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2 C-Series Jason Shaw, UCS Technical Marketing Steve McQuerry, CCIE # 6108, UCS Technical Marketing 2

3 Agenda C-Series Overview Stand Alone Management UCSM Integration Overview Benefits of B-Series FW Management (Host FW Policies) BIOS Settings UCSM Integration Use Case Multiple Adapters Large Data GPU Computing Big Data Case Study (Validated Design)

4 C-Series Overview

5 UCS Rackmount Servers C22 M3 C24 M3 C220 M3 C240 M3 C260 M2 C460 M2 RU CPU E E E E E E Cores DIMMs Max GB 192GB 192GB 512GB 768GB 1TB 1TB Disk 8 x 2.5 or 4 x x 2.5 or 12 x x 2.5 or 4 x x 2.5 or 12 x x 2.5 or 32 x SSD 16 x 2.5 LoM 2 x 1Gb 4 x 1Gb 2 x 1Gb 4 x 1Gb 2 x 1Gb + 2 x 10Gb 2 x 1Gb + 2 x 10Gb PCIe Slots 2 x PCIe x PCIe x PCIe x PCIe x PCIe x PCIe 2.0 Internal Storage USB Port USB Port USB Port FlexFlash USB Port FlexFlash USB Port FlexFlash USB Port eusb

6 New - Cisco FlexFlash Cisco FlexFlash provides user access to local utilities/drives without the need to access vmedia. Onboard SD card partitions: Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) Server Configuration Utility (SCU) Cisco Drivers ISO Hypervisor / User Space

7 New - Usability Improvements Common Hardware components across C-series (where appropriate): Leveraging common PSU s Leveraging common rail kits / cabling arms Leveraging common replacements Improved serviceability Common server chassis paint/coloring 7

8 Stand Alone Management

Configure BIOS Settings Configure BIOS Boot Order HW Inventory Power

9 C-Series Integrated Management Controller CIMC Out of Band management controller Provides graphical or CLI management of hardware. Configure BIOS Settings Configure BIOS Boot Order HW Inventory Power controls/policy; Launch KVM Monitor hardware events; configure to send SNMP/Syslog events Centralized Authentication XML API

10 CIMC Demo

11 CIMC Demo methodology CIMC DEMO Server Tab Server Summary Page Health Power controls, launch KVM Inventory Network Adapters = P81E info/config Storage Megaraid / Local Disk info PCI Adapters listing / slot Sensor/SEL (IPMI) data Bios settings (and firmware on new) Power Policy / Fault Summary Admin Tab User Mgmt authenticate local/ad Network LOM MACs Comm Srvs protocols for mgmt Https Certificates CIMC Log/Events Firmware Management Utilities Export showtech 11

12 Hardware Upgrade Utility HUU Offline utility to update firmware on Standalone C-Series Servers. CIMC Firmware BIOS Firmware Lan on Motherboard (LOM) firmware Raid Controller Firmware P81E / VIC firmware Supports Update All 12

13 Server Configuration Utility SCU Bootable Startup tool that provides: Server Inventory RAID Setup Automated OS install with Drivers Diagnostics Tools Server Health Check Online Driver Updates from cisco.com Management of Cisco FlexFlash including online image updates from cisco.com 13

UCS Config Tool (UCScfg) UCScfg CLI utilities for Windows or Linux Operating Systems Read/Write BIOS Settings Using XML or text Read/Write BIOS Boot

14 UCS Config Tool (UCScfg) UCScfg CLI utilities for Windows or Linux Operating Systems Read/Write BIOS Settings Using XML or text Read/Write BIOS Boot Order Using XML or text Located in Utilities ISO CCO: C-Series Standalone / Utilities Read/Write CIMC Network config Setup CIMC (F8 Configuration) 14

15 UCSM Integration of C-Series

16 Unified Management Extending Benefits of UCS Manager to Rack Servers UCS 6100 or 6200 UCS 6100 or 6200 Nexus 2232 managed by UCS Manager Nexus 2232PP Nexus 2232PP Reduces cost server connectivity 10Gb Unified Fabric Performance All UCS M2 and M3 C-Series supported Scale to 160 C-Series per UCS domain GE LOM CIMC PCIe Adapter OS or Hypervisor Mgmt Traffic Data Traffic (LAN and FCoE)

UCS Manager C-Series Integration Customer benefits Stateless Simplified computing topology with and converged management

racks Feature details Management and data connectivity through 2232PP FEX Form Factor Independence All M2 servers UCS

servers will be integrated near their own FCS dates Parity with blade management features Service Profiles iscsi boot

17 UCS Manager C-Series Integration Customer benefits Stateless Simplified computing topology with and converged management FEX services benefits of UCSM Improved Scalable up C-Series to 160 total server servers connectivity across blades and racks Feature details Management and data connectivity through 2232PP FEX Form Factor Independence All M2 servers UCS Manager UCS 6100 or 6200 UCS 6100 or 6200 Expanded server support All M2 servers C220 M3 and C240 M3 servers New rack servers will be integrated near their own FCS dates Parity with blade management features Service Profiles iscsi boot with C-series VIC HDD fault monitoring 10 Gb CNA Nexus 2232 Nexus or 10 Gb LOM GLC-T connector Mgmt Connection Data Connection

