1 Delivering on the Promise of a Virtualized Dynamic Data Center Hosted by GTSI and Cisco

2 Jim Sweeney, Manager, Virtualization Consulting Practice, GTSI

3 Imagine a Better Virtualization Solution One virtualization platform One consolidated server infrastructure One converged data center fabric One unified storage architecture One data center infrastructure to manage One common shared dynamic infrastructure Respond faster to changing business requirements Reduce your overall data center costs by up to 50%

4 Unleash Virtualization’s True Potential Maximize economic value with end-to-end virtualization Continue moving deployments out of early phases Increasingly more applications can be virtualized today Break down your silos (silos of virtualization are still silos) Unlock the business and IT benefits constrained within each silo Gain a truly shared infrastructure Enable greater savings and agility Explore the potential of cloud services Take agility to the extreme with self-service Virtualization enables the adoption and control of cloud computing

5 Building Point Solutions Business Need Silo Applications Servers Network Storage Project- Based Vertical Decision Ethernet, FC, IB Building Horizontal Infrastructure Applications Virtualized Dynamic Infrastructure Service-Based Holistic Decision Business Need Virtualization-Aware Network Virtualization-Aware Unified Fabric Servers Virtualized Storage Next-Gen Data Centers Are Service Oriented

6 Data Center Evolution Toward IT as a Service Storage Servers Apps Application- Based Silos Network External Cloud Services Zones of Virtualization ITaaS (aka Internal Cloud) Standardize Consolidate Virtualize Automate Self-Service Centralize From Silos… …to Virtualized Dynamic Data Centers Work with your partner to map out your path when you are ready!

7 Cisco, NetApp, and VMware Technology Virtualize everything with VMware ® vSphere ® and View Unified server infrastructure with Cisco UCS Unified fabric with Cisco Nexus Unified storage with NetApp ® FAS storage

8 Challenge Application-Based Silos Storage Servers Apps Network  Dedicated resources: Provide isolation and security Ensure quality of service  Old silo-based decisions mean Slow response to business needs Inefficient resource utilization Inconsistent availability Result in higher cost ERPHRCRM

9 Storage Servers Apps Network  One unified storage Natively supports all protocols Reduces storage capacity Eliminates multiple storage devices for tiering Infrastructure Virtualization  One virtualization platform Easy scalability for VMs or VM clusters Apply cost savings across your entire data center Increase availability and agility for all your applications Cut Data Center Capex and Opex in Half ERPHRCRM

10  VMware ® vCenter ™  Automate workflows  Scalable, extensible platform  Cisco UCS Manager  Embedded unified management  Integrated with vCenter  NetApp ® Storage Plug-Ins  Manage storage from within vCenter  Empower server admins to perform storage tasks Apps VMware vCenter NetApp Storage Plug-ins UCS Manager Centralize and Simplify Management

11 Zones of Virtualization Storage Servers Apps Network ITaaS (aka Internal Cloud) Application Silos Virtualization Journey Business apps

12 Source: VMware Capacity Planner assessments Performance for Business Critical Applications % of Applications Application Performance Requirements 95% of applications < 100 at peak < 2.4Mbits/s < 4 GB at peak 1 to 2 CPUs VMware ESX ,000 9 Gb/s 64 GB per VM 4 VCPUs VMware ESX , Gb/s GB per VM 8 VCPUs

13 VMware HA and FT MetroCluster  VMware: VMware ® HA automatically detects server failures, restarts ALL workloads VMware FT enables instant failover between VM instances  NetApp: Highly redundant array with no single point of failure MetroCluster stretches storage HA up to 100 KM  Cisco: UCS and Nexus deliver full fabric redundancy Nexus 1000V transparently manages path failover for network Cisco UCS and Nexus Building 1 Building 2 Up to 100 km Transparent Failover Eliminates Downtime

14 Recovery from Site Outages in Minutes 14  VMware: Site Recovery Manager automates and simplifies DR and DR testing Coordinates failover of server, storage, and network  NetApp: SnapMirror provides bandwidth- efficient replication SnapMirror integration with SRM enables rapid VM recovery  Cisco: DCI provides simplified and robust disaster recovery Data Center 1 Data Center 2 Site Recovery Manager Thin replication via SnapMIrror Data Center Interconnect (DCI) Thousands of kms

15 Virtualize All Applications (infrastructure, bus. applications, dev/test, desktops, etc.) Zones of Virtualization Storage Servers Apps Network Application Silos Virtualization Journey ITaaS (aka Internal Cloud)

16 Challenges/Requirements Scale environments up and down at a moment’s notice Nondisruptively move applications to maintain service levels Maintain policies, controls, security, and isolation as applications move across resources

17  Rapidly provision servers and storage together  Clone virtual servers in seconds – Thousands of desktops in minutes  Dynamically scale infrastructure –Quickly create entire application or development environments –Repurpose or reallocate capacity as business needs change Rapidly Scale Infrastructure

18 Zones of Virtualization Storage Servers Apps Network Application Silos Internal Cloud Virtualization Journey ITaaS (aka Internal Cloud)

19 ITaaS Challenges/Requirements Infrastructure metering/chargeback Service automation and management Self-service Instant delivery and capacity elasticity

20 AreaDynamic Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency Compute: Consolidate servers 10:1 Storage: Use 50% less storage Network: 90% fewer cables and ports Power and cooling 25%-50% less ManagementManage 10x-20x more per FTE Provisioning new infrastructure Minutes Backup and Recovery, Disaster Recovery Minutes TCO25% to 50% savings Results you Can Measure: Typical Gains from a Virtualized Dynamic Data Center

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