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Unified Computing System E Series (UCS E) Virtualization Ready Branch Server Platform for ISR G2

BRKVIR-2003

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Agenda

Unified Computing System Express

Hardware Specifications

Manageability

Performance Benchmarking

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Unified Computing System Express


Single Device Integration

Higher Flexibility

Faster Provisioning

Less Ports and Wires

Right-Sized Blade Servers

Faster Provisioning

Less Parts and Wires

Lower Operating Costs

Bare-Metal Hypervisor

Lower Hardware Costs

Faster Failure Recovery

Shorter Time-to-Market

Unified Computing System Express Addressing Lean Branch Office Challenges

Compute Platform

Virtualization Platform Network

Platform Domain-Based Management

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Compute Platform (UCS E) Compact, Multipurpose Blade Housed in ISR G2

One, Two or Three HDD Options with Field-Replacement Protection

Provisioning and Configuration Through CIMC Express

Intel Dual, Quad & Six Core 64-Bit CPU Options with Virtualization Extensions

Non-RAID, RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 Configuration Options with Hot-Swap Capability

One External and Two Internal GE Ports with

TCP/IP Acceleration

USB 2.0 Port for External Device Connectivity

4 GB – 48 GB DRAM Options

Maximum 170 W Power Draw

Wire-Free, Plug-and-Play Modularity, Low Shipping Weight (4.0 lb/2.2 kg)

Remote and Schedulable Power

Management

iSCSI Initiator Hardware Offload

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Hardware Comparison Matrix (UCS E)

UCS-E140 S

UCS-E140D UCS-E160D

UCS-E140DP UCS-E160DP

Processor Intel Xeon E3-1105C

Intel Xeon E5-2428L / E5-2418L

Intel Xeon E5-2428L / E5-2418L

Core 4 4 and 6 4 and 6

Memory 8 - 16 GB

DDR3 1333MHz 8 - 48 GB

DDR3 1333MHz 8 - 48 GB

DDR3 1333MHz

Storage

200 GB- 2 TB SATA, SAS, SED, SSD



RAID RAID 0 and RAID 1 RAID 0, RAID 1 and

RAID 5 RAID 0 and RAID 1

Network Port

Internal: 2 GE Ports External: 1 GE Port

Internal: 2 GE Ports External: 2GE Ports

Internal: 2 GE Ports External: 6 GE or 2 GE

and 1 FCOE SFP+ 10 GE

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Compute Platform (SRE) Compact, Multipurpose Blade Housed in ISR G2

One and Two 500GB 2.5" HDD Options with Field-Replacement Protection

Single and Multiblade Provisioning and Configuration Through CIMC Express

Intel Single and Dual Core 64-Bit CPU Options with Virtualization Extensions

Non-RAID and RAID 1 Configuration Options with Hot-Swap Capability

One External and Two Internal GE Ports with

TCP/IP Acceleration

USB 2.0 Port for External Device Connectivity

4 GB and 8 GB DRAM Options

Maximum 50W Power Draw 85% less than Server

Wire-Free, Plug-and-Play Modularity, Low Shipping Weight (2.5 lb/1.1 kg)

Remote and Schedulable Power

Management

iSCSI Initiator Hardware Offload

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Hardware Comparison Matrix (SRE)

SRE 700 / 710 SM SRE 900 / 910 SM

Processor 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

(Single Core) 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

(Dual Core)

Maximum Memory 4 GB 4 GB–8 GB*

Maximum Storage 500 GB SATA HDD 2 x 500 GB SATA HDDs

with RAID 0/1

Ports 2 Internal GE Ports 1 External GE Port

1 External USB Port

2 Internal GE Ports 1 External GE Port

1 External USB Port

Security Cavium Nitrox Security

Co-Processor

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Network Platform

Virtual Office

Secure Mobility

Customizable Applications

Secure Collaboration

Scalable Rich-Media

Services

860, 880, 890 1941, 1941W

No UCS Express No UCS Express 1 or 2 UCS Express Upto 4 UCS Express

3925, 3945 3925E, 3945E

2901, 2911, 2921, 2951

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UCS-E Support in ISR G2 Routers

