Cisco HyperFlex Systems Technical Deck

Cisco HyperFlex Systems
TDM
Speaker Name
Speaker Title
Objectives
HyperConverged Overview
HyperFlex Systems HX-Series
HyperFlex Systems Deployment
HyperFlex Data Platform Overview
Key Features and Benefits
Management and Operations
Use Cases
Configuration/Bundles
Architectural Summary
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Opportunities and Challenges for IT

Digital Transformation Imperatives
New Application Types

Require Software Control and
Data Closer to Compute
APP
Micro
Service
Micro
Service
Micro
Service
Micro
Service
Islands of Innovation
Silos Complicate Operations and
Reduce Efficiency
APPS
Scale Out Infrastructure

Software Defined: Compute, Storage, Network
Driving New Architectures
Meeting Cloud Expectations

Delivering Public Cloud
Economics and Elasticity
On Premise
The Promise of Hyperconverged Systems

Agile
Efficient
Adaptable
Deploy at Cloud Speed

Instantly Provision, Clone or Snapshot Applications
Flexible Deployment
Variety of Configurations to Handle Diversified Set of Workloads
Scale-As-You-Grow
Add Resources Non-Disruptively and Scale Performance Linearly in Small Increments
Hyperconvergence
First Gen HCI
Simplicity
Fast Time to Market
Hyperconvergence
Gaps
First Gen HCI
New Management Silos
Simplicity
Inefficient Scaling
and Data Optimization
Limited App Performance

and Workload Support
Fast Time to Market
IT Is Looking for a Better Answer

Requirements
Gaps
First Gen HCI
Agility
Efficiency
Adaptability
Simplicity
+
Integration with
Existing Data Center
Easy Scaling
+
Resource Efficiency
Existing Apps
+
Next Gen
New Management Silos
Inefficient Scaling
and Data Optimization
Limited App Performance

and Workload Support
Simplicity
Fast Time to Market
Enterprise Ready
Hyperconvergence
Hybrid Cloud Enabled
Secure Workload Placement
Enterprise
Cloud Suite
Application Aware Network Services

Software Defined End-to-End
Traditional
Storage
SAN/NAS
First Gen
Hyperconverged
Always-on Data Optimization
Storage
Virtualization
Appliance Model
Flexible, Efficient Scaling
SAN/NAS
Resource pooling
Compute +
Storage
Hardware
Abstraction
Generic x86 +
Software Defined
Storage
ACI
HyperFlex
High Performance Distributed Storage

Compute + Storage + Network
Data Center Architecture:

Systems + ASICs + Software

HX-Series
Cisco UCS: The Ideal System for Hyperconvergence

Integrated, High
Performance
Network Fabric
Virtualization
Aware
Automated
Management of all
Hardware
Complete
Hyperconvergence
Unified Compute and
Network Infrastructure
Wide Array of Rack and Blade Form Factors
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Next Gen
Data Platform
Cisco HX Data Platform
Designed for
Distributed Storage
Data Services and Storage Optimization
Complete
Hyperconvergence
Unified Compute and
Cisco HyperFlex
11

3
Part of a Complete
Data Center Strategy
Cisco One
Enterprise Cloud Suite
Cisco ACI
Elastic and Secure at

Enterprise Scale
Next Gen
Data Platform
Designed for
Distributed Storage
Complete
Hyperconvergence
Unified Compute and
Cisco HyperFlex
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Flexible, Extensible Storage Interfaces

Containers
File
Block
Cisco HyperFlex: HX Data Platform

Bare Metal
Object
Future Ready
Architecture
API-Enabled Data
Platform Supports
Multiple Storage
Formats
At Launch
Support for VMware
Future Releases
Containers
Additional VM
environments
13
Cisco HyperFlex Configurations

HX220c Nodes
HX240c Nodes
HX240c + B200
for HF Hybrid Nodes
Smallest Footprint 38 Node

Cluster (VDI, ROBO)
Capacity-heavy 38 Node Cluster

(VSI: IT/Biz Apps, Test/Dev)
Compute-heavy Hybrid
(Compute Bound Apps/VDI)
Per-Node
Per-Node
1x480 GB Cache SSD

6x1.2TB HDDs
SD Card/120GB SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
1x1.6TB Cache SSD

up to 23x1.2TB HDDs
SD Card/120GB Back SSD
(Boot/Housekeeping)
3-8 Node HX240c Cluster

Up to 4 Blades
SD Card or SAN (Boot)
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HyperFlex Key Customer Benefits

Agile
Efficient
Adaptable
Complete
Hyperconvergence
Intuitive
Management
Cloud
Speed
All 3 Layers of Network, Compute

and Storage Intelligently Integrated
Into a Single Solution for <60 Minute
Deployment
Eliminate Infrastructure Silos and Use

