Any App, Any Cloud, Any Scale, best in class operation for the Enterprise

Cisco HyperFlex updateNetteam June 2019

Bjarne Madsen, Cisco HX Technical Specialist

• Introduction

• HyperFlex Data Platform

• Adaptive Scaling

• Performance Advantages

• Management Lifecycle

• Data Protection, HA

Agenda

3

Complete HyperconvergenceCompute, Network, HCI Software Engineered Together

Multicloud Era Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Cisco UCS Foundations Cisco HyperFlex

Storage

Converged Compute and Networking System

HX Data Platform

Compute

Network

Cisco Fabric Computing

Hybrid Cloud Management

Siloed Tiers of Compute, Storage and Networking from separate vendors

Siloed & Disaggregated Management

Traditional Infrastructure

Cisco HCI

4

H X 2 4 0 C S F F

A L L F L A S H

H X 2 2 0 C & E D G E

A L L F L A S H

Hyperconvergence Meets Unified Computing

H Y P E R F L E X

H X - S E R I E S N O D E S

Flexible Choices1

Turnkey Appliance

with vSphere or HyperV2

Annual Subscription

Software Model3

A L L F L A S H N O D E SH Y B R I D N O D E S

C A P A C I T Y

PE

RF

OR

MA

NC

E

H X 2 2 0 C & E D G E

S F F H Y B R I D

H X 2 4 0 C

S F F H Y B R I D

H X 2 4 0 C

L F F H Y B R I D

HyperConvergence Meets ->

UCS Fabric Architecture. Fully Automated Network, Node

deployments

HyperFlex Nodes

UCS Fabric Interconnects

HX FI Domain

ESXi/Hyper-V

vSwitch – vMotion/Livemigrate

vSwitch – VM Network

vSwitch - Management vmk0

HX

Controller

vSwitch – Storage Datavmk1

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HX

Controller

Simplified Capacity

Expansion

✓ Service profiles and templates

✓ Traffic segmentation via dedicated

vNICs

✓ Storage and management traffic

localized to fabric for optimal

performance

✓ QoS policies for well defined and

predictable service

✓ QoS policies including ”no drop” and

jumbo frames for optimal performance

✓ Multicast policy for HX cluster needs

6

Software-defined StorageHX Data Platform Data Services & Storage Optimisation

HyperFlex on-prem Cloud solution. Innovated Flexibility

Software-defined ComputeUCS (stateless/programmatic)

Software-defined NetworkFabric Interconnects/UCS Manager

DATASTORE/VOLUME

HYPERVISORHX

CONTROLLERVM

IOVisor

VAAI

VM VM VM VM VM

DATASTORE/VOLUME

HYPERVISORHX

CONTROLLERVM

IOVisor

VAAI

VM VM VM VM VM

DATASTORE/VOLUME

HYPERVISORHX

CONTROLLERVM

IOVisor

VAAI

VM VM VM VM VM

DATASTORE/VOLUME

HYPERVISORHX

CONTROLLERVM

IOVisor

VAAI

VM VM VM VM VM

HX DATA PLATFORM ~ DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE

DATASTORE/VOLUME

HYPERVISORHX

CONTROLLERVM

IOVisor

VAAI

VM VM VM VM VM

Consolidation & MigrationExternal Storage Integration (SAN/NAS/CI)

Existing Network (10/40GbE)

Configure Monitor ManageHX Connect/vCenter/SCVMM

SaaS Simplicity

ActionableIntelligence

Connected

TAC

Secure and

Compliant API Driven,

DevOps Enabled

Policy Based

OrchestrationTelemetry

and Analytics

Intersight

Intelligent Centralised ManagementCisco Intersight

+

…add more HX nodes

(32 max)

+

…add Compute-only nodes

(32 max)

7

Cloud based centralized management

Seamless integration of Converged & Hyperconverged

Independent Scaling of Compute & Capacity

HyperFlex Enterprise DC features

High Performance & Scalable Data Platform

#1 Performing HCI platform

Enterprise Class Data Services & Storage

Optimization

Integrated Dedup & Compression w/ no performance penalty

Deployment Automation & Simplicity

Out-of-the-box service profiles, install/upgrade automation, automated cluster scaling

Integrated High Performance Network Fabric

10G/40G VIC/FabricFactory installed, integrated

networking, fabric QoS

Data Protection, High Availability & Resiliency

Native replication, backup/DR, Stretch Cluster, Availability Zones,

Fault tolerant HA architecture

Architected to Optimize Across Hardware, Software, Networking and Management.Integrated Solution with Single Point of Support

Broad RangeOf Supported Workloads

ROBO(Branch, IOT)

VSI(app/web)

VDI(Citrix, Horizon)

Databases(Oracle, SQL)

Mission Critical & ERP(SAP)

Analytics(Splunk)

Cloud-Native Apps(Docker, Kubernetes)

