2. Vipul Shah Sr. Product Manager Microsoft
Hyper-V & Live Migration on Cisco Unified Computing System: Virtualized on-demand resources for mission critical apps including Exchange 2010 & SharePoint 2007
Sascha Merg
Consulting Systems Engineer
Cisco Systems
Vipul Shah
Sr. Product Manager
Microsoft
Session Info: SVR215, Fri 13 Nov., 10:45-12:00, Berlin 2 - Hall 7-3a

3. Microsoft Applications
Cisco & Microsoft Integrated Solutions
Integrated
Management
Integrated Management
SCOM, VMM Integration*
Hardware/application correlation
20% OpEx cost reduction
UCS Manager
Optimized Delivery V I R T U A L Z O N
WAAS Mobile Remote Desktop
Windows Server on WAAS
Optimized Delivery to Users
Preconfigured & integrated
5x branch user performance
Low footprint core services B E N F I T S
Validated for
Microsoft Applications
Validated for Microsoft Applications
Documented architecture
R2 HyperV, Live Migration
End-to-end / client to data center
Virtualized Data
Center Platform
Virtualization
Virtualized Data Center Platform
Unified Computing
Preconfigured for virtualization
30% cost reduction
Compute
Unified Fabric
* - in development

4. Unified Computing System
Virtualized Data Center Platform Unified Fabric, Storage Access, Virtualization
System Management
Unified management
System Center / Live Migration
Wire once, provision in minutes
Empowered IT
Virtualization
License cost savings
Better for Microsoft applications
Consolidated server roles
Hyper-V™
Compute
Intel Xeon processor 5500 series
Up to 4x memory, +150% performance
Energy efficient
Unified Fabric
Low latency 10G FC, Ethernet & FCoE
50% fewer adapters, switches, cables
Improved airflow & power usage
Hyper-V™
Unified Computing System

5. Virtualized Data Center Platform Fabric Extender
SAN A
LAN
Fabric Extender and VN-Link simplify server access management
SAN B
Ethernet Switch Mgmt
FC Switch Mgmt
Chassis Mgmt
Hypervisor
Ethernet Blade Switch Mgmt
Fibre Channel Blade Switch Mgmt OS

6. Virtualized Data Center Platform Unified Fabric
SAN A
LAN
Unified Fabric simplifies I/O infrastructure and management while maintaining Enterprise-class high-availability
SAN B
Ethernet Switch Mgmt
FC Switch Mgmt
Hypervisor
Chassis Mgmt OS
Fibre Channel Blade Switch Mgmt

7. Virtualized Data Center Platform Integrated Management
SAN A
Cisco UCS consolidates server infrastructure into a single point of management
LAN
SAN B
Ethernet Switch Mgmt
Ethernet Switch Mgmt
Hypervisor
Chassis Mgmt OS

8. Virtualized Data Center Platform Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
Single point of management for compute, network and storage access
Architected to operate at network scale
Optimized for Virtualization
Rack Switch
Chassis

9. Virtualized Data Center Platform UCS – Building Blocks
UCS Manager Embedded– manages entire system
UCS Fabric Interconnect 20 Port 10Gb FCoE 40 Port 10Gb FCoE
UCS Fabric Extender Remote line card
UCS Blade Server Chassis Flexible bay configurations
UCS Blade Server Industry-standard architecture
UCS Virtual Adapters Choice of multiple adapters

10. Virtualized Data Center Platform Compute – Blade Overview
Common Attributes
Half-width blade
2 x Intel Nehalem-EP processors
2 x SAS hard drives (optional)
Blade Service processor
Blade and HDD hot plug support
Stateless blade design
4x the memory
Full-width blade
10Gb CNA and 10GbE adapter options
Differences
Full-width blade
Half-width blade
4x memory
12 x DIMM slots
48 x DIMM slots
1 x dual port adapter
2 x dual port adapters
2x I/O bandwidth

11. Virtualized Data Center Platform Compute – Adapter Options
Virtualization
Compatibility
Cost
Virtual Machine Aware: Virtualization and Consolidation
Existing Driver Stacks
Proven 10GbE Technology
Converged Network Adapters (CNA)
Ability to mix and match adapter types within a system
Automatic discovery of component type, central firmware management

12. Virtualized Data Center Platform Compute – Adapter View on Host
10 GE/FCoE
Cisco
ASIC
10 GE
10 GE FC
Fibre Channel
PCIe Bus

13. Cisco UCS Virtualized Adapter
2x 10GBASE-KR
Unified Network Fabric
High Performance
2x 10 Gb
Low latency
128 vNICs
Ethernet or FC
500k IOPS
Ethernet NICs
Up to 128 Virtual Adapters
...
Fibre Channel HBAs

14. Virtualized Data Center Platform Compute – Maximizing DIMMs in Intel Architecture
Innovative memory design
384 GB with two sockets
Large application performance boost
Enabled by latest Intel technology
* DDR3 memory pricing as of Nov 09

15. Virtualized Data Center Platform Unified Fabric – Wire Once Architecture
Uplinks
40Gb/s
20Gb/s
80Gb/s
Wire once for Bandwidth, not Connectivity
All Links can be active all the time

