UNIFYING THE NETWORK
Richard Mollett
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Solve Business and Technical Challenges With One Solution
• Eliminating the need for the Spanning-Tree Protocol
• Improving performance & scalability for next generation data centers
• Deploying next generation Ethernet to support
• Scalable virtualization & mobility
• Storage convergence
• Higher availability
• Deploying fewer network devices, reducing CAPEX & OPEX
• Managing your layer 2 network as a single entity – reducing OPEX
• Reducing power consumption and space to allow ongoing growth
• Interoperating with existing infrastructure to ensure investment protection© 2011 Brocade Communications - Company Proprietary Information – Confidential – Do not Distribute 2
Brocade Value
• Reduce capital and operational expenses
• Reduce power & space consumption
• Serve the business‟ need for virtual applications
• Build and manage an always-on network
Solving Technical Challenges – meeting business demands
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Brocade Networks
• Unmatched Simplicity
• Investment Protection
• Non-Stop Networking
• Application Optimization
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Introducing:Brocade Virtual Cluster Switching (VCS)
Logically flattens and collapses network layers
Scale edge and manage as if single switch
Auto-configuration
Centralized or distributed mgmt; end-to-end
Self-forming
Arbitrary topology
Fabric is aware of all members, devices, VMs
Masterless control, no reconfiguration
VAL interaction
No Spanning Tree Protocol
Multi-path, deterministic
Auto-healing, non-disruptive
Lossless, low latency
Convergence-ready
Ethernet
FabricDistributed
Intelligence
Logical
Chassis
Connectivity over Distance, Native Fibre Channel,
Security Services, Layer 4-7, etc.Dynamic Services
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VCS: Distributed Intelligence
• Distributed Fabric Services
• Fabric self-forming
• Information shared across all
fabric members
• Fabric aware of all connected
devices
• Masterless control
• Switch or link failure does not
require full fabric
reconvergence
Logical
ChassisEthernet
Fabric Distributed
Intelligence
• Shared port profiles
information
• Automatic Migration of Port
Profiles (AMPP)
• Enables seamless VM migration
without compromise
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VCS: Logical Chassis
• Fabric auto-configures
• Once VCS is enabled, no
configuration necessary
• Fabric behaves/managed
as a single logical chassis
• Aggregation (or core) layer
sees one switch
• Fabric members act like a
blade in a chassis
• Logically flattens and
collapses network layers
• Fabric is self-aggregating
• Flexible fabric topologies
• Scales without added
management complexity
Ethernet
FabricDistributed
Intelligence
Logical
Chassis
Dynamic Services
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VCS: Dynamic Services Ethernet
FabricDistributed
Intelligence
Logical
Chassis
Dynamic Services
• Add services into Ethernet fabric
• Extends VCS capabilities
• Fabric extension, native Fibre Channel, security services, Layer 4-7
• Software enhancement and purpose-designed hardware
• Switches with unique functionality can be added to the fabric
• Would behave like service modules in a chassis
• Functionality available to entire fabric
Native Fibre
Channel
Fabric
Extension
Security
Services
Layer 4-7
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The Value of ApplicationOptimization
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Application Performance Drives Business Success
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A 100 ms delay in Amazon.com’s
e-commerce site costs them
1% in sales
Healthcare manufacturer gains employee productivity via 4x improvement in SAP performance
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MARKET TRENDS: APPLICATION DELIVERY
Applications
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Unified Communications
Video and Rich Media
Application Architectures
Virtualization and Clouds
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MARKET TRENDS: APPLICATION DELIVERY
Mobile Internet Applications and Unified Communications
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• Any time, anywhere, any device
• 1000s of dynamic applications
• Capacity planning difficult
Mobile Internet traffic is set
to grow 400% by 20151
1. Coda Research Consultancy
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• Immersive, high-value experiences
• High performance
• Low latency
MARKET TRENDS: APPLICATION DELIVERY
Video and Rich Media Applications
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By 2015, video will account for 68.5%
of all mobile data in the U.S. 1
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1. Coda Research Consultancy
MARKET TRENDS: APPLICATION DELIVERY
Server Virtualization and Cloud Architectures
