data center @ cisco roadshow 2017

Consulting Systems Engineer - Datacenter

HyperFlex

Panagiotis Golemis

Market Overview

Introducing HyperFlex

Why HX Innovation matters?

Use Cases - Summary

Agenda

Market Overview

Key Challenges for Customers

Cloud

Expectations

Business

SpeedOperational

Simplicity

APPS

Simplifying the Data Center

Converged HyperConvergedTraditional

Hyperconvergence Is Something Really Big

IDC predicts that the entrance

of incumbent players will

accelerate adoption rate

Source: IDC, 2015

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3000

3500

4000

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Revenue ($M)

Revenue (SM)

Revenue (

$M

)

Revenue shift from storage

arrays to standard x86 servers

Analyst estimates for market

size range from $4B to $15B

Source: IDC Worldwide Converged Systems Forecast, 2016–2019: Special Report, February 2016

Concurrent Opportunity

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

WW

Revenue, $

B

$7.2B 2016

5.2% CAGR

$1.9B 2016

65% CAGR

Integrated Systems

Hyperconverged Systems

Scale Out

UCS Solutions

(Hadoop, HANA,…)

UCS

C3260

Demand for a New Solution

Mainstream Computing

UCS Blade & Rackmount

Converged Infrastructure

UCS Mini

Cisco Unified Computing SystemA differentiated, revolutionary approach

Unified Management

• Faster deploy/

provision

• Unification leads to

reduced complexity

• Management via a

single interface

Simplified Architecture

• Networking with fewer

components

• Lower cost and easier

scaling

• Fewer management

touch points

• Stateless: any

resource, any time

• Better TCO/ROI

Scale

• Ultimate Scalability

• Enhanced design

capability

• Designed for the

future, today

Higher Performance

• Brings out the best of

x86 architecture

• Optimized resource

utilization for compute,

networking, and

management

Subject Matter Expert Define Policies

1

UCS: Embedded AutomationIntegrated, Policy-Based Infrastructure Management

Policies Used to CreateService Profile Templates

Service Profile Templates Create Service Profiles

Associating Service Profiles with Hardware Configures

Servers Automatically

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

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
















2 3 4

NetworkSME

ServerSME

StorageSME

Cisco Unified Computing SystemFastest Growing Product in the Market

52,000+ UNIQUE UCS CUSTOMERS 2

Top 5 Server Vendor 1

125+world record performance benchmarks to date

3,700+ UCS CHANNEL PARTNERS

#1Americas revenue market share in x86 blades 1

More than 85% of all

customers have invested in UCS

Fortune 500

$3.5BData Center Annualized Revenue Run Rate 2

Source: 1 As of Cisco Q4FY16 earnings results Data Center Revenue is defined as Cisco UCS and Nexus 1000VSource: 2 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 2016 Q1, September 2016, Vendor Revenue Share

Cisco UCS Leading Overall Server Growth (5 Year CAGR)

-3%

-26%

6%

39%

-9%

1%

$14.2B $5.9B $9.9B $2.0B

$50.6B

Market

$3.5B $54.6B

Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 2016 Q2, September 2016, Vendor Revenue Share for top vendors. 5 Year CAGR compares the most recent 4 calendar

quarters (3CQ15-2CQ16) with the same calendar quarters 5 years ago (3CQ10-2CQ11).

Scale Out

UCS Solutions

(Hadoop, HANA,…)

UCS

C3260

Demand for a New Solution

HyperFlex Systems

HX-Series

HyperconvergedInfrastructure

Mainstream Computing

UCS Blade & Rackmount

Converged Infrastructure

UCS Mini

Different Tools, Common Platform

• Top criteria for executives

1. Strategic partner or incumbent vendor

2. Management ease/ maintenance/ upgrades

3. Ease of integration into current environment

Evaluation Criteria for Converged and HCI

>70% of end users consider breadth of

portfolio to be important or very important

HyperFlex Is a Powerful Growth Engine

600+Customers

24%Net new

34Minutes

Deploy a Node

+50%Commercial

Cisco HyperFlex Momentum

Source: 1 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 2015 Q1, May 2015, Vendor Revenue Share

Source: 2 As of Cisco Q2FY16 earnings results. Data Center Revenue is defined as Cisco UCS and Nexus 1000V

