Higher Speed, Higher Density, More Flexible SAN Switching

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Higher Speed, Higher Density, More Flexible SAN Switching

Cisco Extends Storage Portfolio to Support High Data Growth, Scale and Programmability

Cisco Storage Networking

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IT Environments Experiencing Accelerating TransitionsInfrastructure Agility Needed to Enable Greater Speed of Business

Growth in Information Created by 2020

Higher Demand on Multiprotocol Storage

Storage GrowthInternet of Things

40% CAGR by 2017

Sources: Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI), Cisco Cloud Index, IDC, Gartner, IDC WW Integrated Systems Forecast 2014-2018 (Nov ‘14) IDC WW Hyperconverged Systems 2015-2019 Forecast (April ’15)

Cloud69% CAGR by 2017

Analytics69% CAGR by 2014–19

Server Virtualization85% by 2018

Software DefinedInfrastructure65% Growth by 2017

Increased Flash Usage7x Growth SSD by 2018

6%

14%

58%

Industry Dynamics Data Center Trends Effect on Storage Infrastructure

10Xs

Integrated PlatformCAGR by 2015–18

Integrated InfrastructureCAGR by 2015–18

HyperconvergedCAGR by 2015–18

Tony Antony (tantony)


Enterprise Storage Networking Evolution

Multi-Protocol (FC, FICON, FCIP, FCoE, NAS, iSCSI, HTTP)

Latency and Performance (16G FC, 10GE, 40GE, 100GE)

Scale (Tens of Thousands P/V Devices, Billions of Objects)

Programmability and Operational Simplicity

Evolving Beyond SilosRequirements for Agile, Efficient Data Centers

Custom SoftwareCustom Hardware

Custom Software onPackaged Commodity H/W

SDS OnCloud or OnPrem(Bring Your Own Hardware)


Cisco Storage NetworkingRate of Innovation Is Accelerating

Deploy MDS/Nexus Families to Reduce Storage Networking CapEx and OpEx

Innovation

Industry-Leading FCPerformance, Reliability

Virtual SAN (VSAN)

Integrated SAN Extension for DC/BR

Single LAN/SAN Management

10G FCoEInter-VSAN Routing

Network Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Tools

Integrated Multi-Protocol FC, FICON, iSCSI and FCIP

SAN Scale

Unified Port

2002

2013

20142015

Grow and Consolidate• Industries Highest Port Density:

MDS 9718 • Multi-protocol: FC and FCoE• 32G Ready Director• 16G UCS Fabric Interconnect

40G Storage Ethernet• 40G FCoE module on MDS

9700• Nexus 5672UP-16G• 16G FC support on 2348UPQ• 40G UCS Fabric Interconnect

Simplify Operations• Fabric Automation- POAP• REST –API for programmability• DCNM New Platform Support

NEW February 2016

Adarsh Viswanathan (adviswan)


Cisco Multi-Protocol Product Portfolio: SAN, LAN, and Compute

Consistent and SimplifiedFeatures, Management, and Programmability


Grow and Consolidate:MDS 9718


Ultra-High Density Director

Programmable SAN Director

32G Ready Director

Higher Speed, Higher Density, More Flexible SAN Switching

Industry’s First

• 3X Performance of competition• 3X line rate ports than competition with 768 line-rate 16G FC Ports

Build High-Performance, High-Density Networks

Reduce Complexity, Accelerate Management• Programmability and automation with Restful-based NXAPI• Power On Auto Provisioning automates configuration

Save Dollars, Invest in the future• 32G ready for 768 line-rate 32G FC ports• Same line-cards, NXOS, power supplies across all MDS 9700 Directors

Cisco MDS 9718 Multilayer DirectorINTRODUCING


MDS 9718 Use CasesConsolidate and Grow

Platform of Choice for Flash Deployments

• 50% reduction in chassis

• Collapsed core design with 3X more ports per chassis (768 Vs 256)

• Room for future growth with 768 ports instead of adding new chassis

• 128 more line-rate front panel ports (@3:1 oversubscription)

• 75% reduction in chassis

• High speed flash deployments can drive up ISL utilization

• Get rid of oversubscription with 9718 with 768 line rate ports

MDS9718

MDS9718

128 128 128 128

42 42

128 128

MDS9718

Brocade Brocade Brocade

Port Expansion

64

192 192 192


MDS 9718: Comparison Summary

% MDS is lower cost than Brocade

More Front Panel Ports with Fewer Devices and Lower Cost

Small Deployment Mid-Size Deployment Large Deployment

768 Ports 4000 Ports 6000 Ports

4 Brocade DCX-8510-8 vs. 1 MDS 9718 17 Brocade DCX-8510-8 vs. 8 MDS 9718 26 Brocade DCX-8510-8 vs. 12 MDS 9718

75% reduction in number of chassis 50%+ reduction in number of chassis 50%+ reduction in number of chassis

-52%

-9% -11%

All values are based on 3:1 oversubscription


Convergence:40G Storage Network


Industry’s BroadestConverged Ethernet Portfolio

Max FCoE , IP Ports/Chassis

Nexus 7700/7000 Nexus 5600 Nexus 2300 Nexus 9000

10GE 1536 (IP), 768 (FCoE) 384 48 2048 (IP only**)

