Evolving Storage Networks to Support New Workload Types for Massive Data Growth

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Evolving Storage Networks to Support New Workload Types for Massive Data GrowthRajeev BhardwajVice-President, Product Management, Data Center Group, Cisco Systems


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Transforming to the Cloud, Jointly

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Together, Cisco and EMC are helping customers create and deploy data centers that are more efficient, easier to manage, and more dynamic.”

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Our skills and expertise complement each other and we combine them together for the benefit of our mutual customers.”

John ChambersChairman, President and CEO, Cisco Systems

Joe TucciChairman, President and CEO, EMC


An Era of Massive Data GrowthCreating New Business Imperatives for IT

IDC April 2014: The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data and Increasing Value of Internet of Things

10X Increase in Data Produced(From 4.4T GB to 44T GB)

32B IoT Devices (Will Be Connected to Internet)

40% of Data Will Be “Touched” by Cloud

85% of Data for Which Enterprises Will Have Liability and Responsibility


…Driving Evolution of SAN Architectures

Fabric

Block and/or File Arrays

Fabric

Big Data, Scale-Out NAS

Fabric

Compute Nodes

REST API

Cloud Storage (Object)

Enterprise Apps: OLTP, VDI, etc.


Requirement for Storage Networking Architectures

FCHigh-

Performance Data Center Connectivity

FICON

Mainframe Connectivity

Long- Distance

Replication Connectivity

NAS, iSCSI

File and Block Over IP

FCoE HTTP

Object

SAN ProtocolsOperational Simplicity (Automation, Self-Service Provisioning)

SAN ProtocolsScale (Tens of Thousands P/V Devices, Billions of Objects)

SAN ProtocolsPerformance (16G FC, 10GE, 40GE, 100GE)

FCIP


FCoE

Inter-VSAN RoutingNetwork

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

Tools

Comprehensive SecurityVirtual SAN

(VSAN)

Integrated Multi-Protocol

FC, FICON, iSCSI and FCIP

Integrated SAN Extension

for DC/BR

Performance and Density

Single Management

for SAN and LAN

Continued Innovations Over the Last Decade

Unified Ports

Industry-Leading FC Performance,

Reliability

40G FCoE

NEW

FC• MDS 9710 Scale• MDS 16G 1RU

Switch

Ethernet Fabrics for Storage Networking• MDS 9710 FCoE• New Nexus FCoE• Nexus 5600 and

7700 for Big Data, Scale-Out NAS, and Cloud

Operational Simplicity• Automation• Monitoring

Innovation Coupled With Investment Protection


Focus on Fibre Channel Across Cisco’s DC PortfolioFC and FC over Ethernet (FCoE)

48x16G Line-Rate Module

MDS 9710

MDS 9250i: Storage Services 48x10G Line-Rate

FCoE Module

MDS 9148S 48x16G Line-Rate Switch

Nexus 600496x40GE Line-rate FCoE

Nexus 5672UP: 48x10GE (16 Ports Unified) 6x40GE

FCoE/Eth

Nexus 56128: 96x10GE FCoE/Eth 12x40GE FCoE/Eth

Nexus

Nexus 770048x10G Line-Rate FCoE/Eth Module

Nexus 7718

Nexus 7710

Q3CY13 Q4CY13 Q1CY14 Q2CY14 Q3CY14Q2CY13Q1CY13

Key Targeted Capabilities Being Introduced Across the Portfolio

MDS


SAN LAN/SAN

CiscoNexus 5000

Cisco Nexus 6000 Cisco Nexus 7000

CiscoNexus 3000

Cisco MDS 9200 Series



CiscoNexus 2000

Cisco MDS 9710

10+ Years of Proven NX-OS Operating System From Hypervisor to Core

Cisco Multi-Protocol Architecture for LAN and SANContinued Extension of Industry’s Broadest Switching Portfolio

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) Single Point of Management

Cisco MDS 9250i

Cisco MDS 48x16G FC Module

CONSISTENT AND SIMPLIFIEDFeatures, Management, and Programmability

Cisco MDS 9148S

Cisco MDS48x10G FCoE

Module

Cisco Nexus5672UP

(Available Now)

Q3CY14


Fibre ChannelAccelerating the Innovation


1.5-Tbps/Slot384 Line-Rate 16G FC Ports

STORAGE DIRECTORN+1 Fabric

INDUSTRY’S MOST RELIABLE

WITH MULTI-PROTOCOL CONNECTIVITY

UNMATCHED FLEXIBILITY

INDUSTRY’S HIGHESTPERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY

Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer DirectorInvestment Protection for the Next Decade

Launched in May 2013 at EMC World!