500+Customers

24%Net New

53%Commercial

33%Public Sector

79%Americas

10% EMEAR

11% APJC

62%1 Year

31%3 Years

7%4/5 YearsLicense distribution, More

Recurring Rev $$

45%VDI

44% VSI

15% Test and

Dev

$81.2KAverage Deal Size 30 PB

of storage sold$131M

Run rate

10%Enterprise

Introducing HyperFlex

Complete Hyperconvergence

Next Generation Data Management

Future Ready Architecture

HX220c Nodes

Smallest footprint

Minimum of 3 Node Cluster

HX240c Nodes

Capacity-heavy

Minimum of 3 Node Cluster

HX240c + B200 for HF

Hybrid Nodes

Compute-heavy hybrid

(Compute bound apps)

Bundles and

Configure to Order

Annual Subscription

Software Model

Integrated

with vCenter

Hyperconvergence Meets Unified ComputingHyperFlex HX-Series

Why Innovation Matters?

Hyperconvergence Meets Unified Computing

• Maintains Single Point of Management

• Self-integrating• Fewer Components

Scale without Complexity

• Comprehensive Hypervisor Integration

• Native I/O Virtualization• Hypervisor Switching

in HW

Optimized for Virtualization

• Proven Performance• Enterprise Reliability• Blades and Rack Mount

Integrated Compute

• Low Latency• Physical and Virtual• Data and Management

Unified Fabric

• Complete HW Abstraction• Policy and Profile Driven• Optimized for Scale

Centralized Management

HyperConverged Built on Cisco UCS

Hyperconverged Scale Out and Distributed File System

CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM

Start With as Few as Three Nodes

Hyperconverged Data Platform

Installs in Minutes

Add Servers, One or More at a Time

Linearly Scale Compute, Storage

Performance, and Capacity

Distribute and Rebalance Data Across Servers Automatically

Retire Older Servers

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

HYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORMHYPERCONVERGED DATA PLATFORM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM


VM VM VM

Software Modules Inside a Server

Controller VM Has Direct Access to Drives

VAAI Plugin Offloads Snapshots and Clone Operations

IO Visor Module Presents NFS to ESX and Stripes IO

DATASTORE/VOLUME

CONTROLLER

VMHYPERVISOR

VMVMVMVMVM

HDD

HDD

SDD

SDD

IO Visor

VAAI

HX Data Platform

Add NodesScale Capacity Within Nodes

HX Data Platform

CONTROLLERHYPERVISORCONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity

Scale Compute-Only

BladesIOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

VM VM VM VM

Non-HyperFlex Hosts Can Connect to

Storage with IOVisor

ScaleCompute-Only

Racks

VM VM VM VM

IOVisor

IOVisor

Dynamic Data Distribution

• HX Data Platform stripes data across all nodes simultaneously, leveraging cache across all SSDs for fast writes

• Balanced space utilization: no data migration required following a VM migration

Systems Built on Conventional File

Systems Write Locally, Then Replicate,

Creating Performance Hotspots

CONTROLLERHYPERVISORHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

HX Data Platform

VM VMVM

CONTROLLERCONTROLLER

HYPERVISOR

…and Efficient Capacity and Network Utilization

HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR

VM VM

1 2 3

VM

DATASTORE

CONTROLLER CONTROLLER CONTROLLER

Balanced Space UtilizationNo Data Migration on VM Migration

Less Stress on Network

High Resiliency, Fast Recovery

Platform Can Sustain Node Failures Without Data Loss; Replication Factor Is Tunable

If a Node Fails, the Evacuated VMs Re-attach With No Data Movement Required

Replacement Node Automatically Configured Via UCS Service Profile

HX Data Platform Automatically Re-Distributes Data to Node

CONTROLLERHYPERVISORCONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

HX Data PlatformHX Data Platform

Continuous Data Optimization

BEFORE

Inline Deduplication

20–30% space savings

Inline Compression

30–50% space savings

No Special Hardware

No Performance Impact

Log-Structured File System Yields More Efficient Data Optimization

Simplifying Management

• Manage within vCenter

• No learning curve

• UCS Manager

• Server & network settings inside Service Profiles

What’s New – HyperFlex Release1.8Simplified User Experience

Enhanced usability and visual design

Proactive compatibility checks

Improved Factory Automation & Supportability

Common Fabric for HX & UCS

Adding non-HX UCS in HX FI Domain

Qualify with All UCS releases going forward

Agile Qualifications

Rackmount Compute-Only Nodes (C220/C240

M4)

