Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Red Hat OpenStack

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Faster Deployment of OpenStack Clouds Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Red Hat OpenStack


OpenStack Is Transforming Cloud Deployment

Faster ROI

Accelerated Deployment

Increased Agility

Modify and Scale on

Demand

Access to Innovation

Community Engagement

Investment Protection

Choice of Vendors

Cost Reduction

Greater Control


Interest in OpenStack Is Increasing

§  The OpenStack community is attracting lots of attention in the end-user and the vendor marketplaces. When we asked IT professionals to identify exciting vendor offerings and industry initiatives, we found that OpenStack is now top of mind for IT managers deciding on a cloud platform.

§  33% of organizations currently investing in or considering cloud near-term are planning to use OpenStack platforms in their private cloud.

IDC, CloudTrack Survey, Overview of Results, December 2013 Standard Hardware

OpenStack Shared Services

Compute Networking Storage

APIs

OpenStack Dashboard

Source: Image courtesy of The OpenStack Foundation

Your Applications


§  Integration and testing §  Consistency of

deployments §  Fast payback and ROI

§  Future agility and choice

§  Investment protection §  Avoid vendor lock-in

§  Stable platforms §  Supportable

configurations §  Cost-efficient scale-out

Challenges of Implementing OpenStack

Speed of Deployment Risk Management Retain Flexibility


§  Proven architecture designed for virtualization and cloud

§  Leading OpenStack contributor

§  Driving ACI integration

Cisco and OpenStack

§  Enterprise-hardened distribution

§  Award-winning support and training

§  Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization hypervisor, based on KVM

Red Hat and OpenStack

Cisco and Red Hat: Bringing OpenStack to the Enterprise

No. 1 Cloud Infrastructure and Cloud Services

No. 1 Open Source


Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for Red Hat OpenStack Easier, Faster Deployment of Private Clouds

§  Faster deployment with Cisco® Validated Designs and Configurations for Red Hat

§  Less risk with predefined deployment services

§  Faster resolution with integrated support

§  Starter Edition for: −  Initial cloud deployments, Red Hat KVM workloads,

and 300 to 500 VMs

§  Advanced Editions for: −  High availability and cloud scale-out

−  Self-service portal and management, intercloud connectivity, and optional ACI capability

§  Cisco UCS® Integrated Infrastructure for savings in CapEx and OpEx, increased scalability, manageability, and consistency

§  Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Inktank CEPH Enterprise for fast deployment of stable, consumable OpenStack


Simplifies Operations, Increases ROI and Accelerates Deployment

Performance, Scalability, Availability

Secure Multitenancy

ACI Ready

Hybrid and Intercloud Enabled

Standard Building Blocks

Storage Partners Direct Attach, NAS, and SAN

Cisco Nexus® Family Scalable, Secure, Network Fabric

Cisco UCS® Platform Unified, Programmable, Rapid Provisioning, Scalable

Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure The Proven Foundation for Scalable Clouds


“We can offer leading solutions to our customers and continue to expand our business.” - Martin Breslin Infrastructure Architect, SEI

“Our Cisco Unified Computing System decision is a game-changer.” - Wes Wright CIO, Seattle Children’s

“With Cisco UCS, we can adapt much more quickly to user demand.” - Mark Adams VP, Information Technology, HireRight

Cisco UCS Delivers Positive Business Outcomes For 30,000 Customers Worldwide

Greater Business Agility

Lower Operating Expenses

Reduced Costs and Complexity

Lower Computing Cost

Faster Fact-Based Decision Making

77% Reduction in

Cabling

61% Reduction in

Management Costs

54% Reduction in Power and Cooling Costs

90% World-Record Performance Benchmarks

84% Reduction in

Provisioning Times


Cisco’s Commitment to OpenStack

§  Top contributor to Neutron §  Sixth most active reviewer for

all components §  Cisco Nexus® 9000 Series

and Cisco APIC plug-in support for OpenStack

§  Partnering with Red Hat to accelerate features into Red Hat RDO and OpenStack Platform

OpenStack Development

§  Customers include Axiom, Comcast, Dualtec, Millennial Media, and Workday

§  Customer deployments with partners including Red Hat, Canonical, and SUSE

§  Partnering with Comcast for IPv6 Neutron blueprints

Customer Engagement

§  Plug-ins enable transparent integration of Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus solutions

