FlexPod

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Agenda
1 Infrastructure: Challenges & approach

2 The FlexPod partnership

3 An introduction to FlexPod

4 FlexPod & Proact, a winning partnership

5 Summary

Accelerating your
journey to an
agile cloud!

Transform business: Next-Gen Data Centre

Traditional
Data Center

Next-Generation
Data Center

Benefits

Siloed

Unified

Better Manageability
and Performance

Server and
Storage Sprawl

Consolidated

Lower OpEx and CapEx

Dedicated

Virtualized

Increased Utilization
and ROI

Contained

Cloud

Dramatically Improved
Business Agility

Next Gen Data Centre: Innovation vs Integration

Best of Breed
Vendors
Innovation
Best of Breed

Servers
Network
Software
Storage

System Suppliers
Integrated
Good Enough

Integrated Solutions

System Integrators
Service Providers
Integrated
Best of Breed
You own or rent it

NetApp: The Foundation of Agile IT

Applications/
Databases
Virtualization
Operating
Systems
Infrastructure
Data
Management

Multivendor SAN

$1.6 billion revenue run rate

+ 20.000 Customers

Cisco UCS
Market
Momentum

#3 market share in x86 blades; #2 in NL & US

+ 2600 Channel Partners
> 64 world record performance benchmarks

A Decade of Joint Innovation

VMware vSphere
built on FlexPod
FlexPod for
VMware

2010

Entry Level
FlexPod

FlexPod
(Bare Metal)

2011

RHEL built on
FlexPod

VMware vSphere built on

FlexPod (clustered ONTAP)

2012
FlexPod Validated
with MS Public Cloud

Secure Separation
built on FlexPod

FlexPod Validated
With MS Public Cloud 2.0

A Perfect Compliment

Industry Leadership

Storage

Servers & Networking

Ethernet Expertise

10GbE leader
1st FCoE Storage

Ethernet
Market Leader

Protocol Support

Unified Storage

Unified Fabric

Virtualization Focus

Leading Storage
Innovator

1st Virtualized Severs

Open APIs for

Unified Management

Open APIs for

Unified Management

Vision for Data Center Infrastructure

Management

Apps deployed on logically

defined shared infrastructure

Applications
Compute Pool

Elastically scale resources

non-disruptively

Fabric Pool
Storage Pool

Deploy new apps to meet

changing business needs
Centrally orchestrated with
self-service extensions

Key Innovations in Data Center Technology

Cisco Unified Computing System
Programmable
Infrastructure

Abstraction of bare metal server elements

Open API for automation
Orchestration through industry standard tools

Unified
Management

Policy-based automation & Service Profiles

Self-integrating components

Unified
Fabric

Virtualization awareness
Scalability without complexity
High performance I/O

NetApp Clustered ONTAP

Unified Storage

Virtualize storage into pools

Non-disruptive data motion

Intelligent
Data Management

Built-in storage efficiency

Integrated data protection

FlexPod: Next Generation Integrated Infrastructure

Pool resources
App
App

App

Bare Metal

App

App

App

Virtualization

Single server pool / storage pool

Service profiles for consistent
policy-based UCS deployments

Abstract
resources
Cisco UCS
Servers and
UCS
Virtualized
servers and storage
Manager

Virtualized Compute Pool

Virtualized Network Pool

Stateless computing
Cisco
Nexus
Dynamic
scalability; app and
data mobility
Family
Switches

Virtualized Storage Pool

Consume resources
NetApp Clustered
Service catalogs
Data ONTAP

Rapid resource provisioning in

accordance with SLAs
Open APIs for self-service / userdriven resource consumption

Familiar Architecture?

CORE
CAPACITY

The FlexPod Solution Family

NEW
Data ONTAP 8
Clustering

NEW
ExpressPod

Consistent architecture from entry to large configurations

Scale up or down with minimal disruption
Common structure for support & management

Reduce Risk
FlexPod Prescriptive Deployment
Cisco Validated Design Guide
FlexPod Deployment Guide
for Virtual Data Centers

Deployment Guide
Step-by-step instructions for repeatable
high-quality infrastructure deployment

Solutions Guide
Wide range of FlexPod partners
Joint Roadmap
Operational Guide
20+ Validated
workloads

Securely Sharing Infrastructure At PROACT

Validated Reference
Architectures
Enhanced security
PCI & FISMA certifications
Multi-tenant workload
profiling
Manage each resource pool
independently
Integrated, tenant-specific
backup and DR
Secure separation for a shared IT infrastructure

FlexPod Management Solutions

Proact's focus

vCloud
Director

Free choice
OnCommand

CIAC

The Value of Validated Management Solutions

Is it Automation or Management?
Automated
Manual
Resource
Request

I need stuff
Management
Management

Compute
Compute

Network
Network

Storage
Storage

Automation
Whatdelivers:
to offer
Speed
How to deliver
Consistency
Whos using what?

