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Cisco UCS Director Yvo Wiskerke Solution Architect in Dutch Data Centre and Virtualisation Team
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UCS Director Only Infrastructure Solution with this Management Scope
UCS Management API
UCS Director API
Unified Computing System
UCS Central Policy Driven Multi DC, Multi-Domain Management
UCS Director Unified Infrastructure Automation and Management
UCS Manager
Domain 1
UCS Manager
Domain 2
Multi-Vendor Infrastructure Management
Nexus & MDS
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Importance of Converged Infrastructures
Automation required for seamless management
and increased cost and staff efficiencies1
Pre-tested, validated solutions
Reduce risk of data center transformation
Significantly increase utilization of resources
Decrease IT capital and operating costs
Based on UCS and Nexus fabric
Forrester
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Policy Driven
Provisioning
UCS Director (Formerly Cisco Cloupia) Self-Service Delivery
UCS Director
Unified Service Delivery Tenant
B Tenant
C Tenant
A
Model-based Management
Virtual
Platform
Storage
Network
Compute
Secure Cloud
Container
VMs vCompute vNetwork Storage
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UCS Director Key Differentiators
Single pane of
Glass
Installation &
Use
Multi-vendor Support
Model-based
Orchestration
Task Library Single License
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Model-based Automation
Script-based Orchestration Model-based Orchestration
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Task Library
Rapid Creation of
Orchestration Workflows
• Over 450+ tasks across industry standard devices
• Drag ‘n drop creation
• API “codelets” behind each task
UCS Tasks
• Select UCS Server
• Reset UCS Server
• Power On UCS Server
• Power Off UCS Server
• Create UCS Service Profile from Template
• Create UCS Service Profile
• Select UCS Service Profile
• Modify UCS Service Profile Boot Policy
• Delete UCS Service Profile
• Associate UCS Service Profile
• Disassociate UCS Service Profile
• Create UCS Boot Policy
• Modify UCS Boot Policy LUN ID
• Clone UCS Boot Policy
• Modify UCS Boot Policy WWPN
• Add VLAN
• Delete UCS Boot Policy
• Delete UCS VLAN
• Add VLAN to Service Profile
• Add iSCSI vNIC to Service Profile
• Add vNIC to Service Profile
• Delete vNIC from Service Profile
• Create Service Profile iSCSI Boot Policy
• Modify Service Profile Boot Policy to Boot from iSCSI
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Automated
Self-Service
Provisioning
Architect Design Where
Can We
Put It?
Procure Install Configure Secure Is It
Ready?
Manual
Infrastructure
On-Demand
Policy-Based
Provisioning
Built-In
Governance
FROM WEEKS TO MINUTES Automation Benefits
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Access configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, Security, and Hardening
Operating System Configuration
OS Type, Patch Level, Settings
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Unique service ID,
Application revisions,
and Storage settings
Application resources: Server, Storage, Network
Security, OS
VI SME
Storage SME
Server SME
Network SME
Access configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, Security, and
Hardening
Operating System
Configuration
OS Type, Patch Level, Settings
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
Access configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, Security, and
Hardening
Operating System
Configuration
OS Type, Patch Level, Settings
Access configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, Security, and
Hardening
Operating System
Configuration
OS Type, Patch Level, Settings
Access configuration, VLAN,
VSAN, Security, and
Hardening
Operating System
Configuration
OS Type, Patch Level, Settings
Subject matter experts define policies
1 Policies used to create Infrastructure
2 Pools, policies, templates are used to create infrastructure templates
3 Associating application profiles with fabric configures all needed application resources automatically
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UCS Director “Temecula” Release
Summer 2013
• Converged Infrastructure
EMC VMAX
Vblock 700
VSPEX (VNX)
FlexPod Cluster mode & 7 mode
OnTap 8.2 certification
HP I-Lo3/I-Lo4 (beta)
• Additional Features
Localization: Spanish, Japanese
Cisco Branded & Licensed Solution
Phase II – October 2013
• Vblock 100, VSPEX (VNXe)
• Enhance Cisco compute & network support
• ESX 5.5
• Multiple LDAP
• HP I-LO3/I-LO4 (DL Series, C-7000)
• IBM Blade/Rack Servers
• IPMI 2.0 Qualified
• SDK on Cisco Developer Network
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NetApp
• Supports 7 and Cluster mode FlexPod
Extensive task library for workflow creation
• Supports multi-tenancy & secure multi-tenancy
• Comprehensive, native management of NetApp storage
Logical & physical management down to vfiler
• New!
Certification for OnTap 8.2
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EMC and VCE
• Industry-leading management of VNX, VNXe and Vblock solutions
• Physical & virtual
• Extensive task library for workflow creation
• Support :
VMAX
Vblock 700
VSPEX (VNX)
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UCS Director
Delivers IT Efficiency to Better Align with Business Strategy
Increases IT Efficiency
Reduces OpEx and CapEx
Comprehensive Solution Across Physical and Virtual
Increases Business Agility
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UCS Director
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