DCNA Technology Update PresentationID 2006 Cisco Systems Inc

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Data Centers Are Under Increasing Pressure Collaboration Empowered User SLA Metrics Global Availability Reg. Compliance Security Threats Bus. Continuance New Business Pressures Operational Limitations Power & Cooling Presentation_ID Asset Utilization © 2007 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential Provisioning 3

Critical Infrastructure for Data Center 3. 0 Presentation_ID Unified Fabric and I/O Interfaces Simplify infrastructure (reduce capex) and operational complexity (lower opex) Cisco® Nexus Switching Platforms Forward Investment Protection NX-OS Operating System Designed with features that improve operational continuity Data Center Network Manager Provides holistic view of the network to simplify management and facilitate troubleshooting © 2007 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. © Cisco Confidential Lowers overall data center power draw Engineered the most stringent availability requirements Delivers virtualized network services 4

Introducing Cisco Nexus Family: The Network Platform for Data Center 3. 0 Over 1513 Patents Pending/Issued on Data Center Technologies Cisco® Nexus Delivers a Unified Fabric and I/O for the DC Cisco Nexus Consists of Multiple Products with a Data Center Class OS Cisco Nexus Operational Continuity Presentation_ID Transport Flexibility Over $1 B in Overall Data Center Research and Development © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Infrastructure Scalability 5

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Data Center Class Switches Usability focused for demanding operational environments Delivers a unified fabric and I/O 15+ Tb/s scalable switching capacity Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 6

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Data Center Class Switches § Lossless fabric architecture § Dense 40 Gb. E/100 Gb. E ready § Unified fabric Transport Flexibility § Virtualized control and data plane § 15 Tb+ switching capacity § Efficient physical and power design Infrastructure Scalability © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Operational Continuity Presentation_ID § Zero Service Disruption design § Graceful systems operations § Integrated lights-out management 7

Increased Efficiency, Simpler Operations Mgmt Network Front-End Network Backup Network Unified Fabric Storage Network Back-End Network Unified Fabric and I/O Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 8

Key Benefits of Unified Fabric Reduce overall DC power consumption by up to 8%. Extend the lifecycle of current data center. Wire hosts once to connect to any network - SAN, LAN, HPC. Faster rollout of new apps and services. Every host will be able to mount any storage target. Drive storage consolidation and improve utilization. Rack, Row, and X-Data Center VM portability become possible. Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 9

15 Tb+ System Performance Bandwidth Scales with Each Fabric Modules 10 Gb. E Module 46 Gbps 230 Gbps 184 Gbps 138 Gbps 92 Gbps Per Slot Gb. E Module Investment Protection and Unified Fabric Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 10

NX-OS: Purpose Built for the Data Center IOS NX-OS SAN-OS Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 11

Data Center Class Requirements Demand Focused Software Development Zero Service Disruption Design Enables Nexus to unify the data center fabric Virtual Device Contexts Overcomes administrative barriers to consolidation Stateful Process Restart Self heals faster than networks can converge Graceful System Operations Enables simplified operations and links all protocol layers Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 12

NX-OS Graceful System Operations Network pre-converges around pending administrative outage 911 Call In Progress STOP Admin signals system to reload Nexus signals that it is reloading • System pre-converges around pending administrative outages • Reduces dependency on highly skilled engineering for rote upgrade and capacity add/remove operations • Aligns best practices and operational procedures with system defaults Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. E 911 Call Center 13

Extending the Cisco Nexus Family Data Center Class Switches § Simpler More Stable Layer 2 Network § Highly Available Platform § Preserves operational best practices Operational Continuity § FCo. E based Unified Fabric § Virtualization Optimized Networking § Support for FCo. E, DCE, and FC Transport Flexibility Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Infrastructure Scalability § Reduces power, cooling, cabling § Up to 56 ports non-blocking 10 Gb. E § Up to 1. 2 Tbps capacity 14

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series 56 -Port L 2 Switch • 40 Ports 10 GE/FCo. E/DCE, fixed • 2 Expansion module slots Fibre Channel • 8 Ports 1/2/4 G FC Presentation_ID Ethernet • 6 Ports 10 GE/FCo. E/DCE Cisco DC-OS OS Mgmt FC + Ethernet • 4 Ports 10 GE/FCo. E/DCE • 4 Ports 1/2/4 G FC Cisco Fabric Manager and Cisco Data Center Manager © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 15

