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Nov 27, 2014
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Cisco Data Center Solutions
The Optimal Infrastructure For Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Workloads
Aaron RigneyConsulting Systems Engineer
Date 9/20/2014
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Reduce costs
Decrease database and virtualization sprawl
Increase deployment availability and scale
Business Realities Are DrivingReduced Costs and ConsolidationRunning Your Microsoft Environment on UCS Allows You to…
Resulting in
1990 2014
Hardware computing capacity
Number of database apps
Number of DBA’s
• Underutilized Hardware• Overburdened Administrators
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The Solution: Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
Networking• Cisco Nexus 1000V
• Cisco UCS VM-FEX
Manageability• Cisco UCS Manager
• Cisco UCS PowerTool
• Cisco Integration With System Center
Compute• Cisco Unified Computing
(UCS)
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Simplify and Standardize SQL Server DeploymentsWith UCS Service Profiles
UCS Service Profiles are XML files that contain metadata for the server
Stateless servers require that a UCS Service Profile is associated with each workload
Once applied to a blade, turn on and bring up a new service profile in minutes to serve end users
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Quickly and Easily Deploy SQL Servers
Introduce SQL Server workloads into production with service profiles
Bring failed SQL Server workloads back in minutes instead of hours or days
Customize your operations with automated PowerShell scripts
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Pre-integrated data center components
Blade Servers Adapters Fabric Interconnects Extenders
Common Embedded Management System
Fewer System Components
Manageable Efficient Flexible
Unified Fabric Reduces
Components Management
Touch Points Efficient Agile
Cisco Unified Compute SystemOverview
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Cisco UCS Converged Adapters
Cisco UCS B & C Series Extended Memory Blade Server
(Interior View)
Efficiency and Performance
Cisco UCS 82598KR-CI10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Compatibility
Cisco UCS M7 1KRConverged Network Adapters
Virtualization
Cisco UCSVirtual Interface Cards
Cisco ExtendedMemory Technology
48 DIMMs
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Service Profile Elements In Stateless Hardware
• Profiles to define a service and/or service elements reduces configuration errors and increase consistency across deployments.
Service definitions may define servers, networks, firewall policies, etc.
• Profiles can quickly and efficiently repurpose resources based on dynamic business requirements.
• Minimizing RTO in a more interconnected world requires additional mechanisms to increase availability
Self-healing
Restarting processes
In service software upgrades
Service Profile NIC MACs HBA WWNs Server UUID VLAN Assignments VLAN Tagging FC Fabrics Assignments FC Boot Parameters Number of vNICs Boot order PXE settings IPMI Settings Number of vHBAs QoS Call Home Template Association Org & Sub Org Assoc. Server Pool Association Statistic Thresholds BIOS scrub actions Disk scrub actions BIOS firmware Adapter firmware BMC firmware RAID settings Advanced NIC settings
SAN
LAN
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Service Profile Templates
Reduced Labor Cost
Reduced Error Rate
Simplified Tools Portfolio
Policy 1<data><data>
Service Profile 1
UIDs
Policy 1
Policy 2
Resources
Pool Data
Template 1
UID Placeholders
Policy 1
Policy 2
Resources
Pool Data
Policy 2<data>
Associate with Server
New Service Profiles From Template
Service Profile to Template
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Enforce Standardization in Your OrganizationWith Service Profile Templates
Configure Service Profile Templates specifically for your SQL Servers
Create new service profiles in seconds once you have a template
Foster consistent standardization of your SQL Server implementations with the standards set by your organization
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Monitor, Manage, and Maintain Your Infrastructure & SQL Server ImplementationsWith System Center 2012 R2
Proactively and efficiently manage and monitor your Cisco UCS Hardware with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
Automate, standardize and extend Cisco UCS deployment and management with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator
View and manage Cisco UCS infrastructure directly from System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager with the UI Extension Add-in for SCVMM
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Automate Your Data Center with Cisco UCS and Microsoft PowerShell Integration
Cisco UCS PowerTool is a user-friendly, PowerShell-based library integrated with Microsoft tools
A simple way to utilize Windows PowerShell to customize workflows to meet your business needs
Automate the deployment of SQL Server hosts and guests
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UCS Manager
Physical Virtual
Manage Your UCS Hardware With System Center 2012 R2 And PowerShell
“Single Pane of Glass”Operations Manager Orchestrator Virtual Machine Mgr
Unified Computing System
Software
Integration
Infrastructure &
Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V
Cisco Virtual Networking Solutions for Hyper-V
VM-FEX Nexus 1000V
Storage
Provision and Manage Windows Server 2012 R2 Physical and virtual environments supported by Cisco UCS and Cisco Virtual Networking Infrastructure.
UCSM integration is available for System Center 2012 R2
Cisco Nexus 1000V switch extension for Hyper-V is available with SC 2012 R2
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Use CaseService Profile Portability with SQL
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SQL Server-Physical
ApplicationServer-VM
WebServer-VM
Move Service Profile:Server NameUUID, MAC,WWNBoot infofirmwareLAN, SAN ConfigFirmware…
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Control Your Server Consolidation and Scale Your Virtual Deployments
Cisco UCS provides vast amounts of compute and memory per standard rack unit
Implement large, virtualized SQL Server workloads with sufficient I/O to service workloads without adding more blades and/or ports to the environment
Support for Scale-Out or Scale-Up virtual deployments
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Speed Your Transition to the Cloud With Cisco Validated Designs
Compute Cisco Unified
Computing (UCS)
Networking Cisco Nexus 1000V Cisco UCS VM-FEX
Manageability Cisco UCS Manager Cisco UCS PowerTool Cisco Integration With
System Center
• Rapidly launch to the cloud with a preconfigured solution
• Approach the private cloud with lower risk
• Scale up and out with ease
• Have confidence with a validated solution built on Microsoft Reference Architecture
orFlexPod
Manage With PowerShell System Center
VSPEX
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