1. Raising the Bar for Storage Networks - Again!
Cisco SAN for Small to Cloud-Scale Data Centers: Superior Platforms, Scale, and Operational Simplicity
Kurnijanto E Sanggono
Datacenter Sales Head
16 September 2014
v1.1

2. An Era of Massive Data Growth Creating New Business Imperatives for IT
10X Increase in Data Produced (From 4.4T GB to 44T GB)
32B IoT Devices (Will be Connected to Internet)
By 2020
40% of Data Will Be “Touched” by Cloud
Addressing the ever-increasing demand for storage in today’s IT environments, driven by explosive data growth from video applications and the Internet of Everything (IoE), Cisco today announced next-generation storage area network (SAN) additions for its Data Center portfolio. According to IDC’s recently released “Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data and Increasing Value of Internet of Things,” by 2020, data produced will grow by 10 times, from 4.4ZB today to 44ZB; 32 billion Internet of Things devices will be connected to the Internet; 40 percent of data will be touched by cloud; and enterprises will have liability and responsibility for 85 percent of all data. To better manage the resulting performance, scale, and operational management challenges, Cisco continues to innovate multi-protocol storage networking solutions for its unified data center portfolio that merge data center networking and compute functions into one data center fabric, for more efficient business operations and end-to-end management.
85% of Data for Which Enterprises Will Have Liability and Responsibility
IDC April 2014: The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data and Increasing Value of Internet of Things

3. Evolution of Storage Networking….
Enterprise Apps: OLTP, VDI, etc.
Big Data, Scale-Out NAS
Cloud Storage (Object)
Fabric
Compute Nodes
REST API
Fabric
Block and/or File Arrays
Multi-Protocol (FC, FICON, FCIP, FCoE, NAS, iSCSI, HTTP)
Performance (16G FC, 10GE, 40GE, 100GE)
Scale (Tens of Thousands P/V Devices, Billions of Objects)
Operational Simplicity (Automation, Self-Service Provisioning)

4. Question
Which Storage Networking Architecture are you looking to deploy in the next 1-3 years?
Classical Enterprise SAN Architecture
High Performance Ethernet Architecture - Big Data, NAS
Cloud Storage
Some combination of the Above

5. Continued Innovations Over the Last Decade
Industry-Leading FC Performance, Reliability
Integrated Multi-Protocol FC, FICON, iSCSI and FCIP
Now
Network Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Tools
NEW
Platforms
MDS 9148S
MDS 9706
MDS 9700 FCoE
Enabling Cloud-Scale Deployments
Increased scale for SAN
SAN overlay on Ethernet Fabrics
Migration of Massive Amounts of Data
Simplifying SAN Management
Hardware-based congestion control
Fabric Automation
Extensive monitoring and visibility
Unified Port
Inter-VSAN Routing
FCoE
Innovation
2013
2002
Virtual SAN (VSAN)
Integrated SAN Extension for DC/BR
Single LAN/SAN Management
Performance and Density
Comprehensive Security
40 G FCoE
Driving Innovations for the Next Decade with a complete 16G Portfolio
Deploy Small, Medium, Large SANs with Cisco MDS 9000 Family

6. Question
Which attribute would you rate the most important for your Storage Networking implementations?
Performance – 16G FC, 40G FCoE
Scale Out (lots of physical/virtual devices in a fabric) or Scale Up (lots of physical/virtual devices connected to same switch
Operational Simplicity – Ease of Management

7. Cisco Multi-Protocol Architecture – SAN, LAN, and Compute
LAN / SAN
Cisco Nexus 9000
Cisco Nexus 7000
Cisco Nexus
6000
5600
5500
Cisco Nexus 3000
Cisco Nexus 2000
SAN
Cisco MDS 9500
Cisco MDS
9222i
Cisco MDS 9148
9710
48x16G line-rate
FC Module
9250i
COMPUTE
Cisco UCS C-Series
Rack Servers
Cisco UCS B-Series
Blade Servers
Cisco UCS
Fabric
Interconnects
6248UP
6296UP
Cisco MDS
48x10G line-rate
FCoE Module
9706
9148S
10+ Years of Proven NX-OS Operating System
Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)
CONSISTENT AND SIMPLIFIED
Features, Management, and Programmability

