1. © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. and VMware 1 Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center VMware User Group forum Feb 2011 John Schaper Technical Solutions Architect Cisco Systems UCS in a VMworld UCS technical Overview

2. 2 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Cisco Unified Computing System 2 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco ConfidentialPresentation_ID A single system architecture  Compute: Industry standard x86  Network: Unified fabric (Data Center Bridge)  Virtualization: Control, scale, performance  Storage Access: Wire once for SAN, NAS, iSCSI Embedded management (single point)  Increase scalability without added complexity  Dynamic resource provisioning  Ability to integrate with broad partner ecosystem Highly efficient  Fewer servers, switches, adapters, cables  Lower power and cooling requirements  Fewer people to deploy and manage  Augments the VMware environment

3. 3 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center UCS Manager Embedded – manages entire system UCS Fabric Interconnect 20 Port 10Gb FCoE - DCBx 40 Port 10Gb FCoE - DCBx UCS Fabric Extender Remote line card to fabric interconnect UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations UCS Compute Options Industry-standard x 86 architecture UCS Virtual Adapters Choice of multiple adapters (including virtualised) Cisco UCS Modular Building Blocks

4. 4 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center B200 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 2 SFF Disk, 12 DIMM B440 M1 4 Socket Intel 7500, 4 SFF Disk, 32 DIMM C200 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 4 Disks, 12 DIMM, 2 PCIe 1U C210 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 16 Disks, 12 DIMM, 5 PCIe 2U C250 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 8 Disks, 48 DIMM, 5 PCIe 2U C460 M1 4 Socket Intel 7500, 12 Disks, 64 DIMM, 10 PCIe 4U UCS Computing Options B250 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 2 SFF Disk, 48 DIMM B230 M1 2 Socket Intel 6500/7500, 2 SSD Disk, 32 DIMM

5. 5 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center UCS Distributed Architecture using DCBX Wire once for bandwidth, not connectivity Unified Fabric – DCBx (extensions to Ethernet) All DCBx links are be active all the time Integrates as a single system into your data center 20Gb/s40Gb/s80Gb/s LAN/SAN Uplinks

6. 6 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Cisco UCS density - Single Rack example  48 Blade single rack solution using dual socket 8 core B230-M1 half width blades  Excellent VM density all 10GE DCBx  Balanced across all dimensions Processing: 768 Intel EX cores Memory: 12,288GB I/O: 960Gb

7. 7 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Cisco UCS Solves VMware Data Center Management Complexity for the underlying hardware  Full visibility from one console –From software configuration settings all the way down to the BIOS: across servers, network, storage, VMs, and software  Service Profile Templates automate software configuration set up vs. one-off manual effort – stateless computing hardware  Simplify and control system admin tasks with role-based access controls  Automate movement of workloads to meet changing demand patterns and performance spikes  Automate discovery and population of configuration information to CMDB(s) via XML interface  Event reporting and incident diagnosis through built-in Cisco management software  Integration with leading service management tools Network Compute VMware Storage Turnkey solutions that is pre-built, tested, and serviced as an integrated product ie vBlock or Flexpod with VMware

8. 8 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Introducing UCS Service Profiles (stateles computing)  UCS Service Profiles are very much like virtual machine definitions in a VMware environment  Configuration files store server characteristics:  Boot parameters  NIC and HBA configuration (MAC, WWN, etc.)  UUID  Various policies (what happens when a link fails?)  All those items can be grouped in resource pools  Those service profiles are then mapped to physical servers to very quickly provision one or more appropriate servers PHYSICAL SERVERS Service Profiles Server Name UUID MAC WWN Boot info LAN Config SAN Config Server Name UUID MAC WWN Boot info LAN Config SAN Config

9. 9 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Embedded Unified Management - Service Profiles Unified Management Domain Automatic discovery Dynamic Provisioning Building Block for Dynamic Data Center Simplify management of infrastructure for ESX clusters and datacenters One-click configuration of LAN, SAN and firmware parameters Tightly Coupled Partner Mgmt Tools Existing Customer Mgmt Tools XML API Traditional APIs Service Profile: HR-VM-ESXi Network: HR-VLAN Network QoS: High MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FC-E WWN: 5080020000075740-3 BIOS: Version 1.03 Boot Order: SAN, LAN OS App Firmware Network

10. 10 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Name: UCS 2104 Class: FEX ID: 234222-33 IOM 1: UCS 2104 IOM 2: UCS 2104 Blade slot occupied: 8 Fans: 8 Name: UCS 5108 Class: Chassis ID: 234222-33 IOM 1: UCS 2104 IOM 2: UCS 2104 Blade slot occupied: 8 Fans: 8 Zero Touch Integration Decouple Complexity & Scale Increase capacity, not complexity New equipment self integrates Physical Inventory Name: UCS 12 Class: System ID: 77449-32 Chassis: 1 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Chassis: 2 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Chassis: 3 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Chassis: 4 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Chassis: 5 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8