Existing Management Tools to Manage
and Automate Operations
Instantly Provision, Clone or

Snapshot Applications
Built on
the UCS Platform
Flexible
Deployment
Always-on Data
Optimization
Unified Management Using Existing

Skillsets in the Organization
Variety of Configurations to Handle

Diversified Set of Workloads
Inline Dedupe and Compression

Ensuring Hyper-Efficient Resource
Utilization
Scale-As-You-Grow
Adaptive
Scaling
Non-Stop
Infrastructure
Scale Compute or Capacity to Match

Application Needs
Self-Healing Fabric Based

Hyperconvergence with
Cloud Monitoring
Add Resources Non-disruptively

and Scale Performance Linearly
in Small Increments
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HyperFlex Differentiation
Agile
Efficient
Adaptable
Networking
Integration
Deploy the Entire System Faster, Not Just Computing and

Storage
Simplify
Management
Standardize Your Configurations and Apply Across All Your

HCI Platforms
Break
Down Silos
Manage in the Same Way You Manage Your UCS Blade Servers,
Rack Servers and Converged Infrastructure Solutions
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Deployment
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Fast and Easy Installation

60 MINUTES
OR LESS
STEP 1
STEP 0
VMware and HX Data
Performance Software
Installed on Servers at
Factory/Reseller Before
Shipping to Customer
Start Provisioning VMs

Rack Up Servers, Power
on, and Add to vCenter
Drag and Drop
Configuration (JSON) File
Create, Cluster,
and Datastore
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HyperFlex Deployment Workflow

Customer Onsite
Download HX Data Platform/

UCSM bundle from Cisco.com
HyperFlex Installer: UCS Configuration
Auto-config. of UCSM policies and core templates

Instantiate and assign Service Profiles
Configure ESX pre-requisites (manual)

Set static IP Address for ESXi hosts
Add hosts/datacenter/cluster to vCenter
HyperFlex Installer:
HX Data Platform Cluster Creation
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UCS Integrated HyperFlex Networking

Predefined DC Network Policies
CONTROLLER VM
CONTROLLER VM
CONTROLLER VM
Data vSwitch
CVM DataPort Group
Management vSwitch
CVM Mgmt Port Group
Shipped From Factory

With Integrated
Networking
High Performance,
Flat and Predictably
Latent Fabric
Simplified Network
Deployments
No specialized protocol
requirements such as
IPv6, Multicast
Plug and Play

Networking with UCS
Unified Fabric
CONTROLLER VM
Reduced Complexity,
Simplified Decision
Making and
Deployment
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UCS: Embedded Automation
Rapid Deployment of HyperFlex with Service Profiles
configuration: MAC
address
VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA
configuration:
worldwide names
(W WNs), VSANs,
Uplink port configuration,

VLAN, VSAN, QoS, and
EtherChannels
Server SME
Network SME
Storage SME
Server
Server Policy
Policy
Storage
Storage Policy
Policy
Service
Profile Templates
Pre-Defined at the
Factory for Quick
Deployment
Server port configuration

including LAN and SAN
settings
Network interface card (NIC)
configuration: MAC address,
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs,
and bandwidth constraints;
and firmware revisions
configuration: MAC
address,
configuration:
worldwide names
(W WNs), VSANs,
Unique user ID (UUID),

firmware revisions,
and RAID controller settings
Network
Network Policy
Policy
Virtualization
Virtualization Policy
Policy
configuration: MAC
address,
configuration:
worldwide names
(W WNs), VSANs,
Service profile assigned to server,

chassis slot, or pool
Application
Application Profiles
Profiles
Subject Matter Expert

Define Policies
Policies Used to Create

Service Profile Templates
Associating Service Profiles

Service Profile Templates
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reserved.
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with
Hardware
Configures21
Create Service Profiles
Servers Automatically
Hyperflex Deployment Factory Automation

HX Servers Will
Be Pre-Installed
at Manufacturing
With the Following
Firmware and
Software:
HX Server CIMC
will be Configured
in UCSM Mode
UCS 2.2(6f) Is the

Minimum Required
Version to Support
Hyperflex
Newer UCS and

HX Data Software
Versions Will be
Installed When
they Are Qualified
UCS 2.2(6f)
ESXi 6.0 U1
HX Data Platform
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Powered by UCS Platform

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Cisco UCS: Platform for All Architectures
Converged Infrastructure
Mainstream Computing
Cisco UCS
Hardware Abstracted
Policy Driven
Hyperconverged Systems
Scale Out Computing
Open and Programmable
UCS C3000 Series

UCS Mini
Fourth Gen UCS
UCS M-Series
Modular Servers
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Unified Management Across UCS Portfolio
UCS B-Series Blade Servers

