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1 BMC BladeLogic for Cisco UCS Tore Brynaa Business Solution Manager, BMC Software

2 Gartner Group: Virtualizing the Data Center Sprawled Component-Orientation Virtualized Layer-Orientation Automated Service-Orientation Cloud enabled Policies Optimization Hardware costs down, flexibility up Service levels and agility up Provisioning Workloads Data Resources Identities Services Availability to to 2020 Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 2 2 Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc.

3 Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 3

4 Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 4

5 Agenda Cisco s Unified Computing System Review What Does Cisco OEM from BMC? Why Do UCS Customers Need It? How s it Work? What Makes BladeLogic for Cisco s UCS Better? What s the Proof? Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 5

6 Unified Fabric & Integrated Management SAN LAN LAN SAN Access Switch Management Bladeserver Bladeserver 2 Switch HBA Management Bladeserver UCSM1 Bladeserver 1 UCSM2 Bladeserver 3 HBA Bladeserver 2 SAN Access Hyper Visor OS OS OS OS Bladeserver 5 Apps Apps Apps Apps HBA Hyper Visor VNIC VNIC VNIC VNIC OS OS OS OS Bladeserver 34 Apps Apps Apps Apps Bladeserver 6 HBA Bladeserver 45 SAN Bladeserver n Typical Current Platform SAN HBA Bladeserver n n New Unified Computing System Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 6

7 The Cisco Unified Computing System Resource Scaling With Intel Nehalem Virtualization Platform Dynamic Provisioning Hypervisor Optimization with VN-Link Compute Platform Network Platform Unified Fabric with Nexus Series IT Process Automation 20% 15% 35% Site Savings (CAPEX & OPEX) 1.Reduced System Power 2.Lower Cooling 3.Better Use of Space 4.Lower PUE/Site Platform Savings (CAPEX & OPEX) 1.Radically Fewer Components 2.Lower HW/SW Costs 3.More VMs Per Node 4.Better Performance Per Node Organization Savings (OPEX) 1.Fewer FTE/ Service 2.Faster Provisioning 3.Seamless Repurposing 4.Better Coordination 5.Fewer IT Failures Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 7

8 What Does Cisco OEM from BMC? Cisco s Unified Computing System Review What Does Cisco OEM from BMC? Why Do UCS Customers Need It? How s it Work? What Makes BladeLogic for Cisco s UCS Better? How Do You Position it in HP Accounts? What s the Proof? Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 8

9 Built-in Automation in Cisco UCS Powered by BMC BladeLogic A U T O M A T E D A U T O M A T E D Hardware Operating System Applications Compliance Cost M A N U A L Time M A N U A L Configuration Standards A U T O M A T E D > 4 days N/A Minutes N/A Minutes Minutes Minutes M A N U A L < 14 days > 10 days > 8 days > 5 days > 7 days > 8 days > 3 days Receive authorized change request Prepare change plan Receive change approval Acquire BOM and parts Schedule install in DC Change Preparation Cabling and physical install Bios firmware and settings Local storage firmware/settings Install Blade firmware UUID and Boot order CNA firmware and settings Set Up Servers Cabling and physical install Virtual port groups-virtual machines Switch uplink/downlink definitions MAC and WWN address pinning Vlan, Vsan, QOS, bandwidth allocation Ethernet Channels to upstream Lan Set Up Network Configure/deploy Op. System Patch Op. System Validate OS Configuration Create App. configuration Install App. stack Validate application stack Set Up App. Stack Update CMDB Close change request Change Close Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 9

10 Why Do UCS Customers Need It? Cisco s Unified Computing System Review What Does Cisco OEM from BMC? Why Do UCS Customers Need It? How s it Work? What Makes BladeLogic for Cisco s UCS Better? What s the Proof? Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 10

11 Required Capabilities Discovery of Cisco UCS hardware, profiles, and polcies. Single console management of Physical and Virtual Envionments Seamless management of Cisco UCS Templates across UCS instances Global management of MAC, WWN and UID across UCS instances Settings and Drift Management (device, baseline, policy) with automated way to consistently remediate non-authorized changes (non-compliant devices) Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 11

