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Meaningful innovation: It’s why so many organizations see the business value we deliver to SAP environments.

Best foundationFirst and foremost is our leadership with our Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) and Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) platforms. These platforms are the foundation for an intent-based data center that automates, simplifies, and protects your digital future—and they are the basis for all of our SAP solutions. Only our SAP-certified, policy-based converged infrastructure for SAP HANA offers a zero-touch architecture that you can deploy in days, not months.

Deep involvementNext is the breadth and depth of our involvement in SAP initiatives, including SAP HANA, S/4 HANA, Vora, and Leonardo. We don’t just sell equipment. Our real-world solutions are the result of a massive engineering effort, with best practices codified in Cisco Validated Designs that accelerate deployment and reduce risk, helping you improve your return on investment (ROI).

Industry firstsThere are many reasons why SAP awarded Cisco the 2017 SAP HANA Innovation Award.

• Big data innovation: Working with SAP, we delivered the first SAP-certified Vora and big data reference architecture, including the world’s first 2-petabyte (PB) Vora test and validation laboratory.

• High-speed connections: A leader in networking, we bring 40-Gbps connectivity between your SAP applications and SAP HANA databases.

• Networking innovation: We integrate SAP Leonardo capabilities on ruggedized routers on your network edge that comb through data and send only what you need to the data center.

• Hyperconvergence: Cisco HyperFlex™ systems offer the first hyperconverged solution certified for SAP applications.

• Security: Cisco’s top-rated, award-winning security provides full, multilayer protection for SAP data centers.

Considering cloud?• Hosting: The top eight SAP

service providers, including the three largest, run SAP HANA on Cisco UCS.

• Cloud: In addition to service provider adoption, SAP runs its own Converged Cloud Services on Cisco UCS.

• Systems integration: CenturyLink’s zero-touch SAP HANA deployment methodologies are based on Cisco UCS and Cisco ACI.

• Storage: Cisco offers more SAP-certified storage choices than any vendor, including hard disk drives (HDDs), all-flash storage, and software-defined storage options.

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Business value highlights

528%5-year ROI

9 monthsto break even

48%lower IT infrastructure costs

67%less IT staff time spent keeping the lights on

98% less unplanned downtime

29%faster application development cycles

Business Benefits for SAP Running on Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure IDC document US41084916

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The innovation we deliver is meaningful because it delivers real business value to our customers.

Real evidenceEvidence from neutral observers testifies to our industry leadership.

• Preferred platform: IDC found that Cisco UCS was identified as the preferred platform for SAP HANA by more survey participants than any other platform. IDC also found that even greater numbers of participants—20 to 25 percent—planning to move to SAP HANA prefer Cisco platforms.

• Most viewed configurations: The vendor-neutral web portal for SAP-certified platforms reports that between 2016 and 2017 Cisco moved from number 9 to number 1 in customer queries.

AddOn, the site’s host, found that Cisco receives twice the clicks as the next closest vendor.

• Preferred platform: Cloud service providers not affiliated with a hardware vendor use Cisco platforms to meet stringent service-level agreements (SLAs) and deliver services to customers at a competitive price. These service providers know they get better performance and ROI from Cisco solutions for SAP.

• Who else uses Cisco? SAP does. SAP’s Converged Cloud Architecture runs on our FlexPod and Vblock integrated infrastructure solutions.

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In December 2016, IDC conducted a fully independent survey of 300 SAP customers (statistically significant) and published the results in Infrastructure for Business Analytics – SAP, December 2016, IDC document US42196216. The question was: “If you have implemented SAP HANA, what is your preferred platform?”

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A new TDI model from SAP combined with powerful appliances and Cisco UCS M5 servers gives you a wide range of choices and price points for SAP deployments.

Leading performanceWe continue to lead in SAP performance in part due to the power of the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family. Built on 14-nanometer (nm) processor technology, the processor family delivers outstanding performance, security, and agility. Integrated into Cisco UCS, the servers become part of a single integrated system connected with a 10- or 40-Gbps unified fabric to accelerate the flow of data between SAP HANA and your landscape applications.

