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Cisco UCS: Changing the
Economics of the Datacenter
Connecting UCS technology innovations to TCO
improvement

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Agenda
Real world
customer results
Q&AConnecting UCS
technology
innovations to TCO
improvement

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Data Center Economics
29%
22%
12%
11%
10%
7%
7% 2%
People Software
Energy / Facilities Servers
Networking Storage
Disaster Recovery Overhead
OVERALL SPEND DISTRIBUTION
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
$300
Power & Cooling Expense
Mgmt. & Administration—Virtual Servers
Mgmt. & Administration—Standalone Servers
SERVER-RELATED SPEND (CAPEX+OPEX)
WW Spending on Servers, Power & Cooling, Mgmt. / Administration
Source: Gartner—Cisco IT, “Data Center Cost Portfolio” Source: IDC, “New Economic Model for the Datacenter”; IDC, 2011

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“Ordinarily, expanding from two to three data centers would be
expected to increase operational costs by 50 percent. ‘Our
operational costs will actually decrease by 40 percent when we
expand from two to three data centers.’”
“We have reduced our operating costs by 75 percent while renewing the
technology in our IT infrastructure, and we can now offer better continuity of
service and a faster response to our customers.”
“The system paid for itself in less than a year by recouping the more than $1
million the company had been losing annually due to network outages. The
company also achieved a $475,000 reduction in operating costs within the
first six months of buildout and saved $84,000 instantly by not having to
renew software licenses on a number of virtualized servers.”

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Cost Categories Impacted by Cisco US
Networking,
Cabling &
Warranty Power &
Cooling
Provisioning
& Ongoing
Administration Systems
Management
Software
TraditionalSolution
UCSSolution
Server HW &
Warranty

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Real Innovation Improves TCO
Networking,
Cabling &
Warranty Power &
Cooling
Provisioning
& Ongoing
Administration
Systems
Management
Software
TraditionalSolution
UCSSolution
Servers &
Warranty
Unified Fabric
• Radical Infrastructure Simplification
• Efficient scaling
• High performance
Unified Management
• Embedded device management
• Self-integrating
• Stateless
• Automated
• Programmable

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Servers
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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• Virtual Interface Cards and Unified Fabric
ELIMINATE I/O
ADAPTERS
Server Cost Reduction
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT
BUY FEWER
SERVERS
• Pool & reduce hot spares using UCSM Service Profiles
• Eliminate management servers
• Improve consolidation with large memory footprints and
industry leading virtualization performance

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Virtual Interface Cards
Replaces traditional
approach of
Multiple NIC’s &
HBA’s per server.
(Lowers acquisition
and power costs)
256 interfaces vs.
8 to 14 per
2-port adapter
Up to 80Gb
bandwidth vs. 20Gb VM-FEX
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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Eliminating Server I/O Adapters
1x 1-Gbps Management
2x 1-Gbps Production Data
1x 1-Gbps Production Data
1x 1-Gbps vMotion
1x 1-Gbps vmconsole
1x 1-Gbps vmkernel
2x 8-Gbps Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel
Top-of-Rack Switches
Ethernet Top-of-
Rack Switches
Ethernet Management
Network Switch
Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnects
Cisco Nexus
Fabric Extenders
2x 10-Gbps Unified Fabric
Data and Management
Traditional Rack
Server
Per Server
Cisco UCS C-Series
Rack Server
4 Physical NICs/HBAs 1
9 Cables 2
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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Buy Fewer Servers
Total Servers: 18
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Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
Web
Rack
Rack
Rack
Rack
Rack
Database
Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
Blade
Virtualized
Apps
Hot SpareBurst Capacity SpareLive / Production
With UCS Service Profiles:
• Configure and provision bare
metal on the fly with
application specific Service
Profile Templates
• Availability and burst capacity
delivered with fewer spares
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Blade
Blade
Blade
Web
Rack
Rack
Rack
Database
Blade
Blade
Blade
Virtualized
Apps
Blade
Blade
Rack
Total Servers: 14
Blade
Spares Pool
Without UCS Service Profiles:
• Silos individually provisioned for
peak demand and failures
• Idle hotspare servers require
application specific HW &
Firmware Image configurations
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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Buy Fewer Servers
SPECjbb2005
2-socket C260 M2
SPECjbb2005
2-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005
4-socket B440 M2
SPECjbb2005
2-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B200 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 4-socket C460 M1
SPECjAppServer2004
2-node B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjAppServer2004
1-node 2-socket C250 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_rate_base2006 2-
socket
C260 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 2-
socket
C260 M2
SPECint_rate2006
X86 4-socket
C460 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
4-socket C460 M1
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket
B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket
B200 M2
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
4-socket C460 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket C220 M3
