Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud version 3.1

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Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud

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Early Adopters of Cloud• Deployed with objective

of decreasing costs

• Did not utilize automation, orchestration, repeatable services

What They Discovered• Virtualization just increased

workload burden on IT

• Management Gap resulted in higher IT costs

Introduction

Source: IDC, June 2012

Joann Starke (jostarke)

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78% of enterprises: private cloud is strategic• Real value of cloud is speed, flexibility, agility

Cloud management enables value to be realized

IT can better align with business decisions

Frees up IT staff to focus on strategic competitive innovation

Today’s Cloud


Self-service Portal and Service Menus

Service Delivery Automation

Operational Process Automation

Resource Management

Lifecycle Management

Unlocking Cloud Benefits


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

TraditionalData Center

Public Cloud Services

Private Cloud

Hybrid Cloud


Transition Stages

Compute-as-a-Service Hybrid CloudsVirtual Data Centers Simple and

Advanced IaaS

Multi-tenancyNetwork-as-a-Service

Crawl

Walk

Run

Sprint

Dev & Test

Cloud

EnterprisePrivate Cloud

ServiceProvider

PaaS,Hybrid Cloud

Journey to the Cloud Crawl, Walk, Run…on your Cloud Journey


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

UNIFIED MANAGEMENT

UNIFIEDFABRIC

UNIFIED COMPUTING


Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudIT-as-a-Service Requires a New Management Approach

On-Demand, Self-Service Provisioning of IT Resources

Easiest to Use, 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-Based Network

Infrastructure Resource Mgmt

Policy-Based Compute

Network

Compute

Storage

On-Demand Provisioning Lifecycle Management

Integration and Automation

Pay-Per-Use

Service Governance

Service Catalog

Physical-Virtual, Multi-Hypervisor Dynamic Network ProvisioningNetwork ContainersService Profiles



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 Mgmt Multi-Vendor Compute and Network MgmtVirtualization Mgmt

Network

Compute

Storage


No Standard Clouds

Where to Start?

Technology is Not the Hard Part

Culture, Management ProcessesIT New / Changing Roles

“All in” From the Start?


Cisco’s Journey to the Cloud Start Where you Are Comfortable

Crawl

Walk

Run

Sprint

Compute-as-aService

Multi-HypervisorMulti-Cloud

Virtual Data Centers

Transition Stages

Start Here

Cisco Starter Edition

Cisco IAC

SolutionKits

Cisco IACRoadmapStart Here


First step on way to production

Compute-as-a-Service on UCS

Use Cases

• Self-service and auto provisioning

• Scope next steps

• Development/Test• Department level pilot • Internal IT provisioning system

Cisco IAC Starter EditionAccelerate Your Journey to The Cloud


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 cloud deployments

• Starting point toward an Enterprise private production cloud

• 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 vBlock , FlexPod, HDS, 3PAR

• Add and provision new blades for physical or virtualized environments

• Add integrations*

• Upgrade path to Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud

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

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

Cisco IAC Starter Edition

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Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Version 3.1


Scalable Clouds

Out-of-the box cloud management that scales from virtual machines to multiple virtual data centers

Service Remediation

Quick identification of problem workflows and remediation actions

CloudSync Cloud infrastructure discovery to manage and synchronize cloud infrastructure elements

Clouds Your Way

Over 200 extension points to deploy cloud on existing IT practices, policies and infrastructure systems

Secure, reliable foundation for private, public or hybrid clouds

New edition—Cisco IAC 3.1



• What is it?Point of Delivery, a unit of the data centerExamples: vBlock 300, FlexPod, VMDC Compute PODOne UCS domainLocal and shared network and storageLocal and shared domain managers

• Also:IAC registers POD by associating a set of domain managersScalability through multiple PODs

POD 1 POD 2

Key Concept: Compute PODInfrastructure Grouping Unit

Access Switch


Network Services Manager

vCenter

UCS Chassis and Servers

NetApp DFMor EMC UIM

NetApp/EMC/HDS

Included in IAC

Integrated to IAC

Portal and Orchestrator

Network Stack

Not IAC Integrated

Access Switch


UCS Manager

UCS Chassis and Servers

NetApp DFMor EMC UIM

NetApp/EMC/HDS

UCS Manager and Cisco SP are one per POD

UCS Manager

Portal, Orchestrator, NSM

and vCenter are one per system


POD 1 POD 2

Key Concept: Virtual Data CentersShared and Dedicated Deployment Environments• What are they?

