Nex-Gen Data Center Solutions:

Convergence, Scale, Open

Nexus 2K-9K, MDS 9K, UCS Invicta

Hawaii Technology Day -- February 2014

John Lawrence
Data Center Consulting Systems Engineer

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Agenda

Data Center Trends State of the Network

Portfolio Nexus 2K 9K, MDS

Unified Fabric Differentiated Values:

DCI, Core, ITD, RISE, Programmability / Automation
Campus Core?

UCS Invicta All Flash Based Storage

Summary
Data Center Trends

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These Trends are Changing the Role of IT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS

NEW BREED DATA & INTERNET OF

MOBILE
Mobile CLOUD
OF APPS ANALYTICS THINGS

NETWORK AT THE CENTER

GROWTH & NEW BUSINESS EXPERIENCE SECURITY &

Mobile GLOBALIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY MODELS EXPECTATIONS COMPLIANCE

BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS
WORKLOADS DRIVING SERVER PORT BANDWIDTH, VM
DENSITY, BIG DATA
New Server Platforms Virtual Machine Big Data
Enabling Higher I/0 Density Driving Increasing East
Throughput I/0 Performance West Traffic

VM VM VM VM VM VM

HYPERVISOR

10G LOM/ Up to 18 Avg. DATA CENTER

FlexLoM Cores per 11 IP TRAFFIC
25% CAGR
(2012-2017)
Shipping Socket and VMs/ Linux Server
GROWTH
trending up

FASTER SERVER 3 5 FASTER NETWORK

YEARS
REFRESH CYCLE YEARS REFRESH CYCLE
~ 3 YRS ~ 5 YRS
Cisco Leading The Data Center Transformation

Fabric Application
Unified Fabric Computing Centric Infrastructure The Next Wave
#1 in DC Networking #1 in Unified Computing #1 IT Infrastructure

Open
Networking People

VM-Fabric Process

Integration IoE / IoT

Things Data

InterCloud
Network Network

Storage
Compute Access Apps Policy
LAN SAN

2008 2009 2014 2015+

UNIFIED FABRIC PORTFOLIO
2K -9K, MDS Portfolio

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DC and Cloud Networking Portfolio Nexus Family
Ready to Lead the 10G/40G and 100G Transition and Beyond

Cisco
Cisco Cisco Nexus 9000
APIC
Nexus Nexus 7000/7700 AVS
6000 ACI
Cisco
Cisco Nexus Ecosystem
Cisco Cisco
Nexus Nexus 2000 Nexus 5000/5600
1000V /2300 3000/3100

OPEN HIGH PERFORMANCE FABRIC SCALABLE SECURE SEGMENTATION

APIs/ Open Source/ Application Policy Model 1/10/40/100 GE VXLAN

DELIVERING TO YOUR DATA CENTER NEEDS

Resilient, Scalable Workload Mobility LAN/SAN Operational Architectural

Fabric Within/ Across DCs Convergence EfficiencyP-V-C Flexibility
 What If You Could
You Can!!!!!

Simplify your data center operations and

manageability through open /efficient
architecture

Scale Applications with out sacrificing

performance ?

Have centralized, application-driven policy for

automation, management, and visibility?
What ACI Brings You
Operationally Simple

1 APPLICATION-CENTRIC
POLICY MODEL
Lowest TCO
Zero-touch Provisioning

Performance and Scale

2 PHYSICAL + VIRTUAL Health Metrics
Visibility / Telemetry

Open APIs / Open Source

3 OPEN AND SECURE Secure Multi-tenancy
Extensive Ecosystem
Nexus 9000 Foundational Switching Platforms for the Next Decade

Nexus 9000 Industry Leading Price/Performance, Port

1/10/40/100G Density:
Fastest 10G/40G /100G Platform with Merchant
+
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Programmability/ Open APIs: Linux Containers,
Python, Power Shell, Puppet, Chef
Ideal for DevOps!!

15% Better Power & Cooling2.8X Better

Reliability
Innovation Object Model, No
Backplane, No Midplane, Health scores

Standalone / ACI Ready $ Multi-million Savings 40/100G on

Existing Cables using BiDi Optics. Non
disruptive migration to 40G
 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
High-Performance 10 Gbps/40 Gbps/100 Gbps Switch Family

