Presentation cisco vxi–optimized infrastructure for scaling v mware view with confidence
- 1. Cisco Confidential© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1 Cisco VXI–Optimized Infrastructure for Scaling VMware View with Confidence VMworld 2011 Cisco Theater Presentation Tony Paikeday Cisco Data Center CMO, Desktop Virtualization Solutions Cisco Systems August 2011
- 2. Rising Desktop Management Costs Windows 7 and PC Refresh Users Want Access Anywhere, Anytime Success of Server Virtualization Data Security and Compliance Explosion of New Devices 2
- 3. Flexibility / Business Continuity Total Cost of OwnershipData Security Desktop Virtualization Drivers Fragmented Solution SetMaintaining High Quality for Video, Voice Experience Desktop Virtualization Challenges Return on Investment
- 4. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4 Deliver a superior collaboration and rich media user experience with best in class ROI in a fully integrated, open and validated desktop virtualization solution Desktop Virtualization Collaboration• Data security and compliance • Business continuity / agility • Reduced TCO • Standardized IT experience, customizable user experience • Video and voice • Interactivity • Mobility • Real time, high quality experience • Range of devices IT Standardization Rich Media Experience
- 5. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5 WAAS ISR Branch Virtualization-Aware Borderless Network CDN End-to-End Security, Management and Automation MS Office Desktop Virtualization Software Virtualized Data Center WAAS Nexus Microsoft OS ACE Hypervisor Virtual Unified CM Virtual Quad Cisco Collaboration Applications Thin Client Ecosystem Cisco Clients Cius Business Tablets Virtualized Adaptive Workspace Cisco Virtualization Experience Clients Access switching w/PoE SiSi
- 6. Collaboration Borderless Networks Data Center Virtualization Virtual Workspace Cisco VXI TCO / ROI Security Media Rich Experience System Integration Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure Partner Eco-System
- 7. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7 Validated Designs and Reference Architectures End-to-end reference architectures reduce risk for optimized stack Flexibility and Bandwidth for Converged Multiple Networks Unified ports and 80G burst b/w allow for convergence with performance Prioritization of Desktop Pools UCS QoS and bandwidth controls deliver prioritization to desktop pools Rapid Provisioning of Desktops Service profile templates for rapid provisioning of desktop pools Desktop Density and Scalability Great virtual desktop density with linear performance scalability Networking Visibility and Security to the Desktops Nexus 1000V with VSG and VM-FEX provide VM level controls
- 8. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 8 Ideal Architecture for Desktop Virtualization • Lower cost for compute + network infrastructure • Greater virtual desktop density w/o performance impact • Simple Operation—start in minutes, scale in seconds • Massive Scalability—scales easily to 1000’s of desktops per UCS system • Extended memory and I/O to avoid desktop virtualization bottlenecks Memory CPU Unified Fabric (FCoE)
- 9. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9 Xeon 5600 Xeon 5600 Xeon 5600Xeon 5600 12 DIMMs, Max 96GB Higher Performance 18 DIMMs, Max 144GB Lower PerformanceOR 48 DIMMs Max 384GB Higher Performance Classic CiscoUCSwith ExtendedMemory
- 10. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 10 • Separate firmware, addresses, and parameter settings • Physical servers become interchangeable hardware components • Service profile templates allow rapid provisioning of new virtual desktops Chassis-8/Blade-4Chassis-1/Blade-2 Profile 1 UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b… MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FC WWN: 5080020000075740 Boot Order: SAN, PXE Profile 2 UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5d… MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FF WWN: 5080020000075742 Boot Order: SAN Cisco UCS Manager Profile 3 UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5f… MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FB WWN: 5080020000075744 Boot Order: PXE, SAN LAN SAN Desktop Profile 1 120 Knowledge | HVD Win 7 B-250 192GB LAN Connectivity SAN Connectivty Boot Order Desktop Profile 2 140 Task | ThinAppOLTP B-200 48GB LAN Connectivity SAN Connectivity Boot Order Desktop Profile 3 100 Power | HVD Win 7 B-230 384GB LAN Connectivity SAN Connectivity Boot Order
- 11. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 11 • Higher performance with hypervisor by-pass (VM-FEX) • Statistics/Monitoring of VMs • Debugging/SPAN of VM traffic • Network policy mgmt - QoS, B/W Server Blade VMware vSphere Cisco VIC FEX 2200 FI 6200 Debugging/vSPAN of ThinApp VM
- 12. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 12 Silver Pool 30% Bandwidth FC with max burst 32k Bronze Pool 20% Bandwidth FC with max burst of 16K Platinum Pool 50% Bandwidth Lossless Ethernet NFS Max burst 64K • QoS controls for tuning Storage & Network flows— Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, best effort, FC QoS Classes • Multi-cast optimizations • Bandwidth controls • Lossless Ethernet—drop/no drop • Burst size controls Server Blade VMware vSphere Cisco VIC FEX 2200 FI 6200 VMVMVM VMVM VMVM Bronze PoolPlatinum Pool Silver Pool
