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Nexus 1000V Return on Investment Study

Neal MuellerProduct Manager, Cisconealm@cisco.com

Michael AdamsProduct Marketing Manager, VMware

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There is an accompanying video

https://www.myciscocommunity.com/videos/3849

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Session Objectives

Results of Nexus 1000V ROI Study

Demonstrate Online ROI Calculator

Demonstrate ROI Spreadsheet

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“The Nexus 1000V simplifies collaboration within the IT department by clearly separating responsibilities for our server group and network group”

Rory Regan, Telecom Manager

“Taking control of the Cisco Nexus 1000V was simplified and intuitive. The process of virtualization of our datacenter will in fact accelerate and we will be able to virtualize everything that has been not possible in the past.”

Julien Mousqueton, Technical Architect

100s Are Relying On Nexus 1000V

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Nexus 1000V ROI Study

Study was co-authored by Cisco and VMware

Baseline assumptions from 20 actual deployments

Source material:VMware Operational Readiness AssessmentsCisco customer case studiesLightreading analyst studyVMmark Benchmark Study

Two key findings

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Key Findings of the 1000V ROI Study

30%apps

30%hours

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Virtualize 30% More Applications

Virtualize general compute with a consistent policy workflow from P V

Virtualize DMZ’s with VLAN isolation, and security policy enforcement with ACL

Virtualize PCI, SOX, HIPAA applications with Netflow, ERSPAN, and port statistics

Virtualize Tier-1 applications with LACP, vPC host mode

Virtualize VDI with DHCP Snooping, Port Security, Dynamic ARP Inspection

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30% Less Hours on vNetwork

With a distributed switch, network change requests take 1 hour per domain rather than 30 minutes per server (for 3 servers that is 30% less hours/yr)

With Nexus 1000V, regulatory and organizational audits take 20 minutes per server rather than 1 hour

With Nexus 1000V, the server admin may offload network configuration to the network admin, this division of labor increases productivity

Fewer hours “keeping the lights on” means more hours “innovating”

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Two Ways to See the ROI of the Cisco Nexus 1000V

1. Online ROI Calculator(quick)

2. ROI Spreadsheet(customized)

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Online ROI Calculator (quick)www.vmwaregrid.com/iheartnexus/xyz/#/home

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ROI Spreadsheet (customized) www.myciscocommunity.com/docs/DOC-11123

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Detailed: Nexus 1000V ROI Example

Before: 20 servers, 40% virtualized

vSS = VMware Standard Switch with Enterprise EditionvDS = Virtual Distribute Switch with Enterprise Plus1000V = Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Distributed Switch

** Note: List price for licenses and 3-year platinum support of upgrade to VMware vSphere 4 Enterprise Plus and purchase of Nexus 1000V.

OpexCapex Availability

3-Year Savings $111KvSphere Ent+ and Nexus 1000V ($28K)

Nexus 1000V ROI $84K

vDS8

servers

vSS11

servers

vDS69

hrs/yr

vSS105

hrs/yr

vDS0.5

Err/yr

vSS0.5

Err/yr

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vSS $77K

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vSS $24K

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vSS $11K

1000V53

hrs/yr

1000V0.2

Err/yr

1000V5

servers

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Detailed: Nexus 1000V ROI Example

vSS = VMware Standard Switch with Enterprise EditionvDS = Virtual Distribute Switch with Enterprise Plus1000V = Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Distributed Switch

** Note: List price for licenses and 3-year platinum support of upgrade to VMware vSphere 4 Enterprise Plus and purchase of Nexus 1000V.

OpexCapex Availability

3-Year Savings $1,120KvSphere Ent+ and Nexus 1000V ($215K)

Nexus 1000V ROI $905K

vDS74

servers

vSS107

servers

vDS498

hrs/yr

vSS907

hrs/yr

vDS4.3

Err/yr

vSS4.3

Err/yr

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vSS $784K

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vSS $243K

3-Year 1000V ROI vs. vSS $94K

1000V366

hrs/yr

1000V1.2

Err/yr

1000V46

servers

Before: 200 servers, 40% virtualized

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Evaluate

No-charge Evaluationwww.cisco.com/go/1000veval

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