Cisco Cisco UCS B260 M4 Blade Server Guia De Informação
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Bob Rudy
Chief Information Officer
Avago Technologies
Solution
Avago met its goals with the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS) powered by
Intel Xeon processors, which combines compute, networking, storage access, and
virtualization in a single system managed as a cohesive entity. “The Cisco Unified
Computing System is certified to work with Oracle E-Business Suite and EMC storage,
which gave us confidence that the architecture would be fully supported,” Shah says.
“It provides tremendous value in terms of initial as well as ongoing costs. Cisco Services
offered the expert resources we needed to have all three data centers operational in
less than seven months.”
Intel Xeon processors, which combines compute, networking, storage access, and
virtualization in a single system managed as a cohesive entity. “The Cisco Unified
Computing System is certified to work with Oracle E-Business Suite and EMC storage,
which gave us confidence that the architecture would be fully supported,” Shah says.
“It provides tremendous value in terms of initial as well as ongoing costs. Cisco Services
offered the expert resources we needed to have all three data centers operational in
less than seven months.”
Before making its decision, Avago engaged Cisco Services to conduct a four-week
proof of concept in the Colorado data center. Cisco Services and the Avago team
collaborated to develop test cases. “The Cisco Unified Computing System met our
requirements for all 150 test cases, and we saw remarkable performance gains for
Oracle E-Business Suite,” Shah says. (See Results.) In addition, the proof of concept
took only two weeks to build, giving the company confidence that it could meet the
aggressive timeline.
proof of concept in the Colorado data center. Cisco Services and the Avago team
collaborated to develop test cases. “The Cisco Unified Computing System met our
requirements for all 150 test cases, and we saw remarkable performance gains for
Oracle E-Business Suite,” Shah says. (See Results.) In addition, the proof of concept
took only two weeks to build, giving the company confidence that it could meet the
aggressive timeline.
Cisco provided the UCS Migration and Transition Service to help move the Oracle stack
from the existing Intel-based platform to the Cisco® UCS and to optimize performance.
The Oracle production environment includes Oracle Linux, Oracle RAC 11g, and Oracle
E-Business Suite. The Oracle solution stack resides on 24 Cisco UCS B200 Blade
Servers with 2 Intel Xeon 5000 series processors per node distributed across four
chassis, all configured with 48 GB of memory. Four other blades with 96 GB of memory
house virtualized instances of Avago’s boundary and infrastructure servers.
from the existing Intel-based platform to the Cisco® UCS and to optimize performance.
The Oracle production environment includes Oracle Linux, Oracle RAC 11g, and Oracle
E-Business Suite. The Oracle solution stack resides on 24 Cisco UCS B200 Blade
Servers with 2 Intel Xeon 5000 series processors per node distributed across four
chassis, all configured with 48 GB of memory. Four other blades with 96 GB of memory
house virtualized instances of Avago’s boundary and infrastructure servers.
Two months after completing the migration to the Cisco Unified Computing System in
Singapore, Avago launched its new disaster recovery data center in Colorado, using the
same configuration and setups as the production data center.
Singapore, Avago launched its new disaster recovery data center in Colorado, using the
same configuration and setups as the production data center.
Results
Rapid Migration of Oracle Stack with No Business Disruption
Avago implemented the Cisco Unified Computing System in just 10 days, an achieve-
ment possible because all servers connect to the Cisco Nexus® 7000 Switches and
EMC storage through a single pair of Cisco UCS 6100 Fabric Connects. Cisco Services
and HCL Technologies, a Cisco partner, helped to create Cisco UCS Manager service
profiles for Linux and VMware servers. “Cisco Services helped build the right standards
for SAN and network configuration, and recommended defaults that matched our current
and future needs,” says Shah. An administrator applied the service profiles to Cisco UCS
blade servers in just minutes, with a few clicks. Spending less time setting up the system
gave the team more time to set up application layers and upgrade Oracle.
Avago implemented the Cisco Unified Computing System in just 10 days, an achieve-
ment possible because all servers connect to the Cisco Nexus® 7000 Switches and
EMC storage through a single pair of Cisco UCS 6100 Fabric Connects. Cisco Services
and HCL Technologies, a Cisco partner, helped to create Cisco UCS Manager service
profiles for Linux and VMware servers. “Cisco Services helped build the right standards
for SAN and network configuration, and recommended defaults that matched our current
and future needs,” says Shah. An administrator applied the service profiles to Cisco UCS
blade servers in just minutes, with a few clicks. Spending less time setting up the system
gave the team more time to set up application layers and upgrade Oracle.
“We moved our Oracle environment to the Cisco Unified Computing System with no
interruption to the business and no critical issues,” Shah says. “That’s a testament to
the platform as well as the Cisco Services team’s expertise and meticulous cutover
plans.” Later, HCL Technologies set up the disaster recovery data center, working
alongside the Avago IT team to give them the confidence to manage the environments
with internal resources.
interruption to the business and no critical issues,” Shah says. “That’s a testament to
the platform as well as the Cisco Services team’s expertise and meticulous cutover
plans.” Later, HCL Technologies set up the disaster recovery data center, working
alongside the Avago IT team to give them the confidence to manage the environments
with internal resources.
Shah continues, “The Cisco Services team was extremely knowledgeable about the
platform as well as Oracle, and applied their expertise rapidly to resolve any issues.
platform as well as Oracle, and applied their expertise rapidly to resolve any issues.