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April 2012


OVERALL SPEND DISTRIBUTION

29%

22%12%

11%

10%

7%

7% 2%

People Software Energy / Facilities Servers Networking Storage Disaster Recovery Overhead

Source: Gartner—Cisco IT, “Data Center Cost Portfolio”

Data Center Economics


SERVER-RELATED SPEND (CAPEX+OPEX)WW Spending on Servers, Power & Cooling, and Mgmt. / Administration

Source: IDC, “New Economic Model for the Datacenter”; IDC 2011

Server Related Spend – growth over time

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BusinessAgility

BusinessScalability

BusinessResiliency

OperationalEfficiency

Technology Innovation Benefit

Network Storage Virtualization Mgmt.Compute Security

Cisco Architectural Advantage

Reduce TCO

ManageRisk

Manage Growth

ExpandBusinessOpportunities

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Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)The Architectural Advantage


Customers Have Spoken

UCS momentum is fueled by game-changing innovation; Cisco is quickly passing established players 1

11,000 UCS Customers WW

$1.3B annualized revenue run rate for CY11Q4

x86 Blade servers are growing over twice as fast as the overall x86 computing market 2

Source: 1 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Q4 2012, February, 2012, Revenue Share 2 IDC Q3 CY11 Server Forecaster, Based on Blade Revenue

UCS #3 with 12.3%

UCS #2 with 19.1%

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UCS momentum is fueled by game-changing innovation; Cisco is quickly passing established players 1

UCS FY12Q2 growth of 91% Y/Y

UCS After Three Short Years

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2012 Gartner Blade Server Magic QuadrantUCS enters Leadership Quadrant after only 3 years

Figure 1: Magic Quadrant for Blade Servers

Source: Gartner (March 2012)

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Cisco Unified Computing SystemA Differentiated / Revolutionary Approach

Higher PerformanceBrings out the best of Intel Xeon ProcessorsOptimized Resource Utilization for Compute, Networking and Management

No CompromisesNo Trade-offs for FunctionEnhanced Design CapabilityDesigned for the Future, TodayBetter TCO / ROI

Simpler ArchitectureNetworking with fewer componentsLower cost and easier scalingFewer Management Touch Points

Faster, More Flexible Automated Deployment / ProvisioningUnification leads to reduced ComplexityManagement via a single interface

Cisco UCS—Unified Infrastructure, Scalability and Management Automation







Simpler ArchitectureNetworking with fewer components

Lower cost and easier scalingFewer Management Touch Points



Simpler ArchitectureScale without Complexity

HP UCS

Growing Capacity Requires Infrastructure Change

Scale Requires Large Server Increments (16)Larger Embedded Cost, Larger Footprint

(10U)

$57,641 – Cost of 17th Server Capacity (server not included)

12 Server ID Presets

Constant Infrastructure With Growth

Scale In Smaller Server Increments (8),Lower Cost, Smaller Footprint (6U)

$11,556 - Cost of 17th Server Capacity (server not included)

127+ Server ID SettingsCompletely Automated Including

Firmware and I/O Devices


Simpler ArchitectureDynamic Scaling

Cisco UCS• Compute added in smaller increments

• Networking with fewer components

• Management via a single interface

HP c7000• Large hardware blocks to add compute capacity

• Multiple networking components

• Multiple touch points

• Multiple management points for servers and networking

Mgmt switch

LAN

SAN A

SAN B

LANMgmt switch

64 blades shown here 80 blades shown here

Mgmt switch

LAN LANSAN A SAN B

Mgmt switch


Simpler ArchitectureFewer Management Touch Points

16 blades – 2 x Cisco UCSFabric Interconnects 2

Intra Chassis Switches 0

Chassis Mgmt Module 0

Total Mgmt Points 1

16 blades – 1 x HP c7000Fabric Interconnects 0



Total Mgmt Points 4


Simpler ArchitectureFewer Management Touch Points

32 blades – 4 x Cisco UCSFabric Interconnects 2



Total Mgmt Points 1

32 blades – 2 x HP c7000Fabric Interconnects 0



Total Mgmt Points 8


Simpler ArchitectureHP doubling servers = doubling touches; UCS = 1 touch point

64 Blades – 4 x HP c7000

Fabric Interconnects 0



Total Mgmt Points 16

80 Blades – 10 x Cisco UCS 5108

Fabric Interconnects 2



Total Mgmt Points 1

Mgmt switchLAN

LANSAN A

SAN B

Mgmt switch

Mgmt switch

LAN

SAN A

SAN B

LANMgmt switch


Simpler ArchitectureLower Cost

HP UCS

Back of each blade chassis has a “rack’s worth of infrastructure”

Blade and Rack servers require separate management

Back of each chassis is a profit center

Adding chassis adds a “rack’s worth of infrastructure” burden

One infrastructure for multiple blade chassis and racks

One Management interface for multiple blade chassis AND rack servers

Low cost FEX integrates Management and I/O (Enet, FC and Mgmt) - FCoE

Scaling is a plug and play operation


Simpler Architecture No Infrastructure Penalty to Scale

HP pricing publically available on April 16, 2012. Cisco UCS pricing MSRP on April 16, 2012.Pricing is for blade chassis and networking only. Servers are not included.

