SCUG.DK - 1E Nomad Overview - April 2015
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This document describes how 1E Nomad can help reduce IT infrastructure costs for a company with 145,000 PCs across 82 locations currently using System Center Configuration Manager 2007. Nomad simplifies the Configuration Manager hierarchy, reduces administration, and keeps infrastructure costs low. It allows content to be downloaded and shared between systems locally without relying on distribution points. This enables the company to consolidate Configuration Manager servers from 82 primary sites down to 3 servers in major datacenters. Nomad uses an intelligent algorithm to determine the best system for transferring data across the WAN without impacting users or the network. It integrates fully with Configuration Manager and provides advanced capabilities for operating system deployment, backup, and bare metal rebuilding to further reduce Windows migration costs.
SCUG.DK - 1E Nomad Overview - April 2015
- 1. Run IT for Less Rosario Perri (Director, Channel & Alliances) @ 1E
- 2. 1E Suite of IT Efficiency Solutions © 1E 2014 •Shopping •AppClarity •WakeUp Consumerization •NightWatchman Enterprise •Nomad Energy •AppClarity •Shopping Software Licenses •Nomad •WakeUp Systems Management ActiveEfficiency™ Platform SERVICES SUPPORT TRAINING
- 3. Scenario 145k PC Company 82 locations Running Config Manager 2007 - 82 primary site servers (plus central) - 0 secondary site servers - 100 distribution points Some satellite office with no DP roles © 1E 2014
- 4. Scenario - Challenges • Poor WAN links make distribution difficult • Cost of server hardware and software • Administration of the environment (DPs) © 1E 2014
- 5. Additional Dell Challenges • CIO Goal to reduce infrastructure footprint • Desire to remove infrastructure from remote offices, and consolidate to 3 major datacenters • Reduced budget made a challenge for replacing all 110 servers. © 1E 2014
- 6. What Nomad is Nomad is a highly robust and proven enhancement to ConfigMgr that simplifies the hierarchy, reduces administration and keeps infrastructure costs to a minimum. © 1E 2014
- 7. Removing Servers, Sharing Content © 1E 2014 Shopping request Users go to Shopping portal and request software ConfigMgr & Shopping Shopping tells clients immediately to check ConfigMgr for updated policy ConfigMgr Policy: Install Microsoft Visio 1E Nomad Master Election occurs. Most appropriate always chosen e.g. Uptime, Local Package Availability, Performance, etc. ConfigMgr with Nomad™ Data center Office location Master download content from DP over WAN Master shares content with peers over local network Software requested Offline
- 8. Server reduction: the Nomad™ effect © 1E 2014 Without Nomad Native design requires more servers and Distribution Points
- 9. Server reduction: the Nomad™ effect © 1E 2014 With Nomad Simplified hierarchy supporting the same number of client devices. This enables ConfigMgr to be configured using an Internet-centric model, therefore enabling the ConfigMgr servers to only be located in the data-centres.
- 10. 1E Nomad – Reverse QoSTM Rule #1 – Never impact the user, computer, network or business • Determines the best system to pull data across the WAN – No administrative effort • Deterministic, statistical algorithm to calculate free bandwidth irrespective of hops • Failsafe content transfer over low bandwidth/high latency WAN links • Adaptive bandwidth throttling system to protect business data • Uses reliable and proven protocols for packet delivery, flow control, and congestion avoidance © 1E 2014
- 11. Nomad OSD Integration Custom SCCM console and backend Task Sequence integration to automate the Operating System Deployment process • Apply conditional logic to content management to only transfer data in the OSD process when it’s necessary – the best way to save bandwidth is never to use it in the first place • Intelligent detection of version changes or content location across the WAN, peer systems or peer subnets and locations within the OSD process Peer Backup Assistant • Backup user data to peer systems during PC replace or rebuild scenarios • No more servers require • Radically reduces risk of migration PXE Everywhere • “Bare metal“ rebuild without server or deskside visit • Any machine can rebuild any other © 1E 2014
- 12. • Eliminate servers • Increase resilience • Reduce networking dependencies • Flatten and remove complexity with Single Site Download Single Site Download © 1E 2014
- 13. • Content downloaded once and distributed fastest way possible • Reverse QoS™ uses network’s spare capacity without impacting business Fanout © 1E 2014
- 14. What makes Nomad Enterprise different? Organic “Reverse QoSTM” system that adjusts to the business needs • Reverse QoS doesn’t just look at a piece of the network hand has no hardware prerequisites Complete System Center integration – No additional admin consoles • Flexible API set to integrate with your organization Set and forget – No “sites” to manage, workflows or training • Dynamic failover capabilities Data only goes where needed – Nomad doesn’t “scatter” data everywhere and waste space or create security/ audit concerns © 1E 2014