Integrated solutionsWith Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure solutions, your IT staff doesn’t have to spend time making everything work together and perform as expected. These innovative solutions combine Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus® switches with leading and emerging solutions from storage partners

to deliver preengineered, tested, and supported systems that are designed to operate as a single unit. Cisco tests and documents solutions so that you can get deployments up and running quickly and with confidence.

Unified managementAll of our Cisco UCS M5 servers are ready for Cisco Intersight management as a service, so you can direct all of your SAP landscapes from a single point regardless of location. Cisco Intersight™ brings intuition to your data center. With an integrated recommendation engine, the service can proactively alert you to issues before they become problems. Of course you can continue to use any of our existing managment tools to gain a global view of your infrastructure, including Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco UCS Central Software, and Cisco UCS Director.

Proven performance

The Cisco UCS C240 M5 Rack Server delivered 50 percent better performance than the Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server equipped with Intel Xeon processor E5 v4 family CPUs. Even more remarkable, using Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, the result exceeds even the best 4-socket result with the Intel Xeon processor E7 v4 family, suggesting the value of upgrading to the latest servers.

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Cisco servers and deployment models redefine your data center’s potential.

Choice of deployment modelIn addition to our successful appliance deployment model, we also enthusiastically support the new SAP Tailored Datacenter Integration (TDI) deployment model, which offers flexibility in the way that you size and deploy servers to support SAP HANA in your data center. You can choose whichever model you prefer.

• Performance-optimized appliances: Configurations are based on application memory sizes and deployed in a “shared nothing” configuration that uses dedicated servers, switching, and storage to help ensure the highest performing SAP landscape. The server configurations listed in this document use appliances.

• Performance-optimized SAP TDI: This model starts with the appliance configurations specified in this document. Costs are reduced because with this model you can share your existing data center network and use enterprise shared storage systems if they are certified for use with SAP.

• Cost-optimized SAP TDI: The SAP TDI Phase V deployment model helps you save by providing the specifications for a system tuned for your workload. You enter workload parameters into an SAP Quick Sizer tool to identify the range of processor and memory parameters that you can deploy to support SAP HANA. You can share your switching and storage infrastructure to reduce cost.

We recommend that you use the two performance-optimized sizing models for production systems and performance-dependent implementations. These systems and appliances use top-of-the-line processors and specify memory density and placement for optimal performance. For nonproduction systems or price-sensitive applications, the sizing model offers the flexibility to use Intel Xeon Scalable processors with eight or more cores with Silver, Gold, or Platinum processor levels. Memory DIMMs can be mixed, with at least one DIMM populated per channel.

Choice of serverRegardless of deployment model, you have access to industry-leading blade and rack servers with Intel Xeon Scalable processors to best match your implementation. We cover the entire SAP HANA workload spectrum, from 192 GB to 48 TB and beyond (see table on the next page). Regardless of your application, our SAP HANA solutions and landscape application support give you excellent performance.

Blade server-based implementations use enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage. Rack servers can use local hard-disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SSDs) or they can attach to enterprise shared storage systems or software-defined storage solutions. We offer scale-up solutions that can grow in processing and memory capacity, and we offer scale-out solutions that are clustered to support data set sizes up to 48 TB and beyond.

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Cisco offers a range of server options to match the unique needs of your SAP environments.

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Number of sockets 2 sockets 2 to 4 sockets 8 sockets

Analytic workloads: BW, BW/4 HANA, and custom query workloads

192 GB to 1.5 TB scale up

192 GB to 3 TB scale up: 2 to 4 Intel Xeon

Scalable processors

Scale out: 4 Intel Xeon Scalable processors and 3 to

48 TB (appliance) and beyond (TDI)

6 to 72 TB scale out

Transactional workloads: Suite on HANA and S/4 HANA

192 GB to 3 TB scale up

192 GB to 6 TB scale up: 2 to 4 Intel Xeon

Scalable processors

12 to 48 TB for S/4HANA scale up and

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Storage Enterprise shared storage

Internal or enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage

Internal or enterprise shared storage, software-defined storage

Enterprise shared storage

Internal or enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage

Internal or enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage

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Cisco Unified Computing SystemCisco Solutions for SAP are part of Cisco UCS, which allows you to run all your applications in a single management domain connected to the same unified fabric. This feature gives you high-speed, low-latency, deterministic networking to accelerate the flow of intelligence to business applications and to meet SAP’s networking requirements.

