Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS) E-Series Servers Overview Bringing Data Center Class Compute Infrastructure to the Branch Presentation from VMworld 2013.
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Cisco ISR G2 as Blade Server EnclosureUse Slots on Most Widely Deployed Branch Device
All-in-One Device for Branch Services
Unified Communications
Application Hosting
Wireless LAN/WAN
Routing/Switching
WAN Optimization
Security
Direct UCS E -Series Blade-to-LAN Connectivity
Redundant PowerSupply Options
Long Service Life 2x Typical Blade System
Highly Secure Platform with Small Attack Surface
Two and Three RU Options
One, Two, and Four Blade
Slots Options
Cisco UCS E-Series Single Wide Blade
Cisco UCS E-Series Double Wide Blade
Cisco Integrated Services Router Generation 2
Virtual Office
Highly SecureMobility
Customizable Applications
Highly SecureCollaboration
Scalable Interactive-
Media Services
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No UCS E-Series Blades
No UCS E-Series Blades
1 or 2 UCS E- SeriesBlades
Up to 4 UCS E- Series Blades
3925, 39453925E, 3945E2901*, 2911,
2921, 2951
Architecture Slide
One Chassis In-Box redundancy architecture• 4 UCS E-140S Modules in one Cisco 3945 Integrated Service Router• VSAN running on the UCS E-series modules in the ISRs• Synchronous Data Mirroring across the nodes• Use vCenter to manage all hosts and VSAN storage clusters
VSAN Datastore
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Overall Architecture Slide
Redundancy across multiple Chassis with in the ROBO• VSAN can create a single VSAN Storage cluster across all nodes in both the routers
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VSAN Datastore
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• All VDI infrastructure is hosted in the datacenter across the WAN
•Branch Office users are susceptible to WAN outages
• All applications reside across the WAN, including mission-critical apps
• All VDI infrastructure is hosted in the datacenter across the WAN
•Branch Office users are susceptible to WAN outages
• All applications reside across the WAN, including mission-critical apps
Horizon View VDI on UCS E-Series
DataCenter
WAN
Remote Office clientsRemote Office clients
Branch Office
• VDI and mission-critical application resiliency• Best user-experience• DataCenter Compute offloading
• VDI and mission-critical application resiliency• Best user-experience• DataCenter Compute offloading
Model 1 :Self contained solution
ISR G2 & UCS E
• DV VMs plus VDI infrastructure VMs hosted on UCS E• Applications can run local or across WAN• Full clones or Linked clones supported
Distributed Horizon View VDI on UCS E-Series
DataCenter
WAN
Remote Office clientsRemote Office clients
Branch Office
Model 2:Fully distributed solution
ISR G2 & UCS E
• VDI and applications resiliency• Best user-experience• Data Center Compute offloading• Simplified management
• VDI and applications resiliency• Best user-experience• Data Center Compute offloading• Simplified management
• Only DV VMs are hosted on UCS E• DV VMs are managed by central view server • Applications can run local or across WAN• Full clones or Linked clones supported*
* WAAS is recommended for limited bandwidth/high-latencyWAN links
Unified Virtualization ManagementCentral Management with VMware vCenter
Single console for all VMs and hypervisor administration Extend virtualization management from the data center to the branch Centralize control and visibility at every level of virtual infrastructure Simplify, standardize, and automate remote server infrastructure
Branch Office
UCS E-Series
Branch Office
UCS E-Series
Branch Office
UCS E-Series
Data Center
UCSvCenter
Cisco UCS E-Series Servers Support Model
Hardware Support Provided by Cisco®
UCS E-Series hardware supported under ISR G2 SMARTnet at no additional cost Hypervisor and OS supported by Hypervisor and OS vendor
Supported by Cisco
SMARTnetAttached to ISR
G2
Supported by OS/Hypervisor
VendorPurchased separately
ISR G2ISR G2
CiscoCisco®® UCS E-Series Server UCS E-Series Server ModuleModule
HypervisorHypervisor
Application hosting platform for the lean branch office
Compact x86 blade servers housed in ISR G2 chassis