brkcom-1005 ucs architecture

Architecture of the Cisco Unified Computing System

BRKCOM-1005

Dan Hanson

Manager, Technical Marketing

Computing Systems Product Group

2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. BRKCOM-1005 Cisco Public

Agenda

Introduction Fundamental UCS Components

UCS Strategy: A Software Defined Server and Edge

UCS Implementation of Strategy

UCS Advantage Videos on YouTube

Summary

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Introduction Fundamental UCS Components


Cisco UCS is a Fundamental Unified Fabric LAN

Any IEEE Compliant LAN SAN B Any ANSI T11 Compliant SAN

Mgmt SAN A

Any ANSI T11 Compliant SAN

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UCS Technologies Impacting the DC

Proliferation of NIC and HBA devices, cables, ports as servers are added

Linear costs per compute node added

State is built per server

Per server management

Unified fabric within the DC

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EVERY Rack-Mount

Server

Production Management Backup

SAN B

SAN A



Proliferation of NIC and HBA devices, cables, ports, IO Bay Modules as bladed servers are added

State is Built on a Per-Chassis Basis

Non-Trivial Intra-Chassis Connectivity

Large Unit Step Costs for added Chassis

Unified fabric within the DC

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EVERY Blade Server

Production Management Backup

SAN B

SAN A

Blade Chassis



As Servers are added, the cabling remains constant

Management model remains the same

State is per-UCS domain and not per rack or blade chassis

Small unit-step costs for chassis as satellites of UCS Domain

New Cabling Model

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EVERY UCS B Series Server

Entire

UCS

Domain

Production Management

SAN B

SAN A

1-20 Blade Chassis, 160 Rack Units


Cisco UCS is a Software Defined Server and Edge

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Cisco UCS is a Software Defined Server and Edge

We start with a data model that includes the existence, identity, and configuration of a server and its various sub-components

Deep model of very fundamental components within servers

We grow this data model to include upstream I/O needs to include the configuration of the upstream devices ports connecting to this server

Coupling of the other end of the cables that connect these servers to the DC

We include policies to define groupings of these servers, priorities, security segments, and many others

To offer differentiated services, for example different x86 processor types

We probe newly added hardware, to classify them into service level tiers by capability

To ease not only the customer consumption of services, but also provider capacity growth

We map these modeled servers and all surrounding component needs to these service level tiers when the actual services are required

Fundamentals of Cisco UCS

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UCS Centralized Policy And Application Driven

Embedded Management enables more configuration points to set up and provision HW, FW, and Advanced Settings

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LAN

SAN

Cisco UCS

Service

Profile NIC Existence

NIC MACs

HBA Existence

HBA WWPNs

Server UUID

BIOS Settings

RAID Settings

VLAN Assignments

VLAN Tagging

FC Fabrics Assign.

FC Boot Parameters

Boot order

PXE settings

IPMI Settings

QoS

Template Association

Org & Sub Org Assoc.

Server Pool Assoc.

Statistic Thresholds

BIOS scrub actions

Disk scrub actions

BIOS firmware

Adapter firmware

BMC firmware

Advanced NIC settings

Serial over LAN settings


UCS Server Physical Architecture

Pre-pinned forwarding paths within UCS System including ingress/egress not a forwarding based on {MAC address | VLAN}

No Spanning Tree Protocol

Reduces CPU load on upstream switches

All links carrying traffic

Doubles effective bandwidth

Maintains server MAC table for UCS servers only

Prevents Loops by pinning a MAC Address to Only One Port or Port-Channel

No traffic can pass between upstream segments

Upstream VSS/vPC optional for all bandwidth usage

Completely transparent to Next Hop Switch (need not be multi-chassis aware)

Traffic on same L2 subnet switched locally inside FI

UCS Cluster of Servers Presented to Data Center

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UCS System Components

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Typical Infrastructure: Assign a business use to a chassis Some chassis filled and requires

new purchases of chassis, LAN I/O modules, SAN I/O modules, Management modules, Intra-DC cabling all required

Open capacity in other chassis are stranded

Leads to slower business turn-around

With UCS, grouping of business functions can be virtual within array or on Rack-Mounted arrays near-term Single Management Entity for a UCS array


UCS Fabric Interconnects Different Ports for Dedicated Functions

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Wire once for bandwidth, not connectivity