11. 11 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Physical Inventory Name: UCS 12 Class: System ID: 77449-32 Chassis: 1 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Chassis: 2 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Chassis: 3 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Chassis: 4 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Chassis: 5 - IOM 1: UCS 2104 - IOM 2: UCS 2104 - Blade slots occupied: 8 Policy Inventory Service Profile: ESXi Service Profile: HR-VM-ESXi Zero Touch Integration Decouple Complexity & Scale for hardware additions to VM farms Increase capacity, not complexity New equipment self integrates Inventory & status updated

12. 12 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Zero Touch Integration Decouple Complexity & Scale Increase capacity, not complexity New equipment self integrates Inventory & status updated Immediately apply existing policies Service Policy Inventory Service Profile: ESXi Service Profile: HR-App1

13. 13 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center UCS Manager Topology View Backplane 4 link chassis discover policy Uplink ports FC ports IOMs

14. 14 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center  C-Series servers connectivity –Management connectivity through FEX to FI –Data connectivity directly to Fabric Interconnect  Stateless computing –Service profiles extended to C-series –Migration among compatible B & C series servers  All UCSM management services –Automated discovery –Fault and monitoring –Firmware updates UCSM C-Series Rack server Integration  Unified Management across entire UCS portfolio  Advanced capabilities extended to rack servers Customer benefits Feature details UCS 6100 Nexus 2248 Data Connection Mgmt Connection

15. 15 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center UCSM XML API Programmatic Infrastructure to north bound Develop With The Infrastructure, Not Just On The Infrastructure Comprehensive XML API, standards-based interfaces Bi-Directional access to physical & logical internals System Status Physical Inventory Logical Inventory SNMP GET Direct UCS CLIUCS GUI Customer Self Serve portals Management Tools Auditing Tools 3 rd Party

16. 16 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Virtualization Scalability, VMware benefits summary Cisco Value Add  HyperVisor Bypass (save those CPU cycles) Cisco Value Add  Memory extension up to 384Gb per blade (B250)  High density racks  Validated Vmware designs vBlock, Flexpod…. CPU I/O Memory VM Cisco Value Add  VN-Link in hardware (future 802.1QBH)  10GE scalability for VMotion and VM traffic with L2 extension  Cisco Fabric Path  OTV – L2 Data Center Interconnect Virtualizes more apps Increase VM density Increase visibility and control

17. 17 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Update on UCS Performance benchmark testing Sept 21, 2011 VMmark performance

18. 18 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center SAVBU UCS Performance Benchmarks at a glance – FY2010 Q4 FY09/Q1 FY10Q2 FY10Q3 FY10Q4 FY10 May ‘09 – Oct ‘09Nov ‘09 - Jan ’10Feb ‘10 – Apr ’10May ‘10 – Jul ‘10 SPECint_rate2006 B200 M1 – X5570,50,40,20 C200 M1 and C210 M1 – X5570, 50, 40, 20 B200 M2 – X5680, 70, 50, 40 C460 M1 – X7560 C200 M2, C210 M2 – X5670, 50, 40; B440 M1 – X7560, 50, 40; C460 M1 – X7550, 40 SPECfp_rate2006 B200 M1 – X5570,50,40,20 C200 M1 and C210 M1 – X5570, 50, 40, 20 B200 M2 – X5680, 70, 50, 40 C460 M1 – X7560 C200 M2, C210 M2 – X5670, 50, 40; B440 M1 – X7560, 50, 40; C460 M1 – X7550, 40 SPECjAppServer2004 C250 M2 (Single Node) SPECjbb2005 B200 M1 – X5570, 50, 40, 20 C200 M1 X5570, C210 M1 X5570, B250 M1 X5570 B200 M2 – X5680 C460 M1 – X7560 B440 M1 – X7560 VMmark B200 M1 – X5570 B250 M2 – X5680, C460 M1 – X7560 B440 M1 – X7560 C460 M1 – X7560 SAP-SD 2-Tier B200 M1 – X5570B200 M2 – X5680 SPEC OMP2001 B200 M1 – X5570 (M and L)C200 M1 and C210 M1 – X5570 B200 M2 – X5680 (M and L) C460 M1 – X7560 (M and L) C200 M2, C210 M2 – X5670, 50, 40; B440 M1 – X7560, 50, 40; C460 M1 – X7550, 40 SPECpower_ssj2008 B200 M1 – X5570,50,40,20 C200 M1 X5570, C210 M1 X5570, B250 M1 X5570 B200 M2 – X5680 C460 M1 – X7560 B440 M1 – X7560 Prime95/mPrime B200 M1 – X5570,50,40,20 C200 M1 X5570, C210 M1 X5570, B250 M1 X5570 B200 M2 – X5680 C460 M1 – X7560 B440 M1 – X7560 Linpack B200 M1 – X5570 C200 M1 X5570 C210 M1 X5570 B200 M2 – X5680, 70, 50, 40 C460 M1 – X7560 C200 M2, C210 M2 – X5670, 50, 40; B440 M1 – X7560, 50, 40; C460 M1 – X7550, 40 LS-Dyna C460 M1 – X7560 (3 Cars, Car2Car, Neon_refined) Stream (diff mem cfg) B200 M1 – X5570,50,40,20 C200 M1 X5570, C210 M1 X5570, B250 M1 X5570 B200 M2 – X5680 C460 M1 – X7560 B440 M1 – X7560 One or more new world records Featured in Press Releases/Keynotes UCS platforms set 25+ new world records on highly competitive industry std benchmarks in FY2010

