HP Virtual Connect Tarass Vercešuks / 3 rd of October, 2013
Trends Creating Data Center Network Challenges Trends 2 Challenges Virtualization Complexity Cloud Management Consumerization of IT Security Mobility Time to Service Pace of Change Cost
HP Virtual Connect An Essential building block for the virtualized, cloud-ready data-center The Other Way Simplify Change WEEKS MINUTES Improve productivity Simplify Connections 5 217PARTS 2 PARTS The world s simplest way to connect to any network
The simplest way to connect systems to any network HP Virtual Connect Over 8 million VC ports deployed around the world 2007 2008 2010 2012 TODAY Redefined server edge networking (Virtual Connect - wire once) Redefined Ethernet connectivity (VC Flex-10) Traditional Infrastructure From 217 Parts Redefined fabric convergence (VC FlexFabric) Redefined FC storage networking (VC Flat SAN) HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric To 2 Parts NEW HP Virtual Connect 4.1 73 parts 144 cables 2 parts No cables 95% Less parts 65% Less cost 40% Less power 6
HP BladeSystem c-class 10U 16 half-height blades HP Insight Display 7
HP BladeSystem C7000 - Interconnects With Without Virtual Connect Virtual Connect Consolidation 8
Virtual Connect Portfolio Wire-once connectivity across a wide range of choices VC FlexFabric Module 10Gb Ethernet, FCoE 8Gb Fibre Channel Converged FC gateway VC Flex-10/10D Module 10Gb Ethernet, FCoE Ethernet or Multi-hop FCoE VC Fibre Channel Modules 8Gb FC Native Fibre Channel SAN 9
Wire-once to simplify change Add, move or change physical servers and workloads in minutes Virtualize server IO creating a layer between servers and networks Server Server Server Server Virtual Connect LAN SAN Teams pre-provision network resources Assign profiles and mobilize servers & workloads transparently to networks 10
Infrastructure simplification with Flex-10 and FlexFabric
Simplify Connections: Flex-10 reduces up to 95% of edge networking infrastructure Flex-10 1Gb LOM Flex-10 LOM Traditional switch solution VC Flex-10 /10D& VC FC 40 parts 20 parts 50% reduction 95% reduction Carve up 10Gb into 4 connections Consolidate NIC & HBA connections Fine tune connection bandwidth 12 Flex Fabric Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject LOMto change without notice. VC FlexFabric and Flex-10/10D 2 parts
Optimized for Virtualization Virtual Connect and FlexFabric Adapters VMware Best Practice Network FlexFabric Adapter Service Console VM kernel (Vmotion) VM Network Storage Network Configuration ships standard on ProLiant G7 and Gen8 server blades FlexFabric Adapter = 6 FlexNICs and 2 FlexHBAs Plus up to 43% more bandwidth with 10GB! The right connections with the right bandwidth 13
Flexible solutions for the simplest server edge Converge and flatten edge infrastructure in virtualized environments with Virtual Connect LAN SAN LAN SAN LAN Enclosure convergence VC FlexFabric Module 95% fewer components 45% lower cost Rack convergence New v4.01 VC Flex-10/10D Modules 47% additional hardware savings FlatSAN VC FlexFabric Modules 86% Fewer components 50% lower cost New v3.70 14
Simplify Your Edge Infrastructure With current SAN and LAN Infrastructure intact VC FlexFabric 95% fewer NICs, HBAs & switches 65% lower cost 40% less power Management console VM migration VMs Storage Carve up 10Gb into 4 connections Assign to different apps/networks Dynamically adjust connection bandwidth Converge fabrics inside your enclosure Flex Fabric LOM LAN VC FlexFabric Modules SAN 2 parts 15
Simplify Your Edge Infrastructure With Convergence at Aggregation using Dual-hop VC Flex-10/10D and FlexFabric 95% fewer NICs, HBAs & switches 65% lower cost Management console VM migration VMs Storage 40% less power Carve up 10Gb into 4 connections LAN SAN Assign to different apps/networks Dynamically adjust connection bandwidth Converge fabrics inside your enclosure Flex Fabric LOM VC FlexFabric or Flex-10/10D Modules FCoE ToR switch 2 parts 16
The industry s first flat SAN architecture Eliminates 50% of SAN Fabric cost, complexity and bottlenecks VCE vblock 700 Cisco and EMC Complex, Multi-Tier Infrastructure HP VirtualSystem BladeSystem and 3PAR One-tier, flat SAN Save time Save Cost Improve Performance 2.5X Faster provisioning SAN Switch Layer Fabric Interconnect Layer 86% Fewer components 55% Lower latency Eliminate SAN switches and HBAs Faster Fibre Channel storage provisioning Single layer Fibre Channel storage network Massive simplification of your fabric management 17
Optimized QoS for any virtualized environment Bandwidth Optimization based on real-time usage Max Min Max Min Improve bandwidth utilization & performance Minimum guaranteed and maximum is best effort Share unused bandwidth proportionally among FlexNICs and FlexHBAs Ideal for bursty applications such as VM migration/backup Supported on Flex-10/10D, Flex-10 and FlexFabric adapters 18
Virtual Connect Priority Queue QoS Flexible options to meet different service levels Run VOIP, video and mission critical apps with confidence Simple setup QoS does not have to be complex 19 802.1Q L2 Priority Classification based classes 2 fixed - best effort and lossless (FCoE) 2 predefined - real time and medium (not enabled) 4 user defined
VC Traffic with and without QoS Traffic pre-4.00 or QoS pass-through Traffic with QoS Without QoS configured, traffic flows on a first in first out(fifo) basis During congestion, the traffic at the tail of the queue is dropped as shown above for packet number #6 20 With QoS configured, traffic flows according to resource allocation and priority Packets may enter in one order but exit in a different order based on priority During congestion, some packets may be dropped based on queue resource allocation
Network designed for virtualization
Virtual Connect is designed to ensure networking performance for virtualized, cloud-ready data centers Optimized for server to server traffic Supports East -West traffic flows Avoid increased latency of routing all traffic to network core Ideal for vmotion and other server-to-server traffic Avoid oversubscription 1:1 oversubscription within a single VC module 22
