Vblock Technical Presentation
Vblock Technical Presentation
Vblock Technical Presentation
Presenter Name
Title, VCE
Cisco UCS
Cisco UCS
6246/6296UP
B-Series Blades
Fabric Interconnects
Mezzanine card
Provides 40GB BW from Blade
to IOMs
Can be paired with 1240
2 links from 1240 to each IOM (20GB)
2 links from 1280 to each IOM (20GB)
Provides redundancy
Supported in all M2 Blades
except for B250
Cisco USC 10 GbE ports Cisco USC 10 GbE ports Cisco USC 10 GbE ports Cisco USC 10 GbE ports Cisco USC 10 GbE ports Cisco USC 10 GbE ports
Fabric Fabric Fabric Fabric Fabric Fabric
8 Gb FC ports 8 Gb FC ports 8 Gb FC ports 8 Gb FC ports 8 Gb FC ports 8 Gb FC ports
Interconnect Interconnect Interconnect Interconnect Interconnect Interconnect
x8 x8
Converged Converged Converged Converged Converged x8 Converged
x8
Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet
Cisco USC Cisco USC Cisco USC Cisco USC Cisco USC Cisco USC
2204 2204 2204 2204 2204 2204 2204 2204 2208 2208 2208 2208
5108 5108 5108 5108 5108 5108
IOM IOM IOM IOM IOM IOM IOM IOM IOM IOM IOM IOM
Chassis Chassis Chassis Chassis Chassis Chassis
Cisco Nexus
1000V Virtual Switch
Cisco MDS
9148 FC Switch or 9513
Cisco Nexus
5548UP & 5596UP Switch
Licensing Licensing
All ports licensed for Ethernet All ports licensed for Ethernet
SAN usage requires SAN SAN usage requires SAN license
license enabler
Packs of 8 Packs of 8
External SAN
IP SAN backup and access
backup common services (migration)
Business Continuance
Supports Unified Storage
Network
today
EMC RecoverPoint EMC RecoverPoint
Customer IP (Transceiver choice*)
network
Cisco MDS
switch SAN connectivity through
Cisco UCS fabric 10 GbE ports
interconnects 8 Gb FC ports
Cisco UCS fabric
interconnects
10 GbE ports
8 Gb FC ports
X-Blade X-Blade Cisco MDS 9148 switches
Network connectivity
FC interface card
Converged Converged
Ethernet Ethernet 6Gb SAS
Storage processor
FEX FEX FEX FEX
Cisco UCS Chassis Cisco UCS Chassis FC interface card
External
IP SAN backup and SAN access
backup common services (migration)
Business Continuance
Now supports Unified Networks
Unified Network EMC RecoverPoint EMC RecoverPoint
VMAX
4 x quad-core processors
2 x 6-core processors 4 x 6-core processors
X-Blades X-Blades
(8 max) (32 max)
(32 max)
System Memory 512GB 1TB 2TB System Memory
Block
Protocols NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS Protocols
SPs 4 8 8 SPs
System Memory 512GB 1TB 2TB System Memory
Protocol FC FC FC Protocol
NEW
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VMAX 20K SUPPORT STORAGE
Disk-Drive Support
Tier 1 Drives 100/200/400 GB
Tier 2 Drives 146/300/450/600 GB
Tier 3 1/2/3 TB
Supported Capacity and Drive size vary by Array types
Refer to EMC Symmetrix VMAX 20K Series storage arrays
for a list of supported drives by array type
VMware
ESXi
VMware
vSphere Server Enterprise Plus
VMware
vCenter Server Standard
Integration
Partner Portfolio
Vblock System 720 Symmetrix 40K Vblock System 720 Symmetrix 40K
POU Power Specifications Number per CN or S POU Power Specifications Number per CN or S
Hubbell CS8365C 3-phase delta/50A/208V 2 POUs per cabinet ABL Sursum P/N S52.30 3-phase wye/32A/230/400V 2 POUs per cabinet
Role Resource
Support.vce.com
Customer
A valid username and password required
www.vcepartnerportal.com/resourcelib-vce.asp?loc=331
VCE Partner