19. 19 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center  Highest Ever VMmark World Record on UCS C460 M1

20. © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. and VMware 20 Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center VMware User Group forum Feb 2011 Data Center Network Virtualisation Architecture Nexus NX-OS Overview

21. 21 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Nexus 1000V VSM Cisco Nexus 1000V Architecture for VMware Nexus 1000V VSM vCenter Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM)  Virtual or Physical appliance running Cisco NXOS (supports HA)  Performs management, monitoring, & configuration  Tight integration with VMware vCenter Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM)  Virtual or Physical appliance running Cisco NXOS (supports HA)  Performs management, monitoring, & configuration  Tight integration with VMware vCenter Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM)  Enables advanced networking capability on the hypervisor  Provides each VM with dedicated “switch port”  Collection of VEMs = 1 vNetwork Distributed Switch Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM)  Enables advanced networking capability on the hypervisor  Provides each VM with dedicated “switch port”  Collection of VEMs = 1 vNetwork Distributed Switch Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation  ESX & ESXi  VUM & Manual Installation  VEM is installed/upgraded like an ESX patch Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation  ESX & ESXi  VUM & Manual Installation  VEM is installed/upgraded like an ESX patch vSphere Nexus1000V VEM VEM vSphere Nexus 1000V VEMNexus1000V VEM VEM VMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVMVM

22. 22 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Features benefits of the Nexus 1000V Switching  L2 Switching, 802.1Q Tagging, VLAN Segmentation, Rate Limiting (TX)  IGMP Snooping, QoS Marking (COS & DSCP), Class-based WFQ*  Private VLAN’s for VM segmentation Security  Policy Mobility, Private VLANs w/ local PVLAN Enforcement  Access Control Lists (L2–4 w/ Redirect), Port Security  Dynamic ARP inspection, IP Source Guard, DHCP Snooping Provisioning  Automated vSwitch Config, Port Profiles, Virtual Center Integration  Optimized NIC Teaming with Virtual Port Channel – Host Mode Visibility  VMotion Tracking, NetFlow v.9 w/ NDE, CDP v.2  VM-Level Interface Statistics  Policy-based SPAN & ERSPAN Management  Virtual Center VM Provisioning, Cisco Network Provisioning, CiscoWorks  Cisco CLI, Radius, TACACs, Syslog, SNMP (v.1, 2, 3)  Hitless upgrade *In 1.4 Release, 4Q CY2010

23. 23 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Network Interface Virtualization vNIC vHBA  NIV allows a single physical PCIe device to be virtualized into multiple different PCIe devices  Provides true traffic segregation in hardware without need for VLANs or QinQ tags  Virtual Interfaces can be Ethernet NICs or Fibre Channel HBAs and presented as individual PCIe devices at the host level  Enforces the value proposition of FCoE, but can support iSCSI and NFS services  Driven to standards through IEEE 802.1Qbh working group VN-Tag & VIC Protocol

24. 24 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center OTV an innovation for vCloud & DCI OTV with VMware L2 Domain Elasticity: vPC, L2MP/TRILL OTV Workload Mobility OTV VN-link notifications IP localization: VM-awareness: VN-link Port Profiles Storage Elasticity: FCIP, IO Acceleration FCoE, Inter-VSAN routing Device Virtualization: VDCs, VRF enhancements OTV Domain Elasticity OTV Compute resources are part of the cloud, location is transparent to the user

