Flexpod express converged infrastructure for midsized it

FlexPod Express

Converged Infrastructure for Midsized IT

Joel McKelvey, Virtualization and Cloud Solutions, NetApp

FlexPod® Express

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IT Challenges for Growing Midsize Customers

Supporting today’s

business needs and

limited budgets

Environments

are becoming

complex and

expensive

Future needs are

difficult to predict

Generalist staff

struggling with

IT infrastructure

complexity and

budget pressures

IT departments need simple and affordable solutions.

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Transition from Application Silos to Virtualization

Reduced power, space, and cooling

requirements through better utilization of IT

assets

Reduction in amount of

storage needed to support

their application environment

Reduced overhead with simplified,

centralized management of applications

Cisco and NetApp

can help you simplify your

infrastructure via:

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FlexPod Express for Infrastructure Consolidation

Features

Simplifies deployment of IT resources

Cisco UCS® C220 M3 servers

Cisco Nexus 3048 switches

NetApp FAS2220 or FAS2240 storage

Pretested by Cisco and NetApp with:

VMware vSphere®

Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

Implementation guide to facilitate

deployment

Cooperative support model

Physical and virtual

resource management

Cisco Unified

Computing System™

C-Series Servers

Cisco Nexus® 3000

Series Switches

NetApp® FAS2200

Series Storage

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FlexPod Express Flexible Management

Cisco UCS

C-Series Servers

Cisco Nexus

3048 Switches

NetApp FAS2200

Series Storage

Cisco UCS Director

Direct Element

Management

Direct Element

Management

Direct Element

Management

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vCenter

System Center 2012

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Simplify your path to shared, virtualized IT

FlexPod Express Delivers Important Benefits

Affordability

Start with a low-cost, easy-to-deploy platform

Simplicity

Reduce complexity with efficient operations and management

Efficient growth

With standardized environment to improve predictability

Optimized IT

Through shared infrastructure and workload consolidation

Hypervisor

E-mail Database Collaboration

Content Mgmt

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Two FlexPod Express Configurations

Cisco Nexus 3048 Switches (2)

Cisco UCS C220 M3 Servers (4)

NetApp FAS2240 Storage

Medium

Cisco Nexus® 3048 Switches (2)

Cisco UCS® C220 M3 Servers (2)

NetApp® FAS2220 Storage

Small

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FlexPod Express Implementation Guide

FlexPod® Express is tested and

documented by Cisco and NetApp

Documented deployment process

Deployment instructions

Cabling diagrams

Bill of materials

Technical Report

FlexPod®

Express with VMware vSphere Implementation Guide Michael Zimmerman, David Klem, Chris Reno, and Michael Ansel, NetApp

June 2013 | TR-4107

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Coordinated support between NetApp,

Cisco, and VMware with a cooperative

support lab

Strong relationships among best-in-

class alliance partners

98% of support cases do not require

escalations to other partners/vendors

Formal processes in place to expedite

cross-company escalations when

necessary

FlexPod®

Hypervisor/OS

Applications

VMware

Microsoft® Redhat

Citrix

SAP®

Citrix

Oracle®

Microsoft

VMware®

Participating in cooperative support and cooperative

support lab

Ecosystem partners providing app/hypervisor/OS

support

FlexPod Express Cooperative Support Vendor Coordination Speeds Problem Resolution

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Infrastructure Solution Portfolio

1 10 GbE,

Clustered ONTAP,

Non-disruptive

scalability

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Solu

tion C

ost

Capability

FlexPod®

Datacenter

FlexPod

Express Address midsize market segments and

use cases with a simple, low-cost solution

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FlexPod Express Helps You

Build cost-effective IT infrastructure

Simplify management and operations

Have confidence: tested, supported solution

Visit http://www.netapp.com/flexpod to learn more

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Thank You

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