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VMVM
Shared Resource PoolDedicated VMs
VM VMVM
Servers
Private/Public Cloud
• Server consolidation
• Application abstraction
• Elastic resources
• Capacity on demand
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Global TierApplication
Services Tier
Application eg. Exchange
2010Storage Tier
Brocade One for Application Delivery Products
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ApplicationBrocade
ADX
• Global site selection among private and public data centers
• Server offload
• Application availability
• Security
• Application-layer services
• VM and app state awareness
• On-demand resource allocation
• Low-latency storage
• Remote data replication, backup, and migration
Brocade
ADX
VM
VM VM VMClient
Requests
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VM VM VM
VM
Brocade Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs)
• Layer 4 and 7 load balancing
• Global load balancing among data centers
• Application high availability
• Server offload
• Server/Application security
• Single point of visibility and control
Optimizing application performance and availability
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Users
Servers
ADC
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15
10
5
0Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Application Delivery in Virtualized Server EnvironmentsCapacity planning challenges
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• Resource planning increasingly difficult
• Server consolidation decreases historic capacity buffers
• Virtualization does not recapture unused resources
Resources idle 66% of the time
Missed SLA
• Over-provisioning leaves costly resources idle
• Under-provisioning results in missed application SLAs Predicted Load: Financial Reporting App
Resources Provisioned (125% of Peak)
Actual Load Seen: Load Accurately Predicted
Actual Load Seen: Load Greater than Predicted
ExampleFinancial Reporting Application
Resource Requirements
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Brocade Application Resource BrokerMatching data center capacity with end-user demand in real time
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Resource
Commissioning
when Load Increases
Brocade
ADX
VM VM VM VM
User
VMware
vCenter
Application
Resource
Broker
VM VM
Network Resources
VM Resources
Application Resources
Brocade
ADX
User Experience and
VM Resource
Monitoring
VM VM
User
VMware
vCenter
Application
Resource
Broker
Resource
De-commissioning
when Load Decreases
User
Brocade
ADX
VM VM VM VM
VMware
vCenter
Application
Resource
Broker
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Cloud-Based ADCTraditional, On-Premise ADC
Application Delivery in Public Clouds
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ADC Hardware
Clients
Servers
• Commodity hardware
• Blade servers
• Hypervisors
Clients
Servers
ADC Virtual
Appliance
• Purpose-built, dedicated hardware
• Static
• Slow to deploy
• Dynamic
• Elastic
• Cost-effective
• Quick to deploy
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Global Site Selection for Hybrid CloudsIntelligent routing among data centers
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User
User application requests are serviced based on business policy
• Service level agreements
• Cost of service delivery
San Francisco
Private Cloud
Texas
Public Cloud
New York
Public Cloud
High Priority
Medium Priority
Brocade
ADX
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STRATEGIC SUMMARY
Application Optimization
• Application optimization is a network imperative
• Leverage transitions to virtualization and cloud
• Built on Brocade data center expertise
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• Hardware load balancing
mandatory for most Lync
deployments
OCS 2007
LCS 2003/5/6Lync 2010
(IM, presence, conferencing etc..)Lync xxxx
• Hardware load balancing
mandatory for most Exchange
deployments
Exchange 2007
Exchange 2003Exchange 2010
(Email, Calendar etc..)
Exchange xxxx
Microsoft Application Transitions
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Previous Releases
2003 - 2009 Future
Future ReleaseWave 14
2010 – 2012 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/cc843611.aspx
Brocade Solutions for Microsoft Apps
• Exchange Server 2010
• Lync Server 2010
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Exchange 2010 Network Impact
Network
AreaImpact Technology Driver
Brocade
Solution
Co
mp
ute
Ne
two
rk
Layer 4–7
Application
Delivery
Controller
↑Very Important
• All internal Outlook client traffic now
must go through load-balanced server
array
• ServerIron ADX
• BNA
Classic
Ethernet →Neutral
• Exchange 2010 not directly driving
Ethernet updates
• TurboIron 24x
• NetIron MLX
• 48T
• BNA
Sto
rag
e
SAN
↗Important
• SAN refresh review • DCX
• BNA
SAN
Extension
↗Important
• Increased network bandwidth required
to support database replication
between sites
• SAN Extension
• Data Migration