25. 25 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Layer 3 strengths  Leverage bandwidth  Fast convergence  Highly scalable Introducing Cisco FabricPath An NX-OS Innovation for Layer 2 Networks SimplicityFlexibilityBandwidthAvailability Cost Layer 2 strengths  Simple configuration  Flexible provisioning  Low cost Performance Scale Simplicity Resilience Flexibility Fabric Path "The FabricPath capability within Cisco's NX-OS offers dramatic increases in network scalability and resiliency for our service delivery data center. FabricPath extends the benefits of the Nexus 7000 in our network, allowing us to leverage a common platform, simplify operations, and reduce operational costs.” Mr. Klaus Schmid, Head of DC Network & Operating, T-Systems International GmbH

26. 26 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Architecture Flexibility Through NX-OS Spanning-TreevPCFabricPath Pod Bandwidth Pod Bandwidth Active Paths Up to 10 TbpsUp to 20 TbpsUp to 160 Tbps Single Dual16 Way Infrastructure Virtualization and Capacity Layer 2 Scalability 16 Switches

27. © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. and VMware 27 Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Thank You

28. 28 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Nexus 1000V on vCenter Nexus 1000V is a Distributed Virtual Switch Physical Side Virtual Side The Switch

29. 29 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Nexus 1000V on vCenter Nexus 1000V is a Distributed Virtual Switch Physical Side Virtual Side

30. 30 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Port Profile: Network Admin View n1000v# show port-profile name WebProfile port-profile WebProfile description: status: enabled capability uplink: no system vlans: port-group: WebProfile config attributes: switchport mode access switchport access vlan 110 no shutdown evaluated config attributes: switchport mode access switchport access vlan 110 no shutdown assigned interfaces: Veth10 Support Commands Include: Port management VLAN PVLAN Port-channel ACL Netflow Port Security QoS Support Commands Include: Port management VLAN PVLAN Port-channel ACL Netflow Port Security QoS

31. 31 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Port Profile: Server Admin View

32. 32 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Nexus 1000V on the Host Nexus 1000V is an ESX Host Software Package esx-host # esxupdate --vib-view query --------------------VIB ID------------------- Package State cross_cisco-vem-v120-esx_4.0.4.1.3.0.0-1.9.16 installed esx-host # esxupdate --vib-view query --------------------VIB ID------------------- Package State cross_cisco-vem-v120-esx_4.0.4.1.3.0.0-1.9.16 installed esx-host # vmkload_mod -b Name Size Used vmkernel 2713065 51 vem-v120-l2device 24576 5 vem-v120-n1kv 77824 3 vem-v120-vssnet 14901248 3 vem-v120-stun 90112 1 esx-host # vmkload_mod -b Name Size Used vmkernel 2713065 51 vem-v120-l2device 24576 5 vem-v120-n1kv 77824 3 vem-v120-vssnet 14901248 3 vem-v120-stun 90112 1 esx-host # ps | grep vemdpa 33959 33959 vemdpa esx-host # ps | grep vemdpa 33959 33959 vemdpa VEM Software Package Data Path Agent Communicates with VSM Hypervisor “Drivers” – Packet Switching

33. 33 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center NAM Virtual Blade on Nexus 1010 Optimize Application Performance and Network Resources  Application Performance Monitoring  Traffic Analysis and Reporting Applications, Host, Conversations, VLAN, QoS, etc. Per-application, per-user traffic analysis  View VM-level Interface Statistics  Packet Capture and Decodes  Historical Reporting and Trending ERSPAN Nexus 1000V VSM vSphere Nexus1000V VEM VEM vCenter NetFlow NAM Virtual Blade on Nexus 1010 VMVMVMVM

34. 34 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center Cisco VN-Link Solution  A virtual network link between the switch and the VM  Extends the network to the virtualization layer  Enables: –Policy-Based VM Connectivity –Mobility of Network & Security Properties –Non-Disruptive Operational Model SWITCHSWITCH VM

35. 35 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center The scope of the VN-Link  Within the server (Hypervisor Switch)   Extending to physical upstream switch SWITCHSWITCH VM UCS SERVER SWITCHSWITCH VM SERVERNETWORK DEVICE Network Interface Virtualization (VNTAG Technology IEEE 802.1Qbh pre-standard) Nexus 1000V IEEE 802.1Q standard-based Rich NX-OS features

36. 36 © 2010 Cisco and VMware Cisco and VMware: Virtualizing the Data Center VN-Link Products – UCS 6100 & VIC Unified Computing System UCS 6100 PCIe x16 10GbE/FCoE User Definable vNICs Eth 0 FC 12 3 Eth 127 CISCO VIRTUAL INTERFACE CARD