16 17 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96$0

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

$300,000

$350,000

$400,000

$63,854 $75,410

$86,966 $98,522

$110,078 $127,551

$145,025 $162,498

$179,971 $197,445

$214,918

$52,645

$115,282

$172,923

$230,564

$288,205

$345,846

Total Number of Chassis Blade Server Slots

Cisco UCS

HP c7000

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BLADE CHASSIS SAVINGS AT SCALE—BLADE SLOT SOLUTIONUCS 5108 with pair of UCS 6248UP Fl (two 10 Gbps uplinks per 2204 FEX) vs.

HP c7000 with one pair of VC Flex Fabric, and HP IC. Price includes HP VCEM for slot counts >16 (2 chassis and up)

Blade Chassis Infrastructure cost to support servers is critical.

The Chassis and I/O.

HP is $39,872 more to get ready to add a 17th server.

Cisco UCS is 34% less than HP







Faster, More Flexible Automated Deployment / Provisioning

Unification leads to reduced ComplexityManagement via a single interface



Faster, More FlexibleUnification Reduces Complexity

HP UCS

Blade server and Rack servers managed separately

Deploying servers very manual and time consuming

Growing capacity increases complexity

Scale requires large increments

Blade and Rack servers managed via a single interface

47% faster and 67% less steps.UCS Automated Deployment / Provisioning

Unification yields constant, leveraged infrastructure.

Scale in smaller increments


Converging Legacy Infrastructure

• Infrastructure not designed for easy integration

• Layers of Management software holding the system together

Complexity Drives Up Management Costs

• Rigid models to upgrade and maintain system-level designs

• Multiple tools and points of configuration

Legacy Infrastructure and Management

THINK BEYOND CONVERGENCE

Converged Infrastructure = Management Software Layers


UCS—More Flexible, Less Complexity

HP iLO Advanced for BladeSystem

Virtual Connect Manager

Onboard Administrator

HP Server Hardware Management

Multiple Layers of Software Required

16 blade servers0 rack servers

Separate management – every chassis, all softwareSeparate Enet & Fibre Channel I/O leaving the

chassis

UCS Manager 1 Console

No Added CostRack and Blade Together


Unified Management Unified Networking

HP Insight Control

HP System Insight Manager(SIM)

Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager

HP c7000 Cisco UCS







HP Insight Control




HP c7000


Separate management – every chassis, all softwareSeparate Enet & Fibre Channel I/O leaving the chassis



Cisco UCS


Unified Management Unified Networking


Virtual Connect Enterprise ManagerVirtual Connect Enterprise Manager


HP Insight Control




HP c7000




Cisco UCS
















Separate Management - Every Chassis, All SoftwareSeparate Enet & Fibre Channel I/O leaving the chassis


Up to 160 serversBlade or Rack mount

Unified Compute Unified Management Unified Networking



HP Insight Control




Cisco UCS—Form Factor Freedom

UCS ManagerUCS Manager

• Form factor freedom to deal with needs and constraints

• Single management interface for deployment choice

• Automated workload mobility across blade and rack, physical or virtual

Determine New Workload Requirements

Determine New Workload Requirements

Local Storage? Memory? Special Cards? LAN/SAN Connectivity

Local Storage? Memory? Special Cards? LAN/SAN Connectivity

Deploy on Appropriate Server

Deploy on Appropriate Server

Detect Changing Needs of Workload

Detect Changing Needs of Workload

Locate and Re-deploy on Appropriate Server

Locate and Re-deploy on Appropriate Server

Workload A

Workload B

SAN LAN

Workload C

Analyze Needs and Effect Change on Intelligent Infrastructure

Blade Servers Blade Servers Rack Servers

Workload C

Workload D

Workload C


Hardware Infrastructure Management:Simplicity vs. Complexity

Function Cisco HP

Local and remote Administration

UCS Manager

iLO / Onboard Administrator (OA)

Detect Hardware Faults Systems Insight Manager (SIM)

Update System Software Systems Insight Manager (SIM)

