Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Edition

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Tomorrow’s IT—World of Many CloudsEnabling Multiple IT Sourcing Models

TraditionalData Center

Public Cloud Services

Private Cloud

Hybrid Cloud


Lack of IT-Business Alignment

Business Drivers for Cloud

Long Provisioning Times for New Services

• Lack of agility• High cost of IT staff• Business-IT dissonance

High Capital Costs Due to Provisioning for Peak Loads

• Low capacity utilization• High operating costs• Overcrowding of data center

Pressure to Move Towards Proactive SLA Management

• Labor-intensive manual processes for service management

Lack of Centralized Control and Governance

• High error rates due to disconnected processes

• Infrastructure sprawl


Legacy Management Slow, Complex, Brittle, Expensive

Cloud Management Fast, Simple, Flexible, Cost-Effective

Legacy IT IT-as-a-Service

Broad Network Access

ResourcePooling

Rapid Elasticity

Measured Service

On-Demand

Self Service

Network

Compute

Storage


Cisco Unified Data Center The Platform for Delivering IT-as-a-Service

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT

UNIFIEDFABRIC

UNIFIED COMPUTING


Unified Management for CloudIT-as-a-Service Requires a New Management Approach

On-Demand, Self-Service Provisioning of IT Resources

Easiest to Use and Deploy, Delivers Faster Time to Value

Optimized for Cisco Architectures, Complements Existing IT Systems and Management Tools

Policy-Based, Model-Driven Approach Reduces TCO

Automation

Intelligence

Flexibility

Self-Service Portal and Orchestration

Policy-BasedNetwork

Infrastructure Resource Mgmt

Policy-BasedCompute

Network

Compute

Storage


Unified Management for Cloud Automation and Orchestration Designed for IT-as-a-Service

Cisco IntelligentAutomation for Cloud

CiscoNetwork Services

Manager

Cisco Unified Computing System Manager

Network

Compute

Storage

Unified Management Partner Ecosystem

APIAPI


Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudIT Self-Service Storefront

Cisco Cloud Portal Example: Cisco IT Deployment—CITEIS Virtual Data Center


Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudOrchestration-Based Automation

Cisco Process Orchestrator Example: Provision virtual data center (VDC)


Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud

Cloud Service Providers

Self-Service Portal and Service Catalog Cisco Cloud Portal

Orchestration and AutomationCisco Process Orchestrator

Policy-Based Compute

Cisco UCS Manager

OS/Bare Metal Provisioning

Integration Framework

Cisco Network Services Manager

Policy-Based Network

Cisco Server Provisioner

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Image/Config Mgmt

Monitoring

Email

Service Desk/CMDB

LDAP/Active Directory

Billing/ Chargeback

Storage MgmtMulti-Vendor Compute

and Network MgmtVirtualization Mgmt

Network

Compute

Storage



Storage MgmtMulti-Vendor Compute

and Network MgmtVirtualization Mgmt

Cloud Service Providers




Cisco UCS Manager



Cisco Network Services Manager

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Monitoring

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Service Desk/CMDB


Billing/ Chargeback

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AutomatedSelf-ServiceProvisioning

Architect Design Where Can We Put It?

Procure Install Configure Secure Is It Ready?

Manual

CapacityOn-Demand

Policy-BasedProvisioning

Built-InGovernance

FROM 8 WEEKS TO 15 MINUTES

Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudUnified Management—Automated Self-Service Provisioning


Anthony Ong, Infrastructure Architect

“The goals for our private cloud are to increase IT agility and efficiency across both physical and virtual infrastructure. We selected Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud and we are very pleased with the result.”

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Starter Edition



Starter Edition

Cloud Management and Orchestration Software for Cisco UCS

Order VMs and Physical Servers with Automated Provisioning

Easy-to-Use End-Self-Service and Administrator Web Portal

Introducing


Starter Edition – Features & Benefits

Pre-Built Portal Content and Workflows to Accelerate Time to Cloud

Deployment of Compute-as-a- Service on Cisco UCS to Improve Agility

Self-Service Provisioning and Automation for both Virtual and Physical

Control Over Resources and Consumption with Lifecycle Management

Ability to Grow Deployment and Expand to New Use Cases with Upgrade Path



1Server

Virtualization

4Hybrid Cloud

2PrivateCloud

3Public Cloud

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ControlConsolidation

ScaleUtilization

PredictabilityDifferentiation

AgilityAvailability

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The Journey to Cloud

Transition Stages

Compute-as-a-Service:Basic Automation, Basic Process Optimization

Infrastructure-as-a-Service:Siloes of Automation, Basic Process Optimization

Platform-as-a-Service: Advanced Automation, Holistic Process Optimization

Application-as-a-Service:Holistic Automation, Operational Optimization


Dev/Test R&D

Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter EditionCrawl, Walk, Run…on your Cloud Journey

