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Annotation Summaryx34 annotations on 4 pages by Ianto JonesHyperconverged Architectures#1 Storage VM installed on Hypervisor HostStorage Controller Virtual Machines havedirect access to all physical storagePool local storage for distributed capacityHypervisor host presented with an NFSDatastoreSimplivity, Nutanix, Maxta, Springpath x1Location of storage controller vm differs - on a vm, embedded rLocal Physical StorageHyperconvergence Target Use-casesStorage PoolStorage Branch SiteSmallControllerVMVMLarge RemoteVMOfficeVMHW nterVMVMStorageVMVMHypervisorHypervisor Simple setup and LowestLocalCost Physical StorageManagement Simple deployment No SAN No advanced Advanced storagestorage servicesservices a bonus Lower performance Small clusterokstorage scale withability to addcompute VDI/TestDev/RemoteLocalPhysicalStorage Highperformanceneed forenterpriseworkloads Lower cost than SAN Technically acceptableperformance Advanced storageservices needed –Compression, Dedup,multi-site replicationetc. Advanced storageservices Required Cluster scaling#2p.24UCS Hyperconvergence EcosystemSmallSmallBranch SiteRemote/BranchOfficeCisco UCSC-SeriesLarge Remote OfficeSW Defined StorageEnterprise DC StorageUCS Mini C-SeriesCisco UCS C-SeriesUCS Blades C-SeriesOther storage SWoptions:#3p.25Storage Software ComparisonSimplivityMaxtaVMware VSANVMware RAILNutanixNexentaStorMagicScale IO EMCAtlantis USXMin Required #Nodes23333223 (Best practicefor more nodes)3 andsubsequent 3 or4 at a timeBlock bjectFilesystemBlockBlockBlockBlockMax # Nodes12646432No documentedmax2 with JBODstorage req forHA2 in a mirroredpair1024Groups of 4nodesAppliance orSW ation/MarketEnterpriseApps, ROBO,HA/DREnterpriseApps, ROBO,VDI, TestDevVDI, ROBO,Virtual CloudsVDI, , ROBO,Virtual CloudsVDI, trying to doenterprise appsEnterprise Blockand file,openstackROBOEnterprise AppsVDISite to licationYYNNYYNYYCompute onlynode ewith IOAccelerator,Backuprecovery inlinecompressionforeverWorks with anyHW and drivetypes. Low costof entry. Easy touseEmbedded inHypervisor,easyinstall/configurationEmbedded inHypervisor,easyinstall/configurationAppliance fastOOB, intuitivesimple GUI,market salesleaderProvides fileservices on topof VSAN.Based on opensource ZFS,does not workwith VIC todayEasy install,inexpensiveexcellent ROBOsolutionDetaileddashboard ofstorage data.Most functionsmust be done inCLI. Very largescale and goodperformanceExcellent VDIperformance,Works with anystorageleverages RAMcaching#4p.33

Cisco HyperconvergedComputing StrategyChris Dunk Sr Technical Marketing EngineerBRKCOM-1125

Agenda Hyperconverged and Software DefinedStorage Defined Cisco Storage Software Strategy Software Defined Storage Architectures Hyperconverged Use Cases Hyperconverged Testing Cisco Based Solutions

Cisco IntegratedInfrastructure

Market TrendsCisco Converged InfrastructureHyper- Converged183162.514122101.581) Increasingoverlap6140.5Minimize Risk (Pre-ValidatedDesigns)Any workload (Mission Critical Apps)Flexibility (Virtualized and Bare Metal)Independent Scale out (buildingblocks)Fast Deployment (Hours not Days)Management and Operation Simplicity(Intuitive UI)Simple Elasticity (automatic scale)Cost efficiency (predictable stepgrowth)200201320142015Integrated Systems20162017Hyper-convergedBillions2) Hyperconvergence is evolving, growing& disruptive to traditional storage

Cisco Converged Infrastructure Vision Cisco captured the vision of ConvergedInfrastructure 6 years ago Cisco based Converged Infrastructuresolutions lead the industry Bring the same simplicity model to allConverged Infrastructure solutions Not dependent on a specific storage type(Physical, SdS, HCI, or All Flash)

