VMware Software-Defined Datacenter Software Plattformen übernehmen Funktionen der Hardware David Kernahan Senior Systems Engineer VMware Switzerland GmbH 2014 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
Agenda 1 VMware Strategy & Vision 2 Software-Defined Datacenter 3 Software-Defined Storage (VSAN) 4 Software-Defined Network (NSX) 5 EVO: Rail
Empowering IT as a Service with a Software-Defined Enterprise VMware vcloud Air or others Redefine Efficiency & Agility Through the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Provide Choice Without Sacrificing Security & Control with Hybrid Cloud Computing Empower the Workforce with Secure Mobility Mobile Cloud VMware vcloud Suite VMware Horizon Editions
The Foundation for the Software-Defined Enterprise VMware Horizon Editions End User Computing Desktop Virtual Workspace Mobile Applications Traditional Modern SaaS VMware vcloud Suite Software-Defined Data Center Policy-based Management & Automation Cloud Automation Cloud Operations Cloud Business Compute Abstraction = Server Virtualization Virtualized Infrastructure Abstract & Pool Network Abstraction = Virtual Networking Storage Abstraction = Software-Defined Storage Private Clouds Hybrid Cloud VMware & vcloud Data Center Partners Public Clouds Physical Hardware Compute Network Storage
The Software-Defined Datacenter 2014 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
Why Software-Defined Data Centers?
Two reasons for Virtualizing Cost per VM 1 Standardization and pooling 2 Automation & Operations Management 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% Optimization
Major Benefits Achieved Much More is Possible! Past Present Enterprise storage + VLAN networks Firewall, load-balancer $10,000 10 weeks $1,800 $300 52 days, minutes IDS, security, monitoring Availability
SDDC = Major Breakthrough in Speed and Agility Virtual Data Center Software-Defined Data Center Services 5 days 3 minutes
From Virtualization to SDDC One Destination, Two Paths Operations Management Software-Defined Storage and Availability Virtual Networking and Security Cloud Service Provisioning SDDC VMware vcloud Suite Virtual
Software-Defined Data Center is the Future of IT Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Components 11
Software-Defined Storage (SDS)?
VMware Software-Defined Storage VMware SDS enables policy-driven, dynamic composition of storage services based on application needs Policy-driven Control Plane Virtual Data Services Data Protection Mobility Performance Interface between apps and storage services Interprets VM-policies and composes service Initial placement and on-going optimization Applied to individual VMs Dynamically invoked by control plane Array-based, hypervisor, 3 rd party VA Hypervisor-converged Storage pool Virtual Data Plane SAN/NAS Pool Object Storage Pool Storage container = app container (i.e. VM) HW capabilities expressed to the control plane Data persistency on x-86 (hyper-converged) x86 Servers SAN / NAS Cloud Object Storage 13
VMworld 2014 - Themes and Announcements Cloud And Management Automation Control Plane Integrations Self-service consumption of SDS SPBM integrations with vcac, OpenStack, PowerShell Storage Policy-Based Storage Mgmt. Policy-Based Mgmt. vsphere + VSAN vsphere + VVOL Virtual Volumes Extends SDS to SAN/NAS Beta Program Day 0 support announcements from partners SSD HDD SSD HDD SSD HDD Virtual SAN Shared Datastore VMware Virtual SAN 5.5 300+ customers Best of Interop and TechEd 30+ Ready Nodes from all major OEMs View Ref. Arch. And bundles SAN/NAS CONFIDENTIAL 14
VMware Virtual SAN 2014 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
VMware Virtual SAN Wins Best of TechEd 2014 http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/tag/best-of-teched-award
VMware Virtual SAN Hypervisor-Converged storage platform vsphere + Virtual SAN SSD Hard disks SSD SSD Hard disks Hard disks Virtual SAN Shared Datastore Software-defined storage software solution. Aggregates locally attached storage from each ESXi host in a cluster. Flash optimized storage solution. VM-Centric data operations and policy driven management principals. Resilient design based on a Distributed RAID architecture No single points of failures Fully integrated with vsphere. 17
VMware Virtual SAN Radically Simple Hypervisor-Converged Storage Software vsphere + Virtual SAN SSD Hard disks SSD SSD Hard disks Hard disks Virtual SAN Shared Datastore Hybrid storage solution Magnetic disks (HDD) Flash based disks (SSD) Storage scale out architecture built into the hypervisor Dynamic capacity and performance scalability Object based storage architecture Interoperable with vsphere and enterprise features: vmotion, DRS, vsphere HA 18
Software Defined Network (SDN)?