Inventory Tracking Systems Insight Manager (SIM)

Spot deploy critical server updates Smart Update Manager and SIM

Virtualized LAN/SAN connectivity Virtual Connect

Multi-chassis Address Server Management Virtual Connect Enterprise Mgr

Logical Server Abstraction Matrix Operating Environment

Multi-chassis Power Management & Capping Insight Control

Required Management Interfaces 1 7


Cisco Service Profiles: Heart of Unified Model-Based Management

• Allows YOU to define the “to-be” server, NOT settle for the “as is” server

• Configure once then reuse

• Templates as Best practices

• Created through Cisco UCS Manager

NIC MACsHBA WWNsServer UUIDVLAN AssignmentsVLAN TaggingFC Fabrics AssignmentsFC Boot ParametersNumber of vNICsBoot orderPXE settingsIPMI SettingsNumber of vHBAsQoSCall Home

Template AssociationOrg & Sub Org Assoc.Server Pool AssociationStatistic ThresholdsBIOS scrub actionsDisk scrub actionsBIOS firmwareAdapter firmwareBMC firmwareRAID settingsAdvanced NIC settingsSerial over LAN settingsBIOS SettingsMore….

CISCO UCS SERVICE PROFILE

LAN

SAN


Cisco Stateless vs.HP Server IdentityComputing

ServerBlades

Adapters

Chassis Modules

Multi Chassis Access Layer

ConvergedAdapter

Unified Fabric

Unified Fabric

Unified Fabric

Cisco UCSService Profile

NIC MACs HBA WWNs Server UUID VLANs Assignments VLAN Tagging FC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot Parameters Number of vNICs vNIC Transmit SpeedvNIC Receive Speed PXE settings Boot order (full) IPMI Settings Number of vHBAs QoS Call Home Template Association Org & Sub Org Assoc. Server Pool Association Statistic Thresholds BIOS scrub actions Disk scrub actions BIOS firmware Adapter firmware BMC firmware RAID settings Advanced NIC settings Serial over LAN settingsBIOS SettingsPower Capping settings

HP VCServer Profile

NIC MACsHBA WWNsServer UUIDServer Serial Number

VLANsVLAN TaggingFC FabricsFC Boot ParamsNumber of vNICsvNIC Transmit Speed

Boot order (FC only)PXE settings

HP12 Server Settings

Cisco UCS127+ Server Settings

ConvergedSwitches

HP Server Profile DOESN’T STACK UP to Cisco UCS Service Profile

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Integrated Partner SolutionsBroad Tool Choice, Powerful Integration with UCS

HP Server Platforms

UCS CLI

UCS GUICisco UCS

No Direct HP Hardware

Management No API

No Direct HP Hardware

Management No API

Direct Hardware Management via XML / API

Direct Hardware Management via XML / API

XML API

No AddedCost


Faster, More FlexibleUCS Automated Deployment

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The Cisco UCS Solution Reduces Time

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The Cisco UCS Solution Reduces Complexity

Cisco UCS - Model-based management speeds deployment Fewer touch points reduces errors

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Higher PerformanceBrings out the best of Intel Xeon ProcessorsOptimized Resource Utilization for Compute,

Networking and Management



Higher Performance

HP UCS

Updating requires multiple touches

Indeterminate latency

60 Gbps / blade, expensive

16 DIMMs in the BL460 Gen8

Cisco single touch updates / deploys faster

Identical latency between blade servers

80 Gbps per blade, for much less.

24 DIMMs in the B200 M3


Higher PerformanceIncreasingly Higher I/O Capacity

• Bringing out the best of Intel Xeon E5 Processors

• Optimized Resource Utilization for Compute, Networking and Management

• New innovations in the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS™) mark the third generation of fabric computing and extend the exceptional capabilities of the industry’s first truly unified data center platform.

• Highest scale, low latency networking: Cisco UCS 6296UP Fabric Interconnect and Cisco UCS 2204XP Fabric Extender

• 4X Bandwidth—2 Tbps

• 40% decrease in latency—sub 2 uS

• 48 10Gbps Unified Ports per RU

• Industry’s first 40 Gbps-to-the-blade, integrated modular LOM solution with up to 80Gbps bandwidth via an I/O expander in the optional mezzanine slot

• 50X vNICs—over 100 per server

• Higher VM consolidation—100s per server

• Virtual I/O using vSwitch leads to 30% reduction in CPU utilization

• B230 has the greatest memory density of any comparable blade server

Investment Protection: Cisco Is Delivering Server Generational Support, Without the Need for New Chassis


OS

OS

Cisco VIC is really like a “Flex-256” adapter that includes multiple vHBA support

