VMware Software-Defined Datacenter

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VMware Software-Defined Datacenter

Software Plattformen übernehmen Funktionen der Hardware

David Kernahan

Senior Systems Engineer VMware Switzerland GmbH

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Agenda

1 VMware Strategy & Vision

2 Software-Defined Datacenter

3 Software-Defined Storage (VSAN)

4 Software-Defined Network (NSX)

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Empowering IT as a Service with a Software-Defined Enterprise

Redefine Efficiency & Agility Through the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)

Provide Choice Without Sacrificing Security & Control with Hybrid Cloud Computing

Empower the Workforce with Secure Mobility

Mobile Cloud

VMware vCloud Suite VMware Horizon Editions VMware vCloud Air or others

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The Foundation for the Software-Defined Enterprise

Compute Physical Hardware Policy-based Management &

Automation _{Cloud Automation} _{Cloud Operations} _{Cloud Business}

Software-Defined Data Center

Private Clouds Public Clouds Hybrid Cloud VMware & vCloud Data Center

Partners

Virtualized Infrastructure

Abstract & Pool

Compute Abstraction = Server Virtualization Network Network Abstraction = Virtual Networking Storage Storage Abstraction = Software-Defined Storage Applications End User Computing Desktop Mobile Virtual Workspace Modern SaaS Traditional

VMware vCloud Suite

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The Software-Defined Datacenter

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Two reasons for Virtualizing

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Cost per VM 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 75% 80% Standardization and pooling

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Optimization Automation & Operations Management

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$1,800

5 days,

$300

2 minutes

$10,000

10 weeks

Enterprise storage VLAN networks Firewall, load-balancer IDS, security, monitoring Availability

Present

Past

+

Major Benefits Achieved… Much More is

Possible!

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SDDC = Major Breakthrough in Speed and Agility

5 days

3 minutes

Virtual Data Center

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From Virtualization to SDDC – One Destination, Two Paths

Operations Management

Software-Defined

Storage and Availability

SDDC

Virtual

Virtual Networking and Security Cloud Service Provisioning

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Software-Defined Data Center is the Future of IT

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Software-Defined Data Center

(SDDC) Components

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• Interface between apps and storage services • Interprets VM-policies and composes service • Initial placement and on-going optimization

• Storage container = app container (i.e. VM) • HW capabilities expressed to the control plane • Data persistency on x-86 (hyper-converged) • Applied to individual VMs

• Dynamically invoked by control plane • Array-based, hypervisor, 3rd_{party VA}

SAN / NAS

SAN/NAS Pool

Virtual Data Plane

x86 Servers

Hypervisor-converged

Storage pool Object Storage Pool

Cloud Object Storage

Virtual Data Services

Data Protection Mobility Performance Policy-driven Control Plane

VMware Software-Defined Storage

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Virtual SAN Shared Datastore

VMworld 2014 - Themes and Announcements

CONFIDENTIAL 14 vSphere + VSAN vSphere + VSAN Storage Policy-Based Mgmt. … HDD SSD … HDD SSD SSD HDD vSphere + VVOL vSphere + VVOL … … Storage Policy-Based Mgmt. Cloud And Management Automation

SAN/NAS

VMware Virtual SAN 5.5 • 300+ customers

• Best of Interop and TechEd

• 30+ Ready Nodes from all major OEMs • View Ref. Arch. And bundles

Control Plane Integrations • Self-service consumption of

SDS

• SPBM integrations with vCAC, OpenStack, PowerShell

Virtual Volumes

• Extends SDS to SAN/NAS • Beta Program

• Day 0 support announcements from partners

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VMware Virtual SAN

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VMware Virtual SAN Wins Best of TechEd 2014

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VMware Virtual SAN

• Software-defined storage

software solution.

• Aggregates locally attached

storage from each ESXi host in

a cluster.

• Flash optimized storage

solution.

• VM-Centric data operations and

policy driven management

principals.

• Resilient design based on a

Distributed RAID

architecture

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No single points of failures

• Fully integrated with vSphere.

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vSphere + Virtual SAN

Hard disks Hard disks

SSD SSD SSD _{Hard disks}

…

Virtual SAN Shared Datastore

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VMware Virtual SAN

• Hybrid

storage solution

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Magnetic disks (HDD)

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Flash based disks (SSD)

• Storage

scale out

architecture

built into the hypervisor

• Dynamic

capacity and

performance scalability

• Object based storage

architecture

• Interoperable

with vSphere and

enterprise features:

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vMotion, DRS, vSphere HA

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vSphere + Virtual SAN

Hard disks Hard disks

SSD SSD SSD _{Hard disks}

…

Virtual SAN Shared Datastore

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VMware NSX Overview

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Software-Defined Networking != Network Virtualization

(Its all about your perspective)

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Why Network Virtualization

Physical Infrastructure

Compute Virtualization Abstraction Layer Network Virtualization Abstraction Layer

