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Unified Compute System (UCS) Architectural Overview
Steve McQuerry. CCIE #6108
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Single Management Interface for up to 160 blade servers
Role Based Access for LAN, SAN, and Server Administrators
Clustered for fault tolerance and no single point of failure for any chassis
Open APIs for third party integration
UCS System and Connectivity View
SAN B
SAN A LAN
Server
SAN
Network
Mgmt
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Unified Computing System (UCS)
Single Point of Management
Unified Fabric
Stateless Servers
with
Virtualized Adapters
Single Point of Management
Reduced # of management points
Reduced firmware management
Reduced time to resolve issues
Reduced complexity
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Unified Computing System (UCS)
Single Point of Management
Unified Fabric
Stateless Servers
with
Virtualized Adapters
Unified Fabric
Reduced # of adapters
Reduced # of switches
Reduced LAN and SAN edge ports
Reduced cabling costs
Reduced power due to less H/W
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Unified Computing System (UCS)
Single Point of Management
Unified Fabric
Stateless Servers
with
Virtualized Adapters
Large Memory
Reduced server costs
Reduced power and cooling costs
Reduced software costs
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Unified Computing System (UCS)
Single Point of Management
Unified Fabric
Stateless Servers
with
Virtualized Adapters
Virtualization & Stateless Servers
Reduced type of servers via H/W virtualization
Reduced # of standby servers for HA
Reduced downtime due to service profiles
Reduced time to resolve issues with VM’s
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Cisco Unified Computing System
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System Components
Fabric Interconnect
(40 or 20 10GE ports) + (2 or 1 GEM slots)
Chassis
Upto 8 half width blades or 4 full width blades
Fabric Extender
Host to uplink traffic engineering
Up to 80Gb Flexible bandwidth allocation
Adapter
Virtualized adapter for single OS and hypervisor systems
Compute Blade
Compute Chassis
x86 Computer x86 Computer
X
I I
x8 x8 x8 x8
B
MGMT
S S
B
X X X X X
C C
A
G G
G G
SAN
G
R
A
G
G G
G
R
G
P M P
SAN LAN
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Interconnect
Fabric
Extender
Fabric
Extender
Compute Blade
(Half slot)
Adapter
Compute Blade
(Full slot)
Adapter Adapter
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System Components – Details
Compute Chassis
x86 Computer x86 Computer
X
I I
x8 x8 x8 x8
B
MGMT
S S
B
X X X X X
C C
A
G G
G G
SAN
G
R
A
G
G G
G
R
G
P E/Q P
SAN LAN
Fabric
Switch
Fabric
Switch
Fabric
Extender
Fabric
Extender
Compute Blade
(Half slot)
Compute Blade
(Full slot)
Adapter Adapter Adapter
Altos ASIC
0.56 Tbps Xbar
Gatos ASIC
10GE/FC/1GE Media Access Controllers
Forwarding - Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Multipath
Policy Engine
Packet Buffering
Redwood ASIC
Host to uplink traffic engineering
Connectivity detection & management portal
Palo ASIC Data Plane
Virtualized adapter for both single OS and hypervisor systems
Ethernet, FC
Direct Data Placement for Fibre Channel
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Wire for Bandwidth, Not Connectivity
Wire Once Architecture
All links can be active all the time
Policy-driven bandwidth allocation
Virtual interface granularity
Uplinks
20Gb/s 40Gb/s 80Gb/s
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UCS Manager Embedded in Fabric Interconnect
UCS Fabric Interconnects 6100 6200
UCS Fabric Extenders Logically part of Fabric Interconnect Inserts into Blade Enclosure
UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations Logically part of Fabric Interconnect
UCS Blade Servers Different blade types Mix blade types within enclosure
UCS Rack Servers
Different server types
Standalone or UCSM integrated
UCS Adapters Three adapter options Mix adapters within blade
Building Blocks
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Unified Computing System Manager
• Embedded device manager for family of UCS components
• Enables stateless computing via Service Profiles
• Efficient scale: Same effort for 1 to N blades
• APIs for integration with new and existing data center infrastructure
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UCS Manager
Single point of management for UCS system of components
Adapters, blades, chassis, fabric extenders, fabric interconnects
Embedded device manager
Discovery, Inventory, Configuration, Monitoring, Diagnostics, Statistics Collection
Coordinated deployment to managed endpoints