Physical NIC Port 1

Flex NIC1

VC FlexFabric Module(Bay 1)

HPServerBlade

Single lane of 10Gb/s Ethernet

for each Port

Flex HBA2

Flex NIC3

Flex NIC4

Physical NIC Port 2

Flex NIC5

Flex HBA6

Flex NIC7

Flex NIC8

FlexFabric LOM or Mezz. Card

VC FlexFabric Module(Bay 2)

Physical CNA Port 1

vNIC51

Fabric interconnectA

CiscoServerBlade

Single lane of 10Gb/s Ethernet

for each Port

vNIC52

vNIC53

vNIC54

Physical CNA Port 2

vNIC55

vNIC56

vNIC57

vNIC58

VIC mLOM or Mezz. Adapter

Fabric InterconnectB

vNIC43

vNIC44

vNIC45

vNIC46

vNIC47

vNIC48

vNIC49

vNIC50

vNIC35

vNIC36

vNIC37

vNIC38

vNIC39

vNIC40

vNIC41

vNIC42

vNIC27

vNIC28

vNIC29

vNIC30

vNIC31

vNIC32

vNIC33

vNIC34

vNIC19

vNIC20

vNIC21

vNIC22

vNIC23

vNIC24

vNIC25

vNIC26

vNIC11

vNIC12

vNIC13

vNIC14

vNIC15

vNIC16

vNIC17

vNIC18

vHBA3

vHBA4

vNIC5

vNIC6

vNIC7

vNIC8

vHBA9

vHBA10

vHBA1

vHBA2

Cisco VIC vs. HP FlexFabric Adapters


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HP FlexFabric vs. Cisco VIC 1240

Description HP FlexFabric UCS VIC 1240

No. of 10G physical ports 2 4 (8 with port expander)

No. of logical interfaces 4 Ethernet, or 3 Ethernet and 1 FC/iSCSI

Hardware capable of 256 (currently 116 available)

Standards Proprietary Pre-Standard 802.1BR,SR-IOV

Switching External External

Implementation Hardware Hardware

Bi-directional bandwidth control No, Tx only Yes

Advanced QoS/ Traffic Shaping No Yes

Hardware based NIC teaming (fabric failover) No Yes

A-FEX and VM-FEX support No Yes


High PerformanceSingle Latency with UCS

High Performance Needs Low, Defined and Dependable Latency

HP Talks About East to West I/O Traffic:• 80% of all blade I/O traffic is East/West within a single chassis, not North/South (N/S); North/South is I/O traffic

leaving any chassis

• Only 20% of all I/O traffic actually leaves the chassis

Is This Realistic? What Does This Mean for Actual Users?• All the blades that “need to talk to each other” (cross talk) need to be in the same chassis;

Is this realistic?

• 20% North/South I/O traffic seems very low for typical data center production environments. Is this realistic?

• Web servers, file/print servers, DB servers, etc., all generate significant N/S traffic to LAN and SAN

• Virtualization in data centers today means that the mix of VMs on any physical server mitigates against “cross talk” servers all being in the same chassis.

• What happens to latency dependent application performance when you migrate a server identity to a different blade in a different chassis? Or VC domain?

• Does the latency change impact your required performance?

• How does this affect the usefulness of blade identity portability in HP solutions?

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VC Domain #1

Chassis #Primary Enclosure 1

Primary Enclosure 2

Primary Enclosure 3

Primary Enclosure 4

Variable Latency

There are up to 3 different latencies shown here. There can be more depending on I/O path (switch) being used by origin and destination blade servers.

Compare latencies in VC Domain #1:

Within a single chassis: One hop (C1 blade / switch / C1 blade)

A

FlexFabric FlexFabric




C1

C2

C3

C4

Latency between blades in same chassis is 1

hop.

Variable Latency with HP Design

One Pair Flex Fabric per Chassis Using HP Virtual Connect (VC)

A


VC Domain #1

Chassis #

FlexFabric

Primary Enclosure 1

Primary Enclosure 2

Primary Enclosure 3

Primary Enclosure 4

Databases are very latency dependent, needing predictable, not variable latency.

Variable Latency



Within a single chassis: One hop (C1 blade / switch / blade)

Between blades in chassis #1 & 2: Two hops (C1 blade / switch / switch / C2 blade)

A

B


FlexFabric



C1

C2

C3

C4

Now, latency between blades in different chassis is 2 hops.



