Cisco HyperFlex SystemsMazen Abou Najm

DC & Cloud Consultant

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Stefan Renner

EMEA Alliance Systems Engineer

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NetApp A-Team, VMware vExpert, Cisco Champion

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Cisco and Veeam Better Together

“We have over 1,000 customers jointly and we are growing at over a 40 percent rate.”

Siva SivakumarDirector, Data Center Solutions

Cisco

Cisco Appliances – Available Now!Cisco UCS Backup and Replication Appliance for Veeam

Veeam Availability SuiteEnterprise Plus

or

Veeam Backup &

ReplicationEnterprise Plus

Starter C240 Small C3260 Mid C3260 Large C3260

Size 2U 4U 4U 4U (x3)

Usable

Capacity72TB 176TB 352TB 1056TB

Commercial/Midsize

Enterprise

Service Provider/Large

Enterprise

Instant VM Recovery

Advanced Replication

Verified Protection

Complete Visibility

FlexPod storage snapshots

WAN Acceleration

What Customers are Telling Us

CFOs Expect a

Cloud Economics On-

Premise

Expectation of pay-as-

you-go economics with

scaling on-demand

Moving at the

Speed of

Business

Consumption of

infrastructure adds time,

cost and inefficiency

Operationalizing

Speed and

Simplicity

Proliferation of solutions

creating silos that complicates

operations

APPS

Hyperconvergence

Fast Time to MarketSimplicityFirst Gen HCI

Hyperconvergence

Gaps

Fast Time to MarketSimplicity

New management silosInefficient scaling

and data optimizationLimited app performance and

workload support

First Gen HCI

IT is Looking for a Better Answer

Next Gen HCI

Gaps

Fast Time to MarketSimplicity

New management silosInefficient scaling

and data optimizationLimited app performance and

workload support

Agile

Simplicity+

Integration with Existing Data Center

Easy Scaling+

Resource Efficiency

Existing Apps+

Next Gen

AdaptableEfficient

First Gen HCI

Cisco HyperFlex SystemsHX-Series

Cisco UCS: Platform for All Architectures

Converged Infrastructure

Cisco UCS

Hardware Abstracted

Policy Driven

Open and Programmable

UCS Mini

Mainstream Computing

Fourth Gen UCS

UCS C3000 Series

UCS M-Series

Modular Servers

Scale Out Computing

Hyperconverged Systems

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

1 Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network Infrastructure Wide Array of Rack and Blade Form Factors

Integrated, High

Performance

Network Fabric

Automated

Management of all

Hardware

Virtualization

Aware

Cisco UCS: The Ideal System for Hyperconvergence

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

1 Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network InfrastructureCisco HyperFlex

Cisco HX Data Platform

Data Services and Storage Optimization

2 Next Gen Data Platform

Designed for

Distributed Storage

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

1

3

Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network Infrastructure

Part of a Complete Data Center StrategyElastic and Secure at Enterprise Scale

Cisco HyperFlex

Cisco HX Data Platform

Data Services and Storage Optimization

2 Next Gen Data Platform

Designed for

Distributed Storage

Cisco One

Enterprise Cloud SuiteCisco ACI

Cisco Security

Primary HyperFlex Use Cases

• Agile provisioning

• Frequent iterations

• Instant cloning and snapshots

Test and Development

• Low upfront costs

• Consistent performance

• Predictable scaling

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

• Reduce operational complexity

• Adaptive scaling

• Always-on resiliency

Server Virtualization

• Simple deployment

• Centralized management

• No “fly-and-fix” missions

Large RemoteBranch Office

Flexible, Extensible Infrastructure

Future Ready Architecture

API-Enabled Data Platform Supports Multiple Storage Formats

• Multiple Hyper-visors

• Containers

• Additional VM environments

ObjectFile Block

Bare MetalContainers

Cisco HyperFlex: HX Data Platform

Data Services and Storage Optimization

Initial

Launch

HX220c Nodes

Smallest footprint

Minimum of 3 Node Cluster

(VDI, ROBO)