ISR G2 SRE 700 / 710 SM SRE 900 / 910 SM Max Modules/

Router

2911 Yes Yes 1

2921 Yes Yes 1

2951 Yes Yes 2

3925 Yes Yes 2

3945 Yes Yes 4

3925E Yes Yes 2

3945E Yes Yes 4

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SM-SRE Support in ISR G2 Routers

ISR G2 UCS-ExxxS UCS-ExxxD

UCS-ExxxDP Max Modules/

Router

2911 Yes No 1 SW

2921 Yes Yes 1 SW or 1 DW



3945 Yes Yes 4 SW or

2 SW and 1 DW

3925E Yes Yes 2 SW or 1 DW

3945E Yes Yes 4 SW or

2 SW and 1 DW

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Virtualization Platform

ISR G2

UCS-E Server Modules

Hypervisor

VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.x

Citrix Xen Server 6.x

Microsoft Hyper-V

SUSE Linux

RHEL

Windows 2008 R2

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Management Overview


Domain (Network and IT Administrator)

Network Administrator Provisions IP Address

System Ready to Use

Network Administrator Provisions Hardware

IT Administrator Installs Software

IT Administrator Configures Network

IT Administrator Connects to Provisioned IP

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Virtualization Management Strategy

Cisco Linux Operating System

Kernel

CPU’s Second Core, Memory, Compact

Flash

CLI Server, SSH Server, and IPMI

Emulation

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Cisco Integrated Management Controller Express (CIMC)

UCS-E UCS-E

UCS-E UCS-E

Router

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vSphere and vCenter Management

SRE-V SRE-V SRE-V

Router Router Router

Router Router Router Router Router

Router Router Router Router Router Router Router

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Multi-Gigabit Fabric Use-case(s)


Use Case: Video Application, Storage System, and IP Cameras

MGF Fabric

Router CPU

Hypervisor

OS

App

Hypervisor

OS

App

Video Management System

Storage Application C29(config)# interface vlan 1

C29(config-if)# ip address 10.1.30.1 255.255.255.0

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Use Case: Multiple VMs in Different VLANs and EtherSwitch Module/Card

MGF Fabric

Router CPU

EtherSwitch Module / EHWIC Card

Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

SRE Module C29(config)# interface g0/0/X C29(config-if)# switchport access vlan 40 C29(config)# interface vlan 40 C29(config-if)# ip address 10.1.40.1 255.255.255.0

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Use Case: Multiple VMs in Different VLANs on Multiple SREs

MGF Fabric Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

OS

App

SRE Module 1

Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

Hypervisor

OS

App

SRE Module 2

SRE Module 3 Router CPU

C29(config)# interface vlan 40 C29(config-if)# ip address 10.1.40.1 255.255.255.0

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Service Ready Engine Virtualization


Cisco SRE Virtualization (SRE-V) Powered by VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)

Key Functions • Runs directly on SRE

• Acts as virtual hardware

• Runs multiple OS concurrently

• Controls resources allocation

• Captures and restores OS state

• Provides OS rehosting capability

vSphere Hypervisor™ (ESXi) • Bare-metal hypervisor

• Version 5.0 and later

• Optimized for SRE blades

• Tailored for branch use cases

• vSphere Essentials equivalent

• vCenter management option

Enterprise-Class, Production-Class Virtual Server Platform

Most Widely Deployed, Secure, Production-Proven Hypervisor

SRE-V Solution Jointly Developed by VMware and Cisco

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Cisco SRE Blade ManagementCisco Integrated Management Controller Express

Lights-Out Management

• Out-of-band management accessed through ISR G2 ports and interfaces

Embedded Controller Within IOS

• Runs on dedicated ISR hardware resources

• Independent user management and access control enforces network/server separation

Multiblade Management Capabilities

• Single interface for provisioning, monitoring, configuration of all SRE blades within chassis

Consistent CLI and GUI Look-and-Feel

• Same user interface as UCS C-Series rack server Integrated Management Controller

Route Engine

Web GUI

CLI LAN, WAN, Console Ports, and Interfaces

SRE SRE

SRE SRE

CIMCE

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Cisco UCS Express Components Simplifying Lean Branch Office Infrastructure

Platform for WAN Edge Applications • Microsoft Windows Server-Certified

Server Virtualization • Cisco SRE virtualization powered by

VMware vSphere Hypervisor™ (ESXi)