B


VC Domain #1


Primary Enclosure 2

Primary Enclosure 3

Primary Enclosure 4


Variable Latency



Within a single chassis: One hop (C1 blade / switch / C1 blade)


Between blades in chassis #1 & 3: Three hops (C1 blade / switch / switch / switch / C3 blade)

C1 = Chassis 1; C2 = Chassis 2; etc

Net: 1, 2, or 3 hops. Very variable.

A

B

C





C1

C2

C3

C4

Here, latency between blades in different

chassis here is 3 hops.

1 hop, 2 hops, or 3?

There are 3 different latencies within a single

HP Virtual Connect domain.



C


VC Domain #2



VC Domain #1


Primary Enclosure 2

Primary Enclosure 3

Primary Enclosure 4

C1

C2

C3

C4


Variable Latency



Within a single chassis: One hop (C1 blade / switch/C1 blade)


Between blades in chassis #1 & 3: Three hops (C1 blade / switch / switch / switch / C3 blade)

C1 = Chassis 1; C2 = Chassis 2; etc

Net: 1, 2, or 3 hops. Very variable.

A

B

C






C1

C2

C3

C4

Latency between domains is also 3 hops.


C


With UCS, Databases Get the Defined Latency They Require for Optimal Performance, With Full Redundancy.

Consistent Latency

With Cisco UCS you identical latencies

Going from one blade to another blade in the same chassis, is 1 hop, blade to FI to blade.

AI/O for all blades is dual path, active/active,

from both sides of every chassis.

The Fabric Interconnects (FI) are clustered, supplying redundant I/O for every blade and every chassis.

A

Single Latency with UCS Architecture


With UCS, Databases Get the Defined Latency They Require for Optimal Performance, With Full Redundancy.

Consistent Latency



Going from one blade to another blade in a different chassis, is 1 hop, blade to FI to blade.

B

I/O for all blades is dual path, active/active,



B

A



With UCS, databases get the defined latency they require for optimal performance, with full redundancy.

Consistent Latency



Going from one blade to another blade in a different chassis, is 1 hop, blade to FI to blade.

Going from one blade to another blade in a different chassis, in a different rack, is still just 1 hop, blade to FI to blade.

This “1 hop” delivery between any blade, for a single fabric in the domain, is due to Cisco’s architectural innovation. A single UCS Domain can scale up to 20 chassis and 160 blades.

Net:1 hop, 1 hop, 1 hop. No more. Blade to Blade

This architecture meets the consistent latency requirements required by data centers

UCS Manager also includes UCS C-Series rack servers, delivering a single management plane that is –

Form Factor Agnostic

A

B

C

I/O for all blades is dual path, active/active,



C








No CompromisesNo Trade-offs for Function

Enhanced Design CapabilityDesigned for the Future, Today

Better TCO / ROI



No Compromises

HP UCS

Costly to add more I/O to each chassis

HP “accidental mini-rack” chassis design has high cost burden to scale

Through-put trade off for features

HP has already announced a new chassis coming in about two years

Efficient and Effective, low cost I/O additions

UCS delivers lower TCO by design with easy, lower cost scaling

No sacrifice of function for features

UCS chassis has the future built in today


UCS DESIGN AdvantageCisco B200 M3 is 52% less than HP BL 460c Gen8

Note: DDR3 memory pricing as of April 2012

Equivalent configurations for high density VDI: B200 M3 vs. HP BL460c Gen8 in a high-end 384GB config

$$$

Dual socketIntel E5 2680

2 x QPI

24 DIMM slots

Cisco B200 M324 DIMM slots24 x 16GB


16 DIMM slots

2 x QPI

HP BL460c Gen816 DIMM slots8 x 32GB + 8 x 16GB


UCS SCALE AdvantageCisco adds DIMMS - HP replaces DIMMs

HP BL460c Gen816 DIMM slots


2x QPI


2x QPI

Cisco B200 M324 DIMM slots

B200 M3 vs. HP BL460c Gen8Scale From 256GB to 384GB

$$$

Add

Replace

16 DIMM slots

24 DIMM slots


HP I/O Sacrifice for FlexFabric Features No Separate Management Ports

Mezz Cards

4 x 10 GbEports only

2 x 10 GbEor FC ports

Here—FC ports

2 x 10 GbEor FC ports

Here—10GbE ports

HP prices publically available January 4, 2012: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/enclosures/c-class/c7000/

FlexFabric mezz card = $849 each

16 servers/chassis x 16

16 mezzanine cards(base warranty/support)

= $13,584

10 Gb—8 portsmax. per switch

= 80 Gb/s

x 2 switches(60 x 10 Gb/s port—max I/O)

= 160 Gb/s

Pair of switches(base warranty/support)

= $36,998

$50,842 to add additional I/O

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/enclosures/c-class/c7000/


Retail USD$ Description

$ 9,661 Chassis with PS, fans and redundant OOB management

$ 36,998 FlexFabric switch pair

$ 4,996 Virtual Connect Ent Mgr (>1 chassis)

$ 5,686 IC 16 blade chassis (plus support)

$ 57,341 Chassis Total—Basic I/O

$ 36,998 FlexFabric switches, additional pair

$ 13,584 16 Mezz cards

$ 107,923 Chassis Total—Increased I/O

To have enable additional I/O, you must add $13,584 for 16 FlexFab mezz cards when adding the second pair of FlexFab switches (when using

single slot blade servers).

