PROACT SYNC 2013 - Breakout - Cisco UCS Director Live Demo
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The document outlines Cisco UCS Director's capabilities in managing converged infrastructures through automation and policy-driven processes. It emphasizes its unique features such as model-based orchestration, multi-vendor support, and a comprehensive task library for efficient workflow creation. The UCS Director aims to enhance IT efficiency, reduce operational and capital expenses, and improve business agility in data center management.
PROACT SYNC 2013 - Breakout - Cisco UCS Director Live Demo
- 1. Cisco Confidential© 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1 Cisco UCS Director Yvo Wiskerke Solution Architect in Dutch Data Centre and Virtualisation Team 11 September 2013
- 2. Cisco Confidential 2© 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- 3. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 3 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
- 4. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4 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
- 5. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5 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 VMsvComputevNetwork Storage
- 6. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 6 UCS Director Key Differentiators Single pane of Glass Installation & Use Multi-vendor Support Model-based Orchestration Task Library Single License
- 7. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7 Model-based Automation Script-based Orchestration Model-based Orchestration
- 8. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 8 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
- 9. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9 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
- 10. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 10 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 interfacecard (NIC) configuration: MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints; and firmware revisions Network interfacecard (NIC) configuration: MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints; and firmware revisions Network interfacecard (NIC) configuration: MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings; host bus adapter HBA configuration: worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and bandwidth constraints; and firmware revisions Network interfacecard (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 4
- 11. Cisco Confidential 11© 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- 12. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 12 UCS Director “Temecula” ReleaseSummer 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
- 13. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 13 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
- 14. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 14 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)
- 15. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 15 UCS Director Delivers IT Efficiency to Better Align with Business Strategy Increases IT Efficiency Reduces OpEx and CapEx Comprehensive SolutionAcross Physical and Virtual Increases BusinessAgility 15
- 16. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 16 UCS Director
- 17. © 2011 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 17
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