VMware NSX Overview 2014 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
Software-Defined Networking!= Network Virtualization (Its all about your perspective) NSX Overview Video 21
Why Network Virtualization Solution: Physical Virtualize Network: the A Network Barrier to Software Defined Data Center VDC SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATACENTER SERVICES Provisioning Programmatic is provisioning slow Placement any workload is limited anywhere Mobility Move any is workload limited anywhere Hardware Decoupled dependent from hardware Operationally intensive efficient Network Virtualization Abstraction Layer Compute Virtualization Abstraction Layer Physical Infrastructure
VMware NSX The Platform for Network Virtualization Logical Switching Layer 2 over Layer 3, decoupled from the physical network Any Application (without modification) Virtual Networks Any Cloud Management Platform VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform Logical Firewall Logical Load Balancer Logical VPN Logical L2 Any Hypervisor Logical L3 Any Network Hardware Logical Routing Routing between virtual networks without exiting the software container Logical Firewall Distributed Firewall, Kernel Integrated, High Performance Logical Load Balancer Application Load Balancing in software Logical VPN Site-to-Site & Remote Access VPN in software NSX API RESTful API for integration into any Cloud Management Platform Partner Eco-System
VMware NSX Networking & Security Capabilities Any Application (without modification) Virtual Networks Automation & Operations API Driven Integration Service Composer for Security Workflows Server Access Monitoring Troubleshooting & Visibility Any Cloud Management Platform VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform Logical Firewall Logical Load Balancer Logical VPN Logical L2 Any Hypervisor Logical L3 Any Network Hardware Rich Networking & Security Services Scalable Logical Switching Physical to Virtual L2 Bridging Dynamic L3 Routing: OSPF, BGP, IS-IS Logical Services: Firewall, Identity-based Firewall, Loadbalancing, VPN (IPSec, SSL, L2VPN) Partner Extensibility Physical ToR L2 Integration Security Services IDS / IPS, AV, Vulnerability Mgmt Network Services Load Balancers, WAN Optimization
Northbound REST API NSX How it Works Data Plane Control Plane VM1 VM1 Hypervisor 10.1.1.10 IP Transport Network NSX Edge Corpnet 20.1.1.2 VLAN 9 Existing DC Network(s) 10.2.2.10 11.1.1.10 VM2 VM3 VM2 VM4 VM5 10.97.110.10 VM1 VM2 Virtual Network Corpnet 20.1.1.2 1 2 VM1 VM2 1 2 Cloud Management Platform NSX Controller Cluster VM3 192.168.1.0/24 VM4 VLAN 9 VM5
VMware EVO:RAIL Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance 2014 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
Challenges in Making SDDC Happen Setup Understand where to begin Organizational structure and process changes Design a reference architecture Procure components from different vendors Time investment before first VM deployment Provisioning Make disparate infrastructure nodes (compute, storage and networking) work together Lack of automation and tools for workload provisioning and deployment Many points of control Lifecycle Management and Support Troubleshooting Support calls to multiple vendors Business interruption during patching and upgrades 27
One Destination, Three Approaches Software-Defined Data Center Build Your Own Hardware components (e.g. compute, storage, networking) procured separately Converged Infrastructure Traditional data center components (e.g. shared storage hardware, servers, switches) integrated and sold in a single chassis Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Integration of hardware (compute, storage and networking) with software that provides a single point of entry for SDDC lifecycle management 28
VMware Provides Choice to Customers Build Your Own Maximum customization and flexibility (hardware selection, scalability) Converged Infrastructure Ease of procurement Custom fit to environment No limitations on scalability One support call NEW Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Ease of procurement via prescriptive approach Strong economics Faster time to deployment Simplified SDDC lifecycle management One support call 29
Introducing VMware EVO:RAIL TM Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance Powered by VMware 30
VMware EVO:RAIL Simplify How You Buy, Deploy and Operate Your SDDC EVO:RAIL software with vsphere and Virtual SAN technology is the key enabler Single SKU procurement model creates design and price predictability Simple, streamlined deployment and ongoing SDDC lifecycle management One support call 31
