Transforming SAN with
Cisco MDS 8G and
Advance SAN Services
Cisco MDS 8G / NX-OS 4.1
Terry Seeto
ASIA Data Center, PSS
CCIE# 3119
[email protected]
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Data Center Challenges
Scaling Operations and Infrastructure
By 2009:
Source: IDC 2008 and Cisco Survey
ƒ 65% of enterprises will be using x86 server
virtualization.
ƒ 45% of x86 servers will be virtualized.
ƒ The percentage of virtualized workloads will
double each year through 2012.
Moving Beyond Consolidation
ƒ VM portability, security, and visibility
ƒ High availability and continuous operations
ƒ “Anywhere”applications
ƒ Cloud computing
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Data Center 3.0
Virtualization Roadmap
Server
Networking
Unified
Fabric
Storage
Networking
VM-Optimized
Networking
Transparent
Visualization
ƒ All Resources
Connect to a
Cisco Unified
Fabric
ƒ Catalyst LAN
Switching
ƒ MDS
Directors
ƒ Data Center
Ethernet
ƒ In the
Network
ƒ Security
ƒ Intelligent
Storage
Applications
ƒ FCoE
ƒ On the Server
ƒ Nexus 7K/5K
NX-OS
10/40/100
GIG
ƒ Per VM
Services
ƒ Application
Networking
ƒ Fabric SAN
ƒ Branch WAN
Optimization
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ƒ VM Mobility
ƒ Branch Virtual
Machines on
WAAS
ƒ Automated,
Virtualized,
Unified,
Transparent
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Accelerate Server Virtualization:
Enable, Simplify, Clarify, Scale
ƒEnable VMgranular security
and policy
ƒEnable VM
granularity
management
ƒSimplify moving
with VM during
VMotion
ƒClarify troubleshooting with
visibility to the VM
ƒScale coordinated
server and
network
provisioning
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ƒMaintain and
simplify existing
VM management
model
ƒEnable flexible
collaboration with
continued team
autonomy
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Introducing Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.1(1):
Scalable, Modular, and Flexible Operating System
Strategic convergence (Re-branding):
SAN-OS is now NX-OS
Greater SAN Consolidation – Secure 8G and Increased Capacity
Virtual Machine and Blade Servers Optimized SAN
Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel: Link-Level Data Integrity and Encryption
MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Directors and Fabric Switches
Cisco NX-OS is fully
compatible with SAN-OS,
and will interoperate
seamlessly with it.
SAN OScode
3.2 base
Hardware:
ƒ Re-Branding in recognition of common
ƒ Simplifies the data center environmentMDS 9134
MDS
9222i
ƒ Brings server, storage, and network closer
than
ever
ƒ Lays the foundation for unified fabric MDS 18/4
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Key Value Propositions
8G
Infrastructure:
Greater SAN
Consolidation
ƒ Investment
protection – fully
backward
compatible
ƒ Flexibility,
performance,
density, and
security
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Virtual Machines /
Blade Servers
Optimized SAN
ƒ High availability
for VMs and
blade servers
ƒ Per VM security,
performance
management, and
Quality of Service
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Service-Oriented
SAN
ƒ No SAN rewire
or
reconfiguration
required for
intelligent fabric
applications –
SME, CRR/CDP,
storage
virtualization,
DMM
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Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Family Secure
8-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Modules
ƒ Tiered connectivity: Optimize cost, performance, and
density
ƒ Investment Protection: Compatibility with all MDS 9500
Series Directors ever shipped
ƒ Reduced TCO: Simplified infrastructure reduces space,
power, and cooling requirements
ƒ Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel: Wire-speed link encryption
24-Port 8-Gbps Module
Provides connectivity for highend storage subsystems and
Inter-Switch Links (ISLs).
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48-Port 8-Gbps Module
Provides the optimal
performance and port density
for connection of highly
virtualized servers.
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4/44-Port 8-Gbps HostOptimized Module
Ideal cost-effective solution for
the majority of today’s standard
servers.
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MDS Delivers Virtual Machine
Optimized SANs
Virtualized
Servers
Virtualized
Servers
Virtualized
Servers
Fabric Scalability and Performance
Virtualized
Servers
Resilient, high-performance fabric to support
large, dense VM environments
VMs w/ NPIV
VM-granular management and troubleshooting
VSAN – Tier 1
VSAN – Tier 2
Performance Monitoring and
Trending
MDS 9000
SAN Fabric
Quality of Service (QoS)
VM-granular policy provisioning
VSAN – Tier 3
VSANs Isolate Fault Domains
Increase availability, simplify troubleshooting,
improve security and compliance
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Mobility with Security
Wire-speed encryption protects data in
transit and VMs during migration
90% of VMs are SAN attached
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VM-Optimized Storage Services
Enabling Large-scale Server Deployments
ƒ Flex Attach: Autonomy
and flexibility for server
additions, moves, and
changes.
