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UCS Director Product Summary Infrastructure Management and Automation

UCS Director Product Summary Infrastructure Management and Automation. Geoff Soon Wee Kuenn Leow ASEAN, Intelligent Automation Team. Cisco Unified Data Center Infrastructure Solutions Designed for ITaaS and Cloud. Automated Resource Management (Physical and Virtual). Modular Stateless

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UCS Director Product Summary Infrastructure Management and Automation

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  1. UCS Director Product SummaryInfrastructure Management and Automation Geoff Soon Wee Kuenn Leow ASEAN, Intelligent Automation Team

  2. Cisco Unified Data Center Infrastructure Solutions Designed for ITaaS and Cloud Automated Resource Management (Physical and Virtual) Modular Stateless Computing Elements Highly Scalable, Secure Network Fabric • Unified Data Center UNIFIEDFABRIC UNIFIED COMPUTING UNIFIED MANAGEMENT • Unified Fabric Solutions Unified Management Solutions Unified Computing Solutions • Deliver architectural flexibility for all Data Centers • Provides consistent networking across physical, virtual and cloud • Unite computing, network, storage access, and virtualization • Deliver cohesive system that reduces TCO and increases business agility • Simplify and automate IT provisioning with policy-based management • Deliver physical and virtual resources on-demand for greater flexibility and agility

  3. Cisco Private Cloud Positioning Cisco Prime Service Catalog and UCS Director ServiceAssurance Self-Service Portal and Service Catalog IP Address Management Integration Framework LDAP/Active Directory Service Desk/CMDB Monitoring Converged Infrastructure Management Billing/ Chargeback Cisco UCS Director FlexPod / VBLOCK/V|VSPEX Cisco UCS  Nexus Cisco & Multi-Vendor Compute, Network, Storage, and Virtualization Cloud Service Providers

  4. Unified Management and Automation Aligns People, Policy, and Configuration With Business Subject Matter Experts Define Policies 2 3 4 Virtual Infrastructure Configuration Nexus 1000v vSwitch Provision Physical and VI System is ready for Use Policies Used to Create Service Profile SAN and Storage NetworkSME ServerSME VISME StorageSME Server NameUUID, MAC, WWN Boot Information LAN, SAN Config Firmware Policy • Server NameUUID, MAC, WWN • Boot Information • LAN, SAN Config • Firmware Policy • SAN Zoning • Create and MAP LUN Server Policy… Storage Policy… Network Policy… Virtualization Policy… Storage Configuration Network Configuration Application Profiles…

  5. Cisco UCS DirectorEnd-to-End Operations and Provisioning • Single-click provisioning • Intelligent resource allocation • Automated, controlled delivery Result: Improved time to market Minutes

  6. UCSD for Integrated Infrastructure SolutionsFlexPod, Vblock, VSPEX, and More Hypervisor UCS Director End-to-End Infrastructure Management X86 Server Network Storage • Self-service infrastructure provisioning  Bare-metal and virtual • Model-based automation – no scripting • Built-in IaaS capability  Self Service Portal, Cost model, Charge Back, Multi Tenancy securities, reporting • Enforce best practices with consistent policies

  7. What does customer get by adding UCS Director? • Central Management • Self Service Catalog • Adaptive Provisioning • Dynamic capacity management • Multiple-hypervisor support • Computing management • Network management • Storage management • Cloud Genie VMWare or Microsoft UCS Director End-to-End Infrastructure Management 10 UCS Servers 4 Switches 2 Storage Controllers Provide higher value of infrastructure with management feature!

  8. Self Service Portal Challenges: • Long provision process UCSD Values: • Instant ON deployment of IT services • Break down IT Silos

  9. VM Lifecycle Management - User Challenges: • Complex Tools for infrastructure Visibility Management UCSD Values: • Simple Unified tool for IT Administrator End User

  10. VM Lifecycle Management – Admin Challenges: • Complex Tools for infrastructure Visibility Management UCSD Values: • Simple Unified tool for IT Administrator End User

  11. Storage Lifecycle Management Challenges: • Complex Tools for Storage infrastructure Visibility Management UCSD Values: • Simple Unified tool for IT Administrator End User