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_base2006
X86 2-socket
C220 M3
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
LinPack
2-socket B200 M2
LS-Dyna
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket C240 M3
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket C220 M3
VMmark 2.0
Overall B200 M2
VMmark 2.1
2-socket Blade B200 M2
VMmark 1.x
2 –socket Blade B230 M1
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B250 M2
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
Blade Server B440 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 2.1
Overall C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Two–node 4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Two–node 2-socket B200 M3
VMmark 2.1
Eight–node 2-socket B200
M3
TPC-C
Oracle DB 11g & OEL
C250 M2
TPC-H 1000GB
Microsoft SQL Server
C460 M2
TPC-H 100GB
VectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-H 300GB
VectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-C
Oracle 11g
C240 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra
Large Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite Ex-
large Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
SPECjEnterprise2010 Overall
B440 M1
SPECjEnteprise2010
2-node B440 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra
Large Model Payroll Batch
B230 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite XL
Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model Order-To-Cash
B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite XL
Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model Order-To-Cash
B200 M3
Best CPU
Performance
Best
Virtualization
& Cloud
Performance
Best Cloud
Computing
Performance
Best
Enterprise
Application
Performance
Best
Enterprise
Middleware
Performance
Best HPC
Performance
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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Buy Fewer Servers
SPECjbb2005
2-socket C260 M2
SPECjbb2005
2-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005
4-socket B440 M2
SPECjbb2005
2-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B200 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 4-socket C460 M1
SPECjAppServer2004
2-node B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjAppServer2004
1-node 2-socket C250 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_rate_base2006 2-
socket
C260 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 2-
socket
C260 M2
SPECint_rate2006
X86 4-socket
C460 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
4-socket C460 M1
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket
B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket
B200 M2
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
4-socket C460 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket C220 M3
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_base2006
X86 2-socket
C220 M3
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
LinPack
2-socket B200 M2
LS-Dyna
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket C240 M3
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket C220 M3
VMmark 2.0
Overall B200 M2
VMmark 2.1
2-socket Blade B200 M2
VMmark 1.x
2 –socket Blade B230 M1
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B250 M2
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
Blade Server B440 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 2.1
Overall C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Two–node 4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Two–node 2-socket B200 M3
VMmark 2.1
Eight–node 2-socket B200
M3
TPC-C
Oracle DB 11g & OEL
C250 M2
TPC-H 1000GB
Microsoft SQL Server
C460 M2
TPC-H 100GB
VectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-H 300GB
VectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-C
Oracle 11g
C240 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra
Large Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite Ex-
large Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
SPECjEnterprise2010 Overall
B440 M1
SPECjEnteprise2010
2-node B440 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra
Large Model Payroll Batch
B230 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite XL
Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model Order-To-Cash
B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite XL
Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model Order-To-Cash
B200 M3
Best CPU
Performance
Best
Virtualization
& Cloud
Performance
Best Cloud
Computing
Performance
Best
Enterprise
Application
Performance
Best
Enterprise
Middleware
Performance
Best HPC
Performance
Fewer VMware Licenses
$995 - $3,495 +
$323 - $874 support
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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Buy Fewer Servers
SPECjbb2005
2-socket C260 M2
SPECjbb2005
2-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005
4-socket B440 M2
SPECjbb2005
2-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B200 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 4-socket C460 M1
SPECjAppServer2004
2-node B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjAppServer2004
1-node 2-socket C250 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_rate_base2006 2-
socket
C260 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 2-
socket
C260 M2
SPECint_rate2006
X86 4-socket
C460 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
4-socket C460 M1
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket
B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket
B200 M2
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
4-socket C460 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket C220 M3
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_base2006
X86 2-socket
C220 M3