40GE 384* 96 6 512 (IP only**)

Cisco NEXUS

Use 10/40G Ethernet to Converge IP and Fibre Channel Storage Traffic

** Hardware is FCoE-capable today; software support targeted for future release* N7700/N7000 40G FCoE: Jul’15

Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

MDS 9000

768 (FCoE only)2 (IP)

384 Ports

Cisco MDS

UCS FI6200/6300

96

32

Cisco UCS


294% data rate of 16G FC

Reduced cost - BiDi Optics use existing OM3 or OM4 cabling

40G End to End

Cisco MDS 9700 40G FCoE ModuleINTRODUCING

Industry’s Highest Interconnect (ISL) Speed for SAN

147% data rate of 32G FC


40GE FCoE Use Case: ISL Consolidation

Benefits:Reduced Management

• Fewer ISLs to manage

Reuse Cabling• BiDi Optics allow use of

existing LC cabling

16G FC ISLs

116 Storage

Ports

240 ISL Ports

1152 Host Ports

40GE FCoE ISLs

116 Storage

Ports

96 ISL Ports

1152 Host Ports


40GE FCoE Use Case: Converged Networks to Fibre Channel

Nexus Modular

40GE FCoE

10GE FCoE

Nexus Fixed

40GE FCoE

10GE FCoE

Nexus with FEX

40GE FCoE

10GE FCoE

UCS with6333 Fabric Interconnect

40GE FCoE


Industry’s First FC FEX Solution for Storage Connectivity

Compact 1RU Switch for SAN Connectivity

• 48 Fixed 1/10G SFP+ Unified Capable Ports.• Traditional Ethernet or FCoE• 48 Unified Ports provide 2/4/8G FC, upto 24 x 16G FC• Parent Switch—At FCS: Nexus 5600 ; Followed by 9k,7k

• 6x 40G QSFP+ Ports• Flexibility to use 4x10G or 40G*

• Single point of mgmt. for access switches

• Common Scalable and Adaptive architecture

• Homogenous and consistent policies

• New Option: FEX for 16G FC

Nexus 2348UPQ: (FC, FCoE iSCSI, NAS)


Nexus 5672UP-16GShips Q1CY16

All Features of 5600 and More—Enhanced Nexus 5672 for SAN

48 Fixed 1/10G SFP+ Ports of which 24 Ports Unified

24 Unified Ports provide 4/8/16G FC, 10G Ethernet/FCoE

Traditional Ethernet or FCoE or FC

6x 40G QSFP+ Ports

Flexibility to use 4x10G or 40G

• Upgraded from 8G to16G FC

• 50% more UP Ports

• Additional FC Buffer Credits


Traditional Architecture

Nexus 2348UPQ:LAN/SAN Access Convergence

Rack Mount Servers

2x FC Switches

2x LAN Switches

UPFEX Architecture

2x Nexus2348UPQ (UP FEX)

Rack MountServers

Example: • Assume 24 servers per

rack• Cost saving per rack =

ASP/port x 24 ports x 2 switches = $220 x 24 x 2 = $10,560

• Power Savings per rack = 100W/FC switch x 2 switches = 200W

• Additional Savings with ISL links.

Flexible • Deploy TOR Nexus FEX for LAN connectivity

like usual. • Drop FC ports to any servers that need FC

connectivity without adding a FC switch

Green• Reduced Cost and Power in the Data Center

Consistent Management Model• Maintains same management model of

LAN and SAN separation

Ethernet FC

Dedicated FCoE Converged Link


Nexus 5672UP-16G Use Cases

FEX aggregation:• Significant savings: HW and

cabling costs.• Single FEX for LAN + SAN:

Converged link to parent Nexus 5672UP-16G.

LAN/SAN Convergence 40G ISL for FC SAN 16G FC Collapsed Corein a SAN Environment

40G ISL: • Consolidate ISL’s while connecting

initiators and targets at 8/16G speeds.

• Scale and lower cost.

16G FC aggregation:• 16G FC switch. • Provides investment protection• Backward compatibility with 8G FC.

Core Ethernet Switch

10GE

5672UP-16G

2348UPQ

40G FCoE

16G FC

Target

Host

10GE16G FC

Target

16G FC

Core Storage Switch

40G

5672UP-16G

8G /16G FC

Host

Target

16G FC

5672UP-16G

16G FC

Hosts


FI 633232 x 40GbE QSFP+ ports

FI 6332-16UP24 x 40GbE QSFP+ and 16 x UP ports (1/10GbE or 4/8/16G FC)

