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Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)


Agenda

� Market and Branch Office Challenges

� What is WAAS?

� 3 Functions of WAAS- WAN Optimisation: 3 technologies- Application Acceleration: adaptors - Data protection & Compliance: infrastructure consolidation

� WAAS key differentiators

� WAAS Platforms

� Case studies

� Summary


Businesses are under Increasing Pressure

CollaborationCollaborationCollaboration SLA MetricsSLA MetricsSLA MetricsEmpowered UserEmpowered UserEmpowered User Global AvailabilityGlobal AvailabilityGlobal Availability Reg. ComplianceReg. ComplianceReg. Compliance

Competitive Environment & Demanding CustomersCompetitive Environment & Demanding Customers

Power & CoolingPower & Cooling ProvisioningProvisioningAsset UtilizationAsset Utilization Threat PreventionThreat Prevention Bus. ContinuanceBus. Continuance

IT Constraints

IT Has Evolved Accordingly• Advances in IT Management (e.g. Service Delivery, G overnance) • Sophisticated Data Center Best Practices


Branch Office Today

80% of enterprise workers work outside headquartersSource: Nemertes Research

Branches consume 70- 90% of business resourcesSource: NetworkWorld

Companies spend 6 billion dollars per year on branc h servers, storage, backup and managementSource: IDC, Gartner, Cisco Analysis

“Most enterprises have many servers running at 15% or less utilization, but still requiring 100% administratio n.”Source: Gartner

“The average branch has 4-6 serversSource: Nemertes Research

Trend


WAN Performance& Cost Prevent Data Center Centralization

Causes of Branch Office Cost & Complexity

� Branch Data is out of Control

� Servers Everywhere

� Poor Utilization

� Costly duplication of IT Processes

� Data Storage Everywhere

� Insufficient SecurityData Loss

Data Theft

� Inadequate or non-existent Backup/Recovery

� High Availability too costly

� New initiatives almost impossible

Management of

Distributed IT Staff

�HIGH RISK

�HIGH COST

� LOW BUSINESS AGILITY


Branch Office - the New Frontier

� Branch storage & server consolidation

� Lower branch TCO

� LAN-like branch access for centralised application

� Data protection in the Data Center

� Ease of operation


Cisco Wide Area Application Services

�Cisco WAAS is a powerful new application acceleration and WAN optimization solution for branch offices that optimizes performance of any TCP-based application across a WAN.

� This allows customers to confidently deploy centralized applications, and consolidate costly branch servers and storage into data centers, while offering LAN-like performance for remote users.

�Cisco WAAS is a powerful new application acceleration and WAN optimization solution for branch offices that optimizes performance of any TCP-based application across a WAN.

� This allows customers to confidently deploy centralized applications, and consolidate costly branch servers and storage into data centers, while offering LAN-like performance for remote users.


Agenda

1. WAN OPTIMISATION

� DRE

� LZ Compression

� TFO


� Data Redundancy Elimination (DRE): application-agnostic compression eliminates redundant data from TCP streams providing up to 100:1compression

� Persistent LZ Compression: session-based compression provides up to an additional 10:1 compression even for messages that have been optimized by DRE

DRE DRE

SynchronizedDRE Context

LZ LZ

Cisco WAAS Advanced Compression


TCP Sawtooth

Time (RTT)Slow start Congestion avoidance

Packet loss Packet loss Packet loss

cwnd

Packet loss TCP

Return to maximumthroughput could take

a very long time!


Comparing TCP and Transport Flow Optimisation

Time (RTT)Slow start Congestion avoidance

cwnd

TCPTCP

TFOTFO

Cisco TFO provides significant throughput improvements over standard TCP implementations

Cisco TFO provides significant throughput improvements over standard TCP implementations