Improve upstream and East/West performance Reduce stacking and uplink bottlenecks Best Practice Configuration 4X10Gb redundant uplinks 4x10Gb internal stacking link 2x10Gb external stacking link capacity Increase traffic capacity North, east/west 23
Management
Simple, Comprehensive Virtual Connect management environment Provisioning & Configuration Server Profile and Address Management Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Virtual Connect Manager Integrated Enterprise Management Fault & performance monitoring Management security - MAC - WWN - Profiles - Domain Config. HP 3 rd Party Custom 28 Scalable management for small and large administrative teams
Virtual Connect Manager Embedded manager Single management context One to four enclosures with a shared configuration Hardware centric with device level configurations Focused on edge connectivity Wizards and prescribed workflows 29
Introducing HP OneView A fresh approach to infrastructure lifecycle management Tasks accomplished in seconds not minutes Simple, consumer-inspired user experience dramatically accelerates basic tasks and everyday processes Processes executed in minutes not hours Software-defined management provides fast repeatable IT delivery at lower cost with less errors Projects completed in hours not months Extensible, programmable platform to optimize your operations and project execution 30
Datacenter processes are built on 5 common tasks Simplifying these tasks radically accelerates all data center processes Identify Collect Understand Collaborate Communicate Identify what needs to change, fix or get done Collect information and find the devices involved Understand status and other dependencies Collaborate with teams to execute Notify teams of progress, completion or failure 31
Revolutionary, consumer-inspired user experience Radically simplify everyday tasks to accelerate every IT process Identify + Collect + Understand + Collaborate + Communicate Dashboard Smart Search Map View Templates Activity Feed Capacity and health at your fingertips Instantly find what you want Visualize relationships between devices Capture best-practices Instantly receive alerts, messages Basic tasks now take seconds and stay simple at any scale 32
Quick to setup Time to value in 15 minutes Delivered as an appliance Automated, Agentless Discovery of managed devices Ready to Run Virtual Appliance Setup in ~ 5 minutes Simple maintenance No OS agents No OS credentials required 33
Software-defined process templates Push-button provisioning and precision to eliminate errors and manual steps Infrastructure, workload, network set, firmware Built-in best practices reduces human error Repeatedly reduces time to infrastructure Role based collaboration makes processes serial Delivers compliance and consistency 34
Enclosure templates Consistent, automated enclosure configuration Enclosure captures desired configuration Enclosure Template Logical Interconnect Template Interconnects EBIPA Firmware Other enclosure settings Add a new one just like the last one Simplifies new enclosure deployment Template applied to the enclosures in the same group Configuration compliance and roll out 35
Logical interconnect templates Consistent, automated VC configuration Configuration Logical uplink configuration LAG and MLAG support Stacking domains Settings: e.g. port mirroring Firmware Controlled change rollout Associated with Enclosure Template VC automatically configured when new enclosure imported, based on associated enclosure template See interconnects out of compliance with the template Review, rollout, and rollback changes X1-S1 1 network 1 uplink X1-S2 1 network 1 uplink X3 3 networks 2 uplinks HP VC Flex Fabric 10Gb/24-Port empty empty Enclosure Template Logical Interconnect Template X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 X8 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 X8 HP VC Flex Fabric 10Gb/24-Port empty empty Interconnects empty empty 36
Powerful Converged Infrastructure (CI) Profile Software defined server, storage & network configurations Boot Config Storage Volumes BIOS & ilo Settings Firmware Identity IP Addresses vswitch Setup OS Build Plan Network Edge Connectivity Local RAID Config ESX Host Config NIC Teaming + access & monitoring = of server hardware the best Converged Experience 37
Management data where you need it! At-a-glance view of Virtual Connect in your ecosystem with Insight Control plug-ins New v7.3 New v7.3 vcenter Server TM Automate mapping of VC profile to ESX cluster configurations 80% reduction in configuration time Automatic discovery with end-to-end topology display From one screen, monitor, and troubleshoot & launch VCM/VCEM HP Intelligent Management Center Rich automated discovery and topology display of VC modules From IMC, monitor, and troubleshoot & launch VCM/VCEM in an HP or multi-vendor network 38
Resources
HP Virtual Connect The world s simplest, most flexible way to connect servers to any network Learn more about Virtual Connect technology Download HP Virtual Connect for DUMMIES www.hp.com/go/virtualconnect Learn more about HP OneView Download OneView (includes 60-day Trial) http://www.hp.com/go/oneview 40
HP BladeSystem Starter Kit Value proposition Increasing business demand for instant access from anywhere to any service in real-time to drive the needs for virtualized environment Flexibility and Manageability Based on HP BladeSystem, the world s most advanced blade infrastructure with Gen8 technologies in a future-proof design. Offer The HP BladeSystem Starter Kit provides you an entry into the blade world. Secure your c7000 platinum enclosure for 1 Every starter kit comes with 2 ProLiant Gen8 blades, 2 Virtual Connect modules and Proactive Care services. Period Aug 1 st 2013 Jan 31 st 2014 Entry Starter-Kit BL420c Converged Starter-Kit BL460c / BL465c Scale-Up Starter-Kit BL660c BUY and GET For basic applications & virtualization For converged virtualization For enterprise class applications For 1 * HP C7000 Platinum enclosure 41 * To be converted in local currency
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