Nexus 9300 Nexus 9500

SCALABLE 1 GE/10 Gbps/40 Gbps/100 GE

Aggregation line card

36 40G QSFP+
48 1/10G SFP+ & 12 QSFP+

ACI Ready Leaf Line Card

PERFORMANCE

48 1/10G-T & 4 QSFP+

96 1/10G-T & 8 QSFP+

ACI-ready Leaf line card

48 1/10G SFP+ & 4 QSFP+
12-port QSFP+ GEM
C9500 8-Slot

FLEXIBLE FORM FACTORS CAN ENABLE VARIABLE DATA CENTER DESIGN AND SCALING

PERFORMANCE PORTS PRICE POWER PROGRAMMABILITY

Nexus 9300 Platform Architecture
Uplink Module

12-port 40 Gb QSFP+
Additional 40 MB buffer
Full VXLAN gateway, bridging and
routing capability

Nexus 9396PQ Nexus 93128TX Nexus 9300 - Common

960G 1,280G Redundant fan and power supply
48-port 1/10 Gb SFP+ and 96-port 1/10 G-T and 8-port Front-to-back and back-to-front airflow
12-port 40 Gb QSFP+ 40 Gb QSFP+ Dual- core CPU with default 64 GB
2 RU 3 RU SDD
Nexus 9396TX (future)
960G
48-port 1/10 GBaseT & 12-port 40 Gb QSFP+
2 RU
Nexus 9500 Platform Architecture
8-Slot Modular Chassis

Nexus 9508 Front View Nexus 9508 Rear View

3 fan trays, front-to-back

8 line card slots airflow
Max 3.84 Tbps per slot
duplex 3 or 6 fabric modules
(behind fan trays)

Redundant system controller

Redundant cards
supervisor engines

3000 W AC power supplies

No mid-plane for
2+0, 2+1, 2+2 redundancy
LC-to-FM connectivity
Supports up to 8 power supplies

Chassis Dimensions: 13 RU x 30 in. x 17.5 in (HxWxD)

Designed for Power and Cooling Efficiency

Designed for Reliability
Designed for Future Scale
Nexus 9500 Platform Architecture
First Modular Switch With No Backplane

Nexus 9508 Front View Nexus 9508 Rear View

Nexus 9508 Backplane-free Modular Design

High Density Connectors

Investment Protection: Extend ACI to Installed Base
1. You can leverage Existing Nexus / IP Networks
2. You can leverage Existing Classical Ethernet / IP Networks
3. Deploy ACI: New PoDs For Cloud Build Outs
4. Extend ACI Model. Preserve - IP networks, L4-7 Services, Hypervisors
Nexus
9500 / 9300

ACI
Existing Fabric
Nexus
PoDs PROFILE

Nexus Nexus
(2k-7k) 7000 9300
DCI

Nexus
9300 Nexus AVS
9300 ACI POLICY
Bare
Metal
ESX Hyper-V OVS OVS
Bare Metal ESX Hyper-V
Nexus 7000: Industrys most Comprehensive Data Center
Feature Set
High performance connectivity for EoR and core
Nexus 7000 LAN and SAN deployments
1/10/40/100GE, FCoE
1/10/40/100G
Feature and service rich for diverse deployments
OTV, FabricPath, MPLS, VxLAN, DFA, NAM, ITD,
RISE, LISP, VDC

Rich Programmability Features for Operational

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Simplicity
Openflow, Puppet and Chef support, JSON,
REST APIs, Python,

Proven high availability for mission critical

deployments
Hitless ISSU, Stateful process restart

$ Multi-million in Savings for 40G using Existing

Cables + BiDi Optics.
Non disruptive migration to 40G
Extending The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Building On Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Proven Technology
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Cisco Nexus 7700
Switches
Platform Switches
Cisco Nexus F3-Series
Modules

Common

Common

Common

Industrys Most Proven Data Center Switching Platform

 Cisco Nexus 7700 Platform Switches
Value Proposition Of The Cisco Nexus 7700 Platform
Cisco Nexus 7700
18-Slot
Fabric

1.32 Tbps
Cisco Nexus 7700
10-Slot
26 RU

Cisco Nexus 7700 Smaller

6-Slot
14 RU

33% more compact

9 RU
Environmental
Nexus 7718 Nexus 7710 Nexus 7706
Application Large Spine/Core Spine/Core/Agg/DCI Small Core/Agg/DCI True front-to-back airflow

1/10G density 768 384 192

40/100G density 384/192 192/96 96/48

Cisco Nexus 7702
Compact Form Factor for Remote/Small Deployments
Deployment Flexibility
Small to medium DCI solution: Most comprehensive DCI feature
set in the industry - (OTV, LISP, MPLS, VPLS and is VXLAN/EVPN
hardware ready)
Compact Service Chassis: Ideal for high performance RISE and
ITD services
Comprehensive Layer 2/3 feature set: Ideal for small data
center aggregation and campus cores