  12. Cost Model and Reporting Challenges: • Multiple tools required for Resource usage monitoring Chargeback Reporting UCSD Values: • Unified tool that addresses all the above requirement with single product

  13. UCS Director: Summary Simplicity: Turnkey Solution Ready for Use in Hours Open and flexible solution delivering multi-vendor IT infrastructure management  Out of the box support for the most widely deployed converged infrastructure Cisco’s unified management approach to reduce deployment time and effort across end-to-end : Physical & Virtual Delivers IT efficiency to better align with business strategy

  14. DEMO

  15. User experience with UCSD Use Case: • Self Service VM Provisioning to showcase UCSD build in ITIL processes • service request capabilities service tracking capabilities service approval capabilities highlight we support integration with external ITSM solution if required

  16. User experience with UCSD Use Case: • Benefit of UCSD to IT/Cloud Admin in support IT Operation IT Operation and Datacenter VISIBILITY use case of tracking customer complaint on VM performance issue IT Operation EFFICIENCY all from with UCSD Portal show VM lifecycle capabilities show UCS Service Profile management capabilities show NEXUS switch VLAN Inventory and creation show NETAPP Aggregate -> Volume -> LUN creation SummariedUCSD as the unified tool for IT Operation

  17. User experience with UCSD Use Case: • workflow design to simplicity showcase the 1000+ workflow tasks from UCSD showcase workflow orchestration and the simplicity Showcase publish workflow as catalog

  18. BACKUP SLIDESUCS Director Product StrengthsInfrastructure Management and Automation

  19. Customer Pain Points: • PRICING MODEL for RESOURCES USAGE in the Cloud • Maintain a SINGLE AUTHENTICATION Account for Cloud logon • BILLING and CHARGEBACK Capabilities • Service Catalog Publishing TOO CONVOLUTED • Flexible OOTB APPROVAL Process build in to the Tool minus the Complexity • Cloud makes Operation MORE COMPLEX • Flexibility to be able to ORDER SERVICES on Behalf of Customer • vDC Complete Design Recommendation • Datacenter VISIBILITY Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter VISIBILITY - Virtual Servers Configuration Inventory Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter VISIBILITY -Physical Server Configuration Inventory Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter VISIBILITY - Physical Server Firmware Inventory Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter VISIBILITY -Networks Configuration Inventory Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter VISIBILITY - Storages Configuration Inventory UCSD Capabilities and Product Strength

  20. Customer Pain Points: • OPERATIONAL Efficiency Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter OPERATION - Virtual Server Lifecycle Management Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter OPERATION - Physical Server UCS Service Profile Management Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter OPERATION - Network Cisco NEXUS Configuration and Management Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter OPERATION - Storage Industry Best of Breed Physical Storages Provisioning Too Many Element Tools for IT Operation and Management and Disjoined Operational view of my Datacenter Elements End-to-End Provisioning of InsfrastructuresResources UCSD Capabilities and Product Strength

  21. Pricing MODEL for RESOURCES Usage in the Cloud Challenges: • Old and New CPU of different Performance • Charge by CPU Cores or CPU Speed (GHz) UCSD Values: Comprehensive • Simplified Model based Service Offering Standard design Cisco UCSD uses both CPU Core and CPU Speed for allocating Cloud Resource. CPU Cost Baseline can be done on Subscription, Reserve and Usage Service Catalog uses CPU Core when ordering a Service Billing and Chargeback uses a combination of Subscribed/Reserve/Used CPU Resource

  22. Maintain a Single Authentication Account for Cloud logon - Simplicity Challenges: • Need a single User Account and Authentication mechanism to Microsoft Active Directory UCSD Values: Simplicity • Simplified Authentication through Microsoft AD integration at 04 Levels Microsoft Active Directory ORGNAIZATION UNITS Microsoft Active Directory GROUPS Microsoft Active Directory USERS Microsoft Exchange Server for EMAIL

  23. Billing and Charge Capabilities - Simplicity Challenges: • Need a single unified tool for Billing and Chargeback • Need for a Simple Chargeback as well as capabilities to integrate into Customer’s Enterprise Billing System. UCSD Values: Comprehensive • Simplified Cost Model Policy to drive Chargeback • Simplified Billing Data export to FTP server to be consumed by Customer’s Enterprise Billing System