Cost optimization through Compute-only node support

Consistent , Low latency performance

Investment protection of existing storage and compute investment

3X Lower TCO, 3X Higher VM Density, 64 node scale, linear scale

out performance

Collaboration(UC, HCS)

Intersight

Monitoring, Telemetry, Analytics, Policy, Orchestration, Proactive TAC, HX Cluster management

Cisco HyperFlex centralized management and installation

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HyperFlex Simplifies the EntireOperations Lifecycle

Install Manage Support

• Install OVA/InterSight

• HX (FI)

• Hypervisor

• Cluster Expand

• HX Connect

• VC Plug-In

• REST APIs / CLIs

• Multi-Cloud (CloudCenter, UCSD)

• Auto-support

• Smart Call Home

• Smart Upgrades

Cloud-Like Analytics Driven Unified Management

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Flexible Management and Monitoring

• Easy to use

• Extremely intuitive

• Fast and Responsive

HyperFlex Connect

• Web Client Plugin

• Monitor all events in VC

• No separate console, no learning curve

vCenterPlugin

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One-click, orchestrated ESXi hypervisor upgrades

Integrate with HXDP and UCS Server Firmware for truly one-click, full stack upgrades

Upgrade Features with HyperFlex

Cisco HyperFlex Architecture and Flexibility

HyperConvergence Meets -> the optimized architectureCisco HX Data Platform

Built From the Ground Up for

Hyperconvergence

Distributed Log-Structured File

System Designed for Scale-out,

Distributed Storage

Advanced Data Services (Snapshots,

Clones) and Data Optimization

(Inline Dedupe, Compression) Without

Trade-offs

Better Flash Endurance and

Disk Performance

Computing, Storage,

Networking, and Hypervisor Integration

No Reliance on Legacy

Filesystems or

Technology

Distributed File system

Local Disks

Unique

Architecture

Local Disks Local Disks Local Disks

HX DATA PLATFORM

Dynamic Data Distribution

VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER

VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER

VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER

VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR CONTROLLER

Systems Built on Conventional File Systems Write

Locally, Then Replicate, Creating Performance Hotspots

HX Data Platform Stripes Data Across All

Nodes Simultaneously, Leveraging Cache

Across all SSDs for Fast Writes

Balanced Space Utilization: No Data Migration

Required Following a VM Migration

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Data Protection and High AvailabilityData Protected by Replication of Data Across the Cluster Nodes

VM

x2

Write IO

Replication Factor 3 (RF3)

Default and Recommended is Replication Factor = 3

Every block is written to 3 different nodes in the cluster

Higher availability to survive multi-point failures; Higher device protection

Reduces raw disk capacity to 33%Replicate x1 x3

*drives across different nodes

Note: RF3 is recommended for high availability

Replication Factor 3 or 4 Node Cluster 5+ Node Cluster

3Simultaneous Failures Supported:

1 node / 2 drives*Simultaneous Failures Supported:

2 nodes / 2 drives*

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Disaster Avoidance Zero RPO Automated DR Maximum Uptime

HyperFlex Stretched Cluster Cloud Scale Data Platform

Power Mission Critical Apps with

Site-BSite-A

HX Data Platform

DBAPPAPPDB

Synchronous Replication

SSDSSDSSDSSDSSDSSD

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SMB Client SMB Client SMB Client

Controller VM

I/OvisorStorFS

SMBproxy

Controller VM

I/OvisorStorFS

SMBproxy

Controller VM

I/OvisorStorFS

SMBproxy

HX Datastore

HyperFlex Data Fabric for Microsoft Hyper-V

App VM

VHDX App VM

VHDX App VM

VHDX

App VM

VHDX App VM

VHDX App VM

VHDX

App VM

VHDX App VM

VHDX App VM

VHDX

SMB file share

Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2016

HyperFlex with Hyper-V SupportMulti Cloud Data Platform

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Cisco Container Platform for HyperFlex

