Building Private Cloud Infrastructure
Matthias Wessendorf
Consulting Systems Engineer
20.11.2014
Cloud == FOG??
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The Path to Data Center Transformation
ApplicationBased Silos
Zones of
Virtualization
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Apps
Servers
Hybrid
Network
Storage
IT Production
Business Production
Cloud
Agile IT
Higher service levels for business apps
Scale infrastructure and operations cost effectively
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The Path to Data Center Transformation
ApplicationBased Silos
Zones of
Virtualization
Apps
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Servers
Hybrid
Network
Storage
Agile Data Infrastructure
IT Production
Business Production
Cloud
Private Cloud: Simplify IT operations through services that pool, abstract, and automate data center
infrastructure
Agile Data Infrastructure: An intelligent, scalable, always-on enterprise-wide data infrastructure; supports
apps along the transformation
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Cloud – A New Architecture
Old World – Physical
New World – Virtual
Dedicated, Vertical Stacks
Dynamic Pools Of
Compute & Storage
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Three Paths To Private Cloud
EMC VSPEX
VCE VBLOCK
FlexPod
Best of Breed
Infrastructure Components
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Proven
Infrastructure
Converged
Infrastructure
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Cloud Infrastructure Requirements
New World – Virtual
Low-Cost Operations
Infrastructure-As-A-Service
Self-Service Consumption Model
Elastic Resource Allocation
Dynamic Pools Of
Compute & Storage
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Shared Pools Of Resources
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Build Your Own
Using Best Of Breed Components
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Challenges With Build Your Own
 Takes time
 Resources
 High Risk
DESIGN
&
PLAN
SIZING
BUILD
&
TEST
STABILIZE
&
OPTIMIZE
DEPLOY
Time
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Three Paths To Private Cloud
EMC VSPEX
VCE VBLOCK
FlexPod
Best of Breed
Infrastructure Components
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Proven
Infrastructure
Converged
Infrastructure
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Cisco Infrastructure for Private Cloud
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Cisco UCS for Private Cloud
Operational Simplicity & Efficiency
Unified, Embedded, Integrated, Programmable, Lower OpEx
Application
Consolidation
Hypervisor
Agility
Rapid response to business needs
Flexibility
UCS Server
Network
Form factor freedom, 3rd party tools, Physical & Virtual Workloads
Intelligence
Fewer outages, Improved customer Satisfaction
Storage
Backup
Improved Quality and Reliability
Fast Path to the Cloud
Automation
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Scalable, Efficient use of CapEx, Low training requirements
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Hardware “State” Abstraction
LAN Connectivity
OS & Application
SAN Connectivity
LAN
SAN
State abstracted from hardware
MAC Address
NIC Firmware
NIC Settings
Drive Controller F/W
Drive Firmware
UUID
BIOS Firmware
BIOS Settings
Boot Order
BMC Firmware
WWN Address
HBA Firmware
HBA Settings
UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b…
MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC
WWN: 5080020000075740
Boot Order: SAN, LAN
Chassis-1/Blade-2
UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b…
MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC
WWN: 5080020000075740
Boot Order: SAN, LAN
Chassis-8/Blade-5
 Separate firmware, addresses, and parameter settings from server hardware
 Physical servers become interchangeable hardware components
 Easy to move OS & applications across server hardware
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Cisco Nexus for Private Cloud
Application
Consolidated Infrastructure
Hypervisor
Consolidation
UCS Server
Investment Protection Evolves With
Business Geographic Span
Network
Scale
Storage
Simplified Management
Reduced Cost
Integrated Application Delivery
Seamless VM Networking
Intelligence VM-Aware Security
Backup
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Data Center Automation and IT Collaboration
Common Policy Framework and Operational Model
POLICY-BASED AUTOMATION
STORAGE
Application
Requirements
SECURITY
Application
Policy
NETWORK
COMPUTE
Defined set of
Application
requirements
APPLICATION
CLOUD
Team builds application
policy and template
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Operations team
deploys with
minimal risk and
maximum speed
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Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
Network Automation
F/W
ADC
Physical
Networking
Hypervisors
and Virtual
Networking
L4–L7
Services
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WEB
APIC
Multi DC
WAN and Cloud
ADC
Storage
APP
DB
Compute
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Common Network—Physical, Virtual, Cloud
Flexibility, Performance, and Visibility
 Systems Approach for delivery of
– Resiliency
– Security
– Mobility
– Performance
ANY APPLICATION
ANY CLOUD
ANY HYPERVISOR
 Hypervisor- agnostic
 Consistent Policy
 Converged
 Real-time End-To-End visibility of the
application
INFRASTRUCTURE
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Putting it together
UCS
Director
Application
Profile
Application Catalog
Controllers
UCS Manager
WEB
F/W
L/B
Network
Storage
WEB
L/B
APP
DB
APIC
vCenter/SCVMM
Storage
Network
Compute
Resource Needs:
• Quantity
• Capacity
• Quality
Compute
Web
2 VMs, High IO
Web
Stateful FW & LB
Web
Cache locally
Appl.
8 VMs, 10 GB
Appl.
L4-L7 services
• Stateless FW
Appl.
Primary Storage
• IOPS
• Mirrored
DB
2 Bare-Metal
500 GB
DB
Connection to
Application
DB
•
•
APP
DB
Storage
Storage
Web
Tier
App Tier
2 High IOPS
Data Mirroring
DB Tier
Application Instantiation
VM + Bare-Metal
Network with L4-7 Services
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Storage
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Moving towards Hybrid Clouds
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Hybrid DC Strategy
DC/Private Cloud
InterCloud
Cisco Powered Cloud
Public Clouds
FlexPod VSPEX
Seamless Integration
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Thank you.