HX240c Nodes

Capacity-heavy

Minimum of 3 Node Cluster

(VSI: IT/Biz Apps, Test/Dev)

HX240c + B200 for HF

Hybrid Nodes

Compute-heavy hybrid

(Compute bound apps/VDI)

Bundles and

Configure to Order

Annual Subscription

Software Model

Integrated

with vSphere

Hyperconvergence Meets Unified ComputingHyperFlex HX-Series

Cisco HX Data Platform Overview

Integrated Management and

Data Services

Dynamic Data Distribution

Continuous Data Optimization

Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity

Real Innovation

Scale Compute

HX Data Platform

Add NodesScale Capacity Within Nodes

HX Data Platform

CONTROLLERHYPERVISORCONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

IOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

VM VM VM VM

Non-HyperFlex Hosts Can Connect to

Storage with IOVisor

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity

Building on the Right FoundationCisco HX Data Platform

Built From the Ground Up for

Hyperconvergence

Distributed Log-Structured File

System Designed for Scale-out,

Distributed Storage

Advanced Data Services (Snapshots,

Clones) and Data Optimization

(Inline Dedupe, Compression) Without

Trade-offs

Better Flash Endurance and

Disk Performance

Computing, Storage,

Networking, and Hypervisor Integration

Eliminates Management

Silos

Distributed File system

Local FS Local FS Local FS Local FS

Unique

Architecture

Dynamic Data Distribution

• HX Data Platform stripes data across all nodes simultaneously, leveraging cache across all SSDs for fast writes

• Balanced space utilization: no data migration required following a VM migration

Systems Built on Conventional File

Systems Write Locally, Then Replicate,

Creating Performance Hotspots

CONTROLLERHYPERVISORHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

HX Data Platform

VM VMVM

CONTROLLERCONTROLLER

DATASTORE DATASTORE

• Stripe blocks of a file across servers

• Replicate one or two additional copies

to other servers

• Handle entire server or disk failures

• Restore back to original number of copies

• Rebalance VMs and data post

replacement

Non-Disruptive Operations

CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

CONTROLLERVMHYPERVISOR

VM VM VM

File.vmdk

D1 E1A1 B1 C1B2 A2 A3C2 C3 D2D3 E2E3 D1E1 B3 B3

EDCBA

Data Protection and High Availability

VM

Replicate

Write IO

Replication Factor = 3 Replication Factor = 2

Default Is Replication Factor = 3 Set at Cluster Creation Time

Every Block Is Written to 3 Different Nodes in the Cluster Every Block Is Written to Min of 2 Different Nodes in the Cluster

Higher Availability to Survive Multi-Point Failures;

Higher Device ProtectionCan Survive a Single Node/Device Failure

Trades usable capacity for increased cluster resiliency Usable Capacity is 50% of Raw Disk Capacity

Access Policy Is Strict (Default); Can Be Modified Via CLI Access Policy Is Lenient

Capacity Planning

Start with Raw Cluster Capacity (# Disks* Size* Nodes)

Factor in the Metadata Overhead ENOSPC Buffer of 8%

Factor in the Replication Factor RF 2 or 3

Divide the Total Capacity by the Replication Factor

Factor in Deduplication and Compression Estimate

For VSI Estimate 20–50%

For VDI the VMs Will Consume Almost No Space at 95% Savings

• For persistent user data estimate 20–50%

For Availability Factor in n+1 to Reserve Capacity for 1 Node Failure

Capacity Options

3 Node

HX220c

HX240c

4 Node 5 Node 6 Node 7 Node 8 Node

Assumes: Full HDD population. RF3.

Note: The above calculations are before deduplication & compression. Effective capacity will be higher.

Consult with your Cisco CSE for the latest sizing & design guidance.