8. New Data Center Trends Cause Disruptions
Application Trends
Big Data
Web 2.0 / DevOps
Public / Private Cloud
InterCloud
25% CAGR—Big Data1
Slide 14
45% Multi-Hypervisor4
2/3rd of all Workloads in Cloud by 2017
10G LoM3
Linux Containers
75% Bare-Metal2
Impact on IT Infrastructure
2 IDC Worldwide Virtual Machine Forecast
4 Information week 2013 Virtualization Management Survey
3 HP
1 Cisco Global Cloud Index
Design and Scale
Operations Model
Consumption Model
A New Application Centric Infrastructure is Required

9. IT teams need to provision applications in hours instead of months
IT teams need to provision applications in hours instead of months. Resources need to scale up (or down) in minutes, not hours. Cisco ACI empowers IT to be more responsive to business needs by reducing network complexity and automating provisioning and management of all IT resources.
Traditional approaches to infrastructure take a siloed operational view, with no common operational model between the application, network, security, and cloud teams. ACI overcomes the limitations of siloed IT organizations by providing a common operational model shared by all teams in defining application requirements.
Drawing on predefined application requirements and policy profiles, ACI automates the provisioning of the network, network application services, security policies, and workload placement.
ACI can help IT:
Improve application performance while reducing costs
Deploy applications and services faster
Reduce application development-to-production cycle times
Mitigate security and compliance risks
Drive revenue growth and business agility by having the right solution available to end users in real time

10. What is Application Centric Infrastructure ?
ACI is a pre-assembled, integrated hardware and software strategy that enables Cisco to deliver secure, programmable, policy-based agile cloud infrastructure
to deploy heterogeneous applications
to enable business growth.
Provides a Business architecture
ACI is SDN…but a lot more, ground breaking!
Raises discussion from Infrastructure to the Application layer
Addresses many of today’s data center challenges
Uses existing data center fiber infrastructure
Requires Organizational preparation
Significantly lowers TCO
Enables Fast IT
Policy
End Points
Application Network Profiles
Fabric

11. Introducing Application Centric Infrastructure Components
ACI Ecosystem Partners
Automation
Hypervisor Management
OVM
Enterprise Monitoring
Systems Management
Orchestration Frameworks
APIC
Centralized Policy Management
Open APIs, Open Source, Open Standards
Application Network Profile
Fabric
Physical Networking
Hypervisors and Virtual Networking
Compute
L4–L7
Services
Storage
Multi DC WAN and Cloud
End Points
Physical & Virtual
Nexus 7K
Integrated WAN Edge
Nexus 2K

12. Cisco IT’s ACI Data Center Architecture
ACI Fabric
Flexible Topology
Virtual Boundaries
Physical and Virtual Services
Highly Converged Infrastructure
Easier to Manage
Vxlan Spine to Leaf
Vxlan
Leaf to Hypervisor

13. DETAILS: Delivering Infrastructure for Applications -and- What can we Automate?1 2 3 4
Build
Foundational Aspects
Functional Aspects
(IaaS / PaaS)
Handover to APP teams
Basic configuration of
DC Infrastructure
Client/App specifics
Physical Build in the DC
Racking
Stacking
patching
Application Code Specifics
UCS
Switches
Storage
SLB FW
xVMs
CPU/Mem per VM/BM
Storage per VM/BM
SLB setup
FW setup OS
Apache/Oracle … basic code
ACI for network items
ACI for network
and network security items
ACI & Automation
High Integrity Automation Systems
Reduction of extensive (change management) processes

14. New Platforms

15. Foundational Switching Platforms for the Next Decade
Nexus 9000
1/10/40/100G
Industry Leading Price/Performance, Port Density: Fastest 10G/40G /100G Platform with Merchant+
1011
0010
Programmability/ Open APIs: Linux Containers, Python, Power Shell, Puppet, Chef… Ideal for DevOps!!
15% Better Power & Cooling–2.8X Better Reliability
Innovation Object Model, No Backplane, No Midplane, Health scores
Slide 17
$ Multi-million Savings 40/100G on Existing Cables using BiDi Optics. Non disruptive migration to 40G
Standalone / ACI Ready