IOM 23048 x 40GbE server links and 4 x 40GbE QSFP+ uplinks

Industry’s Next Generation UCS Fabric Interconnect

Enabling High Performance, Low-Latency and Lossless Fabric

UCS FI 6332, UCS FI6332-16UP, IOM 2304

• High-density 40GbE ports: enables 40G end-to-end Fabric

• 2.6X increase in throughput

• 3X lower latency


FI 6332 / FI 6332-16UP Use Cases

40GE FCoE40GE

SANLAN

FI 6332

MDS 9700

Nexus 7000 / 9000

UCS B-Series B200B260B460

andIOM 2304

UCS C-SeriesC220C240C460

8/16G FC40GE

SANLAN

FI 6332-16UP

Storage Director

Nexus 7000 / 9000

UCS B-Series B200B260B460

andIOM 2304

UCS C-SeriesC220C240C460

High Performance• 40GE from Server to Network

Flexible • Deploy 8G, 16G or 40GE to SAN

infrastructure

Reduced Cost• Fewer Network Cables required• Uses existing cable infrastructure

using BiDi optics


Operational Simplicity:Programmable Fabrics


Why Programmability/Automation

Greater Business Agility Reduced Costs/ Complexity Resource Optimization

Reduce Network Provisioning

ReduceManagement Costs

Storage Optimization


• Ease of programmability• XML/JSON/JSON-RPC request-response format• Easier to parse and script compared to the textual

output of a traditional CLI

• Feature Velocity and Time to Market• API framework lends itself to crowd-sourcing:

customers, partners and 3rd party developers• Rapid feature velocity for scriptable software

capabilities

• Rapid validation by ecosystem partners• Extended “ Virtual QA” team of sorts spanning the

larger ecosystem of partners and customers

• 10X performance benefit over SNMP• Much faster than SNMP queries

• Ease of integration with third party management tools• HTTP access and XML/JSON output facilitates simpler

and faster integration

• Ubiquity of CLI, Agility of API • leverages existing CLI kit and makes it available outside

the switch over web (HTTP/HTTPS)

Introducing Rest NX-API on MDS 9700

Ease of Operations Modular Open 3rd Party Apps Programmable Ready for

DevOps


USB: Plug and Play

New Capability where POAP setup is not

possible

Power On Auto-Provisioning

Now on MDS Director

platforms besides Fabric

switches

Accelerate Deployments: Go Live in Minutes!

Configurable AvoidHuman Error

Self Deployment Consistent Programmable Ready for

DevOps

?How should I configure?

Be consistent?

Automate?

Be accurate

Avoid Human Errors?

Reduce Deployment Time?

Be reliable?

Self Deploy?

Too painful configuring single switch at a time.

Standardize


USB Based Plug and PlayEnables Multi-site Roll Out

1 Have a config file in place for each switch to be provisioned-Use a unique id such as serial no. or switch WWN to name each config file

JAE17050ATA-running-config-<date>-<time>

JAE17050ATB-running-config-<date>-<time>

Serial No: JAE17050ATA

Serial No: JAE17050ATB

2 Copy all config files to a USB drive

3Serial No: JAE17050ATA

Serial No: JAE17050ATB

Available on all 16G Platforms in NX-OS 7.3


Cisco MDS and Nexus Fabric ManagementDay in the Life of Storage

AdministratorsFabric Management /

Focus AreasRecent

Introductions

Manage/Provision Current Environment

Monitor/Troubleshoot Current Environment

Capacity Planning

New Installs

JoeJanet Provisioning Wizards/Templates

Visualization

Monitoring/Troubleshooting

CapacityManagement

Sca

labl

eP

rogr

amm

able End-to-End Visibility

Support for MDS 9718

NEXUS 5672UP-16G40G FCoE on MDS

Use Recent Introductions to Efficiently Manage Converged Fabric

Backup/Replicate


“With our network expanded to include 37 branches and more than 700 Business outlets across 76 cities in China, our data requirements are rapidly growing, with our current storage capacity exceeding 2.4 PB. The high performing Cisco MDS 9513 Directors have been powering our Data Centers for the past 7 years. We are excited to see Cisco introducing the industry's highest port density SAN Director MDS 9718 that will help us meet our growing customer demands.”

Mr. Tan Qifeng, China Guangfa Bank


“Krones is the market leader in the bottling and packaging industry servicing customers worldwide through 3 data centers hosting over 1000 Virtual Machines, supporting more than 4.827 TB of data. Currently the MDS 9700s enable us to aggregate links and optimize bandwidth utilization as we scale. We are looking forward to implement Cisco Data Center Network Manager for better visibility and scalability in our data centers.”

Gerd Neuland, Head of IM Data Center Services Information Management


Cisco MDS 9000 Family: Extensive Industry Partnerships

Cisco ChannelPartners

Other Flash Vendors: Storage Array interop only


The Power of EcosystemProviding Options for Pre-Packaged Converged Infrastructures

Cisco Nexus Cisco UCS

Integrated Infrastructure

Cisco MDS


Storage Networking for Agile Data Centers

Fibre Channel and Ethernet Storage Networks With

Superior Performance, Scale, and Architectural Flexibility

With Nexus and MDS to evolve SAN architectures for Massive

Data Growth

Automate Physical and Virtual Datacenters using RESTAPI and third party cloud

software platforms

Programmable Fabric

Enable End to End Seamless Fabrics

Grow and Consolidate

Higher Speed, Higher Density, More Flexible SAN Switching

Engineering

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