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Now Boosting Scale for FC Infrastructures!Deploy Thousands of Virtual Machines: Heterogeneous Hypervisor Environments• Scale-out: large FC infrastructure requires support for:

– Lots of switches increase number of domains supported– Lots of ports increase number of zones supported– Lots of VMs increase number of fabric logins per fabric

• Scale-up: requires each FC switch to support– Lots of VMs increase number of fabric logins per switch

and per module

MDS 9700 Scale MDS 9700 TestedConfiguration Limits

MDS 9700 Improvement over earlier products

Number of Domains 80 +33%

Zones per Fabric 16,000 +100%

Fabric Logins per Fabric 20,000 +100%

Fabric Logins per Switch 4,000 +100%

Fabric Logins per Module 1,000 +150%

MDS 9710

Deploy Large-Scale 16G Cloud Infrastructure

Q3CY14


Cisco MDS 9148S Fabric SwitchIndustry’s Most Affordable 16G Fabric Switch

INDUSTRY-LEADING VERSATILITY WITH

PERFORMANCE

BackFront

48 x 16G FC Line Rate Performance Dual Power Supplies and Fansfor Enterprise-Class Availability

SIMPLIFIED OPERATIONS

Pay-as-You-Grow 1RU Switch• Line-rate 16/8/4/2G

FC ports • Start with 12, 24, or

full 48 ports• Add 12 port increments

Easy to Use• PowerOn auto-provisioning• Quick configuration wizard• Same OS and management

across industry’s broadest SAN portfolio

ROBUST ENTERPRISE-CLASS TECHNOLOGY

Deploy for Virtualized Environments• Non-disruptive software

upgrades• Virtual SANs (VSANs), Inter-

VSAN Routing (IVR), QOS, PortChannels

• N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)• QOS, PortChannels

High-Performance, Versatile, Affordable, and Easy-to-Deploy Fabric Switch

Q3CY14


Performance and Versatility for Growth and Virtualization

• Start with 12-Port 16G FC base switch• Grow in 12-port increments with port

upgrade license• 12 24 36 48 ports• Choose from three base configurations• 12, 24, 48 ports

Total Ports 12 -> 24 -> 36 -> 48

• Deploy in N-Port Virtualization (NPV) mode to reduce number of managed switches

• Leverage up to 32 VSANs - Map applications/business units/VM clusters to VSANs

MDS 9148S

MDS 9148S

MDS 9148S

MDS 9148S

MID-LEVEL SAN

MDS 9710

MDS 9148S

Enable Midmarket Customers to Leverage Enterprise-Class Capabilities

ENTRY-LEVEL SAN


9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch BUSINESS CONTINUITY/

DISASTER RECOVERY

DATA MIGRATION

FC FCoE

SAN SAN

FC SAN GATEWAY

FC

FCoE

ConvergedFabric

SAN

FC SAN SWITCH

FC

FC

SAN

Migrate Data Between Heterogeneous Storage

1/10G FCIP/iSCSI (2 Ports)

16G FC, FICON (40 Ports)

10GE FCoE (8 Ports)

ProductionDC

Disaster Recovery DC

IP WAN

FC FCoE

SAN

FC FCoE

SAN

One SAN Appliance, Multiple Use Cases

√


FCIP SAN Extension With MDS 9250i

DWDM/SONETOptical MAN

IP WANMDS or NEXUS

MDS 9250i MDS 9250i10GE 10GE

DISK REPLICATIONTAPE BACKUP

MDS or NEXUS

FC or FCoEFC or FCoE

BC/DR for FC or FCoE Storage Networks


Ethernet Fabrics for Storage Networking - Extending the Portfolio


Storage Networking Convergence at Access

Unified Ports on Nexus 5600 SeriesFC/FCoE/Traditional Ethernet

• 48 fixed 1/10G SFP+ ports of which 16 ports unified

• 16 Unified Ports provide 2/4/8G FC, 10/40G Ethernet/FCoE

40GE FCoE/Traditional Ethernet

• 6x 40G QSFP+ Ports

• Flexibility to use 4x10G or 40G

Nexus 5672UP

………………………………………………..Nexus 5672UP

LAN

50% Reduction in Number of Cables, Adapters, and ToR Switches

Source: Gartner, “Why, When, and How to Converge Storage and Data Networks”, August 2013