6.02 TiB 8.03 TiB 10.04 TiB 12.04 TiB 14.05 TiB 16.06 TiB

23.09 TiB 30.79 TiB 38.48 TiB 46.18 TiB 53.88 TiB 61.58 TiB

Usable Cluster Capacity

Continuous Data Optimization

BEFORE

Inline Deduplication Inline Compression

No Special Hardware

No Performance Impact

Log-Structured File System Yields More Efficient Data Optimization

Integrated Management and Data Services

• UCS Manager vCenter Plug-in

• Manage UCS Service Profiles

• Update Server Firmware

• KVM launch of console

• Instant provisioning, cloning and snapshotting of virtual machines from within vCenter

• No separate console, no learning curve

• UCS Manager familiar to 50,000 customers WW

• Server and network deployment settings in pre-configured Service Profiles

vCenter Plug-in: HX Data Platform Summary

vCenter Plug-in: Datastore Provisioning

Capacity Reporting in UI

• Capacity: Total formatted with RF

• Free: unused capacity

• Total Savings:Combined % savings of dedup+comp

• Compression: % recovered from compression

• Deduplication: % recovered from deduplication

• Provisioned Capacity:Amount of space allocated in DS

• Thin provisioned

• Used Capacity:Total of physical space consumed in DS

• Available Capacity: Provisioned minus Used

HyperFlex Backup and Replication

Cisco HyperFlexBackup for HyperFlex environments

HyperFlex

HX220c

or

HX240c

VMware

Fabric

Interconnect

LAN/SAN

frontend

Backup &

Replication

HX Data Platform

Fabric

Interconnect

LAN/SAN

frontend

Cisco Appliance for

backup repository

Cisco UCS C240 or

Cisco UCS 3260

Leverage all Veeam backup features for VMware environments

• CBT aware VMware backup

• Veeam Explorers and Instant Recovery

• SureBackup and Virtual Lab

Lower the RTPO of < 15 mins for Cisco HyperFlex environments

Veeam Availability for HyperFlexReplication for HyperFlex environments

Leverage Veeam VM-level replication between different HyperFlexor other VMware environments for disaster recovery

Lower the RTPO for Cisco HyperFlex in case of disaster

Veeam Explorer, SureReplica and Virtual Lab features

HX Data Platform HX Data Platform

Proxy Server

running in a virtual

machine

Veeam replication for

• Cluster-to-cluster disaster recovery

Veeam Cloud

Connect

! ResetConsole

UCS B200 M3

Cisco C3260s

Cisco Veeam

Backup

Appliance

Customer 1 On Premises

Hyperflex

UCS

UCS Mini

B-series

C-series

Cisco C240

SA

N

Cisco Veeam

Backup Appliance

Customer 2 On Premises

Hyperflex

Customer 3On Premises

Cisco UCS

Veeam Availability for HyperFlexVeeam Cloud Connect for HyperFlex environments

VMware

Fabric Interconnect Fabric Interconnect

LAN/SAN frontend LAN/SAN frontend

Cisco Veeam

Backup Appliance

VMware

Fabric Interconnect Fabric Interconnect

LAN/SAN frontend LAN/SAN frontend

Cisco Veeam

Backup Appliance

BaaS and DRaaS build on Cisco UCS, HyperFlex and Veeam

Easy-to-deploy and easy-to-manage for service providers and customer

Full multi-tenancy and secure data transport into the cloud

Cisco HyperFlex Systems Deployment Overview

Fast and Easy Installation

STEP 0

STEP 1

60 MINUTES

OR LESS

VMware and HX Data

Performance Software

Installed on Servers at

Factory/Reseller Before

Shipping to Customer

Rack Up Servers, Power

on, and Add to vCenter

Drag and Drop

Configuration (JSON) File

Create, Cluster,

and Datastore

Start Provisioning VMs

UCS Integrated HyperFlex Networking

Shipped From Factory With Integrated Networking

High Performance, Flat and Predictably Latent Fabric

Simplified Network Deployments• No specialized protocol

requirements such as IPv6, Multicast

Plug and Play Networking with UCS Unified Fabric

Reduced Complexity, Simplified Decision Making and Deployment

CVM DataPort GroupData vSwitch

CVM Mgmt Port GroupManagement vSwitch

Predefined DC Network Policies

CONTROLLER VM CONTROLLER VM CONTROLLER VM CONTROLLER VM

SmartPlay Select HX-Series ConfigurationsCisco SmartPlay Select HX-Series Bundles