HP high cost to add more I/Oc7000 Chassis with Virtual Connect FlexFabric

Limit of 16 total VC (Virtual Connect) switches/VC domain. Means four switches in four chassis max.

HP pricing publically available on January 4, 2012

VCEM price includes support plus a discount for VCEM + FlexFab switch bundle ($1,248)


No Compromise – full chassis addsCisco Solution TCO advantage increases at scale

$0

$200,000

$400,000

$600,000

$800,000

$1,000,000

$1,200,000

3 Year Hardware Warranty

3 Year Power Costs

Hardware Management

Server Deployment

Cabling

TOR Switches

Chassis & Interconnects

Server Hardware

8 16 32 48 64 80# of Servers

HP retail and Cisco MSRP pricing on 3/30/2012

HP Trend Line

Cisco Trend Line

ServersHP: BL460 Gen8Cisco: B200 M3

All chassis fully populated with servers (starting at qty 16).

Each server has two E5-2620 Intel Xeon processors with 16GB memory (two 8GB DIMMs)

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16GB


No Compromise – full chassis adds Cisco Solution TCO advantage increases at scale

$0

$200,000

$400,000

$600,000

$800,000

$1,000,000

$1,200,000


3 Year Power Costs

Hardware Management

Server Deployment

Cabling

TOR Switches


Server Hardware

8 16 32 48 64 80# of Servers

HP retail and Cisco MSRP pricing on 3/30/2012.

HP Trend Line

Cisco Trend Line


All chassis fully populated with servers (starting at qty 16)

Each server has two E5-2620 Intel Xeon processors with 64GB memory (eight 8GB DIMMs)

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64GB


No PenaltyUCS—No “Next Blade / Next Chassis” Penalty to Scale

$0

$100,000

$200,000

$300,000

$400,000

$500,000

$600,000

$700,000

$800,000

$900,000

$1,000,000


3 Year Power Costs

Hardware Management

Server Deployment

Cabling

TOR Switches


Server Hardware

8 17 33 49 65# of Servers


HP Trend Line

Cisco Trend Line


Adding 1 more server when all chassis fully populated (after first chassis).

Each server has two E5-2620 Intel Xeon processors with 16GB memory (two 8GB DIMMs)

CiscoHP CiscoHP CiscoHP CiscoHP CiscoHP

16GB


UCS - No Penalty to ScaleCost to Scale “Next Blade / Next Chassis” – HP penalty

$0

$200,000

$400,000

$600,000

$800,000

$1,000,000

$1,200,000


3 Year Power Costs

Hardware Management

Server Deployment

Cabling

TOR Switches


Server Hardware

CiscoHP

8 17 33 49 65# of Servers

CiscoHP CiscoHP CiscoHP CiscoHP


HP Trend Line

Cisco Trend Line


Adding 1 more server when all chassis fully populated (after first chassis).

Each server has two E5-2620 Intel Xeon processors with 64GB memory (eight 8GB DIMMs) 64GB


Feature Sacrifice for HP VC - Too Many RulesRules and Caveats FlexFabric Multi-Enclosure Stacking

One Pair FlexFabric (Page 23)

Additional Cable Complexity,

No Direct I/O Benefit

Remote Enclosure 3


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Remote Enclosure 2


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Remote Enclosure 1


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Primary Enclosure


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Source: Installation Guide on 1/4/2011: http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01732252/c01732252.pdfOther names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

“The HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module only supports external stacking for Ethernet traffic. When the HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module has ports configured to carry Fibre Channel traffic, those ports do not support stacking.” (page 17)

What VC more closely approximates is “daisy chain”. Real stacking merges multiple control planes into a single logical unit.

Every VC switch must still be managed separately.

Multiple Enclosure Guidelines (excerpt): • “All enclosures must have the same FC and FlexFabric module

configuration.”

• “A single domain supports up to four c7000 enclosures.”

• “When using multiple c7000 enclosures, there is a limit to the number of modules supported across the enclosures within a domain…“

• “All VC-Enet or FlexFabric Ethernet-configured modules must be interconnected (stacked).”