UCS C-Series Rack Servers
UCS M-Series
Composable Infrastructure
UCS HX Series Nodes
UCS Mini
Edge-Scale
Computing
Core Data Center
Workloads
UCS Management
Cloud-Scale
Computing
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UCS Central Policy-based Management

Architecture
Simplified, centralized management
Based on UCS Manager, which remains

the execution engine
Global policies are read-only in UCS

Manager and are only stored on UCS
Manager instances when they are in use
Full Two Way Configuration

Changes With Traceability
Local policies are read-only in UCS

Central with visibility to all policies in all
UCS Manager instances
User
Access
Global policies, local policies, or a combination

of both may be used at the same time
UCS Central
User
Access
UCS
Element
Element
Manager
Element
Manager
Manager
Manager
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Cisco UCS HyperFlex
Embedded and Distributed Security

HyperFlex Stack
Micro
Segmentation
Automation of
Security Policy
Analytics and Visibility
Secure Architecture
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Cisco UCS HyperFlex Security

Hyper Flex
Security
Through a pervasive, policy-driven approach

Provisioning
Unmatched Agility
Integrated
Protection
Spin up Security at the Same

Time as Other Resources
Resource
lifecycle
Monitor
Enforce Policy Automatically,
Even When Workloads Move
Dynamic Control
Decommission
Remove Associated Rules and
Policies Automatically
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Cisco HyperFlex with Cisco ACI

Diverse Workload Deployments at Enterprise Scale
Automated,
Application Centric
Policy Model
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
Web
Web
App
App
DB
DB
Web
Web
App
App
HYPERVISOR/
CONTAINER
EPG
HX
CONTROLLER
Flexible
Application
Service Policies
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
Web
Web
App
App
DB
DB
App
App
App
App
HYPERVISOR/
CONTAINER
EPG
HX
CONTROLLER
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
App
App
App
App
DB
DB
Web
Web
Web
Web
HYPERVISOR/
CONTAINER
EPG
HX
CONTROLLER
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
Web
Web
Web
Web
Web
Web
Web
Web
App
App
HYPERVISOR/
CONTAINER
EPG
HX
CONTROLLER
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
EPG
Web
Web
App
App
App
App
DB
DB
DB
DB
HYPERVISOR/
CONTAINER
EPG
HX
CONTROLLER

HX DATA PLATFORM
HX DATA PLATFORM
Simplified Capacity Expansion

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Elastic Infrastructure
Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite
Out of Box
Cloud w/ HX
Micro Segmentation
+
IaaS
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
Public
Cloud
Capacity
Augmentation in
AWS and Azure
Hyperconverged
Data Platform
Hyperconverged
Data Platform
Cisco
HyperFlex
Series
Leverage Public Cloud to

Manage Peaks
Back Up and Async DR
Agile and Efficient

Infrastructure

Adaptable Infrastructure
Adaptive Scaling
on Prem
Adaptive Scaling
to Public Cloud
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Out of the Box Hybrid Cloud
Cisco HyperFlex with Cisco Enterprise Cloud Suite and Cisco ACI
IaaS
Native Secure Cloud

Segmentation
1. Factory configured Cloud

ready Infrastructure and
Management SW
1. Default micro segmentation

with best in class virtual
services
2. Complete infrastructure
automation including HX
2. HX controller created
in secure zone w/
Distributed Firewall
Create/edit/delete data store

Add capacitynodes / discs to
existing node
3. Rich API set for PaaS

integration
Hybrid Cloud
1. Capacity Augmentation
with consistent policy to
manage peaks
Deploying enterprise workload
in cloud
2. Back Up and Async DR
3. Micro segmentation w/ ACI

infrastructure
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Overview
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HX Data Platform Overview
Enterprise Grade
Robust Data Integrity
Maximum Simplicity
Economical Scaling
Fast Installation and

Configuration
Inline De-duplication and

Inline Compression
Proactive Auto-support
100% vCenter-based
Management
Scale Out Just-in Time
VM-level Snapshots for

Instant Backups
Rapid Cloning for VM

Provisioning
Continuous Availability
Scale Compute and Storage

Independently
Annual Subscription Pricing
Hyperconverged Data Platform That Allows Companies to Leverage Compute Servers

for Storing and Managing Their Data without Compromising on Features or Performance
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Real Innovation
Independent
Scaling of Compute
and Capacity
Continuous Data Optimization
Dynamic Data Distribution
Integrated
Management and
Data Services
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Hyperconverged Scale Out and

Distributed File System
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
VM
HYPERCONVERGEDHYPERCONVERGED
DATA PLATFORM HYPERCONVERGED
DATA PLATFORM DATA PLATFORM
Start With as Few

as Three Nodes
Hyperconverged
Data Platform
Installs in Minutes
Add Servers, One

or More at a Time
Linearly Scale
Compute, Storage
Performance,
and Capacity
Distribute and
Rebalance Data
Across Servers
Automatically
Retire Older
Servers
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Software Modules Inside a Server

VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
IO
IO Visor
Visor
HYPERVISOR
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
VM
HYPERCONVERGEDHYPERCONVERGED
DATA PLATFORM DATA PLATFORM
VM
VAAI
VAAI
DATASTORE/VOLUME
Controller VM Has
Direct Access to Drives
HDD
SDD
HDD
SDD
VAAI Plugin Offloads Snapshots

and Clone Operations
IO Visor Module Presents

NFS to ESX and Stripes IO
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Building on the Right Foundation

Distributed File system
Unique
Architecture
Local FS
Built From the

Ground Up for
Hyperconvergence
Distributed LogStructured File

System Designed
for Scale-out,
Distributed
Storage
Local FS
Advanced Data
Services (Snapshots,
Clones) and Data
Optimization
(Inline Dedupe,
Compression) Without
Trade-offs
Local FS
Better Flash
Endurance and
Disk
Performance
Computing,
Storage,
Networking, and
Hypervisor
Integration
Local FS
Eliminates
Management
Silos
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Independent Scaling of Compute

and Capacity
VM
Scale
Compute
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
IOVisor
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HX Data Platform
HX Data Platform
Scale Cache or Capacity Within Nodes
VM
NonHyperFlex
Hosts Can
Connect to
Storage with
IOVisor
Add Nodes
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Independent Scaling of Compute (Blades)

and Storage Capacity (Rack Servers)
Add More Blades for Scaling Compute
Add HYPERCONVERGED
Rack Servers
HX DATA PLATFORM
Connect Existing Blades for Compute
B200 M4 Blades
Start with HYPERCONVERGED Rack

Servers (Compute + Storage Capacity)
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Dynamic Data Distribution

HX Data Platform stripes data across all nodes simultaneously,
leveraging cache across all SSDs for fast writes
Balanced space utilization: no data migration required following
a VM migration
Systems Built on Conventional File

Systems Write Locally, Then Replicate,
Creating Performance Hotspots
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HX Data Platform
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and Efficient Capacity and

Network Utilization
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
DATASTORE
Balanced Space Utilization
No Data Migration on VM Migration

Less Stress on Network
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High Resiliency, Fast Recovery

Platform Can Sustain
Simultaneous 2 Node Failure
Without Data Loss; Replication
Factor Is Tunable
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
Replacement Node Automatically

Configured Via UCS Service Profile
If a Node Fails, the Evacuated

VMs Re-attach With No Data
Movement Required
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
HX Data Platform Automatically

Re-Distributes Data to Node
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HX Data Platform
HX Data Platform
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Non-Disruptive Operations
VM
VM
VM
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
VM
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
HYPERVISOR
DATASTORE
File.vmdk
A
A11
B
B22
C
C22
D
D33
B
B11
A
A22
VM
C
C
C33
E
E33
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
VM
DATASTORE
D
D11
Stripe blocks of a file across servers

Replicate one or two additional copies
to other servers
Handle entire server or disk failures
VM
HYPERVISOR
B
E
E11
VM
D
C
C11
A
A33
D
D22
E
E22
B
B33
E
D
D11
E
E11
B
B33
Restore back to original number of copies

Rebalance VMs and data post
replacement
Rolling software upgrades
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Data Protection and High Availability
Data Protected by Replication of Data Across the Cluster Nodes

Replication Factor = 3
Replication Factor = 2
Default Is Replication Factor = 3
Set at Cluster Creation Time
Every Block Is Written to 3 Different Nodes in the Cluster
Every Block Is Written to Min of 2 Different Nodes in the Cluster
Higher Availability to Survive Multi-Point Failures;

Higher Device Protection
Can Survive a Single Node/Device Failure
Reduces Raw Disk Capacity to 33%
More Usable Capacity; Uses 50% of Raw Disk Capacity
Access Policy Is Strict (Default); Can Be Modified Via CLI
Access Policy Is Lenient

VM
Write IO
Replicate
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Capacity Planning
Start with
Raw Cluster
Capacity
(# Disks*
Size* Nodes)
Factor in
the Metadata
Overhead
ENOSPC
Buffer of 20%
Factor in the
Replication
Factor RF 2 or 3
Divide the Total
Capacity by the
Replication Factor
Factor in
Deduplication
and Compression
Estimate
For VSI Estimate 2050%
For VDI the VMs Will
Consume Almost No Space
at 95% Savings
For
Availability
Factor in n+1
to Reserve
Capacity for 1
Node Failure
For persistent user data

estimate 2050%
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Resiliency and Monitoring

Simultaneous Failure Impact
for RF=3 and Strict Policy
Self-Healing
Rebalance Process to Recover From Failure
(*- Read/Write for Lenient Policy)