Services
• BNA
Brocade solutions for Exchange 2010
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Change Brings Challenges
• Exchange is developed using
new software architecture
• Connection to CAS instead of
Mailboxes
• Database level clustering DAG (instead
of server level clustering)
• Information store instead of Storage
Groups
• New software architecture
requires support from network
infrastructure:
• Application awareness
• Application affinity
• Load sharing among servers
Exchange 2010 - rich feature capabilities
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Application Services Tier
External and Internal clients
Data Tier
Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group (DAG)
Exchange 2010 Client Access Server (CAS) Array
`
Internet
Microsoft Exchange Solution
• ServerIron ADX Solution:• Load balances Client Access
Servers (CAS)
• Load balances Database
Availability Groups (DAG)
• Benefits:
• Availability of Exchange services
and health monitoring
• Scalability
• Application awareness
• Application affinity
Brocade ServerIron ADX solution for Exchange 2010
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Application Services Tier
External and Internal clients
Data Tier
Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group (DAG)
Exchange 2010 Client Access Server (CAS) Array
`
Internet
Brocade
ADX
Brocade Reference Architecture
• ServerIron ADX provides server load balancing• “Capacity on Demand” improves TCO
and simplifies scalability
• SSL offload improves server utilization, offers robust secure client connections
• IPv6/IPv4 translation simplifies integration of IPv6 client traffic with existing IPv4 application traffic
• FastIron/TurboIron at server edge for cost-effective 1 GbE or 10 GbE
• Brocade MLX router with 48-T blade collapses network to two tiers
• Brocade DCX/5xxx/SAN extension for scalable shared storage, high availability, and disaster recovery
For Microsoft Exchange 2010
Microsoft‟s Approved Server Load Balancer Partner
List:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/cc843611.aspx
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Exchange 2010 Servers
[Physical or Virtualized ]
Existing SAN Fabric OR
Brocade DCX/5xxx/SAN Extension
Mailbox Storage
CAS-Hub &Mailbox
Servers
ADX with ARB
ADX 1000 or ADX 4000
Existing Aggregation OR
Brocade MLX Router
10
Gb
E
Existing Access Switch OR
Brocade MLX-48T/TurboIron
10
Gb
E
Validated Exchange 2010 Solution
• Virtual Servers hosted on Dell PowerEdge 910 Server Platform hosting 20,000 Exchange 2010 mailboxes (10,000 per site)
• End-to-end SAN and networking components by Brocade
• Replication provided by MirrorView with Replication Enabler for Exchange (Synchronous API support)
• Virtualization using Microsoft Hyper-V supporting 24 virtual machines
• Storage LUNs provided by EMC Celerra Unified Storage NS480
Microsoft, Brocade, Dell, EMC demonstrate scale and high availability
EMC
Unified
Storage
EMC
Unified
Storage
MirrorView/REE integrated withExchange 2010 Synch Replication
API
Dell
R910
Brocade
switches
and
HBAs
Dell
R910
Brocade
switches
and
HBAs
Virtualized
Exchange
2010
Brocade
Application
Delivery
Controllers
Virtualized Exchange 2010
configuration with Hyper-V
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Brocade Solutions for Microsoft Apps
• Exchange Server 2010
• Lync Server 2010
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Lync Server 2010: What‟s New?
• Latest Unified Communications (UC) platform release (formerly Office Communication Server)
• New voice Client Access License (CAL) enables enterprise voice PBX features
• New voice and video endpoints from Aastra, Polycom, Snom, and others
• New high-availability deployment models• Data center resiliency
• Survivable branch appliances
• Improved quality of experience
• New “Network Optimization” program: recognition that the appropriate underlying network equipment and configuration is critical for deploying real-time communications
Enterprise voice features and capabilities
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Lync Server 2010: Network Impact
Network Area Impact Technology Driver Brocade Solution
Ca
mp
us N
etw
ork
Access
↗Important
• PoE+ for voice and video endpoints
• 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) wired access for real-time voice and video
• 802.11n wireless access for real-time voice and video
• Brocade FastIron CX
• Brocade FastIron SX
• Brocade Mobility
Core
↗Important
• Increased core network bandwidth required to support real-time voice and video
• Brocade FastIron SX
• Brocade MLX
Co
mp
ute
Ne
two
rk
Classic
Ethernet ↗Important
• Increased bandwidth required to support voice and video conferencing
• Brocade TurboIron 24X
• Brocade MLX
• Brocade MLX-48T
Hardware
Load
Balancing↑Very
Important
• Hardware load balancers mandatory for „enterprise‟ class deployments
• Brocade ServerIron ADX
LA
N/S
AN Managemen
t ↑Very Important