Integrated with a pair of fabric interconnects with 10- or 40-Gbps unified fabric connectivity, the system uses a single set of cables to connect your IP, storage, and management networks. With Cisco UCS management, you can define your SAP landscape using policies that automatically configure servers to comply with SAP’s certifications. Cisco UCS is form-factor neutral, so you can deploy blade and rack servers in the same system.

Two-socket solutionsOur 2-socket servers are the workhorses for many production and nonproduction environments

using SAP HANA. These servers fit a scale-up model for both analytic and transactional workloads:

• Analytic workloads: Including SAP Business Warehouse (BW), BW for HANA (BW/4HANA), and custom query workloads with data set sizes from 192 GB to 1.5 TB

• Transactional workloads: Including SAP Suite on HANA and SAP Business Suite for HANA (S/4HANA) workloads with data set sizes from 192 GB to 3 TB

Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade ServerThe Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server delivers world-class performance and 3-TB memory capacity at a modest price. Our most popular server, its power and cooling system can support some of the fastest Intel Xeon Scalable processors and relies on your SAP-certified storage in appliance and TDI deployments. The server’s small form factor (SFF) reduces your space requirements by half compared to other SAP-certified blade servers. The Cisco UCS B200 M5 can serve as an SAP application and presentation server.

Cisco UCS C220 M5 Rack ServerThe Cisco UCS C220 M5 Rack Server is the most versatile general-purpose infrastructure and application server in the industry. It is a high-density 2-socket rack server that delivers industry-leading performance and efficiency for a wide range of SAP application workloads. With SAP certifications for three to eight SSDs providing 1.5 TB to 3 TB of storage, the server can operate as an independent appliance. The Cisco UCS C200 M5 can also serve as an SAP application and presentation server.

Cisco UCS C240 M5 Rack ServerThe Cisco UCS C240 M5 Rack Server is a 2-socket, 2-rack-unit (2RU) server offering industry-leading performance and expandability for both storage and I/O-intensive workloads. Certified by SAP for 20 HDDs (up to 3 TB), 8 SSDs (up to 3 TB), or 3 SSDs (1.5 TB), it is an excellent choice for big data and software-defined storage solutions.

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Workloads supported Analytic and transactional applications SAP application and presentation server

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Form factor Half-width blade server 1RU rack server 2RU rack server

Recommended Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs

8180 (28 cores, 2.5 GHz) 8180M (28 cores, 2.5 GHz) 8176 (28 cores, 2.1 GHz) 8176M (28 cores, 2.1 GHz)

SAP HANA certified memory capacity

Analytic: 192 GB to 1.5 TB scale up Transactional: 192 GB to 3 TB scale up

I/O Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1340 or 1380

Cisco UCS VIC 1385

Storage Enterprise shared storage 8 x 3.8-TB 6-Gbps SAS HDD 3 x 3.8-GB SAS SSD (1.5-TB configurations only)

20 x 1.8-TB 6-Gbps SAS HDD 8 x 3.8-TB 6-Gbps SAS HDD 3 x 3.8-GB SAS SSD (1.5-TB configurations only)

Dual-purpose production or nonproduction option allows both HDDs and SSDs

RAID controller Not applicable Cisco 12-Gbps SAS modular RAID controller (RAID 0, 1, and 10; and RAID 5 and 6 with optional cache module)

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“We view business analytics as a competitive differentiator for Johnsonville. Instead of looking in the rear-view mirror and using standard reporting, our goal is to move toward predictive analytics that enable more prescriptive decision making.”