18 Compelling Benefits of UCSM Integration Service Profiles Consistent BIOS Settings Ease of Firmware Management Ease of Lifecycle Management of Hardware Ease of Networking and VM-FEX configuration Ease of QOS Settings Single management point Consistent operational procedures independent of platforms. Consolidated fault reporting

19 Highlights of the Topology New topology Both mgmt and data connect into a single Nexus 2232PP which plugs in to UCS fabric interconnects (any of the 6100 or 6200 series). A pair of Nexus 2232PP is required for HA. Mgmt ports will require a 1000Base-T SFP Transceiver Module (GLC-T) PPs per Fabric Interconnect will be supported. Note that there are no deviations from the supported topology 1 GE LOM ports are required to be used for management. Qualified 10 GE adapters are required to be used for data. Third Party and other adapters may be added to the server, but will not be managed as part of UCSM. A Data plane adapter is still required for the server to be discovered and managed by UCSM. Required software version UCSM 2.0(2) is the UCSM version. Standalone CIMC version 1.4(3) will be the ONLY CIMC release initially integrated under this version. CIMC version 1.4(4) will be the only version for the C220 and C240 M3.

20 Supported adapters for UCSM integration Note: The integrated 10Gig LOM for the C460 is a BCM57711 which is qualified the C260 MLOM is a BCM57712 which is NOT yet qualified

21 Supported Topologies for UCSM Integration

22 Unsupported Topologies for UCSM Integration

Bronze match cos 1 class-map type qos match-all Silver match cos 2 class-map type qos match-all Gold match cos 4 class-map type qos match-all Platinum match cos 5 class-map type queuing class-fcoe

qos-group 5 class-map type queuing class-all-flood match qos-group 2 class-map type queuing class-ip-multicast match qos-group 2 policy-map type qos system class class-default set qos-group 0

qos-group 0 policy-map type queuing test-queue class type queueing class-fcoe bandwidth percent 40 class type queuing Bronze bandwidth percent 12 class type queuing Silver bandwidth percent 12 class

class-map type network-qos Bronze match qos-group 2 class-map type network-qos Silver match qos-group 3 class-map type network-qos Gold match qos-group 4 class-map type network-qos Platinum match

23 UCSM Integration vs. Top of Rack QoS Configuration install feature-set virtualization feature-set virtualization feature vmfex interface Ethernet1/9 description C260 MP switchport mode vntag class-map type qos match-all Bronze match cos 1 class-map type qos match-all Silver match cos 2 class-map type qos match-all Gold match cos 4 class-map type qos match-all Platinum match cos 5 class-map type queuing class-fcoe match qos-group 1 class-map type queuing Bronze match qos-group 2 class-map type queuing Silver match qos-group 3 class-map type queuing Gold match qos-group 4 class-map type queuing Platinum match qos-group 5 class-map type queuing class-all-flood match qos-group 2 class-map type queuing class-ip-multicast match qos-group 2 policy-map type qos system class class-default set qos-group 0 policy-map type qos user-policy-qos class userclass1 set qos-group 1 class userclass2 set qos-group 2 class userclass3 set qos-group 4 class userclass4 set qos-group 5 class class-default set qos-group 0 policy-map type queuing test-queue class type queueing class-fcoe bandwidth percent 40 class type queuing Bronze bandwidth percent 12 class type queuing Silver bandwidth percent 12 class type queuing Gold bandwidth percent 12 class type queuing Platinum bandwidth percent 12 class type queuing class-default bandwidth percent 12 class-map type network-qos class-fcoe match qos-group 1 class-map type network-qos Bronze match qos-group 2 class-map type network-qos Silver match qos-group 3 class-map type network-qos Gold match qos-group 4 class-map type network-qos Platinum match qos-group 5 class-map type network-qos class-all-flood match qos-group 2 class-map type network-qos class-ipmulticast match qos-group 2 policy-map type network-qos policy-uq class type network-qos Bronze set cos 2 class type network-qos Silver set cos 3 class type network-qos Gold set cos 4 class type network-qos Platinum set cos 5 class type network-qos class-default multicast-optimize system qos service-policy type qos input user-policy-qos service-policy type queuing output test-queue service-policy type network-qos policy-uq service-policy type queuing input test-queue port-profile type vethernet PFCQ1 untagged cos 5 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk native vlan 10 state enabled port-profile type vethernet PFCQ2 untagged cos 4 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk native vlan 20 state enabled port-profile type vethernet PFCQ3 untagged cos 3 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk native vlan 30 state enabled port-profile type vethernet PFCQ4 untagged cos 2 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk native vlan 40 state enabled 23

24 C-Series Use Cases

25 Multiple Adapters Add PCIe adapters that are unmanaged by UCSM for host connectivity Backup Network Connectivity Direct SAN Connectivity Low Latency Interconnect Monitoring Network 25