Physical Network: A Barrier to Software Defined Data Center

SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATACENTER SERVICES

VDC

Solution: Virtualize the Network

• Provisioning is slow

• Placement is limited

• Mobility is limited

• Hardware dependent

• Operationally intensive

• Programmatic provisioning

• Place any workload anywhere

• Move any workload anywhere

• Decoupled from hardware

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VMware NSX – The Platform for Network

Virtualization

Any Application (without modification)

Virtual Networks

VMware NSX Network Virtualization Platform

Logical L2

Any Network Hardware Any Cloud Management Platform

Logical Firewall Logical Load Balancer Logical L3 Logical VPN Any Hypervisor Any Application (without modification) Virtual Networks

Logical L2

Logical Firewall Logical Load Balancer Logical L3 Logical VPN Any Hypervisor

Logical Switching– Layer 2 over Layer 3,

decoupled from the physical network

Logical Routing– Routing between virtual

networks without exiting the software container

Logical Firewall – Distributed Firewall,

Kernel Integrated, High Performance

Logical Load Balancer – Application Load

Balancing in software

Logical VPN – Site-to-Site & Remote

Access VPN in software

NSX API – RESTful API for integration into

any Cloud Management Platform

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VMware NSX – Networking & Security

Capabilities

Rich Networking & Security Services

• Scalable Logical Switching • Physical to Virtual L2 Bridging

• Dynamic L3 Routing: OSPF, BGP, IS-IS • Logical Services:

Firewall, Identity-based Firewall, Load-balancing, VPN (IPSec, SSL, L2VPN)

Automation & Operations

• API Driven Integration

• Service Composer for Security Workflows • Server Access Monitoring

• Troubleshooting & Visibility

Partner Extensibility

• Physical ToR L2 Integration

• Security Services – IDS / IPS, AV, Vulnerability Mgmt

• Network Services – Load Balancers, WAN Optimization

Any Application (without modification)

Virtual Networks

Logical L2

Logical Firewall Logical Load Balancer Logical L3 Logical VPN Any Hypervisor Any Application (without modification) Virtual Networks

Logical L2

Logical Firewall Logical Load Balancer Logical L3 Logical VPN Any Hypervisor

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IP Transport Network NSX Controller Cluster No rt h b o u n d RE S T A P I No rt h b o u n d RE S T A P I 11.1.1.10 11.1.1.10 NSX Edge NSX Edge

Virtual

Network

VM1 VM1 VM2 VM2 VM1 VM1 VM2 VM2

NSX – How it Works

10.2.2.10 10.2.2.10

Data Plane Control Plane

VM1 VM1 VM2 Cloud Management Platform 1 2 Hypervisor 10.1.1.10 10.1.1.10 VM3 VM3 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 Corpnet 20.1.1.2 VM3 Corpnet 20.1.1.2 10.97.110.10 10.97.110.10 VM2 VLAN 9 VM4 VM4 VM5 VM5 VLAN 9 VM4 VM4 VM5 VM5 1 2

Existing

DC

Network(s)

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VMware EVO:RAIL

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Challenges in Making SDDC Happen

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• Troubleshooting

• Support calls to multiple vendors

• Business interruption during patching and upgrades

• Troubleshooting

• Support calls to multiple vendors

• Business interruption during patching and upgrades

Lifecycle Management

and Support

Lifecycle Management

and Support

• Understand where to begin • Organizational structure and

process changes • Design a reference

architecture

• Procure components from different vendors

• Time investment before first VM deployment

• Understand where to begin • Organizational structure and

process changes • Design a reference

architecture

• Procure components from different vendors

• Time investment before first VM deployment

Setup

• Make disparate infrastructure nodes (compute, storage and networking) work together • Lack of automation and

tools for workload

provisioning and deployment • Many points of control

• Make disparate infrastructure nodes (compute, storage and networking) work together • Lack of automation and

tools for workload

provisioning and deployment • Many points of control

Provisioning

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One Destination, Three Approaches

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Software-Defined Data Center

“Build Your Own”

Converged Infrastructure

Hyper-Converged

Infrastructure

Hyper-Converged

Infrastructure

• Hardware components (e.g. compute, storage, networking) procured separately

• Traditional data center

components (e.g. shared storage hardware, servers, switches) integrated and sold in a single chassis

• Integration of hardware (compute, storage and

networking) with software that provides a single point of entry for SDDC lifecycle management

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• Ease of procurement via prescriptive approach • Strong economics • Faster time to deployment • Simplified SDDC lifecycle management

• One support call

• Ease of procurement via prescriptive approach • Strong economics • Faster time to deployment • Simplified SDDC lifecycle management

• One support call • Ease of procurement

• Custom fit to environment • No limitations on

scalability

• One support call • Ease of procurement

• Custom fit to environment • No limitations on

scalability

• One support call • Maximum customization

and flexibility (hardware selection, scalability) • Maximum customization

and flexibility (hardware selection, scalability)