  24. Billing and Charge Capabilities - Road Map of Physical Server Chargeback Challenges: • Need a single unified tool for Billing and Chargeback • Need for a Simple Chargeback as well as capabilities to integrate into Customer’s Enterprise Billing System. UCSD Values: Comprehensive • Simplified Cost Model Policy to drive Chargeback • Simplified Billing Data export to FTP server to be consumed by Customer’s Enterprise Billing System

  25. Service Catalog Publishing too convoluted Challenges: • Complexity in Managing Self Service Catalog and Orchestration Workflow Engine. • Need a single unified and simple way to PUBLISH Service Catalog to Customer/End-User UCSD Values: Simplicity • Simplified Service Catalog Design and Publishing • Cisco UCSD support TWO mode of Service Catalog Provisioning VM Template Service Catalog (OOTB with 02 Approval Authority) Workflow Service Catalog (Approval Task available from the Workflow)

  26. Flexible OOTB APPROVAL Process build in to the Tool - minus the Complexity Challenges: • Complexity in setting Self Service Catalog with APPROVAL design to customer business operation need. • Need a simple way to PLUG in APPROVAL into Self Service Catalog Request UCSD Values: Simplicity • Simplified Service Catalog Design and Publishing • Cisco UCSD Orchestrator Workflow provide OOTB Approval Task

  27. Cloud makes Operation even more Complex Challenges: • IT Datacenter Operation is already COMPLEX enough • Introduction of CLOUD is making more so. Thus impacting my ability to scale up with the current staffing I have UCSD Values: Reduce Complexity • Single tool to for Cloud and Infrastructure Operation Management • Simplified through Standardization and Policy Approach to drive Cloud and Datacenter Operation • Cisco UCSD is the continuation of Cisco UCS success for Converged Infrastructure Management using Policies to drive automation Cisco started with UCS Service Profile to make management of Server simply Cisco UCSD continue our UCS approach with Policies to drive additional automation values with - Compute Policy (for Hypervisor) - Network Policy (for Nexus Switch) - Storage Policy (for Datastore) - Cost Model (for Billing n Chargeback)

  28. Too many tools for IT Operation and Management Challenges: • Data center have multiple hardware from multiple vendor. • No unified tool to for Day-To-Day IT Operations UCSD Values: • UCSD is Cisco answer to customer concern for a single tool to Simplified IT Operation. • Cisco UCSD is especially effective with Cisco Datacenter Converged Infrastructure Stacks • This includes best of breed like Cisco UCS Blade Servers Cisco Nexus Datacenter Switches Vmware and Microsoft Hypervisors NETAPP Flexpod and EMC VNX/VMAX Storages

  29. Flexibility to be able to ORDER Services on Behalf of Customer Challenges: • Customer wanted flexibility that Cloud Administrator able to order Services ON-THEIR-BEHALF when they not able to do it. UCSD Values: Operation Efficiency • Simple UCSD Role Based Access Control can be granted for Cloud Administrator Access Rights to Customer vDC.

  30. Flexibility to be able to setup APPROVAL Process Challenges: • Customer wanted flexibility that allows Cloud Administrator Publish Services Catalog a specific checkpoint in a Service Request for ITIL compliance. UCSD Values: Operation Efficiency • Simple UCSD Workflow TASK control APPROVAL Process along the path of Execution.

  31. vDC Design Recommendation for Customer to handle Billing Challenges: • Single Authentication for the Cloud to eliminate multiple Authentication Machanism • Integrate with Email Notification for the Cloud • vDC Ordering Process for NEW Projects • Single Business Unit managing Multiple Projects • Dedicated Billing and Chargeback by Projects Requirement UCSD Values: Operation Efficiency • Simple UCSD Role Based Access Control can be granted for Cloud Administrator Access Rights to Customer vDC. • Customer using the vDC as a PROJECT with dedicated Billing records.