- 15. What (else) makes Nomad Enterprise different? Multicast, FanOut or SSD capabilities for maximum network efficiency • The most options available for ConfigMgr to dynamically shape and control your network infrastructure Lightweight • No system level drivers causing extra management overhead or risk • No dependencies on Java Highly advanced OSD facilities leading to significantly reduced migration costs • ConfigMgr UI Wizards and automation • Peer backup of USMT data • WinPE operation for data restore • PXE Everywhere to fully automate the bare metal process © 1E 2014
- 16. ConfigMgr and Nomad better together Complete System Center integration IT data doesn’t compete with business data • Business data flows allowing users to work without IT data becoming a bottleneck • V5 offers the most optimized method of sending data to systems no matter where they are geographically located or network limitations Fewer servers, less costs Win7/8 Migration costs further reduced • Advanced automation of OSD processes, user data backup/ restore and dynamic PXE Admin overhead reduced • Advantages of dynamic election and failover capabilities © 1E 2014
- 17. Scenario 20,000 PC Company 90 locations Running Config Manager 2007 - 2 primary site servers - 2 secondary site servers - 50 distribution points Number of smaller sites with no DP roles © 1E 2014
- 18. Scenario © 1E 2014 20,000 PC Company 90 locations Running Config Manager 2012 + Nomad - 1 primary site server - 2 secondary site servers
- 19. Scenario - Challenges • Poor WAN links make distribution difficult • Cost of server hardware and software • Administration of the environment (DPs) • Different deployment and rebuild strategies depending on where the clients are • Planning Windows 8 deployment – don’t want to repeat manual effort required for Windows 7 © 1E 2014 54 servers down to 3 95% reduction single strategy for all locations no more USB keys!
- 20. Run IT for Less Simon Delamare, Account Manager, 1E Simon.Delamare@1E.com +44(0)208 326 9019
- 21. And its free – www.1e.com/free-tools
Editor's Notes
- #2: Introduction If you do have questions please ask Who knows 1E?
- #3: Started 1997 – creating software to run IT for less 1700 customers, largest and biggest brands range from 100 PCs to over 400,000 Suite of efficiency solutions and a single platform – integrate or leverage Config Manager
- #4: To give some context I want to share a customer I am working with, this is a simplified look at their ConfigMgr 2007 environment
- #5: WAN – offices across the globe, sites even with a DP may have 1mb or less Lots of servers to pay for and some need replacing Deployment strategies – USB keys, sending engineers, shipping PCs Win7 migration was expensive Keep these point in your mind
- #8: Infrastructure – 95% reduction Network – Reverse QoS automatic bandwidth throttling prevents interrupting business traffic Operational – Automates tasks and reduces administration Lights – Like NightWatchman Nomad includes WakeUp Im sure your thinking removing servers in a native Config Manager design would of course cause problems, so how does Nomad do it?
- #9: 5 users using Shopping to request Visio, no DP Machines receive policy to download Visio Nomad is an alternate content provider to Bits and completely integrates Download is handed to Nomad and an election takes place Any questions?
- #10: This is another customer example to show the reduction that is possible, this customer went from this to this.
- #11: Same number of clients Server located in datacentres Using election technology and reverse QoS customers have significantly reduced the servers, DP roles and therefore complexity in their environments
- #12: Mentioned reverse QoS a few times but what is it? Nomad rule #1 Most extreme WAN cases – Noble Drilling example What we have gone through removes the DPs but these servers may be needed for other systems management tasks such as part of OSD.
- #13: Nomad task sequence integration Nomad can be run within WinPE to take advantage of the peer and reverse QoS capabilities even at the earliest stages Peer backup PXE
- #14: Talked on a subnet basis so far, but what about larger sites? Nomad would download once per subnet? SSD uses Active Efficiency to automatically create relationships between subnets and share data across them. This enables Nomad to be used in even the largest sites as the content will only be downloaded once.
- #15: We previously went through the election and peer sharing by the elected master. 6 machine limit based on XP. Fanout creates mini masters to share to another 6 each. Quickest way to deploy content across large number of PCs
- #19: No lets go back to this scenario
- #20: Moving to Config Manager and Nomad the customer was able to achieve this
- #21: Not only a simplified design but helped with their challenges WAN – Reverse QoS never interrupts business traffic, even on the smallest WAN links Cost – click Admin – click Deployment strategies – click – reverse QoS, PXE Everywhere, Peer Backup Assistant and task sequence integration can used at any site and for any machine Win8 – click
- #23: Free tools online or on the USB keys on our stand