Converged Infrastructure Pretested and preconfigured bundled solutions,acting as whole, consisting of compute,network, storage and management software. Provide platform to meet customer challengesCustomer Challenges &Infrastructure Demands Proliferation of applications; Need for anyapplication on any device Roll out new and/or business critical databaseapplications quickly & consistently Single system operation – ReducedInfrastructural and management complexity Add capacity and storage when needed Accelerated implementation Streamlined supportand growing infrastructure demands Consistent, financially efficient, operationallysimplified, independently scalable solution Rapidly deployable, allows granular upgradesFLEXPODVBLOCKCisco UCSVSPEXVersaStackUCS DirectorUCP- SelectSmartStackCisco Nexus

UCS Integrated Infrastructure StrategyBringing thesame simplicitymodel to ANYstorage typeUCS Director APIUCSM/Central APIUCS DirectorPolicy Driven, Application Centric Infrastructure Management andOrchestrationUCS Manager DomainCentralized-SimpleManagement InterfaceOne ButtonInfrastructureDeploymentSimple ScaleBig Data AnalyticsCeph/GlusterOpenStackCisco Converged InfrastructureSoftware Defined Storge (SdS)Hyperconverged InfrastructureApplication specific Infrastructure

Cisco Storage SoftwareStrategy

Hyperconvergence - Why? Why is this interesting? Hyperconvergence is a evolving market transition disrupting traditional storage vendorsHyperconvergence solutions marketing promises sound compellingOpportunity to review current storage needs and requirementsChanges the cost structure for some workloadsCustomer Perspective, why do you care? Hyperconverged solutions promise lower cost and greater speed of application deploymentThe majority of cost for new application infrastructure is in the storageAligns to the software defined everything industry buzz

Definition: What is Software Defined Storage (SdS) The programming that controls the storageis decoupled from the physical hardware Consists of the Storage Tier Only Emphasizes storage services such asdeduplication or replication, instead ofstorage hardwareSoftware Defined Storage A shared pool that runs on commodityhardwareLocal Physical Storage Utilizes Policy Based Management Often referred to as Storage Virtualizationand is part of a bigger industry trend ofSoftware Defined Data centerHostsStorage Software can run on baremetal or as a VM on a hypervisor host

Definition: What is Hyperconvergence? New landscape utilizing Software DefinedStorage Tight integration of x86 servers for computeand storage, networking and virtualization inall-in-one appliance. Packaging Integration of hypervisors and physicalinfrastructure Simple Scale one unit/appliance at a time Simple deployment measured in hours Centralized management, intuitive UI Storage presentation via a distributedfilesystem or object storeControllerVMVMVMVMHypervisorLocal Physical StorageControllerVMVMVMVMHypervisorLocal Physical StorageControllerVMVMVMVMHypervisorLocal Physical Storage

What does Hyperconverge promise? Fast Deployment (Hours not Days)Management Simplicity (Centralized and intuitive UI)Operational Simplicity (Target VM administrator)Simple Elasticity (automatic scale)Cost efficiency (predictable small step-based growth)

Hyperconverged MarketDisruptive Competing for mind-share with traditionalIntegrated Infrastructures – many customersare now looking more closely after VMwaremarket validationReality Vendors generally saying the same thing – easeof scaling, simple to deploy/size, lower cost vs.SAN There are a lot of discrepancies here and Ciscois doing our homework to separate fact fromfiction Reality is two main tiers exist – those that aretrying to replicate enterprise storage and thosewho are simply SDS software serving a purposelike retail – Cisco will play in both Many limitations exist outside of vendor designedtest plans/POC in areas of data integrity,management, scaling and performance NOT one-size-fits-all. Does not solve everybusiness need. Cost savings are ofteninflatedCompanies like Nutanix, Simplivity, VMwareare selling complete, supported, all-in-oneappliances with message of simplicity/scale New projects like VDI allow customers to trynew solutions like Hyperconverged in thename of cost-savings, while keepingsegregated Software-Defined Storage (SDS) is a good fitfor certain customer requirements (i.e.ROBO). Cisco has partnership examples atlarge customers