16. Cisco MDS 9148S Fabric Switch
Now
Back
Dual Power Supplies and Fans for Enterprise-Class Availability
Front
48 x 16G FC Line Rate Performance
Expand from 12- to 48-ports in 12-port increments
1 RU
VERSATILE
EASY TO USE
ENTERPRISE-CLASS
Line-rate 16/8/4/2G FC Ports
Industry-leading port range
Start with 12-port base
Scale up with 12-port license
Or, full 48-port option available
Automated Provisioning
Quick Configuration Wizard
Same OS and Management across Industry’s broadest SAN Portfolio
Non-disruptive software upgrades
Up to 32 Virtual SANs (VSANs)
Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR), QOS, PortChannels, N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), N-Port Virtualization (NPV), Comprehensive Security
Hardware-based slow-drain detection and recovery
New Cisco MDS 9148S
The Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch is a highly affordable, versatile, easy-to-manage storage networking switch for entry-level and departmental SANs.
The Cisco MDS 9148S, based on Cisco’s “switch on a chip” Storage Networking ASIC, delivers 16 Gbps dedicated Fibre Channel bandwidth per port.
The Cisco MDS 9148S is available in a base configuration of 12-ports with on-demand “pay as you grow” 12-port activation license to scale up to 48-ports. A fully configured 48-port configuration is also available for ease of orderability.
A Quick Configuration Wizard is available for simple out-of-the-box configuration
Enterprise-class capabilities such as non-disruptive upgrades, Virtual SANs (VSANs), Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR), QOS, Port Channels, N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) available
Hot-swappable redundant power supplies and fans provide high availability.
High-Performance, Easy to Deploy, Enterprise-class Fabric Switch

17. MDS 9148S: Industry’s Most Affordable 16G Fabric Switch List Price Comparison*
Cisco
MDS 9148S
12-ports
24-ports
36-ports
48-ports
SMALL SAN
Premium to MDS 9148S
12-ports
24-ports
48-ports
Brocade 6505
+60%
+40%
Brocade 6510
+28%
*Prices include 16G SW optics
MDS 9148S Provides Superior Affordability Across All Configurations
AND Has More Capabilities Included at No Additional Cost

18. MDS 9148S Competitive Comparison
Feature
Brocade 6505
Brocade 6510
Cisco MDS 9148S
Size
1RU
Port configurations
12/24
24/36/48
12/24/36/48
Aggregate bandwidth
384 Gbps
768 Gbps
Power redundancy
1 (+1 optional)
1+1
Virtual fabric support
None
Limited
Full-function VSAN/IVR support
Max Ports, Bandwidth per ISL Trunk,
Licensing for ISL Trunk
8 Ports, 128 Gbps,
Optional license ($6K list price)
16 Ports, 256 Gbps,
None – functionality included in base configuration
Slow-Drain Detection & Recovery
Detection only
Detection & Recovery,
Hardware-based
Automated Provisioning
Limited (IP Address, Config only)
Full (IP Address, Software Image, Config)
Brocade 6510 supports up to 3 Virtual Fabrics, while Cisco MDS 9148S supports up to 80 VSANs.
Brocade switches require external connectivity between logical switches to go between virtual fabrics; while no such external connectivity is required on MDS
Unmatched Flexibility and Enterprise-class Capability

19. Automated Provisioning Consistent Configuration on Switch Power Up
Provides:
IP Address, Gateway
Software Image
Configuration File
Automates switch setup
Eliminates the need for serial cable for manual configuration of each switch
Ensures configuration consistency
…………………………………………………………………..
MDS 9148S
Rapid Error-Free Deployments