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
LinPack
2-socket B200 M2
LS-Dyna
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket C240 M3
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket C220 M3
VMmark 2.0
Overall B200 M2
VMmark 2.1
2-socket Blade B200 M2
VMmark 1.x
2 –socket Blade B230 M1
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B250 M2
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
Blade Server B440 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 2.1
Overall C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Two–node 4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Two–node 2-socket B200 M3
VMmark 2.1
Eight–node 2-socket B200
M3
TPC-C
Oracle DB 11g & OEL
C250 M2
TPC-H 1000GB
Microsoft SQL Server
C460 M2
TPC-H 100GB
VectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-H 300GB
VectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-C
Oracle 11g
C240 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra
Large Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite Ex-
large Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
SPECjEnterprise2010 Overall
B440 M1
SPECjEnteprise2010
2-node B440 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra
Large Model Payroll Batch
B230 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite XL
Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model Order-To-Cash
B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite XL
Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model Order-To-Cash
B200 M3
Best CPU
Performance
Best
Virtualization
& Cloud
Performance
Best Cloud
Computing
Performance
Best
Enterprise
Application
Performance
Best
Enterprise
Middleware
Performance
Best HPC
Performance
Fewer Oracle licenses
$90,000 - $500,000 +
$20,000 - $84,000
support per server
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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Buy Fewer Servers
SPECjbb2005
2-socket C260 M2
SPECjbb2005
2-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005
4-socket B440 M2
SPECjbb2005
2-socket B230 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B200 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 4-socket C460 M1
SPECjAppServer2004
2-node B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket B230 M1
SPECjAppServer2004
1-node 2-socket C250 M2
SPECjbb2005
X86 2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_rate_base2006 2-
socket
C260 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 2-
socket
C260 M2
SPECint_rate2006
X86 4-socket
C460 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
4-socket C460 M1
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket
B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M2
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket
B200 M2
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
4-socket C460 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket B200 M1
SPECfp_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket C220 M3
SPECint_rate_base2006 X86
2-socket C220 M3
SPECfp_base2006
X86 2-socket
C220 M3
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B230 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
LinPack
2-socket B200 M2
LS-Dyna
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket B200 M2
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M1
SPECompMbase2001
4-socket C460 M2
SPECompMbase2001
2-socket C240 M3
SPECompLbase2001
2-socket C220 M3
VMmark 2.0
Overall B200 M2
VMmark 2.1
2-socket Blade B200 M2
VMmark 1.x
2 –socket Blade B230 M1
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B250 M2
VMmark 1.x
Overall C460 M1
VMmark 1.x
Blade Server B440 M1
VMmark 1.x
2-socket B200 M1
VMmark 2.1
Overall C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Two–node 4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
4-socket C460 M2
VMmark 2.1
Two–node 2-socket B200 M3
VMmark 2.1
Eight–node 2-socket B200
M3
TPC-C
Oracle DB 11g & OEL
C250 M2
TPC-H 1000GB
Microsoft SQL Server
C460 M2
TPC-H 100GB
VectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-H 300GB
VectorWise
C250 M2
TPC-C
Oracle 11g
C240 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra
Large Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite
Medium Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model
Order-to-Cash B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite Ex-
large Model Payroll Batch
B200 M2
SPECjEnterprise2010 Overall
B440 M1
SPECjEnteprise2010
2-node B440 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite Xtra
Large Model Payroll Batch
B230 M2
Oracle E-Business Suite XL
Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model Order-To-Cash
B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite XL
Model Payroll B200 M3
Oracle E-Business Suite
Large Model Order-To-Cash
B200 M3
Best CPU
Performance
Best
Virtualization
& Cloud
Performance
Best Cloud
Computing
Performance
Best
Enterprise
Application
Performance
Best
Enterprise
Middleware
Performance
Best HPC
Performance
Fewer Servers &
Fewer OS Licenses
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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Infrastructure & Cabling
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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• Unified Fabric for Blade and Rack Servers
Eliminate
Switches
Infrastructure Cost Reduction
Eliminate
Cables
• Fewer Switches = Fewer Cables
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT

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UCS Cabling: Radical Simplification
Ad hoc and inconsistent Structured, but siloed,
complicated
Simplified
Traditional Rack Traditional Blade Cisco UCS
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
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Evolution of Complexity
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
UID
1
2
