Solution overview A New Generation of Converged Infrastructure that Improves Flexibility, Efficiency, and Simplicity Enterprises everywhere are increasingly adopting Converged Infrastructure (CI) as one of the best ways to rapidly accelerate IT transformation while adopting modern technologies, reducing risk, and simplifying operations. has enabled thousands of customers worldwide to simplify and modernize IT while allowing for digital transformation. If you are looking for an innovative way to deploy a modern IT infrastructure that delivers on real business benefits, allowing you to focus on your business and less on infrastructure management, the VxBlock System 1000 is for you. VxBlock Systems business benefits realized. Benefits based on an IDC Paper sponsored by. Results may vary. 66% 52% Lower cost of operations More efficient IT operations Less time spent keeping the lights on 34% 99% 640% Less unplanned downtime Five-year ROI 61% Faster application deployment life cycle
Overview Traditional converged infrastructure systems often require you to choose different systems for different applications performance, capacity, and data-service needs. The VxBlock System 1000 breaks the boundaries of traditional CI by offering the industry s first converged system designed for all in the modern data center with: Unprecedented choice to mix, share, and adapt pools of market-leading storage, data protection, and compute resources for all to maximize performance and utilization. Trusted life cycle assurance with a unique Release Certification Matrix (RCM) and a dynamic, customeraccessible RCM portal that provides proactive, customized recommendations to accelerate and simplify the infrastructure update process. A future-proof design to ensure that your system is able to support next-generation technologies to address extreme performance, scalability, and on-going simplicity requirements. Benefits Greater business agility offering an unprecedented choice of technologies suitable for all in one system. Improved data center efficiency by pooling and sharing resources to maximize utilization and ROI. Better operational simplicity, delivering a customized turnkey, engineered system experience. Trends and challenges Why is that important? Today, 84 percent of converged infrastructure users say that CI has made their IT environment more agile based on an ESG paper sponsored by. VxBlock System 1000 takes the complexities out of component integration, it simplifies upgrades and ongoing management, and it comes with single-call support for all components, including compute, network, and storage, virtualization, and dataprotection requirements. How it works The VxBlock System 1000 fully integrates industry-leading technologies including all-flash storage technologies, Cisco UCS M4 and M5 blade and rack servers, Cisco LAN and SAN networking, VMware virtualization, and data protection options into one fully integrated system delivering a turnkey, engineered experience. Systems Using a Logical Configuration Survey (LCS) to customize integration and deployment, all system elements are preintegrated, preconfigured, then tested and validated before shipping. Turnkey integration allows you to operate and manage your system as a single engineered product, rather than as individual, siloed components. Ongoing, component-level testing and qualification result in a drastically simplified update process. The result is significant time and resource savings throughout the system lifecycle, allowing you to focus your resources on business innovation. 2
Data Protection for Converged Infrastructure simplifies backup, recovery, and failover of your VxBlock System 1000. offers the most advanced data deduplication, replication, and data protection technologies for achieving your Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) requirements. VxBlock 1000 #1 in converged, now all-in-1 system General purpose Enterprise Cisco UCS Rack Servers Mission critical Cisco Nexus LAN Switch PowerMax Unity Traditional and modern Big data and analytics Cloud VxBlock 1000 VMAX Cisco UCS Blade Servers Cisco MDS SAN Switch Business Agility XtremIO X2 Vision AMP Isilon-Gen 6 Data Protection Suite Right mix of resources and data services for applications when you need them Data Center Efficiency Shared resource pools maximize utilization, eliminate stranded capacity, and increase ROI Operational Simplicity Turnkey system experience frees you to innovate Services delivers fully integrated, 24/7 support with a single phone call. There s never any finger-pointing between vendors, and you can always rely on our fully cross-trained team for a fast resolution to any problem. s portfolio of services (including deployment, migration, and residency services) accelerates the speed of deployment and integration into your IT environment and minimizes downtime by ensuring that your software remains up to date and your hardware remains operational throughout the full product lifecycle. The VxBlock has enabled us to make tremendous positive changes. Our users are thrilled with the IT team s responsiveness and with the accelerated application performance. It s also changed the relationship between IT and the college. Business units now engage us to consult early in their decision process. We ve become an integral partner in college business. Mark Wiseley, Senior Director of IT, Palmer College 3
VxBlock System 1000 support specification summary Component Details Compute (Note: Mixing blade servers and rack servers in one system is supported.) Chassis: Cisco UCS 5108 Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers: B200 M4, B260 M4, B420 M4, B460 M4, B200 M5, B480 M5 Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers: C220 M4, C240 M4, C220 M5, C240 M5 Cisco Fabric Extenders (FEX): Cisco UCS 2304 XP and Cisco Nexus 2348 UPQ Cisco Fabric Interconnect (FI): Cisco UCS 6332-16UP Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC): 1225, 1227, 1340, 1380, 1385, 1387 Maximum number of servers per system Cisco chassis: 50 Networking LAN: Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Cisco blade servers: 560 Cisco rack mount servers:1120 SAN: Cisco MDS 9148S, 9396S, 9706, 9710 (16G) Management connectivity: Cisco Nexus 31108TC-V, Nexus 3232C Storage (Note: Mixing multiple storage types in one system is supported.) Unity All Flash 350F, 450F, 550F, 650F Virtualization VMware: vsphere Enterprise Plus (includes VDS), ESXi, vcenter Server (Note: Bare-metal deployments are also supported.) Data protection Integrated Backup, Integrated Replication, and Integrated Business Continuity PowerMax -2000 and 8000 VMAX All Flash 250F, 950F XtremIO X2S, X2R Isilon All Flash, Hybrid, and Archival F800, H600, H500, H400, A200, A2000 : Avamar; NetWorker, Data Protection Search, Data Protection Advisor, Data Protection Central, CloudBoost, RecoverPoint and RP4VM; VPLEX System management Compute: AMP-VX for multisystem management includes four to eight rack servers, VMware vsan and vrealize Log Insight, Avamar Virtual Edition that is integrated with a Data Domain 6300 for protection of the AMP-VX Software: AMP-3S for single management support only, includes two to six rack servers and a Dell EMC Unity hybride storage array. Software: Vision software, Unisphere, InsightIQ (Isilon), Secure Remote Services (ESRS), Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for LAN and SAN, Cisco UCS Manager and PowerPath. Cabinet PowerPath Intelligent Physical Cabinet Solution from Essentials Greater business agility offering an unprecedented choice of technologies suitable for all in one system. Improved data center efficiency by pooling and sharing resources to maximize utilization and ROI. Better operational simplicity, delivering a customized turnkey, engineered system experience. 4
The Cisco Advantage VxBlock 1000 integrates Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus with storage which contributes to its leadership position in converged infrastructure. Over 4,000 global installations host mission-critical on Converged Infrastructure. The most demanding industries count on VxBlock systems, including 8 out of 10 largest US financial sector. By seamlessly integrating enterprise-class compute, network, storage and virtualization technologies from industry leaders Cisco,, and VMware, VxBlock 1000 delivers the world s most advanced converged infrastructure: engineered, manufactured, managed, supported, and sustained as one. For more information For additional information visit our website at www.cisco.com. 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. To view a list of Cisco trademarks, go to this URL: https://www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. (1110R) 2018 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell, EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. Reference Number: H16915 C22-741263-00 09/18