Policy-driven bandwidth allocation

Integrates as a single system into your data center

In mixed blade and rack environments, 160 servers is the limit

Bladed Deployments (Can mix with Rack Mounts)

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Wire once for bandwidth, not connectivity

Policy-driven bandwidth allocation

To get higher bandwidth on racks, we cable fewer servers to the 2232s

In mixed blade and rack environments, 160 servers is the limit

Rack Mount Deployments (Can mix with Blades)

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UCS Server Physical Architecture Connecting UCS to Multiple Security Segments

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VLAN List Uplink Group Server Interface

List

10,11,12 E1/1,E1/2 Blade1 NIC0 & NIC1, Blade 2

NIC0

20,21,22 E1/10,E1/11 None

30,31,32 E1/20,E1/21 Blade 2 NIC1, Blade 3 NIC0 &

NIC1

501 FC0,FC1 Blade 1 vHBA0,

Blade 2 vHBA0

UCS

Forwarding

Boundary


UCS Server Models for Blade and Rack Mount Inside the x86 Server Straightforward Components and OS View

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Cisco UCS: Many Server Form Factors, One System

UCS C220 M3

Versatile, General Purpose Enterprise

Infrastructure, and Application Server

Enterprise Performance

UCS C240 M3

Ideal Platform for Big Data, ERP,

and Database Applications

UCS B200 M3

Optimal Choice for VDI, Private

Cloud, or Dense Virtualization/

Consolidation Workloads

Intensive/Mission Critical

UCS B420 M3

Enterprise Class, 4-Socket

Blade for Large, Memory-

Intensive Bare Metal

and Virtualized Applications

UCS C420 M3

Enterprise Class, 4-Socket Server for

Large, Memory-Intensive Bare Metal, and

Virtualized Applications

UCS C24 M3

Entry, Expandable Rack Server for Storage

Intensive Workloads

UCS C22 M3

Entry Rack Server for Distributed and Web

Infrastructure Applications

UCS B22 M3

Entry Blade Server for IT Infrastructure and Web

Applications

Scale Out

Rac

k

Bla

de

UCS C260 M2

Mission-Critical, 2-Socket Extended

Memory Server for Large, Memory-

Intensive Applications

UCS C460 M2

Mission-Critical, 4-Socket

Server for Large, CPU-Intensive

Applications

UCS B440 M2

Mission-Critical, 4-Socket Blade for Large, CPU-

Intensive Bare Metal


UCS B230 M2

Density-optimized CPU and

Memory-Intensive 2-Socket Blade for Bare

Metal and Virtualized Applications

UCS C460 M4

Mission-Critical, 4-Socket

Server for Large, CPU-Intensive

Applications

UCS B260/B460 M4

Mission-Critical, 2/4-Socket

Blades for Large, CPU-Intensive Bare Metal


UCS Strategy: A Software Defined Server and Edge


UCS Logical Architecture A Legacy Server Physical Builds of the Devices

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Baseline of the Legacy DC Infrastructure

Structured DC Design for Compute, LAN, Storage, Security, and Facilities

Services Capacity and Geographical Capabilities

Business Need to Service Delivery Process and Timing Capabilities

Infrastructure Deployment and Operational Models

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Baseline of the Legacy DC Infrastructure Business Need timing Impacts Whiteboard to Service Realization

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TRADITIONAL

INDUSTRY

APPROACH -

SIMPLIFIED

Whiteboard Design

Produce cut sheets to

teams

Identify Needs

Provision Storage

Identify Server Class

Identify Network Needs

Mask LUNs

Identify Server

Instance

Share WWNs

Configure SAN Edge

Determine DC

Placement

Share Location

Zone Fabric

Configure Network

Edge

Facilities Stage Server

Firmware Updates

BIOS Policy

Settings

RAID Settings

Image OS

Coordinate Ends of Cables

Coordinate Ends of Cables

Join Systems

Mgmt Domain

Update Security Policy

Install Application


Current DC Directions, Projects, and Goals

Abstracting, Converging, and Virtualizing more of the DC Infrastructure for Deployment and Operational Benefits

Easing the Restrictions of Structured Design

Embracing Service Delivery Independent of Location Including Campus Needs

Tighter Coupling of Provisioning and Delivery for Accelerated Deployments

Rethinking the Process

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Tight Coupling of Needs to Provisioning Self Service Typically Mandates VMs