3RU Form Factor based on N7700 Operation and Feature Consistency

architecture
o One SUP and One N7700 I/O Module Supports all current and future Nexus 7700 Line cards, Sups
o Two Power Supplies and Power supplies
o No fabric Modules Same proven common architecture, ASICs and Cisco NX-OS
o Front-to-Back Airflow
software
Up to 48 x 1/10GE or 24* x 40GE or 12 x
Same software train across Nexus 7700 and 7000 Series,
100GE non-blocking ports
ensuring consistency

* With breakout cables this linecard can offer up to 76p 10GE + 5p 40GE
Nexus 7000 F3-Series Module
Leadership, Features, and Continued Investment

Nexus 7000 F3 10GE MOST COMPREHENSIVE

Core/Agg, Spine/Leaf
DCI and SAN Deployments
F3 48-port 10G Module
N7K-F348XP-25
READY FOR
Comprehensive F3 Module Portfolio
Multi-Tenancy, Programmable
Nexus 7000/7700 Series - 10, 40 and 100GE

ENVIRONMENTAL

Over 13,000 F3 Modules Shipped! Energy Efficient

SPINE AND BORDER LEAF AGGREGATION AND CORE DATA CENTER EDGE
Nexus 5000 Series Innovation

Nexus 5000
High performance connectivity for EoR and TOR,
1/10/40/100G LAN and SAN deployments

High 40G /10G Density, 100G Uplinks

Unified Ports, Deep Buffers, VxLAN

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Advanced analytics toolkit with buffer and latency
monitoring

Single point of management with FEX architecture

Non disruptive migration to 40G

Bidi Optics: high cost savings
NEXUS 5600 SERIES

Nexus 5672UP Nexus 56128P

1 RU 2RU
48 port 10G Ethernet (16 Ports Up to 96 ports 10G Ethernet / FCoE
Unified) (Unified Port on Modules)
6 port 40G Ethernet / FCoE 8 ports 40G Ethernet / FCoE
Cisco Nexus 5648Q
High Density 40GE in a Compact Form Factor

Nexus 5648Q
Deployment Flexibility
EoR or MoR FEX aggregation: Supports Nexus 2200/2300
FEX switches
HPC/HFT: Low latency 40GE - 1usec
2 RU, 24 Ports 40G QSFP Ethernet/FCoE ports LAN and SAN Convergence: FCoE enables LAN and SAN
2 GEM for additional 24 x 40G Ports network convergence
Larger Buffers
Four 1100W PSU (N+N) + 3 FANs (N+1)
Portside intake and exhaust Airflow
Rich Data Analytics
Microburst Monitoring for congestion mediation
12 Port 40G Ethernet/FCoE GEM SPAN on Latency to identify congested flows
SPAN on Drop for identifying congestion points
Network Latency Measurements using IEEE 1588 standard
Up to 192 x 1/10G or 48 x 40G Ethernet/FCoE (with GEM)
Nexus 5500 QSFP+ GEM
4p QSFP+

4 ports QSFP+*
Each QSFP+ can support 4x 10G ports

4 ports QSFP+ GEM

Supported on all Nexus 5500 Series Chassis

Only 4x 10G mode supported
Nexus 3000 High-density, ultra-low-latency switching

Nexus 3000
Low Power Consumption, Low Latency
High Performance, High Port Density

Flexible, Programmable
VXLAN Ready

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High-performance trading workloads

Robust NX-OS support

TOR, MSDC, and Fabric Leaf

Nexus 3000 Family Enhancements
Feature, Power and Price Optimized

Nexus 3548-X
CISCO
New CPU and ASICs
Lower power consumption (~ 25%)
ALGORITH
M BOOST
TECHNOLO
GY

Multicast NAT: Simplifies co-location integration

Latency Monitoring: FIFO Traffic visibility and
Industrys Lowest Latency troubleshooting
Switch

Nexus 3132Q-X Lower Power consumption (~ 15%)

Option for 4 x 10GE SFP ports
Same port density, tables, memory & feature set
Cost optimized (12% lower)
Up to 32 x 40GE QSFP+ ports
Or 31 x 40GE and 4 x10GE ports

HPC HFT MSDC

Nexus 2000: Architectural Flexibility with Lower TCO

Nexus 2000
Architectural Agnostic Solution
1/10/40G ToR, EoR, MoR, DFA, and ACI

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Nexus 9000, 7000, 6000, 5000 all support FEX!!
1st Generation 2nd Generation

Multiple connectivity options for the LAN & SAN

1G/10G/40G and Unified Ports with FC/FCoE

Nexus 21xx/22xx Nexus 2300 Simplified Management at Scale

Add FEXs without adding management complexity

$ Multi-million in Savings for 40G using Existing

Cables + BiDi Optics. Non disruptive migration to
40G
Nexus 2300 Platform Fabric Extender
Next Generation of the Cisco Nexus 2000
Building on Nexus 2000
FEX Family Success
20 Million+ Ports Shipped 400,000+ Chassis Shipped 10,000+ Customers