HP
ProLiant
DL365
G5
UID
1
2
HP
ProLiant
DL365
G5
MODE
STACK
SPEED
DUPLX
STAT
MASTR
RPS
SYST
Catalyst 3750 SERIES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1X
2X
11X
12X
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
13X
14X
23X
24X
MODE
STACK
SPEED
DUPLX
STAT
MASTR
RPS
SYST
Catalyst 3750 SERIES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1X
2X
11X
12X
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
13X
14X
23X
24X
DS-X9112
STATUS
1/2/4 Gbps FC
Module
LINK
5 63 41 2
LINK
11 129 107 8
DS-X9112
STATUS
1/2/4 Gbps FC
Module
LINK
5 63 41 2
LINK
11 129 107 8
40 x Rack
Servers
FC Switch
Enet Switch
Rack Mgrs
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
2 x FC Switches
2 x Enet Switches
2 x Rack Managers
for
40 Rack Servers
Infrastructure
Servers
Traditional
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HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
UID
1
2
HP
ProLiant
DL365
G5
UID
1
2
HP
ProLiant
DL365
G5
MODE
STACK
SPEED
DUPLX
STAT
MASTR
RPS
SYST
Catalyst 3750 SERIES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1X
2X
11X
12X
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
13X
14X
23X
24X
MODE
STACK
SPEED
DUPLX
STAT
MASTR
RPS
SYST
Catalyst 3750 SERIES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1X
2X
11X
12X
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
13X
14X
23X
24X
DS-X9112
STATUS
1/2/4 Gbps FC
Module
LINK
5 63 41 2
LINK
11 129 107 8
DS-X9112
STATUS
1/2/4 Gbps FC
Module
LINK
5 63 41 2
LINK
11 129 107 8
40 x Rack
Servers
FC Switch
Enet Switch
Rack Mgrs
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
HP
ProLiant
DL320 G5p
UID 1 2
2 x FC Switches
2 x Enet Switches
2 x Rack Managers
for
40 Rack Servers
Infrastructure
Servers
Traditional
Rack
Replicate
complexity for
every 16 servers
Mini-Rack
1
Mini-Rack
2
Mini-Rack
3
Mini-Rack
4
Infrastructure
Servers
Infrastructure
Servers
Infrastructure
Servers
Infrastructure
Servers
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
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Eliminating Complexity with Unified Fabric
Ethernet
FibreChannel
Management
Complexity in Traditional Environments
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REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
ONGOING
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Single,
multi-protocol
fabric
Eliminating Complexity with Unified Fabric
Ethernet
FibreChannel
Management
Unified Fabric
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT
Complexity in Traditional Environments

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Cisco Fabric
Extender
Architecture
Physically
distributed,
centrally
managed
Single,
multi-protocol
fabric
Eliminating Complexity with Unified Fabric
Ethernet
FibreChannel
Management
Unified Fabric
One Network
One Layer
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT
Complexity in Traditional Environments

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Fabric Based Infrastructure
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
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INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
ONGOING
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Fabric Based Infrastructure
Blade & Rack:
• Common access layer networking model
• Ethernet, SAN, Management combined
• Cable for bandwidth vs. connectivity
Ethernet
Storage
Management
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
ONGOING
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Blade Infrastructure Costs: Chassis and Switching
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT
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Unified Fabric: Rack Server Environment
1x 1-Gbps Management
2x 1-Gbps Production Data
1x 1-Gbps Production Data
1x 1-Gbps vMotion
1x 1-Gbps vmconsole
1x 1-Gbps vmkernel
2x 8-Gbps Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel
Top-of-Rack Switches
Ethernet Top-of-
Rack Switches
Ethernet Management
Network Switch
Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnects
Cisco Nexus Fabric
Extenders
2x 10-Gbps Unified Fabric
Data and Management
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
ONGOING
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Comparison of Rack Server I/O
Traditional Rack Server Cisco Rack Server Cisco Wins: Deltas
1 Server 4 Adapters 1 Adapters 3
9 Cables 2 Cables 7
10 Servers 40 Adapters 10 Adapters 30
90 Cables 20 Cables 70
50 Servers 200 Adapters 50 Adapters 150
450 Cables 100 Cables 350
100 Servers 400 Adapters 100 Adapters 300
900 Cables 200 Cables 700
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REAL WORLD
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Switching and Cabling Savings: Rack Servers
3-Year TCO
• 45% overall savings
• $16,238 3-year per node
overall savings
Savings Breakdown
Server hardware & warranty 16%
Switch hardware & warranty, cabling 85%
Power & cooling 25%
Initial provisioning & ongoing server & networking administration 43%
Systems management software licenses and warranty 39%
Cisco UCS C240M3 vs. HP DL380p Gen8
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
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Switching and Cabling Savings: Rack Servers
3-Year TCO
• 45% overall savings
• $16,238 3-year per node
overall savings
Cisco UCS C240M3 vs. HP DL380p Gen8
Switch hardware & warranty, cabling – 85%
Complexity of Traditional Rack Server Environment
1Gb
Ethernet
Access
10Gb
Ethernet
Aggregation
Fibre
Channel
Edge
Fibre
Channel
Core
OOB
Management
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
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Switching and Cabling Savings: Rack Servers
3-Year TCO
• 45% overall savings
• $16,238 3-year per node
overall savings
Cisco UCS C240M3 vs. HP DL380p Gen8
Switch hardware & warranty, cabling – 85%
VS.
