Unified FlexPod Management and Automation

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Unified FlexPod Management and

Automation

Copyright © 2009 - 2012 Cloupia, Inc. All rights reserved

Phani PenmethsaConsulting Systems Engineer

[email protected]

Sam WongVP, Technical Operations

[email protected]

Agenda

Copyright © 2009 - 2012 Cloupia, Inc. All rights reserved 2

� About Cloupia

� Business Challenges

� Cloupia Solution

� Customer Highlights

� Live Demo

� Next Steps and Questions

About Cloupia

� Cloupia = Cloud + Utopia

� We enable successful transformations to dynamic clouds & data centers with end-to-end management & orchestration

� Locations

– HQ: Santa Clara, CA

– R&D: Hyderabad and Chennai, India

– Sales Offices: London, Dallas, Tampa, Minneapolis

� History : Founded in May 2009

– July 2010: Product Launch: Cloud and Virtual Infrastructure

– Dec 2010: Physical Infrastructure Support

– Sep 2011: FlexPod Management & Automation Validated Partner

– Oct 2011: CloudGenie for FlexPod™ on iPad/Android

– Jan 2012: XenDesktop VDI support


Business Challenges Data Center Management and Operations

Virtualization


� Disconnected Processes

– Infrastructure managed in silos

– Manual administration

– High touch operations

� Results in � Higher TCO

– Direct increase in OpEx and indirect increase in CapEx

42%Infrastructure

Maintenance

30%Application

Maintenance

23%Application

Investment

5%Infrastructure

Investment

Virtualization

Manager

Plug-ins

Storage

Manager

Network

Manager

Compute

Manager

*Source: IDC

Compute

Network

Storage

Multiple

Element

Managers /

Consoles

Cloupia

reduces

these costs

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Cloupia Solution for FlexPod™Validated End-to-end Management and Automation Solution

Policy-Driven Provisioning

vFiler

Storage VM’sNetwork Compute

Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller

Secure Cloud Container

Self-Service Delivery

Single Pane of

Glass

End-to-End

Management

and

Automation

Storage

Network

Compute

Tenant

B

Tenant

B

Tenant

C

Tenant

C

Tenant

A

Tenant

A

A B C

Virtualization

Model-basedManagement

5

Storage

Manager

B CA

Virtualization

Manager

Plug-ins

Network

Manager

Compute

Manager

Storage

Manager

� Enables unified service delivery– Adaptive, intelligent provisioning

� Results in– Reduced total cost of ownership (OpEx and CapEx)

– Reduced time to market / time to value

– Improved IT responsiveness

Self Service

Catalog

Cloupia Unified Infrastructure ControllerMulti-tenant & integrated cloud platform

Admin

ConsoleDashboard

Virtual Infrastructure

Amazon,

Rackspace, …

VMware Hyper-V

vCenterSystem

Center

Enterprise

Systems

Integration

IT

Admins

End

Users

IT

OperationsLDAP, CMDB,

Metering DB

Blade Server

Managers

Network

Manager

Storage

APIs

• Modular framework &

plug-in architecture

• Open Automation for easy

third-party extensibility

• Northbound APIs published

for all CUIC features

(REST, JSON, XML)

• Deployed as an on-premise

Virtual Appliance(s)

• CloudGenieTM mobile app

for self-service provisioning

Cisco UCS


Cloupia Turnkey Solution

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Unified Infrastructure ControllerIntegrated Multi-tenant Cloud Platform

Cloupia

Network

Services Agent

Cloupia

Network

Services Agent

Cloupia

Network

Services Agent

Cloupia Provides Unified, Centralized Management of Physical and

Virtualization Infrastructure in Private and Hybrid Clouds

KVM

Savvis VPDC,

Terremark, …

Other

Providers

Physical Infrastructure

Cisco Nexus

Public Clouds

Mobile Devices

Roll-based Access

FlexPod Physical Infrastructure**

Cloupia for FlexPod Functional Architecture

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VMware Cisco UCS Cisco Nexus NetApp

