SAP on Cisco UCS · SAP-Trex MRP Analytical OLAP ERP/OLTP BI Accelerator Business Consolidation SAP-XI BP Engine SAP-Portal SAP-R3 UCS is uniquely positioned to work across this diverse

SAP on Cisco UCS

Kwai Seng Li DataCenter & Virtualization

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Top-to-Bottom engagement from CEO, CTO, BU, Sales

No competitive overlap!

Joint Programs: Unified Computing, Smart Grid, TelePresense, Mobility

SAP on UCS activity areasIn-memory system development (HANA, BWA)Linux LabWindows LabCenter of Excellence for POCsCloud manager integration (formerly ACC)Run Book Automation GTM partnerTechnology and Systems Integration Partner engagement


Joint Value to the Customer

Business Applications

Business Analytics Mobility Cloud

Data Center/Virtualization Architecture

Borderless Networks Architecture

Collaboration Architecture

Pre-integrated solutions

Combined reference architectures

Increased efficiency, scalability

Lower total cost of ownership

Highly available and secure

Reduced deployment risks and complexity

End-to-end

solutions

Cisco Intelligent Automation


Web Dispatcher

SEM Analytics

Web

Data

High Performance

Analytic

NetworkIntensive

StorageIntensive

Highly Threaded

Single Threaded

Workload Characteristics of SAP Apps

DB Instance

liveCache

liveCacheSCM Event Manager

Portal

APO Optimizer

F&R Processor

Reporting

AII (RFID)SAP-Trex

MRP

Analytical OLAP

ERP/OLTPBI Accelerator

Business Consolidation

SAP-XI

BP Engine

SAP-PortalSAP-R3

UCS is uniquely positioned to work across this diverse array of

environmentsOnly system with strong compute,

network and storage integration

Courtesy: VMware, SAP


Typical Blade architectures - plenty of components to configure, managed and can fail

Redundant LAN Switches per enclosureRedundant SAN Switches per enclosureEnclosure management system (typically a SPoF)Redundant top of the rack / end of the row LAN SwitchesRedundant top of the rack / end of the row SAN SwitchesRedundant System management serversComplex to configure and to extend without changing (FC Zoning …..)Complex application specific cluster solutionSAP Licence keys still bound to physical hardware

Mgmt Server


Cisco UCS reduce complexitywhat's not there must not be managed and can’t fail

Cisco architecture eliminates complete layers• Integrated LAN/SAN ports extended down to the

enclosure – “one hop” switching

• Fabric-Switches manage the whole row

• Extreme easy to extend without changing the FC Zoning using Service profiles• 15 minutes to add Chassis or Blades (UCSM auto-

discovery)

• 10 minutes to configure up to 56 virtual NICs and HBAs per blade

• 10 minutes to add an ESX server using Templates & PXE Boot

• 10 minutes to add an SAP App server using Tidal


Component Cisco UCS Management Interface Standard BladeSystem

Chassis-to-Chassis Server Mobility UCS Manager (UCSM)

U

C

S

M

VCEM Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)

Server Identity Manager UCS Manager (UCSM) VCM Virtual Connect Manager (VCM)

External Interconnect UCS 6120/6140 Local to

deviceVaries. Device not integrated into

solution

Enclosure I/O Module UCS 2100 VCM Virtual Connect Ethernet, Virtual

Connect Fiber Channel

Blade Enclosure Manager

Chassis Management Controler (CMC) OA Onboard Administrator (OA)

Server KVMBaseboard

Management Controller (BCM)

iLO Integrated Lights Out (iLO)

Server Adapter Settings

VIC M81KR, 82598KR-CI, M71KR-E, M71KR-

QVaries by OS NC series LOMs & Mezzanines,

HBAs

Devices to Configure, Update Firmware, Monitor

1 6

Management Interface Comparison

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(FC) Data Plane 5Virtual

Connect FCVirtual

Connect FC

Fiber ChannelSwitch

Fiber ChannelSwitch (FC) Data Plane 4

Cisco UCS Blade Chassis (x40)

Data Plane Comparison

(Enet) Data Plane 3

Server

Data Plane 1 (Enet, FC, and Management)

VM VM

Server

VM VMOA

Data Plane 6(management)