VMware EVO:RAIL Delivers Hyper-Converged Infrastructure VMware EVO:RAIL Appliance New New EVO:RAIL Software Bundle EVO:RAIL rapid deployment, configuration, and management engine Compute, network & storage virtualization with vsphere and Virtual SAN VMware Support & Services (SnS) Software bundle provided to qualifying partners via a Franchise Like Model 2U/4-Node hardware platform optimized for EVO:RAIL 4 independent nodes for compute, network, and storage Each node has dual processors & 192GB of Memory Total of 16TB of Flash and HDD Storage via Virtual SAN Phone and in-field HW & SW Support & Services (SnS) Simplicity Transformed Power-on to VM creation in minutes, radically easy VM deployment, one-click non-disruptive patch and upgrades, simplified management Software Defined Building Block Delivering compute, network, and storage resources for server or desktop workloads Trusted Foundation 100% VMware software Highly Resilient by Design Fault tolerance within and across appliances Infrastructure at the Speed of Innovation Simplify design with predictable sizing and scaling, streamline purchase and deployment Freedom of Choice Variety of partner systems & value-add offerings
x4 TOR Switch Key Features Prescribed 2U/4N platform from qualified partners Automated scale out up to 4 HCIAs General Purpose Server workloads ~100 VMs per HCIA VDI ~250 VMs per HCIA Time to value to first VM in minutes from power on Non disruptive patch & upgrade Primary use cases: x3 x2 x1 VDI ROBO Virtual Private Cloud Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance (HCIA) 33
High Level Specifications Per Node Per Appliance Dual Intel E5-26x0v2 6 core processors 192 GB memory 3 x 1.2 TB HDD 1 x 400 GB Intel SSD 2 x 10 GbE NIC port 1 x 1GbE management port 48 CPU cores ~ 100 GHz 768 GB memory capacity 14.4 TB storage capacity 1.6 TB flash capacity 80 GbE network bandwidth Dual redundant power supplies 34
Simplified Linear Scale Out Scale performance, bandwidth, and capacity by simply adding appliances Each appliance adds compute, networking, and storage resources in minutes New appliances are automatically discovered Add to the cluster with zero configuration Supports 4 appliances (16 hosts) in v1 300 VMs 750 Desktops 400 VMs 1000 Desktops 200 VMs 500 Desktops 100 VMs 250 Desktops General-purpose VM profile: 2 vcpu, 4GB vmem,60gb of vdisk, with redundancy Horizon View virtual desktop profile: 2 vcpu, 2GB vmem, 32GB vdisk linked clones
Ideal Environments for EVO:RAIL Virtual Desktop Solution POC and Pay & Scale as you grow R&D and Test Environments Tight budget for compute/storage; Quick deployment of infrastructure Remote/Branch Office Locations Data Center in a Box Private Cloud Infrastructure On-site cloud for employees or customers; Off-site co-located Limited IT staff - Simplified, repeatable deployment/management Geographic Data Locality Limited footprint for in-country solution VDI ROBO Virtual Private Cloud 36
EVO: RAIL Configuration EVO: RAIL Configuration has three options: Just Go! or Customize Me! or Upload Configuration File. With Just Go!, EVO: RAIL automatically configures a default set of IP addresses and hostnames for extremely VDI fast deployment in a green-field scenario. Configure your TOR switch and click the Just Go! button. All you have to create are two passwords. With Customize Me!, customers can specify the following configuration parameters: Hostnames for vcenter Server and ESXi hosts naming scheme Networking (IP ranges and/or VLAN ID): ESXi, Virtual SAN, vsphere vmotion, vcenter Server, VM Networks ROBO Passwords: ESXi hosts and vcenter Server; optional Active Directory authentication Globals: Time zone; your existing NTP, DNS, and Proxy servers; logging: vcenter Log Insight or third-party syslog server With Upload Configuration File, an existing json configuration file can be selected and uploaded. EVO: RAIL verifies the configuration data, and then builds the appliance. EVO: RAIL implements data services, creates Virtual Private Cloud the new ESXi hosts, and configures vcenter Server. The final screen contains the link to EVO: RAIL Management. 37
EVO:RAIL - Global Reach and Customer Choice Availability starting in 2H of 2014 38
VMware EVO:RAIL Summary Technical Value OpEx savings Simplified planning and deployment Pre-loaded software with configuration finished in minutes One-click update and patch Consistent hardware experience Same hardware and ensured interoperability Known sizing and scaling steps Integrate with existing network and storage solutions or use standalone Business Value CapEx savings Server storage economics Pay-as-you-grow Meet business requirements Faster deployments and fewer touch-points Simplified procurement Single SKU for all hardware, software & support Choice of preferred OEM partners Building block for the future SDDC, end-user computing, hybrid cloud connector 39
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