Cisco Cisco UCS Director 4.0 White Paper
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Application Infrastructure on Demand with Cisco UCS Director and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
March 2015
deployment units you use—racks, rows, and pods—tend to become a new type of silo
because Layer 2 networks do not interconnect them.
because Layer 2 networks do not interconnect them.
Transforming Application Infrastructure Delivery
Cisco has a solution that transforms the way that you design and deliver application
infrastructure, helping you overcome the challenges you face while reducing capital
expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx). Our solution combines Cisco
UCS® Director with Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) to deliver a
foundational automation layer for deployment of data center and cloud solutions.
Cisco has a solution that transforms the way that you design and deliver application
infrastructure, helping you overcome the challenges you face while reducing capital
expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx). Our solution combines Cisco
UCS® Director with Cisco® Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) to deliver a
foundational automation layer for deployment of data center and cloud solutions.
The solution lets you design and deliver standard application infrastructure with
click-of-the mouse simplicity. The combination of tools provides you with single-
pane orchestration and management for your entire application infrastructure,
including computing, networking, and storage resources. Intelligent telemetry gives
you visibility into the physical infrastructure supporting virtual environments, with the
capability to dynamically reconfigure the network to avoid hot spots. Data center
operations are simplified with policy-based orchestration to place workloads, and
later move them, anywhere in your data center, eliminating stranded resources. Your
business benefits with a scalable network that interconnects resources anywhere in
your environment.
click-of-the mouse simplicity. The combination of tools provides you with single-
pane orchestration and management for your entire application infrastructure,
including computing, networking, and storage resources. Intelligent telemetry gives
you visibility into the physical infrastructure supporting virtual environments, with the
capability to dynamically reconfigure the network to avoid hot spots. Data center
operations are simplified with policy-based orchestration to place workloads, and
later move them, anywhere in your data center, eliminating stranded resources. Your
business benefits with a scalable network that interconnects resources anywhere in
your environment.
Main Foundational Elements
The foundation for automation of data center and cloud solutions includes three
essential capabilities:
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The foundation for automation of data center and cloud solutions includes three
essential capabilities:
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Secure multitenancy partitions computing, networking, and storage resources
into individual, secure tenant containers reserved for specific tenant use. Your
clients typically pay for the capability to use resources, which can range from
physical servers to virtual machines, from basic networking capabilities to security
appliances, and from virtual disks to complete storage systems. With secure
multitenancy, clients can be assured that the resources they reserve will be
consumed and used only by the appropriate users.
into individual, secure tenant containers reserved for specific tenant use. Your
clients typically pay for the capability to use resources, which can range from
physical servers to virtual machines, from basic networking capabilities to security
appliances, and from virtual disks to complete storage systems. With secure
multitenancy, clients can be assured that the resources they reserve will be
consumed and used only by the appropriate users.
•
Rapid infrastructure deployment occurs through the use of application profiles
that define specific application requirements across computing, networking, and
storage resources. Application profiles are like blueprints that guide the creation
of supporting infrastructure for a specific application configuration. For example,
one-, two-, and three-tier environments are common, and standardizing on a set
of commonly used profiles can meet the needs of most applications. Application
profiles reduce time-to-value by delivering consistent infrastructure tailored to
each application and simplifying the ordering process so that clients can get the
infrastructure they need with a few clicks of the mouse. Because application
profiles define physical infrastructure through software, the process of modifying
existing profiles or cloning profiles is simple and straightforward.
that define specific application requirements across computing, networking, and
storage resources. Application profiles are like blueprints that guide the creation
of supporting infrastructure for a specific application configuration. For example,
one-, two-, and three-tier environments are common, and standardizing on a set
of commonly used profiles can meet the needs of most applications. Application
profiles reduce time-to-value by delivering consistent infrastructure tailored to
each application and simplifying the ordering process so that clients can get the
infrastructure they need with a few clicks of the mouse. Because application
profiles define physical infrastructure through software, the process of modifying
existing profiles or cloning profiles is simple and straightforward.
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A self-service portal allows clients to deploy resources allocated to them and
perform lifecycle management on these resources without any intervention by
IT staff. End users, administrators, and application developers can order from
service catalogs and take delivery of consistent infrastructure resources with
click-of-the-mouse simplicity. Every aspect of infrastructure provisioning at the
server, network, and storage levels is automated to give your business the speed
and rapid time-to-value it needs through automated delivery of resources.
perform lifecycle management on these resources without any intervention by
IT staff. End users, administrators, and application developers can order from
service catalogs and take delivery of consistent infrastructure resources with
click-of-the-mouse simplicity. Every aspect of infrastructure provisioning at the
server, network, and storage levels is automated to give your business the speed
and rapid time-to-value it needs through automated delivery of resources.
An
application profile defines the
end-to-end application infrastructure
that Cisco UCS Director establishes.
It includes computing, network, and
storage characteristics, class of ser-
vice, and communication policies.
An
An
application-centric network pro-
file, or network profile, defines the
network infrastructure that Cisco ACI
establishes in the form of a network
container.
A
A
network container is the pol-
icy-based, end-to-end network
infrastructure into which Cisco UCS
Director places computing and stor-
age resources.