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
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& CABLING
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Switching and Cabling Savings: Rack Servers
3-Year TCO
• 45% overall savings
• $16,238 3-year per node
overall savings
Cisco UCS C240M3 vs. HP DL380p Gen8
Switch hardware & warranty, cabling – 85%
Simplified UCS Rack Solution
Fabric
Interconnects
Nexus 2232
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
ONGOING
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Switching and Cabling Savings: Rack Servers
3-Year TCO
• 45% overall savings
• $16,238 3-year per node
overall savings
Cisco UCS C240M3 vs. HP DL380p Gen8
Switch hardware & warranty, cabling – 85%
20
Fewer
Switches
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
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INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
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$3,583,444 $138,598
$600,127
$50,501
$734,027
$100,569
$1,959,623
$0
$500,000
$1,000,000
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
$3,000,000
$3,500,000
$4,000,000
Switching and Cabling Savings: Rack Servers
Servers &
Warranty
Power &
Cooling
Provisioning &
Administration
Systems
Management
Networking,
Cabling
&
Warranty
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT
Comparison of 100 HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 vs. Cisco UCS C240 M3 three year life cycle (power & cooling, ongoing administration)
Each server has 2 Intel® Xeon® E5-2609 processors, 64GB memory, and 2 300GB 10K 2.5” 6G SAS HDD
Networking compares HP with 6 1Gb Ethernet and 2 8Gb FC connections vs. Cisco VIC 1225 dual port 10Gb and corresponding switches
Pricing as of February 8, 2013
TraditionalSolution
UCSSolution

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10 to 1 cable reduction
Reduced cabling by 78%
Consolidated from 540 to 12
cables, a 44-to-1 ratio
In addition, using the converged network adapter on the Cisco UCS instead of
separate Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters enabled the company to decrease the
cable count by 78 percent, from 1440 to 250.
“With the Cisco UCS, we consolidated from 540 to 12 cables, a 44-to-1 ratio,” says
Butler. [Robert Butler, Global CIO Hay Group]
“Where we previously needed 80 cables, we now only need eight: a reduction by the
factor of ten. This not only cuts down the investment required, it also simplifies
scalability. Installation and maintenance work are also substantially reduced.”
80% average reduction in cabling with an average cost savings of 75%
based on 16 & 5 customer case studies respectively.
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
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Reduced infrastructure costs by 30%
Had a hard dollar savings that paid
for the infrastructure upgrade in
three years
Reduced monthly data center
costs by 35%
“We had a hard dollar savings that paid for the infrastructure upgrade in three years
alone,” says Williams [Frank Chief Technology Officer]. “With an ease of management
and maintenance comes additional cost savings. This is truly a self-funding IT
Initiative” “The Cisco UCS deployment and ‘rip and replacement’ of our entire data
center system represents the single most significant upgrade in the history of HCAA.
It is also the smoothest and easiest transition we have ever made.”
These savings include capital costs, operating expense, power consumption, higher
application availability, and productivity improvements in three critical workflows.
ConnectEDU has seen dramatic cost and time savings since moving its data center
to Cisco UCS and the cloud. “First, we save money by eliminating the capital costs
required in a physical rollout,” says Blaisdell [Rick, Chief Technology Officer]. “We
further reduce costs, because we’re only paying for utilization. As a result, we have
reduced our monthly data center costs by 35 percent.”
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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Power & Cooling
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
ONGOING
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• Unified Fabric for Blade and Rack Servers
• Fewer servers
• Fewer switches
ELIMINATE
INFRASTRUCTURE
Power & Cooling Cost Reduction
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
POWER &
COOLING
ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION
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Power & Cooling – System Level Savings
• Smaller blade server increments
reduces “stranded capacity”
• Fewer adapters to support IO
requirements
• Easier power management with
UCS Manager / CIMC
• No extra software to buy saving both
CapEx and OpEx
• Industry leading virtualization
performance improves server
consolidation ratios
• Fewer switches with a
unified fabric
• In the chassis and TOR
• Fewer cables for better airflow
through the rack
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
ONGOING
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Average of 52% reduction in power &
cooling costs based on 26 customers case studies.
“Our previous servers were 2U with 128 gigs of RAM, holding around 35 virtual machines
[VMs], but using 2.5 watts of power per VM,” says Leonard [Gary, Dynamic Data Center
Consultant]. “In comparison, the UCS blades are half a U [half slot] with 196 gigs of RAM, can
hold around 50 virtual machines, and only use 0.85 watts of power per VM.”
“The simplified design of the Cisco UCS Servers improves airflow efficiency and can reduce
the number of components that need to be powered and cooled by more than 50 percent
compared to traditional blade server environments.”