APIs for integration with new and existing data center infrastructure
SMASH-CLP, IPMI, SNMP
XML-based SDK for commercial & custom implementations
UCS Manager
GUI Custom Portal or Tools
Systems Management Software
CLI
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Management Protocols
Call-home
SMASH CLP
Remote KVM UCS CLI and GUI
UCS XML API
CIM XML
IPMI
SNMP
Serial Over LAN
syslog
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UCS Manager Embedded in Fabric Interconnect
UCS Fabric Interconnects 6100 6200
UCS Fabric Extenders Logically part of Fabric Interconnect Inserts into Blade Enclosure
UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations Logically part of Fabric Interconnect
UCS Blade Servers Different blade types Mix blade types within enclosure
UCS Rack Servers
Different server types
Standalone or UCSM integrated
UCS Adapters Three adapter options Mix adapters within blade
Building Blocks
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UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects
6100 Series Fabric Interconnects • 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE capable, SFP+ ports
• 20 and 40 fixed port versions with Expansion slots for additional
Fiber Channel and 10 GE connectivity
• Upto to 1.04 Tbps of throughput
• Hot pluggable fan and power supplies
• Hardware based support for Cisco VN-Link technology
• Fully managed by UCS Manager through Fabric Interconnect
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Combo FC + Ethernet
FC-only (8 ports @ 1/2/4 Gbsec)
Ethernet-only
FC-only (6 ports @ 1/2/4/8 Gbsec)
UCS 6100 Series Expansion Modules
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• UCS 6248UP chassis
• 32 fixed Unified Ports
• 1 expansion module slot (16 ports)
• Double the port density in 1RU
• Foundation for future network scalability
• 1.92 Tbps throughput
• 4096 VLANs
• Dual power supplies for both AC and DC
Scalable platform for high density, high
performance, unified infrastructure
Platform for future app and virtualization needs
Benefit
Feature details
UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnect
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Unified Port
Unified Ports Dynamic Ports Allocation: Lossless Ethernet or Fibre Channel
Use-cases
Native Fibre Channel
Flexible LAN & storage convergence based on business needs
Service can be adjusted based on the demand for specific traffic
Convert protocol support on the
same port dynamically
All ports on UCS 6200 Series
16-port Expansion Module for
6248UP and 6296UP
Lossless Ethernet:
1/10GbE, FCoE, iSCSI, NAS
Benefits
Simplify switch purchase - remove ports ratio guess work
Increase design flexibility
Remove bandwidth bottlenecks
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UCS 6200 Expansion Module
UCS-FI-E16UP • 16 “Unified Ports”
• Ports can be configured as either
Ethernet or Native FC Ports
• Ethernet operations at 1/10 Gigabit
Ethernet
• Fibre Channel operations at 8/4/2/1G
• Uses existing Ethernet SFP+ and
Cisco 8/4/2G and 4/2/1G FC Optics
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UCS Manager Embedded in Fabric Interconnect
UCS Fabric Interconnects 6100 6200
UCS Fabric Extenders Logically part of Fabric Interconnect Inserts into Blade Enclosure
UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations Logically part of Fabric Interconnect
UCS Blade Servers Different blade types Mix blade types within enclosure
UCS Rack Servers
Different server types
Standalone or UCSM integrated
UCS Adapters Three adapter options Mix adapters within blade
Building Blocks
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UCS 2104 Fabric Extender
2104 Fabric Extender • Connects UCS blade chassis to the Fabric Interconnect
• Four 10 Gigabit Ethernet, FCoE capable, SFP+ ports
• Up to 2 Fabric Extenders per chassis for redundancy and up to 80
Gbps of bandwidth per chassis
• Built-in chassis management functionality
• Hardware based support for Cisco VN-Link technology
• Fully managed by UCS Manager through Fabric Interconnect
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• Double the uplink bandwidth
• 8 x 10 Gig network-facing ports
• Quadruple the server-facing bandwidth
• 32 x 10 Gig = 4 per half width slot
• Two I/O Modules per chassis
• 80Gbps to a single half-width blade (40Gbps left and right)
• 160Gbps to a full-width blade
I/O scalability and flexibility
Customer benefits
Feature details
UCS 2208XP I/O Module
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UCS Manager Embedded in Fabric Interconnect
UCS Fabric Interconnects 6100 6200
UCS Fabric Extenders Logically part of Fabric Interconnect Inserts into Blade Enclosure
UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations Logically part of Fabric Interconnect
UCS Blade Servers Different blade types Mix blade types within enclosure
UCS Rack Servers
Different server types
Standalone or UCSM integrated
UCS Adapters Three adapter options Mix adapters within blade
Building Blocks
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UCS 5108 Blade Chassis
Chassis
• Up to 8 half slot blades
• Up to 4 full slot blades
• 4x power supplies, N+N grid redundant
• 8x fans included
• 2x UCS 2104 Fabric Extender
• All items hot-pluggable
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4 to 8 Blades
4 Power
Supplies
6U, 19” Rack
8 Fan Modules
4 Power
Connectors
2 Fabric
Extenders
UCS 5108 Blade Chassis Parts
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Redundant data and management paths
I/O Modules
Blade Connectors PSU Connectors
UCS 5108 Blade Chassis Backplane
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UCS Manager Embedded in Fabric Interconnect
UCS Fabric Interconnects 6100 6200
UCS Fabric Extenders Logically part of Fabric Interconnect Inserts into Blade Enclosure
UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations Logically part of Fabric Interconnect
UCS Blade Servers Different blade types Mix blade types within enclosure
UCS Rack Servers
Different server types
Standalone or UCSM integrated
UCS Adapters Three adapter options Mix adapters within blade
Building Blocks
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Compute overview B
lade
Rack M
ount
B230 M2
2 Socket Intel E7, 2 SSD 7mm Disk, 32 DIMM
B250 M2
2 Socket Intel 5600, 2 SFF Disk, 48 DIMM
B200 M2
2 Socket Intel 5600, 2 SFF Disk, 12 DIMM
B440 M2
4 Socket Intel E7,4 SFF Disk, 32 DIMM
C200 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 4 Disks, 12 DIMM, 2 PCIe, 1U
C210 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 16 Disks, 12 DIMM, 5 PCIe, 2U
C250 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 8 Disks, 48 DIMM, 5 PCIe, 2U
C460 M2 4 Socket Intel E7, 12 Disks, 64 DIMM, 10 PCIe, 4U
C260 M2 2 Socket Intel E7, 16 Disks, 32/64 DIMM, 6 PCIe, 2U
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UCS Manager Embedded in Fabric Interconnect
UCS Fabric Interconnects 6100 6200
UCS Fabric Extenders Logically part of Fabric Interconnect Inserts into Blade Enclosure
UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations Logically part of Fabric Interconnect
UCS Blade Servers Different blade types Mix blade types within enclosure
UCS Rack Servers
Different server types
Standalone or UCSM integrated
UCS Adapters Three adapter options Mix adapters within blade
Building Blocks
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C460 M2 4 Socket Intel E7, 12 Disks, 64 DIMM, 10 PCIe, 4U
C260 M2 2 Socket Intel E7, 16 Disks, 32/64 DIMM, 6 PCIe, 2U
C210 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 16 Disks, 12 DIMM, 5 PCIe, 2U
C200 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 4 Disks, 12 DIMM, 2 PCIe, 1U
Compute overview B
lade
Rack M
ount
B230 M2
2 Socket Intel E7, 2 SSD 7mm Disk, 32 DIMM
B250 M2
2 Socket Intel 5600, 2 SFF Disk, 48 DIMM
B200 M2
2 Socket Intel 5600, 2 SFF Disk, 12 DIMM
B440 M2
4 Socket Intel E7, 4 SFF Disk, 32 DIMM
C250 M2 2 Socket Intel 5600, 8 Disks, 48 DIMM, 5 PCIe, 2U
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UCS Manager Embedded in Fabric Interconnect
UCS Fabric Interconnects 6100 6200
UCS Fabric Extenders Logically part of Fabric Interconnect Inserts into Blade Enclosure
UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations Logically part of Fabric Interconnect
UCS Blade Servers Different blade types Mix blade types within enclosure
UCS Rack Servers
Different server types
Standalone or UCSM integrated
UCS Adapters Three adapter options Mix adapters within blade
Building Blocks
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High Performance 10Gbps per port maximum throughput for high bandwidth SAN and LAN traffic
Full hardware offload for FCoE protocol processing
250,000 IOPS per port deliver high I/O
Up to 8Gb FC throughput
Full support for TCP/IP and Ethernet with enhancements
Priority-based Flow Control (802.1Qbb)
Jumbo frames
Checksum offloads
Segmentation offloads
Common driver for CNAs and HBAs
Low power ~ 5W
I/O Adapters for B-Series M72KR-Q
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Full 10Gbps network performance
with support both LAN and SAN traffic
Full hardware offload for FCoE
protocol processing
PCIe Express 2.0 (x8, 5GT/s), MSI-X support
Integrated data buffer and code space memory
Theoretical 10Gb FC throughput
Common driver for UCNAs and HBAs
Support for Jumbo frames
Cannot do per priority pause on Ethernet traffic.
