Tech Connect - Cisco · Tech Connect. Joseph Yap ASEAN DC Switching Lead March 2019 The DC Needs to go Anywhere the Data is ... IoT Edge Significant amounts of data are being generated

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Tech Connect

Joseph YapASEAN DC Switching Lead

March 2019

The DC Needs to go Anywhere the Data is

ACI Anywhere


Most deployed and trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises Winning 95% of competitive POCs

Housekeeping Announcements

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Session format :

Presentation (50 minutes) and Q&A (10 minutes)


There is Nothing

About Data Anymore


Public Cloud

Private Cloud

A new operating model and

growth of cloud native apps

5G Telco Edge

New apps are creating

new BW demands

Enterprise DCThis is where we began,

and it’s here to stay

There is Nothing

About Data Anymore

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Colo

Enterprise Edge

Data processing needs to be

closer to the sources of demand

IoT EdgeSignificant amounts of data are being

generated remotely which need to be

analyzed, processed, and consumed.


Enterprise DC

Public Cloud / IaaS

Private Cloud Colo / Bare Metal Cloud

Enterprise Edge

5G Telco Edge

IoT Edge

The DC Needs to go Anywhere the Data is


Living on the edgeIT organizations are

challenged with securing,

monitoring and reliably

transporting the dispersed

data.

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Cloud5G IoT Next-Gen

WAN Edge

The Intersection of Data and Applications

Complexity

of security

No single

management

point

Cloud

operational

approach

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Achieve automation, security, mobility, and visibility, required for successful digital transformation, through tighter full stack integration.

Any Platform

Anywhere

Any Cloud

Any Application

Where do Data and Applications live?

1. Everywhere

2. Only on Mainframes

3. Only in Containers

4. In a Public Cloud


Cisco ACI

Business continuity and

disaster recovery with

pervasive security

Protect Your Business

Seamless connectivity to

any workload, anywhere–on

premises to cloud

Accelerate Multicloud

Optimize Your Network

Automation through

common policy for DC

operations

Aligned with Your Digital Transformation


• Single point for configuration and

troubleshooting

• Full network and security automation

• Scale within and across data centers

and geographies

• Seamless integration of underlay and

overlay networks optimizes management

overhead

• Open APIs enable an integrated

ecosystem to protect your investment

Optimizes Your Network

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure

Cisco

ACI



Cisco ACI, Nexus 9K, Tetration, and UCS

Provide Global Data Center Connectivity

“We’re putting more workloads onto

ACI, we’re implementing more

automation, and we’re extending

the fabric to our other data

centers. It’s different, and it’s very

exciting.”

Senior Network Engineer, Experian

Results

• Implemented the network foundation for global data

center connectivity

• Aligned the visibility and control of physical and

virtual environments

• Simplified and automated Virtual network

infrastructure management

The Solution Global leader in credit reporting services gains greater visibility and improves management

• Cisco ACI• Cisco ACI Virtual Edge• Cisco Tetration Platform• Cisco UCS

The Challenges

• Standardizing network architecture and policies across dozens of data centers

• Improving the visibility and control of infrastructure systems and traffic

• Simplifying data center operations and management



• Business continuity & disaster recovery• Network always available across

every site

• Pervasive security policy• Distributed stateless firewall

• Line rate encryption & security

enforcement

• Security at scale with performance

• Compliant: PCI, FIPS, CC, UC-APL

Protects Your Business


Cisco

ACI

Protect your business


Standardizing IT infrastructure and

operations worldwide

Results

• Attained a detailed picture of application connectivity

dependencies, and data flows

• Accelerated problem resolution from tens of hours to

minutes

• Reduced malware infection rate from 9 percent to

0.1 percent

The Solution

• Application connectivity and dependency mapping• Integrated, multi-layered security from the core to

the edge• Application-centric, software-defined network

The Challenges

• Increase data center visibility• Improve problem identification and troubleshooting• Defend against persistent multifaceted

cyber attacks

“We first deployed Tetration, then

ACI, and will deploy NAE. That will

give us security, visibility, and

availability. We will soon be in a

position where the data center will

never be down again.”

CIO, FNB

Protect your business

What does ACI stand for?

1. Application Cloud Interface

2. Application Controller Integration

3. Application Centric Infrastructure

4. Anywhere Centered Infrastructure

3 winners will be selected to receive a

Bose SoundLink Micro Bluetooth Speaker


• Single policy & seamless connectivity

across any data center & public cloud

• Any hypervisor, any workload, any

location, any cloud

• Private cloud automation: vRealize,

AzurePack, OpenStack, UCSD

• Public cloud extensions to AWS, Azure,

Google cloud

• Workload mobility across data centers,

including public cloud

Accelerates Journey to Multicloud


Cisco

ACI



• Operational Simplicity: Same “look and feel” as On-Premise

• Automated Policy Translation: Consistency across the entire data center

• Common Governance: End-to-end discovery, visibility and troubleshooting

ACI Anywhere

IOT Edge

Data Center

Cloud Exchange

ACI Anywhere

On Premises Cloud

Containers Hypervisor


What is Cisco’s approach to Cloud?

1. Embracing Multicloud in a “Cloud Agnostic” approach for Applications

2. Don’t do it, it’s Evil

3. Only embracing specific Public Cloud providers

4. Everything should go to the Public Cloud

1 winner will receive a SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD (500GB)


Virtual ACI

Virtual POD extends an

Availability Zone (Fabric)

to remote locations on

standard VMs

Cloud ACIACI Extensions to

AWS and Azure

Public Cloud

ACI Multi-POD

Multiple Networks (Pods)

in a single Availability

Zone

(Fabric)

ACI Remote-Leaf

Physical Remote Leaf

extends an Availability

Zone (Fabric) to

remote locations

ACI Multi-Site

Multiple Availability

Zones (Fabrics) in a

Single Region ’and’ Multi-

Region Policy

Management

NEW !

ACI Anywhere – Accelerate Multicloud“Evolving our multicloud journey by extending ACI everywhere”



Cisco ACI Key Components


Application Centric Infrastructure Building BlocksBuilt on the Nexus 9000

Centralized Policy Model, Network Automation

Non-Blocking 40/100/400G Fabric, CLOS Fabric

Single Open API for Entire System

Flexible - Modular and Fixed Spine Options

Network Service

Appliances

IP StorageWAN Interconnect

Physical, Virtual and Container

Workloads

Integrated Overlay, 40/100/400G Non-Blocking Fabric, Distributed Gateway

(Industry Leading: Price, Performance, Port-Density, Programmability, Power Efficiency) Built-in Distributed Stateless

Firewall, Multi-Tenant Security


ACI Anywhere ArchitectureAny Cloud, Any Application, Any Platform, Anywhere

ACI Anywhere

On PremiseRemote Location Public Cloud

Remote Leaf / Virtual PoD APIC / Multi-Site Multicloud Extensions

Automation Security Mobility Visibility


Cloud ACI – Multicloud ExtensionsCloud Service Connectivity

Center ACI Anywhere

ACI Anywhere

ACI Anywhere

Internet

MPLS

Cloud ExchangeOn Premises

Cloud

Containers Hypervisor

ACI Virtual ACI

Automation Security Mobility Visibility


Cisco ACI

Protect Your Business

Accelerate Multicloud


Aligned with Your Digital Transformation

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Tech Connect - Cisco · Tech Connect. Joseph Yap ASEAN DC Switching Lead March 2019 The DC Needs to go Anywhere the Data is ... IoT Edge Significant amounts of data are being generated