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Application Infrastructure on Demand with Cisco UCS Director and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
March 2015
with the number of CPUs and the memory characteristics defined in the application
profile.
profile.
Cisco UCS Director Deploys Physical Servers
Similarly, Cisco UCS Director deploys physical blade or rack servers according to
the application profile. In the case in the example, it deploys two Cisco UCS C460
M4 Rack Servers to be used as bare-metal database servers.
Similarly, Cisco UCS Director deploys physical blade or rack servers according to
the application profile. In the case in the example, it deploys two Cisco UCS C460
M4 Rack Servers to be used as bare-metal database servers.
Because the servers are already part of the inventory owned by the secure
multitenant environment, all Cisco UCS Director needs to do to deploy the physical
servers in the network container is to update the servers’ Cisco UCS service profiles
to use the new port profiles. After the new port profiles are configured on the
servers, Cisco ACI recognizes the servers as belonging to the database port group.
multitenant environment, all Cisco UCS Director needs to do to deploy the physical
servers in the network container is to update the servers’ Cisco UCS service profiles
to use the new port profiles. After the new port profiles are configured on the
servers, Cisco ACI recognizes the servers as belonging to the database port group.
Cisco UCS Director Connects Servers to Storage
Both physical servers and virtual machines can connect to virtualized shared storage
systems to manage application data. Connecting either type of server to storage
means setting up a NIC on the server and applying a port profile that gives the
server access to connect to the storage EPG.
Both physical servers and virtual machines can connect to virtualized shared storage
systems to manage application data. Connecting either type of server to storage
means setting up a NIC on the server and applying a port profile that gives the
server access to connect to the storage EPG.
Cisco UCS Director configures storage for physical and virtual servers that have the
right performance and reliability characteristics by interfacing through the storage
system controllers.
right performance and reliability characteristics by interfacing through the storage
system controllers.
Summary of Logical and Physical Configuration
The application container is now configured with computing, network, and storage
resources (Figure 10). Cisco UCS Director directed Cisco APIC to create the
network container. It worked with Cisco UCS Manager to create virtual machines
and configure physical servers. It worked with storage controllers to configure virtual
storage devices to serve the needs of the computing resources.
The application container is now configured with computing, network, and storage
resources (Figure 10). Cisco UCS Director directed Cisco APIC to create the
network container. It worked with Cisco UCS Manager to create virtual machines
and configure physical servers. It worked with storage controllers to configure virtual
storage devices to serve the needs of the computing resources.
Cisco UCS Director
Application Catalog
Application
Profile
Controllers
Computing
Network
Storage
Load Balancer
Firewall
Web
Web
Web
Web
Web
App
APP
APP
DB
DB
DB
Cisco UCS Manager and VMware vSphere
Storage Controllers
Storage
Storage
Web
Local Storage
App
DB
• High IOPS
• Mirrored
• 2 (High IOPS)
• 2 (High IOPS)
• Mirroring
Network Container With
Layer 4 Through 7 Services
Network
APIC
Web
App
DB
Layer 4-7 Services
Stateful Firewall
Connection to
Connection to
Application
Web EPG
App EPG
DB Tier
Storage
Storage
Load Balancer
Packet Filtering
Physical Servers and Virtual Machines
Computing
Web
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App
APP
APP
DB
DB
DB
Web
App
DB
2 UCS C460 M4
1 TB Memory
2 Virtual Machines,
10 GB
8 Virtual Machines,
8 Virtual Machines,
10 GB
Figure 10. Cisco UCS Director Interfaces with Controllers to Deploy Computing, Network, and
Storage Infrastructure
Storage Infrastructure