• “All OAs and VC modules must be on the same management Ethernet network and IP subnet.”

• “The VC-FC and FlexFabric FC-configured uplink port configuration must be identical across all enclosures.”

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01732252/c01732252.pdf


Cisco UCSHP

UCS Scales I/O for Less - Adding I/O Capacity

40Gb/s

80Gb/s

60Gb/s

2 x HP VC1 x HP FlexLOM

Add 2 x HP VC (US$37k);Add FlexFab 554M mezz card (US$849)

Add 2 x HP VC (US$37k);Add FlexFab 554M mezz card (US$849)

20Gb/s

Cisco B200 M3

Cisco 5100HP c7000

HP BL460c Gen8

2 x UCS 6248UP2 x UCS 2208

1 x Cisco VIC 1240 (mLOM)

Add 1 x VIC 1280 (US$906)

Totals

$37,849 $ 906

$37,849 $ 0.00

$75,698 $906

$ 0.00

HP incurs in high cost to scale connectivity to half-size bladesHP cannot deliver 80Gb of connectivity to a single half-size blade

Retail prices as 04/22/2012


Fabric ComputingCisco Delivers Today and Innovates for the Future

Source: Gartner, 2011—You can read the full Gartner report here: http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/cisco/210438.html

WHICH VENDOR WOULD YOU PERCEIVE TO BE THE MOSTCOMPETENT TO DELIVER ON A FABRIC-BASED STRATEGY IN YOUR ENTERPRISE?

Don't Know / Not Sure

Other

VMWare

IBM

Egenera

Dell

Cisco

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

% of Respondents

http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/cisco/210438.html


Cisco UCS: Changing the Economics of YOUR Data Center – Customers’ Actual Numbers

IT StaffingDeployment

TimesDisaster

RecoveryPower CoolingTCO / ROI

95% Less Time

90%Faster

Recovery

69% Less Cost

80% Reduction in Support Staff Requirement

30% Less

CapEx;80% lower OpEx

Application Performance

51% - 95%

Faster


Cisco Unified Computing SystemChanging the Economics of the Data Center

40–50%Maintenance Now

NEW IT Projects – No Additional Budget

Funded Project

Funded Project

Funded Project

TCO/ROI Advisor: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns517/ns224/tools/data_center_value_zone.html#~Overview

Existing Maintenance

Budget100%

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns517/ns224/tools/data_center_value_zone.html



Cisco Unified Computing SystemBenefits Beyond Efficiency: More Effective IT

Superior price/performance and IT productivity for lower cost of computing

Lower infrastructure cost per serverOperational integration of physical &virtual

Automates IT processes to support any workload in minutes

Consistent, error free alignment of policy, configuration , and workload

Server Innovations

Single UnifiedSystem

UnifiedFabric

Unified Management

IntelligentInfrastructure

Eliminates cost manual integration


Additional Resources


Cisco UCS—White PaperAvailable Now on the UCS Business Advantage Solution Pages

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns944/networking_solutions_white_papers_list.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns944/index.html#~overview

Network Port Switch Cost Avoidance | $703,462

Power and Cooling Savings | $38,994

End-User Productivity Savings | $28,076

Electric Circuit Cost Avoidance | $42,764

Reduction in Ongoing

Administrative Effort

| $307,076

Refresh Cost Avoidance| $185,663

Data Center Space Cost

Savings| $38,994

Source: Forrester Research;The Total Economic Impact™ of the Cisco Unified Computing System, August 2011

Source: Forrester Research;The Total Economic Impact™ of the Cisco Unified Computing System, August 2011

Cisco UCS Quickly Returns InvestmentThree Year Risk Adjusted Payback Analysis

(Payback in Four Months)

Cisco UCS Benefits CapEx and OpExThree Year Total Benefits Breakdown

(Total = $1,345,029)

($400,000)

($200,000)

$0

$200,000

$400,000

$600,000

$800,000

$1,000,000

$1,200,000

Total Costs Total Benefits Payback

The Total Economic Impact™ of the Cisco Unified Computing System, by Forrester Research

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns944/index.html








Cisco UCS

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/business_delivered_cisco_ucs.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns944/index.html#~overview

Company Cost and Time Savings

MediaPro50% faster to deploy and provision compared to traditional servers

Molina Healthcare

33% reduction in time to deploy new applications

Moses Cone 96 hours saved on server configuration

NetApp10,000 virtual machines deployed in less than one hour

Nighthawk Radiology

15 to 20 minutes to provision servers

Slumberland 74% reduction in time to provision servers

Tele Sisterni Ferroviari

25% savings in new server provisioning costs

Klinikurn Wels-Grieskirchen

80% reduction in management consoles (6:1) for network, applications, and servers