§  Plug-ins certified with Red Hat OpenStack Platform

§  New Cisco Validated Designs for Cisco UCS with Red Hat for Big Data

Cisco®

Solutions


Cisco and Red Hat Alliance Joint Engineering and Product Development

§  Support from Cisco Cloud Services ecosystem

§  Transparent application mobility across private and hybrid clouds

§  Developing Intercloud-ready OpenStack infrastructure

§  Working to standardize application-based infrastructure in OpenStack

§  Support for Cisco® APIC controller and managed devices

§  Support for Red Hat Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor

§  Simplify and speed deployment with reference architectures

§  Transparent security and management across clouds with plug-ins

§  Accelerate implementation and reduce risk with consulting services

Application-Centric Infrastructure OpenStack Intercloud


Cisco Validated Designs Proven Methodology Accelerates Deployment and Reduces Risk

Integrated System

Approach

System Development Guidelines

Planning Design End-to-End Validation Documentation

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Inte

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Sys

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Key Customer Engagements Consider end-to-end view

Product Development Cross-platform collaboration

Best Practices System-level innovations

System Delivery Tested and validated designs


Private and

Hybrid Clouds

Typical Use Cases

Proof of Concept Implementations

Development and Testing

Cloud-Scale Applications

Applications in a Private IaaS Environment

Small to Medium-Sized Data Processing

Applications

Mobile Applications

Big Data

Transparent Hybrid Cloud Deployments

Multiple Data Center Deployments

PaaS and SaaS


Cisco Cloud Consulting Services Complete Solution Deployment

Delivered through Worldwide Cisco® Advanced Services and Partner Teams

§  Installation and Configuration of Red Hat OSP 5.0 on Cisco UCS® C220 and C240 Rack Servers

§  Provision VMs, Tenants (projects), and Networks

§  Block Storage with Ceph Enterprise 1.2 §  Supports 300 to 500 VMs

§  Multiple Hybrid Cloud Management §  HA and Integration with Third-Party ITSM Tools §  Self-Service Portal and Catalog §  Advanced Billing and Chargeback §  Operationalize OpenStack Cloud Deployment,

Runbooks, and Standard Operating Procedures

Scope Fixed Custom

Availability Worldwide Worldwide

Use Cases Deploy OpenStack OpenStack and Advanced Features

Advanced Package Starter Package


Cisco Solution Support Services (SSPT)

§  Global, any time access to a team of experts cross-trained in data center products

What Is It?

§  Solution experts for triage and fault isolation at the solution level with Cisco and Red Hat

§  Escalation to Cisco® engineering or partner product support

§  Scalable support delivered 24x7 by Cisco TAC

§  Root-cause analysis for high-visibility issues

Services Included

§  Rapid resolution for customers with Cisco and Red Hat support contracts

Integrated Third-Party Support

§  Reduced mean time to final resolution (MTTFR)

§  Greater confidence in your data center infrastructure

§  Higher uptime and service levels for your customers

§  Realize the full benefits of your solution investment

Main Benefits


Cisco Solution Support Services A New Model for Integrated Support

Customer or Channel

Partner

Cisco Product Support Cisco UCS® virtualization

issues

Red Hat Product Support OpenStack issues

Coordinate

Coordinate

Cisco SSPT Contract All issues may go to Cisco®

SSPT Cisco Solution

Support

Product-Level

Support

Product-Level

Support

Cisco

Solution Technology Partners

Product-Level

Support

Product-Level

Support

Access to Cisco data center infrastructure experts who lead in resolution of any issues found within the supported infrastructure

The Cisco Solution Support team will work with you to resolve your issue, regardless of where that issue leads or who needs to be involved in resolution

Coordinate with both sources to solve problems in both areas

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Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure for OpenStack Planned Editions for Red Hat KVM-Based Deployments

§  Cisco® Validated Design and bill of materials for Cisco UCS® Integrated Infrastructure with OpenStack

§  Enterprise support provided by Cisco and Red Hat

Starter Edition

Quick and easy install of OpenStack on Cisco UCS

infrastructure

Starter Edition plus: §  Intercloud ready §  Automatic deployment §  User portal and catalog

for IaaS and PaaS §  Enterprise scalability to

thousands of VMs

Advanced Edition

Advanced Edition plus: §  Policy-based

infrastructure deployment with Cisco ACI

Advanced ACI Edition

Rapidly build and operate large-scale private clouds

Rapidly build and operate large-scale clouds using Cisco ACI


Value of Cisco OpenStack Solutions

§  Reduce CapEx, OpEx, and complexity with unified infrastructure

§  Greater performance, availability, and scalability

§  Easy to deploy, operate, and manage

§  Deploy faster with less risk using Cisco® Validated Designs and Red Hat certified plug-ins

§  Integrated Cisco and Red Hat support

§  Customized OpenStack consulting services

§  Standards and open APIs

§  Choice of storage §  Hybrid and Intercloud

ready §  Programmable,

application-centric architecture

Proven Business Outcomes

Enterprise Ready Approach Flexibility

and Agility


Call to Action

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