ƒ NPIV / NPV technologies
avoid the need for
reconfiguration with
server changes.
ƒ F-Port Port Channeling and
Trunking extends VSAN
benefits and increases
resilience.
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Sales
Finance
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Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel:
Enabling Link-Level Data Integrity and Encryption
8G Modules
8G Modules
MAN
(DWDM/SONET)
FC Data Integrity & Encryption
FC HDR
Payload
FC HDR
FC HDR
Payload
Encrypted Payload
ƒ Preserve integrity and confidentiality of FC traffic over MAN
ƒ Integrated, high-performance functionality available on all 8G FC ports
ƒ No change to existing SAN; enable functionality only on edge switches
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MDS 9000 Family Innovation
Flexibility and Intelligence to Meet Changing Business Needs
SAN Consolidation
Data Protection
Production
SAN Security
DR
Density/scalability, VSANs, SAN
routing (IVR), B/W mgmt, port
channels, historical performance
management
Integrated FCIP, disk/tape I/O
acceleration, H/W encryption and
compression, SANTap replication
Centralized AAA services, RBAC,
hardware-based access controls,
storage media encryption (SME)
link enycryption
Storage Virtualization
Server Virtualization
Unified I/O (FCoE)
Unified I/O Adapter
Ethernet (LAN)
FCoE (SAN)
Tiered storage services, online data
migration, and heterogeneous copy
services
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Unified I/O by extending FC SANs to
servers using FC over Ethernet (FCoE)
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Cisco MDS 8-Gbps
Module Details
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family 8-Gbps
Fibre Channel Switching Modules
ƒ Industry-leading 528 8-Gbps port density
ƒ Twice the bandwidth of earlier-generation Cisco
MDS Fibre Channel switching modules
Achieve High-End
Storage Connectivity
528 ports
ƒ Consolidate large-scale SANs with fewer chassis:
— Reduce space, power, and cooling requirements
— Lower your total cost of ownership (TCO)
ƒ Tiered connectivity to address diverse SAN
performance requirements:
— Storage subsystems and ISLs
— High-performance virtualized servers
— Standard servers
Cisco® MDS 9000 NX-OS underlying system software is designed for
storage area networks (SANs) to create a strategic SAN platform with
superior reliability, performance, scalability, and features.
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MDS Fibre Channel: Evolution
Gen1
Gen2
1.5x
2x
Gen3
4G 12-Port Module
24-Port 8G Module
2G 16-Port Module
4G 24-Port Module
48-Port 8G Module
2G 32-Port Module
4G 48-Port Module
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4/44-Port Host Optimized Module
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MDS 9000 Modular Platforms
Industry-Leading Investment Protection
2G Switching and Services Modules
MDS 9200 Fabric Switches
FC-32
FC-16
66 ports
MPS-14/2
SSM
MDS 9222i
4G and 10G Switching Modules
FC-12
FC-24
FC-48
Switching modules
are forward and
backward
compatible
MDS 9500 Directors
192 ports
MDS 9506
Common OS with
consistent features
MSM-18/4
FC-4 (10G)
336 ports
528 ports
8G Switching and Services Modules
FC-24
FC-48
FC-4/44
MDS 9509
MDS 9513
Only Director Platform in Industry with Proven Investment Protection
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Cisco MDS NX-OS
4.1.X Features
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MDS Enhanced Features
Blade Servers and Virtual Servers
ƒN-Port Virtualizer (NPV)
Enables large-scale blade server deployments.
NPV converts a blade switch operating as an
“FC Switch” to a “FC HBA.”
ƒFlexAttach
Flexibility for adds, moves, and changes
No SAN reconfiguration required when new
blade server attaches to blade switch port
F-Port Port Channel and Trunking
ƒ Bundle multiple ports in to one logical link
ƒ Blade servers are transparent if a cable,
port, or line card fails
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ƒ Partition F-Port to carry traffic for multiple
VSANs
ƒ Extend VSAN benefits to blade servers
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Services-Oriented Storage Applications
MDS 9000
I/O Acceleration
Services
Storage Media
Encryption (SME)
Secure
Erase
Data Mobility
Manager (DMM)
SANTap
Storage
Virtualization
18/4-port Multiservices Module
ƒ Integrated, high performance architecture – no appliance, no host agents
ƒ Heterogeneous solution for various types of storage arrays and servers,
ƒ Flexibility to extend applications to any SAN device – ubiquitous
ƒ Open platform for enabling partner applications
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Partner Applications
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Summary
Increased Data
Center Agility
Improved
Application
Mobility
Improved
Server Mobility
Cisco has the vision, partnerships,
and proven execution
to best support customer success.
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Questions
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