Cisco WAAS Performance – ExchangeSending and Receiving of

E-mail with 1MB Attachment over

T1 (1.544 Mbps) Line with 80-ms LatencyMicrosoft Exchange

No Cached Mode

32 Seconds16 Seconds 48 Seconds

Sending and Receiving of E-mail with 5MB Attachment over

T1 (1.544 Mbps) Line with 80-ms LatencyMicrosoft Exchange

No Cached Mode


Sending and Receiving E-Mail with 1MB Attachment over

T1 (1.544 Mbps) Line with 80-ms Latency

Microsoft Exchange Cached Mode


Sending and Receiving E-Mail with 5MB Attachment over

T1 (1.544 Mbps) Line with 80-ms Latency

Microsoft ExchangeCached Mode


Legend

Send and Receive over WAN

First Send and Receive with Cisco WAAS

Future Send and Receive with Cisco WAAS


Agenda

1. APPLICATION ACCELERATION

� Application adaptors

� Pre-population


WAN

Application-Specific Acceleration� Application and protocol awareness

Eliminate unnecessary chatter

Save WAN bandwidth

Pre-populate edge cache as necessary

Enable disconnected operations

� Intelligent protocol accelerationImproves application response time

Provide origin server offload

� Application adaptersCIFS (Windows File Services)

Print services

ApplicationSpecific

Acceleration

Safe Caching Read-aheadPredictionBatching

WANOptimizationDRE/TFO/LZ

Origin ServerOffloaded


Cisco WAAS Performance – File Services

Opening 5-MB PowerPoint


Saving 5-MB PowerPoint

Operations over T1 (1.544Mbps), 80mS RTT

Drag and Dropof 5MB

PowerPoint

20 Seconds

Legend

Operation Over Native WAN

First Operation with WAAS

Future Operation with WAAS

Download of 8MB PackageMicrosoft SMS

60 Seconds40 Seconds 80 Seconds20 Seconds

Operation over native WAN

First operation with WAAS, no preposition

Future operation with WAAS

First operation with WAAS, with preposition

Legend


Sample of Default Application Policies for WAAS

Documentum, FileNet, Clearcase, CVSDocument & Configuration Mgt

SAP, Oracle, SiebelEnterprise Web Apps

SOAP (XML), Citrix, Symantec Anti-virus, Novell Suite (NetWare, Groupwise, Zenworks)

Other

PCAnywhere, VMware VMConsole, VNC, Altiris CarbonCopy, LaplinkRemote Administration

NDMP, Veritas NetBackup & Backup Exec, Legato, Commvault, Connected

Backup

Exchange (MAPI), Lotus Notes, HP OpenmailEmail

BMC Patrol, Cisco FlowAnalyzer, HP OpenView/Radia, IBM TivoliSystems Management

LDAP, Kerberos, SASL, TACACSAuthentication & Directories

CIFS, NFS, AFS, Apple AFPFile Services

iSCSI, FCIP, iFCP, Microsoft Remote Replication, Rsync, NetApp Snapmirror, Legato Replistor

Storage & Data Replication

MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, IBM DB2SQL

Products/Vendors supportsApplication

* This is a sample list of the 150+ default policie s. Customers can create additional policies


What can you expect?

Category Applications 2X 5X 10X ACCELERATION 100X+

File Sharing CIFSNFS

Email Microsoft ExchangeLotus NotesInternet Mail

Web andCollaboration

HTTPWebDAVFTPMicrosoft Sharepoint

Software Distribution

Microsoft SMSAltirisHP Radia

EnterpriseApplications

Microsoft SQLOracle, SAPLotus Notes

2-20X Avg >100X Peak

2-5X Avg 20X Peak

2-10X Avg 100X Peak

2-20X Avg >100X Peak

2-5X Avg 20X Peak

50X Peak50X Peak

* Performance improvement varies based on user work load, compressibility of data, and WAN characterist ics and utilization. Actual numbers are case-specific and results may vary. Cisco WAAS can empl oy optimization on almost any TCP-based application .


Agenda

1. DIFFERENTIATORS

� Network Transparency

� Central Management

� Flexible Platform & Deployment


Traditional WAN Optimization:Not Seamless, but Disruptive to Existing Network

WAN NAS

ClientWorkstation LAN Switch

WAN Router WAN RouterEdge Device Core DeviceFirewallFirewallLAN Switch

Origin FileServer

A BPreservation of IP and TCP Header Information

QoSNBAR

NetFlowACLNAT

SecurityFilterVPN

Optimization Tunnel

Traditional WAN Optimization changes header informa tion

Result: • Services may not work• Extra integration required• Risk of downtime due to dedicated links

Traditional WAN Optim.