Data Center Ethernet Features Overview Feature Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) Benefit Provides class of service flow control. Ability to support storage traffic Co. S Based BW Management Grouping classes of traffic into “Service Lanes” IEEE 802. 1 Qaz, Co. S based Enhanced Transmission Congestion Notification (BCN/QCN) End to End Congestion Management for L 2 network Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol Auto-negotiation for Enhanced Ethernet capabilities DCBX L 2 Multi-path for Unicast & Multicast Eliminate Spanning Tree for L 2 topologies Lossless Service Provides ability to transport various traffic types (e. g. Storage, RDMA) Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Utilize full Bi-Sectional bandwidth with ECMP 16

FCo. E - Network stack comparison SCSI SCSI i. SCSI FCP FCP FC FCIP TCP IP IP FCo. E Ethernet PHYSICAL WIRE Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 17

An Innovative Platform To Simplify Data Center Transformation Standards Wire Speed 10 Gb. E Switching Capacity Ethernet LAN SAN A Data Center Ethernet Scalability Fibre Channel over Ethernet Consolidation VM Optimized Networking Virtualization LAN SAN B MAC A MAC B Active-Active N 5000 Eco-System Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 18

Catalyst and Nexus: Complementary Focus for Broad Deployments Cisco® Nexus 7000 15 Terabit Scalability Unified Fabric 100 Gb. E 40 Gb. E Transport Flexibility Operational Continuity 10 Gb. E 1 Gb. E Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Catalyst® 6500 2 Terabit Scalability Unified Network Access 20

Data Center 3. 0 Infrastructure Portfolio Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 21

Data Center 3. 0 Infrastructure Portfolio Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 22

A Comprehensive Portfolio for Data Center 3. 0 Unified Fabric Networking Ethernet Networking Storage Networking Application Network Services Infiniband Clustering Catalyst® 6500 MDS 9500 Storage Directors ACE Application Delivery – Module and Appliance SFS 7000 Infiniband Switch Data Center Security NEW Nexus 7000 Modular Switching System Nexus Rack Switch 5000 Nexus Blade Switch (future) Series Catalyst 4900 M Top-of-Rack SSM Catalyst Blade Server Switches MDS Fabric Switches Blade Switches Wide-Area Application Services Presentation_ID SFS 3000 Infiniband Gateway ACE XML Gateway VFrame Server/Service Provisioning System Data Center Provisioning Data Center Management Firewall Services Module Data Center Network Manager– Topology Visualization and Provisioning © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. ANM– Advanced L 4 -7 Services Module Management 23

Agenda § DC 3. 0 Infrastructure Transformation (Nexus 7 K/5 K) § Optimizing Branch IT Services (Wo. W) § Automation (v. Frame) Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 24

Windows on WAAS Optimizing Branch IT Services Microsoft and Cisco Vision for Optimizing IT Services in the Branch Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 25

Branch IT Infrastructure: Main Approaches Today Fully Distributed Branch IT Backup Fully Centralized Branch IT Local Storage App/file/print Servers Users Router (+) Everything available (+) Centralized management (-) Cost of management (-) Application performance (-) Limited local services Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 26

Branch IT Infrastructure: Microsoft and Cisco Approach Flexible, Optimized Branch IT Backup ü Centralize what you can with Cisco WAAS ü Locally host Window services on Data Center same WAAS device Local Storage Cisco WAAS Servers Cisco WAAS Users WAN Router Business and Communication Apps WAAS and Windows Server: Providing Best Mix of Distributed and Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Storage Backup 27

Microsoft and Cisco Solution Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Core Cisco WAAS with Virtualization § Branch optimized IT services § Complete WAN optimization + application acceleration Read-only Domain Controller Print services DNS/DHCP services § Ability to host Windows services locally Cisco WAAS with pre-packaged Windows Server 2008 services ü Jointly developed architecture ü Joint customer support Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 28

Microsoft/Cisco Solution How It Works § WAAS provides virtualized platform for local services – Windows Server 2008 Server Core pre-packaged with WAAS § Key Benefits: 1. Simple, Low Cost Branch Office 2. Time to Service/Flexibility 3. Fast Branch Applications Application Rollout Using WAAS Virtual Blades Remote Office 1. Activate virtual blade centrally Data Center 2. Manage Windows services centrally VB WAAS Appliance Remote Office WAN WAAS Appliance VB WAAS Appliance Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 29