Dedicated pool of resources for departments or whole organizations Include one network zone & VLANsEach housed in a cluster within one PODMay be placed in any PODSoft or hard reservation

• Value: Cost-effective and secure alternative to “shadow IT” Accommodates different organizational sizes (small, medium, large)

Shared Zones: A special VDC shared across all cloud users. Created by the cloud administrator.

Org A’s VDC“Staging”

Available capacity Available capacity

Available capacity

Available capacity

Available capacity

Available capacityOrg B’s VDC“Web Site”Virtual

Data Center: dedicated to one organization’s users. Ordered by the org admin. The cloud admin selects the PODs to house in.

Shared Zone

Org A’s VDC“QA Lab”

Deploy servers

VDC “Web Site”

Network 1

Network 2

Network 3

VM VM

VM

VM

VM

Physical Server

Physical Server

Org A Users


Key Concept: CloudSync• Discovery of cloud infrastructure and management systems

• Reduces setup and management costs

• Synchronizes dashboard of underlying infrastructure components


Network-as-a-Service • Bundles Cisco Network Services Manager

Ensures right networking resources are assigned to cloud resources Order networking layer from self-service portal Eliminates IT rework to correct errors

• Process Orchestrator Adapter for NSM permits rapid automation for network provisioning


Clouds Your Way• Over 200 extension

points for self-serve portal and orchestration

• Deploy cloud within existing ITpractices, policies and systems

• Examples: Open/close tickets in ITSM solutions Add pricing and showback Document asset management changes Set-up/decommission monitoring or service assurance Integrate with external IP address managers


Multi-Cloud Accelerator Kit Solution Pack for Cloud Management on OpenStack

SolutionAccelerators

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Cisco Network Services

Manager

Self-Service Portal and Service CatalogCisco Cloud Portal

Multi-Cloud Accelerator Kit

OpenStack AWS EC2

VMware vCloud

New!

• Create virtual data centers, on-board tenants and provision cloud services with Cisco IAC on multiple hypervisors

• Not included in Cisco IAC 3.1 – downloaded from public website

Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudPre-Built

Content Packs

3rd Party Infrastructure

Cisco UCS Manager




Multi-Cloud Accelerator Kit Solution Pack for Cloud Management on OpenStack

SolutionAccelerators

Uni

fied

Man

agem

ent E

cosy

stem

Cisco Network Services

Manager

Self-Service Portal and Service CatalogCisco Cloud Portal

Multi-Cloud Accelerator Kit New!

Cisco Intelligent Automation for CloudPre-Built

Content Packs

3rd Party Infrastructure

Cisco UCS Manager



OpenStack AWS EC2

VMware vCloud


Cisco IAC Starter Edition

Transition Stages

Hybrid CloudPrivate Cloud Public Cloud

Crawl

Walk

Run

Sprint

Computeas a

Service

EnterprisePrivate Cloud

ServiceProvider

PaaS,Hybrid Cloud

IA for Cloud 3.1 IA for Cloud 3.2IA for Cloud 4.0 and 5.0

Intelligent Automation for Cloud Solutions for Your Journey


Cisco Cloud Management Differentiation

‘Right Size’ Solution• Focus on cloud self-service, service catalog, and automation• RBAC, policy controls, orchestration, lifecycle mgmt

Leverage Existing Investments

• Open to heterogeneous h/w, hypervisors, 3rd party systems• Allows customer flexibility and customer choice

Flexibility• Extensible from IaaS to PaaS, private to hybrid, other use cases• Content packs for rapid service creation and deployment

User Experience• Easy-to-use self-service portal and service catalog• Visually configure new portal services and automation workflows

Best in Class Platform• Leverages Cisco leadership in fabric-based infrastructure• Orchestration and provisioning of physical and virtual resources

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Back-Up Slides


Virtual Data Centers


Cisco Intelligent Automation Makes OpenStack Viable as Production PlatformCisco Cloud Portal• Service catalog and

organizational multi tenancy• “Real” user portal

Portlets, user experienceExtensible to add service assurance and billing

• PoliciesQuotas, Leases, Selection guides and rule sets

• Request management• Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

At the service, VM template and action on a VM

• Service definition beyond VMValue-added services Bundles

Cisco Process Orchestrator • Provisioning workflows

beyond OpenStack• Bare metal provisioning to

OpenStack cloud layer• Automation and integration

Email, CMDB, Incident, Directories, SecurityOrchestration of Storage and networkConfiguration of Middleware, applications

• Day 2 maintenance of OpenStack • Integration with back office systems

BillingFinancials


Manage OpenStack and other cloud platform options (EC2, vCD)

Cloud platform setup for OpenStack, Amazon EC2, or VMware vCloud Director

Multiple Cloud and Virtual Environments