  32. Datacenter VISIBILITY

  33. Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter Visibility – Virtual Servers Configuration Inventory Challenges: • Many Elements Tools to operate and manage the Datacenter devices • Constant switching between screens to get Visibility into Datacenter Resources UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation Visibility for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient Visibility into Datacenter Elements without overly flooding IT Operation with too much details

  34. Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter Visibility – Physical Server Configuration Inventory Challenges: • Many Elements Tools to operate and manage the Datacenter devices • Constant switching between screens to get Visibility into Datacenter Resources UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation Visibility for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient Visibility into Datacenter Elements without overly flooding IT Operation with too much details

  35. Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter Visibility– Physical Server Firmware Inventory Challenges: • Many Elements Tools to operate and manage the Datacenter devices • Constant switching between screens to get Visibility into Datacenter Resources UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation Visibility for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient Visibility into Datacenter Elements without overly flooding IT Operation with too much details

  36. Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter Visibility – Networks Configuration Inventory Challenges: • Many Elements Tools to operate and manage the Datacenter devices • Constant switching between screens to get Visibility into Datacenter Resources UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation Visibility for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient Visibility into Datacenter Elements without overly flooding IT Operation with too much details

  37. Dashboard for IT Operation and Datacenter Visibility – Storages Configuration Inventory Challenges: • Many Elements Tools to operate and manage the Datacenter devices • Constant switching between screens to get Visibility into Datacenter Resources UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation Visibility for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient Visibility into Datacenter Elements without overly flooding IT Operation with too much details

  38. OPERATIONAL Efficiency

  39. Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter Operation - Virtual Servers Lifecycle Management Challenges: • Unfied Management of Converged Infrastructure including Hypervisor (vCenter/ Microsoft SCVMM) Physical Server (Cisco UCS) Networking (Cisco NEXUS Switches) Storage (NETAPP Flecpod, EMC VNX and VMAX) UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient OPERATION tasks into Datacenter Elements for IT Operation with a Single UCSD Interface

  40. Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter Operation - Physical Server UCS Service Profile Management Challenges: • Unfied Management of Converged Infrastructure including Hypervisor (vCenter/ Microsoft SCVMM) Physical Server (Cisco UCS) Networking (Cisco NEXUS Switches) Storage (NETAPP Flecpod, EMC VNX and VMAX) UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient OPERATION tasks into Datacenter Elements for IT Operation with a Single UCSD Interface

  41. Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter Operation - Network Cisco NEXUS Configuration and Management Challenges: • Unfied Management of Converged Infrastructure including Hypervisor (vCenter/ Microsoft SCVMM) Physical Server (Cisco UCS) Networking (Cisco NEXUS Switches) Storage (NETAPP Flecpod, EMC VNX and VMAX) UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient OPERATION tasks into Datacenter Elements for IT Operation with a Single UCSD Interface

  42. Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter Operation - Network Cisco NEXUS Configuration and Management Challenges: • Unfied Management of Converged Infrastructure including Hypervisor (vCenter/ Microsoft SCVMM) Physical Server (Cisco UCS) Networking (Cisco NEXUS Switches) Storage (NETAPP Flecpod, EMC VNX and VMAX) UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient OPERATION tasks into Datacenter Elements for IT Operation with a Single UCSD Interface

  43. Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter Operation - STORAGE NETAPP/EMC Storage Configuration and Management Challenges: • Unfied Management of Converged Infrastructure including Hypervisor (vCenter/ Microsoft SCVMM) Physical Server (Cisco UCS) Networking (Cisco NEXUS Switches) Storage (NETAPP Flecpod, EMC VNX and VMAX) UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient OPERATION tasks into Datacenter Elements for IT Operation with a Single UCSD Interface

  44. Converged Infrastructure and Datacenter Operation - End to End Infrastructure Resources Provisioning Challenges: • Unfied Provisioning of Converged Infrastructure including Provisioning UCS Service Profile Provisioning ESXi 5.x Host Register ESXi 5.x Host with vCenter UCSD Values: Visibility • UCSD provides IT Operation for Cisco Converged Stacks • It provides Sufficient OPERATION tasks into Datacenter Elements for IT Operation with a Single UCSD Interface

  45. Advanced Capabilities with Cloupia Scripting

  46. Advanced Capabilities with Cloupia Scripting Challenges: • OOTB Operation does not meet my requirement Need to tweak the OOTB UCSD Task to perforrm operation I need with as little effort as possible to my Operation Team UCSD Values: code reuabilities • UCSD exposed the TASKS in Javascript for Customer to Copy and Modify inside Cloupia Script Task

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