40% Cost Savings for Rack Mount Servers

30% Cost Savings for Blades Systems

MDS 9710


Introducing

Preserve Existing and Continued FC Investments

Industry’s Highest-Density FCoE Module on a 16G FC DirectorEnabling Multi-Protocol SANs With MDS 9700 Series

Preserve Existing and Continued FC Investments

MDS 48x10G FCoE Module

• Extend benefits of FCoE beyond access layer

• Bridge converged multi-hop FCoE SANs to FC SANs

• Seamless interoperability between MDS 9700 and Nexus platforms

Q3CY14

MDS 9710


Dedicated Storage Networking Core with Multi-Hop FCoETechnology Convergence with separate LAN and SAN Cores

Blade or Rack Servers

Fabric Extender (FEX)

LAN

FCoE-only Dedicated Storage Core

Directors

Dedicated Ethernet CoreNexus Directors

Converged AccessNexus Fixed or Directors

• FCoE-Only Dedicated Storage Core• Take advantage of Ethernet ubiquity and cost-advantage• Take advantage of higher-speed ISLs available sooner• Same management model as FC – Separate LAN & SAN• Same Director-class resiliency

Converged Link

Dedicated FCoEEthernet


Big Data With Nexus

• 3,000 100M/1G/10G access ports attached to Nexus 2000

• Simplified operations with only two points of management (Nexus 7700)

• Architectural flexibility for ToR and high-performance EoR deployments

• High-availability, burst-handling/queuing, low latency

Top of Rack (ToR)

Nexus 7700 With F3 Parent Switch

FEX

...

FEX

...

FEX


Scale Out With Nexus 7700 and 5600Building 10G Access and 40G Fabrics

Two Nexus 7718 With F3

40G Wire Rate Fabric188 Nexus 5672UP3:1 OS…

9,000 1/10G Access Ports

…

Architectures for Scale-Out

Object Storage


Operational Simplification


Operational SimplificationReduced Operational Cost via Ease of Management

Congestion Avoidance and Detection

Simplification and Automation of Fabric

Extensive Monitoring and Visibility With Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

Power-On Auto-Provisioning

Simplified Analytics


Congestion Detection and AvoidanceAddressing Misbehaving Devices Causing Slow Drain Issues

• Port guard: shutdown the link after multiple errors– Configurable thresholds (number of errors and duration)

• Slow drain devices: detect, notify, recover– Detect: monitor buffer credits– Notify: SNMP traps and System Logs– Recover: Configurable multi-step automated recovery options

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/storage-networking/mds-9700-series-multilayer-directors/white_paper_c11-729444.html

Affected Host

Misbehaving HBA





Rapid Error Free Deployments

Automated ProvisioningConsistent Configuration on Switch Power Up

• Automates switch setup

• Eliminates the need for serial cable for manual configuration of each switch

• Ensures configuration consistency

MDS 9148SMDS 9148S

…………………………………………………………………..

Provides:1. IP Address,

Gateway

2. Software Image

3. Configuration File

Rapid Error-Free Deployments

Q3CY14


Zoning Automation: Integration With Industry-Leading Platforms

Cisco MDS Portfolio

Automate Zoning

EMC ViPRSoftware-Defined

Storage

Cisco UCS DirectorWorkflow-Based

Provisioning

Microsoft System Center VMM

IBM PowerVC

VMware KVM

Bare Metal

XenServer Hyper-V

For Fast Application Deployments

User-Centric Models for New Cloud-Scale Workloads


Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

CONFIGURATION VISIBILITY CAPACITY HEALTH

HIGHLY AVAILABLE

with PROGRAMMABLE APIs

@ SCALE


HEALTH SCORETRENDING

Identify and Remediate

HEALTH SCORETRENDING

IF YOU CAN MEASURE IT, YOU CAN FIX IT

Health %

MDS 9148S

Switch Health Score

75%

MDS 9710

25%

Health %

Policy-Based Health Index

Weighted Score Calculator

By Event Severity

By Hardware Status

By Switch Traps


N5K-access-71

N5K-access-70

M97-75

M97-74

StorageArray

End-to-End Visibility

Windows2k8-R2-151.102

172.20.151.101

RedHat-151.103

Storage Portand LUN(s)