Dedicated Blade Management • Cisco integrated management controller

• Consistent management for UCS family

Multipurpose x86 Blades • Cisco service-ready engine modules

• House up to four server blades in ISR G2

Single-Device Network Integration • House all devices in ISR G2 chassis

• Multigigabit fabric backplane switch

IOS, MGF Backplane Switch

SRE Blade

SRE-V Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

CIMCE SRE Blade

SRE-V Hypervisor

OS

App

OS

App

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Cisco UCS Express Support Model

Hardware and Virtualization Support Provided by Cisco • SRE hardware and SRE-V is supported under ISR G2 SMARTnet

• SRE-V support is provided by Cisco TAC only (not VMware)

• Microsoft Windows Server is supported by Microsoft

Supported by Cisco SMARTnet Attached to ISR G2

Supported by Microsoft Purchased Separately

ISR G2

SRE Hardware

SRE-V (vSphere Hypervisor)

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Range of Branch Services

Network Services

• Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)

• Network Analysis Monitoring (NAM)

• Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)

• Application Performance Monitoring (NetScout and Visual Network)

• IP Address Management (Infoblox and BlueCat)

• Log Management (LogLogic)

Network and Physical Security

Secure, Protect, Compliance

• Video Surveillance (VMSS)

• Voice Policy Firewall (SecureLogix)

Control, Accelerate, Analyze

Network and Security Services

Unified Communications

• Cisco Unity Express (CUE)

• Unified SIP Proxy (CUSP)

• Unified Messaging Gateway (UMG)

• Survivable Remote Site Voicemail (SRSV)

• Fax over IP (Sagemcom and OpenText)

• Paging over IP (Singlewire)

Reach, Communicate, Collaborate

Collaboration Services

Application Infrastructure

Industry Applications

• Tiani Medical Data Exchange

• Orion Health Rhapsody Medical Data Exchange

• Services Ready Engine Virtualization (SRE–V)

• Microsoft Windows Server on SRE-V

Deliver Value-add Custom Solutions

Consolidate, Simplify, Future-proof

Compute Services and Applications

Cisco Partner

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Service Virtualization Framework

Management

Cisco and VMware

Management Tools

VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0

Virtualized Services

Services-Ready Engine (SM-SRE)

SRE-V (vSphere Hypervisor)

App (A) App (B) App (C)

CCP

CiscoWorks LMS

CIMCE

vCenter

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SRE-V Architecture

VMware vSphere Hypervisor version 5.0

SM-SRE

Device Drivers

Network Stack

Storage Stack

Virtual Ethernet Adapter

Distributed File System

Resource Scheduling

VMkernel

User World API(s)

CIM Broker and Third-

Party Plug-Ins VMX syslog DCUI hostd

SNMP vpxa

VMware vSphere Hypervisor

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High Availability

SM-SRE

SM-SRE

SAN

NAS

iSCSI NFS NFS iSCSI



Storage Network-attached storage Storage-area network

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High Availability

VMware vSphere

Hypervisor

Router Router/Switch

Front Panel

SM n/1 SM-SRE

vSwitch0

vNIC

Network Redundant network connectivity Load balancing

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High Availability

VMware vSphere

Hypervisor

SM-SRE

VMware vSphere

Hypervisor

SM-SRE

Snap Shot 2

Snap Shot 1

Restore

Near Zero Downtime

Application

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Configuring Network Connectivity

SM n/0

SM n/1

Front Panel

MGF CPU

SM-SRE

vSwitch1

vSwitch0


int SM 1/0 ip address 10.1.20.1 255.255.255.0 service-module ip address 10.1.20.2 255.255.255.0 service-module ip default-gateway 10.1.20.1

int SMn/1 switchport mode trunk

IP Address: 10.1.20.2 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 10.1.20.1

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vSwitches

SRE-V vSwitches vSwitch0 > Management Network vSwitch1 > VM Network

SM n/0

SM n/1

Front Panel

MGF CPU

SM-SRE

vNIC vSwitch1

vSwitch0


VM

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I/O Connectivity

eUSB SATA

SATA

I/O Controller

Infrastructure NFS iSCSI


SM-SRE

Windows VM

SAN NAS

VMDK vSCSI

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SRE-V vs. VMware vSphere Hypervisor™