(Enet) Data Plane 2

Virtual Connect Enet

Virtual Connect Enet

(Enet) Data Plane 1

Ethernet Aggregation

Switch

Ethernet Aggregation

SwitchUCS Fabric Interconnect

UCS Fabric Interconnect

UCS Fabric Extender

UCS Fabric Extender

Unified I/O VIC

Flex10 &vSwitch HBA


320 Servers in standard Racks106 Data Planes and 29 Management Interfaces

40+2 Enet data planes (Ethernet Virtual

Connect + Aggregation)

40+2 FC data planes(Fiber Channel Virtual

Connect + Aggregation)

20+2 “Chassis Mgmt” Data Planes

(OA Ethernet network)

5+4 Ethernet/FC Mgmt Interfaces

(Virtual Connect Manager, + Ethernet & FC Aggregation)

20+2 “Chassis Management” Interfaces

(OA Interface)

Server(OA/iLO) SANNetwork

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

106 data planes to configure, monitor, troubleshoot, etc.

29 separate management interfaces to help “simplify” the tasks


“Enet/FC/Chassis Management” Management Interface

“Enet/FC/Chassis Management” Data Plane

320 Servers in 1 Unified Computing System 1 Data Plane, 1 Management Plane, 1 Management Interface

SAN BMgmt SAN ALAN

1 Unified Ethernet and Fibre Channel

data plane

1 System Management plane

1 Management Interface for all 40

chassis(UCS Manager)

FlexibleAdministrative

Domains; Server, Network,

Storage,…

Server

SANNetwork


“HANA” = High Performance Analytical Appliance

“In memory” is a technology that takes Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence to a different levelCIO’s want information at their fingertipsSAP HANA brings a competitive edge in business

by allowing CIO’s to obtain answers to these complex issues in microseconds instead of the typical wait of daysCisco provides SAP HANA 1.0 SP1 solution

being a preferred


SAP on UCS Focus Areas


Baseline

• Certifications• SD benchmarks• Adaptive

computing interface

• VM scaling


Cisco and SAP Certifications/ValidationsSolution/product Certification/Validation detailsSAP SD Benchmark http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/index.epx

http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/sd2tier.epx

Windowscertification http://www.saponwin.com/pub/hardware.asp?l=vendor&sl=41&i=41&la=en

Red Hat and SUSELinux certification http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/linux?rid=/webcontent/uuid/792dd957-0d01-0010-319b-e1211e5c66b0

Adaptive Computing Compliance (ACC) certification

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/adaptive?rid=/webcontent/uuid/00e44604-f943-2a10-38b0-902047d32b78

SAP Business Warehouse and BOBJ Explorer (SBOE) certification

•Nehalem NOW, Westmeir – Dec 2010•Structured Market Trials – Q2/Q3 FY11•FCS – Q4FY11**

High Performance Analytics Appliance Platform (HANA)

•Certification End of December 2010 – C Series•Structured Market Trials – Q2/Q3 FY11•FCS – Q1FY12***

Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler / SAP Adapter certifications

•BW-SCH 3.0 certification •BC-XBP 6.10 certification

Cisco Tidal Intelligent Automation for SAP •SAP BC-XAL (External Alert Management)•SAP Solution Manager Ready


Proven by benchmark


25 months- 40+ World Records & Counting!

