Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperConverged Infrastructure Bjarne Madsen, CSE HyperConverged Solutions. 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 2
Agenda 1. What is HyperConverged, and why 2. Cisco s HyperConverged platform 3. Cisco HyperFlex overview 4. Live demo af HyperFlex 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 3
Cisco HyperFlex Systems Analyze. Simplify. Automate. Protect 3 Part of a Complete Data Center Strategy Elastic and Secure at Enterprise Scale Tetration HyperFlex UCS UCS Director ACI/ CloudCenter Security 2 Next Gen Data Platform Designed for Distributed Storage Cisco HX Data Platform Data Services and Storage Optimization 1 Complete Hyperconvergence Unified Compute and Network Infrastructure Cisco HyperFlex 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4
Cisco UCS: Platform for All Architectures Single Operational Model UCS Manager UCS Director Enterprise Cloud Suite UCS Mini E-Series Fourth Generation UCS UCS Integrated Infrastructure Solutions HyperFlex Systems C-Series Rack Servers UCS C3000 Series ROBO Mainstream Computing Converged Infrastructure Hyperconverged Infrastructure Scale Out Edge Unified Management Single Control Plane Single API Cloud 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5
What is Hyper-Convergence? Traditional NAS Hybrid Storage All Flash Storage Traditional IT + + + + On-Demand Agile Efficient Simple 1-3yr Planned Large Footprint Inefficient Complex NETWORK SERVERS APP APP APP APP CPU MEM STORAGE SERVER VIRTUALIZATION CPU MEM Hyper-Convergence Built on Cisco UCS CPU MEM Hyperconvergence APP APP APP APP APP HYPERCONVERGENCE CPU MEM 2 UCS models HX240c M4, HX220c M4 APP + + + + + + + On-Demand Agile Efficient Simple Scalable Enterprise Ready Cost Effective Netværk, Storage, Compute in one platform Vendor E Vendor N Vendor P Built on redudndant Cisco UCS Fabric interconnect 2 UCS FI 10Gbe or 40Gbe 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 6
HyperFlex components Hypervisor Datastore Storage Software Hypervisor Storage Netværk 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 7
Cisco HyperFlex Cisco HX components and architecture 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 8
CISCO UCS 6248UP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ID STAT 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8!!!!!!!! Console Console Console Console Console Console Console Console Intel Inside XEON UCS C220 M4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C220 M4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C220 M4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C220 M4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C220 M4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C220 M4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C220 M4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C220 M4 CISCO UCS 6248UP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ID STAT Cisco HyperFlex, network, server, storage and hypervisor appliance Shared DC Services vpc peer link vcenter vpc vpc DHCP NTP DNS HX Appliance Active Directory Software preinstalled Installer for fast and automatic installation Legend: HyperConverged 10G Ethernet Interconnects 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 9
Step 1. Connect pre-configured, save, redundant, and low-latency fabric to existing network Existing Upstream Network Redundant Secure Network Fabric 2x UCS 62xx Fabric Interconnects Heartbeat 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 10
Step 2. Add 3 or more HyperFlex HX appliances to new Cisco network Fabric Existing Upstream Network Redundant Secure Network Fabric 2x UCS 62xx Fabric Interconnects Heartbeat 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 11
Step 3. Auto-provisioning all HX appliances with Service Profiles via UCS Manager Redundant Secure Network Fabric 2x UCS 62xx Fabric Interconnects Existing Upstream Network Rapid Provisioning Framework UCS Manager/Service Profile Heartbeat 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 12
Step 4. Auto configure HX Data Platform on all HX nodes and new cluster is READY Existing Upstream Network Rapid Provisioning Framework UCS Manager/Service Profile Heartbeat HyperFlex HX Data Platform Data Services & Storage Optimisation 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 13
Step 5. Monitor, administrate, and setup Cisco HyperFlex together with s in one GUI Existing Upstream Network Rapid Provisioning Framework UCS Manager/Service Profile Heartbeat Vcenter plugin HyperFlex HX Data Platform Data Services & Storage Optimisation HTML5 GUI 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 14