NetApp 99% reduction in management points (204 to 2)

UCS Brochure on the UCS Business Advantage Solution Pages

Business Advantage Delivered: The Cisco Unified Computing System











UCS Competitive Assets

Title Date Key Headline URL

Cisco UCS TCO / ROI Advisor Q3 FY11Customers can do their own TCO / ROI analysis in 4 to 8 easy steps.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns517/ns224/tools/data_center_value_zone.html#~Overview

Total Economic Impact of Cisco UCS

Q4 FY11

Forrester Consulting examines the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). This study provide sreaders with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of Cisco UCS ontheir organizations.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/total_economic_impact_forrester_research.pdf

Data Center Capacity Planning and Refresh: Cisco UCS Business Advantage Delivered

Q1FY12

Deployment of Cisco UCS systems enables data centers to reap the benefits of a simplified infrastructure. By consolidating from a large-footprint rack or complex and network-intensive blade environment to Cisco UCS, IT organizations can reduce the footprint and complexity of the entire datacenter.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/dc_capacity_planning_ucs_business_delivered.pdf

Business Advantage Delivered - The Cisco Unified Computing System

Q3 FY11

The business advantage of Cisco UCS derives from the system’s simplified, converged architecture combined with its centralized management. Cisco UCS has fewer components to purchase, configure, manage, maintain, power, and cool, with more efficient scaling, resulting in total cost of ownership (TCO) savings across the entire data center.


Data Center Management: Cisco UCS Business Advantage Delivered

Q4 FY12Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS™) simplifies management with fewer touch points, reducing administrative and operating costs and improves efficiency and resource delivery

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/DC_mgmt_UCS_busAdv_delivered.pdf

UCS for Less: UCS vs. HP – a TCO Compare

Q2 FY12

Save up to 38% with a UCS Solution vs. HP . Visit www.cisco.com/go/getucs to do your own TCO analysis and view a side by side, line item comparison between comparable Cisco UCS and HP c7000 blade server solutions.

http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/data_center/next_gen_tech.html





















http://www.cisco.com/go/getucs




UCS Competitive Assets

Title Date Key Headline URL

Cisco UCS vs. HP for energy and management Q3 FY11

A commissioned report from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) that studies how Cisco UCS's management capabilities and Unified Computing System are key, to effective and efficient server power savings and increased data center capacity compared to HP BladeSystem.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/ema_cisco_data_centermgmt0610.PDF

Cisco UCS - A Real World TCO Analysis Q3 FY11

EMA analyzed the business value realized by a large number of Cisco customers and found that Cisco customers that choose to invest in UCS stand an excellent chance of extracting significant, quantifiable business value within a relatively short period of time while increasing overall responsiveness, performance, business agility and availability of critical business applications.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/cisco_ucs_areal_world_tco_analysis.pdf

UCS VDI: Scaling Without Sacrifice Q3 FY11

Partner with Intel, Citrix and NetApp; Organizations deploying a desktop virtualization solution benefit by using servers that support many users and properly scale with additional servers. A single Cisco UCS B250 M2 Extended Memory Blade Server running Citrix XenDesktop® 4 with Citrix XenServer 5.6 supported 112 MS Win 7 virtual desktops and scaled perfectly, without sacrificing performance, supporting 784 virtual desktops when adding six more blades as measured by Login VSI Beta3 parameters.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/ucs_vdi_scaling_without_sacrifice.pdf

VDI Perfromance Comparison UCS B250 M2 vs. HP BL460C G7

Q3 FY11

Using LoginVSI Beta3 benchmark with Citrix XenDesktop 4 and XenServer 5.6 on NetApp storage, Cisco Unified Computing System B250 M2 supported 112 virtual desktops with 2GB memory vs. 93 for the HP BL460c G7. The UCS B250 M2 delivered 20.4% more virtual desktops per blade than the HP solution.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/Vdi_Performance_Comparision.pdf

UCS B250 M2 Deploy 47% Faster vs. HP BL460C G7 Q3 FY11

Head to Head, Cisco UCS with UCS Manager deploys blades 47% faster that HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (and FlexFabric), with 67% fewer steps.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517/ns224/ns944/ucs_vs_hp_deployment.pdf

UCS B250 M2 Deploy 47% Faster vs. HP BL460C G7 - VIDEO

Q3 FY11VIDEO: Head to Head, Cisco UCS with UCS Manager deploys blades 47% faster that HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (and FlexFabric), with 67% fewer























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