NVIDIA GRID & Tesla GPU Support

Latest VMware ESX support

Ease of Operations

Non Disruptive Rolling Upgrades

Robust recovery

Ease of Upgrade

Unifying Converged & Hyperconverged

Connectivity with external connected arrays

Planned VM /Data migrations from existing

storage

Storage arrays for running Databases, Backup

Improved Resiliency & Usability

Further improvements in resiliency &

performance

Cluster health reporting/monitoring simplification

Snapshot lifecycle improvements

Certifications/EcosystemVMware vSphere Storage APIs for

Array Integration (VAAI) Offload VAAI Certification

VAAI

VIB Installed

• Datastore advertises VAAI hardware acceleration capability

Clone

Operations

• If the Virtual disk has no Redo log based snapshots

• Full clone operations only (no linked clone)

• Cisco HX ReadyClonefeature is built on this

• Cloned Virtual disk is on the same datastore

Snapshot

Operations

• If the Virtual disk has 1 or more "native" snapshots

• Cisco HX Snapshot Now workflow ensures that the virtual disk has 1+ native snapshot

• Snapshot of the virtual disk is on the same datastore

Backup and DR

• Commvault

• Veeam

• VMware

• Zerto

• …

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=san&productid=37936&vcl=true

Qualifying questions and Use Cases

Major HyperFlex Use Cases

Benefits:

1. Lower upfront costs

2. Consistent performance

3. Predictable scaling

Tips:

Leverage our white papers

on VDI (Citrix & VMware

Horizon).

Reach for Citrix sales

team, as they are friendly,

and know all VDI

opportunities out there.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Benefits:

1. Operational simplicity,

2. Adaptive scaling,

3. Always on resilience

Tips:

We have a CVD on this and

most applications are fit.

If there are big DBs (SQL,

Oracle) or complex/legacy

apps (e.g. SAP) we can and

should test in advance.*

Server Virtualization

Benefits:

1. Agile provisioning,

2. Frequent iterations,

3. Instant cloning and

snapshots

Tips:

HX offers the perfect

deployment and

operational simplicity,

making it even possible

for developers to manage

it themselves.

Test and Development

Benefits:

1. Fastest deployment

2. Simple management

3. Complex free

infrastructure

Tips:

Retail & very small sites are

typically wrong fit.

Aim for sites with 50+ users

which are probably big

enough to eval HyperFlex

Remote Sites

550 Seats 700 Seats 850 Seats 1000 Seats400 Seats

VDI Solution Sizing - Recommended

Starter Kit Only Starter Kit +

1 x Expansion Node

Starter Kit +

2 x Expansion Nodes

Starter Kit +

3 x Expansion Nodes

Starter Kit +

4 x Expansion Nodes

Minimum 4 Node Starter

Fully Resilient for Single Node Failure (N+1)

Linear Scaling with Expansion Pack

150 VDI seats per Expansion Pack

Validated with

Login VSI 4.0, HX Data Platform GA

Overview Cisco HyperFlex Material

• Cisco Validated Designs• Cisco HyperFlex Design and Deployment for

Virtual Server Infrastructures Cisco

• HyperFlex HX220c M4 Node for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix Provisioning Services

• Cisco HyperFlex HX220c M4 Node for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with VMware HorizonView

• Collateral• Datasheets, Whitepapers

• Analyst Paper, Solution Overviews

• Videos• Cisco HyperFlex Overview

• Cisco HyperFlex Comparison

• Cisco HyperFlex Customers

Summary

Cisco vs. First Generation Solutions

Complete Solution

ScalingData

AvailabilityManagement

SimplicityArchitectural Underpinning

Total Cost of Ownership

Hyp

erF

lex

• Compute• Storage• Networking

• Independent Scaling

• Wide Striping • 100% vCenter • Purpose Built H/W and S/W

• Pricing Advantage

• Use of Existing Resources

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HX All Flash Improvements

6X IOPS

1/5th

Latency

6XBetter Perf

Consistency

3.2XCapacity / Density

Comparison between HX Hybrid and HX All Flash for 70/30 8K Random Read Write Workload

with 4.8TB Working Set Size, vmdks were initialized with writes

Pre-release Performance Data