Configuration of the VMware vSphere Hypervisor™ IP address is done through the Cisco ISR G2

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) management for Cisco SRE-V is done through the RAID management CLI

Software upgrade packages are obtained from VMware

PCI Passthrough settings are not available

vCenter Server access support is available in Cisco SRE-V but features like vMotion, DRS, etc aren't supported by TAC

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Performance Benchmarking


Workload Classification


Mail Server

Actions / Second MB / Second

File Server

New Orders / Second

Java Server

Hardware (UCS-E or SRE)

Access / Second

Web Server

Commits / Second

Database Server

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UCS-E140S Benchmarking Numbers

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0

RAID 1

JBOD - Split

JBOD

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UCS-E140D Benchmarking Numbers

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0

RAID 1

JBOD - Split

JBOD

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UCS-E160D Benchmarking Numbers

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0

RAID 1

JBOD - Split

JBOD

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Comparison UCS-E140S vs. UCS-E140D

UCS-E140S UCS-E140D

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

RAID 0

RAID 1

JBOD - Split

JBOD

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Comparison UCS-E140S vs. UCS-E140D

UCS-E140S UCS-E140D

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0

RAID 1

JBOD - Split

JBOD

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Comparison UCS-E140D vs. UCS-E160D

UCS-E140D UCS-E160D

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

RAID 0

RAID 1

JBOD - Split

JBOD

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Comparison UCS-E140D vs. UCS-E160D

UCS-E140D UCS-E160D

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0

RAID 1

JBOD - Split

JBOD

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VMmark Comparison (UCS-E)

SM-910 SM-900 SM-710 SM-700 JBOD 0.96 0.55 0.81 0.57 JBOD - Split 1.27 0.86 0 0 RAID 1 1.13 0.72 0 0 RAID 0 1.34 0.89 0 0

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

1 1.2 1.4 1.6 V

Mm

ark

Sco

re Module Comparison

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SM 910 Benchmarking Numbers

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0 2,074 18,139 1,187 16 2,005

RAID 1 2,067 17,680 1,569 7 1,484

JBOD - Split 2,065 18,124 1,198 13 1,633

JBOD 2,060 18,123 1,054 5 1,452

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SM 900 Benchmarking Numbers

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0 2,057 18,148 893 5 1,225

RAID 1 2,050 18,107 499 4 893

JBOD - Split 2,028 18,120 897 6 843

JBOD 2,031 18,146 300 2 721

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Comparison SM 910 vs. SM 900

SM 910 SM 900

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

RAID 0 2,074 18,139 2,057 18,148

RAID 1 2,067 17,680 2,050 18,107

JBOD - Split 2,065 18,124 2,028 18,120

JBOD 2,060 18,123 2,031 18,146

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Comparison SM 910 vs. SM 900

SM 910 SM 900

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

RAID 0 1,187 16 2,005 893 5 1,225

RAID 1 1,569 7 1,484 499 4 893

JBOD - Split 1,198 13 1,633 897 6 843

JBOD 1,054 5 1,452 300 2 721

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SM 7xx Benchmarking Numbers

Web Server

(Access / Sec)

Java Server

(New Orders / Sec)

Mail Server

(Actions / Sec)

File Server

(MB / Sec)

Database

(Commits / Sec)

SM-710 2,005 17,334 694 4 1,295

SM-700 1,983 17,297 318 2 753

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VMmark Comparison

SM-910 SM-900 SM-710 SM-700 JBOD 0.96 0.55 0.81 0.57 JBOD - Split 1.27 0.86 0 0 RAID 1 1.13 0.72 0 0 RAID 0 1.34 0.89 0 0

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

1 1.2 1.4 1.6 V

Mm

ark

Sco

re Module Comparison

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Summary


Summary

UCS-E series server modules are designed for Integrated Services Router (ISR) G2 platform to: Host applications running native or virtualized

Provide one box solution for branch offices

Speed up ROI and lower TCO

Virtualization

Computing Networking

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General Information

Partner resources: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps11273/products_partner_resources_list.html

Customer resources: http://www.cisco.com/go/ucse

Mailing list: [email protected]

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