*Nodes: Min 3; Max 8 with 2 FI’s ; *Al-carte Node Options available

Entry Bundles Value Bundles Performance Bundles

HX220c

CPU 2 x E5-2630 v3 2 x E5-2660 v3 2 x E5-2690 v3

Storage6 x [HDD]–1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

1 x [SSD]–480GB EP 6G SATA

1 x [SSD]–120GB EV 6G SATA

6 x [HDD]–1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

1 x [SSD]–480GB EP 6G SATA

1 x [SSD]–120GB EV 6G SATA

6 x [HDD]–1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

1 x [SSD]–480GB EP 6G SATA

1 x [SSD]–120GB EV 6G SATA

Memory256GB (8 x 32GB DDR4) 256GB (8 x 32GB DDR4) 512GB (16 x 32GB DDR4)

Memory pre-discounted upgrade options available

Network 1 x 10Gb SFP+ 1 x 10Gb SFP+ 1 x 10Gb SFP+

Boot Device 2 x 64GB SD Cards 2 x 64GB SD Cards 2 x 64GB SD Cards

VMware License (Optional) Follow CTO Rules Follow CTO Rules Follow CTO Rules

HyperFlex Data Platform SW 1 year and 3 Year Options 1 year and 3 Year options 1 year and 3 Year options

FI 6248 and 6296 Options 6248 and 6296 Options 6248 and 6296 Options

HX240c

CPU 2 x E5-2630 v3 2 x E5-2660 v3 2 x E5-2690 v3

Storage11 x [HDD]–1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

1 x [SSD]–1.6TB EP 6G SATA

1 x [SSD]–120GB EV 6G SATA

15 x [HDD]–1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

1 x [SSD]–1.6TB EP 6G SATA

1 x [SSD]–120GB EV 6G SATA

23 x [HDD]–1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

1 x [SSD]–1.6TB EP 6G SATA

1 x [SSD]–120GB EV 6G SATA

Memory256GB (8 x 32GB DDR4) 256GB (8 x 32GB DDR4) 512GB (16 x 32GB DDR4)

Memory pre-discounted upgrade options available

Network 2 x 10Gb SFP+ 2 x 10Gb SFP+ 2 x 10Gb SFP+

Boot Device 2 x 64GB SD Cards 2 x 64GB SD Cards 2 x 64GB SD Cards

VMware License (Optional) Follow CTO Rules Follow CTO Rules Follow CTO Rules

HX Data Platform Software 1 year and 3 Year Options 1 year and 3 Year options available 1 year and 3 Year options available

FI 6248 and 6296 Options 6248 and 6296 Options 6248 and 6296 Options

Cisco HyperFlex HX220c ConfigurationCisco HyperFlex C220 HX220C-M4S Base System

Description Mfg’s PN Qty

Memory 16GB or 32GB DDR4-2133-MHz RDIMM/PC4-17000/dual rank/1.2v

128GB–768GB Min 16

ProcessorFlexible Processor Choices: E5-2698, E5-2697, E5-2695, E5-2690, E5-2680, E5-2670, E5-2667, E5-2660, E5-2658, E5-2650, E5-2640, E5-2630

Varies 2

Drive Controller Cisco 12Gbps Modular SAS HBA UCSC-SAS12GHBA 1

SSD1 120 GB 2.5 Inch Enterprise Value 6G SATA SSD UCS-SD120GBKS4-EV 1

SSD2 480GB 2.5 Inch Enterprise Performance 6G SATA SSD (3X endurance)