I/O Adapters for B-Series M72KR-E
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I/O Adapters for B-Series M61KR-I
Interface Type PCIe v2.0 (5.0GT/s)
Intel® VT-dVMDq, SR-IOV
Full support for TCP/IP and Ethernet with enhancements:
Priority-based Flow Control (802.1Qbb)
Jumbo frames
Checksum offloads
Segmentation offloads
Low power ~7W
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I/O Adapters for B-Series M51KR-B
Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 Dual-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe Adapter
x8 PCI Express base specifications v2.0 and v1.1
iSCSI offload
Virtual LANs (VLANs), IEEE 802.1q
IEEE 802.3x flow control
TCP, IP, UDP checksum offload - TCP segmentation
iSCSI Boot capable
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Palo Based Mezzanine Card M81KR-VIC
0 1 2
Eth Eth
FC FC
119
Adapter designed for both single-OS and VM-based deployments • Network Interface Virtualisation support
• VN-link capable hypervisor integration
PCIe standard compliant
Power of 18 watts
Cut-through architecture
High Performance • 2x 10Gb
• Low latency
• 600K IOPS
HW capable of up to 128 vNICs • Ethernet vNIC, and FC vHBA
• Two ports to the backplane
• Switch and network see all vNIC and vHBA
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• Dual 4x10 Gbps to a single slot
• Host connectivity PCIe Gen2x16
• HW Capable of 256 PCIe devices
• OS restriction apply
• PCIe virtualization OS independent (similar to Palo)
• OS drivers for 1st Gen VIC and 2nd Gen VIC same
Dual 4x10 Gb to a single slot VM-FEX scale, up to 116 VM interfaces /w ESX 5.0
Customer benefits
Feature details
UCS 1280 2nd Gen VIC
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I/0 Adapters:
N2XX-ABPCI02 - Broadcom BCM57711, 10 GbE Dual Port NIC (TwinAx Cable Only)
N2XX-ABPCI03 - Broadcom BCM5709, GbE Quad Port GE NIC
N2XX-ABPCI01 - Broadcom BCM5709, GbE Dual Port GE NIC
UCSC-PCIE-BSFP - Broadcom BCM57712, 10GbE Dual Port NIC
N2XX-AEPCI01 - Emulex OneConnect OCe10102-F FCoE CNA (TwinAx Cable Only)
N2XX-AEPCI03 - Emulex LPE 11002 4Gb Dual Channel FC HBA
N2XX-AEPCI05 - Emulex Lpe 12002 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
N2XX-AIPCI01 - Intel Ethernet X520 10GbE Dual Port Server Adapter (TwinAx Cable Only)
N2XX-AIPCI02 - Intel Quad Port GE NIC
N2XX-AQPCI01 - Qlogic QLE 8152 (FCoE) 10 Gb 2-port CNA (TwinAx Cable Only)
N2XX-AQPCI03 - Qlogic 2462 4Gb Dual-Channel FC HBA
3rd Party Adapters for UCS C-series
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Connectivity
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UCS 6100 Operating Modes
• External LAN sees UCS 6100 as an end-host
with multiple adapters (no STP)
• Active/Active use of uplinks by pinning
• Single or disjoint upstream L2 domain
• More scalable than switch mode
• External LAN sees UCS 6100 as a traditional
Ethernet switch (STP = PVST+)
• Some uplinks blocked by STP (no pinning)
• Single or disjoint L2 domains
• MAC learning on uplink/server interfaces
End Host Switch
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UCS Ethernet Connectivity
appliance
monitor
LAN IP Storage FCoE Storage
UCS 6100 UCS 6100
Nexus 2248 Nexus 2248
storage target uplinks
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Port Types vs. FI Operating Mode
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From Chassis to Fabric Interconnect
UCS 2104
10Gb Mezz
IOH
CPU CPU
x16 Gen 2
x16 Gen 2
Mezz
Server Blade
Midplane
IO Modules UCS 2104
SFP+ Module Fabric
Interconnects SFP+ Module
IO Module to 61XX Blades pinned to uplink based On Slot number
Blade Chassis
(UCS 61XX)
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From Chassis to Fabric Interconnect - New
UCS 2208
UCS 1280
IOH
CPU CPU
x16 Gen 2
x16 Gen 2
Mezz
Server Blade
Midplane
IO Modules UCS 2208
16x
SFP+
16x
SFP+ Module Fabric
Interconnects