Cisco WAAS:Seamless Network Integration, Service Preservation

IPNetwork NAS

ClientWorkstation LAN Switch

LAN Switch

Edge WAE Core WAE

A BFull Preservation of IP and TCP Header Information

Data CenterScalability

Transport and Flow OptimizationsData Redundancy Elimination Accelerates ALL TCP Traffic

Robust ApplicationAdapters to Offload

WAN and Data CenterLocal Services

Firewall Firewall

SecurityFilterVPN

WAN Router

QoSNBAR

NetFlowACLNAT

WAN Router

VisibilityNetFlow

QoS Cisco WAAS


Network Transparency

• Header Transparency : preserves the original source & destination IP addresses, ports & DSCP settings across the WAN. WAN traffic is transparently redirected to the proper WAE devices.

• Interception Transparency : both the client & server are not aware of the existence of the WAE devices in the path. Client sends traffic to the original server’s IP address & vice-versa. LAN traffic is transparently redirected to the proper WAE devices.

• Configuration Transparency (auto-discovery): WAE devices need not be aware beforehand of the existence & addresses of peer WAE devices. A device intercepting client traffic will automatically discover if there is a another WAE device at the far end of the WAN & established an optimised connection.


Auto-Discovery Ease of Installation and Management

WAN

� Cisco WAAS devices automatically discover one another and negotiate optimization capabilities

� Eliminates the need for complex overlay networks with tunnels that could double management effort and break control, security, and monitoring systems

WAE1 WAE2

WCCPv2or PBR

WCCPv2or PBR

WCCPv2or PBR

WCCPv2or PBRAA BB


Scalable & Resilient Off-path Deployment� WCCPv2 Interception

Active/active clustering supports up to 32 WAEs and 32 routers with automatic load-balancing, load redistribution, fail-over, and fail-through operation

Near-linear scalability and performance improvement when adding devices

� Policy-Based Routing InterceptionRouting of flows to be optimized through a Cisco WAE as a next-hop router

Active/passive clustering provides high availability and failover using IP SLAs as a tracking mechanism

� Seamless Transparent IntegrationTransparency and automatic discovery

WAN

Optimized Flow

Optimized Flow

OriginalFlow

OriginalFlow

InterceptionRedirectionMonitoring

InterceptionRedirectionMonitoring

WAEClusterWAE

Cluster

Remote Office


Simple In-path Deployment

� Simple Plug-and-PlayPhysical in-path deployment

No network changes required

Fail-to-wire upon hardware, software, or power failure

� Scalability and High AvailabilitySupport for redundant network paths and

asymmetric routing

Serial in-path clustering with load-sharing and fail-over

� Seamless Transparent IntegrationTransparency and automatic discovery

802.1q VLAN trunking support

Supported on all WAE appliance models

Remote Office

WAN


WAAS Intuitive Central Management

• Comprehensive Management– Central configuration– Device grouping– Monitoring, statistics– Alerts, reporting

• Easy-to-use Interface– Graphical U/I, Wizards– IOS CLI– Roles-based administration

• Proven Scalability– 1000’s of nodes– Redundancy and recovery


High End(310Mbps-1Gbps)

Cisco WAE Model Line Up

PRICE

PERFORMANCE

Small Branch Office

Large Data

Center

Medium Data

Center

Mid-Range(20-155Mbps)

Entry Level(4-8Mbps)

