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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Emerging trends in Converged and Hyper Converged Infrastructure

Steve Costa

Business Development Manager

Architecture – Datacenter & Enterprise Networking

Email – [email protected]

Phone – 813-966-5778

What to expect from this session• How we came to Converged / Hyper-Converged

• Audience Participation

• Converged, Hyper-Converged is an evolving market transition disrupting traditional storage vendors

• Hyper-Converged solutions will complicate Converged Infra deals such as FlexPod, VersaStack, Vblock, and others

• This disruption presents both opportunity and threat:

• Opportunity to capture more of the storage revenue

• Threat of losing existing Converged Infra deals

• You need to be prepared to adjust your sales strategies to compete

• This session will inform you how the Converged and Hyper-Converged infrastructure are evolving together and how Cisco HyperFlex solutions are addressing each

Cloud

Pace of Change

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Technology Is Enabling Innovation and Disruption

OVERALL SPEND DISTRIBUTION

29%

22%12%

11%

10%

7%

7% 2%

People SoftwareEnergy / Facilities ServersNetworking Storage

Source: Gartner—Cisco IT, “Data Center Cost Portfolio”

Data Center Economics – 51%

What “IT/Business” Challenges do we face today?Allow me to lay it out!• Data Growth

• Applications

• Application Availability

• Business Continuity

• Bandwidth

• People

Align With the Customer – Use Industry Statistics

• IDC – Over the next decade data files of information will grow by 75X

• Unique Application Requirements & Business Factors Lead to Application Specific Infrastructure Silos

• IDC – Overall Data will grow by 50X by 2020

• Gartner & Storage Mag – 77% Failed restores from Backup

• Gartner – by 2016 – 80% of organizations will fail without proper implementation BCDR Management Tools

• Gartner average enterprise bandwidth will increase by 20% to 50% per year (through to 2018)

• IDC – IT People will grow slightly at 1.5x

data

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Data Growth

Performance

Scalability

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What’s ThisCustomer Needs

Scale

Speed

Simplicity

Executive Summary

• March 1: Cisco enters the HyperConvergence

market – 100% sold & supported by Cisco

• HyperConvergence: a critical element of Cisco’s

UCS integrated infrastructure strategy

• Combines compute and storage into a single,

SW defined, scalable enclosure

• HX is a highly strategic HyperConverged asset

• 2.0 disruptor of existing market leaders

• Purpose-built file system

• Scale-out architecture

• Flexible application support in 100% software

Source: IDC Worldwide Converged Systems Forecast, 2016–2019: Special Report, February 2016

HCI $5B by

2019 65%

CAGR

Both

growing and

will co-exist

Software-

Defined (SDx)

Driving HCI

Concurrent Opportunity

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

WW

Revenue, $

B

$7.2B 2016

5.2% CAGR

$1.9B 2016

65% CAGR

Integrated Systems

Hyperconverged Systems

What is “Converged /Hyper Infrastructure”?

Major analysts firms differ slightly on the taxonomy and makeup of the various integrated infrastructure systems that comprise this market segment. However, they do agree that these systems include a

Combination of

1. Servers,

2. Networking,

3. Storage systems,

4. Management software.

Hyperconvergence

Fast Time to MarketSimplicityFirst Gen HCI

Hyperconvergence

Gaps

Fast Time to MarketSimplicity

New management silosInefficient scaling

and data optimizationNetwork not included in the

system

First Gen HCI

Next Generation Hyperconvergence

Next Gen HCI

Gaps

Fast Time to MarketSimplicity

New management silosInefficient scaling

and data optimizationDIY Networking

Complete

Network/UCS HW+

Integration with Existing Data Center

Independent scaling and scale out architecture

First Gen HCI

Next Gen File System Industries best TCO

Leverage existing environments and Maximize TCO at

every level

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

1 Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network InfrastructureWide Array of Rack and Blade Form Factors

