Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure

Tim Stack Senior Solutions Marketing Manager

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Integrated Infrastructures

Customer Challenges Infrastructure Demands

Ø  Deploying new/refreshed applications quickly & consistently

Ø  Adding capacity and storage when needed

Ø  Shortening the time to move programs into production

Ø  Reduced complexity

Ø  Streamlined support

Ø  Single system operation

Ø  Accelerated implementation

Pretested and preconfigured bundled solutions consisting of servers, network, storage and management software

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Integrated Infrastructure 47% YoY Growth in 2014 - ~$6B Market Integrated Infrastructure Market Opportunity

Rev

enue

(U

SM

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Source: 2012-2014 - IDC Q4CY2014 Integrated Infrastructure Quarterly Tracker

$0

$1,000

$2,000

$3,000

$4,000

$5,000

$6,000

$7,000

$8,000

$9,000

2012 2013 2014 2015

Integrated Infrastructure

estimate

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Source: IDC Worldwide Integrated Infrastructure & Platforms Tracker Q4 2014; Vendor Revenue

Dell, 7.6%

47.1%EMC, 16.3%

Hitachi, 3.5%HP, 16.0%

Lenovo, 1.7%Others, 2.9%

2014 Integrated Infrastructure Market Share

Dell w/ Cisco UCS EMC Hitachi HP Lenovo Others

20.0%25.5%

Other VCE

Vblock and FlexPod exclusively use Cisco UCS

Cisco UCS: Foundation for Integrated Infrastructure Cisco is #1 and a partner in ~50% of all integrated infrastructure solutions

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Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure Deep Investment Strategy

Cisco UCS Modular stateless computing and application acceleration

UCS Director Policy-based resource management

Nexus Scalable, secure network fabric

Performance of Hardware Flexibility of Software ACI Ready End to end Security Hybrid Cloud Enabled (Intercloud Fabric)

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Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure Focus Areas

OPERATIONS

ECOSYSTEM

Versatile and programmable building blocks for cloud

Better solutions through productive partnerships

APPLICATION Broad application coverage optimized for high performance

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Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure Solutions Cisco is the leader in integrated systems

Vblock FlexPod HDS UCP Select

Cisco Solutions for VSPEX SmartStack VersaStack

Cisco UCS for Red

Hat OpenStack

Cisco UCS Director Cisco UCS® Cisco

Nexus®

NetApp VCE EMC2 Hitachi Nimble Storage IBM

Red Hat

OpenStack

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Innovation with Industry Leaders The Power of Ecosystem

VBLOCK FLEXPOD HDS UCP

Cisco Unified Management

Business Apps Databases Analytics and Big data Cloud Apps Collaboration

Applications Desktop

Virtualization

VSPEX

Cisco UCS Cisco Nexus

HANA & BWA

Storage Partnerships

UCS Integrated Infrastructure

VersaStack SmartStack

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Cisco UCS = Reduced Complexity with Increased Flexibility

•  Embed management •  Remove unnecessary:

Switches Adapters

Management modules 10GbE unified fabric

•  Power and cooling 1/3rd less infrastructure Lower power

•  Built for virtualisation Processor density VM/host ratio

I/O improvement

SAN

LAN

MGMT SAN

LAN

MGMT

Multiple Ethernet Connections

Multiple SAN Connections

Separate Remote Management per Chassis

Multiple Management Modules

Additional LAN and SAN Connections

Additional Management Connections

Additional Management Connections

Additional LAN and SAN Connections SingleConnect •  Common access layer

networking model

•  Ethernet, SAN, management combined

•  Cable for bandwidth vs. connectivity

Management

Ethernet

Storage

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Traditional Management

Subject matter experts consumed by manual configuration chores or scripting

Serial processes and multiple touches inhibit provisioning speed

Configuration drift and maintenance challenges

Storage SME Network SME Server SME

Number of vHBAs HBA WWN assignments FC boot parameters HBA firmware

FC fabric assignments for HBAs

RAID settings Disk scrub actions

Number of vNICs PXE settings NIC firmware Advanced feature settings

VLAN assignments for NICs VLAN tagging config for NICs

QoS settings Border port assignment per vNIC NIC transmit/receive rate limiting

Remote KVM 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

LAN SAN

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UCS: Embedded Automation Rapid Deployment of Servers with Service Profiles

Uplink port configuration, VLAN, VSAN, QoS, and EtherChannels Server port configuration including LAN and SAN settings Network interface card (NIC) configuration: MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints; and firmware revisions

Unique user ID (UUID), firmware revisions, and RAID controller settings Service profile assigned to server, chassis slot, or pool

configuration: MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,

configuration: MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,

configuration: MAC address VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,

Application Profiles

Virtualization Policy

Network Policy

Storage Policy

Server Policy

Storage SME Network SME Server SME

1SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT DEFINE POLICIES 2

POLICIES USED TO CREATE SERVICE PROFILE TEMPLATES 3

SERVICE PROFILE TEMPLATES CREATE SERVICE PROFILES 4

ASSOCIATING SERVICE PROFILES WITH HARDWARE CONFIGURES SERVERS AUTOMATICALLY

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Greater Business Agility

Reduced Provisioning Times

Lower Operating Expenses

Reduced Cabling

Reduced Costs / Complexity

Reduced Management Cost

Lower Computing

Cost

Reduced Power & Cooling Costs

Faster Fact-based

Decision Making

World-Record Performance Benchmarks

UCS Integrated Infrastructure Better Infrastructure = Better Business Outcomes

“Our Cisco Unified Computing System decision is a game-changer.”

Wes Wright CIO, Seattle Children’s

“We can offer leading solutions to our customers and continue to expand our business.” Martin Breslin Infrastructure Architect, SEI

“With Cisco UCS, we can adapt much more quickly to user demand.” Mark Adams VP, Information Technology, HireRight

Sources: Cisco UCS Changing the Economics of the Datacenter, Customer Case Studies, Cisco UCS Performance Benchmarks

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For More Information

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•  Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure: www.cisco.com/go/ucsintegratedinfrastructure

•  Integrated Infrastructure Enabled by Cisco White Paper: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs_white_paper.html

•  Integrated Systems: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/data-center-virtualization/integrated-systems/index.html

•  Design Zone for Data Centers: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise/design-zone-data-centers/index.html