Bare Metal Model Unchanged Used for Virtualization Provider Rollouts

Management and Troubleshooting of Overlays not shown here

Single Admin with Full Control on Infrastructure

Virtualizing the Server and Some Infrastructure is Partial Solution

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AFTER

INFRASTRUCTURE

PRE-PROVISIONING

ON HYPERVISOR

Whiteboard Design Produce cut sheets but

fewer teams involved at time

of need

Identify Needs

Identify Virtual DC

Deploy VM from OVF

Update Security Policy

Update Virtualized Services Needs

Image OS Join Systems

Mgmt Domain

Install Application

Configure Network

Edge

Identify Shared

Data Store



Begins with a Separation of Control Plane and Data Plane

Easier Programmatic Control

Dont Deconstruct App Components to Fit in DC Make the DC Infrastructure Morph to the App Policy

API with the Centralized Controller Architecture Common Abstract extensions for optimized services to API methods

Move to centralized policies and pools of how resources are consumed

Industry offerings vary in terms of where some middleware would live Middleware to control advanced ASIC functionality, and other HW capabilities

Support of these API extensions

Expanding these into Open Source living on the Platforms

Making These Programmable Goals Pervasive Not just in VM Pods

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What Really Does a Controller Do?

These are not new Wireless Controllers to centrally manage Access Points

Controlling Bridge in all FEX architectures

VM Managers things like Auto-Deploy

More than just Control Plane/Data Plane Separation All modern modular devices have that separation in a sense

Expanding the scope Span entire DC segments (or inter-DC) at scale

Host the Running Images and Components (FEX, Auto Deploy, etc.)

Host the Device Configurations (FEX, Auto Deploy, WiFi, etc.)

Model Driven Imposition of detailed configuration lines no longer in user space

Administrators configure the models end to end now

APIs to allow the end using processes, portals, etc. to configure the models

APIs for the reporting and subscription to monitoring and event subscription

Other Examples Yesterday and Today

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Industry Directions inside the Data Center

One Direction is to Eliminate Control Plane completely on Element

White Box Servers

Merchant Silicon on networking

White Box Network and Storage gear carry little management

Goal is to effectively open source code of devices to users

Different views by Market Segment

Controllers Do Not Equate to Merchant Hardware

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Moving to Direct Control of Policies and Pooling of the Underlying Infrastructure

Feature Rich Integration

Controller to Element Closed in its Nature

Northbound Methods Open

UCS Model Fits This Model Today

Tightly Coupling the Controller to Hardware Capability

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Cisco Assertion: Underlying Hardware will Still Matters Cannot Rely on Software Libraries/Overlays Only

White Box Servers with little management Do we have precedents here?

One example: Are their advantages in processor families for workloads (VT-x, VT-d, TXT for VM boot, ) or is cheapest OK? Should I Virtualize Servers on ARM?

White Box Network and Storage gear with little management Same example: Will all networking ASICs lose any value, will cheapest device be OK?

Tradeoffs with Software Only Options

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Goal is to effectively open source code of devices to users Do we want the ability to openly access internals for some customizations, or do we want to fully

write our complete control plane?

Do we want to invent and maintain our infrastructure? Dev, QA, Docs, Support, etc.?

Key item here What Optimizations are Needed and how to put in API?

Different views by Market Segment Web Providers will be more capable of developing this IP and its lifecycle will others want this vs.

Off the Shelf?

Example: Do we want to expose the core OS for loading of custom code, or offer API to control?

Tradeoffs with Software Only Options

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UCS Implementation of Strategy

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UCS Server Architecture When we Add in a Unified Fabric Architecture and Policy Driven Configurations

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UCS Server Architecture When we Add in Templates and Pools

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UCS Manager Data Management Engine Review of the UCS Management Architecture

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UCS System Architecture

Optional to Deploy

First fundamental co-tenancy unit is an organization Maximum is only based on resources

Organizations are logical divisions of resources and policy

Can be tiered with sub-organizations 5 levels deep maximum

Organizational Groupings*

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* Unique to Cisco UCS



Method of pulling physical blades into server pool shown

Legacy boundaries are per chassis

Can be any blade on any chassis, or rack-mount pooled together

Segmentation can be virtual within UCS

Pooling Servers does NOT equate to Chassis Boundaries*

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As hardware added into UCS, it can be automatically added to pools to offer SLAs By chassis/slot/organization for ownership of hardware

Qualified by this policy, and made available to users as unconfigured device in the appropriate pool