VMware Provides Choice to Customers

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“Build Your Own”

Converged Infrastructure

Hyper-Converged

Infrastructure

Hyper-Converged

Infrastructure

NEW

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Introducing VMware EVO:RAIL

TM

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance

Powered by VMware

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VMware EVO:RAIL

• EVO:RAIL software with vSphere and Virtual SAN technology is the key enabler

• Single SKU procurement model creates design and price predictability

• Simple, streamlined deployment and ongoing SDDC lifecycle management

• One support call

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VMware EVO:RAIL Delivers Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

• Simplicity Transformed

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Power-on to VM creation in minutes, radically easy

VM deployment, one-click non-disruptive patch and

upgrades, simplified management

• Software Defined Building Block

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Delivering compute, network, and storage resources

for server or desktop workloads

• Trusted Foundation – 100% VMware software

• Highly Resilient by Design

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Fault tolerance within and across appliances

• Infrastructure at the Speed of Innovation

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Simplify design with predictable sizing and scaling,

streamline purchase and deployment

• Freedom of Choice

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Variety of partner systems & value-add offerings

2U/4-Node hardware platform optimized for EVO:RAIL • 4 independent nodes for compute, network, and storage • Each node has dual processors & 192GB of Memory • Total of 16TB of Flash and HDD Storage via Virtual SAN • Phone and in-field HW & SW Support & Services (SnS)

VMware EVO:RAIL Appliance

New

New EVO:RAIL Software Bundle • EVO:RAIL rapid deployment,

configuration, and management engine • Compute, network & storage virtualization

with vSphere and Virtual SAN • VMware Support & Services (SnS) • Software bundle provided to qualifying

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• Prescribed 2U/4N platform from qualified partners

• Automated scale out up to 4 HCIAs

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General Purpose Server workloads ~100 VMs per HCIA

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VDI ~250 VMs per HCIA

• Time to value to first VM in minutes from power on

• Non disruptive patch & upgrade

• Primary use cases:

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Key Features

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance (HCIA) x1

x2 x3 x4

TOR Switch

ROBO Virtual Private _Cloud VDI

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Per Node

• Dual Intel E5-26x0v2 6 core processors

• 192 GB memory

• 3 x 1.2 TB HDD

• 1 x 400 GB Intel SSD

• 2 x 10 GbE NIC port

• 1 x 1GbE management port

Per Appliance

• 48 CPU cores ~ 100 GHz

• 768 GB memory capacity

• 14.4 TB storage capacity

• 1.6 TB flash capacity

• 80 GbE network bandwidth

• Dual redundant power supplies

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High Level Specifications

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100 VMs

250 Desktops

200 VMs

500 Desktops

300 VMs

750 Desktops

400 VMs

1000 Desktops

Simplified Linear Scale Out

• Scale performance, bandwidth, and capacity by simply adding appliances

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Each appliance adds compute, networking, and storage resources in minutes

• New appliances are automatically discovered

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Add to the cluster with zero configuration

• Supports 4 appliances (16 hosts) in v1

General-purpose VM profile: 2 vCPU, 4GB vMEM,60GB of vDisk, with redundancy Horizon View virtual desktop profile: 2 vCPU, 2GB vMEM, 32GB vDisk linked clones

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Ideal Environments for EVO:RAIL

• Virtual Desktop Solution

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POC and Pay & Scale as you grow

• R&D and Test Environments

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Tight budget for compute/storage; Quick deployment of infrastructure

• Remote/Branch Office Locations

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Data Center in a Box

• Private Cloud Infrastructure

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On-site cloud for employees or customers; Off-site co-located

• Limited IT staff

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Simplified, repeatable deployment/management

• Geographic Data Locality

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Limited footprint for in-country solution

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ROBO

Virtual Private Cloud

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EVO: RAIL Configuration

• EVO: RAIL Configuration has three options: Just Go! or Customize Me! or Upload Configuration File.

With Just Go!, EVO: RAIL automatically configures a default set of IP addresses and hostnames for extremely fast deployment in a green-field scenario. Configure your TOR switch and click the Just Go! button. All you have to create are two passwords.

With Customize Me!, customers can specify the following configuration parameters:

• • Hostnames for vCenter Server and ESXi hosts naming scheme

• • Networking (IP ranges and/or VLAN ID): ESXi, Virtual SAN, vSphere vMotion, vCenter Server, VM Networks • • Passwords: ESXi hosts and vCenter Server; optional Active Directory authentication

• • Globals: Time zone; your existing NTP, DNS, and Proxy servers; logging: vCenter Log Insight or third-party syslog server

With Upload Configuration File, an existing json configuration file can be selected and uploaded.

• EVO: RAIL verifies the configuration data, and then builds the appliance. EVO: RAIL implements data services, creates • the new ESXi hosts, and configures vCenter Server. The final screen contains the link to EVO: RAIL Management.