16. Virtualized Data Center Platform Unified Fabric – Service Profiles
Virtualized Data Center Platform Unified Network Fabric
SAN
LAN
Integrated Stateless Computing
Attributes not tied to hardware
Dynamic provision
Seamless server mobility
Integrated with 3rd party tools
Server Name: LS-A
UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b 61…
MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC
WWN:
Boot Order: SAN, LAN
Chassis-1/Blade-5
Chassis-9/Blade-2

17. Virtualized Data Center Platform Unified Fabric – Service Profiles
SAN
LAN
Integrated Stateless Computing
Attributes not tied to hardware
Dynamic provision
Seamless server mobility
Integrated with 3rd party tools
Server Name: LS-A
UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b 61…
MAC : 08:00:69:02:01:FC
WWN:
Boot Order: SAN, LAN
Chassis-1/Blade-5
Chassis-9/Blade-2

18. Virtualized Data Center Platform Compute – Service Profiles Reduce CapEx
Today’s Deployment:
Scale up, Scale out models - leads to dedicated hardware/single application per server
With Server Profiles:
Resources provisioned as needed
Same availability with fewer spares
Blade
SAP
Web Servers
Blade
SAP
Blade
Web Servers
Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
Hyper-V
Blade
Blade
Blade
Hyper-V
Blade
Burst
Capacity
Blade
Blade
Total Servers: 18
HA Spare
Blade
Blade
Total Servers: 14
Hot Spare
Burst Capacity Spare
Normal use

19. Windows Server 2008 R2 - Hyper-V
Delivers high levels of availability for production workloads via flexible and dynamic management while reducing overall costs through efficient server consolidation via:
Better flexibility
Live Migration
Cluster Shared Volumes
Hot Add/remove of Storage
Processor compatibility mode for live migration
Improved performance
Improved memory management
TCP Offload support
Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) Support
Improved Networking
Greater Scalability
At 64 logical processor support
Enhance Green IT with Core Parking

20. Hyper-V Live Migration
Technology in Windows Server 2008 R2 that allows you to move running VMs from one physical server to another physical server without disruption of service or perceived downtime
Live Migration Process
Initiated via in-box cluster UI, SCVMM, PowerShell
VM State/Memory Transfer
Create VM on the target
Move memory pages from the source to the target via Ethernet
Final state transfer and virtual machine restore
Pause virtual machine
Move storage connectivity from source host to target host via Ethernet
Un-pause & Run
Host 1
Host 2
Blue = Shared Storage (FC, iSCSI)
Yellow = Networking
Green = Live migration networking (1Gb or better)

21. Virtualized Data Center Platform UCS – Building Blocks
Blades 1-6 have established Service Profiles
Established Service Profiles provisioned on Blades in 7-8 minutes
Live Migration for real-time workload porting 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8
Blades 1-3: Office SharePoint Server 2007 on SP Service Profile Web server, Query server, Index server, Application server, and Database server
Blades 4-6: Exchange Server 2010 on EX1 Service Profile Edge Transport server, Client Access server, Hub Transport server, Mailbox server
Blades 7-8: Spare
UCS Manager

22. Virtualized Data Center Platform Exchange 2010 on Hyper-V Service Profile
enter service-profile Exchange-2010 instance
associate server-pool Exchange2010 ""
enter vhba fc0
set adaptor-profile ""
set fc-if name default
set identity dynamic-wwpn 20:00:00:00:00:01:1B:0F
set identity wwpn-pool DCAL-WWPN
set order 3
set pers-bind disabled
set pin-group ""
set stats-policy default
set template-name ""
exit

23. Virtualized Data Center Platform Exchange 2010 on Hyper-V Service Profile
enter vnic Eth0
enter eth-if VLAN53
set default-net yes
exit
set adaptor-profile Windows
set identity dynamic-mac 00:25:B5:00:00:00
set identity mac-pool DCAL-Mac-Pool
set order 1
set pin-group ""
set qos-policy ""
set stats-policy default
set template-name ""
power up

24. No worries, there is a GUI!

25. Physical Server with Windows OS
UCS Manager and System Center Integration Architecture
Cisco UCS MP runs on same server as Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
Configured to connect to one or more UCS Managers
Users view MP information within SC Operations Manager UI
MP pulls inventory and state information via UCS XML API
MP polls UCS Managers for updates
MP discovers and monitors UCS Service Profiles
MP alerts the operators on issues found
Cisco UCS MP
UCS Manager 1
UCS Manager N
MSFT Operations Mgr
XML-API
Physical Server with Windows OS

26. Sascha Merg Consulting Systems Engineer Cisco Systems

27. Lab Components 2 Chassis, 8 Blades Netapp Storage FAS3070
2 Blades are running Win2k8R2 Hyper-V
Unified IO at its best:
Hyper-V hosts are using SAN-Boot
Cluster Shared Volumes are using iSCSI
Everything is running over 2x 10GE

28. Lab Setup
UCS Manager
MS VMM
VMs 1-4
MS SCOM
hyv1
hyv2

29. Powerful Combination: UCS and Hyper-V
UCS’ large memory footprint boosts Hyper-V performance
UCS provided 10G link creates an ideal, congestion free environment for Hyper-V
UCS Virtual Interface Card creates flexibility for Windows OS and applications
UCS Service Profiles enable stateless computing and quick provisioning for Windows environments
Cisco UCS

30. Summary Cisco Unified Computing and Microsoft New Efficiency
Agility – Simplified Management
Innovation – Next Generation IT Architectures
Partnership – Unified Data Center Service & Support
Efficiency – Optimized Data Center & Branch Platforms
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