• Real-time network performance measurement and analysis across entire network
• Brocade Network Advisor
Brocade solutions
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Change Brings Challenges
• Lync is a major revamp
from previous OCS
versions
• New software capabilities
of Lync require support
from network
infrastructure:• Server availability
• Load sharing among servers
• Application awareness
Lync – Delivering Collaboration and Rich Media
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Application Services Tier
External and Internal clients
Directory Servers
Microsoft Lync Servers
`
Internet
Voice GatewaysMonitoring Servers
`
Application Services Tier
External and Internal clients
Directory Servers
Microsoft Lync Servers
`
Internet
Voice GatewaysMonitoring Servers
Microsoft Lync Solution
• Brocade ServerIron ADX
Solution:• ADX front-ends array of Lync
servers
• Benefits:• Mission-critical availability for Lync
Servers
• Application health monitoring
• Failure of one or more servers has a minimal effect on service availability
• Multi-site resiliency using global server load balancing
Brocade ServerIron ADX Solution for Lync
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Brocade
ADX
Validated Lync 2010 Solution
• Optimized UC network and hardware load balancing supporting
• Lync Server 2010
• OCS 2007 R2
• OCS 2007
• Proven to deliver superior real time voice and video performance
• MOS score > 4.0 in most test cases (better than “good” audio quality)
• Negligible impact due to inherent geographic latency or packet loss
• Microsoft validated and supported
Network optimization and hardware load balancing
Monitoring
Server
Edge Servers
Brocade FastIron SX
Brocade
Fiber Channel SAN
Front-End
Servers
SQL, Exchange,
and SharePoint
Clusters
DMZ
Internet
Brocade NetIron MLX
Branch /
Remote Sites
Corporate HQSan Francisco
OSPF 11
Brocade FastIron CX
New York
Austin
Seattle
Brocade ServerIron
ADX
Brocade
ServerIron ADX
Brocade FastIron CX
Brocade FastIron CX
Director
Servers
Brocade hardware load balancing with real-time
campus network
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Brocade ITReal-time campus
SUCCESS SNAPSHOT
Business Need Solution Results
Brocade real-time campus network provides wired and wireless access to employees and visitors, and supports internal operating requirements
Microsoft OCS/Lync Unified Communications integration with Brocade network
Evaluate options for consolidating heterogeneous PBX environment
Bring audio/Web conferencing services in-house to reduce expenses
Cost-effective delivery of voice services to new Brocade facilities
Increased business and user productivity
$900,000 annual savings
Application optimization and consolidation over Brocade network infrastructure
• Nine voicemail systems from
four vendors into single
Exchange UM deployment
“Microsoft’s Lighthouse program allowed us to deploy OCS as our primary voice system for a defined population within Brocade. By taking advantage of the program, we could evaluate the benefits of Microsoft Unified Communications to users, IT, and the business as a whole.” – Luc Trudel, Senior Director, Global IT Infrastructure and Operations, Brocade
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Solution Summary
Compelling event / Challenge • Massive upgrade cycle to Microsoft Exchange 2010 and Lync
• Solution requires a hardware load balancer
Description of Brocade solution • Brocade ADX load balancing MS Exchange Client Access Servers (CAS) and Database Availability Groups (DAG)
• Brocade ADX load balancing MS Lync Servers
Pain points of buyer which the
solution addresses
• Scalability and performance of Exchange and Lync services
• Uptime of mail services
• Uptime of collaboration and telephony
Value of Brocade solution to the
customer
• Faster time to service (deployment time)
• Higher uptime by lowering complexity
Why Brocade solution? • Simple, network-friendly solution
• Better scale (mailboxes) and infrastructure security –DDoS protections
• More cost effective than competition
Examples of successful
implementation of the solution
• Public references in pipeline
Brocade ServerIron ADX Solution for Exchange and Lync
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VCS Total AdvantageTechnical Advantage Delivering Business Value
Simplicity by design
• Manage as a single entity, faster deployment
• Reducing management complexity and time
Flexible & Interoperable
• Any topology and architecture to meet YOUR needs
• No forklift upgrade – integrate into existing networks
Scalable
• Scale to 1000‟s of VMs with a lossless 10Gb network
• Enable true mobility and mixed VM environments
Reduce CAPEX & OPEX
• Fewer devices with wire-speed architecture
• Convergence Ready for storage networking
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Q&A
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Thank You
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