Transition Stages

Compute-as-a-Service

Service Provider ClassMulti-site and Workload

Placement

Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Multi-

tenant Services

Multi-tenant ServicesPods and Deep

Storage Provisioning

Crawl

Walk

Run

Sprint

Starter

Edition

IA for Cloud

3.0

+ Pod Manager

VMDC

DR / BCApp Testing

Pre-ProductionProduction

Demand DrivenWeb Farms

Portals Infrastructure

Services

Critical Apps By Function

By Department By App Type


Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudStarter Edition—Key Facts

Entry-level Private Cloud For Compute-as-a-service

Orchestrates Cisco UCS and VMware vCenter

Baseline for Growth Software Solution

• Smaller IT shops or department-level deployments in enterprise accounts as a starting point

• Cloud pilots

• Service providers offering hosted or on-premise single-tenant CaaS

• Out-of-the-box integration with Cisco UCS and VMware vCenter

• Network and storage manually pre-provisioned

• Works on FlexPod, Vblock, HDS, 3PAR

• Add and provision new blades for physical or virtualized environments

• With partner services or Cisco Advanced Services, add integrations

• Upgrade path to Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud 3.0

• Self-service portal, process orchestrator, bare-metal server provisioner

• Deployment ready with pre-built out-of-the-box content for automation, catalog, portlets


Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudStarter Edition and UCS

Single Support ModelAutomated Physical and Virtual

Provisioning with Cisco UCS Service Profiles

Dense VM Deployments with Cisco UCS Extended Memory

and Unified Fabric

Deployment-ReadyEasy-to-Use

Administrative and End-User Portal

A Compute and Automation Platform to Grow with Your

Business

First Step Towards Cisco Unified Management


Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudStarter Edition—User Interface


Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudStarter Edition—Manage Servers


Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudStarter Edition—Administrator Interface


Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Edition




Cisco UCS Manager




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Cisco Unified Computing SystemVMware vCenter

Network

Compute

Storage


Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Edition—Comparison

Starter Edition (NOW) IA for Cloud 3.0 + NSMCloud Deployment Model Private Private, Public, Hybrid

Physical + Virtual Provisioning

Cisco UCS and VMware vCenter Ready 1 UCS Mgr, 1 vCenter Multi POD

Other Infra Support Available via Services

Automated Resource Discovery

Automated Network Provisioning Via UCS-M and vCenter

Express ServicesIndividual VMs and Physical Servers on 1 Network

Virtual Data Center (VDC) ServicesContainers of Resources, Network Topologies

L2, L3, L4 (VRF, LB, FW)

Multi-Organization

Multi-Tenancy

Tenant Created Custom VDCs

Tenant Access Control to Services

Administrator Role and Portlets

Lease Management

Email Notifications


Typical Customer Cloud Roadmap

• Pod manager for FlexPod and Vblock

• Admin control and automated provisioning of Compute, Network, Storage, Virtualization

Add Advanced Storage

Provisioning

• Upgrade to Cisco IAC 3.0

• Expand in use to thousands of VMs and hundreds of blades/servers

• Start automating network provisioning

Extend to Infrastructure as a Service

• Cisco IAC 3.0 Starter Edition

• Multiple Chassis

• 3-6 months in production

Deploy Compute as a

Service

• Starter Edition: demo

• Cisco Internal Private Cloud: CITEIS demo

Evaluation

• Benefits of a Private Cloud

• Components of a Private Cloud

• Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus, and Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud

Education


Wk -2

Wk -1

Wk1

Wk 2

Wk 3

Wk 4

Wk 5+

Partner Delivery Model: Targeting “Four Weeks from Kickoff to Go Live”• Installation and deployment

through a set of validated Cisco ATP Partners, Ecosystem Partners or Cisco AS

• Includes:Planning and project management

Prerequisite validation (environment is ready and all Cisco UCS and vCenter prerequisites are in place)

Installation

Configuration

Admin training (for use of Starter Edition only. Customer training to build their own workflows is additional)

Testing and validation

• Only applies to standard services deployment (not custom)

