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2 Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Siva Sivakumar, Sr. Director, Cisco Computing Systems Product Group PSOCLD-1300

3 Agenda Trends Microsoft Azure Stack Overview The Cisco Solution Cisco Solution Advantages Next Steps Q & A

6 Infrastructure and Application Evolution SaaS PaaS IaaS Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT

7 Infrastructure and Application Evolution Traditional Applications SaaS Cloud Native Applications ERP, CRM, Financial, Client/Server, , PaaS IaaS IoT, Big Data, Analytics, Gaming,... Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT

8 IT Transformation: The Tale of Two ITs Speed Efficiency

9 Can You Have the Best of Both Worlds EFFICIENCY SPEED DISRUPTION + +

10 Think Hybrid EFFICIENCY SPEED DISRUPTION % Enterprises surveyed reported that hybrid cloud is essential for digital transformation 73% Believe their Organization have a Hybrid Cloud Strategy 3% Reported that their Hybrid Cloud Strategy is Optimized Source: IDC

11 The Solution: Microsoft Azure Stack

12 Vijay Tewari Group Program Manager Microsoft

13 What are we delivering? Microsoft Azure Stack

14 The Case for Hybrid Cloud Platform

15 Business and Technical Considerations

16 Microsoft s Hybrid Cloud Platform Power of Azure in your datacenter * - some components will be in Preview at Azure Stack GA

17 Microsoft s Hybrid Cloud Platform Power of Azure in your datacenter * - some components will be in Preview at Azure Stack GA

18 Microsoft s Hybrid Cloud Platform Power of Azure in your datacenter * - some components will be in Preview at Azure Stack GA

22 Cloud Resources (IaaS + PaaS) Virtual Machines (Linux or Windows) Storage Blobs Virtual Networks Websites (.NET, PHP, Python ) Service Fabric Clusters End User Experiences Unified Application Model Microsoft Azure Services Extensible Service Framework Core Services Additional Services Foundational Services Additional Services Cloud Infrastructure 3 rd Party Services

Azure Stack Integrated Systems Accelerated Time to Value From concept to

Enriched Lifecycle Management Greater quality and system reliability Focus

services and fastest updates No disruption to tenant availability or

23 Azure Stack Integrated Systems Accelerated Time to Value From concept to operations in days, not months Help developers be productive much faster Enriched Lifecycle Management Greater quality and system reliability Focus on delivering Azure services, not operations Continuous Innovation Newest services and fastest updates No disruption to tenant availability or experience PSOCLD Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 23

24 The Cisco Solution: Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack

25 Announcement February 9, 2017 Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Through our joint engineering with Microsoft, we re delivering to our customers a turnkey solution that is easy to deploy, manage and scale that addresses the needs of both Application developers and IT managers alike. Liz Centoni SVP/GM Computing Systems Product Group Cisco Systems, Inc. Microsoft and Cisco are proven innovators and trusted technology partners, giving customers the confidence that their IT environments can be supported and secure. Microsoft Azure Stack not only provides developers with an agile Microsoft PaaS environment that delivers API portability to the Azure public cloud, but also provides increasing access up to 20,000 Azure-based applications, Mike Neil CVP Enterprise Cloud Microsoft Corporation

26 System Requirements for Azure Stack

27 System Requirements for Azure Stack A balanced Server Platform CPU, memory, I/O, Flash, Storage, Network

28 System Requirements for Azure Stack An Optimized I/O Adapter Performance features optimized for Azure Stack A balanced Server Platform CPU, memory, I/O, Flash, Storage, Network

29 System Requirements for Azure Stack Simplified Management Automated setup, Configure, upgrade, life cycle handling An Optimized I/O Adapter Performance features optimized for Azure Stack A balanced Server Platform CPU, memory, I/O, Flash, Storage, Network

30 System Requirements for Azure Stack Serviceability Easier to monitor, troubleshoot and remedy Simplified Management Automated setup, Configure, upgrade, life cycle handling An Optimized I/O Adapter Performance features optimized for Azure Stack A balanced Server Platform CPU, memory, I/O, Flash, Storage, Network

31 System Requirements for Azure Stack Scalable Within The Rack and Beyond Scalable Network and Security High Performance, Efficient QoS and Traffic shaping capabilities Serviceability Easier to monitor, troubleshoot and remedy Simplified Management Automated setup, Configure, upgrade, life cycle handling An Optimized I/O Adapter Performance features optimized for Azure Stack A balanced Server Platform CPU, memory, I/O, Flash, Storage, Network