Aug 2014 Nov 2014 March 2015

NEW
Nexus 2348UPQ Nexus 2348TQ Nexus 2332TQ
48 x 10G + 6 x 40GE Uplinks 48 x 10GBaseT 32 x 10GBaseT
Unified Ports Capable + 6 x 40G Uplinks + 4 x 40G Uplinks

Cisco Nexus
Higher Density with Native 40GE Uplinks Intra-rack Forwarding Capable Reduce uplink
2200 Platform
traffic
Larger buffers to absorb traffic bursts
Supported on Nexus 5000, 6000 today
Unified Port Capable (UP models)
Nexus 7000/9000 support June/July 2015
Lower Power - 10% more efficient

Single Point of ACL Classifications

Scalability FCoE
Management and QOS
NEXUS USE CASE SUMMARY
10G 40G
Use Cases Use Cases
10G FEX Agg 10G FEX Agg
10G ToR 1G FEX Agg
(10G Uplink) (40G Uplink)
Server Connectivity 10G 1G 10G 10G
FEX to Parent n/a 10G 10G 40G
Parent Uplink to
n/a 10G/40G 10G/40G 40G/100G
Next Layer

10G/40G 10G/40G 40G/100G

10/40G 10G 10G 40G

N2K N2K N2K N2K N2K N2K
1G 1G 10G 10G
FEX

N2K: 2248 N2K: 2232 N2K: 2248PQ

MDS 9000: Multiprotocol Storage Networking
MDS 9000
FC/FCOE/FCIP/FICON Multi-Protocol Flexibility

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Reliable end to end connectivity

Simplified management

Integration with Industry leading

cloud solutions

Optimized physical and virtual resources

Reduced operating costs Enterprise class features across the
Decreased capital expenditures portfolio
Cisco Multi-Protocol Architecture SAN, LAN, and Compute
LAN / SAN SAN COMPUTE

Cisco UCS Cisco UCS

Fabric 6248UP
Interconnects
Cisco MDS 9148 Cisco MDS Cisco MDS 9500
Cisco Nexus 7000 Cisco Nexus 9000 9222i
Cisco UCS
6296UP

Cisco Nexus Cisco Nexus Cisco Nexus Cisco MDS Cisco MDS
5500 5600 6000 9250i Cisco MDS 48x16G line-rate
9710 FC Module

Cisco MDS Cisco MDS Cisco MDS

Cisco Cisco 9148S Cisco UCS B-Series Cisco UCS C-Series
9706 48x10G line-rate
Nexus 2000 Nexus 3000 Blade Servers Rack Servers
FCoE Module

10+ Years of Proven NX-OS Operating System

Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)

CONSISTENT AND SIMPLIFIED

Features, Management, and Programmability
Continued Innovations Over the Last Decade
Industry-Leading FC
Integrated Performance, Reliability
Network Diagnostics and Multi-Protocol FC, Industry
Troubleshooting Tools FICON, iSCSI and FCIP Leading
Performance
Inter-VSAN Unified
FCoE Port
Routing Platforms
MDS 9148S
MDS 9706
MDS 9700 FCoE

Enabling Cloud-Scale Deployments

2013 Increased scale for SAN
Innovation
SAN overlay on Ethernet Fabrics
2002 Migration of Massive Amounts of Data

Simplifying SAN Management

Hardware-based congestion control
Fabric Automation
Virtual SAN Integrated SAN Extensive monitoring and visibility
(VSAN) Extension for DC/BR Single
Performance and Comprehensive LAN/SAN
Density Security Management 40 G FCoE

Driving Innovations for the Next Decade with a complete 16G Portfolio
Deploy Small, Medium, Large SANs with Cisco MDS 9000 Family
 Cisco MDS 9710 Multilayer Director
Investment Protection for the Next Decade

INDUSTRYS HIGHEST
1.5-Tbps/Slot
PERFORMANCE 384 Line-Rate 16G FC Ports
AND CAPACITY
14 RU
INDUSTRYS MOST STORAGE DIRECTOR
RELIABLE N+1 Fabric

UNMATCHED WITH MULTI-PROTOCOL

Up to 8 Line Cards FLEXIBILITY CONNECTIVITY
Up to 6 Fabric Modules
Dual Supervisors