Method to select minimums for hardware pool candidates

Server pool policy to map pools to minimal qualifiers

Server Pool Qualification Policies SLA Tiering for Software Defined Servers*

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UCS Server Architecture

Complete control of firmware that is qualified for use per application that will be running*

Various Components without Admin UEFI* Blade Management Controller

BIOS

Option ROM

RAID Controller

NICs

HBAs

Main Board

Pulled into a profile or a profile template*

Allows for assigning the firmware state on server Easier automation possible

Firmware Versioning Included within the Software Defined Server

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Complete control of BIOS settings* All pertinent fields are configurable in a BIOS

policy

When profile is associated, the BIOS settings are also matched to the preference of the application

Complete control of RAID settings* RAID configuration can be setup on a profile

basis

RAID can be protected if a profile application to an existing RAID server, can raise exception rather than applying

Allows for assigning the low-level configuration state on server Easier automation possible

BIOS and RAID Controller Configuration within the Software Defined Server

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Coupling of the configuration of LAN/SAN access port with the NIC/HBA using it in the server Goal of reducing the manual touches on the infrastructure, and adhere to established policies

Entire I/O Carriages can be pre-built for rapid addition to a new software defined server within UCS

Single XML object in UCS, multiple coordinated hardware items on legacy servers/LAN/SAN

A-priori configuration No manual NX-OS or IOS configuration of physical port

No manual SAN-OS / NX-OS configuration of physical port

Abstract into objects that are using them (adapters)

No manual adapter configuration abstract to XML object

Create templates of these adapters by use

Grouping Server IO needs and Network Edge in Software

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UCS Server Architecture Fundamental I/O Linkages on the Unified Fabric

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Converging the Infrastructure Silos for Deployment and Operations Advantages

Makes Programmatic I/O Possible without Server Virtualization Need

The key is how this is accomplished??

Moving to Programmable I/O

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Individual

Ethernets (vNICs)

DCB Ethernet

Storage (vHBAs)

Blade Management

Channels (BMC Connections)

x86 Server

NIC

NIC

NIC

Mgmt

Mgmt

HBA

HBA

PCIe Tree

x86 Server

PCIe Tree



Define X(*) NICs and their attributes VLAN(s)

MAC Addresses

QoS Attributes (Speeds, MTUs, Markings, etc.)

Security Policy (Native allowed, MAC forge, etc.)

Order on PCIe bus*

Which adapter and fabric to use*

Which L2 Network to Connect to above UCS (Different DMZs)*

Fabric Failover to allow HA in UCS without OS teaming/bonding configuration*

Define a Whole Group of NICs* Security Policy to an IO Assembly

Later Slides will talk to VM-FEX* Create VM vNICs Directly within UCS

vCenter/SCVMM/KVM can use on VMs

Server NIC Creation and Configuration within the Software Defined Server

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Centralized per Organization/Root

Adapter Templates Can be used as Initial or Updating

Tightly Controlled Centralized Policy Easier Audit

Policy Managed by Security and Network Administrator

Applicable to Physical and Virtual Servers Tied into Service Profile Templates

Tied into vNIC Templates

Tied to VM-FEX vSwitching Port Profiles

Highly Automated Process to Add Connectivity to Server with Policy

Pre-Creating Templates of Server NICs

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Each Virtual Machine vNIC now connected to the UCS network edge 1:1 mapping between a VM virtual adapter and the UCS network

Services can remain on network similar to pizza box deployments today

Live Migration is Supported with this bypass mode adapters not on ESXi Shell, nor on Windows 2012 hosts

Multiple Security levels can exist within a given vCenter/SCVMM/KVM environment on UCS with hardware isolation

As Virtual Machines move around infrastructure, the network edge port stays consistent with the virtual adapter that is moving

RHEL with KVM support in 6.3, Microsoft Hyper-V in Windows 2012, vSphere since 4.0u1

Extending UCS FEX Endpoints to the Virtual Machines (VM-FEX)*

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Define Y HBAs and their attributes* VSAN

WWPN

QoS Attributes (Speeds, etc.)