CNA Adapters

Connectivity

• Monitor VM and ESX CPU/memory

• Monitor storage and network traffic

• Max datastore response time latency

• Dependency map from VM out to datastore

MDS or NexusISL/FCIP

FCoE + iSCSI

FCoE + FICON

MDS or NexusUCS or Generic

ServerVMs, ESX


UCS-FI-6120XP MDS9710-16GBIT

StorageArray

UCS-FI-6120XP MDS9710-16GBIT


172.20.151.101

RedHat-151.103

• UCS Service Profile

• Blade inventory

• Module and port view

• Port performance on UCS FI

Configuration Attributes


Storage Portand LUN(s)MDS or NexusISL/FCIP

UCS FI or MDS or Nexus

UCS or Generic ServerVMs, ESX

CNA Adapters

FCoE + iSCSI

FC + FICON



172.20.151.101

RedHat-151.103StorageArray

N5K-access-71 M97-75


• Switch and port events

• Average and peak TX/RX

• Switch CPU/ memory

• Traffic monitoring of ISLs and FCIP links

• Discards and errors


Health Analytics

Storage Portand LUN(s)MDS or NexusISL/FCIPMDS or Nexus


CNA Adapters

FCoE + iSCSI

FC + FICON





172.20.151.101

RedHat-151.103StorageArray

• Front-end port mapping

• Host to LUN mapping

• Array capacity

• Array inventory

• Support EMC, NTAP, and HDS


Storage Portand LUN(s)MDS or NexusISL/FCIPMDS or Nexus


Capacity Monitoring

CNA Adapters

FCoE + iSCSI

FC + FICON


MaskingDatabaseVSAN

2,10,12

Path Redundancy Analysis

ReduceMean Time

to RepairRisk to Switch and Array Upgrades

Risk to Hardware Maintenance Activities

EnclosureResolution

Port Down on Redundant

Path

VSAN Initiator to Target

Mismatch

VSAN Segmentation

Both Paths on Same Line Card

Port LUN Masking

Mismatch

DCNM-VM Primary

Server-ESX

DCNM-VM Standby

VSAN 10

VSAN 11

N5K-access-71

N5K-access-70

M97-75

M97-74

VSAN 3, 11

VSAN 10

Port A

VSAN 11

Port B

VSAN 13

StorageArray

Port A/B

Port A/B

Port A

Port A/B

Root Cause

VSAN 3, 13


Ensure Resiliency of the Fabric Through Configuration Analysis

Select Policy Switch

Create PolicySelect Fabric

Rules to CheckRun Check

Identifies List of Inconsistencies

User Input to Resolve


DCNM Manages Cisco’s Massively Scalable Data Center SAN

Cisco DC Scale-out Architecture• 14 production Data Centers

• Single 4 node federation

• Central Database

• 31 Fabrics

• 365 VSANs

• 690 Fibre Channel Switches UCS & MDS

• 24,142 Switch Ports

• 13,872 Server ports

• 4,017 Storage array ports

• 2833 ISLs links

Easy-to-use, highly available management for large scale environments


EMC Connectrix Differentiators

• Connectrix products ship within 1–2 days after receipt of the order

• EMC stocks spares in worldwide depots so we can respond to service issues within 4 hours, 7 days a week

SPEEDEMC Logistics

• Provides first call and Level 2 support• Provides remote support and monitoring• Provides end-to-end onsite, worldwide support from

server to SAN to storage

• EMC stands behind every configuration listed on EMC Support Matrix (ESM)

• ESM can be accessed through E-Lab Navigator

KNOWLEDGEEMC Customer Service

TRUSTEMC E-Lab Proven Interoperability


SAN Architectures for Massive Data GrowthSummary

Cisco MDS continues to Raise the Bar for Fibre

Channel Storage Networks With

Superior Performance, Reliability, and

Architectural Flexibility

End to End Seamless Ethernet Fabrics with

Nexus and MDS to evolve SAN architectures for Big Data, Scale-out NAS, and

Cloud Storage Environments

Automate, Provision and Monitor, Physical and Virtual Datacenters

using DCNM and integrated third party

cloud software platforms