Multi-Protocol Storage Networking

Cisco MDS 9706 Multilayer Director
Extending MDS 9710 Director Qualities to a Smaller Form Factor
3x THE PERFORMANCE OF
ANY COMPACT DIRECTOR
AND,15X the performance of
9RU current MDS 9506 director
Grow without forklift
investment protection for future
1.5 Tbps/slot
Switching Capacity
Front-Back Airflow
Preserve IT operations and
Scale up to 192 Line Rate Ports Knowledge ease of migration
16G FC or 10G FCoE with NX-OS and DCNM
Evolves with Your Business for the Next Decade
INDUSTRYS MOST
RELIABLE COMPACT
DIRECTOR
Eliminate loss of bandwidth
N+1 Fabric Redundancy
Eliminate Downtime
In-Service Software Upgrade
Dual, Redundant Supervisors
Redundant power supplies/fans
Maintain Performance
Reduced Failure Domains
Cisco MDS 9148S Fabric Switch
Front Back

1 RU

48 x 16G FC Line Rate Performance

Dual Power Supplies and Fans for Enterprise-Class Availability
Expand from 12- to 48-ports in 12-port increments

VERSATILE EASY TO USE ENTERPRISE-CLASS

Line-rate 16/8/4/2G FC Ports
Industry-leading port range
Start with 12-port base
Scale up with 12-port license
Or, full 48-port option available
Automated Provisioning
Quick Configuration Wizard
Same OS and Management across
Industrys broadest SAN Portfolio
Non-disruptive software upgrades
Up to 32 Virtual SANs (VSANs)
Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR), QOS,
PortChannels, N-Port ID
Virtualization (NPIV), N-Port
Virtualization (NPV),
Comprehensive Security
Hardware-based slow-drain
detection and recovery

High-Performance, Easy to Deploy, Enterprise-class Fabric Switch

9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch

BUSINESS CONTINUITY/ FC SAN SWITCH

DISASTER RECOVERY
Production Disaster
DC Recovery DC
FC
IP WAN

SAN SAN
1/10G FCIP/iSCSI
(2 Ports)
SAN
FC FCoE FC FCoE
FC

FC SAN GATEWAY DATA MIGRATION

Converged
Fabric 10GE FCoE SAN SAN
Migrate Data Between
(8 Ports) Heterogeneous Storage

SAN 16G FC, FICON

FCoE (40 Ports)
FC FC
FC

One SAN Appliance, Multiple Use Cases

 End to End FC and FCoE Portfolio
MDS 9148S
48x16G Line-Rate Switch

48x10G Line-Rate FCoE MDS 9396

MDS 9710 96 x16G Line-Rate Switch
Module MDS 9706

MDS 9250i:
MDS Storage Services
48x16G Line-
Rate Module

Q1CY13 Q2CY13 Q3CY13 Q4CY13 Q1CY14 Q2CY14 Q3CY14 Q4CY14 Q1CY15

Nexus 5624Q: 24 Port 40G FCoE

Nexus 6004 Nexus 5672UP: 48x10GE (16 Ports Unified)
96x40GE Line-rate FCoE Nexus 7718 6x40GE FCoE/Eth

Nexus 2348 UPQ FEX Nexus 5648Q: 48 Port 40G FCoE

(FCoE: FCS, FC ) 10G/40G Line-rate FCoE support
Nexus 7710 on Nexus 7700 24 x40G Module
Nexus
Nexus 5696Q
Nexus 7700 96x40GE Line-rate FCoE Nexus 5672UP-16G: 48 Port 10G FCoE
48x10G Line-Rate FCoE/Eth Module 8G FC-48Ports, Future 160 6 x 40G FCoE
Nexus 56128: 96x10GE FCoE/Eth 24 16G UP Ports
8x40GE FCoE/Eth
Upto 48 Unified Port

Key Targeted Capabilities Being Introduced Across the Portfolio

Multi-Hop FCoE with Separate LAN and SAN Cores
Introducing Industrys Highest-Density FCoE Module on a FC Director Converged Link
Dedicated FCoE
Ethernet

Dedicated Ethernet Core

Nexus Directors
Converged Access
Nexus Fixed or Directors
LAN
.
. Dedicated Storage Core
FCoE-only
MDS 9700 Series
.
.
Nexus 2300
Nexus 2300

MDS 48x10G FCoE Module

FCoE-Only Dedicated Ethernet Ubiquity Higher Speed ISLs Same Management Model as
Storage Core and Cost-Advantage Available Sooner FC Separate LAN and SAN
Data Center Interconnect
Optimized Work Load Mobility

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Multi-DC Networking Elements
Multi-tenancy/segmentation:
Segment-IDs in VXLAN, LISP, FabricPath, and OTV
IP Mobility:
LISP

OTV

OTV

OTV

Network Services
Elasticity:
ACE, GSS, ASA, VSG
OTV

OTV

Storage Solutions & Partners:

FCIP, I/O Acceleration
EMC, NetApp VM-awareness:
DFA, ACI

Location of compute resources is transparent to the user

Nexus 7000 Optimizing Inter Data Center Solutions
MPLS on the Nexus 7000 Nexus 7000 OTV Nexus 7000 LISP
L2 and L3 VPNs at 10/40/100GE Extend VLANs Across DCs Global IP Address Portability

Benefits: Benefits: Benefits:

EoMPLS OTV on F3 Modules LISP Multihop Support More flexible
VPLS VLAN Translation deployment models
LDP Graceful Restart F3 OTV IP Tunnel Depolarization Seamless workload mobility between
MPLS/VPLS on F3 * Selective Unicast Flooding DC and cloud
MPLS TE over GRE Tunnel Scale: 1,500 VLANs from 256, Direct Path, connections maintained
100% more MACs during move
Convergence Improvements No routing re-convergence, no DNS
updates
Transparent to the hosts and users
* NX-OS 7.2
Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)
Simplifying Data Center Interconnect (DCI)

Ethernet LAN Extension over any Network Many physical sites - One
Works over dark fiber, MPLS, or IP network logical Data Center
Multi-data center scalability
Simplified Configuration & Operation
Seamless overlay - No network re-design
Single touch site configuration
Layer 2 Ethernet Extension
High Resiliency
Failure domain isolation
Seamless Multi-homing
Maximizes available bandwidth
Automated multi-pathing
Optimal multicast replication
Any Workload, Anytime, Anywhere
Unleashing the full poten0al of compute virtualiza0on
Locator-ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
A Next Generation Routing Architecture

What LISP is What LISP Provides

1. Topology independent addressing Mobility IP prefix and address family Portability
2. On-demand route look up Scalability On-demand Routing
3. Map and Encapsulate Security Tenant ID based segmentation

Flexible Distributed
Database

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172.16.19.90
172.16.19.90 171.68.226.120
171.68.226.120
192.58.28.128
192.58.28.128
189.16.17.89
189.16.17.89
22.78.190.64
171.68.228.121
171.68.228.121
171.68.226.120
171.68.226.120
171.68.226.121
Prefix
189.16.17.89
Next-hop
171.68.226.120
22.78.190.64 171.68.226.121 189.16.17.89 171.68.226.120
172.16.19.90
172.16.19.90 171.68.226.120
171.68.226.120 22.78.190.64
22.78.190.64 171.68.226.121
171.68.226.121
172.16.19.90
172.16.19.90 171.68.226.120
171.68.226.120
192.58.28.128
192.58.28.128 171.68.228.121
171.68.228.121
189.16.17.89
189.16.17.89 171.68.226.120
171.68.226.120 192.58.28.128
192.58.28.128 171.68.228.121
171.68.228.121

Topology + end point

22.78.190.64
22.78.190.64 171.68.226.121
171.68.226.121
172.16.19.90
172.16.19.90 171.68.226.120
171.68.226.120

Reduced Routes
192.58.28.128
192.58.28.128 171.68.228.121
171.68.228.121

routes

IP address = Location + Identity Identity decoupled from Location

Topology Routes End Point Routes
Nexus 7000 LISP
Global IP Address Portability

Internet/Private User

LISP
Route Server
x.x.x.x y.y.y.y z.z.z.z

DC 1 DC 2 DC 3
VLAN1 VLAN2 VLAN3

10.10.10.2

Features Benefits
IP address portability across subnets Seamless workload mobility between DC and cloud
Auto detection and re-route of traffic/session Direct Path, connections maintained during move
Highly scalable technology No routing re-convergence, no DNS updates required
Transparent to the hosts and users
 Location Identity Separation Protocol
What do we mean by Location and Identity
Todays IP Behavior
Loc/ID Overloaded Semantic
IP core
10.1.0.1 When the Device Moves, It Gets
Device IPv4 or IPv6 a New IPv4 or IPv6 Address for
Address Represents Its New Identity and Location
20.2.0.9
Identity and Location

LISP Behavior
Loc/ID Split
IP core
10.1.0.1 When the Device Moves, Keeps
Device IPv4 or IPv6 1.1.1.1 Its IPv4 or IPv6 Address.
Address Represents 2.2.2.2 It Has the Same Identity
10.1.0.1
Identity Only.
Its Location Is Here!
Only the Location Changes

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Unified Fabric: Evolutionary Approach
Why VXLAN?
Customer Needs VXLAN Provides
Traffic & Address Isolation
Multi-tenancy with Scale (above 4K) Scale up to 16M segments
Extend Layer 2 across Layer 3 Layer 2 networks to cross layer 3 boundaries
VM Mobility Seamless VM Mobility
Handling Workloads in the Data Center

Instantiate a virtual App VXLAN

Distribute a workload OTV

Move a workload LISP

Intelligent Traffic Director
Simplified Architecture

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Cisco Intelligent Traffic Director (ITD):
Delivering Multi-Terabit Load-balancing

Cisco ITD provides the Industrys most scalable Layer 4 load distribution solution!
Load
Redirect
balance

ACL to select
ASIC based multi-terabit load balancing at line rate traffic

(10/40/100G)
ITD
Supported on every Nexus 7000/7700 port

Load balance traffic to a group of servers or appliances.