# of
Simultaneous
Node Failures
Cluster Size
= 3 or 4
Cluster
Size = 5+
Description
Read/Write
Read/Write
(offline)
Read-Only*
Node
Failure
# of Simultaneous
HDD Failures (Across
Different Nodes)
Cluster
Size = 3+
Disk
Failure
Read/Write
Read-Only*
(offline)
Timeout
VMware HA moves and restarts VMs on active nodes

Self-healing delay to account for transient conditions
such as maintenance mode
Node rebalance command available for on-demand
rebalancing on failure
2 Hours
If a disk fails after node failure then the larger timeout value
is used
In 1
Minute
SSD
Failure
If caching SSD fails, VMs have no availability hit.

Caching SSD replacement will rebalance cluster cache.
(Slight impact to latency as aggregate read cache
diminished until SSD replaced and rebalanced)
Housekeeping SSD will impact Controller VM but will not
cause VMs to failover
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Continuous Data Optimization

Log-Structured File System Yields More Efficient Data Optimization
BEFORE
Inline Deduplication
Inline Compression
2030% space savings
3050% space savings
No Special Hardware
No Performance Impact
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Integrated Management and Data Services
UCS Manager familiar to

50,000 customers WW
Server and network

deployment settings in preconfigured Service Profiles
Instant provisioning, cloning and

snapshotting of virtual machines
from within vCenter
No separate console,
no learning curve
Clones and snapshots are

pointer-based and space-efficient
Creation and deletion

do not impact performance
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Fast and Flexible Native Snapshots

for Backups
Pointer-based snapshots
Fine-grained or coarse-grained
Space-efficient
Fast creations and deletions
VM-level or VM folder-level
VAAI-integrated
Quiesced and crash-consistent
Use vCenter Snapshot Manager

Policy-based
Schedules, retention period

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Native VM Clones for Rapid Provisioning
Pointer-Based
Writeable
Snapshots
(Instantaneous
Clones)
VAAI integrated
VM-level
granularity
Batch creation GUI
Apply unique names
Use customization spec

to apply IP
Powerful tool to rapidly

setup a large set of VMs
using just VC (without
scripting or View
composer); Up to 256
clones in parallel per job
Golden/Base VM can be
a template, powered on
or powered off
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Certifications/Ecosystem
VMware vSphere Storage APIs for
Array Integration (VAAI) Offload VAAI Certification
VAAI
VIB Installed
Datastore advertises
VAAI hardware
acceleration capability
Clone
Operations
Snapshot
Operations
If the Virtual disk has

no Redo log based
snapshots
If the Virtual disk has 1

or more "native"
snapshots
Full clone operations

only (no linked clone)
Cisco HX ReadyClone
feature is built on this
Cisco HX Snapshot
Now workflow ensures
that the virtual disk has
1+ native snapshot
Cloned Virtual disk is

on the same datastore
Snapshot of the virtual

disk is on the same
datastore
Backup and DR
Veeam and Zerto

(in progress)
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Management Built for Server Admin

100% vCenter-Based Management
Extends virtualization
management seamlessly
View storage alerts/alarms alongside

with ESX alerts/alarms
No switching between
management consoles
Command line interface for automation
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vCenter Plug-in: HX Data Platform Summary
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vCenter Plug-in: Datastore Provisioning
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Capacity Reporting in UI
Capacity: Total formatted with RF
Free: unused capacity
Total Savings:
Combined % savings of dedup+comp
Compression: % recovered from compression
Deduplication: % recovered from

deduplication
Provisioned Capacity:
Amount of space allocated in DS
Thin provisioned
Used Capacity:
Total of physical space consumed in DS
Available Capacity: Provisioned minus Used

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Capacity Thresholds and Alerts

The Summary tab, Cluster Status information ( i ) popup, Space Status field displays the following messages that
correspond to you cluster capacity.
Cluster Status
Status
Online
Health State
Healthy
Policy Compliance
Compliant
Space Status
Normal
Replication Factor
Access Policy
Strict
Reason
Storage cluster is healthy

Normal
Your System Is Below the

Alert Threshold
Warning
If Your System Exceeds the
Allocated Capacity by 76%
Offline
Critical
If Your System Exceeds the
Allocated Capacity by 92%
(Read-only). If Your System

Exceeds the Allocated Capacity
by 100%
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Cloud-Based Monitoring and Analytics
Cloud-based auto-support
Daily reports
Periodic heartbeats
Instant alerts on critical events
Cluster visibility
Support use cases