Power usage has also gone down a full 94 percent. “When I joined Young America, we were
operating 41 racks and related gear nonstop. The room was hot, and we were running out of
power,” says Bienapfl. With UCS, he’s been able to optimize computing resources and
achieve a 10-to-1 compaction ratio. “We’ll soon be running our entire operations on just five
racks,” he says. “We’re already starting to turn off cooling units and downsize UPS systems.”
Lowered power usage by 66%
50% compared to traditional blade
server environments
Reduced power consumption
by 94%
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
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Provisioning
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Provisioning & Admin Cost Reduction
• UCS Manager embedded in all system devices
• UCS Manager: Auto-discovery, self integrating components
Eliminate Manual
Configuration
• UCS Service Profiles
• Policy based management
Automation
Replaces
Repetitive Tasks
• Seamless integration with existing tools = no stranded systems
management investments
Extend Investment
in Existing Tools
• UCS Manager and UCS Central allow administrators to scale across
larger installations and across data center/geo’s
Extend the Reach
of SME’s
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
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& CABLING
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COOLING
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System Management
True “Single pane of glass”
Management
• UCS Manager for a single domain (160
servers and access layer networking)
• UCS Central across multiple domains
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REAL WORLD
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System Management
True “Single pane of glass”
Management
• USC Manager for a single domain (160
servers and access layer networking)
• UCS Central across multiple domains
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
TCO EXAMPLES
INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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COOLING
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Traditional Element Configuration
Storage SME Server SME Network
SME
• Subject matter experts
consumed by manual
configuration chores
• Serial processes and
multiple touches inhibit
provisioning speed
• Configuration drift and
maintenance challenges
• FC Fabric assignments
for HBAs
• RAID settings
• Disk scrub actions
• Number of vHBAs
• HBA WWN
assignments
• FC Boot Parameters
• HBA firmware
• VLAN assignments for NICs
• VLAN tagging config for NICs
• QoS settings
• Border port assignment
per vNIC
• NIC Transmit/Receive
Rate Limiting
• Server UUID
• Serial over LAN settings
• Boot order
• IPMI settings
• BIOS scrub actions
• BIOS firmware
• BIOS Settings
• Remote KVM IP settings
• Call Home behavior
• Remote KVM firmware
LAN SAN
SERVERS PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
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INFRASTRUCTURE
& CABLING
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UCS: Bare Metal Abstraction
• Abstraction of bare-metal
configuration and server
identity
• Encapsulated in Cisco
service profiles
• Available through an
intuitive GUI, CLI
or XML API
Programmable
Infrastructure
Cisco
Service Profile
Automated,
Policy-Based Configuration
of Entire Hardware Stack
Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server or C-
Series Rack-Mount Server
• Unique user ID (UUID), firmware
revisions, and RAID controller settings
• Service profile assigned to server,
chassis slot, or pool
Cisco Virtual Interface Cards
• Network interface card (NIC) configuration:
MAC address, VLAN, and QoS settings;
host bus adapter HBA configuration:
worldwide names (WWNs), VSANs, and
bandwidth constraints; and firmware
revisions
Cisco UCS 6200
Series Fabric Interconnects
• Uplink port configuration, VLAN, VSAN,
QoS, and EtherChannel
• Server port configuration including LAN and
SAN settings
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Unified, Embedded Management
Unified
Management
Storage
SME
Server
SME
Network
SME
Subject Matter Experts
Define Policies1
Server Policy…
Storage Policy…
Network Policy…
Virtualization Policy…
Application Profiles…
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Unified, Embedded Management
Unified
Management
Storage
SME
Server
SME
Network
SME
Subject Matter Experts
Define Policies1
Server Policy…
Storage Policy…
Network Policy…
Virtualization Policy…
Application Profiles…
Policies Used to
Create Service
Profile Templates
2
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
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Unified, Embedded Management
Unified
Management
Storage
SME
Server
SME
Network
SME
Subject Matter Experts
Define Policies1
Server Policy…
Storage Policy…
Network Policy…
Virtualization Policy…
Application Profiles…
Policies Used to
Create Service
Profile Templates
2
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Server Name
UUID, MAC, WWN
Boot Information
LAN, SAN Config
Firmware Policy
Service Profile
Templates Create
Service Profiles
3
Associates Service
Profiles with Hardware
Configures Servers
Automatically
4
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UCS Blades Deploy 47% Faster with 67% Fewer Steps
20 20
27
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Minutes
Cisco UCS
solution
HPsolution
The Cisco UCS Solution Reduces Time
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solution
HPsolution
The Cisco UCS Solution Reduces Complexity
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Principled Technologies
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Average 80% reduction in provisioning times
based on 49 customer case studies.