Planning

*Kickoff*

Implementation

Deployment

*Go-Live*

Validation

Design

Strategy and Planning

DRAFT/SUBJECT TO CHANGE/NOT TO BE FURTHER DISTRIBUTED


• Users work from portal interface• 2 virtual services: VM from template,

VM base OS install• Admin-controlled templates• 3 VM sizes (adjustable by admin)• 2 physical services: Base Windows,

Base Linux• Next available physical blade allocation• User-selected service profile template• Start/stop/reset/add CPU/add

RAM/snapshot VM• Admin-created networks per

organization• Built-in IP address management• Auto-expiration (lease management)

Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud: Starter Edition—Technical Feature Specs

• Simple, private cloud • Single tenant, multi-organizational

units• Single server orders• Physical and virtual servers• 1 Cisco UCS-M 2.0 B Series + 1

vCenter 4.1/5.0 maximum

• Accelerated install/configuration process

• Admin connects Cisco UCS-M and VMware vCenter

• Admin registers blades, networks• Admin registers VM/OS/Cisco UCS

Service Profile templates• Admin repurpose blades to

virtual/physical pools• Automated ESX provisioning

and addition to vCenter• Resource capacity view from portal• Basic failed service recovery

and cleanup• Infrastructure fault detection

(no auto handling)• 90+% of operations are from portal

• Add/remove organizations and users• Assign other administrators, physical

order privilege

• Quotas, service access control, approvals

• Virtual data centers• Detailed resource usage views• Firewalls, load-balancing, VRF

provisioning• Storage system and disk provisioning• Billing, chargeback• Multi-site deployments and DCI• Clustered applications, HA, DR• IP address manager integration or

DHCP• Start date and reservations• Other blades/server or hypervisors• User-uploaded custom images

General

Infrastructure Administration

User Administration Starter Edition Doesn’t Include

Cloud Portal and Self-Service Provisioning


Changing the Game• New Functionality:

Deployment-ready for physical and virtual provisioning on Cisco UCS

New pre-built Portal and Orchestrator content to accelerate implementation

New cloud admin and organizational admin roles and console

• Starting Point for Journey to Cloud:Easier to deploy basic IaaS functionality without customization

Methodology and upgrade path to ensure customer success

• New Channel Program for Intelligent Automation:Rolling out to ATP Partners for engagement, training, shadowing, validation

Multi-module training curriculum and enablement for the Starter Edition

Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Edition


Four Ways The Starter Edition Can Accelerate Cloud Success for Cisco Customers

Cloud Pilot Mid-Sized IT Org First Cloud

Large Enterprise IT Org Initial Deployment

Cloud Service Provider Underpinned by Pre-provisioned

Network and Storage Containers

Test It Run It Grow it Sell It

DedicatedOn Premise

PrivateHosted

Shared Hosted


• Leverage Cisco’s learnings from our customers and Cisco IT deployment

• Reduce time to deployment with a proven solution and pre-built content

• Initial investment in private cloud, focused on simple use cases (e.g. dev / test)

• Reduce server provisioning time and improve IT agility

• Sensible and low-risk path for updates and upgrades over time

Mid-Sized IT OrganizationsA Starting Point for Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Trusted Model: Deployment-Ready

• Demonstrate initial success with private cloud on UCS and VMware

• Discover the benefits of provisioning physical and virtual servers with SLAs

• Understand impact of cloud model on processes, people, and change management

• Explore next steps: e.g. upgrade and/or add integrations and heterogeneous support

First Step in Journey to Cloud on Cisco UCS


Enterprise IT — Department-Level Cloud A Transitional Step to Enterprise Private or Hybrid Cloud

• As you build your long-term cloud strategy, get immediate short-term results with Starter Edition

• Expand your organizational readiness for next phase and upgrade to the standard Intelligent Automation for Cloud solution

• Leverage a platform that is extensible for add-on functionality extensions and enterprise data center integrations including:

Image management

Multiple hardware vendors

Multi-hypervisor

CMDB and ticketing integrations

Financial showback or chargeback

Hybrid cloud / external cloud services


Cloud Service Providers and MSPsDeploy New Cloud Services with Faster Time-to-Market

• Move from simple colocation services to deploying hosted or on-premise single-customer private cloud

• With pre-provisioning networks and storage, you can have multi-tenant cloud with Starter Edition (but no tenant control of cloud)

• Deploy both physical and virtual provisioning with end user SLAs that beat your competition

• Attract a greater share of your customers’ data center spend

• Increase customer intimacy as a new trusted advisor for cloud

• Deploy new service offerings to capitalize on cloud opportunity


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