A valid username and password required
www.vceview.com/solutions/products/ or
VCE Employee
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SUMMARY
Rich Villalobos
Principal Product Marketing Manager
Lifecycle
System
Assurance
Best-of-breed Lowest
Lowest Risk
Risk
Technology
Lowest
Lowest TCO
TCO
5X Faster
deployment
Better
availability 83X
4X Less staff
resource time
Lower
cost 3X
Converged Operations
Source: May 2012 report by IDC entitled "Converging the Datacenter Infrastructure: Why, How, So What"
SOLUTIONS
Business Continuance
Cisco MDS
switch
Cisco UCS fabric 10 GbE ports Cisco UCS fabric 10 GbE ports
X-Blade X-Blade
interconnects 8 Gb FC ports interconnects 8 Gb FC ports
FC interface card
Converged Converged
Ethernet Ethernet Storage processor 6Gb SAS
Compute
Disk array enclosure
Cisco UCS
Cisco UCS
6246/6296UP
B-Series Blades
Fabric Interconnects
UCS Manager
Embedded management
Open API
System 300 with 2x Cisco 5108 Chassis 4-8 Cisco UCS Blades per Chassis, Cisco UCS 6248UP
EMC VNX5300 (2x FEXs, 4x power supplies) up to 16 Blades in the base config
System 300 with 2x Cisco 5108 Chassis 4-8 Cisco UCS Blades per Chassis, Cisco UCS 6248UP or UCS
EMC (2x FEXs, 4x power supplies) up to 16 Blades in the base config 6296UP
VNX5500
VNX5700
VNX7500
Mezzanine card
Provides 40GB BW from Blade
to IOMs
Can be paired with 1240
2 links from 1240 to each IOM (20GB)
2 links from 1280 to each IOM (20GB)
Provides redundancy
Supported in all M2 Blades
except for B250
Cisco Nexus
1000V Virtual Switch
Cisco MDS
9148 FC Switch
Cisco Nexus
5548UP & 5596UP Switch
IP
backup
SAN backup and
common services
External SAN
access
(migration)
Can support Unified Storage
Network
Business Continuance
FC interface card
Converged Converged
Ethernet
FEX FEX
Ethernet
FEX FEX
Storage processor
6Gb SAS
NX 5548UP
Cisco UCS Chassis Cisco UCS Chassis FC interface card
containing Cisco Blades
Compute
containing Cisco Blades
Storage processor
6Gb SAS
NX 5596UP
Disk array enclosure
IP
backup
SAN backup and
External
SAN access
Can support Unified Storage
common services (migration)
Business Continuance
Through the Cisco Nexus
Customer IP
network
(Transceiver choice*) Unified Network EMC RecoverPoint EMC RecoverPoint
5548UP or Cisco Nexus
5596UP series switches
(Transceiver choice*)
Cisco Nexus unified Cisco Nexus unified
networking switch networking switch
FC
FC interface card
series switches
Converged Converged 6Gb SAS
Ethernet Ethernet Storage processor
FEX FEX FEX FEX FC
Cisco UCS Chassis Cisco UCS Chassis FC interface card
containing Cisco Blades containing Cisco Blades
Storage processor
I/O SLICs/SP 1 1 5 5
File
X-Blades 1 or 2 1 or 2 or 3 2 or 3 or 4 2 to 8
System Memory 6 GB/Blade 12 GB/Blade 12 GB/Blade 24 GB/Blade
Protocols NFS, CIFS NFS, CIFS NFS, CIFS NFS, CIFS
Block
SPs 2 2 2 2
System Memory 8 GB/SP 12 GB/SP 18 GB/SP 24 or 48UPGB/SP NEW
Protocol FC FC FC FC
VMware
ESXi
VMware
vSphere Server Enterprise Plus
VMware
vCenter Server Standard
EMC Ionix
EMC VNX Local Protection Suite,
Unified Infrastructure
Remote Protection Suite, Application
Manager/P
Protection Suite, Security
and Compliance Suite
EMC
Unisphere
EMC VNX FAST Suite,
Cisco EMC Secure Remote Support,
UCS Manager and EMC PowerPath/VE
Management Tools
OPEN API
Customer Choice
84 Tall
provide multiple
options based on
power, weight, and
density factors.