4Mbps250 TCP

4Mbps500 TCP

8Mbps800 TCP

Cisco ISR 2811 NME 302

Cisco ISR 2800/3800 NME

502

Cisco ISR 3800 NME 522

Cisco WAE 512

Cisco WAE 612

Cisco WAE 732620Mbps

1500 TCP

90Mbps6000 TCP

155Mbps7500 TCP

310Mbps12000 TCP

1Gbs50000 TCP


Cisco WAE Pricing & Availability

• Pricing: From $135,000

• Dual Quad-core processors, 24GB of RAM• Up to 1Gbps WAN connections and 50000

optimized TCP connections• Up to 3TB RAID-6 protected and hot-swappable

SATA2 disk capacity with optional disk encryption

•WAE-7371•Very Large Data Center Appliance


• Quad-core processor, 8GB of RAM

• Up to 310Mbps WAN connections and 12000 optimized TCP connections

• Up to 1.5TB RAID-6 protected and hot-swappable SATA2 disk capacity with optional disk encryption

•WAE-7341

•Large Data Center Appliance




• Pricing: From $9500

Pricing and Availability

• Dual Processor;4GB of memoryup to 1.8TB SCSI disk storage

• 1 Dual Core Processor; 2-4 GB memory;300GB SCSI disk storage (optional RAID-1)

• 1 Processor; 1-2 GB memory;250 GB SATA disk storage (optional RAID-1)

• 1 Processor, up to 1GB memory; up to 120GB SATA storage

Hardware

•WAE-7326

•Campus Appliance

•Data-Center/Hub Appliance

•WAE-612

•Large Branch Office Appliance

•Small Data-Center /Hub Appliance

WAE-512

Branch Office Appliance

NM-WAE

Router integrated branch services

Platform

NM-WAE

WAE-7326

WAE-612

WAE-512

WAE-7341

WAE-7371


1 new WAAS customer every 90 minutesFinancial Services

Engineering/Defense/Automotive

Energy/Transport/ChemicalsRetail/Consumer Professional Services

Healthcare/Bio/Pharma Media/Telecom/Tech Fed/Gov/NGO


Windows on WAAS

Optimizing Branch IT Services

Microsoft and Cisco Vision for Optimizing IT Services in the Branch


Announcement Summary

� Microsoft and Cisco Enhance Branch Offices through Integration of Windows Server 2008 and Cisco WAAS

� Integrated Solution: Windows Server 2008 pre-installed on Virtualization-ready WAAS Appliances

– WAE674, 7341 & 7371

� Joint GTM: Co-marketing, channel partner engagement

� Collaborative Customer Support

� Launch Event: @ Windows Server 2008 Launch in LA & Wave event on Mar 26 in Spore

� Solution availability: Jul/Aug 2008


Branch IT Infrastructure:Main Approaches Today

(+) Everything available

(-) Cost of management

(+) Centralized management

(-) Application performance

(-) Limited local services

Fully Distributed Branch IT Fully Centralized Branch IT

Router

UsersApp/file/print

Servers

Router

Backup

LocalStorage

Users

~8 Billion USD Annual Spend~1.2 Million New Units Annually

>4.5 Million+ Installed BaseWin08 Server Core = Simple, Secure, Manageable

~8 Billion USD Annual Spend~1.2 Million New Units Annually

>4.5 Million+ Installed BaseWin08 Server Core = Simple, Secure, Manageable


Cisco WAASwith Virtualization

Microsoft and Cisco Solution

� Branch optimized IT servicesRead-only Domain Controller

Print services

DNS/DHCP services

� Complete WAN optimization + application acceleration

� Ability to host Windows services locally

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server Core

�Jointly developed architecture

�Joint customer support

Cisco WAAS with pre-packaged Windows Server 2008 se rvices


Microsoft/Cisco Solution

Key Benefits

1. Simple, Low Cost Branch Office (minimise footprint)

2. Time to Service/Flexibility3. Fast Branch Applications

2. Manage Windows services centrally

Application Rollout Using WAAS Virtual Blades

Remote Office

WAAS Appliance

Remote Office

WAAS Appliance

VB

VB

WAN

WAASAppliance

Data Center

1. Activate virtual blade centrally


Value propositions of Cisco WAAS � Network-transparent tunnel-less architecture

� Integration with QoS ensures reliable prioritization, bandwidth allocation, protection, and control of latency-sensitive voice traffic

� Secures all data at rest using Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 197 based 256-bit Advance Encryption Standard (AES) disk encryption

� Only WAN optimization product being evaluated for Common Criteria Validation Scheme (CCEVS), or ISO 15408, and Payment Card Industry (PCI) 1.1 compliance

� Industry-leading single-device scalability

� Reduction of centralized file server load by up to 90%

� Flexible deployment options

� Only vendor with integrated router offering

� Straightforward licensing

� Worldwide support


MDS: Intelligent Storage


Gartner Magic Quadrant 20052004: Cisco Challenges 2005: Cisco Leads!