Step 6. HA, Optimized, Scalable, Distributed resource pool, with HX Data Platform software Existing Upstream Network Heartbeat Vcenter plugin HyperFlex HX Data Platform Data Services & Storage Optimisation HX Data Platform Services Thin Provisioning, Replication, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Cloning HTML5 GUI 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 15
Step 7. s Applications installs & auto-balanced with HX software Existing Upstream Network Heartbeat Vcenter plugin HyperFlex HX Data Platform Data Services & Storage Optimisation HX Data Platform Services CRM, Thin Provisioning, Replication, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Cloning HTML5 GUI 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 16
Step 8. Storage efficient Snapshots protects applikations and Workloads Existing Upstream Network Heartbeat HyperFlex HX Data Platform Data Services & Storage Optimisation HX Data Platform Services Thin Provisioning, Replication, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Cloning 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 17
Step 9. Clone and make new environments for test and dev or VDI solutions in seconds Existing Upstream Network Heartbeat HyperFlex HX Data Platform Data Services & Storage Optimisation HX Data Platform Services Thin Provisioning, Replication, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Cloning 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 18
Step 10. Scale capacity or Compute independent without downtime Existing Upstream Network Heartbeat HyperFlex HX Data Platform Data Services & Storage Optimisation HX Data Platform Services Thin Provisioning, Replication, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Cloning 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 19
Step 10. Scale capacity or Compute independent without downtime Existing Upstream Network Heartbeat Compute-Only Node HX Data Platform Services CRM, Thin Provisioning, Replication, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Cloning 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 20
Step 11. Add resources for low-latency migration & consolidation with UCS, Storage and Converged Infrastructure Migration & Consolidation UCS, Converged, Storage Existing Upstream Network Heartbeat Compute-Only Node HX Data Platform Services CRM, Thin Provisioning, Replication, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Cloning 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 21
!! UCS C240 M3! 1 2 3 4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C3160 Step 12. Expand solution with DR and Backup CONSOLE Existing Upstream Network Backup & Replication Veeam, Zerto, Commvault, SRM Heartbeat Compute-Only Node HX Data Platform Services CRM, Thin Provisioning, Replication, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Cloning 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 22
Step 13. Expand solution with DR and Backup in dual DC setup DC Location #1 DC Location #1 Cross-site Backup & Replication DC Location #2 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 23
!! UCS C240 M3! 1 2 3 4 Intel Inside XEON UCS C3160 Step 14. Integrate automation with Cisco UCS Director and Cisco one! CONSOLE Existing Upstream Network Heartbeat 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 24
All Flash HX or Hybrid HX HX Personalities All Flash No read cache arger write log TLC V-NAND for data Hybrid Dedupe aware read cache Leverage cache across all nodes Future Ready Foundation Architecture that is well suited for Flash Log Structured Filesystem Write optimized data path to help reduce write amplification Dynamic Data Distribution Maximizes and balances the performance of all SSDs, spreads wear Inline Space Efficiency Dedupe, compression, snapshots and clones minimize wear and reduce flash cost Flash Friendly Data Access Large seq writes reduce flash wear, allowing for use of less expensive NAND
Flexible Infrastructure Add in new HCI workloads easily to your existing UCS domain or include new FI s in the bundle Scale securely with ACI and Cloudcenter Existing UCS domain with traditional storage Easily Add additional HCI compute Converged nodes Scale into the cloud on-demand
Primary HyperFlex Use Cases Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Server Virtualization Test and Development Large Remote Branch Office Databases Low upfront costs Consistent performance Predictable scaling Reduce operational complexity Adaptive scaling Always-on resiliency Agile provisioning Frequent iterations Instant cloning and snapshots Simple deployment Centralized management No fly-and-fix missions Consistent, lowlatency High IOPS All-flash nodes
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