“We used to spend up to a day and a half provisioning a new server. Now we can do that in 60
minutes.” “Now that we can provision our environment on demand, we’re able to summon
enormous computing power in almost no time at all. We don’t need to reserve capacity that we’ll
never use. In short, we can drastically minimize wasted time and resources while responding
much more quickly to customers’ needs.” Gopi Balasingam, Vice President of Operations
“With the number of systems we support, we’ve got development and test environments
coming and going all of the time,” Cavell says. “Before UCS, even if we had the gear, we were
lucky to spin up a few servers in three to five business days. Now, when requests come in,
it’s a matter of 20 to 30 minutes, and they’re up and running.”
The crucial feature of Cisco UCSM is its use of service profiles to provision server resources,
enabling infrastructure to be provisioned in minutes instead of days. “What Cisco has done with
server profiles is brilliant,” says Månsby. “You can’t have a server online without storage and
network, so it makes perfect sense to package all three administrative functions into a single
interface. It’s all about resource efficiency: if server, storage, and network are three different
phases, then you spend three times as long on a deployment or change as you would using Cisco
UCS. And time is money.” Stefan Månsby, Chief Business Development Officer
We used to spend 1.5 days
provisioning a new server. Now its
60 minutes.
Decreased time
from 5 days to 20 minutes
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Ongoing Administration
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Industry Leading Compute Infrastructure API
UCS CLI Multi-UCS Mgmt.Cisco UCSM Third Party
goUCS Automation Tools
CDN .NET/PowerShell, Perl
XML
UCS Platform Emulator
Customer
UCSM UCSM
Data Center 1 Data Center 2,3..Single UCS Domain
UCSM
UCS
Central
XML API
• Standards-based XML API presents bidirectional single interface to entire solution
• UCS offers the customers the broadest choice of Cisco or 3rd party management tools
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Cisco UCS: Systems Management Choice
UCS Central
Automated Infrastructure
Deployment
Seamless Management
across global operations
Consistent infrastructure
policies enforce best practices
Manage hardware with the
flexibility of software
Cisco Unified Computing System Management Ecosystem
Service Orchestration Provisioning & Configuration Monitoring
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Extend SME Reach and Scale
UCS Manager
Data Center 1
UCS Manager
Data Center 2
UCS Manager
Data Center 4
UCS Manager
Data Center 3
UCS Central
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• Unifies management of multiple UCS
domains & thousands of servers
• Centralizes global policies, service
profiles, ID pools and templates
• Simplifies global operations with
centralized inventory, faults, logs and
server consoles
• Foundation for efficient global
administration, high availability and
workload mobility
• Built on UCS Manager technology;
combines local performance and tiered
control
• Model based API for large scale
automation and integration
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Average 59% reduction of ongoing administrative/management
costs based on 17 customer case studies.
“UCS brings a single operational tool that enhances the efficiency of the data center management
teams,” says Adam Baum, IT architect for the City of Mesa. “First, the use of service profiles allows
the city to reconfigure equipment as customer requirements change in a matter of minutes, versus
hours or days. Second, the single point of management that is inherent in UCS provides the ability
to view server, network, and storage health and performance from one pane of glass.”
“With Cisco UCS Manager service profiles, we can very quickly reconfigure any server blade so that
it’s ready for production in 15-20 minutes.” “… an administrator can change an operating system
configuration and then apply it to multiple server blades at the same time, saving time and reducing
configuration errors.” “Firmware upgrades are easier as well, because the IT team simply attaches the
upgrade to the template, and then Cisco UCS Manager automatically updates all server blades
associated with that template. Cisco UCS Manager templates enable the IT team to update all servers
in just 30 minutes, compared to 20 hours with the previous computing platform.”
Support time was also cut dramatically. Thomas and the rest of the team have been freed to work
on new projects in what he estimates is a twentyfold increase in productivity. Time saved is now
being directed toward expanding the internal team’s expertise and experience with other
technologies and applications, as well as launching new initiatives.