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted December 2005 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission, which permission should not be deemed to be an endorsement of any company or product depicted in the quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is Gartner, Inc.’s opinion and is an analytical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It measures vendors against Gartner defined criteria for a marketplace. The positioning of vendors within a Magic Quadrant is based on the complex interplay of many factors. Gartner does not advise enterprises to select only those firms in the“Leaders” quadrant. In some situations, firms in the Visionary, Challenger, or Niche Player quadrants may be the right matches for an enterprise's requirements.Well-informed vendor selection decisions should rely on more than a Magic Quadrant. Gartner research is intended to be one of many information sources including other published information and direct analyst interaction. Gartner, Inc. expressly disclaims all warranties, express or implied, of fitness of this research for a particular purpose.


Director Market Share of Combined Companies (Brocade + McData) & Cisco

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

CQ1-03

CQ2-03

CQ3-03

CQ4-03

CQ1-04

CQ2-04

CQ3-04

CQ4-04

CQ1-05

CQ2-05

CQ3-05

CQ4-05

CQ1-06

CQ2-06

CQ3-06

CQ4-06

CQ1-07

CQ2-07

Source: Dell’Oro Group – September 2007

Cisco51.0%

Brocade48.3%


MDS Original Storage Manufacturers (OSM)

� EMC

� HDS

� HP

� IBM

� SUN

� Netapp


Evolution to Multilayer Storage Utility Model

Homogenous“SAN Islands”

Phase 0: Isolated SANs and Mid-range DAS

Midrange DAS

ERPSAN

EngineeringSAN

HRSAN

Multilayer Storage Network

Phase 1: High-end and Mid-range Consolidation

Pooled Disk and Tape

MidrangeApps

(eg. Microsoft)

Engineering, ERP, HR Applications

Security

VSANs

Scalability

QoS

Multi-protocol

Mgmt

HA

HAWAN/FCIP

Multilayer Storage Utility

Phase 2: Network Hosted Storage Applications

Pooled Disk and Tape

MidrangeApps

(eg. Microsoft)

Engineering, ERP, HR Applications

LAN Free

BackupData

Mobility

StorageClasses

Storage Virtualization

Dynamic Provisioning


Virtual SANs (VSANs) offers the ability to overlay (or deploy) multiple SANsover a consolidated physical infrastructure as virtual fabrics (VSANs),

where each VSAN is completed isolated with independent set of fabric services, quality of service (QoS), security, and management functions.

Introducing Virtual SANs (VSANs) for Fabric Consolidation

ERPVSAN

…

HRVSAN

EngineeringVSAN

Mid-range VSAN

…


Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) :Sharing Resources Across VSANs

● Allows sharing of centralized storage services such as tape libraries and disks across VSANs – without merging separate fabrics (VSANs)

● Provides high fabric resiliency and VSAN-based manageability

● Distributed, scaleable, and highly resilient architecture

● Transparent to third-party switches

● Enables blade-per-VSANarchitecture for blade servers

TapeVSAN_4

(access viaIVR)

IndustryFirst!

IndustryIndustryFirst!First!