- 13. Virtual Security Gateway Intelligent Virtual Desktop Traffic Steering with vPath Nexus 1000V Distributed Virtual Switch VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VMVM VM vPath VNMC Log/Audit Initial Packet Flow VSG 1 Flow Access Control (policy evaluation) 2 Decision Caching 3 4 Access Log (syslog)
- 14. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 14 Cisco Unified Fabric Benefits for Desktop Virtualization • Dynamic Convergence Ports • Consolidated I/O • Simplified Management • Flexibility and Scale • Workload Mobility • Active-Active Uplinks • VM-Aware Networking • Secure Virtual Network Services • Virtualizes the Switch Desktop-Aware Networks Enabled by Cisco Unified Fabric: Thin Client Desktop Local Mode VMWARE VIEW MANAGER VMWARE VIEW COMPOSER VMWARE THINAPP Centralized Virtual Desktops Linked Clones Parent Image Backend Network Client Network Prov. / Mgmt Network Desktop Storage Network App Streaming Network
- 15. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 15 Server Profile Summary Workload Profile CPU Util # of Deskto ps Cisco UCS B250-M2 Proc: 5680 @3.33 GHz Mem: 192 GB View 4.5 on ESXi 4.1 W7 32b (1.5G memory/20G disk) NOTE; No HIMP, No memory ballooning Knowledge Worker Profile 83.7 % 110 Cisco UCS B250-M2 Proc: 5680 @3.33 GHz Mem: 192 GB View 4.5 on ESXi 4.1 W7 32b (1.5G memory/20G disk) NOTE; HIMP with no memory ballooning Knowledge Worker Profile 90+ % 130 Cisco UCS B250-M2 Proc: 5680 @3.33 GHz Mem: 192 GB View 4.5 on ESXi 4.1 W7 32b (1.5G memory/20G disk) NOTE; HIMP, with ~5%memory ballooning Knowledge Worker Profile 90+ % 160 Single Server Performance of VMware View 0 500 1000 1500 2000 Milliseconds Average Application Open Times MSExcel MSIntExplorer MSOutlook MSPowerPT MSWord-Doc01 MSWord-Doc02 PDF UCS Blades Linear Scale from 1 to 16 blades and beyond
- 16. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 16 ARCHITECTURE SCALABILITY BALANCED SYSTEM SIMPLICITY VALIDATED DESIGNS Simple, resilient architecture for deploying VMware View Linear scalability and performance from 100 to 1000’s of desktops without a change in architecture Providing the right balance of memory, I/O and CPU is the key to cost-effective scalability Rapid provisioning with Cisco UCS Manager for ease of scale Part of Cisco VXI featuring an end-to-end solution including Security, WAN Optimization and UCS
- 17. IT Initiative Enable the Private Healthcare Cloud Business Value 17 Improved Clinical Workflow and Physician/Nurse Productivity Improved ROI Increased Physicians/ Nurse Productivity Cisco VXI Desktop Virtualization Accelerate clinician access to key medical applications Eliminate repetitive login cycles Deliver persistent, high-performance workspaces Cisco VXI Solution: • Cisco Unified Computing System • VMware View • NetApp Storage enabled by: Cisco VXI with VMware View • Clinical Imaging – Referential Viewing (Physicians) • Follow-me Desktops (Nurses) • Ubiquitous Dictation (Physicians)
- 18. © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 18 Cisco UCS for Desktop Virtualization • www.cisco.com/go/vxi • Cisco® Validated Design Reference Architecture CVD for Desktop Virtualization with EMC: http://bit.ly/hOvqo6 CVD for Desktop Virtualization with NetApp: http://bit.ly/eKkiMg Predefined system and network configurations Joint testing at scale 100 or more virtual desktops per server • Proof of Concept Technical support • Financial Analysis – VXI TCO Calculator http://bit.ly/qso46C • Desktop Virtualization Professional Services Strategy > Plan/Design > Implement > Optimize
- 19. Featured Sessions: Monday • #SPO3989 – Cisco VXI: Optimized Infrastructure for Scaling VMware View Desktops with Confidence, 11:30am • #EUC1656 – Modernize the Desktop for Better Patient Care, 1:00pm Tuesday • #SUP1010 – Innovating Together: How Cisco and VMware Collaborate to Build the Cloud, Soni Jiandiani, SVP, Cisco SAVBU, 2:30pm • #SPO3988 – Oaks Hills and NetApp Do the Math: Implementing a Practical VDI Solution Designed to Scale Beyond 50,000 Seats, 10:30am • #SUP1016 – Transforming the Data Center with Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, 4:00pm • #EUC2904 – Optimizing the Network for VMware View, 4:30pm (and Wed. 2:30pm) Wednesday • #SPO2526 – View in the Real World: Husky Energy and the Lessons We Learned from a 6,000 Seat Multi-Site Deployment, 8:30am • #SPO3952 – Deploy Virtualized Desktops 4 Times Faster on Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, 10:00am Thursday • #EUC2436 – Redefining the Desktop: A New Vision for Workplace Productivity at CB Richard Ellis, 11:00am Demos • Cisco: VXI with VMware View (Booth #700) • NetApp: Deploying VMware View on NetApp (Booth #401) • EMC: Solutions for VMware View (Booth #1101) • VCE: VMware View on Vblock (Booth #1121) • Teradici: Cisco VXC Client: 3D, Aero, Google Earth (Booth #1013) • Atlantis: ILIO Demonstration on Cisco UCS Servers (Booth #1161)