12 Without BMC BladeLogic for Cisco UCS: Full Stack Server Provisioning UCS Manager Only Limitations Templates can NOT be shared across UCS instances Available MAC addresses are scoped per UCS Manager instance Available WWN addresses are scoped per UCS Manager instance Available UUIDs are scoped per UCS Manager instance UCS Manager Only Request New OS or App stack instance Create Templates Templates Associate Profile Manual Manual Save Template Manual Action Admin Available MACS Available WWNs Cisco UCS Associated Blade Multiple Manual Steps Required 12 Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 12 Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc.

13 With BMC BladeLogic for Cisco UCS: Full Stack Server Provisioning UCS Manager + BMC BladeLogic Request New OS or App stack instance Templates Build Security Available Available BL Data Store GuidelinesAutomated Config Automated MACS Automated Blade SecurityWWNs Automated App Policy Creation OS Build Config Stack Build BladeLogic CMDB Updated Update Service Model Notify Requester Admin Blade w/ OS Associated Blade Multiple Cisco UCS Instances Blade w/ OS + Security Fully Configured App Server Information UCS Manager Only Request New OS or App stack instance Create Templates Manual Templates Associate Profile Manual Action Manual Save Template Admin Available MACS 13 Available WWNs Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc Cisco UCS Associated Blade Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc. Multiple Manual Steps Required 13

14 How s it Work? Cisco s Unified Computing System Review What Does Cisco OEM from BMC? Why Do UCS Customers Need It? How s it Work? What Makes BladeLogic for Cisco s UCS Better? What s the Proof? Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 14

15 Discovery Note the physical blades that are available. Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 15

16 Provisioning Pre-Built OS and Application Stacks are available for provisioning. Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 16

17 Provisioning wizard Purpose built integration to California allows administrators to quickly provision new systems using a simplified wizard driven interface. Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 17

18 Provisioning wizard Administrator simply chooses an available Administrator hardware has Profile the option from to the Administrator override library. can customize OS the settings found in the setting information as needed. default hardware profile Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 18

19 Provisioning in progress Provisioning process starts automatically. Administrator can monitor provisioning process as needed. Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 19

20 What Makes BladeLogic for Cisco USC Better? Cisco s Unified Computing System Review What Does Cisco OEM from BMC? Why Do UCS Customers Need It? How s it Work? What Makes BladeLogic for Cisco s UCS Better? What s the Proof? Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 20

21 What Makes Us Better? BMC BladeLogic for Cisco UCS Unified Policy Model Global Management of UCS Role-Based Access Control and Segregation of Duties Composite Packaging Single Consolidated Management interface for the full stack, physical and virtual Real-time granular configuration access and control Ability to centrally manage MAC, WWN, and UUIDs across UCS instances Ability to create and centrally manage UCS hardware service profiles Restrict access at three levels: task, configuration and policy Increased security Task delegation to low skilled resources Standards based and cross platform Built-in roll back Easy re-use of packages Closed-Loop Compliance Audit and remediate with surgical precision Handle exceptions and complex policy rules Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 21

22 What s the Proof? Cisco s Unified Computing System Review What Does Cisco OEM from BMC? Why Do UCS Customers Need It? How s it Work? What Makes BladeLogic for Cisco s UCS Better? What s the Proof? Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 22

23 Proof Point Edmons.com BMC Automation Reduces Deployment Time and Server Administration Costs for an Online Professional Services Company 95% Reduction in crashes caused by configuration changes 90% Reduction in emergency system changes Operations can automatically track changes and delegate selected administrative tasks to subgroups Before BMC With BMC Provisioning Time (95 servers) 3 months 2 days Improved Server to Admin Ratio 60:1 120:1 23 Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc 23 Copyright 9/8/2009 BMC Software, Inc.

24 Thank You Tore Brynaa

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