VSAN-specifcDiskEngineering

VSAN_1

MarketingVSAN_2 HR

VSAN_3

IVR

IVR

IVR

Blade ServerVSAN_1

(access via IVR)

HRVSAN_3

MarketingVSAN_2

BladeServer

* Requires Enterprise Feature Package


MDS 9513

MDS 9000 Modules

MDS 9506MDS 9140

MDS 9000 Family

Systems

Industry-Leading Investment Protection Across Compr ehensive Product Line

SSM (Virtualization

; Intelligent fabric App)

IP Storage Services – iSCSI

and FCIP

MDS 9216 & 9216i

14-Port, 16-Port, 32-Port 2G FC

MDS 9124

Cisco Fabric ManagerCisco Fabric Manager

Cisco MDS 9000 Family SANCisco MDS 9000 Family SAN --OSOS

MDS 9509

4-Port 10Gb FC

12-Port, 24-Port, 48-Port 4Gb FC

SMB Enterprise & Service Provider

MDS 9000 Fabric Switch PositioningCisco positioned to extend reach all market segment s

HP FC BladeSw

IBM FC BladeSw

MDS 9134

MDS 9222i


Introducing Cisco 9124 Fabric Switch

� Affordability without compromising functionality

� DRAMATICALLY simple & easy-to-use

� Cisco’s market leading Enterprise-class functionality now available on entry-level fabric switches

–Security, Availability & Flexibility

Powered by SAN-OS Software

� Based on Cisco’s System-on-a-Chip (SOC) technology

� 24 x 4G FC ports in 1 RU form-factor

– Line rate performance on each port

�Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies

MDS 9124 Platform

MDS 9124 – Front View

MDS 9124 – Rear View

Redundant Power Supply Fans

24 x 4G FC ports with line rate performance(8-port base with 8-port License)


MDS 9124 Fabric Switch –A Best-in-Class Switch Delivering a Compelling Valu e

Flexibility

Availability

Security

Affordability

Ease-of-Use

Requirement

� Powered by SAN-OS for seamless integration with Cisco’s market leading Director platforms

–Virtual SANs (VSANs), Traffic Management (QoS), Security, Troubleshooting & Diagnostics, Fabric Manager & Fabric Manager Server (FMS)

� Enterprise-class availability capabilities minimizes downtime & improves business resilience

–Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies, Non-disruptive software upgrades, self-healing SAN-OS software, PortChannels & Virtual SANs for fault isolation

� Industry-leading security for addressing compliance requirements– Fully secured management access controls, secure management of passwords on an external servers, hardware-enforced Zoning, lock down physical switch ports, authorization & authentication of devices

� On-demand “pay-as-you-grow” ports– Start with 8-ports & grow to 24-ports using 8-port licenses

� “All-in-one” licensing with no hidden charges (eg, ISL trunking, E-ports, Extended

fabrics, Advanced performance monitoring, FabricWatch)

� Quick Configuration Wizard dramatically simplifies provisioning– 2-Step Wizard with an intuitive Point-and-Click user interface

MDS 9124 Capabilities


What else is in the MDS?

Disaster Recovery/Business ContinuanceFCIP SAN ExtensionHW-based Compression/EncryptionFC SAN ExtensionFCIP/FC Acceleration

Data MigrationOnline Data MigrationEase-of-Deployment

Data-At-Rest EncryptionStorage Media EncryptionTapes and VTLsTransparent Fabric ServiceKey ManagementFIPS Level 3

Storage VirtualizationVolume ManagementData MigrationCopy across Heterogeneous Tiers

Continuous Remote Replication / Continuous Data Protection

Immediate Data RecoveryReduced WAN Expenses


Key Take-Aways� #1 globally in overall SAN Director

� Infrastructure simplification through consolidation , virtualisation & optimisation – reduce costs, improve efficiency & res iliency, ease integration& enable dynamic provisioning of resources

� End-to-end product & solution offering for networks and data centers

� Strong portfolio since 2002Continued investment in new hardware modelsMore intelligent fabric services built inSame SAN-OS used across the platformsHardware backwards & forwards compatible – investment protection

� Interoperable with other brands, based on open stan dards

� Highest port density in the industry

� Support business continuity: VSAN for secure fabric virtualisation and isolation, SAN extension, FCIP, DWDM

� Multiprotocol: FC, FCIP, iSCSI, FICON

� Intelligent network services – Security, Diagnostic tools, Traffic management

� Intelligent storage services – FCIP & FC write accel eration for DR/BC, Tape acceleration to improve backup, Compression & SANTa p

� Minimal licenses, most features are in base package : no hidden costs

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