Order on PCIe bus

Which adapter and fabric to use

Which Upstream FC port or channel to present the HBA on

Define a Whole Group of HBAs* Security Policy to an IO Assembly

Server HBA Creation and Configuration within the Software Defined Server

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Centralized per Organization/Root

Adapter Templates Can be used as Initial or Updating

Tightly Controlled Centralized Policy Easier Audit

Highly Automated Process to Add SAN Connectivity to Server with Policy

Policy Managed by Security and SAN Administrator Tied into Service Profile Templates

Tied into vHBA Templates

Pre-Creating Templates of Server HBAs

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Administratively defined by Security, Storage, and Network teams before use

Template of full I/O rules (numbers of NICs and where they connect, numbers of HBAs and what they can see, etc.) valid for an organization

Organization server administrator can attach the I/O sub-assembly to a server in a server definition

CANNOT however add a random adapter with other network/storage behind it, nor modify assembly

Pre-Creating Templates of All Server IO

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UCS Server Architecture Ensuring Service Levels for Server Adapters within Unified IO

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Class Name FC Gold Ethernet BE

COS Value 3 1 0

Drop/No-Drop No-Drop Drop Drop

Strict Priority No No No

Bandwidth/Weight 1 (20%) 3 (60%) 1 (20%)

UCS Server A

Global System Class Definitions

UCS Server B

FC Traffic High Priority

Ethernet Best Effort Ethernet



Complete control of system boot policy separate from the BIOS / UEFI settings* PXE, FC SAN, iSCSI boot (allows templates of PXE strings,

WWPNs, iQN strings)

Virtual media (CD-ROM, .iso, USB, floppy)

Complete control of how to return a server to the infrastructure when no longer required* Called Scrub Policy

Optionally clear BIOS settings

Optionally wipe local disk boot sector and table

Allows for removing the low-level configuration state on server Easier automation possible

Boot and Server Disassociate Management within the Software Defined Server

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Determine layout of how a server will be setup

Like an .OVA but for the bare metal server

Make template such that numbers of servers can be setup with identical characteristics

Creating a Template Once a Server is Built*

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Create 1 or more profiles from template Can later create more when needed

Draw 1 or more entries from pools of server unique template data

UUID, MAC, WWN, etc.

When profile is created

Administrator or XML API can then modify configuration of profile

Used functionally as a starting-point

Shows as bound to initial template (record of origin)

Ability to extrapolate a given profile into an initial template for future use

Local disk implies state, Boot from SAN or iSCSI is stateless

Boot and Data images can stay on SAN storage for when needed

Initial Service Profile Templates To Rapidly Deploy a Baseline

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ESX-DRS-Node1

UUID, MAC,WWN

Boot info

firmware

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware

ESX-DRS-Node

UUID, MAC,WWN

Boot info

firmware

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware

Template

Profile

ESX-DRS-Node2

UUID, MAC,WWN

Boot info

firmware

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware

Profile

One-Time

Instantiation



Method to coordinate changes over groups of servers

Create 1 or more profiles from template Can later create more when needed

Draw 1 or more entries from pools of server unique template data

UUID, MAC, WWN, etc.

When profile is created

Administrator or XML API can then modify configuration of profile Shows as bound to updating template (proof of tie)

No ability to modify the profiles directly

Ability to extrapolate a given profile into an updating template for future use

Later changes to template are propagated to profiles Understanding of service impacting changes key

Updating Service Profile Templates To Enforce Consistency

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ESX-DRS-Node1

UUID, MAC,WWN

Boot info

firmware

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware

ESX-DRS-Node

UUID, MAC,WWN

Boot info

firmware

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware

Template

Profile

ESX-DRS-Node2

UUID, MAC,WWN

Boot info

firmware

LAN, SAN Config

Firmware

Profile

Real-Time

Synchronization


Cisco UCS PowerTool

Service Profile Creation Policies (firmware, BIOS/RAID settings, boot order, HBA /

NIC configuration and existence)

Pools (WWPN, WWNN, UUID, MAC, Mgmt IPs, etc.)

Fault monitoring

Power / cooling / environmental data / statistical data on server and I/O

Blades and Racks Hardware discovery - CPU, Memory, Mezzanine, CIMC,

IPMI config, S/Ns

Operational State Controls

Fault monitoring

Power / cooling / environmental data / statistical data

Chassis and FEX Fault monitoring

PSU / Fan monitoring and policy configuration

Power / Cooling / Environmental data / Statistical data / I/O data

Fabric Interconnects Fault monitoring

PSU / Fan monitoring and policy

Power / Cooling / Environmental data / Statistical data / Networking info / I/O data

Configuration A-Priori Pools (WWPN, WWNN, UUID, MAC, Mgmt IPs,

etc.)