20. Cisco MDS 9706 Multilayer Director Extending MDS 9710 Director Qualities to a Smaller Form Factor
Now
3x THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY COMPACT DIRECTOR
INDUSTRY’S MOST RELIABLE COMPACT DIRECTOR
9RU
AND,15X the performance of current MDS 9506 director
Grow without forklift – investment protection for future
1.5 Tbps/slot Switching Capacity
Preserve IT operations and Knowledge – ease of migration with NX-OS and DCNM
Eliminate loss of bandwidth
N+1 Fabric Redundancy
Eliminate Downtime
In-Service Software Upgrade
Dual, Redundant Supervisors
Redundant power supplies/fans
Maintain Performance
Reduced Failure Domains
New Cisco MDS 9706 Director
Cisco is extending the industry-leading MDS 9700 Director-class family with the addition of a smaller-footprint MDS 9706 switch for space-constrained deployments, offering high performance, high availability with fully redundant components, and multi-protocol flexibility.
The Cisco MDS 9706 Director is housed in a compact 9 rack-unit (RU) form factor to make optimal use of valuable data center floor space.
The Cisco MDS 9706 Director offers unmatched flexibility with support for a variety of protocols, including industry’s leading port densities of up to Gbps line-rate Fibre Channel ports, or 10-Gbps line-rate Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ports, or in the future FICON, on the same 9RU form factor modular chassis.
The Cisco MDS 9706 Director offers industry’s highest performance with 1.5 Tbps per slot switching capability and up to 12-Tbps front-panel switching capacity – thereby providing investment protection for future deployment of next-generation Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet protocols.
The Cisco MDS 9706 Director offers industry’s highest reliability with N+1 fabric redundancy, hot-swappable redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans. True front-to-back air flow enables hot-cold aisle deployments
Front-Back Airflow
Scale up to 192 Line Rate Ports –
16G FC or 10G FCoE
Evolves with Your Business for the Next Decade

21. Dedicated Ethernet Core Dedicated Storage Core
Multi-Hop FCoE with Separate LAN and SAN Cores Introducing Industry’s Highest-Density FCoE Module on a FC Director
Converged Link
Dedicated FCoE
Ethernet
Dedicated Ethernet Core
Nexus Directors
Converged Access
Nexus Fixed or Directors
LAN .
Dedicated Storage Core
FCoE-only
MDS 9700 Series .
Nexus 2232PP
Nexus 2232PP
MDS 48x10G FCoE Module
FCoE-Only Dedicated Storage Core
Ethernet Ubiquity and Cost-Advantage
Same Management Model as FC – Separate LAN and SAN
Higher Speed ISLs Available Sooner

22. Enabling Cloud-Scale Deployments
Increased scale for SANs
SAN overlay on Ethernet Fabrics
Migration of Massive Amounts of Data

23. Boosting Scale for SAN Infrastructures Thousands of Devices – heterogeneous physical, virtual environments
FC: Now
FCoE: Q3CY14
Scale-out: large FC infrastructure requires support for
Lots of switches  increase number of domains supported
Lots of hosts  increase number of zones supported
Lots of VMs  increase number of fabric logins per fabric
MDS 9700 or
Nexus 7700
Series
Scale-up: requires each FC switch to support
Lots of hosts  increase number of fabric logins per switch and per module
Scale Parameter
MDS 9700/ Nexus 7700 Tested Configuration Limits
Cisco Improvement over earlier support
Industry Leader
Number of Domains* 80
+33%
+42%
Zones per Fabric
16,000
+100% -
Fabric Logins per Fabric
20,000
+233%
Fabric Logins per Switch
4,000
Fabric Logins per Module
1,000
+150%
Industry’s most versatile and affordable 16G Fabric Switch: The New Cisco MDS 9148S Multilayer Fabric Switch based on the “switch on a chip” ASIC delivers enterprise class capabilities at entry level prices. The MDS 9148S, with 16 Gbps dedicated bandwidth per port can scale from a default of 12 ports to 48 ports, with on-demand port activation licenses. The “Pay as you Grow” model makes MDS 9148S the most affordable Fabric Switch. Hot swappable redundant power supplies with integrated fans are offered for high availability. The MDS 9148S is also powered by the same NX-OS that power the entire Cisco DC product portfolio. Cisco MDS 9148S gives customers the enhanced benefits of high performance, pay-as-you-grow flexibility and a compelling economic value. Versatile enterprise-class storage Switch for the Entry-Level and Departmental SANs
* Number of Domains targeted to scale from currently supported 60 to 80 in a future maintenance release
Scale at 16G FC Performance for Cloud-Scale SAN Deployments