32 Azure Stack Integrated System HLH Server (Management) ToR Switch ToR Switch BMC Switch

33 Azure Stack Integrated System HLH Server (Management) ToR Switch ToR Switch BMC Switch Scale Unit

34 Azure Stack Integrated System HLH Server (Management) ToR Switch ToR Switch BMC Switch Scale Unit

35 Start with the Right Foundation

Unified Computing: Inspired by Customer Needs Industry in

Centricity Platform for IT Innovation Reduce complexity

Automate and move faster Virtualization & Cloud Get ready

36 Unified Computing: Inspired by Customer Needs Industry in Transition: Help me Operational Simplicity Application Centricity Platform for IT Innovation Reduce complexity that drives OPEX Get the most out of virtualization Automate and move faster Virtualization & Cloud Get ready for cloud Compute & Flash Acceleration Cisco UCS Network and Storage Access

37 Unified Computing Product Innovation UCS Management Reduced time to deploy new apps Reallocate resources quickly and efficiently XML API STANDARD APIs Unified Fabric Reduced infrastructure Cohesive resource pools Virtualized I/O Cisco Virtual Interface Card (VIC) Improved scalability and flexibility Increased performance Compute With NO Compromise Blade, Rack and Composable (Modular) servers in a single UCS managed domain Physical and virtual workloads

Cisco UCS Advantage - Unified Management Robust management delivers superior programmability, scalability, and automation Traditional Cisco UCS RAID settings Disk scrub actions Number of vhbas HBA

Transmit/Receive Rate Limiting VLAN assignments for NICs VLAN tagging config for NICs Number of vnics PXE settings NIC firmware Advanced feature settings RemoteKVM IP settings Call Home behavior

Assignments VLAN Tagging FC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot Parameters Number of vnics Boot order PXE settings IPMI Settings Number of vhbas QoS Call Home Template Association Org & Sub Org Assoc.

38 Cisco UCS Advantage - Unified Management Robust management delivers superior programmability, scalability, and automation Traditional Cisco UCS RAID settings Disk scrub actions Number of vhbas HBA WWN assignments FC Boot Parameters HBA firmware FC Fabric assignments for HBAs Number of vnics PXE settings NIC firmware Advanced feature settings QoS settings Border port assignment per vnic NIC Transmit/Receive Rate Limiting VLAN assignments for NICs VLAN tagging config for NICs Number of vnics PXE settings NIC firmware Advanced feature settings RemoteKVM 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 SAN LAN UCS Service Profile NIC MACs HBA WWNs Server UUID VLAN Assignments VLAN Tagging FC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot Parameters Number of vnics Boot order PXE settings IPMI Settings Number of vhbas QoS Call Home Template Association Org & Sub Org Assoc. Server Pool Association Statistic Thresholds BIOS scrub actions Disk scrub actions BIOS firmware Adapter firmware BMC firmware RAID settings Advanced NIC settings Serial over LAN settings BIOS Settings Unified System Approach SAN All elements of the LAN system are software programmable using Templates

39 UCS Advantage: Programmable Infrastructure Policy based Management Abstraction of all configuration and identity information into a service profile speeds deployment, reduces errors, lowers costs Industry leading tool to provision, manage and monitor all software and hardware components Provisioning UCS Manager Policy and model-based management, with service profiles, that improves agility and reduces risk Utilizes auto-discovery to detect, inventory, manage, and provision system components Offers a comprehensive open XML API, which facilitates integration with third-party management tools Growth Maintenance Monitoring UCS Multi domain Manager Manages multiple, globally distributed Cisco UCS domains with thousands of servers from a single pane Provides global configuration capabilities for pools, policies, and firmware UCS Management Software provides: Speed Ease of experimentation Consistency Simplicity Visibility Cisco Enterprise Cloud Suite Delivers a unified converged infrastructure management solution Provides programmable application containers across computing, networking, and storage resources and extend automation benefits to the entire infrastructure stack Private and Hybrid Cloud Management

40 Cisco Integrated System Configuration Details Built on UCS C240 M4L (2) Fabric Interconnect 6332 (40G) Scale-Unit Scale from 4 nodes up UCS FI 6332 (40GbE) UCS Manager (2) 40GbE Ports Cisco nextgen VIC built with specific optimizations for Azure Stack such as: VMMQ, VMQ, RDMA, VXLAN Capable of a range of speeds Optimized Fabric Design to meet design Scalable in one node increments UCS C240 M4L UCS C240 M4L 2 x Intel Xeon E5 V4 gen CPU DDR4 Memory Cisco Gen 4 VIC 4 x 1.6 TB SAS SSD 8 x 8 TB SAS HDD Every node is Hyper Converged using Windows Storage Spaces Direct Built using UCS Service Profile templates Fixed configs and pre-built automation

