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Joseph YapASEAN DC Switching Lead
March 2019
The DC Needs to go Anywhere the Data is
ACI Anywhere
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Most deployed and trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises Winning 95% of competitive POCs
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Session format :
Presentation (50 minutes) and Q&A (10 minutes)
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There is Nothing
About Data Anymore
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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• 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
Optimize Your Network
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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
Optimize Your Network
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• 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 Application Centric Infrastructure
Cisco
ACI
Protect your business
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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
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• 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 Application Centric Infrastructure
Cisco
ACI
Accelerates Journey to Multicloud
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• 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
Accelerates Journey to Multicloud
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)
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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”
Accelerates Journey to Multicloud
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Cisco ACI Key Components
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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
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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
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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
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Cisco ACI
Protect Your Business
Accelerate Multicloud
Optimize Your Network
Aligned with Your Digital Transformation