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Four-socket solutionsOur 4-socket server solutions can be used as appliances or as the basis for TDI deployments, and they can support all analytic and transactional workloads.

In a scale-up model, the servers are certified for use with two or four processors with data set sizes beginning at 192 TB. Analytic workloads can scale to 3 TB of memory, and transactional workloads can scale to 6 TB.

For scale-out deployment, 4-processor configurations with 3 TB of memory can scale to data

set sizes of 48 TB in an appliance model and up to 48 TB and beyond in TDI deployments.

Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade ServerThe Cisco UCS B480 M5 Blade Server is our newest 4-socket mission-critical blade server. It is designed to deliver industry-leading performance and efficiency gains for a wide range of memory-intensive workloads such as SAP HANA. This blade server has the power and cooling necessary to handle top-of-the-line Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 processors specified for appliance-model deployment. Deployed for SAP HANA, this server

requires the use of enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage for the SAP HANA persistence layer.

Cisco UCS C480 M5 Rack ServerThe Cisco UCS C480 M5 Rack Server is our newest 4-socket mission-critical rack server. Designed for industry-leading performance, this server is certified for a large number of internal drives (20 for SAP HANA), allowing it to operate as a self-sufficient appliance. It can also be deployed in a TDI deployment model using enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage.

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Workloads supported All analytic and transactional workloads

Form factor Full-width blade server 6RU rack server

Number of processors 2 to 4 CPUs in scale-up deployment 4 CPUs in scale-out deployment

Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs

8180 (28 cores, 2.5 GHz) 8180M (28 cores, 2.5 GHz) 8176 (28 cores, 2.1 GHz) 8176M (28 cores, 2.1 GHz)

SAP HANA certified memory capacity

Analytic: 192 GB to 3 TB scale up Analytic: Scale out with 3-TB nodes to 48-TB appliance and beyond (TDI) Transactional: 192 GB to 6 TB scale up

I/O 2 x Cisco UCS VIC 1340 or 2 x Cisco UCS VIC 1380

2 x Cisco UCS VIC 1385

Storage Enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage

20 x 1.8-TB 6-Gbps SAS HDD 8 x 3.8-TB 6-Gbps SAS SSD 3 x 3.8-TB SAS SSD (1.5-TB-configurations only)

Enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage

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Cisco C880 M5 Server SolutionsThe Cisco C880 M5 Server supports both scale-up and scale-out deployment models for Cisco solutions for SAP HANA. It supports scale-up transactional applications such as SAP S/4HANA with data set sizes from 6 to 12 TB in appliance or TDI deployments. Analytic applications such as SAP BW can

scale out from 3 to 96 TB. Three or more Cisco C880 M5 Servers can be deployed as a cluster for SAP S/4HANA data set sizes up to 48 TB and beyond with a TDI deployment.

The Cisco C880 M5 can support a large number of disk drives, making it useful as a standalone server. It can also be configured in a TDI deployment model to use enterprise shared storage or software-defined storage.

Because we use industry-standard architecture and recognized best practices, no special IT processes are needed to incorporate or maintain our solutions in your data center. Our solutions are designed to support data center readiness requirements, including high availability, reliability, and business continuance.

Exceptional agility, security, and governanceWatch this video to learn why Cisco UCS is the right platform for your SAP S/4HANA deployments.

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Workloads supported All analytic and transactional workloads

Form factor 5-RU rack server

Number of processors 8

Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs

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SAP HANA certified memory capacity

Analytic: Scale up 6 to 12 TB

Transactional: Scale out 3 to 96 TB

Both: Can scale out to 48 TB (appliance) and beyond (TDI)

I/O 4 x 2-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters

2 x 2-port 32-Gbps Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs)

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A flexible pool of resources supports your entire SAP environment with scalability, flexibility, performance, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

A new solutionWe have been leaders in providing scale-up and scale-out integrated infrastructure solutions for SAP HANA that incorporate enterprise shared storage in a single, easy-to-order, and easy-to deploy configuration. Now we offer an SAP-certified shared storage solution with a cluster of Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Servers.