16x
SFP+
16x
SFP+ Module
4x10 Gbps Ether channel from VIC-2 to 2208 IO Modules
No user configuration required
vNIC flows are 5-tuple LB across links
Each individual flow limited to 10Gb
Fabric Failover available
IO Module to 6248 links user configuration Ether channel
Blade Chassis
(UCS 6248)
(UCS 2208)
(UCS 1280)
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FC Switch mode
UCS B-Series
UCS 6100 UCS 6100
FCoE Storage FC Storage
Fibre Channel
Ethernet
Unified I/O
FCoE
Core
Fabric A Fabric B
SAN Fabric Storage Arrays
SAN Edge A SAN Edge B
Direct Attach
Must have connection to MDS FC Switch or N5K Data traffic doesn’t have to go
through FC switch or N5K
Only works with Cisco FC Switches or N5K
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Management path via FEX, Data path directly connected
UCS C-Series Integration to UCSM
6100 running UCSM 6100 running UCSM
CIMC
GE LOM PCIe Adapter
CPU Mem
OS or Hypervisor
C200, C210, or C250
Mix of B & C Series
is supported
Nexus 2248 Nexus 2248
2 LOM ports
exclusive CIMC
connectivity
Adapter support:
Emulex CNA
Qlogic CNA
Intel 10g NIC
Broadcom 10g NIC
Cisco VIC
Mgmt Traffic
Data Traffic
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Stateless computing and management services benefits of Phase 1
Improved C-Series server connectivity
•Management and data connectivity through 2232PP FEX
•Phase 1 topology will no longer be supported (from this server pack forward, a 2248 topology will not work).
•Note that you will not be able to direct connect the data plane to the FI in this topology. Also, the mgmt and data connections from the rack mounts to the 2232 are separate (single wire mgmt is an uncommitted ask for a later software release)
Server Support • Phase 1 supported servers (C200 M2, C210 M2, C250 M2) • Additional C-series models shipping at time of Phase 2 (e.g.,
C200 M2 Small Form Factor, C260 M2, C460 M2)
UCS Manager C-Series Integration Phase 2, UCS 2.0+ (Capitola +1) Server Bundle/ MR (Target Q1 CY2012)
Simplified topology with converged FEX Scalable up to 160 servers (target scale, not QA verified)
Customer benefits
Feature details
UCS 6100 or 6200 UCS 6100 or 6200
Nexus 2232 Nexus 2232
UCS
Manager
Data Connection
Mgmt Connection
1 or 10 Gb LOM
GLC-T connector
10 Gb CNA
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New topology
Both mgmt and data connect into a single Nexus 2232 which plugs in to UCS fabric interconnects. A pair of Nexus 2232 is required for HA. Mgmt ports will require a 1000Base-T SFP Transceiver Module (RJ-45 connector).
Required software version
UCS 2.x (maintenance release) – This is NOT part of 2.0 FCS, but rather a follow-on server pack
New topology benefits
Topology simplification (converged connectivity i.e both mgmt and data plane connect into a Nexus 2232)
Increased scale up to 160 servers (targeted value, subject to modification)
·
Highlights of the New Topology
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VM-FEX
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Emulated Mode VMDirectPath
Standard Mode
12%-15% CPU performance improvement
vMotion supported
High Performance Mode
Co-exists with Standard mode
Bypasses Hypervisor layer
30% improvement in I/O performance
vMotion supported with ESX 5.0
Modes of VM-FEX
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… …
UCS Switch
Cis
co
VIC
Adapter Port
VM-FEX with KVM Architecture
Switch Port
… …
Us
er
Ke
rne
l
Macvtap
Interface
Netdev
Interface
Libvirt
Management
Tools
Netlink
Socket
Application
virtio-net
eth1
Macvtap 1
vhost-net
KVM
Guest
OS
Guest 2
Application
virtio-net
Guest
OS
Guest 1
eth2
Macvtap 2
vhost-net
eth0 ethn
PF VF1 VF2 VFn
Port Profile1:
Qos1, vlan1
Port Profile2:
Qos2, vlan2
Veth 1 Veth 2
Port Profile2:
Qos2, vlan2
Port Profile1:
Qos1, vlan1
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