26 Local Storage Multiple form Factors and Controllers to meet Flexible Storage needs Various RAID Levels RAID 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 Battery Back Up Cache Performance vs. Scale Extender vs. Expander 26

27 Processor Offload Video rendering Teradici (PCoIP) Networking Offload SolarFlare Virtualized Adapter Mellanox iscsi & TOE Fusion I/O IODrive 2 MLC GPU Nvidia 2050 Next-Gen Nvidia cards 27

28 Integrated C-Series Big Data Case Study

Big Data integrated in UCSM Common Platform Architecture for Big Data applications NoSQL Database Advantages: Common Platform Architecture for multiple Scale-out/ Big data applications Design defines

29 Big Data integrated in UCSM Common Platform Architecture for Big Data applications NoSQL Database Advantages: Common Platform Architecture for multiple Scale-out/ Big data applications Design defines Base, Performance or Capacity Architectures. Architected for large IO Bandwidth, Performance and scalability Templated UCSM Configuration for each solution All UCSM benefits: Ease of deployment, Manageability, HW Monitoring, 29

SATA (Capacity) SAS (Performnace) SATA (Capacity) Performance and Capacity UCS Common Platform Architecture Server Rack (16 Servers) Cores/ Threads Capacity 1 IO Bandwidth Cores/ Threads Domain (160

30 SATA (Capacity) SAS (Performnace) SATA (Capacity) Performance and Capacity UCS Common Platform Architecture Server Rack (16 Servers) Cores/ Threads Capacity 1 IO Bandwidth Cores/ Threads Domain (160 Servers) Capacity 1 IO Bandwidth C210 M2 (16 x SFF) 192/ TB 21 GBytes/sec 1920/ PB 210 GBytes/sec C240 M3 (24 x SFF) 256/ TB 32 GBytes/sec 2560/ PB 320 GBytes/sec C240 M3 (12 x LFF) 192/ TB 16 GBytes/sec 1920/ PB 160 GBytes/sec Server Rack (16 Servers) Cores/ Threads Capacity 1 IO Bandwidth Cores/ Threads Domain (160 Servers) Capacity 1 IO Bandwidth C210 M2 (16 x SFF) 192/ TB 28 GBytes/sec 1920/ PB 280 GBytes/sec C240 M3 (24 x SFF) 256/ TB 42 GBytes/sec 2560/ PB 420 GBytes/sec A fully populated configuration (10 Racks, 160 Servers) supports 320 Gbits/sec (40 GBytes/sec) ingest bandwidth Domain (160 Servers) Server 3-Way Replicated Write Capability Capacity C210 M2 (16 x SFF) 23 Gbytes/sec PB C240 M3 (24 x SFF) 35 Gbytes/sec 4.8 PB C240 M3 (12 x LFF) 17 Gbytes/sec = 60 TBytes/Hour 7.2 PB 1 Formatted, Compressed, 3-Way Replicated 2 Using E (6 Cores) 3 Based on DFSIO. See benchmark numbers in the GPMR section

implementations for disaster recovery and

31 Extending UCS Enterprise Application Ecosystem to Big Data Big Data UCS Manager Deploy, Manage, Monitor Enterprise Applications NoSQL Database Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler Hadoop Connectors Extendable to multi-data center implementations for disaster recovery and business continuity UCS Rack-Mount Servers UCS Blade Servers SAN Arrays Availability Backup Snapshot

Big Data integrated in UCSM UCS Configuration - automated with Powershell Using an automation tool (such as Powershell in this example) provides consistent and automated UCSM configuration after

32 Big Data integrated in UCSM UCS Configuration - automated with Powershell Using an automation tool (such as Powershell in this example) provides consistent and automated UCSM configuration after rack/stack. Leveraging a consistent template for all UCSM configurations with variables for all site specific parameters (CIMC IP Pool, MAC address pools, etc..) Allows the HW implementer to fully configure the UCS Environment without having deep UCS knowledge 32

33 Integrated Solution Networking advantages Independent 10Gig paths for back end data Deterministic Traffic Flow Use Cluster failover mechanism for internode communications QoS settings to provide higher level of service Fabric Failover for Front end connectivity 33

34 Final Thoughts Get hands-on experience with the Walk-in Labs located in World of Solutions, booth 1042 Come see demos of many key solutions and products in the main Cisco booth 2924 Visit after the event for updated PDFs, on-demand session videos, networking, and more! Follow Cisco Live! using social media: Facebook: Twitter: LinkedIn Group: 34

stations throughout the Convention Center.

35 We want to hear from you! Breakout Session Evaluations Overall Cisco Live Evaluations: visit one of the Internet stations throughout the Convention Center. Don t forget to activate your Cisco Live Virtual account for access to UCS Innovation Program and Cisco Live content. Activate your account at the Cisco booth in the World of Solutions or visit 35

UCS Technical Deep Dive: Getting to the Heart of the Matter

UCS Technical Deep Dive: Getting to the Heart of the Matter Session ID Agenda Introductions UCS Architecture, Innovations, Topology Physical Building Blocks Logical Building Blocks Typical Use Cases (Live