Real-time monitoring for critical events
Proactive and advanced warning
Preliminary troubleshooting and
investigation support cases
Access currently limited to support
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Use Cases
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Primary HyperFlex Use Cases
Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure
Low upfront costs
Consistent
performance
Predictable
scaling
Server
Virtualization
Reduce
operational
complexity
Adaptive scaling
Always-on
resiliency
Test and
Development
Agile provisioning
Frequent
iterations
Instant cloning
and snapshots
Large Remote
Branch Office
Simple
deployment
Centralized
management
No fly-and-fix
missions
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One Platform
UCS Mini
Fourth Generation UCS
Mainstream
Computing
Edge
HyperFlex Systems
HX-Series
Converged
Infrastructure
Hyperconverged
Infrastructure
Core Data Center
UCS M-Series
Modular Servers
UCS
C3160
Scale
Out
Cloud
One Infrastructure Management Model

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Configurations/Bundles
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Hyperconvergence Meets Unified Computing

HyperFlex HX-Series
HCI Built on Cisco UCS

2 different UCS models
HX240c M4, HX220c M4
Integrated
Compute
Proven Performance
Enterprise Reliability
Blades and Rack
Mount
Centralized
Management
Complete HW
Abstraction
Policy and Profile
Driven
Optimized for Scale
Unified
Fabric
Low Latency
Physical and Virtual
Data and
Management
Optimized for
Virtualization
Comprehensive
Hypervisor Integration
Native I/O Virtualization
Hypervisor Switching
in HW
Scale without
Complexity
Maintains Single
Point of Management
Self-integrating
Fewer Components
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HyperFlex Components
>
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR/CONTAINER
HYPERVISOR/CONTAINER
CISCO
CISCO HX
HX DATA
DATA
PLATFORM
PLATFORM
CONTROLLER
CONTROLLER
DATASTORE/VOLUME
DATASTORE/VOLUME

Simple
Pre-Engineered with Delivery and Support

Services
Agile
HX Appliance
HX Data Platform Software
Compute and Storage on servers
Enterprise grade data services
Fabric-based platform
Flexible on-demand scaling
Centralized UCS management
Simplified vCenter management
On-demand provisioning
and scaling
Adaptable
Mix and match servers and blades
Efficient
Optimized solution with familiar

management and operations
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Cisco HX SmartPlay
Cisco HX-Series SmartPlay Bundles
New Installs
Require Pair
of FI as Part
of the PO
# of HyperFlex
Storage Nodes
per Cluster
Min 3Max 8
All Nodes
Must Have
Same
Configuration
in a Cluster
3 Categories
of Bundles
Nodes + FI Bundles
Nodes Only: for existing
cluster expansion
HDD Packs:
Expanding an existing
node storage capacity
Customers
with Existing
VMW Licenses
Dont Need to
Order Additional
Licenses
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SmartPlay Select HX-Series Configurations

Cisco SmartPlay Select HX-Series Bundles
*Nodes: Min 3; Max 8 with 2 FIs ; *Al-carte Node Options available
Entry Bundles
Value Bundles
Performance Bundles
CPU
2 x E5-2630 v3
2 x E5-2660 v3
2 x E5-2690 v3
Storage
6 x [HDD]1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

1 x [SSD]480GB EP 6G SATA
1 x [SSD]120GB EV 6G SATA


256GB (8 x 32GB DDR4)
512GB (16 x 32GB DDR4)
Memory
HX220c
Memory pre-discounted upgrade options available
Network
1 x 10Gb SFP+
1 x 10Gb SFP+
1 x 10Gb SFP+
Boot Device
2 x 64GB SD Cards
2 x 64GB SD Cards
2 x 64GB SD Cards
VMware License (Optional)
Follow CTO Rules
Follow CTO Rules
Follow CTO Rules
HyperFlex Data Platform SW
1 year and 3 Year Options
1 year and 3 Year options
1 year and 3 Year options
FI
6248 and 6296 Options
CPU
2 x E5-2630 v3
2 x E5-2660 v3
2 x E5-2690 v3
Storage
11 x [HDD]1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

1 x [SSD]1.6TB EP 6G SATA
15 x [HDD]1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

23 x [HDD]1.2 TB 12G SAS 10K

256GB (8 x 32GB DDR4)
512GB (16 x 32GB DDR4)
Memory
HX240c
256GB (8 x 32GB DDR4)
256GB (8 x 32GB DDR4)
Memory pre-discounted upgrade options available
Network
2 x 10Gb SFP+
2 x 10Gb SFP+
2 x 10Gb SFP+
Boot Device
2 x 64GB SD Cards
2 x 64GB SD Cards
2 x 64GB SD Cards
VMware License (Optional)
Follow CTO Rules
Follow CTO Rules
HX Data Platform Software
1 year and 3 Year Options
1 year and 3 Year options available
1 year and 3 Year options available
FI
Follow CTO Rules

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Configure to Order
Cisco HX-Series
New Installs
Require Pair
of FI as Part
of the PO;
Recommended
Configuration
# of HyperFlex
Storage Nodes
per Cluster
Min 3Max 8
All Nodes Must