Virtual

Mgmt

Compute

Mgmt

Network

Mgmt

Storage

Mgmt

Analytics

Monitoring and Metering

Intelligent, Dynamic Capacity Management


Physical

& Cloud

Platforms

Resource

Mgmt

Operations

Apps &

Services

Public Cloud Providers

Proprietary API vCloud Express vCloud

Amazon,

Rackspace

Savvis,

TerremarkOthers

Connectors

VDI Support Chargeback

Model-based

Orchestrator

box Out-of-the-box

Task Library

Self Service

Portal

IT Service Management*

* Event, alarm, change management

** Other non-FlexPod platforms also supported

iPad & Android

Open Automation for Extensibility

Core Functionality Extensibility and Integration

Customer Highlights


Cloupia : Key Customer Wins


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FlexPod Solution

Cloupia Customer Benefits – Enterprise

� Business Challenge– Multiple tools, dispersed data leading to

longer provisioning and troubleshooting

– Reclaim inactive machines

– Provide cost visibility

� Solution– Pre-integrated and out-of-box solution

– Integrated monitoring and management of physical and virtual infrastructure

– VM sprawl controls & visibility

� Benefits– Low footprint and faster implementation

time

– Avoid unnecessary infrastructure purchase

– Behavioral modification and accountability of resource usage with cost visibility


“Unified, flexible and integrated

solution that minimizes the risk

and allows us to cost-effectively

evolve to meet our evolving cloud

needs” - Senior Manager

“Unified, flexible and integrated

solution that minimizes the risk

and allows us to cost-effectively

evolve to meet our evolving cloud

needs” - Senior Manager

Cloupia Customer Benefits: $2.5B Service Provider

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� Business Challenge– Create a MSP cloud platform for infrastructure as a

service

– Scalable to over 10,000 virtual machines on FlexPod

– Implement pay-per-use cloud billing model

– Single sign-on integration via VeriSign

� Solution– Complete IaaS platform – Self-service portal, service

catalog, orchestrator, chargeback, etc.

– Integrated monitoring, management and automation

– Customization services: billing integration, cost modeling, localization, multi-currency, single sign-on

� Benefits– Expansion to cloud and infrastructure services

– Faster service delivery & implementation using automation / self-service provisioning capabilities

– Reduced OpEx by providing single pane of glass mgmt

Cloupia Demo


Demo - Bare Metal ProvisioningProvisioning a Stateless Blade

� Bare Metal Provisioning

– Compute, Network and

Storage

– Installation : PXE Creation,

ESX/ESXi, Nexus 1000v

– VMware: Add the Host to

vCenter

– 1000v registration and

migration to 1000v


VMware VMware VMware

Virtualization

Data

FC/VLA

N

1. Service Profile

2. Server Selection

3. Installation of OS

1. LUN

2. Initiators/iGroups

1. Zone

2. ZoneSet

1. VI Configuration

2. 1000v Configuration

3. Storage

Demo: Bare Metal ProvisioningProvisioning and De-Provision a Stateless Blade in Minutes


� Bare Metal Provisioning

– Single click provisioning

– Unified delivery

– Services delivered in

minutes instead of days

(or weeks)

Min

ute

s to P

rov

ision

Description

Step 1: vDC, Group, User and Password creation

Step 2: Creation of VLAN Across the Fabric: Nexus5k,

Nexus 1000v and UCS SP.

Update Trunks: Nexus5k, 1000v and SP

Step 3: Attach VLAN to ESX Environment: vmkernal

port and etc.

Step 4: Storage Controller: Adding Flexible Volume,

IPSpace, VLAN and assignment. vFiler Creation and

setup. Adding Storage to vFiler. NFS Export

Management, mount DataStore.

Step 5: Modify Store Policy in CUIC for the Group

Demo – SMT Cloud ContainerProvisioning a New Tenant Environment


Demo – SMT Cloud ContainerProvisioning a New Tenant Environment


� Cloud Container

Provisioning

– Single click Cloud

Container

– Unified delivery

– Services delivered

in minutes

instead of weeks

Min

ute

s to P

rov

ision

Next Steps and Questions


Next Steps


� Semi-monthly “Introduction to Cloupia” WebEx

– 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month

– Advance registration required (using work-based e-mail)

– Technical depth: low intermediate

– Agenda:

o Meeting start: 5 minutes

o Cloupia overview slides: ~20 minutes

o Cloupia demo: ~25 minutes

o Q & A: ~10 minutes

– Details at: www.cloupia.com/en/webinars

� Follow up:

– Cloupia: Phani Varma Penmethsa - [email protected]

– Proact: Paul Bates - [email protected]

Thank You!


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