24. Dynamic FCoE using FabricPath
Scale-out Ethernet Fabric Architecture with FCoE Overlay Scale-out Storage—Block, File, Object
Nexus 5000/6000:
Available
Nexus 7000:
Q3CY14
Dynamic FCoE using FabricPath
High-Performance
10G to Server. 40G in Ethernet Fabric
Exchange-based Load Balancing in the Fabric
High-Availability (HA)
Logical separation and redundancy of SAN-A/SAN-B achieved through VLANs
SAN-A/SAN-B NOT interrupted if a Spine fails - traffic sent to other Spines
Dynamic
Dynamic discovery of leaf nodes and establishment of VE-port relationship
Reduced possibility of human error during configuration
Spine
Leaf
SAN-A
SAN-B
Nexus 5000/ 6000/7000
Nexus 5000/6000
FCoE FC
NAS, iSCSI
Leaf: Full FCF 5K/6K. N7K TBD
FP: Logical separation through VSANs
Spine: No FCF. OXID hashing maintained. No Storage VDC reqd (for N7K/N77). Roadmap for N7K
FCoE SAN-A
FCoE SAN-B
Ethernet
All Links shared with Ethernet LAN traffic, providing a Converged Fabric

25. Cisco MDS 9250i Storage Services Switch
Data Migration for Massive Amounts of Data Significant Improvement with MDS 9250i
Cisco MDS 9250i Storage Services Switch
2x SPEED For FAST MIGRATION
3.7 TB/hour migration throughput
8x SCALE FOR MASSIVE DATA
up to 16 TB LUN size up to 7680 LUNS
RESILIENCY FROM WAN LINK FAILURE
Job auto-resumes after WAN link recovery
Scale support improved from 2TB to 16TB, and 500 LUNs to 7680 LUNS
MDS Data Mobility Manager
Insert Transparently and Migrate Data between Heterogeneous Storage Arrays

26. Simplifying SAN Management
Hardware-based Congestion Control
Fabric Automation
Extensive monitoring and visibility – End-to-end visibility, SAN Host Path Redundancy, Switch Health Score

27. Hardware-based FC Congestion Detection and Recovery
Affected Host
Misbehaving HBA
Potential Reasons for Slow-drain Devices
Speed Mismatch
HBA issues
Server Performance issues – application/OS
Non graceful Virtual Machine exit
Misbehaving device “slowly drains” packets destined to it from the SAN. Unrelated flows and devices can be affected
MDS auto-detects slow drain devices and can take recovery actions
Platforms
Detection Granularity
Recovery Action Latency – Start and Stop
Software-based
MDS 9500
MDS 9148
100ms
Hardware-based NEW!
MDS 9700,
MDS 9250i,
MDS 9148S
1ms
Immediate (ns)
Detection:
- Software-only detection samples buffer credit counters for a port every 100ms. The hardware-assisted detection can samples buffer credit counters at as low as 1ms intervals
Deploy Robust FC Networks and Reduce Operational Cost

28. Zoning Automation: Integration with Industry-Leading Platforms
UCS Director
Workflow-Based Provisioning
ViPR
Software-Defined Storage
System Center VMM
PowerVC
Cisco MDS Portfolio
VMware
KVM
Bare Metal
XenServer
Hyper-V
For Fast Application Deployments
Automate Zoning
User-Centric Models for New Cloud-Scale Workloads

