1. UCP v2 Software Infrastructure
Arno Grbac
Nov 29th 2011

2. VMware vCenter integration - Competitive scorecard
CloudBurst
VirtualSystem
vStart
Simple virtual appliance (OVF) installation
Simple configuration
Web-based administration interface
GUI technology
HTML
Flash
Leverages vCenter user privileges and roles
Leverages vCenter tasks, events and alarms
Best vCenter integration
and user experience…
Dell vCenter integration wins as the most advanced and user friendly

3. Converged Infrastructure Scorecard
VBLOCK
FlexPod
VirtualSystem
CloudBurst
vStart
Converged Infrastructure Stack
Unified Orchestration
Turnkey Solution
Single Point Support *
Max Configuration
Blades 64
Reference Architecture 54 6
RAM
7.1 TB
6.1 TB
5.1 TB
0.6 TB
VMs
8192
6000
~4000
500
Converged infrastructure and a sophisticated management suite are a table stakes requirements ( Infrastructure Convergence, Michelle Bailey, IDC – Nov 2009 )
Significant differentiation driven from unified orchestration and turnkey solution

4. Management software - Virtual AppliancesVM
Software OS 1
vCenter Server
Windows 2
Auto Deploy
Linux / jeOS 3
TFTP 4
UCP – Unified Management Appliance 5
SQL Server 2008 r2 6
Hitachi Command Suite 1 2 3 4 5 6
Virtual Appliances
VM1
VM3
VM2
VM7
VM9
VM8
VM4
VM5
VM6 7
vCloud Director
Linux / RedHat
vShield Manager
Linux / jeOS
Microsoft AD / DNS / DHCP
Windows 7 9 8
Optional
Packaged as Appliances
Hosting Environment - Cluster

5. Management software appliance
vCenter Server
AutoDeploy
TFTP Server
Windows AD/DNS/DHCP
SQL Server 2008
vCloud Director
vShield Manager
Hitachi Command Suite
Appliance
Servers
Network
Storage
AMQP Message broker
Storage
Server
UCP Services
Network
Infrastructure Service
API
vShere Client
Web
Server
>_
UCP CLI
UCP Integrated GUI

6. Software infrastructure - Service-oriented architecture
Decoupled storage, server and network business functionality
Simple and effective services scale-out model
Dynamic service load-balancing model
Core technology layer decoupled from virtualization platform
Feature details

7. Unified Service Orchestration
UCP Vision
Unified Service Orchestration
Platform Manager
Bare metal
Integration Layer
Access Layer
API / REST / SOAP
GUI
CLI
Unified Platform Orchestration
Data Bus Layer
AMQP (Advance Message Queuing Protocol)
Server
Storage
Network
Service Layer
Element Management
HCSM /
BMC
HDvM
HCS
Network Manager
Elements
How can we best leverage past and future investment in technology?

8. Unified Service Orchestration
UCP Vision
Unified Service Orchestration
Platform Manager
Bare metal
Integration Layer
decoupled virtualization platform layers = V agnostic!
Access Layer
Unified Platform Orchestration
API / REST / SOAP
GUI
CLI
Data Bus Layer
AMQP (Advance Message Queuing Protocol)
decoupled message queue consumers = scale!
Server
Storage
Network
Service Layer
Server
Network
Storage
Virtualization platform independent and highly scalable architecture

9. User Interface design Zone Completed User Invokes UCP Action
Hitachi Command Suite
Appliance
Servers
Network
Storage
Zone Completed
AMQP Message broker
Response Sync Operations
Storage
Server
UCP Services
vSphere Client
Tasks
Network
Web
Server
Infrastructure Service
Create Task
Async Operations
UCP Integrated GUI
vCenter
Server

10. Thank you