Dc tco in_a_nutshell

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Cisco DC TCO in a nutshell

Jose Moreno ([email protected])

Systems Engineer

12. April 2023


Improving the application performance


Cisco Application Networking Services

Wide Area Application Services

Consolidate IT infrastructure from the branch into the DC…

… and make sure your users do not suffer from performance degradation!

Data Center Application Services

Make sure your DC can scale in a flexible and cost-effective manner with Cisco ACE Load Balancers

Virtualizing your Load Balancing Infrastructure is crucial for the road to the "cloud"

Pay-as-you-grow, with license-based scalability models, that avoid costly fork-lift upgrades


Nexus technologies


Nexus Unified I/O

CNACNA

CNACNA

FC HBAFC HBA

FC HBAFC HBA

NICNIC

NICNIC

SAN (FC)

SAN (FC)

LAN (Ethernet)

LAN (Ethernet)

SAN (FCoE)

LAN (Ethernet)

CNA = Converged Network Adapter

SAN (FCoE) LAN (Ethernet)

Fewer interfaces means:Fewer cards pro Server power savings $$$Neater cabling Better airflow power savings $$$Fewer network switches $$$


Nexus Fabric Extender

Top-of-the-Rack (ToR) designs offer best cabling designs, but imply a lot of devices to manage

RackRac

kRac

kRac

kRac

kRac

kRac

kRac

k

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Top of the Rack (ToR)

End of the Row (EoR)

Physical topology with Nexus FEX Logical topology with Nexus FEX

Optimized for cabling:

$$$

Optimized formanagement:

$$$

A1 A2 A3 A4

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End-of-the-Row (EoR) designs are optimum from a network perspective: fewer devices to manage, but cabling is costly


Nexus VM-aware Networking

Non-Disruptive operational Model

Clear administrative borders

Mobility of network and security Properties

VMW ESX

Server 1

VMware vSwitch

VMW ESX

Server 2

VMware vSwitch

VMW ESX

Server 3

VMware vSwitch

VM #1

VM #4

VM #3

VM #2

VM #5

VM #8

VM #7

VM #6

VM #9

VM #12

VM #11

VM #10

VEM VEM VEM


Achieving synergies


I/O Consolidation + Fabric Extender

Multiple points of managementFC

Ethernet

Blade switches

High cable count

Unified Fabric with Fabric extender Single point of management Reduced cables

Fiber between racks

Copper in racks

Traditional switching FCoE + Fabric Extender


I/O Consolidation and VM-aware networking

Hypervisor

VirtualMachineVirtual

MachineVirtual

MachineVirtual

MachineVirtual

MachineVirtual

Machine

Reduced CPU utilization through hypervisor bypass (VMDirectPath technology)

vhbas supported!

Standards-based (SR-IOV)

More VMs per server

VM-aware networking for FC and Ethernet

Hypervisor

VirtualMachineVirtual

MachineVirtual

MachineVirtual

MachineVirtual

MachineVirtual

Machine


The architecture with the whole picture:

Unified Computing


Reduced Points of Management

Universal Interconnect

Scalable Infrastructure Optimized Virtualization Scalable Virtualization

Unified embedded management and service processor

Unified Fabric to PCIe bus

Fabric Extender for wire once connectivity

2 to 640 4 core processors per virtualization pool (Intel Nehalem x86 chipset)

up to 6000 Virtual Machines in a virtualization pool

Open interfaces accommodating existing management investments

Seamless connectivity to DCE, FCoE, & 10GE

Up to 320 nodes managed as a single integrated system

Network Optimized for granular VMotion and dynamic provisioning control

up to 384 GB per node for in memory computations

Site TCO (CAPEX and OPEX)

1.Reduced ‘System’ Power2.Lower Cooling3.Better Use of Space4.Lower Power/Site

Organization TCO (OPEX)1.Fewer FTE/”Service”2.Faster Provisioning3.Seamless Repurposing4.Better Coordination

Platform TCO (CAPEX and OPEX)

1.Radically Fewer Components2.Lower HW/SW Costs3.More VM’s Per Node4.Better Performance Per Node

35%15%20%

The “Unified Computing” Solution CAPEX and OPEX Solution Targets

Tight integration: Unified Computing System

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