UCS Implementation Updates

Phase 1 UpdatesCisco UCS Implementation

Jerry BishopBlog.thehigheredcio.com

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Phase 1 Status Summary

• Installed (racked) March 8, 2011– Read Private Clouds Here We Come for summary of

installation and plan• Minor issues with firmware on UCS and NetApp

and zoning• Migrations completed– ESX cluster migrated and ~130 VM’s– MS Exchange & SharePoint clusters– Infrastructure and domain services platforms– SCCM etc…

Phase 2 Scope

• Citrix (After Hyper-V Conversion)• Production SQL cluster• Production SharePoint SQL cluster• OCS & LiveMeeting• Call Manager• IPCC & Unity VM• WebWasher

PHYSICAL AND POWER GAINSFootprint and power savings at collocation site

Initial Rack Layout at Colo Site

• Colo Rental– $600/mo each– 5 Racks – 94% Full

• (14-U open)

• Colo Power– $0.25 per KWH– 18,000 KWH

• Colo Cost– $7,500 per mo.

UCS Phase 1 (<30 Days) Progress

• Colo Rental– $600/mo each– 5 Racks – 66% Full

• (50-U open)

• Colo Power– $0.25 per KWH– 13,600 KWH

• Colo Cost– $1,100 mo savings– $13K annual

UCS Phase 2 (End of May) Rack Plan

• Colo Rental– $600/mo each– 4 Racks – 73% Full

• (45-U open)

• Colo Power– $0.25 per KWH– TBD KWH

• Colo Costs~$3,100 mo savings41%+ annual reduction

CABLE PLANT

UCS Connectivity

UCS Wire Map

UCS Cabling

UCS CONSOLE IMAGESCIO Eye Candy from UCS Manager

UCS Logical Display

Chassis Display

Fabric Display

PERFORMANCE GAINSMore CIO Eye Candy

ESX Cluster CPU Utilization

Processor & Memory Utilization

Power Consumption

QUESTIONS?Jerry BishopBlog.thehigheredcio.com