Have Same
Configuration
in a Cluster
Ordering
Tool Requires
Configuration
for One
Node Only
Customers
with Existing
VMW Licenses
Dont Need to
Order Additional
Licenses
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Cisco HyperFlex HX220c Configuration

Cisco HyperFlex C220 HX220C-M4S Base System
Description
Mfgs PN
Qty
Hardware
Memory Configurable
Memory
16GB or 32GB DDR4-2133-MHz

RDIMM/PC4-17000/dual rank/1.2v
Processor
Flexible Processor Choices: E5-2698, E5-2697, E52695, E5-2690, E5-2680, E5-2670, E5-2667, E5-2660, Varies
E5-2658, E5-2650, E5-2640, E5-2630
2socket, 8 core,
2.2GHz min
Drive Controller
Cisco 12Gbps Modular SAS HBA
UCSC-SAS12GHBA
Up to E5-2698D
SSD1
120 GB 2.5 Inch Enterprise Value 6G SATA SSD
UCS-SD120GBKS4-EV
Software
SSD2
480GB 2.5 Inch Enterprise Performance 6G SATA

SSD (3X endurance)
UCS-SD480G12S3-EP
Storage Controller
HDD
1.2 TB SAS 12Gbps 10K rpm SFF HDD
UCS-HD12TB10K12G
Network
Cisco UCS VIC1227 VIC MLOMDual Port 10Gb

SFP+
UCSC-MLOM-CSC-02
Boot Device
64GB SD Card for UCS servers
UCS-SD-64G-S
Software
Cisco HX Data Engine 1 or 3yr SW Subscription
HXDE-001-xYR
Optional VMware
License
Factory InstalledVMware vSphere6 Enterprise

SW and License
128GB768GB
Min 16
8x16GB 24x32GB
CPU Configurable
Reserves 48GB RAM
Reserves 8 vCPU,
10.800GHz CPU
VAAI VIB
IO Visor VIB
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Cisco HyperFlex HX240c Configuration

Cisco HyperFlex C240 HX240C-M4SX Base System
Description
Mfgs PN
Qty
Memory

RDIMM/PC4-17000/dual rank/1.2v
256GB768GB
Min 16
Processor
Flexible Processor Choices: E5-2698, E5-2697, E52695, E5-2690, E5-2680, E5-2670, E5-2667, E5-2660, Varies
E5-2658, E5-2650, E5-2640, E5-2630
Drive Controller
Cisco 12Gbps Modular SAS HBA
SSD
1.6 TB 2.5 Enterprise Performance 6G SATA SSD (3X UCS-SD16TB12S3-EP

endurance)
HDD
1.2 TB SAS 12Gbps 10K rpm SFF HDD
UCS-HD12TB10K12G
Network
Cisco UCS VIC1227 VIC MLOM

Dual Port 10Gb SFP+
UCSC-MLOM-CSC-02
64GB SD Card for UCS servers
UCS-SD-64G-S
120 GB 2.5 inch Enterprise Value 6G SATA SSD

(Internal)
UCS-SD120GBKS4-EB
Right PCI Riser Bd (Riser 1) 2onbd SATA bootdrvs+

2PCI slts
UCSC-PCI-1C-240M4
Software
Cisco HX Data Engine 1 or 3yr SW Subscription
HXDE-001-xYR
Optional VMware
Factory InstalledVMware vSphere6 Enterprise
Boot Device
UCSC-SAS12GHBA
1
623
1
Hardware
Memory Configurable
16x16GB 24x32GB
CPU Configurable
2socket, 8 core,
2.2GHz min
Up to 2698D
HDD Storage Qty
Configurable
Software
Storage Controller
Reserves 72GB RAM
Reserves 8 vCPU,
10.800GHz CPU
VAAI VIB
IO Visor VIB
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Product Specification
Category
Item
Hardware
Configuration
HX220c and HX240c Based Servers as Specified in BOM

B200 M4 Blades as Compute-Nodes (New or Existing)
Notes
Blade Boot From SD card
Blade Boot From SAN
M4 Bladesonly
ESX 5.5U3 Patch 1
Hypervisor
Compatibility
Software
VMware ESX 5.5** and 6.0
ESX 6.0U1 Patch 1

**HX220c Has ESX Upgrade Complexity
HX Data Platform v1.7

UCSM 2.2(6f)El Cap MR5 Patch for Stryker
Converged Nodes per Cluster: Min 3Max 8 per Cluster
Scalability
Compute Nodes: Min 1Max 4
Up to 4 Clusters per VC
# of Compute Nodes < # of Converged Nodes
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Cisco HyperFlex B200c Configuration

