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Jonathan Burt
Corporate Infrastructure Architect
Salford City Council
Corporate Infrastructure Architect
Salford City Council
Customer Case Study
Solution
Salford has worked with Cisco for around 15 years and closely tracks technology
developments. When Cisco launched its Unified Computing System™ (UCS®),
Salford was interested in exploring the potential advantages but it had to wait until
its existing server estate had reached end of life.
developments. When Cisco launched its Unified Computing System™ (UCS®),
Salford was interested in exploring the potential advantages but it had to wait until
its existing server estate had reached end of life.
“We were very keen to look at community cloud solutions to unify servers and
storage within a single fabric, while significantly reducing our cable stack,” says Burt.
“The Cisco and NetApp FlexPod architecture provided an unrivalled, pre-integrated
design that fitted that requirement very well.”
storage within a single fabric, while significantly reducing our cable stack,” says Burt.
“The Cisco and NetApp FlexPod architecture provided an unrivalled, pre-integrated
design that fitted that requirement very well.”
Initially, a small FlexPod stack was procured for The Landing, a seven-floor Council
and ERDF funded facility. Designed to host small and medium-sized businesses
(SMBs) in the media industry, this has a screening room, usability labs, and digital
workflow center. The solution features a NetApp FAS3270 storage system with 80TB
of storage plus a Cisco UCS chassis with seven B200 M2 Blades running VMware.
It also has a number of UCS C210 M2 rack-mounted servers for media transcoding,
and two Cisco Nexus® 5548 Series Switches.
and ERDF funded facility. Designed to host small and medium-sized businesses
(SMBs) in the media industry, this has a screening room, usability labs, and digital
workflow center. The solution features a NetApp FAS3270 storage system with 80TB
of storage plus a Cisco UCS chassis with seven B200 M2 Blades running VMware.
It also has a number of UCS C210 M2 rack-mounted servers for media transcoding,
and two Cisco Nexus® 5548 Series Switches.
Following this project, the Council deployed a second FlexPod at its primary data
center. Operational within just three months, it features 60TB of storage, two
Nexus 5548 Series Switches, and two UCS chassis, one of which has seven B200
M3 Blades, each equipped with 192GB of memory. The second chassis, configured
to provide a remote desktop services environment, also has seven B200 M3 Blades,
each equipped with 32GB of memory.
center. Operational within just three months, it features 60TB of storage, two
Nexus 5548 Series Switches, and two UCS chassis, one of which has seven B200
M3 Blades, each equipped with 192GB of memory. The second chassis, configured
to provide a remote desktop services environment, also has seven B200 M3 Blades,
each equipped with 32GB of memory.
This virtualized data center is managed via Cisco Prime Data Center Network
Manager, a feature-rich, customizable dashboard providing visibility and control
through a single screen.
Manager, a feature-rich, customizable dashboard providing visibility and control
through a single screen.
The implementation was carried out by Manchester-based ANS Group, a former Cisco
Data Center and Virtualization Partner of the Year and FlexPod Premium Partner, and
was helped by the fact that the modular FlexPod design reduces deployment times
from months to weeks. “It’s to the credit of both ANS Group and the modular nature
of the Cisco kit that installation ran very smoothly and surprisingly quickly,” says Burt.
Data Center and Virtualization Partner of the Year and FlexPod Premium Partner, and
was helped by the fact that the modular FlexPod design reduces deployment times
from months to weeks. “It’s to the credit of both ANS Group and the modular nature
of the Cisco kit that installation ran very smoothly and surprisingly quickly,” says Burt.
Finally, Salford plans to install a third FlexPod at its secondary data center, which is
located in a building owned by the neighboring Manchester City Council. This facility
will have a smaller NetApp FAS3240 storage system, with 30TB of storage, two
5548 Series Switches, and a single UCS chassis with a mixture of B200 M3 Blades
for server virtualization and VDI.
located in a building owned by the neighboring Manchester City Council. This facility
will have a smaller NetApp FAS3240 storage system, with 30TB of storage, two
5548 Series Switches, and a single UCS chassis with a mixture of B200 M3 Blades
for server virtualization and VDI.
Results
Thanks to FlexPod, Salford now has a solid foundation for the delivery of community
cloud services. Features that make the architecture especially suited to cloud
delivery include:
cloud services. Features that make the architecture especially suited to cloud
delivery include:
•
UCS XML API that takes administration to the next level and helps automate UCS
operations, taking advantage of the fact that the UCS brought together the ability
to manage all components in one management interface.
operations, taking advantage of the fact that the UCS brought together the ability
to manage all components in one management interface.
•
Wide range of programmability options, from resource pooling and perception of
infinite capacity to continuous availability and drive predictability.
infinite capacity to continuous availability and drive predictability.
•
Unified Fabric for ‘wire-once’ logically-defined network and storage connectivity
with northbound programmability
with northbound programmability
•
Virtualized Multiservice Data Center reference architecture for cloud environments
using flexible, validated designs in an integrated model that adapts easily to public
sector needs.
using flexible, validated designs in an integrated model that adapts easily to public
sector needs.
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