Cisco UCS: The Ideal System for Hyperconvergence

Proven Architecture Unified Fabric

• 48,000 Customers

• 85% of Fortune 500

• Enterprise Reliability

• Integrated

• High Performance

• Low Latency

Centralized Management

• HW Abstraction

• Policy/Profile Driven

• All Hardware Updates

Automated

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

1 Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network Infrastructure

Cisco HX Data Platform

Data Services and Storage Optimization

2 Next Gen Data Platform

Designed for

Distributed Storage

HX Data Platform Enterprise Functionality Independent Scaling

• Built From Ground-up

• Automated Services

• Self Healing

• Hypervisor Agnostic

• Always-on Data Services

• Agile & Resilient

• Zero Learning Curve

• Transferrable SW License

• Scale Up & Out

• Scale Capacity &

Compute

Independently

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

1

3

Complete Hyperconvergence

Unified Compute and

Network Infrastructure

Part of a Complete Data Center StrategyElastic and Secure at Enterprise Scale

Cisco HyperFlex

2 Next Gen Data Platform

Designed for

Distributed Storage

Cisco One

Enterprise Cloud SuiteCisco ACI

Cisco Security

Cisco HX Data Platform

Data Services and Storage Optimization

Mainstream Computing

Scale Out

UCS M-Series

Modular Servers

UCS

C3160 Fourth Generation UCS

One Management Platform

HX-Series

HyperconvergedInfrastructure

Converged Infrastructure

Core Data CenterEdge Cloud

UCS Mini

HyperFlex System

Fabric Interconnects

HX-240 or 220 Nodes

UCS B-Series Blades

Integrated Management and

Data Services

Dynamic Data Distribution

Continuous Data Optimization

Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity

Real Innovation

Reduce Cost

Minimize Complexity

Application Performance

Maximize Storage Utilization

Deployments Time

Maximize Storage Utilization

Deployments Time

Simplified Management

Central Management

Cisco HX Data Platform Overview

Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity

Scale Compute

HX Data Platform

Add NodesScale Cache or Capacity Within Nodes

HX Data Platform

CONTROLLERHYPERVISORCONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

IOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

IOVisorIOVisor

VM VM VM VM

Non-HyperFlex Hosts Can Connect to

Storage with IOVisor

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

2-5X Data Reduction without impacting performance

Inline Deduplication Inline Compression

No Special Hardware

No

Performance

Impact

Log-structured file system yields more efficient data optimization

20–30% space savings 30–50% space savings

Management Built for Server Admin100% vCenter-Based Management

• Extends virtualization management

seamlessly

• No switching between

management consoles

• View storage alerts/alarms alongside

with ESX alerts/alarms

• Command line interface for automation

High Resiliency, Fast Recovery

Platform Can Sustain Simultaneous 2 Node Failure Without Data Loss; Replication Factor Is Tunable

If a Node Fails, the Evacuated VMs Re-attach With No Data Movement Required

Replacement Node Automatically Configured Via UCS Service Profile

HX Data Platform Automatically Re-Distributes Data to Node

CONTROLLERHYPERVISORCONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR CONTROLLERHYPERVISOR

VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM VM VMVM

HX Data PlatformHX Data Platform

• 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 & investigation support cases

• Access currently limited to support

Cloud-based Monitoring and Analytics

Primary HyperFlex Use Cases

• Agile provisioning

• Frequent iterations

• Instant cloning and snapshots

Test and Development

• Low upfront costs

• Consistent performance

• Predictable scaling

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

• Reduce operational complexity

• Adaptive scaling

• Always-on resiliency

Server Virtualization

• Simple deployment

• Centralized management

• No “fly-and-fix” missions

Large RemoteBranch Office

Overview Cisco HyperFlex Material

• Collateral

• Datasheets

• Whitepaper

• Analyst Paper

• Solution Overview

• Video

• Cisco HyperFlex Overview

• Cisco HyperFlex Comparison

• Cisco HyperFlex Customers

• Smart Bundles

Benefits of HyperFlex

Lower CostsUp to 10x data reduction,

Up to 60% Lower TCO

Up to 80% Data Storage Savings

Transferrable SW licenses

ScalabilityScale at a known cost

Pay as you grow

Independently scale

Smaller FootprintUp to 90% reduction in OPEX

Eliminate complex SAN

Faster Time-to-ValueFaster time-to-value in buying, deploying,

and managing

Preconfigured from factory – 1 hour install

Free up IT ResourcesTime for innovation & important projects

Easy to manage – zero learning curve

One Cisco SolutionEnsures faster, more reliable

& fully predictable deployment

One number for everything

What is Hyperconverged?

A hyperconverged infrastructure is largely software defined with tightly integrated compute, storage, networking and virtualization resources.

What is Cisco HyperFlex?

Cisco HyperFlex is a NEXT Generation Hyperconverged solution built on Cisco UCS, the industry leading unified computing platform.

Cisco’s Value

• Single vendor solution and support.• Managed through the hypervisor manager.• Provides complete hyperconvergence that includes a

unified fabric.• Built on a distributed, log structured file system that

allows for continues data optimization without compromising performance.

• Maximum flexibility with independent scaling of compute, capacity and cache.

• Eliminates silos by fitting into existing UCS environments.

Hyperconverged is:

• Compute, Storage and Hypervisor integrated into a server platform.

• Deployed as a resilient availability cluster and ready to use in minutes.

• Easy to scale, manage and adapt.

Hyperconverged is not:

• Ideal or cost effective for all workloads.• Supported by all applications.

What to look for?

Target general server virtualization, VDI, Test/Dev and ROBO. Look for server and storage refresh cycles, or maintenance renewals.

Additional Questions:

• Are you considering Hyperconvergence?• Would you like a cloud-like experience on-premise ?• Are you interested in lowering your storage costs on server

virtualization, VDI, Test/Dev?

Add Cisco One Enterprise Cloud Suite

Cisco One Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS) builds on the cloud like experience of HyperFlex. ECS offers one-touch deployment of infrastructure in preparation for deploying application stacks. Utilize the built in puppet engine to layer on applications and services.

Ideal for Dev/Test and Fast IT models.

Cisco HyperFlex HX240c M4 Node

Cisco HyperFlex Cisco HyperFlex is designed to make IT Easy and Fast. Lower TCO whileoffering a cloud like experience in the Data Center.

Cisco One Enterprise Cloud Suite

Call to Action / Next Steps

• Get an appointment with Cisco Account Manager to account plan

• Drive customers to a Cisco Test Drive

• SELL Cisco HyperFlex!!!

Cisco HyperFlex Systems

Thank you