UCS-SD480G12S3-EP 1

HDD 1.2 TB SAS 12Gbps 10K rpm SFF HDD UCS-HD12TB10K12G 6

Network Cisco UCS VIC1227 VIC MLOM—Dual Port 10Gb SFP+

UCSC-MLOM-CSC-02 1

Boot Device 64GB SD Card for UCS servers UCS-SD-64G-S 2

Software Cisco HX Data Engine 1 or 3yr SW Subscription HXDE-001-xYR 1

Optional VMware License

Factory Installed—VMware vSphere6 Enterprise SW and License

2

Hardware

• Memory Configurable

• 8x16GB 24x32GB

• CPU Configurable

• 2socket, 8 core, 2.2GHz min

• Up to E5-2698D

Software

• Storage Controller

• Reserves 48GB RAM

• Reserves 8 vCPU, 10.800GHz CPU

• VAAI VIB

• IO Visor VIB

Hardware

• Memory Configurable

• 16x16GB 24x32GB

• CPU Configurable

• 2socket, 8 core, 2.2GHz min

• Up to 2698D

• HDD Storage QtyConfigurable

Software

• Storage Controller

• Reserves 72GB RAM

• Reserves 8 vCPU, 10.800GHz CPU

• VAAI VIB

• IO Visor VIB

Cisco HyperFlex HX240c ConfigurationCisco HyperFlex C240 HX240C-M4SX Base System

Description Mfg’s PN Qty

Memory 16GB or 32GB DDR4-2133-MHz RDIMM/PC4-17000/dual rank/1.2v

256GB–768GB Min 16

ProcessorFlexible Processor Choices: E5-2698, E5-2697, E5-2695, E5-2690, E5-2680, E5-2670, E5-2667, E5-2660, E5-2658, E5-2650, E5-2640, E5-2630

Varies 2

Drive Controller Cisco 12Gbps Modular SAS HBA UCSC-SAS12GHBA 1

SSD 1.6 TB 2.5” Enterprise Performance 6G SATA SSD (3X endurance)

UCS-SD16TB12S3-EP 1

HDD 1.2 TB SAS 12Gbps 10K rpm SFF HDD UCS-HD12TB10K12G 6–23

Network Cisco UCS VIC1227 VIC MLOM—Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ UCSC-MLOM-CSC-02

1

Boot Device

64GB SD Card for UCS servers UCS-SD-64G-S 2

120 GB 2.5 inch Enterprise Value 6G SATA SSD (Internal) UCS-SD120GBKS4-EB

1

Right PCI Riser Bd (Riser 1) 2onbd SATA bootdrvs+ 2PCI slts UCSC-PCI-1C-240M4

1

Software Cisco HX Data Engine 1 or 3yr SW Subscription HXDE-001-xYR 1

Optional VMware License

Factory Installed—VMware vSphere6 Enterprise SW and License

2

• Controller (for compatibility)

• Reserves 512MB RAM

• Reserves 1024MHz

• For compatibility with Maintenance Mode

• VAAI VIB

• IO Visor VIB

Cisco HyperFlex B200c ConfigurationCisco HyperFlex C240 HX240C-M4SX Base System

Description Mfg’s PN Qty

Blade ServerUCS B200 M4 w/o CPU, Mem, Drive Bays, HDD,

Mezz (UPG)UCSB-B200-M4-U 1

Memory16GB or 32GB DDR4-2133-MHz

RDIMM/PC4-17000/Dual Rank/1.2vUCS-MR-1X162RU-A

Up to

24

Processor Intel E5-2600v3; Any Processor Speed Varies 2

Drive Controller NA NA

SSD1 NA NA

SSD2 NA NA

HDD NA NA

NetworkCisco UCS VIC 1340 Modular LOM for

Blade ServersUCSB-MLOM-40G-03 1

Boot Device 64GB SD Card for UCS Servers UCS-SD-64G-S 2

Reduced management complexity

Integrated Management

HyperFlex Summary

Flash endurance, compression friendly, faster rebuilds

Log Structured Layout

Scale performance and capacity independently, eliminate hotspots

Data Distribution

Flash performance, low cost capacity

Data Virtualization

Fast, efficient snapshots and clones

DataServices

Thank you!