Capability to create clusters of devices such as firewalls,

Clients Select the traffic
intrusion prevention systems (IPSs), web application destined to VIP

firewalls, and Hadoop clusters

Performs health monitoring and automatic failure handling
Po-5 Po-6 Po-7
Order of magnitude reduction in configuration and ease of
deployment
ITD Deployment example
Redirect loadbalance

ACL to select traffic

ITD

Select the traffic

Clients destined to VIP

Po-5 Po-6 Po-7 Po-8

Note: the devices dont have to be directly connected to N7k

ITD : Intelligent Traffic Director: Use Case
Enabling Scalable and highly available data-centers

Multi-Tbps Scale Significant CAPEX and Application/Services

OPEX reduction scaling

VIP based L3/L4 Redirect Traffic to Web-cache, Create Multi-Tbps Firewall

Server Load-Balancing video-cache, WAE etc

Investment protection : Supported on all LCs and Sups on both N7000 and N7700
Remote Integrated Service Engine (RISE)
Simplified Architecture

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Challenge: Services and switching are deployed independently which increases the complexity for
deploying and maintaining networks
RISE Overview:
Physical Topology Logical integration of a service appliance with Nexus
Logical RISE Topology 7000 and 7700 platforms
Enables staging to streamline initial deployment
of the service appliance
Allows ongoing configuration updates to drive flows to
and from the service appliance
Allows data path acceleration and increased
performance
Integrated with N7K VDC architecture

n r o l P l ne
t a
Benefits:

Co
Enhanced application availability via simplified
provisioning and efficient manageability.
Data path optimization: ADC off-load, low latency
policy engine.
Integrated multi-tenancy support: Clustering with
flexibility, scalability.
 Remote Integrated Service Engine (RISE)
Enabling Tightly Integrated Data Center Services

Simplified Out-of-Box Significant OPEX Ease of Management

Experience reduction

Internet

Reducing Initial Deployment Auto PBR- Push VIP Availability into Routing Layer
of NS by 4x (30 to 8 steps) Simplifies One-arm mode config

Seamless Nexus Integration Enables the Nexus 7000 to Direct Application Traffic
Simplifying the Out of Box Experience
Reduce deployment time & complexity with fewer steps & points of contact

Minutes for initial configuration of ADC with RISE vs manual configuration

8 steps

ADC with
ACE NG Nexus 7000
RISE
Console Config
30 steps Management Config
ADC
Manually Licensing
F5 3600
Configured Web GUI Config
Data Network Config

0 10 20 30

Configure your RISE enabled ADC in less than 2 minutes

Programmability and Automation
Reduce Opex

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Architecture Goals

3rd Party Apps

Open and Modular Programmability
Leverage Open Source Model-driven
Components Linux Environment
ReST API
Open Boot Loader, HAL, Integrated Secure Container
Python Bindings
BSP Standard Linux APIs
Openflow
Independent delivery of Cisco APIs for Advanced
applications Agents (Chef, Puppet) Functionality
Standard Linux Tooling for
delivery & installation
Campus Core

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 Nexus 7000 Series
So what about the Campus?

When requirements fit Primarily

for 10G Density and HA Core

Key Requirements: 10G Scalability,

ISSU/HA, 40/100G.
Many DC features apply to the
Campus Distribution

10G in the campus aggregation/

core is becoming more common.
Bandwidth and Performance
requirements N7K might be the
only way to accommodate!
NOTE: The Catalyst 6500 remains the
primary Campus platform for Core and
Distribution.
 View of Campus and Data Center

Data Center

One size doesnt fit all

!Commonly, there is a single core network
for both Campus and Data Center
!For many commercial customers, the DC is
the core Core

!For larger networks, there are two separate

cores.
!Use N7K in either core when Si Si Si Si

requirements demand and features are

met. Si Si Si Si

Campus Distribution Blocks

Nexus 7000 Campus Design Considerations
Using Virtual Device Contexts in the Campus Environment

!Objective: Consolidate vertical infrastructure that

delivers orthogonal roles to the same
administrative or operational domain. Campus
Network
!Benefits:
Reduced power and space requirements
Campus Core VDC
Reduce OpEx: Maximize density of the platform FW between
VDCs
Agile provisioning of resources between VDCs DC Core VDC