Service profile template creation & consumption for standardization and fast delivery

Service profile template cloning

Basic Service Profile creation

Expert Service Profile creation

Using PowerShell Scripts To Create a Server and the Network Edge

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UCS Provisioning

White boarding a Business Need to Deployment Making this Automatic

Tight Coupling of Needs to Provisioning Self Service for VMs and Bare Metal

All Provisioning is done on Policy Basis Before any Rollouts

Admin expertise is retained with Control of their segment on Infrastructure

Making the Server, Network, Security Policy, Infrastructure Policy, Storage ALL Programmable

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AFTER

INFRASTRUCTURE

PRE-PROVISIONING

(Physical and Virtual)

Whiteboard Design Produce Final

Design Identify Needs

End User: Identify on basis of security

needs: Physical DC, or Cloud Preferences

End User: Deploy PM or VM from audited Policy Template with Security

Admin

Image OS Join Systems

Mgmt Domain

Install Application

End User: Identify Policy driven network

edge, Pre-coordinated with Network Admin

End User: Identify Storage Needs, Pre-coordinated

with Storage Admin

UCS Advantage Videos on YouTube

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UCS Advantage Videos

Not meant to be a training on how to perform a task on UCS, vs. Competition

The goal is to focus on what we do that is different

Content from TME team around technical items

Reasons that we feel these differences are advantages to the various IT teams - Advantages to Server Administrators

- Advantages to Network Administrators

- Advantages to Storage Administrators

- Advantages to Infrastructure Personnel

- Advantages to Security Administrators

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59 2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/ps10265/ucs_advantage_video_library.html

www.YouTube.com/ciscodatacenter

47 Total Videos which outline UCS Differentiators as of April 2014

Playlist UCS Technical Videos http://www.youtube.com/ciscodatacenter#p/c/F04A2C6AA04DF055

T.O.C Overview Cisco UCS Advantage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eFb8_TWtds

UCS Advantage Videos on Cisco.com and YouTube


UCS Advantage Videos- Server

Category Title URL

1. UCS server Service Profiles and Templates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW-YtVN75R0

2. UCS server Server Pre-Provisioning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7BuEE3hNPE

3. UCS server BIOS Policies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr6EptC9JXQ

4. UCS server RAID Policies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcs56wjUWuI

5. UCS server Firmware Policies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjj8Xz0NqI4

6. UCS server Ease of Cloning and Redeploying Servers in UCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2H3ArgopJY

7. UCS server Server Pools and Qualification Policies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTw7M3T-VOw

9. UCS server Maintenance Policies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQTlm98NgTI

10. UCS server High Availability During Upgrades http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57HXMGn88HA

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UCS Advantage Videos- Server

Category Title URL

11. UCS server Configuring the UCS System with Powershell *To Complete*

12. UCS server XML Programmability of the UCS Scripting a Server in UCS *To Complete*

13. UCS server Monitoring UCS with BMC BPPM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdoEZf7tM5E

14. UCS server Microsoft HyperV on UCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3x_YOYK-Fo

15. UCS server Using Smart Callhome to Streamline Support http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96TVIlMs9tI

16. UCS server Extended Memory Technology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS3ehPRcVDo

17. UCS server Organizations and Roles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb-L0zv3If

18. UCS server Automating VMware Server Upgrades http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnN_VbGEj20

19. UCS server Mapping Stateless Profiles against Unique HW Requirements

including PCIe Flash

*To Complete*

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UCS Advantage Videos- I/O

Category Title URL

1. UCS I/O Advantages in Server I/O with UCS Unified Fabric http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7iE2cRbAtc

2. UCS I/O Easing SAN Booting Setup with UCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW4zHXIjpPU

3. UCS I/O Adapter Templates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpVEn3DhfOM

4. UCS I/O

Network Interface Virtualization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njjbCEblxVc

5. UCS I/O

Adapter Fabric Failover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlu8RSq6T_M

6. UCS I/O

Extend the Network to the Virtual Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylizxq18yxE

7. UCS I/O

Traffic Analysis of All Servers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHTdXy_8Zdg

8. UCS I/O

Ethernet Switching Modes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roX8MRN66UM

9. UCS I/O

Fibre Channel NPV and Switch Modes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSetsgOYYCo

10. UCS I/O

FC Port Channels and Trunking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpzKPguRTXc

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UCS Advantage Videos- I/O

Category Title URL

11. UCS I/O UCS Low Level Adapter Policies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZXp9CDV-kw

12. UCS I/O Simplifying Enterprise class Quality of Service on UCS *To Complete*

13. UCS I/O Making iSCSI boot simple with UCS *To Complete*

14. UCS I/O Recovering Virtualization Host CPU cycles by using VM-FEX

technology

*To Complete*

15. UCS I/O vMotion with VMDirectPath I/O with UCS VM-FEX technology *To Complete*

16. UCS I/O Using VM-FEX to Simplify Linux KVM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2JjWimSSNQ

17. UCS I/O Using VM-FEX to Simplify 2012 HyperV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOo9Jz7SBMA

18. UCS I/O Deep visibility into the Unified Fabric with UCS *To Complete*

19. UCS I/O Using Local FC Storage PODs with UCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oss2RCt4C7M

20. UCS I/O VLAN Grouping by Organization for Segments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho0o5j-S3Uo

21. UCS I/O Creating I/O Sub-Assemblies for Servers in UCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9zvRx-JsDo

22. UCS I/O Converging more with MultiHop FCoE and UCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDxFNV-C21Y

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UCS Advantage Videos- Infrastructure

Category Title URL

1. UCS Infrastructure Lights-Out Management http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEO1d_1vTxs

2. UCS Infrastructure

Easy VM-FEX Deployment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aAuj80cNvg

3. UCS Infrastructure UCS Integrated Management for Blades and Rack Mounts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJI2Wqa5XP8


Server Power Grouping http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXJ0tYd9-fA

5. UCS Infrastructure UCS Monitoring *To Complete*


UCS Manager Platform Emulator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNNrs2e0wvk


Cisco Developer Network and Sandbox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syhl6SAiwew

8. UCS Infrastructure Maximizing Design Flexibility with Unified Ports http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLdWiGe1HF0

9. UCS Infrastructure VMware autodeploy enhancements with Service Profile

Templates

*To Complete*

10. UCS Infrastructure Easing Firmware Operations with Auto Install http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMWXTODWdI

11. UCS Infrastructure Introductory UCS System Setup Simplicity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfVzLKmcrbE

12. UCS Infrastructure Reducing time from Whiteboard to Deployment with UCS *To Complete*

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UCS Advantage Videos- Security

Category Title URL

1. UCS Security Centralizing device configuration with FEX technologies

and UCS

*To Complete*

2. UCS Security Control Plane Security within UCS for Co-Tenancy *To Complete*

3. UCS Security Hosting Multiple Security Domains on a Single UCS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9WD63swA5w

4. UCS Security Securing the Hypervisor and VMs with VM-FEX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS1-E5jMPtE

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UCS Advantage Videos- Stand Alone Rack Management

Category Title URL

1. Stand Alone Rack Servers Virtualizing Adapters on UCS Rack Servers and Nexus

5500 Switches

*To Complete*

2. Stand Alone Rack Servers Server Storage Management without Host Agents *To Complete*

3. Stand Alone Rack Servers Using Single Wire Connectivity on UCS Racks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5VYXp8R_k

4. Stand Alone Rack Servers Scripting BIOS Configurations on Rack Mount UCS *To Complete*

5. Stand Alone Rack Servers Scripting NIC and HBA Existence on Rack Mount UCS *To Complete*

6. Stand Alone Rack Servers Automating Firmware Installation with Server Configuration

Utility

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGFiJeA8Ers

7. Stand Alone Rack Servers Eliminating VLAN trunking to the OS requirements http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0sR8nFiYWQ

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Summary

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Cisco Unified Computing System

Drive Hardware Innovation for Unified Fabric Fiber Channel over Ethernet on Unified Fabric (our Engineers led FC standards group)

Multiple Ethernet over Unified Fabric (our Engineers led 802.1 standards group)

Makes the Software Definition of all IO Possible

Drive Controller Innovation to Program the Servers, and the DC Edge Policy Driven Control of Unified and Converged Infrastructure

Not a Separate Development team Integrated controller and ASICs to realize benefits

Onboard x86 Server Operations Model is Unchanged with Industry Standard Parts

Applying the Advantages of Software Defined Virtual Machines on Physical Machines LAN configuration

Storage Access configuration

Template Based Policy Application

Highest Level Description Summary

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