Cisco Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server Guia De Informação
Installation Background and Challenges
• NTT Data’s in-house IT systems, which had
been comprehensively redesigned in 2006,
were facing problems in the form of expiring
hardware and software maintenance contracts
along with spiraling costs for system upkeep
and management.
• In the past, the company had optimized and
standardized its platforms on a piecemeal
basis. In order to reduce the TCO and make
more effective IT investment with regard to
these platforms, the company decided that
it needed to optimize them by means of
integrated virtualization.
• As one of its system platform optimization
initiatives, the adoption of Cisco UCS was
considered. Having conducted the necessary
advance assessment and verification in-
house, the company satisfied itself that the
product’s performance and reliability were
easily high enough and that the architecture
was suited to “scaling out”. NTT Data
consequently adopted Cisco UCS.
• The plan was to complete the migration of
the company’s internal IT infrastructure (main
system) by the end of FY2012.
Installation Solution
• Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
- Cisco UCS 6120 Fabric Interconnect
- Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
- Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server
• Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch
• Cisco Catalyst 3560 Switch
• Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switch
• Cisco MDS 9100 Fiber Channel Switch
• Cisco ASA 5500 Adaptive Security Appliance
(As of August 2011)
- Cisco UCS 6120 Fabric Interconnect
- Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
- Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server
• Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch
• Cisco Catalyst 3560 Switch
• Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switch
• Cisco MDS 9100 Fiber Channel Switch
• Cisco ASA 5500 Adaptive Security Appliance
(As of August 2011)
Effects of Installation
• By means of integrated virtualization of
servers, and network integration using Fabric
Interconnect, the number of hardware units
was dramatically reduced. By introducing a
cloud platform, TCO has been slashed to half
the pre-installation level.
• Central management of servers and the use of
the profile function have increased operational
efficiency.
The provisioning lead-time has also been
shortened to less than half what it was prior to
installation.
• By adopting power-saving products and
reducing the number of hardware units, CO
2
emissions have also been reduced.
The reduction now stands at 79%, and it has
been estimated that over a five-year period
the cumulative reduction in CO
2
will amount to
3,540 tons.
Defining its group vision as, “Becoming a Global IT Innovator,” and
possessing a wealth of experience as well as proven track-record
in developing and operating IT platforms, NTT Data Corporation is a
global company with bases in 145 cities in 34 countries. With the aim
of reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of its in-house IT system
and strategically ramping up its IT investment, the company is pursuing
the integrated virtualization of its own system platforms. The platform
it is using to support this move is Cisco Unified Computing System
(UCS). NTT Data chose Cisco UCS because of its highly-innovative
architecture, which is optimized for virtualization, and also because of
its outstanding cost-performance. Since Cisco UCS was installed, its
stability and reliability have also been rated highly by NTT Data. Thanks
to this integrated virtualization, both the lead time for server provisioning
and the TCO have been halved. NTT Data is now applying the valuable
experience and expertise gained from this implementation process to its
own total cloud service, BIZXAAS
possessing a wealth of experience as well as proven track-record
in developing and operating IT platforms, NTT Data Corporation is a
global company with bases in 145 cities in 34 countries. With the aim
of reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of its in-house IT system
and strategically ramping up its IT investment, the company is pursuing
the integrated virtualization of its own system platforms. The platform
it is using to support this move is Cisco Unified Computing System
(UCS). NTT Data chose Cisco UCS because of its highly-innovative
architecture, which is optimized for virtualization, and also because of
its outstanding cost-performance. Since Cisco UCS was installed, its
stability and reliability have also been rated highly by NTT Data. Thanks
to this integrated virtualization, both the lead time for server provisioning
and the TCO have been halved. NTT Data is now applying the valuable
experience and expertise gained from this implementation process to its
own total cloud service, BIZXAAS
™
. This will further enhance the firm’s
capacity to suggest solutions to client companies as their innovation
partner.
partner.
integrated virtualization of NTT Data’s infrastructure in order to reduce TCO
Adoption of Cisco UCS as the platform for this process
The question of how to reduce the TCO of in-house IT infrastructure is one of the
crucial issues numerous companies have been wrestling with for many years. One
solution which has gained a high profile in recent years is to virtualize and integrate
the IT infrastructure. This means that instead of preparing a system platform for each
administrative application, a system platform integrated on a company-wide basis is
built, and administrative applications are run thereon.
crucial issues numerous companies have been wrestling with for many years. One
solution which has gained a high profile in recent years is to virtualize and integrate
the IT infrastructure. This means that instead of preparing a system platform for each
administrative application, a system platform integrated on a company-wide basis is
built, and administrative applications are run thereon.
One company that is putting this approach into practice, using Cisco UCS, is NTT
Data. This firm is a system integrator with abundant experience and a long track record
in developing administrative systems and building and operating shared data centers
for industry. It owns more than 100 systems itself, and actively utilizes IT.
Data. This firm is a system integrator with abundant experience and a long track record
in developing administrative systems and building and operating shared data centers
for industry. It owns more than 100 systems itself, and actively utilizes IT.
However, Mr. Hitoshi Kirita, Senior Executive Manager of NTT Data’s Information
Technology Management Office, recalls that “in the past, we designed and built
system platforms for individual business applications, so servers and other machines
proliferated, and operation got complicated as well.” The systems were mainly
built using Unix and Linux servers, and the number of servers was over 130. Many
functions were duplicated in each system, and the hardware took up a lot of space
and consumed a lot of power. “Most of these systems had been introduced in 2004
to 2005, so we faced a major problem in that the hardware was becoming obsolete
Technology Management Office, recalls that “in the past, we designed and built
system platforms for individual business applications, so servers and other machines
proliferated, and operation got complicated as well.” The systems were mainly
built using Unix and Linux servers, and the number of servers was over 130. Many
functions were duplicated in each system, and the hardware took up a lot of space
and consumed a lot of power. “Most of these systems had been introduced in 2004
to 2005, so we faced a major problem in that the hardware was becoming obsolete
NTT Data Uses Cisco UCS to Carry Out Integrated
Virtualization of In-House IT System Platforms and Reduce TCO
Virtualization of In-House IT System Platforms and Reduce TCO
—The experience and expertise thus gained will also be
applied to its own total cloud service, BIZXAAS
applied to its own total cloud service, BIZXAAS
™
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