28 Wide 48 Deep
with EMC VNX5300 with EMC VNX5500 with EMC VNX5700 with EMC VNX7500
Storage Array EMC VNX5300 EMC VNX5500 EMC VNX5700 EMC VNX7500
Storage Capacity 125 Drives 250 Drives 500 Drives 1000 Drives
Eth IO BW Capable No Yes Yes Yes
FC IO BW Capable No Yes Yes Yes
Unified Storage X-Blades 2 2-3 2-4 2-8
Enclosure Cabinets 1-2 2-4 2-8 2-8
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VCEs support model has greatly exceeded our expectations. Having a single line of support to handle all three aspects of our
infrastructure is tremendous, saving countless hours we can now spend on activities to help the business grow. We were
thoroughly impressed with the attention and follow-up we have received from the VCE team.
Rick Brandl, IT director and acting CIO
Were more competitive because we can provision new infrastructures right away and handle spikes in processing loads by the
states without burdening our engineers. Our partnership with VCE has been very powerful. Everyone from their engineers to
professional services to project managers is a member of our team and meets our expectations 110 percent.
Marivi Stuchinsky, Asst. Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure Services
Role Resource
Support.vce.com
Customer
A valid username and password are required.
www.vcepartnerportal.com/resourcelib-vce.asp?loc=331
VCE Partner
A valid username and password are required.
www.vceview.com/solutions/products/ or
VCE employee
vblockproductdocs.ent.vce.com
Home-grown Overlay
Complex
Physical Inconsistent Virtual
Costly
Element Off-the-shelf
Intelligently
Informs
OPEN API
Real-Time Data
Discovery
VCE Developed
VMware Virtualization
Identification 1 and Cloud Management
Plugins and Adapters
Validation API
Identification Logging
Converged Operations
REST
REST SNMP
SNMP AMQP
AMQP Syslog
Syslog
AMP or LAMP
New
Plugin
VMware
VCE System Library
vCenter Server
VM VM
Adapter
Customer-provided server:
VMware vCenter The VMware vCenter Operations
Operations Manager server must be installed as a
Manager server virtual machine within the Vblock
System itself, or on an external server.
The server must not be a part of an
AMP.
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DISCOVERY
Eventing system
Updates health state data immediately
Other events relayed immediately
Periodic rediscovery updates the tree
Tree built from a single, generalized model
One codebase that covers all Vblock Systems
Allows for developing new entities rapidly, repeatedly
Plug-n-play for engineering to add new attributes
Covers all core platform components
XML API
NXOS commands
Storage
Nexus switches UCS
https://192.168.101.74:8443/fm/configcollector controller
Host firewall
TFTP
Configuration server
collector Backup depot API
Parent object
Object
description Object type
SNMP table
Info available via REST too
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VALIDATION
Compliance
API I/O
Tests to perform,
comparison values
XCCDF OVAL
Test results
Interpreter Interpreter
Vblock System
VCE Vision Compliance Checker target
<switch_test>
<computesystem_test>
VCE Vision System Library
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WHAT IT DOES
Provides a public API
Exposes methods for out-of-the-box system assurance checks
Customize or add new benchmarks
Schedule scans to occur at a desired interval
Obtain previous scan results using search criteria
Event integration
Creates event notification upon scan start and completion
vCenter integration
System assurance scan wizard implementing API functionality
Graphical representation of why a given rule passed/failed
State Description
Operable Vblock System working as intended
Minor Non-normal issue detected in one of the components
Degraded At least one of the Vblock System components is currently detected as degraded
Major Major issue with at least one component. Vblock System at serious risk if another failure is detected
Critical Serious or fatal issue was detected with a component of Vblock System
Event interface
Discovery
Collector
VCE Vision
System Library
VMware vCOps
API
Analytics VM
Operations Dashboards
What do you get with Performance Analytics and Capacity Optimization
vCOps? capabilities
Correlation of events
What do you get with System information based on Vblock Systems identity
Four dashboards to visualize resources
VCE Adapter for VCE recommended thresholds
vCOps? Visualization of system component relationships
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LOGGING
CIM Indications
AMQP
CIMC
Component
log messages rsyslog
Facility Syslog
VCE Vision
software system
log messages
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SYSTEM LIBRARY EVENT MONITOR
http://www.vce.com/developer
Intelligently
Informs
Real-Time Data
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KEY TERM
SCAP (Security Content Automation Protocol)
Change Events
Events Threshold Events
Notification Events
Capacity Analysis
Top-N Analysis
Forensic Tools Fingerprint Analysis
Cross-silo Analysis
Dynamic Threshold