29. End-to-End Visibility
End-to-End Visibility Path Dependency Mapping Across Multi-Domain and Multi-protocol
N5K-access-71
M97-75
Monitor VM and ESX CPU/Memory
Monitor storage and network traffic
Max datastore response time latency
Dependency map from VM out to Datastore
Windows 2k8-R
Storage
Array
RedHat
N5K-access-70
M97-74
CNA Adapters
FC + FICON
FCoE + iSCSI
VMs
ESX
UCS or GENERIC SERVER
MDS or NEXUS
STORAGE PORT
and LUN(s)
ISL/FCIP
MDS or NEXUS
End-to-End Visibility

30. End-to-End Visibility
End-to-End Visibility Path Dependency Mapping Across Multi-Domain and Multi-protocol
UCS-FI-6120XP
MDS GBIT
UCS Service Profile
Blade Inventory
Module and Port view
Port performance on UCS FI
Windows 2k8-R
Storage
Array
RedHat
UCS-FI-6120XP
MDS GBIT
VMs
ESX
UCS or GENERIC SERVER
MDS or NEXUS
ISL/FCIP
MDS or NEXUS
STORAGE PORT
and LUN(s)
FC + FICON
CNA Adapters
FCoE + iSCSI
Visibility into the UCS characteristics allows SAN admins to have a meaningful conversation with server admins.
For example, through knowledge of the Service Profile of a Blade server, the SAN Admin could possibly predict the expected traffic profile
Some other useful information available to SAN Admins thru DCNM is Blade inventory, port view on the blades, and FI port performance.
End-to-End Visibility

31. End-to-End Visibility
End-to-End Visibility Path Dependency Mapping Across Multi-Domain and Multi-protocol
N5K-access-71
M97-75
Switch and Port Events
Average and Peak TX/RX
Switch CPU/Memory
Traffic monitoring of ISLs and FCIP Links
Discards and Errors
Windows 2k8-R
Storage
Array
RedHat
N5K-access-70
M97-74
CNA Adapters
FC + FICON
FCoE + iSCSI
VMs
ESX
UCS or GENERIC SERVER
MDS or NEXUS
STORAGE PORT
and LUN(s)
ISL/FCIP
MDS or NEXUS
End-to-End Visibility

32. End-to-End Visibility
End-to-End Visibility Path Dependency Mapping Across Multi-Domain and Multi-protocol
N5K-access-71
M97-75
Front End port mapping
Host to LUN mapping
Array Capacity
Array inventory
Windows 2k8-R
Storage
Array
RedHat
N5K-access-70
M97-74
CNA Adapters
FC + FICON
FCoE + iSCSI
VMs
ESX
UCS or GENERIC SERVER
MDS or NEXUS
STORAGE PORT
and LUN(s)
ISL/FCIP
MDS or NEXUS
End-to-End Visibility

33. SAN Host Path Redundancy Analysis On-Demand and Automated Redundancy Checks
N5K-access-71
M97-75
DCNM-VM Primary
Masking
Database
VSAN 2,10,12
VSAN 10
VSAN 10
Port A
Port A/B
Server-ESX
Port A/B
Port A
VSAN 11
VSAN 13
VSAN 11
Storage
Array
Port B
DCNM-VM Standby
VSAN 3, 11
VSAN 3, 13
Port A/B
N5K-access-70
M97-74
The server enclosure must have switch ports on Fabric A and Fabric B “UP”
The server enclosure must have physical fabric separation (two set of switches that are not part of the same fabric) – Option is available to specify single switch redundancy where fabric A and Fabric B separated by switch modules
Initiator and target VSAN have to be the same
The VSAN cannot be segmented
Have to be zoned to the same storage array enclosure on Fabric A and B
Optional
SMI-S Provider data source: Server must see the same set of LUN on Fabric A and Fabric B on the storage array. An error will be created for each host enclosure that has port members that don’t see the same lun ids.
vCenter data source: Server must have datastore registered with the same storage array PWWN as it is zoned to. An error will be created for each host enclosure that has data store port wwn’s that are not members of the storage enclosures that the host has at least one path to.
Root Cause
Port Down on Redundant Path
VSAN initiator to target Mismatch
VSAN Segmentation
Both Paths On Same Line Card
Port LUN Masking Mismatch
Enclosure
Reduce
Mean Time to Repair
Risk to Switch and Array Upgrades
Risk to Hardware Maintenance Activities

