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Better Together: Cisco
UCS and VMware vRealize
Operations
vRealize Operations was built to
meet the challenges of managing
and operating today’s virtualized and
cloud environments. Although you may
be running this software on another
platform today, you can go further faster
when you pair it with Cisco UCS.
meet the challenges of managing
and operating today’s virtualized and
cloud environments. Although you may
be running this software on another
platform today, you can go further faster
when you pair it with Cisco UCS.
Intelligent Operations: Work Smarter,
Not Harder
Not Harder
With vRealize Operations, you can use
self-learning tools, predictive analysis,
and smart alerts to proactively monitor
application health. Now you can identify
and resolve potential problems before
they affect your system. Predictive
analysis helps you with capacity
planning. Predictive analysis, along
with smart alerts, helps you optimize
application performance and availability.
The software’s self-learning tools help
you be more application aware.
self-learning tools, predictive analysis,
and smart alerts to proactively monitor
application health. Now you can identify
and resolve potential problems before
they affect your system. Predictive
analysis helps you with capacity
planning. Predictive analysis, along
with smart alerts, helps you optimize
application performance and availability.
The software’s self-learning tools help
you be more application aware.
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Performance management: vRealize
Operations helps you manage
application performance. Cisco
UCS gives you better underlying
performance at the foundation.
Cisco Data Center Virtual Machine
Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)
technology allows you to connect
virtual machines directly to physical
network interface cards (NICs).
Bypassing the hypervisor and
software switching
Operations helps you manage
application performance. Cisco
UCS gives you better underlying
performance at the foundation.
Cisco Data Center Virtual Machine
Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)
technology allows you to connect
virtual machines directly to physical
network interface cards (NICs).
Bypassing the hypervisor and
software switching
With the close integration of Cisco
UCS management and vSphere,
UCS management and vSphere,
these physical NICs are prepared on
a new server as VMware VMotion
moves a virtual machine between
servers. After the virtual machine is
relocated, it finds the exact same
network connectivity in its new
location (Figure 1).
Simplifying management, Cisco
SingleConnect technology elevates
virtual connections to the same
level as physical connections. This
feature allows you to use the same
network management tools that you
use with physical networks to detect
and resolve any problems or issues
with your virtual networks. No other
vendor provides this level of visibility
and control.
a new server as VMware VMotion
moves a virtual machine between
servers. After the virtual machine is
relocated, it finds the exact same
network connectivity in its new
location (Figure 1).
Simplifying management, Cisco
SingleConnect technology elevates
virtual connections to the same
level as physical connections. This
feature allows you to use the same
network management tools that you
use with physical networks to detect
and resolve any problems or issues
with your virtual networks. No other
vendor provides this level of visibility
and control.
•
Capacity management: Imagine
physical infrastructure that’s as easily
to provision as virtual infrastructure.
vRealize Operations helps you
understand when you need to
provision more resources or deploy
a spare server. And Cisco UCS helps
you manage physical resources
without the time-consuming, error-
prone, manual configuration process
that can result in downtime.
Rapid provisioning and
deprovisioning through software-
defined infrastructure management
lets you scale easily. Cisco UCS
management can establish a
server’s identity, configuration, and
connectivity in minutes so that a hot
spare can replace a failed server
quickly and easily.
physical infrastructure that’s as easily
to provision as virtual infrastructure.
vRealize Operations helps you
understand when you need to
provision more resources or deploy
a spare server. And Cisco UCS helps
you manage physical resources
without the time-consuming, error-
prone, manual configuration process
that can result in downtime.
Rapid provisioning and
deprovisioning through software-
defined infrastructure management
lets you scale easily. Cisco UCS
management can establish a
server’s identity, configuration, and
connectivity in minutes so that a hot
spare can replace a failed server
quickly and easily.
•
Application aware: Together, Cisco
UCS and vRealize Operations
UCS and vRealize Operations
comprehend application
requirements and mold the
environment to best support them.
Today, Cisco UCS and vSphere
coordinate virtual machine movement
so that the physical infrastructure
and the virtual infrastructure are
synchronized. As you begin to
deploy Cisco Application Centric
Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) in
virtualized environments, you will
notice a close relationship between
requirements and mold the
environment to best support them.
Today, Cisco UCS and vSphere
coordinate virtual machine movement
so that the physical infrastructure
and the virtual infrastructure are
synchronized. As you begin to
deploy Cisco Application Centric
Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) in
virtualized environments, you will
notice a close relationship between
Lower Infrastructure Cost per
Server
Server costs are significant, but so is
the cost of the infrastructure to support
each server. SingleConnect technology
dramatically reduces the number of
interfaces, cables, and switches needed
to support Cisco UCS blade servers.
The result is an average per-server
infrastructure cost for 96 servers of
US$2194 for Cisco UCS compared to
US$4316 for an HP system with HP
OneView* and US$4809 for a Lenovo
system with Lenovo Flex System
Manager, more than double the cost of
Cisco UCS.
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$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
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Chassis, I/O, and Management Costs (US Dollars)
Number of Chassis Slots
Cisco UCS
HP BladeSystem c7000
Lenovo FlexSystem
*Based on the Cisco UCS
manufacturer’s suggested retail price
(MSRP) and HP and Lenovo retail price
on May 21, 2015.