Cisco IT Private Cloud Case Study with Cisco Management and Orchestration

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Ken Schroeder

Cisco IT: Private Cloud Case Study with Cisco Management and Orchestration

Cisco IT – Member of Technical Staff

August 2012

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Business Strategy

Overall Business Value Proposition – Cisco IT

Cisco IT as a Cloud Provider

Support many workloads on private cloud for the Business:• Production: Productivity, Sales, Services• Development/Stage/Engineering

Cisco IT as a Cloud Consumer

Embrace external offerings:• Collaboration Services, Public IaaS• Best-of-breed Application Services

Cloud = Transforming the Business of IT

• Transform to a service-oriented organization (people, process, services)• Transform the development lifecycle (IT, Engineering)• Enable new business models (SaaS: Collaboration, Smart Services)

Cost Quality Choice Speed


Tomorrow’s IT-World of Many CloudsEnabling Multiple IT Sourcing Models

Public Cloud Services

Private Cloud

Hybrid Cloud

TraditionalData Center


Service CatalogShow/chargeback

VMware ESX/ESXiNetwork Virtualization

OVF

OVF*

OVF

Image RepositoryPaaS Integration (API)

Workload Mobility

Logical SegmentationControl, Security and Fault Isolation

*OVF = Open Virtualization Format

Cisco Nexus

Cisco UCS x86

Virtualization Automation Self-service Multi-tenancy ElasticityUnified

Infrastructure

Service Unit Cost

VM 2x4 – Silver $

Bare-metal 8x64 $$$

Cisco IT Elastic Infrastructure Service (CITEIS)

Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud

CITEIS – Journey to the Cloud


Allen, TX (IT)Cisco Cloud Portal

CPOPrimary

RTP, NC (IT)

CPO Remote

San Jose, CA (Engineering)

CPO Remote

• Single enterprise catalog/portal with distributed orchestration platform.

• Master/slave orchestration to optimally forward workflow request based on location/provider.

• Multiple IT Organization Providers in multiple locations

• Layer-2 POD based delivery model for easy expansion and capacity management

Cisco IT Elastic Infrastructure ServicesMulti-Site / Multi-Provider Enterprise Cloud



Self-Service Portal and Service Catalog Cisco Cloud Portal

Orchestration and AutomationCisco Process Orchestrator

Policy-Based Compute

Cisco UCS Manager

OS/Bare Metal Provisioning

Integration Framework

Cisco Network Services Manager

Policy-Based Network

Cisco Server Provisioner

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Monitoring

Email

LDAP/Active Directory

Storage MgmtMulti-Vendor Compute

and Network MgmtVirtualization Mgmt

Cloud Service Providers

Image/Config Mgmt

Billing/ Chargeback

Network

Compute

Storage

Service Desk/CMDB


CITEIS Implementation

VMware

vCloud – vSphere – vCenter

Hypervisor

Homegrown system

Address Management – Host Management

Remedy

Incident Management – Change Management

Active Directory

Group Management – Profile Management


Cisco Process Orchestrator

Provisioning—Integration

Cisco Cloud Portal

Self-Service—Service Catalog

AutomationPacks

vCloudAutomationPack

IT Consumers


Lifecycle Management

Virtual EnvironmentOrdering

and TrackingApprovals and Policy-Based

Controls

IT GovernanceArchitecture and IT Operations

IT Consumers

Existing IT Management Systems

Process Orchestration and

Automated Provisioning

Rapid Auto-Scaling

Policy-based Self Healing

Technical Standards, Automated Operations

and Integrations

How CITEIS Works:


On-demand, self-service provisioning of IT resources

Easiest to use and deploy, delivers faster time to value

Optimized for Cisco architectures, complements existing IT systems management

Intelligence

Flexibility

Automation

Policy-based, model-driven approach reduces TCO

Infrastructure Resource Mgmt

Self-Service Portal and Orchestration

Policy-BasedCompute

Policy-Based Network

Cisco Unified ManagementIT-as-a-Service Requires a New Management Approach


CITEIS Virtual Datacenter

Data Centers Pre-Defined Resource Pools with

Bundled Services

CITEIS OfferingsSubscription Models

CITEIS Express

Individual Cloud-basedServices

Value-add

Offerings

Enhanced infrastructure services available for

additional charges


AutomatedSelf-ServiceProvisioning

Architect Design Where Can We Put It?

Procure Install Configure Secure Is It Ready?

Manual

CapacityOn-Demand

Policy-BasedProvisioning

Built-InGovernance

FROM 8 WEEKS TO 15 MINUTES

Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudUnified Management-Automated Self-Service Provisioning


-27% -27%-37%

CITEIS TCO and Provisioning TimesCloud Brings Agility and Cost Benefits

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Virtualization » Unified Computing » Cloud

TODAY

Delivery Time

15 Minutes(self service)

15 Minutes VM(2–9 days E2E)

2–3 Weeks(manual)

6–8 Weeks(on demand)

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

$3,500

$4,000


Ability to Deploy Infrastructure Services When You Need Them

Increase or Decrease Infrastructure to Match Demand

Agile

Choice of Prebuilt Virtual Images or Custom Images That You Design Based on Specific Needs

Integrate PaaS and SaaS

Flexible

Secure

Available to Internal Cisco Users Only - Data Remains Inside Cisco

Limit Access to Only Those Users You Entitle

Comparable Pricing Models to Third-Party Service Providers

Cost Effective

CITEIS – Benefits


We Are Here

CITEIS Roadmap

Phase 1

Enhanced Request Portal: VM, SLB, DMZ

and Tiering

• Automated provisioning of virtual machines

• Automated configuration of Cisco UCS platform

• Service catalog integration • Metering and show-back• DMZ Offering• Multi-tenancy

Phase 2

Self-Service and PaaS enablement

• Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud for on-demand, self-service automation and orchestration

• IaaS API support• Multi-tenancy enhancements and

capabilities• Metering and billing

• Cloud bursting pilot – partner extension

• Change transparency • Workload elasticity• Cloud storage offering – NAS• Policy management

Phase 4

Futureof Cloud

• Image storefront PaaS enablement

• Extended scaling• Service assurance• Integrated change

management

Phase 3

Self-service model +Cloud Extension


Cisco IT Private Cloud Deployment

• Scale to meet increasing business demands for IT infrastructure resources

• Eliminate manual provisioning and expedite provisioning cycle

• Improve time to market for new projects

• Shift IT staff from operations to innovation

Challenge• Implemented Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud, with

UCS and Nexus

• Initial deployment in 8 weeks, with 3-4 FTEs

• Delivers cost-effective, flexible and secure infrastructure-as-a-service for the business

• Next: platform-as-a-service, hybrid cloud

Cisco Solution

Cost SavingsReduced TCO for compute infrastructure by more than 60 percent

AgilityShortened the end-to-end IT provisioning cycle time from 8 weeks to 15 minutes

ProductivityIncreased user satisfaction and time savings, with self-service IT on-demand

Thank you.

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