Its about Manageability

Management
Management
I need stuff
Compute
Compute

Network
Network

What to offer
How to deliver
Whos using what?

Storage
Storage

Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller

Automation & Service Orchestration

Self-Service Delivery

Secure Cloud Container

Model-based
Management
VM
Manager

vFiler
Storage

Network

Compute

Plug-ins

VMs

Policy-Driven
Provisioning
Cloupia Unified Infrastructure Controller

Single Pane
of Glass
End-to-End
Management
and
Automation

Unified Model-based Management

Delivering Secure Multi-tenancy

B
Virtualization

Compute
Manager
Compute

Network
Manager

Storage
Manager

Network

Tenant Tenant Tenant

A B
C
Storage

PROACT Cloud Services Powered by FlexPod

Service
Request

Traditional

Service
Available

Many Weeks or Months

Design and
Size

DC
Planning

Procure

Detailed
Design

Deploy

Test

With FlexPod

PROACT Consulting
PROACT Integration
Reference BoM
Validated design
Precise deployment
Standard test plan

> 50% Faster

DC
Planning

Deploy

Test

Service
Available

Rapid deployment of applications

Shared pools meet most requirements

Procure

Deploy

Benefits

PROACT IAAS

DC
Planning

Procure

Test

Service
Available

Agile service delivery

Higher productivity
Faster deployment
Higher quality
Simpler planning

Simplify Your Journey to the Cloud

Share

Point
Enterprise
Apps

MS
Apps

VDI

SQL

Server

VDI

Exch
2010

Secure Multi-Tenancy

Validated
Designs

Apps

Network

Hybrid

Storage

FlexPod
Validated Data Center
Design
PROACT Services and Support

Joint Pathways

Servers

Cloud Models
WHATS
THE
DIFFERENTIATORS?
THE
RIGHT
DIFFERENCE?
CLOUD?

Public
Secure
Secure

Private
Available
Secure

Enterprise
Flexible
Secure

Available

Available

Available

Flexible

Flexible

Flexible

Cloud Models
PROACTS HYBRID CLOUD

Buy or
buy as a
Service?

You host,
we host,
co-host?

HYBRID

You manage,
we manage,
co-manage?

Proact Cloud Portfolio

PROACTS MCS PORTFOLIO
Service Management

Enterprise

Private
FlexPo
dFlexPo
as a
d
as a
Service
Service
Storag
Storag
e
as e
a
as
a
Service
Service

DR
asDR
a
as
a
Service
Service

Backup
Backup
as a
as a
Service
Service

Softwa
Softwa
re
As re
a
As a
Service
Service
Infrastructur
Infrastructur
e
as ea
as a
Service
Service

FlexPod Support
Customer

Chartered to resolve
interoperability issues

Cooperative Support Model

If Development or Engineering Required

Process alignment for

cooperative support

Joint Support Lab

Cisco
Engineering

NetApp
Engineering

Coordinated real-time
engagements for
customers on supported
products

PROACTive infrastructure
Pay
per use

Service
Management
24x7
Support

>350
engineers

Hybrid
MCS

Pan
European
Application
Integration

Migration
Services

Location
independen
t

Orchestration

Flexible Standard
Converged Infrastructure

FlexPod Customers by PROACT

NetApp Sauber F1

FlexPod Benefits Summary

Data Center
Efficiency

Business Agility

Simplify the journey to

virtualization and cloud
with one platform from
three industry leaders

Flexible platform adapts

to a wide range of
application workloads and
use cases

Reduce OpEx and

increase resource
utilization

Flexible infrastructure
can grow and
scale to meet
cloud computing
requirements

Gain transparent
integration with existing
technology
Gain open integration with
third-party management
tools

Reduced Risk
Predesigned, validated
infrastructure
removes guesswork and
speeds deployment
Provide proactive,
predictive,
centralized management
Identify and resolve
problems with
24-hours-a-day
cooperative support

Delivered as product or as a service, location independent

Why Proact?

Experienced Proact engineers and consultants

Proact as one-entry support partner

Thank You