Microsoft/Cisco Solution Benefits Low Cost/ Complexity IT Agility App Performance § Minimized remote office hardware footprint § Centralized Microsoft and Cisco mgmt § Reduced downtime with joint support § More dynamic IT planning § Rapid software-based deployment of services w/o truck rolls § LAN-like performance for centralized apps § Local access to services hosted on WAAS Providing Best Mix of Distributed and Centralized IT Services Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 30

Agenda § DC 3. 0 Infrastructure Transformation (Nexus 7 K/5 K) § Optimizing Branch IT Services (Wo. W) § Automation (v. Frame) Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 31

Path Towards SONA Three Phases Approach Data Network LAN WAN MAN Server Storage Fabric Network SAN HPC Cluster GRID Intelligent Information Network Enterprise Applications VIRTUALIZATION Management of Resources Independent of Underlying Physical Infrastructure to Increase Utilization, Efficiency and Flexibility Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Dynamic Provisioning and Information Lifecyle Management (ILM) to Enable Business Agility Business Policies On-Demand Service Oriented Compute Network CONSOLIDATION Centralization and Standardization to Lower Costs, Improve Efficiency and Uptime AUTOMATION Storage Compute Network Storage 32

State of the Market: Agility Virtualization Gaining Mainstream Adoption Consolidation Virtualization Automation Improved utilization, power efficiencies, lower costs Better utilization, flexibility, mobility of applications/data Policy-based adaptive service-oriented he infrastructure s t for More than half of companies are well down the infrastructure consolidation path. 1 Server Consolidation Branch Consolidation Storage / SAN Consolidation Virtualization is no longer just an early adopter phenomenon. 2 Orchestrated Dynamicay’s Static server, tod l Virtualization s storage, se tiona iven s r e network dr pera es d tion d A o ng iza Virtualization l e all irtua h c yv b ild n ed Bu datiorient e n -o ur fou vice truct r se fras in Transactione c ion i centric v r rat e automation S st Applicatione h centric c Or automation Virtualization is a major enabler for infrastructure automation, and will help accelerate the trend toward IT operations process automation. 3 Customers … are seeking more advanced capabilities and tools for their virtual environments 2 1 Gartner 11/2006 IT Infrastructure customer survey 2006 customer survey 3 Gartner Bittman 2007 2 IDC Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Time 33

Evolving to a Service-Oriented Infrastructure Consolidation Virtualization Automation Improved utilization, power efficiencies, lower costs Better utilization, flexibility, mobility of applications/data Policy-based adaptive service-oriented infrastructure App 1 App 2 App 3 Standardized Servers Virtualized Server Pool Scalable Data Center Network (LAN+SAN) Virtualized Network and Network Services Shared Storage Virtualized Storage Pool § Regain IT asset control § Lower operational expenses Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. § Increase agility § Catch up to pace of business App Svc. 1 Service Network 1 App Svc. 2 Service Network 2 App Svc. 3 Service Network 3 § Reproducible processes § IT resources closely aligned with application and business needs 34

Cisco VFrame Data Center Helps Build the Foundation for Service-Oriented Infrastructure (SOI) Business Service Management Mercury, § Orchestrate across infrastructure resources § Platform for service abstraction § Integrate with other management systems Monitoring IBM Tivoli, HP Openview, BMC Patrol, CA Unicenter Tideway, BMC Management and Monitoring Cisco VFrame Data Center Network-Driven Service Orchestration Virtualization Managers VMware Virtual. Center Element Managers Cisco Fabric Manager, VMS, Cisco. Works, ANM SOI Control Layer SAN Network Pool Server Pool NAS Storage Pool Data Center Networked Infrastructure Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 35

Adopting VFrame DC Today Addressing Today’s Challenges while Building SOI Foundation 1. 2. Categorize physical resources into service views Ensure design consistency with standardized infrastructure templates 3. Automate physical provisioning for server virtualization environments 4. Reduce break-fix server support costs with rapid recovery from shared pool 5. Recover failed service with rapid local disaster recovery 6. Provide policy-based dynamic capacity on-demand for applications Slow application performance Application Degradation or Failure Policy X Server Service View V VFrame DC V X V Network Service View V Hypervisor SAN V V V Hypervisor NAS Storage Service View Traditional silos Presentation_ID V © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Application Service 1 Rapidly configure new application environment 36

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