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System Management
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• UCS Manager embedded in the product, no additional charge
Eliminate
Systems
Management
Licensing
System Management SW
Eliminate
Management
Servers
• UCS Manager runs in the Fabric Interconnects, accessed via API
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Complexity vs. Simplicity
Function HP Cisco
Local And Remote Administration iLO / Onboard Administrator
UCS Manager
Detect Hardware Faults Systems Insight Manager
Update System Software Systems Insight Manager
Inventory Tracking Systems Insight Manager
Spot Deploy Critical Server Updates Onboard Administrator
Virtualized LAN/SAN Connectivity Virtual Connect
Multi-chassis Address Server Management Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
Logical Server Abstraction Matrix Operating Environment
Power Management Insight Control / iLO
REQUIRED MANAGEMENT INTERFACES 7 1
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UCS Eliminates Management SW Complexity
UCS Manager
1 Console
No Added Cost
Rack and Blade Together
HP c7000
HP Server Hardware Management
Multiple Layers of Software Required
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
HP Insight Control
HP System Insight Manager
Cisco UCS
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UCS Eliminates Management SW Complexity
UCS Manager
1 Console
No Added Cost
Rack and Blade Together
HP c7000
HP Server Hardware Management
Multiple Layers of Software Required
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
HP Insight Control
HP System Insight Manager
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
Cisco UCS
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UCS Eliminates Management SW Complexity
UCS Manager
1 Console
No Added Cost
Rack and Blade Together
HP c7000
HP Server Hardware Management
Multiple Layers of Software Required
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
HP Insight Control
HP System Insight Manager
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
Cisco UCS
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UCS Eliminates Management SW Complexity
HP c7000
HP Server Hardware Management
Multiple Layers of Software Required
UCS Manager
1 Console
No Added Cost
Rack and Blade Together
Cisco UCS
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
HP Insight Control
HP System Insight Manager
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
HP iLO Advanced
for BladeSystem
Virtual Connect
Manager
Onboard
Administrator
No mixing of rack and blade
Separate Management - Every Chassis, All Software
Separate Ethernet & Fibre Channel I/O leaving the chassis
Up to 160 blade servers
Up to 160 total servers - rack or blade
Unified Management & Unified Fabric
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Extend Reach of SMEs Globally
UCS Manager
Server Chassis Domain
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Extend Reach of SMEs Globally
UCS Manager
Server Chassis Domain
UCS Central
Single Datacenter Global Datacenters
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Real World TCO Examples
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Loughborough University
“When we compared the legacy server and network
with one based on Cisco UCS, TCO effectively
halves over a five-year investment lifecycle.”
Dr. Phil Richards, Director of IT, Loughborough University.
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Loughborough University
5-Year TCO
— 48% overall savings
— $18,542 5-year per
node overall savings
Savings Breakdown
Server hardware & warranty 38%
Switch hardware & warranty, cabling 80%
Power & cooling 49%
Initial provisioning & ongoing server & networking administration 79%
Virtualization software licenses and warranty 39%
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SERVERS
Loughborough University
$1,814,456 $272,990
$245,195
$214,253
$14,531 $131,820
$935,667
$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
$1,200,000
$1,400,000
$1,600,000
$1,800,000
$2,000,000
Servers &
Warranty
Networking,
Cabling
& Warranty Power &
Cooling Provisioning
Virtualization
Software
ExistingRackmountSolution
UCSSolution
Comparison of existing 47 rack servers and associated switching infrastructure plus projected growth transitioning to Cisco UCS B200. Five year life cycle. Study conducted May 1 2012 – July 26, 2012
$871,476
Savings
PROVISIONING
REAL WORLD
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Major Travel Services Provider
5-Year TCO
— 39% overall savings
— $11,522 5-year per
node overall savings
Savings Breakdown
Server hardware & warranty 18%
Switch hardware & warranty, cabling 54%
Power & cooling 69%
Initial provisioning 79%
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Major Travel Service Provider
$14,273,022 $1,470,939
$1,055,931
$2,037,077
$989,691
$8,719,384
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
$7,000,000
$8,000,000
$9,000,000
$10,000,000
$11,000,000
$12,000,000
$13,000,000
$14,000,000
Servers &
Warranty
Networking,
Cabling
& Warranty
Power &
Cooling
Initial
Provisioning
Competitor’sRackmountSolution
UCSSolution
Comparison of existing 482 rack servers and associated switching infrastructure plus projected growth vs. Cisco UCS B-Series. Five year life cycle. Study conducted May 2011 – September 2011.
$5,553,638
Savings
SERVERS PROVISIONING
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Real Innovation Improves TCO
Networking,
Cabling &
Warranty Power &
Cooling
Provisioning
& Ongoing
Administration
Systems
Management
Software
TraditionalSolution
UCSSolution
Servers &
Warranty
Unified Fabric
• Radical Infrastructure Simplification
• Efficient scaling
• High performance
Unified Management
• Embedded device management
• Self-integrating
• Stateless
• Automated
• Programmable

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