2-socket VMmark B200 M1

2-socket VMmark B250

M2

SPECjAPPServer 2004 single node 2-socket C250 M2

SPECint_rate_base 2006 X86/64 2-socket B200 M2

SPECfp_rate_base 2006 X86/64 2-socket B200 M2

SPECOMPM base2001 2-

socket B200 M2

SPECOMPL base2001 2-

socket B200 M2

SPECjbb2005 X86/64 2-socket

B200 M2

2-socket server VMmark B200

recapture

LInPack 2-socket B200 M2

VMmark Overall

C460 M1

SPECint_rate_base 2006 X86/64 4-socket C460 M1

SPECfp_rate_base 2006 X86/64 4-socket C460 M1


C460 M1

LS-Dyna 4-socket

C460M1

SPECOMPM base2001 4-

socket C2460 M1

SPECOMPL base2001

4-socket C2460 M1

Oracle E-business Suite Ex-large Model

payroll Batch B200M2

Oracle E-business Suite Medium

Model payroll Batch B200M2

Oracle E-business Suite Medium

Model Order to Cash B200M2

SPECjAPPServer 2004 2-node

B230 M1


B230 M1

VMmark 1-Blade B440

M1

VMmark 1-Blade C460

M1

Oracle E-business Suite Medium Model payroll

Batch B200M2

VMmark 2.0 Overall

B200 M2

SPECOMPM base2001

2-socket B200 M2

SPECOMPL base2001 2-

socket B200 M2

SPECjEnterprise 2010 Overall

B440 M1

SPECint_rate_base 2006 X86/64 2-socket B200 M2

VMmark 2.12 -socket-Blade

B200 M2


B230 M1

VMmark 1.12 -socket-Blade

B230 M1

#1

Q2 CY09 Q1 CY10 Q3 CY10 Q4 CY10 Q1 CY11

SPECfp_rate_base2006C260 M2

SPECint_rate_base2006 C260 M2

SPECijbb2005C260 M2

SPECompMbase2001B230M2

SPECompLbase2001 B230 M2

SPECompMbase2001

C460 M2

SPECompLbase2001C460M2

VMmark 2.1C460 M2

SPECint_rate2006 Cisco UCS

C460 M2

Q2 CY11

SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86/64 2-Socket B200 M1

SPECint_rate_base2006 X86/64 2-Socket B200 M1

Featured in 10+ press releases


Baseline


computing interface

• VM scaling

SI/Partner Solutions

• Specific industries, stacks• IaaS, consolidation,

next generation DC architectures


Database/Middleware

Enterprise Applications

Operating Systems

Virtualization

Storage

Management

Vertical Markets


Baseline


computing interface

• VM scaling




In Memory Analytics

• HANA• BWA• Instantaneous

queries• Next generation

platform


future growth: in-memory database

Under the hood:


But most servers run below 20% utilization because of insufficient memory

Standard memory technology 96 GB for standard 2 CPU blades Hypervisor Soft Switch

VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

Standard technology96GB: 7 VMs 300 users each

Hypervisor

VM VM VM VM VM VM

extended memory technology196GB: 12 VMs 300 users each

VM VM VM VM VM VM

Cisco extended memory technology 1 TB on 2-way server, no expansion

chassis required.Study demonstrates 71% scaling due to

Cisco extended memory technology Larger memory enables more guestsCompute resources fully utilized Less cores – less VMware licenses

Cisco enables higher utilization for SAP Systems

Hypervisor

extended memory technologyUp to 30 VMs taking leveraging into account

VM VM VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VM

VM VM VM VMStudy demonstrates 71% scaling due to Cisco extended memory technology


Cisco removing the I/O bottleneckenables virtualization of large SAP databases

Software based Virtual Switching Hypervisor needs to switch LAN and storage I/O Consumes additional CPU cycles Adds significant latency to I/O Practically prohibitive for virtualization of larger

databases (SAP note: if you run into performance trouble with virtualization: move to bare iron. If trouble disappears, this was the right Solution)

Hypervisor Soft Switch

VM VM VM VM

standard VIC

Cisco enables virtualization of large SAP Systems

VM-FEX(Hypervisor pass through mode)

VM VM VM VM

Cisco VIC running VM-FEX mode provides ASIC based low latency VM switch

10GbE/FCoE

10GbE/FCoE 0 1 2 3 56…………

Cisco solution: VM-FEX (Fabric Extender) Hypervisor vSwitch removal result in massive I/O

throughput improvements and less latency 10 Gb links don't consume CPU resources Each VM gets a dedicated PCI device (up to 56) Each VM gets a virtual port on physical switch end-to-end QoS per VM down to storage


Complete abstraction & Service profiles enables system mobility without invalidating license key‘s

no need to generate new SAP license keys after move

Windows activation code will not invalidated


Compute

Network

Virtualization

Operating Systems

Applications

Information

Storage

Converged Infrastructure

• SAP on FlexPod• SAP on Vblock• Cut design and

deployment time in half

Baseline


computing interface

• VM scaling




In Memory Analytics

• HANA• BWA• Instantaneous

queries• Next generation

platform


SAP on Vblock VCE developing SAP on

Vblock with SAP support

BenefitsRapid deployment model of virtualized infrastructurePre-integrated and validated solutions reduce total cost of ownership Service-level driven through predictable performance and operational characteristicsImproved compliance/security and reduced risk