34. Switch Health Score Policy-Based Health Index Identify and Remediate
MDS 9148S
MDS 9710
80% Health
60 % Health
Quickly Determine Level of Risk
View Alerts Contributing to Low Score
Measure Success Overtime
Restore Health back Normal
The health score combines all of the impactful switch alerts to come up with a single number, driving storage administrator to take action to restore health of the switch and fabric
For example alerts generated by path or switch congestion or hardware issues impacting application performance and connectivity.
Ability to go from the health score to the actual events allows storage administrators to quickly identify the cause of the problem and to quickly restore switch back to health
The Storage administrator can measure their success in restoring the switch health by looking at changes to the switch score over time.
Explanation
Health Score is based on object model dependency mappings (a switch is made up of line cards, which are made up of ports, …, an application is dependent on endpoints which are dependent on switches, …) and represent a utility score of the health of the component based on it's child or necessary components for both performance and connectivity.
IF YOU CAN MEASURE IT, YOU CAN FIX IT
HEALTH SCORE
TRENDING
HEALTH SCORE
TRENDING

35. Case Study

36. MDS 9148S: Case study Business Needs Customer Results
“The variety of programs, the number of families we serve, and our grant processes require us to have a storage area network, in which we house 27 terabytes of data, and manage over 400 contracts daily. As a small department within San Francisco City government, our requirements were to start small, have room to grow without replacing equipment, and have a cost-effective solution. With an attractive price and scalability from 12 to 48 ports, Cisco’s MDS 9148S is the ideal fit for our needs, and installation was easy with proven policy-based methodology.”
Scalable platform to support future growth
Cost-effective, Easy to Manage infrastructure
Optimize IT services to increase operational efficiency
Shawn Ewing, IT Manager, San Francisco DCYF

37. MDS 9700: Case study Business Needs Customer Results
Improve SAN switching resiliency and performance
Support future requirements, including scaling capacity, growing VMs, and potential move to FCoE
Minimize migration risk and effort
“The Cisco MDS 9000 Series of products has
been extremely stable and consistent over 10 years. We’re confident that the MDS 9710 systems will deliver similar longevity and return on investment— with a lot of flexibility.” .
John Praet, Principal Storage Architect
Crawford & Company is the world’s largest independent claims management company with 700 offices in 70 countries,

38. Multi-Hop FCoE: Case study
Business Needs
Customer Results
“Our goal is to have a complete private cloud, where we can manage and orchestrate data movement and processing from one site with full reporting and chargeback. And in the near future, we are looking at a second multihop FCoE and a lossless Ethernet to maintain performance rates over both our LAN and WAN environments. Our ongoing relationship with Cisco is key to delivering on our ambitious plans, while staying within a tight budget.” .
Maintain performance of mission-critical production environment
Convergence : Run FC and IP across the same interface and maintain high performance
Scale for future demands
Dennis Kuehn, Technical Fellow, Boeing
Boeing Defense, Space, and Security Division relies on Cisco to deliver both FCoE and IP over a single, cost-effective infrastructure

39. Cisco and EMC : Strong Industry Partnerships
Cisco Channel
Partners
(MDS 9100/9200 Only)

40. Integrated Infrastructure
The Power of Ecosystem
Providing Options for Pre-Packaged Converged Infrastructures
VBLOCK
VSPEX
Cisco Nexus
Cisco MDS
Cisco UCS
Integrated Infrastructure

41. Summary: SAN Architectures for Small to Cloud-Scale Storage Networks
Cisco MDS continues to Raise the Bar for Fibre Channel Storage Networks with Superior Affordability, Performance, Reliability, and Architectural Flexibility
End to End Seamless Ethernet Fabrics with Nexus and MDS to evolve SAN architectures for large-scale SAN, Scale-out NAS, and Big-Data Environments
Automate, Provision and Monitor, Physical and Virtual Datacenters using built-in Cisco, and third party management platforms