We unify the storage cluster using the MapR Converged Data Platform to deliver Network File System (NFS) access to your data. Now you can create a pool of Cisco UCS C240 M4 servers that can be deployed on demand for your computing or storage needs. The same server can be deployed as a member of a storage cluster, an SAP HANA Vora node, as part of a Hadoop cluster, or to run third-party applications. All your servers can be repurposed in minutes because

they all reside in the same Cisco UCS management domain, greatly simplifying your environment.

Start small and scale on demandYou can start with an SAP HANA storage cluster with as few as three servers and scale as your capacity needs increase. The appliance model allows you to scale to up to 16 servers at 33 TB each. The TDI model allows you to scale to 16 servers and beyond. Cisco is certified to deliver shared network TDI services, so we can deploy the solution with your SAP and even third-party applications in the same Cisco UCS domain with high-bandwidth and low-latency connectivity that increases performance, flexibility, and scalability, all while reducing your TCO.

“The performance we offer for SAP in the cloud puts us in a league of our own, and we’re very proud of that.”

Mario Brugnera, head of department, SAP Competence Centre, Finanz Informatik Technologie Service

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Imagine the possibilitiesMoving to Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for SAP HANA opens a new level of flexibility, scalability, efficiency, and performance for your data center. Imagine the possibilities in the TDI deployment illustrated here.

• Support your SAP HANA environment with a dedicated storage cluster, allowing you to scale computing and storage resources independently.

• Support SAP and third-party applications from a global storage pool.

• Repurpose Cisco UCS C240 M4 servers as SAP HANA Vora nodes.

• Maintain a pool of available servers that can be called into service to handle workload spikes or scale applications or storage in resources minutes with Cisco UCS management and Cisco UCS service profiles.

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Cisco UCS C240 M5 servers providingcomputing, memory, and storage

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Global storage poolCisco UCS C240 M5 serversproviding TBs of storage each

SAP HANA storageCisco UCS C240 M5 serversproviding TBs of storage each

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Sample TDI deployment with a global storage pool supporting SAP HANA, SAP applications, and Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Servers also supporting SAP HANA Vora

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For more informationWebsite and collateral library• SAP Applications on Cisco UCS

Infographics• FlashStack for SAP

• IDC Survey: Cisco UCS #1 for HANA

• ROI Summary for Cisco UCS as a Platform for SAP HANA and Other SAP Mission Critical Applications

Industry reports• The Business Value of Cisco UCS Integrated

Infrastructure Solutions for Running SAP Workloads

• The Business Value of Cisco UCS as a Platform for SAP HANA and Other SAP Mission-Critical Applications

• Considering Cisco UCS as a Preferred Platform for SAP HANA

White papers• Cisco C880 M4 Server with SAP HANA

Tailored Datacenter Integration

• Data Protection for SAP Applications on FlashStack with Commvault on Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server

• Running SAP Production Landscapes in a Cisco HyperFlex 2.0 All-Flash System with an SAP HANA Appliance

Solution overviews

• Analyze High-Velocity, High-Volume Data from the Internet of Things

• CenturyLink Solutions for SAP with Cisco and NetApp

• Cisco Leads the Way with SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration

• Cisco Solution Center for SAP Applications

• Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data with SAP Vora

• Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Big Data and Cisco ACI with SAP HANA Vora

• Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for SAP HANA

Cisco Validated Designs

Cisco makes it easy to build cost-effective IT infrastructure for SAP environments. Verified, lab-tested architectures provide detailed design and implementation guidebooks that help reduce risk and guesswork by giving your architects and administrators step-by-step guidance. By following the guidelines in these Cisco Validated Designs, you can use a proven approach for the deployment, use, and management of your SAP infrastructure resources.

To search the library of Cisco Validated Designs, visit the Cisco Design Zone.