Cisco Cisco UCS Director 5.0 White Paper
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Application Infrastructure on Demand with Cisco UCS Director and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
March 2015
(Figure 6). Application profiles can be parameterized, so your clients can order
application infrastructure that is customized for their specific needs. This model
accelerates not just deployment, but also development and test cycles because
application infrastructure can be easily created and discarded during rapid
development cycles.
application infrastructure that is customized for their specific needs. This model
accelerates not just deployment, but also development and test cycles because
application infrastructure can be easily created and discarded during rapid
development cycles.
After your clients have ordered the infrastructure they need, they can review
the status of all application services and the deployment progress of application
components (Figure 7).
the status of all application services and the deployment progress of application
components (Figure 7).
Deploy Applications Automatically
After you have a service catalog set up, clients can order application infrastructure
on demand, as they need it. This section describes how your client multitenant
environment is set up, and how Cisco UCS Director coordinates with the various
domain managers and controllers to rapidly deploy application infrastructure that
your clients request. When your client makes a selection from the service catalog,
Cisco UCS Director coordinates with domain controllers, including Cisco APIC,
Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS), VMware vSphere, and storage
system controllers such as NetApp Data ONTAP, to accomplish the necessary tasks
without human intervention.
on demand, as they need it. This section describes how your client multitenant
environment is set up, and how Cisco UCS Director coordinates with the various
domain managers and controllers to rapidly deploy application infrastructure that
your clients request. When your client makes a selection from the service catalog,
Cisco UCS Director coordinates with domain controllers, including Cisco APIC,
Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS), VMware vSphere, and storage
system controllers such as NetApp Data ONTAP, to accomplish the necessary tasks
without human intervention.
Cisco UCS Director and Cisco ACI Set Up a Multitenant Environment
When resources are allocated to a tenant, Cisco UCS Director and Cisco ACI
establish management, storage, and host endpoint groups to contain and manage
the accessibility of the resources contained in a tenant environment (Figure 8).
• A
When resources are allocated to a tenant, Cisco UCS Director and Cisco ACI
establish management, storage, and host endpoint groups to contain and manage
the accessibility of the resources contained in a tenant environment (Figure 8).
• A
management endpoint group establishes a management network for
the tenant container, allowing access to server management interfaces and
hypervisor management interfaces.
hypervisor management interfaces.
Figure 7. Status Display for a Service Request