Logical design enables migration to physical

separation in future

!Considerations:
Number of VDCs (4 default / up to 8)
Use Firewall between Campus and Data Center
VDCs
DC Access /
Aggregation
UCS INVICTA

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Flash Memory provides a Faster Time Zone for Applications

Response Time
1
Second Millisecond Microsecond Nanosecond

0.001

Slow Zone
HDD

0.000001

Flash Fast Zone

CPU
1E-09
 Trade-offs are Complex & Inefficient

1,000 Persistent Desktops will require:

< 10TB of capacity
~80K backend IOPS

41 15K HDDs

TOTAL IOPS: 114,950

TOTAL CAPACITY: 63.2 TB
25 7.2K HDDs

3 Flash Drives

Reference Architecture for 1,000 Desktops

3 types of drives, 3 types of RAID
 Faster. Simpler.

41 15K HDDs

25 7.2K HDDs UCS Invicta All

Flash Storage

3 Flash Drives

114,950 IOPS 63.2 TB 155,000 IOPS 64 TB**

**Effective Capacity
Cisco UCS with UCS Invicta Series
Faster Applications = Faster Business
Operations Analytics &
Intelligence

Virtual Desktops Batch Processing

Image & Media

Database Loads
Applications

OLTP
Email
The Highest Performing Workload Engines On UCS Invicta
The UCS Invicta
Conquers Three Business Objectives

Workload Data Data Center

Acceleration Reduction Efficiency
Reduce Energy
Fast I/O Eliminate Redundant Consumption
Data
Reduce Floor Space
High Bandwidth
Consumption
Efficient Storage
Utilization Reduce Management
Low Latency
Overhead
UCS Invicta Appliance Primary Advantages & Use cases

UCS Invicta
Appliance VDI Non Persistent

2MB 5TB OLAP

210,000 IOPS*
1.2 GBps Bandwidth SOD/EOD Reporting
Up to 24 TB Raw

Data Optimization

Up to 1.2 Million IOPS** Multiple Workloads

Up to 7.2 GBps** Bandwidth
Up to 144 TB Raw

Tuning-Free Performance
*Read IOPS **refer to earlier slide A Note on Numbers
Invicta OS Eliminates Trade-Offs

Write Protection Buffer

Data
Persistence

Block Translation Layer

Fastest
RAID Layer
Highest Protection
Performance

Flash Media
 Invicta OS
Designed to drive the high performance from Flash Media

1. Protect 2. Organize 3. Optimize

Store in Write Buffer Create Write Blocks Write Aligned for Flash Media & RAID
Protection
 Invicta OS
Optimizing Flash for Faster Writes & Higher Endurance

4. Optimize Writes 5. Virtual Garbage Collection 6. Virtual Garbage Collection

Write speeds are symmetric to read speeds Evaluated and Managed by the Invicta OS Blocks are invalidated in large chunks to speed up
drive level garbage collection
 Invicta OS (dedupe)
Designed to drive the high performance from Flash Media

1. Protect 2. Pattern Match & Organize 3. Optimize

Store in Write Buffer Deduplicate 4K Blocks Write Aligned for Flash Media & RAID
Create Write Blocks Protection
 Invicta OS (dedupe)
Optimizing Flash for Faster Writes & Higher Endurance

4. Optimize Writes 5. Virtual Garbage Collection 6. Virtual Garbage Collection

Write speeds are symmetric to read speeds Evaluated and Managed by the Invicta OS Blocks are invalidated in large chunks to speed up
drive level garbage collection
Media optimization
Meets or Exceeds
life of spinning
media

Flash Cell Mechanical Hard Drive

The challenges with UNMANAGED NAND

Endurance SLC NAND @ 2Xnm 30,000 cycles

MLC NAND @ 2Xnm 3,000 cycles

TLC NAND @ 2Xnm 1000-1500 cycles

Program / Pages independently programmable,

BLOCK erasable
Erase
Time to Erase Block == MS NOT uS

Cost
$/GB compared to 7200 RPM media
 Invicta OS NAND management

Treats NAND Flash like NAND - not like disk

Proprietary write logging layer ensures data integrity in the face of power loss
Implements a SYSTEM wide log structured indirection layer
NEVER writes less than an entire Erase block
Smaller writes are padded to the Erase Block boundary
Writes are acknowledged to initiator immediately after being recorded into Nonvolatile memory
Leverages multi-core high frequency X86 cores w/GBs of memory

Data integrity layer provides both positional validation and traditional data
validation upon read
Media checksums alone fail to protect positional integrity
Granular recovery allows for individual RAID stripe repair
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