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Unified Computing

Almost 4,000 UCS CustomersAlmost 4,000 UCS Customers

700% Y/Y Growth700% Y/Y Growth

10s of Thousands of Supported Apps10s of Thousands of Supported Apps

Over 250 Certified PartnersOver 250 Certified Partners

10+ World Record Benchmarks10+ World Record Benchmarks

40+ ISVs Developing to UCS via API40+ ISVs Developing to UCS via API

Annualized Run Rate -> 650 millionAnnualized Run Rate -> 650 million

VM-FEX with Cisco Virtual Interface CardСкороходов Александр

Системный инженер-консультантaskorokh@cisco.com

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Virtual Interface Card Market Traction and Momentum

* Based on Dell Oro’s Q3 CY10 10Gb adapter and controller report

Market Traction Significant percentage of total 10Gb blade server ports*

Clear majority of UCS B-series attach

VIC for C-series launched in Sep 2010

Eco System Momentum

StorageEMC, NetApp, HDS, NEC, HP, 3PAR, IBM

OS portfoliovSphere (4.0 U1 & later)

Red Hat (5.4 & later)

Win 2003, Win 2008, Win 2008 R2

SLES (11 SP1 & later)

XenServer (5.6 FP1 & later)

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Cisco Fabric Extender Concept Port Extender (Pre-standard 802.1Qbh)

LAN LANSwitch port extended over Switch port extended over Fabric Extender Fabric Extender

Collapse networking tiers, reduce network management points!!!

Switch

Switch

Legacy multi-tier architecture FEX architecture

Switch

FEX

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Nexus 5000 + FEX Single Access Layer

=

Distributed Modular System

+

Nexus 5000 Parent Switch

Cisco Nexus® 2000 FEX

Over 3000 production customers!!! Over 3 million Nexus 2000 ports deployed!!!

Distributed Modular SystemNexus 2000 FEX is a Virtual Line Card to the Nexus 5000Nexus 5000 maintains all management & configurationNo Spanning Tree between FEX & Nexus 5000

LAN

N7000/C6500

MDS

SAN

Access LayerN5000

1 12

N2232 N2232

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Baseline architecture

Switch

FEX

Extending FEX architecture to Virtual Machines Cascading Port Extender (Pre-standard 802.1Qbh)

vSwitch

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

LAN

VM-FEX architecture

Switch

FEX

LAN

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

VM-FEX

Switch port extended over Switch port extended over cascaded Fabric Extenders cascaded Fabric Extenders to the Virtual Machine to the Virtual Machine

Collapse virtual and physical networking tiers!!!

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UCS VM-FEXExtend FEX Architecture to the Virtual Access Layer

=

Distrbuted Modular System

VM-FEX: Single Virtual-Physical Access LayerCollapse virtual and physical switching into a single access layerVIC is a Virtual Line Card to the UCS Fabric InterconnectFabric Interconnect maintains all management & configuration Virtual and Physical traffic treated the same

LAN

N7000/C6500

MDS

SAN

Access LayerUCS 6100

1 160

UCS VIC UCS VIC

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOSAppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOSAppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

AppApp

OSOS

UCS IOM UCS IOM

+

UCS Fabric Interconnect Parent Switch

Cisco UCS VIC

UCS IOM-FEX

+

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HypervisorHypervisor

Summary VM-FEX: Host View - One network

UCS 6100

VMVM VMVM VMVM VMVM VMVM VMVM VMVM VMVMVNICVNIC

UCS Server UCS Server

VM-FEX BasicsFabric Extender for VMsHypervisor vSwitch removed Each VM assigned a PCIedeviceEach VM gets a virtual port on physical switchVM-FEX: One Network

Collapses virtual and physical switching layersDramatically reduces network management points by eliminating per host vSwitchVirtual and Physical traffic treated the same

Host CPU Cycles ReliefHost CPU cycles relieved from VM switching I/O Throughput improvements

UC

S VI

C

UC

S VI

C

VETHVETH

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HypervisorHypervisor

Operational Model

UCS 6100

VMVM VMVM

UC

S VI

C

UC

S VI

C

UCS Server UCS Server

vCentervCenter

Port ProfilesDefined in UCSM

WEB AppsWEB Apps

HRHR

DBDB

ComplianceCompliance

VC Deploys VMswith port groups

UCSM exports Port Profiles to VC

VMVM

VMVMVNICVNIC

VETHVETH

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Easy VM-FEX Demo - 1

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Easy VM-FEX Demo - 2

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Easy VM-FEX Demo - 3

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