of Configurations to Handle Diversified Set of Workloads
Adaptable
Scale-As-You-Grow
Add Resources Non-Disruptively and Scale Performance Linearly in Small Increments
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Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems

Complete Hyperconvergence
Software Defined Compute,

Storage & Network
Next Generation Data

Management
Future Ready Architecture
Always-on Optimization and

Flexible Scaling
Built for Todays Workloads

and Emerging Applications
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HyperFlex Key Customer Benefits

Agile
Efficient
Adaptable
Complete
Hyperconvergence
Intuitive
Management
Cloud
Speed
All 3 Layers of Network, Compute

and Storage Intelligently Integrated
Into a Single Solution for <60 Minute
Deployment
Eliminate Infrastructure Silos and Use

Existing Management Tools to Manage
and Automate Operations
Instantly Provision, Clone or

Snapshot Applications
Built on
the UCS Platform
Flexible
Deployment
Always-on Data
Optimization
Unified Management Using Existing

Skillsets in the Organization
Variety of Configurations to Handle

Diversified Set of Workloads
Inline Dedupe and Compression

Ensuring Hyper-Efficient Resource
Utilization
Scale-As-You-Grow
Adaptive
Scaling
Non-Stop
Infrastructure
Scale Compute or Capacity to Match

Application Needs
Self-Healing Fabric Based

Hyperconvergence with
Cloud Monitoring
Add Resources Non-disruptively

and Scale Performance Linearly
in Small Increments
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Cisco HyperFlex Configurations

HX220c Nodes
HX240c Nodes
HX240c + B200 M4
for HF Hybrid Nodes
Smallest Footprint 38 Node

Cluster (VDI, ROBO)
Capacity-heavy 38 Node Cluster

(VSI: IT/Biz Apps, Test/Dev)
Compute-heavy Hybrid
(Compute Bound Apps/VDI)
Per-Node
Per-Node
1x480 GB Cache SSD

6x1.2TB HDDs
SD Card/120GB SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
1x1.6TB Cache SSD

up to 23x1.2TB HDDs
SD Card/120GB Back SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
3-8 Node HX240c Cluster

Up to 4 Blades
SD Card or SAN (Boot)
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Independent Scaling of Compute

and Capacity
VM
Scale
Compute
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HX Data Platform
HX Data Platform
Scale Capacity Within Nodes
VM
NonHyperFlex
Hosts Can
Connect to
Storage with
IOVisor
Add Nodes
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Dynamic Data Distribution

HX Data Platform stripes data across all nodes simultaneously,
leveraging cache across all SSDs for fast writes
Balanced space utilization: no data migration required following
a VM migration
Systems Built on Conventional File

Systems Write Locally, Then Replicate,
Creating Performance Hotspots
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HX Data Platform
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High Resiliency, Fast Recovery

Platform Can Sustain Node
Failures Without Data Loss;
Replication Factor Is Tunable
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
Replacement Node Automatically

Configured Via UCS Service Profile
If a Node Fails, the Evacuated

VMs Re-attach With No Data
Movement Required
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
HX Data Platform Automatically

Re-Distributes Data to Node
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HX Data Platform
HX Data Platform
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UCS Programibility
UCS Management Integrations and DevOps

UCS management combined with
partner integrations enables DevOps
Integration with legacy as well

as new cloud-native tools
Development and Test Tools

Partner
Operations Tools
Test
Code
Problem
Resolution
Change
Application
Lifecycle
Provision
Partner
Orchestration Tools
UCS API
Monitor /
Alert
Deploy
UCS Management
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Unified Control Plane Across Infrastructure

Different Application Types
Bare Metal
Container
Integrations
Customization
Virtualization
Unified Control Plane

open API
UCS Management
Policy and Model Driven Infrastructure
UCS Mini
UCS B-Series
UCS C-Series
Servers
HyperFlex Systems
UCS C3260
Hyperconverged
Storage
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Infrastructure as Code Removes Barriers

What benefits have you achieved from
utilizing infrastructure as code?
Everything Is Programmable
Infrastructure as Code
Model-driven
architecture
Policy-based
automation
Open
API and
Ecosystem
Better collaboration
between development
and IT operations
55%
42%
Faster configuration
workflows
32%
33%
Faster application life

cycle overall
31%
33%
Fewer configuration errors
29%
33%
26%
More frequent releases
36%
Ops
Dev
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Microsoft, Feb-15

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Model Driven + Profiles = Safe Automation

Programmable infrastructure enables faster
work, in a consistent and predictable way
Architecture inherently provides essential

checks to reduce risk
Combination of model-driven automation

plus best practices defined in profiles
makes sure it is implemented correctly
Speed
Reduce human error and inefficiency
Risk
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Programmability is Baked-in to UCS

UCS Service Profile
Identity for Infrastructure
Stateless Element Management

UCS
PowerTool
PowerShell
Modules
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Compute Policy
Automate and manage all aspects of

configuration within UCS Manager
including Service Profiles, policies, and
resource pools for compute, network and
storage
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Traditional Server Refresh Steps - Install and Config
Install New OS on Physical Server
PXE Installer / Virtual Media / Physical Media / LUN Cloning / others
Treat the Installed OS
IPs, Masks, Gateways, NIS, Domains, etc.
Installation and Configuration of Application
Rebuild the databases, key application identity etc.
Move services away from hardware to be retired
Time: Few weeks to month(s)
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Configuration Management To The Rescue!

