microsoft nz cloud os summit: enabling the private cloud
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The session "Enabling the Private Cloud – building a private cloud with Hyper-V and System Center" was hosted by one of Intergen's VTSPs, Andrew Kosmadakis and Cisco NZ's Conrad Bullock. This was part of Microsoft New Zealand Cloud OS Summit in Auckland and Wellington, March 2014.TRANSCRIPT
ENABLING THE PRIVATE CLOUDConrad BullockConsulting Systems EngineerCisco Systems
Email: [email protected]: @ConradAtCisco
Andrew KosmadakisInfrastructure ConsultantIntergen
Email: [email protected]: @KozNZ
Private Cloud QuizTrue or False
1. Virtualization = Private CloudFalse
2. System Center 2012 R2 is a private cloudFalse
3. The Microsoft Private Cloud is a productFalse
4. You can buy separate System Center 2012 R2 products (VMM, SCOM)
False
Private Cloud – Hardware• Hardware Infrastructure Layer
• Virtual and Physical Servers• Multiple Hypervisors• Blade and Rack Form Factors
• Integration with Existing Data Centre• Network, Storage, Management
• Management Integration• Hybrid Cloud – Public Cloud Integration
UCS ManagerComprehensive Role-Based Management and Automation for Ease of Integration and Operation
Unified Fabric Best-of-Breed Cisco Networking for Powerful Simple Operation With FEX Architecture, FCoE, Unified Ports
Virtualised I/OInnovation for Scalable Flexibility With Industry Leading Performance and a Certified I/O Stack
Compute WithoutCompromiseSupport for Both Blade and Rack-Mount Servers in a Single UCS Managed Domain
What is Cisco UCS?
STANDARDAPI’SXML API
Traditional Element ConfigurationCisco UCS Manager
• Subject matter experts consumed by manual configuration chores
• Serial processes and multiple touches inhibit provisioning speed
• Configuration drift and maintenance challenges
• FC Fabric assignments for HBAs
• RAID settings• Disk scrub actions
• Number of vHBAs• HBA WWN assignments• FC boot parameters• HBA firmware
• 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
NetworkSME
ServerSME
StorageSME
Compute, LAN, SAN Seamlessly Through Software
UCS Service ProfilesConfiguration Portability
SIM CardIdentity for a Phone
Service ProfileIdentity for a Server
UCS Service ProfileUnified Device Management
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Server Policy
UCS Management with System Center 2012Ease IT management through a single interface
“Single Pane of Glass”
Operations Manager
Orchestrator
Management Pack Integration Pack
Unified Compute System
UC
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Integration
Infrastructure
UCS Manager XML API
Physical Virtual&
Virtual Machine Manager
UI Extension
.NET Library
FlexPodJoint Cisco and NetApp Solution for Private Cloud
• Platform that hosts infrastructure software and business applications in a virtualised and bare-metal environment.
• Tested and validated by Cisco and NetApp against wide range of hypervisors, management platforms, applications
• Benefits• Right-sized for scale• Efficiency via unified storage,
management and networks• Secure Multi-tenancy
FlexPod
Cisco Nexus 1000V ArchitectureUtilizes Hyper-V Extensible Switch Platform
Nexus 1000V VSM
Extensible vSwitch
Capture
Filtering
ForwardingNexus 1000V
VEM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VNICs
Advanced NX-OS feature-set
Innovative Services architecture (vPath)
Consistent operational model
SCVMM IntegrationPNICs
Cisco Nexus 1000V ArchitectureUtilizes Hyper-V Extensible Switch Platform
Nexus 1000V VSM
Extensible vSwitch
Capture
Filtering
ForwardingNexus 1000V
VEM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VNICs
Advanced NX-OS feature-set
Innovative Services architecture (vPath)
Consistent operational model
SCVMM IntegrationPNICs
The Private Cloud
Pooled Resources Self Service
Elastic & Automated Usage Based
Pooled Resources
Self-service
Elastic
Usage-based
Control
Customisable
Microsoft Private Cloud Stack
Scale-out File Server
Scale-out File Server
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
System Center ComponentsManagement
Compute
Storage
• Manages the Private Cloud
• Library and Host Management
• Beyond VM Deployment – Service and Lifecycle management
• Administration
Virtual Machine Manager
SCVMM Templates• Starting point for VMs• Specifies Hardware, Guest Profile,
Disks• Specifies single machine• “Fire and Forget”• Windows and Linux support
VM Template
• Starting point for services• Defines multi-machine distributed
application• Specifies multiple machines
across multiple tiers• Windows and Linux support
Service Template
Monitoring and Automation• Operations Manager
• Performance and Resource Optimization• Monitors health and performance of virtual
machines• SCVMM provides the capability to use SCOM’s
reporting functionality
• Orchestrator• Create, modify, turn on/off and restart virtual
machines and services• Move VMs• Checkpoint VMs• Scale out services• SCORCH is used by Windows Azure Pack and
System Center Service Manager
Private Cloud Deployment Demo
start now.http://www.Microsoft.com/PrivateCloud
[email protected]@KozNZ
[email protected]@ConradAtCisco