41 Azure Stack on Cisco UCS A Complete Solution Example 4-node offering exus 9332PQ 2 x 40 Gbe Ports 1RU EoR Switch Nexus 9332PQ Nexus Switch 32 x 40 Gbe PortsvPC 1 vpc 0 vpc 1 1RU EoR Switch FI FI 6332 (40G) FI 6332 (40G) UCS 6332 FI x 40 Gbe Ports 0 vpc 1 1RU UCS 6332 FI 32 x 40 Gbe Ports 1RU S C240 M4L 2-Socket 2LFF/SFF Drives 2x40Gbe Ports 2RU UCS C240 M4L 2-Socket 12LFF/SFF Drives Single number Support On-site Installation Services Cisco Automation Scripts vpc 0 vpc 1 4 to15 Nodes Per Cluster 1 to 2 clusters 4 to15 Nodes Per Cluster Nexus Switch 4 to15 Nodes Per Cluster 1 to 2 clusters 4 to15 Nodes Per Cluster Cisco or Microsoft is your single call for support to any issue resolution Complete unboxing and system setup Download and setup of Azure Stack Integration into your environment including Active Directory Service Profile Template Driven Provide complete setup of your System Reduces set up time from hours to minutes Leveraging Cisco best practices

42 Azure Stack: Thinking about scale over time Berlin New york Singapore 3 3 3

Cisco UCS Advantage Simplified Scaling UCS Manager Design Today UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects Microsoft Azure Stack Resource Manager Single UCS Domain Managed by UCS Manager Multiple UCS

43 Cisco UCS Advantage Simplified Scaling UCS Manager Design Today UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects Microsoft Azure Stack Resource Manager Single UCS Domain Managed by UCS Manager Multiple UCS Domains Interconnect using Nexus 9000 Scalable to 1000s of servers 100s of domains Centrally manage by UCS Central 43 PSOCLD Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 43

Summary World Class Products Architectural Approach Cisco Azure Stack Solution planned for GA in Q3 CY17 UCS and Nexus Products are best in Class Azure Stack optimization in Cisco VIC Customer

44 Summary World Class Products Architectural Approach Cisco Azure Stack Solution planned for GA in Q3 CY17 UCS and Nexus Products are best in Class Azure Stack optimization in Cisco VIC Customer Orientation World Class Service and Support The Cisco Advantage ` for Microsoft Azure Stack Extensive Partner Eco-system World-wide reach Proven technical knowhow Built from the ground up as an integrated system Same design has been deployed extensively Converged Infrastructure Leadership Over 60% market share; Leader in delivering turn-key solutions PSOCLD Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 44

Series ROBO Mainstream Computing Converged Infrastructure Hyperconverged

45 One Platform: Cisco UCS UCS Mini E-Series Fourth Generation UCS UCS Integrated Infrastructure Solutions HyperFlex Systems Microsoft Azure Stack Rack Servers C & S Series ROBO Mainstream Computing Converged Infrastructure Hyperconverged Infrastructure Hybrid Cloud Scale Out Edge Core Data Center One Infrastructure Management Model Cloud

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46 Next Steps? We can stay and address any questions. We are happy to schedule 1 x 1 meetings at Cisco LIVE Wish to try Azure Stack? Download TP2 and run single node C-Series today. Whitepaper - Here If you desire a meeting after you get home please send mail to: For more information and questions: Azurestackpresales@cisco.com

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47 Complete Your Online Session Evaluation Please complete your Online Session Evaluations after each session Complete 4 Session Evaluations & the Overall Conference Evaluation (available from Thursday) to receive your Cisco Live T-shirt All surveys can be completed via the Cisco Live Mobile App or the Communication Stations Don t forget: Cisco Live sessions will be available for viewing on-demand after the event at CiscoLive.com/Online PSOCLD Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 47

48 Continue Your Education Demos in the Cisco campus Walk-in Self-Paced Labs Lunch & Learn Meet the Engineer 1:1 meetings Related sessions PSOCLD Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 48

49 Q & A

50 Thank You

Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Designed for Performance and Manageability

Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Designed for Performance and Manageability Christian Jaeckel Systems Engineer, Data Center & Cloud Team Germany chjaecke@cisco.com April 2018 System Requirements