Application
Workload
Management
Management by an agent
or scripts running in the
host environment (bare
metal, VM, container, etc.)
Supported today on any
UCS platform with any
configuration
management tool.
Workload
Provisioning
Infrastructure
Management
Host install and

subsequent workload
management
Nexus switch
management (NX-OS
agent today)
Next Demo: Puppet

Enterprise and Razor on
UCS
Management through
brokers using APIs is
possible
- UCS Service Profiles

provide intended host
role
Python SDK can be

broker interface for UCS
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Puppet and Razor Infrastructure Overview

Razor
Server
Puppet
Enterprise
pe-razor
iPXE
*.iso
...
UCS Manager
Domain 1
Provision bare-metal
node
UCS Manager
Domain x
Complete Configuration
Unified Computing
System
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Puppet Demo
Workflow
Basic steps for bringing a node under management
1. Setup Puppet Enterprise and Razor
2. Configure desired host role in Razor and Puppet Enterprise
3. Name a Service Profile to match a role and deploy
UCS Manager
UCS Management + API

Edge-Scale
Computing
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1. Setup Puppet Enterprise and Razor
Razor is a supported Puppet Enterprise

module
https://docs.puppet.com/pe/latest/razor
_install.html
Razor server typically also provides DHCP,
DNS, and PXE boot
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2. Configure host roles in PE and Razor
Create node groups and add classes to PE

for workload management
https://docs.puppet.com/pe/latest/cons
ole_classes_groups.html
Create Razor repos, tags, and policies for
host roles and provisioning
https://docs.puppet.com/pe/latest/razor
_using.html
Razor tag is used to match a node to a
policy
With UCS Service Profiles, the profile

name is the tag
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3. Name a Service Profile to match a role
Create a UCS Service Profile with a name

matching the desired Razor/Puppet
Enterprise role
Name must contain an exact match of

the role created with a Razor tag (e.g.,
the substring redhat must be present
in a service profile name to match a
redhat Razor tag).
Configure the Profile to be PXE booted by
Razor.
Once associated and powered on, the

node will boot, be provisioned by
Razor, and passed to PE for additional
management.
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Manage the node in Puppet Enterprise!
Razor passes provisioned nodes to Puppet

Enterprise
Node facts are matches by Puppet and the
node is placed into the desired node group
Node group can specify wide range of

workload configuration options
Puppet agent on the node keeps the

node in desired state
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UCS Platform Emulator
Full fledged UCS Manager emulated in

a VM
Runs right inside a laptop/desktop
Sports the entire UCS Manager API
Imports config / inventory from real

UCS setups
Used widely for training & API

development
Available as a VM (OVA) from

http://communities.cisco.com/ucspe
Available
Free
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Cisco Communities Support
Cisco maintained discussion forums, whitepapers, video demos,

programming examples, and links to Cisco maintained integrations (Python
SDK, PowerTool, etc.)
All things UCS:
Platform Emulator guides and free downloads:
communities.cisco.com/ucs
communities.cisco.com/ucspe
Integrations including 3rd party integrations (VMware, Microsoft, etc.)
communities.cisco.com/ucsintegrations
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Complete Your Online Session Evaluation
Give us your feedback to be

entered into a Daily Survey
Drawing. A daily winner will
receive a $750 Amazon gift card.
Complete your session surveys

through the Cisco Live mobile
app or from the Session Catalog
on CiscoLive.com/us.
Dont forget: Cisco Live sessions will be available
for viewing on-demand after the event at
CiscoLive.com/Online
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Continue Your Education
Demos in the Cisco campus
Walk-in Self-Paced Labs
Lunch & Learn
Meet the Engineer 1:1 meetings
Related sessions
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Deploying UCS in Modern

Short Historical Background

Unique Characteristics of Modern Datacenters

Role of UCS in Modern Datacenter

Datacenter Fabrics and Security

UCSM Operational, Optimization, Resiliency Enhancements

Rapidly Changing Storage Landscape

IP is way too greedy and heavy weight

IP is not optimized for Storage Transport

IP is not optimized for Datacenters

Long list of misunderstanding

Looking Back at Datacenter

Fragmented SILOs to True Architecture for

Highly fragmented (Server, Storage, Network)

Strong pockets of resistance

Few things connected

Separate Islands of networks

UCS - Network Compute/Storage Convergence to IP Fabrics

Unique Characteristics of Modern

Data Centers Trends

Industry Evolution & Data Centers

Business Agility with cloud model

Policy and Automation

Enterprise-wide policy, hyper-convergence

Focus on business solutions

Data Center is the foundation for business agility

Cisco Datacenter Strategy

Cisco Data Center Strategy & Vision

Defined by Applications. Driven by Policy. Delivered as a Service / Solution

Shaping The Next DC Architecture

Application-Centric Lifecycle Management

Role of UCS in Modern Datacenter

NIV, LLDP, VIC

Common Security Policy & Management

L2, QoS, FCoE

Memory Management , Scheduler,IPC, Services

Software Data Plane

Architecture of Cisco UCS C-Series IMC

Cisco UCS C-Series Server

Cisco UCS Director Turn-Key Solution

End-to-End Automation and

Single Pane of Glass

Virtualized and Bare-Metal

Network and Services

Tenant Tenant Tenant

Cisco UCS Director - Overview

Single Pane Management

Private Cloud Foundation

Metering and Showback

Improve IT Operational Efficiency

Reduce Opex & Decrease Service Delivery time

UCS Management Portfolio

Policy Driven Multi DC,

Basic Management Functionality

Integrated & Converged

Advanced Infrastructure Abstraction & Automation

The Power of UCS Unleashed for Modern Datacenters

UCS FI & IOM 3rd Generation Models

Modular IOM for UCS 5108

FI 6332 Use Case

FI 6332 Use Case

FI 6332-16UP Use Case

FI 6332-16UP Use Case