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Cisco and F5
Shashi Kiran,
Head, Corporate Marketing
Data Center and Cloud Networking
The Role of Application Centric Infrastructure in Data Center Strategy for Today’s Application-Oriented Economy
F5 US Agility 2015
Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc.
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together
Cisco and F5: The last 18 Months
Cisco ACI Launch Nov’13
New York
Cisco Live 2014
San Francisco
Milan
F5 Agility 2014
Copenhagen
New York
F5 Agility 2015
Scotland
Partnership Focus
Deep technology integration across L2-L7 network
services with intelligent services orchestration. F5
BIG IP and F5 BIG IQ integration with Cisco ACI
Comprehensive application-centric policy framework
and enforcement as part of ACI Ecosystem
Address Joint Customer Needs in Data Center and
Cloud Deployments Worldwide with scalable GTM
Extensible platform supporting future service growth
Deliver a Fundamentally Superior
Application Experience
Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc.
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together
30M New devices
connected
every week
78% Workloads processed
in Cloud DCs
by 2018
5TB+ of data per person
by 2020
180B Mobile apps
downloaded
in 2015
277X Data created
by IoE devices
v. end-user
Source: Cisco, Global Cloud Index 2014
Data Center and Cloud Power Market Disruption
SaaS
PaaS IaaS
…to Balance New and Existing Requirements
Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT
Traditional
Applications
Cloud Native
Applications
Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT
ERP, Financial, CRM, email,
Client/Server, …
IoT, Big Data,
Analytics, Gaming, ...
SaaS
PaaS IaaS Cisco UCS
Cisco Nexus
Cisco
ONE
ACI,
Programmable Fabric,
Programmable Network
Programmable Fabric
Programmable Network
EFFICIENCY
+
DISRUPTION
+
SPEED
Best Data Center and Cloud Portfolio in Industry
Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT
Cisco Connected Analytics Cisco and Partner
Intercloud Services Cisco
OpenStack Private Cloud Cisco ONE
Enterprise Cloud Suite
Policy-Driven Infrastructure
Private and Hybrid Cloud
Software
Cloud Offers
Big Data Analytics
Minimum Capabilities Are not Enough! Only Cisco Enables Your Digital Transformation Journey
Flexible Consumption Models
Automation
Edge / IoT Applications
EFFICIENCY
+
DISRUPTION
+
SPEED
Edge / IoT Applications and Real Time Analytics
Choice of Consumption with Security and Data Sovereignty
Policy Driven Infrastructure
We Are at the Cusp of a Major Shift
DIGITAL EXPERIENCES EFFICIENCY SIMPLICITY | SPEED
Adoption
Curve
IT as a Service IaaS | PaaS | SaaS | XaaS
Flexible Consumption Models
CONSOLIDATION VIRTUALIZATION
HYBRID
CLOUDS
2000 2010 2015 The Next 5+ Years
POLICY BASED
AUTOMATION
TRADITIONAL DATA CENTER
We are here
CLOUD-READY DATA CENTER
Automation through
Common Policy
Cisco ACI
Physical, Virtual &
Containers
Open, Standards &
Secure
Application Policy
Infrastructure
Controller
ACI Vision: Application Centric SDN approach Policy Driven with Scale, Security and Full Visibility
TENANT APPLICATION
Enabled by Physical and Virtual Integration
Subject Matter Experts Define Policies
1
Application Centric Policy
Network SME
Security SME
Application SME
2
Policies Used To Create Application Network Profile Templates
3 Automated policy configuration across the infrastructure
Life cycle management for day 1, day 2 operations
4
Multi DC WAN and Cloud
Storage L4–L7 Services
Compute Physical Networking
Hypervisors and Virtual Networking
Hypervisors and Virtual Networking
Physical Networking
Compute L4–L7 Services
Storage Multi DC WAN and Cloud
ACI Delivers Secure Multi-Tenancy at Scale
CENTRALIZED
AUTOMATION
Audit, Detect, Mitigate
EMBEDDED IN ACI INVESTMENT PROTECTION
FirePOWER Now Integrated with ACI
Validated for Deployment in PCI Compliant Networks
POLICY DRIVEN
Physical & Virtual
Automated Protection to Cover the Attack Continuum
Cisco ACI Complements, Enhances and/or Replaces Any Other SDN Offering
Bare Metal Applications
Virtualized Applications
Optional Software Overlay
Foundation:
Nexus or ACI
PRE-ACI POST-ACI
Network Operations
PROCESS SIMPLIFICATION
Network and Policy Instantiate
Translate Setup and Policy
Weeks Minutes
OPEX
CAPEX
PRE-ACI
41% Cost Savings
COST SAVINGS
POST-ACI
ACI Simplified Operations: TCO and Cost Savings
Weeks Minutes
Cisco IT Projections
Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc.