IaaSHyperFlex

Compute/StorageHyperFlex

Network ACINexus 9k standalone

On prem KubernetesCisco Container Platform

Container NetworkingContiv/Contiv-ACI, CNI

drivers

Container StorageHyperFlex Flex driver

Turnkey Kubernetes• Simple & Seamless Day0 &

DayN K8S operations integrated into HyperFlex

• HyperFlex IaaS

Enterprise Storage • Scale-out, HA Filesystem• Data protection, efficiency

and resiliency

Enterprise Networking & Security • Multi-tenant architecture,

Micro-segmentation, Security policies

Common Platform for Legacy & Modern Apps• Co-existence of VMs and

containers on same platform

DevOps Ready IT • Enable developer agility

with IT & security policies• Avoid Shadow IT

Turnkey Appliance for Enterprise Kubernetes

Cisco Container Platform

Single vendor Support• Fully supported by Cisco

Global TAC• Single throat to choke for

entire stack

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DecisionEngine

DeploymentEngine

Visibility Engine

WorkloadPlacement

Performance ApplicationMonitoring

Instrumentation

Hybrid Cloud Management

Application Modelling

Cisco CloudCenter

Cisco Workload

Optimization Manager

Cisco HyperFlex

AP P L ICAT ION

Multicloud Infrastructure

HyperFlex Flexible Multicloud Services

Cisco HyperFlex centralized management and installation

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SaaS Simplicity

ActionableIntelligence

Connected

TAC

Secure and

Compliant API Driven,

DevOps Enabled

Policy Based

OrchestrationTelemetry

and Analytics

Intersight

Cisco IntersightIntelligent Centralized Management

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Centralized Management : HX Cluster Deployment

• Deploy from anywhere!

• No need for existing infrastructure or OVA setup

• Latest version always available

• Reusable policy for rapid & consistent deployment

• Simple ramp-up of large HX projects with simultaneous background deployment

Intersight

HyperFlex 4.0 and Edge

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HCI at the Edge demands Flexibility

Size your edge deployment for your environment

HyperFlex Edge 4.0

2 Node

Start Small

3 Node

Expand

4 Node

Protect Your Investment

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Internet Connectivity Required at FCS

Price Sensitive Constraints

Cost over self-contained availability

2 Node Edge

Completely self-contained

Better failover design with higher resource utilization

Option for Intersight

3 & 4 Node Edge

WAN

BOM

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HyperFlex Edge 4.0 Networking Agility

1 GbE or

10 GbE

2 Node

Remote Office / Branch OfficeFuture Proof Network Connectivity

• Both 1GbE and 10GbE topologies support single ToR, dual ToR, or stacked switches for ultimate network flexibility

• Obtain maximum performance using optimized 10 GbE crossover cables when only 1GbE switching is available

3 Node

4 Node

HyperFlex Data Center

DC Clusters

1 GbE or

10 GbE

1 GbE or

10 GbE

PoS

IoT

WAN

Intersight connected

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The all new HX Edge with full lifecycle management

Invisible ArbitrationService

On-Going ManagementIncluding

Full Stack Upgrades

Multi-Cluster Install

1 Node

2000 + Nodes

.

.

.

Connected TAC Experience

Upgrade

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HyperFlex Edge ConfigurationsHX220c M5 Hybrid Edge

HXAF220c M5 All Flash Edge

Configurable CPU Single or Dual Socket (10-56 cores)

Single or Dual Socket(10-56 cores)

Configurable Memory 128GB – 3TB 128GB – 3TB2-Node Usable Capacity Range

3.3TB - 13.2TB 2.6TB - 28.2TB

3-Node Usable Capacity Range

4.9TB - 19.8TB 4.0TB - 42.4TB

4-Node Usable Capacity Range

6.6TB - 26.5TB 5.3TB - 56.5TB

• Initial Cluster Size: 2, 3 or 4

• Networking options:1GbE or 10GbE (bring your own switch)

• Replication Factor 2 (RF2)

• Unlimited cluster scaling, powered by Intersight

Most Flexible

Edge Appliance

in the Industry

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Cisco’s HX w/Intersight is unique by innovating through a CI/CD pipeline

Intersight 2-node install

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Cisco’s HX w/Intersight is unique by innovating through a CI/CD pipeline

Intersight 2-node install

HX Workloads and performance

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Cisco Validated Designs

Performance Benchmarks

Best PracticesGuides

HyperFlex Performance for Mission-Critical Applications

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C O N S I S T E N T P E R F O R M A N C E

# 1 in Mission-critical Workload Performance Testing• Powering Tier-1 workloads on HCI• Mission-critical Workload Testing• Enterprise IOPS and latency

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1.200

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VM

Cisco HyperFlex IOPS per VM

Each dot represents a Virtual Machine and its average IOPS over an hour of load

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600

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1200

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IOP

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VM

Vendor B IOPS per VM

#1 in Performance and consistency

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M I S S I O N -C R I T I C A L

W O R K L O A D P E R F O R M A N C E

T E S T I N G

https://www.esg-global.com/cisco-hyperflex

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HyperFlex Performance for Mission-Critical Applications partial details.

3 Note: Vendor validated configuration requires all Enterprise Performance SSDs only, no cache.

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HyperFlex Data Protection Flexibility to meet business needs

LocalMetro WAN Cloud

RP

O /

RTO

Zero

Local High Availability and Stretched Clusters

Synchronous

Replication

VM

VM

VM

In-built Snapshots, Replication & Disaster Recovery

Highly optimized long distance Async Replication

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

VM

Planned Migration,Disaster Recovery and

Test Recovery

High Performing VM Centric

Periodic Snapshots

> 2

4 h

ours

Integration with 3rd Party Backup Vendors

Backup & DR to Cloud

5m

ins –

24

hours

HX Snapshot integration

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