Data Centre Infrastructure Management

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Data Centre InfrastructureManagement DCIM

Where it fits with whats going on


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ITIL reducing IT OPEX by 25%

ITIL is about processes these are defined in two main areas

ITIL Service Delivery processes :

Capacity management

Financial management for IT services

Availability Management

IT service continuity management

Service Delivery is concerned with setting up service level agreementsand monitoring the targets within these agreements.

On the operational level, the Service Support processes can be viewed as

deliverin service as laid down in these a reements.

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ITIL Service support processes :Configuration management

Change management

n rastructure rary s t e most w e y accepte

approach to IT Service Management internationally.

ITIL processes covers IT service management best

practice for internal IT departments and for managing

outsourced service delivery.

Release management

Incident management

Problem management

Service desk


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Change Management Release Management Configuration Management Other Service Management

Processes

Configuration Management Database CMDB

Request for Change Incident & ProblemManagementnt

ification

Change Approval

Assess

Analyse Impact

Financial Management

Availability & IT Continuityanagem

se

B rol-Status-Ve

Implement Change

Release: and distribute new

software/hardware with

documentation

Capacity Management

uration

Datab

CM

D

tification-C

ont

&audi

Post Implementation

Review

Close Change IT Security Management

Service Level Management

Config

Planning-Iden


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Platforms follow ITIL Processes

IBM Tivoli

BMC Remedy

HP So tware EMC Ionix


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The Data Centre --- Significant events

UK is 65 millionpeople how many DC needed 100 to 1000

estimates

Facebook 500 million provided by 10 DC

Business computers are at Risk because Gaminguses 5X the CPUs

Keith Cambron President and CEO of AT&TApril 2010 100Gigwith Cisco CRS-3 and the Ethernet

Alliance has been testing 40gig interoperability.

Steve Ballmer CEO, Microsoft

90% of staff deployed on CLOUD Computing

Kevin Timmons GM Microsoft DCPreassembled SOLUTIONS


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Standard Pre-Configured6509 Basic Confi uration

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Example of Deployment Solutions

Net-Access- Net-AccessNet-AccessCisco Nexus 7010

Nexus 7018sco

Servers in Net-SERVsco


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Ready Deployment to Best Practices

VBLOCK

V0 800 VM

Known PUE


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Physical layer Services

Assessment Services Cover

SPACE How to et more 35%-50%COOLING Focused on Air flow and

containment issues with technical

placementPOWER Rack and Cabinet level

CABLING- the 1-10 - 40 -100 migration

and the routing of cables in the DCPUE Assessing and measuring


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Requirement for DCIM

Data Centre Infrastructure Management


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Power Usage Effectiveness

PUE = IT + DC ower 100 watts + 100 watts = 2IT power 100watts

The Green Grid

Traditions DC are PUE of 2.5 Inefficient Nirvana is 1

Capgeminis new facility Merlin, Swindon .UK uses fresh air cooling

PUE 1.08


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Using new Servers

= + power wa s + wa s =

IT power 50watts

Nirvana is

Data Centre Efficiency


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Requirement is Risk Mitigation

User community

Data Centre

pp ca on e very


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Power Consumption and CFD

CRAC unit notaligned with HotCRAC unit not

aligned with HotColdaisle

HotHot Hot

Coldaisle

ices

aisleaisle aisle

Elevated inlet

temperatures due

to poor airflow

Elevated inlet

temperatures due

to poor airflowfessionalServ

Wasted

bypass air

Wasted

bypass air

Hot aisleHot aisleUITGlobal

Pr

CRAC unit not

aligned with

CRAC unit not

aligned with

exhaust air

recirculation

exhaust air

recirculation

B

eforePAND

Hot AisleHot Aisle

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Initial step

Do I monitor

service

e very

Monitor DC Power and

Over provision cooling

Periodic CFD Analysis


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Business Priority 11

22

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Platform Data Centre Management

Platform tracks by IP and MAC address


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Platform Data Centre Management

Business is now at RISK


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Provisioning, Moves, Changes and Fault MTTR

Real Time Physical location TrackingSpeeds up Physical Provisioning

Changes from human error

Reduces MTTR


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Line of Business ApplicationDCIM adds physical deployments, power and thermals


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No

n ow

of Risk

Line of Business ApplicationDCIM automates physical layer tracking of moves and changes


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Logical to Physical Layer Mapping

Network Management Logical View

Virtualization is another layer

DCIM Physical View


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Software & Appliance Market Evolution: 2011-201524


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Analyst Validation of DCIM Category

Gartner (research note:

G00174769) DCIM: Going Beyond IT by

David Cappuccio

Forrester (December 2009) Put DCIM Into Your

Schreck

DCIM = Data Center Infrastructure Management


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DCIM positioning with standards

ITILITIL

Real-Time Physical Connectivity Monitoring AutomatedDocumentation &

Reporting

Configuration

Management

Database (CMDB)

Data CenterData CenterTIA/EITIA/EI

Unauthorized Physical Access and PhysicalChange Alerts

InfrastructureInfrastructure

ManagementManagement

HIPPAHIPPA

A 606A 606--

AA Physical Location Tracking of IT Assets

Ph sical De lo ment Environment Monitorin and

ISOISO1779917799

Managing

Automated Documentation

Managed &

Secure ServicesCompliant Labeling

& Inventory Mgt.


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Total Economic Impact

Layers 2-8Layers 0-7 (OSI)

Layers 0 and 1 Provided by DCIM Power

Thermal

Connectivity

Location

Layers 0-1

Layers 2 through 7

Provided through integrations withmanagement Platform

Change management

Capacity management

PUE reporting


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Example from IPLM


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Cross-Connect Installations


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Interconnect Installations


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Enterprise Installations


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Sensor Appliance

Managed POU

Temperature

Humidity

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Cabinet Integration


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Reference Designs = Best Practices (Logical and Physical)

ayer ggrega on ou ng

Layer 2 Access Bridging & Spanning Tree

Protocol


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Cabinet To Tem svs. Used Power

ASHRAE recommendations. 18-27 C or 64.4 de F throu h 80.6 de F


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Cabinet Elevation View


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DCIM Physical Deployment by Line of business

Monitor

Plan

ep oy

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Questions ?

Documents

Data Centre Infrastructure Management