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© 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 1
Arnaud BASSALER
Standardize Your Data Center with vSphere Built on FlexPod
Consulting Systems Engineer
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OperationalChallenges
New BusinessPressures
EmpoweredUser
ComplexProvisioning
Real-Time Information EconomicUncertainty
CollaborativeApplications
Integrity and AvailabilityAsset Utilization
Energy Consumption
Data Centers Are at a Critical Juncture
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Transitioning from Virtualization to Cloud
• Private cloud: Behind the firewall of an enterprise, closed to public• Public cloud: Accessible through service providers for general purchase• Hybrid cloud: Private clouds linked to public clouds
Application-Based Silos
Public CloudZones ofVirtualization
Private Cloud
Storage
Servers
Apps
Network Hybrid
Workloads moving increasingly toward virtualized cloud infrastructure
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FlexPod Data Center PlatformPrevalidated, Flexible Unified Architecture
Features Standard, prevalidated, best-in-class converged
platform: Virtualized and nonvirtualized environments
Flexible: One platform scales up or out to fit many mixed workloads: Add applications and workload
Benefits Flexibility: Future-proof platform to meet today’s
challenges and scale for future needs Built-in data center efficiencies: Lower total cost of
ownership (TCO) with simplified deployments and rapid provisioning of resources
Reduce risk: Prevalidated architecture with prescriptive sizing and design guides
Cisco UCS™ B-Series Blade Servers (and/or C-Series Rack Mount) and Cisco UCS Manager
Cisco Nexus® Family Switches
NetApp® FASOnCommand™ Software Suite 10GE and optionally FCoE
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Consistent architecture from entry to large configurations
Scale up or down with ease
Common structure for support & management
The FlexPod Solution Family
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Optimize for Any WorkloadOne Size Does Not Fit All
Develop and Test
Entry Level Data Protection and Backup
More computing andless storage
Less computing andmore storage
Deploy entry system, then scale up
VDI
Higher performanceblades and more input/output operations per second (IOPS)
IOPS
CPU
CapacityMemory
ProductionBalanced Infrastructure
FlexPod®
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Scale Out with FlexPod Repeatable, Consistent Deployments
Increased performance and capacity
Scale out with standard and proven configurations: Predictable and highly efficient:
Capacity and performance
Floor space, power, and cooling
Benefits: Reduce effort for architecture, design,
deployment, and testing
Reduce infrastructure deployment cycle time by up to 50%
Manage pools consisting of storage, compute, and networking resources, not individual systems
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FlexPod ConnectivityMeeting Your Needs
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Reduce Risk with FlexPod Prescriptive Deployment Collateral
Step-by-step instructions for repeatable high-quality deployments, including these use cases:
Secure multi-tenancy and secure separation VMware® vSphere® and View™
SAP® applications Microsoft® Exchange, SharePoint and SQL
applications
Wide range of resources available: validated design, deployment, and solution guides
For more information, visit www.netapp.com/flexpod/ or www.cisco.com/go/flexpod
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Preprovisioned FlexPod Rapid deployment of applications Shared pools meet most requirements
> 50% Faster
Many Weeks or Months
FlexPod Helps IT Accelerate the Business
Service Request
Design and Size
DC Planning
ProcureDetailedDesign
Deploy Test
Service Available
Traditional
With FlexPod®
Reference BoM Validated design Precise deployment Standard test plan
DC Planning
Procure Deploy TestService Available
X X
DC Planning
Procure Deploy TestService Available
Benefits Agile service delivery Higher productivity Faster deployment Higher quality Simpler planning
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Integration with hypervisors: Automate workflows, scalable, extensible platform
Hypervisor agnostic
Cisco UCS™ Manager: Embedded unified management Integrated with vCenter™
NetApp® OnCommand® management software: Integrated with unified manager for provisioning,
protection, and automation VMware® vCenter Server or Microsoft® System Center Manage NetApp heterogeneous
environment
AppsNetApp
Storage Plug-ins
Cisco UCS Manager
Centralization and Open Management andValidated Offerings
Extensible Management with Open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Hypervisor HypervisorHypervisorHypervisor
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Simplify Your Journey to the Cloud
Cooperative Services and Support
FlexPod®
Validated Data Center Design
Enterprise Apps
VDI Secure Multi-TenancyMS Apps
Validated Designs
SQL Server® Exch 2010
Share Point® VDI
Joint Pathw
ays
Storage
Servers
Apps
Network Hybrid
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For more information, visit www.netapp.com/flexpod/ or www.cisco.com/go/flexpod
Lower risk with simplified, prevalidated, shared architecture
Greater EfficienciesLower Risk Flexible IT
Flexible IT scalable to meet the needs of both today and tomorrow
Reduced TCO and better efficiency
Certified data center specialty partners and cooperative support
With FlexPod
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