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together
How to Make a Data Center Ready for Agile Service Delivery?
Server
vFW
Switch
Router
FW
Router
LB
Service Insertion in Traditional Networks
Configure Firewall Rules as
Required by the Application
Configure Network to Insert
Firewall
Configure Firewall Network
Parameters
Configure Load Balancer as
Required by the Application
Configure Load Balancer
Network Parameters
Configure Router to Steer
Traffic to/from Load Balancer
Service insertion takes days
Network configuration is time consuming and error prone
Difficult to track configuration on services
Separate application tier policy and service definition
APIC-centralized network policy control
Programmable service bring-up/tear-down
Supports existing operational model with existing services
ACI Layer 4–7 Service Integration Centralized, Automated, and Supports Existing Model
Web
Server
App Tier
A
Web
Server
Web
Server
App Tier
B
App
Server
Chain
“Sharepoint”
Policy Redirection
Serv
ice
G
raph
begin end Stage 1 …….. Stage N
Pro
vid
ers
inst
inst
…
Firewall
inst
inst
…
Load Balancer
Se
rvic
e P
rofile
“Sharepoint” Chain Defined
Application
Admin
Service
Admin
……..
ACI: Application Agility – Physical/Virtual Using the Language of Apps in the Network
F5 DEVICE PACKAGE FOR APIC
DB DB DB
WEB WEB WEB APP WEB APP WEB
BIG-IP PHYSICAL AND/OR VIRTUAL
HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR
Physical Networking
L4–L7 Services
Multi DC WAN + Cloud
Compute Storage Hypervisors and Virtual Networking
Rapid Deployment of Applications with Scale and Security
Application-centricity to Visibility and Troubleshooting
Open Source Application Policies
Common Operational Model through Open APIs
ACI Slide Source: Cisco
Virtual Edition Appliance Chassis
BIG-IP
F5 and Cisco ACI Integration Models
BIG-IQ
ACI Fabric
Function profiles leveraging existing iAPP
knowledge
Customize Device package to support new
applications—within the device model support
One iRule per function profile
Provides multi tenancy and true traffic isolation
Configure any iAPPs with iRules through Cisco APIC
—no need to make device model changes
Extend to other L4-L7 services ex: GTM, AAM, AFM,
APM, ASM through iApps
Deep application performance visibility & extensive
applications health score data (future)
Provides multi tenancy and true traffic isolation
F5 Synthesis Fabric
ARCHITECT DESIGN COMPUTE Service
Request STORAGE SECURITY NETWORK
Application
Available
TIME
APP F/W ADC
WEB ADC DB
Policy Automation Application Policy Language
Common Policy Framework and
Platform for All IT Teams
Faster App Availability Simplified Operational Processes + Automation
APPLICATION
COMPUTE NETWORK
CLOUD
STORAGE SECURITY
Pulsant: Expanding Business with Cloud Solutions
United Kingdom Cloud Service Provider Pulsant
improves its services and profits with
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure.
With Cisco ACI, we are selling more cloud
services, adding new cloud services,
and onboarding customers faster without
increasing staff.
Martin Lipka
Head of Connectivity
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Agenda
Application Centric Infrastructure
Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, Solution Architect
WWT Inc.
Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo
Cisco-F5: A Journey together
WWT on Software Defined Networking
Agility Simplicity Business
Value
Ability to Adopt New
Market Transitions
Rapid Service
Enablement
Reduce Operational
Complexity
Decrease TCO
Automation
Differentiate
Business Services
Monetize Networks
Cost Savings
Requirements for Next
Generation Networks
Software Defined
Networking
“A flexible, programmatic
framework to optimize the
delivery and management
of network services”
Characteristics of SDN
Increased flexibility
Automation
Network Services
Holistic View
Software Defined
Networking
Why Cisco ACI ?
Accelerated
deployment of
applications
and services
Reduced application
development-to-
production cycle times
Mitigated
security and
compliance risk
Increased revenue
growth and
business agility by
delivering the right
services in real time
Prove it…
A collaborative
eco-system to design,
build, demo and deploy
advanced technology
solutions for our
customers and partners.
CUSTOMERS
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
PARTNERS
Product teams
Sales
Engineering
SALES AND
ENGINEERS
RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
LABS
TEST LABS INTEGRATION
LABS
TRAINING
LABS
ATC
PRIVATE
CLOUD
Advanced Technology Center
WWT Simplifies the Complex
Tech Briefings Workshops Sandbox
Environments
Proof of Concept Integrated Product
and Solution Demos
Training Product Testing
and Benchmarking
Early Field
Trails
Pilots and
Integration
Lab as a
Service