Compute

Network

Virtualization

Storage

Vblock Infrastructure Packages

Solution Packages

Operating Systems

Applications

Information

Accelerate time to results, Reduce TCO


Data is securely partitioned from vFiler, UCS, to vShield Zones End to end multi-tenancy across application and data To result in significant economies of scale, higher utilization, better SLAs

vSphere, vShield Zones,

vCenter

Nexus 1000V, Nexus 2000/5000/7000,

UCS,10GbE

MultiStore, Data MotionNFS/iSCSI

SAP on Flexpod with NTAP and VMW


World’s largest copper mining and steel production companies

Utilities in UK, Europe and Asia

Hospital Networks in US and Europe

Multiple sports and clothing retailers

Famous Hollywood movie studio

Satellite television network covering African continent

Asian hospitality conglomerate

Leading agriculture/biotech company

IT distributor

Cisco IT department


Unified FabricDramatic reduction in network adapters, blade-server switches, and cabling by passing all network traffic to parent fabric.

Embedded Multi-Role ManagementEmbedded in the fabric interconnects, managing all aspects of system configuration and operation.

Cisco Extended Memory Technology Provides more than double the amount of memory than traditional 2-socket servers, maximizing performance and capacity for demanding virtualization and large-dataset workloads.

VM-FEX Virtualization SupportGives network links connected to virtual machines the same status as physical links. Now virtual links can be centrally configured and managed without the complexity of traditional systems that interpose multiple switching layers in virtualized environments

Dynamic Provisioning - Service Profiles UCS Manager implements a policy-based management focused on service profiles and templates and stateless compute blades


Summary: what customer like on UCS• Extreme easy to extend without changing the FC Zoning anymore– just connect

fabric interconnect once to the existing DC infrastructure and add blades as you go• 15 minutes to add Chassis or Blades (UCSM auto-discovery)• 10 minutes to configure up to 56 virtual NICs and HBAs per blade• 10 minutes to add an ESX server using Templates & PXE Boot• 10 minutes to add an SAP App server using Tidal, cloning of QA systems• Application mobility through Service Profiles

– no need to generate new SAP license keys after system move– no need for cluster software to grant HW availability

• Palo Adapter: ASIC based low latency switch replaces Hypervisor soft switch• up to 56 virtual NICs and HBAs per blade dynamically configurable • 2 x 10GB (8 x 10GB mid of 2011)• Collapses virtual and physical switching layers• Massive I/O throughput improvements (less latency, interrupts, CPU cycles) • Enables end-to-end QoS per VM down to storage• Enables virtualization of large SAP databases

• I/O consolidation with standard FCoE, less Cables, less Ethernet & FC Ports


Cisco IT Results from 5,000 Blades Deployment

Delivery Time(Incl. Process)

‘Medium Aggressive’Virtualization

Unified Computingand Automation

‘Highly Aggressive’Virtualization

2–3 Weeks(Manual)

15 Minutes(Self-Service)

15 Mins VM2–9 Days E2E

15 Minutes(Self-Service)

6–8 Weeks(On-Demand)

TCO for Physical

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

$3,500

$4,000

Legacy, All Physical Legacy, Medium Virtualization (54%)

Current State UCS/Cloud, Medium Virtualization (65%)

UCS/Cloud, High Virtualization (80%)

TCO for VirtualC

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$/Q

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Average TCO


SAP adds Cisco to it Most Strategic Solution“HANA” = High Performance Analytical Appliance

New type of in-memory technology enables real time data analytics (not just historical data)

First version of appliance based on UCS C460

Certification complete and ramp customers starting now


Initial focus on SAP-aware infrastructure Unified, pretested, validated infrastructure, including compute, networking, and storage

Open management framework integrates with third-party management solutions

Use cases includeAutomated and fenced SAP system copies…Ability to switch between physical and virtual serversOption for Secure Multi-Tenant

Secure Multi-Tenant providesSecurely isolate different business units, subsidiaries, and sensitive systems such as HRFence systems for repair, test, rollout, or upgradesBenefit from the cost efficiency of shared resources across the entire stack

Example Customer

Cisco Validated Design

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SAP on Cisco UCS · SAP-Trex MRP Analytical OLAP ERP/OLTP BI Accelerator Business Consolidation SAP-XI BP Engine SAP-Portal SAP-R3 UCS is uniquely positioned to work across this diverse