CISCO UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS FOR MIDSIZE DATA CENTERS ON VBLOCK SYSTEM 200

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Contents Introduction... 4 Technology overview... 5 Vblock Systems... 5 Cisco Unified Communications... 5 Collaboration... 5 Applications... 6 Use case... 7 Situation... 7 Solution... 7 Benefits... 8 Conclusion... 9 Next Steps... 9 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 3

Introduction Business case With the rise of globalization and distributed and mobile workforces, the need for realtime information exchange is increasingly embedded in the way enterprises do business. With Cisco Unified Communications (UC) and collaboration applications, customers can quickly provide the business value of Cisco industry-leading communication and collaboration applications. In the past, capital and operating expenditures, as well as existing infrastructure and staff, have made it difficult for midsize data centers to offer Cisco UC applications with the performance and availability businesses are accustomed to. The challenge now is to provide the value of these applications in an IT infrastructure that is right-sized for midsize data centers. Solution Vblock Systems offer a predictable infrastructure growth model and easy scalability to meet today s needs and manage tomorrow s growth, allowing customers to focus on IT strategy and planning and not worry about capital and operating expenses while doing so. Vblock Systems deliver repeatable, standardized architectures, and VCE design guidelines optimize the platform according to validated UC behavior to ensure enterprise-grade performance and availability. Management tools like VCE Vision Intelligent Operations greatly simplify training, operation, and maintenance with a consistent management experience across different workloads and the Vblock Systems family. Audience Business decision makers in technical, financial, operational, line-of-business, and strategic positions considering virtualized IT infrastructures in midsize and distributed location environments. Feedback To suggest documentation changes and provide feedback on this paper, send e-mail to docfeedback@vce.com. Include the name of this paper, the name of the topic to which your comment applies, and your feedback. 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 4

Technology overview This section describes the technology components discussed in this paper. Vblock Systems The Vblock System from VCE is the world's most advanced converged infrastructure one that optimizes infrastructure, lowers costs, secures the environment, simplifies management, speeds deployment, and promotes innovation. The Vblock System is designed as one architecture that spans the entire portfolio, includes best-in-class components, offers a single point of contact from initiation through support, and provides the industry's most robust range of configurations. The Vblock System 200 is right-sized to meet the capacity, workload, and space requirements of midsized data centers and distributed enterprise remote offices. By leveraging the Vblock System 200, companies experience the repeatability, architecture standardization, implementation flexibility, and business results synonymous with Vblock Systems. With pre-defined, variable configurations, the Vblock System 200 balances real workload requirements with fastest time to value, reducing risk and complexity. The Vblock System 200 is designed to: Bring the power and benefits of the Vblock System family into a value-focused solution Deliver core IT services (file/print and domain) for mid-sized data centers and distributed enterprise remote locations Provide development/test and co-location data center support Efficiently handle mixed workload requirements for mid-sized data centers Offer business applications with data segregation requirements (such as ediscovery and earchive) with predictable performance and operational characteristics Cisco Unified Communications Collaboration Cisco UC delivers a high-quality, highly secure experience across any workspace, which can help your organization: Shorten sales and customer service cycles Reduce time-to-market Adapt more quickly to market changes Encourage innovation 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 5

Applications Cisco UC uses the network as a platform for collaboration, allowing you to deploy applications onsite, on-demand, and in blended deployment models. The product portfolio includes: Collaboration applications Voice, video, and web conferencing; messaging; mobile applications; and enterprise social software keep you connected and productive. Customer collaboration Working closer to customers, while increasing satisfaction, and loyalty. Proactively connect people with the information, expertise, and support they need. Telepresence Cisco Telepresence powers a new way of working, where everyone, everywhere can be more productive through face-to-face collaboration. 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 6

Use case Vblock System 200 is right-sized to deliver the scale and capabilities for a midsize UC deployment with up to 30,000 endpoints, with the enterprise-grade performance of a larger Vblock System 300 family or Vblock System 700 family product. Situation A company with a midsize data center wants to provide UC applications to its workers or migrate existing UC application workloads from a physical to a virtual infrastructure, using its existing IT staff and operating budget. Solution Vblock System 200 offers an optimized converged infrastructure that can scale from 4 to 12 UCS C220 M3 Rack Servers, allowing customers to expand the infrastructure as necessary or host other workloads on the same infrastructure. Vblock System 200 offers external shared storage that can supports both file and block access, allowing UC applications to fully leverage virtualization as well as advanced storage optimization techniques. This solution provides customers with enterprise capabilities, midsize cost, and operational ease. 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 7

Benefits Providing your organization UC applications on a Vblock System 200 allows you to address your enterprise business needs with a solution sized for you: Enterprise infrastructure optimized specifically for UC applications Flexible and turnkey IT infrastructure for easy scaling and mixed application workloads Reduced capital costs compared with traditional physical servers Consistent operational experience using tools like VCE Vision Intelligent Operations for reduced staffing and operating costs 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 8

Conclusion Vblock System 200 allows midsize customers to provide enterprise-caliber applications like Cisco Unified Communications without huge capital outlays or increased operating expenses. Vblock System 200 is built as part of a system architecture that is consistent from model to model and includes management tools such VCE Vision Intelligent Operations for simple, affordable deployments. With Vblock System 200, customers enjoy the same enterprise quality, performance, and availability as larger data centers, with a fraction of the cost and effort required, making it a perfect complement for Cisco Unified Communications and collaboration applications. Next Steps To learn more about this and other solutions, contact a VCE representative or visit www.vce.com. 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 9

ABOUT VCE VCE, formed by Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel, accelerates the adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing models that dramatically reduce the cost of IT while improving time to market for our customers. VCE, through the Vblock Systems, delivers the industry's only fully integrated and fully virtualized cloud infrastructure system. VCE solutions are available through an extensive partner network, and cover horizontal applications, vertical industry offerings, and application development environments, allowing customers to focus on business innovation instead of integrating, validating, and managing IT infrastructure. For more information, go to http://www.vce.com. Copyright 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All rights reserved. Vblock and the VCE logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of VCE Company, LLC and/or its affiliates in the United States or other countries. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. 2013 VCE Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.