UCS Software Defined Storage StrategyUCS Director APIUCS DirectorPolicy Driven, Application Centric Infrastructure Management andOrchestration APIUCS Manager Domain UCS B-SeriesUCS C-SeriesUnified Computing SystemUCS and Hyperconverged SoftwareOpen Eco-System with industryleading partnersExample of compelling partners(SimpliVity, StorMagic, VSAN,Maxta, Springpath)Cisco Validated to minimizebusiness riskDelivered with all of theprogrammatic and operationalbenefits of Cisco UCS Unified Management UCS Director integration Unified Fabric

UCS Director IntegrationUCS-Mini based Remote DC/Branch Office solution managed via UCSD Standalone, Mini based, UCSD Managed solution for Virtualized and Bare Metal Mini C-series based UCSD managed solution; with Storage on C-series. Support for both Virtualized andBare MetalUser executing a workflow as part of StorMagic VSAdeploymentVSAN

Hyperconvergence and UCS Integrated Infrastructure Cisco solutions cover entirelandscape Understand when to considerIntegrated Infrastructure orHyperconverged Systems Hyperconvergencestorage software on UCSUCS IntegratedInfrastructureLarge scaleKnow your options both from FabricsISV and UII partners Will there be Mixed WorkloadsSmall Scaleand Higher PerformanceClustersneeds What is the perception abouttraditional storage Is there a need to haveseparate compute and storagescalingFocused Use-cases(Primarily VDI)General Purpose MissionCritical (All apps mixed use cases, VDI,SQL, Exchange, Sharepoint, Oracle, SAP,Big Data )

Todays Storage LandscapeAppliancesHardware AgnosticTraditional/Hybrid StorageHyperconvergedSoftware Defined StorageAll Flash Arrays

SdS and Hyperconverged ArchitectureTypes

Hyperconverged Architectures Storage VM installed on Hypervisor HostStorage Controller Virtual Machines havedirect access to all physical storagePool local storage for distributed capacityHypervisor host presented with an NFSDatastoreSimplivity, Nutanix, Maxta, SpringpathLocation of storage controller vm differs - on a vm, embedded al Physical StorageStorage VMVMHypervisorHypervisorLocal Physical StorageLocal Physical Storage

Hyperconverged Architectures – Kernel Based Storage SW integrated into HypervisorKernelPool local storage for distributed capacityReduced resource overheadHypervisor host presented with an NFSDatastoreVMware VSAN; GridstoreVMStorageControllerSWVMVMHypervisorLocal Physical StorageStorage PoolVMStorageControllerSWVMVMHypervisorLocal Physical StorageVMStorageControllerSWVMVMHypervisorLocal Physical Storage

Software Defined Storage Architectures Software Defined Storage 2 ways fordeployment VM controller on hypervisor host Controller bare metal installationPool local storage for distributed capacityStorage is presented via iSCSI LUN orNFSScaleIO, Datacore, Stormagic, AtlantisStorageControllerVMVMVMHypervisorStorage PoolStorageControllerVMVMVMVMStorage Controller SoftwareHypervisorOperating SystemLocal Physical StorageLocal Physical StorageVM

HyperconvergedUse Cases

Hyperconvergence Target Use-casesSmall Branch Site Lowest Cost Simple deployment No advancedstorage services Lower performanceokLarge RemoteOffice Simple setup andManagement No SAN Advanced storageservices a bonus Small clusterstorage scale withability to addcomputeHW AgnosticStorage SW VDI/TestDev/Remote Lower cost than SAN Technically acceptableperformance Advanced storageservices needed –Compression, Dedup,multi-site replicationetc.EnterpriseDatacenterStorage High performanceneed forenterpriseworkloads Advanced storageservices Required Cluster scaling

UCS Hyperconvergence EcosystemSmallSmallBranch SiteRemote/BranchOfficeCisco UCSC-SeriesOther storage SWoptions:Large Remote OfficeSW Defined StorageEnterprise DC StorageUCS Mini C-SeriesCisco UCS C-SeriesUCS Blades C-Series