Nutanix + Cumulus Linux: Deploying True Hyper Convergence with Open Networking
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Introduction
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Damien Philip Systems Engineer
Nutanix
Meena Sankaran Ecosystem & Solutions
Cumulus Networks
Networking Sto
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IP Addresses
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LACP
Ethernet
Fibre Channel
OSPF
UDP TCP
IPMI
LOM
BIOS
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x86
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NFS FCOE
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SAN
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LUNs RAID Zones
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Inherent Complexity
Inefficient Silos
Unpredictable Scaling
Enterprise Datacenters Are Too Complex
Massively Scalable. Elastic. Agile. 4
Physical transforms to virtual Converged architecture Services delivered via software Commodity hardware alters economics
The Next-gen Datacenter
Dell’s vStart 50 “Baby” Cloud
VCE’s vBlock 300 Cisco/NetApp FlexPod
Traditional vs. Next-Gen Convergence
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Diverse Customer Base
Public Sector
Manufacturing
Retail
Education
Healthcare
Technology
Financial Services
Energy
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Transformation: First Servers, Now Networking
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First: Compute
Transformed
LOCKED
Now: Networking Transforms
OPEN
Open Networking Enables Platform Choice and Affordable Capacity
Applications, OS and Hardware
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Networking OS as a Platform
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§ Standard Linux Interface (No need for a defined REST API – Solution Ecosystem can grow rapidly) § Choice for customers at every tier of the stack – Switching Hardware ,Network Virtualization Overlays,
Orchestration Tools, Automation Tools, Monitoring etc…. § Accelerated Innovation – No Single Vendor dependency, so faster feature deployment § Proven Expertise with standard protocols , Open Source communities and Linux adoption
Broad Set of Hardware Platforms
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CL 1.5 CL 2.2
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Timeline CL 2.0
Hardware Agnostic OS
x86 CPU architectures • 16 Platforms • 5 Hardware Vendors • 6 Switch Silicon • 2 CPU architectures
40G Fixed Platforms Trident II switches • 13 Platforms • 5 Hardware Vendors • 6 Switch Silicon
1G Fixed Platforms 10G Fixed Platforms • 6 Platforms • 4 Hardware Vendors • 4 Switch Silicon
CL 2.5
10G Trident II Platforms 19 Platforms • 5 Hardware Vendors • 6 Switch Silicon • 2 CPU architectures
Broad portfolio of next gen leaf/spine switches • VXLAN-capable • x86 architectures
Benefits : Nutanix w/Cumulus Linux
§ Aligning on HyperConvergence § Shared vision of intelligence in software
with industry standard hardware in the data center
§ Convergence of storage, compute and network in a solution stack enables ease of consumption
Customer Value : ü Standards based Architectural Framework ü Lower Investment : Capital Expense ü Operational Agility
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§ Simplify Networking for Application Delivery § Abstraction of hardware and software empowers
customers to deploy network infrastructure with a variety of Switching hardware and Nutanix nodes
§ Flexible automation capabilities with existing toolsets to install “compute +storage and network “ as racks for “Proof of Concepts or Production”.
Customer Value : ü Network Infrastructure is agile ü Modern automation tools can be leveraged with Linux ü Simplified management & accelerate Innovation
Target Buyer : Virtualization Admins/ Data Center Architects
Solution Today
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§ Linear Scaling with L2 Leaf/L3 Spine non-blocking architecture
§ Single Procurement solution as a
POD architecture for ease of consumption
§ TurnKey Solutions decrease
CapEx/OpEx § No Vendor Lock-in with proprietary
black box architecture § Predictable Price & Performance
drive reliable ROI
Vision
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§ Faster time to revenue with “POD” level consumption § Elevate Network Admin role to higher efficiencies with greater automation § Orchestration enables consistent Infrastructure provisioning § Enabling IT to become a “Profit Center” for driving business on-demand § Increase collaboration while maintaining Operational boundaries ① Single Pane of Management – VXLAN/VLAN bindings ② Orchestration/Provisioning VLAN – NOS/Hypervisor ③ Integrate Foundation/Orchestration intelligence into the Network that can be used
for Application provisioning ④ Integrate VM level stats and follow VM stats across multiple different network
switching infrastructure in the entire DC and across DCs (DR Use cases)
Components
§ Nutanix Foundation VM § V2.0
§ Cumulus® Linux®
§ CL 2.5
§ Open Networking switch § Dell® S6000-ON x2
§ Nutanix Converged Infrastructure node(s) § N1450 block x1 (4 nodes)
§ Jumphost (wbench VM) § Ubuntu
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Demo Topology
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Wbench VM
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Leaf1 Leaf2
Internet
Next Steps
Customer Enablement
§ Assets for Customer Enablement in Cloud deployments § Reference Architecture Design : A Blueprint for Nutanix with Cumulus Linux § A centralized repository(microsite) for customers to test and get started on a
POC with Nutanix & Cumulus Linux automated through Ansible (Demo Video, Blog etc..)
§ Solution Overview
§ Flexible procurement of the complete stack as a Customer from a single source § (Single mechanism for “Best-of-Breed” acquisition)
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Available today
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§ Thank You!
© 2014 Cumulus Networks. Cumulus Networks, the Cumulus Networks Logo, and Cumulus Linux are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cumulus Networks, Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense from LMI, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a world-wide basis.
§ Thank You!
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