Cisco HyperFlex C240 HX240C-M4SX Base System
Description
Mfgs PN
Qty
Blade Server
UCS B200 M4 w/o CPU, Mem, Drive Bays, HDD,

Mezz (UPG)
UCSB-B200-M4-U
Memory

RDIMM/PC4-17000/Dual Rank/1.2v
UCS-MR-1X162RU-A
Processor
Intel E5-2600v3; Any Processor Speed
Varies
Drive Controller
NA
NA
SSD1
NA
NA
SSD2
NA
NA
HDD
NA
NA
Network
Cisco UCS VIC 1340 Modular LOM for

Blade Servers
UCSB-MLOM-40G-03
Boot Device
64GB SD Card for UCS Servers
UCS-SD-64G-S
1
Up to
24
2
Controller
(for compatibility)
Reserves
512MB RAM
Reserves 1024MHz
For compatibility with

Maintenance Mode
VAAI VIB
IO Visor VIB
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Data Architecture
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Data Virtualization
Caching
Data
Objects
(e.g. File,
VMDK)
Stripe
Units
VMDK1
VMDK2
Data Distribution
Rebalance cache
on node addition
or removal
Eliminate cache
hot spots
Cache
vNodes
Data Virtualization
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Data Virtualization
Read Caching
Read
Read
Read
Read
Read Cache
L1
L1
L1
L1
Data is cached in
both memory and
SSD for reads
Read
Cache
L2
L2
L2
L2
Misses are fetched

from HDDs from any
node in the cluster
Distributed Objects
Log FS
Log FS
Log FS
Log FS
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Data Virtualization
Write Back Caching to SSDs with Mirroring

Write Ack
Data Virtualization
All writes to cache

vNodes go to a Write
log on SSD
Synchronously
mirror one or two
copies for HA
Acknowledge after
mirror writes are
complete
Cache
vNodes
Data Optimization
Write
Log
M1
Log FS
Log FS
M2
Distributed
Log FS
Objects
Log FS
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Data Virtualization
De-staging of Write Log
Data Virtualization
Write
Log
Data and
Meta-Data
vNodes
WL
M
D
Data Optimization
Distributed Objects
Log FS
Log FS
Log FS
Writes are de-staged

from write log to
Data and Meta
Data vNodes
Data and Meta Data

are mirrored to one
or two nodes for HA
Data can be de-staged

to a local or different
server based on
available space
Log FS
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Data Virtualization
Uniform Space Utilization
DATA VIRTUALIZATION
Data Virtualization
Data
vNodes
Utilize free capacity

when new nodes
are added
Faster rebuilds
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Data Optimization
Inline De-duplication and Compression

Data Virtualization
Data Optimization
Inline De-duplication
Inline Compression
Inline Compression
Inline Compression
of memory, SSD and
HDD
Inline compression
on SSD and HDD
Deduplication
occurs when writes
are flushed from
SSD to HDD
Inline Compression
Data Objects
Log FS
Log FS
Log FS
Log FS
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Summary
Log Structured
Layout
Flash endurance,
compression
friendly, faster
rebuilds
Data
Distribution
Data
Virtualization
Scale performance
and capacity
independently,
eliminate hotspots
Flash performance,
low cost capacity
Data
Services
Fast, efficient
snapshots and
clones
Integrated
Management
Reduced
management
complexity
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Cisco vs. First Generation HCI Solutions
Competition
vendor
Cisco
Complete
Solution
Scaling
Data
Availability
Management
Simplicity
Architectural
Underpinning
Total Cost
of Ownership
Compute
Storage
Networking
Independent Scaling
Wide Striping
100% vCenter
Purpose Built H/W

and S/W
Pricing Advantage
Use of Existing
Resources
Compute
Storage
Networking (?)
Only Linear Scaling
Local Data
Multiple Management
Frameworks
White box H/W

Open Source S/W
Replace Existing
Servers
Support ???
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Thank you.
Simplified Scaling
Creating Virtual Pools of Shared Resources
Application
View
CPU
Memory
Virtual
Controller
VM
Physical
View
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
SSD
HDD
Cache
VM
HYPERVISOR
Capacity
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
VM
CONTROLLER
VM
VM
HYPERVISOR
CONTROLLER
HX Data Platform
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Opportunities and Challenges for IT

New Application Types

Scale Out Infrastructure

Driving New Architectures

Meeting Cloud Expectations

The Promise of Hyperconverged Systems

Deploy at Cloud Speed

First Gen HCI

Fast Time to Market

First Gen HCI

New Management Silos

Limited App Performance

Fast Time to Market

IT Is Looking for a Better Answer

First Gen HCI

New Management Silos

Limited App Performance

Fast Time to Market

Application Aware Network Services

Always-on Data Optimization

Flexible, Efficient Scaling

High Performance Distributed Storage

Data Center Architecture: