Dynamic Cloud Solution White Paper
Building a Dynamic Cloud Environment Learn how to integrate best in class servers, storage and network products when building a Dynamic Cloud Environment for virtualized cloud-ready environments
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Table of Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Dynamic cloud objectives............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Dynamic Cloud fundamentals.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 The open view................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 the role of the network in Cloud Computing .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Dynamic Cloud Architecture........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Principle Design Concept ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Fujitsu Configuration ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 San Jose Configuration................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Traditional FC SAN alternative ..................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Brocade 8000 Switch – Highlights .........................................................................................................................................................................................11 Management infrastructure for both Configurations........................................................................................................................................................12 Management Software......................................................................................................................................... 12 Benefits of Dynamic Cloud Computing .................................................................................................................................................................................13 Challenges .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 Conclusion........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15 Product section...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Brocade 8000 top-of-rack CEE/FCoE switch .......................................................................................................................................................................16 Brocade CNA...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Brocade MLX Series .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Brocade FastIron WS Series ......................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Brocade FCX Series.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 NetApp FAS System Storage Series .......................................................................................................................................................................................17 Unified Storage Architecture......................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Fujitsu Cloud solution ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX Cloud extension Platform ...............................................................................................................................................................18 Fujitsu Primergy RX Platform....................................................................................................................................................................................................18
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INTRODUCTION This white paper focuses on discussing the attributes of a Dynamic Cloud Environment and showcases a proven example delivering the foundation for a highly mobile and dynamic hypervisor agnostic open computing infrastructure to meet today‟s business demands for IT agility. This Dynamic Cloud Environment was created using best-of-breed products from Fujitsu, NetApp and Brocade. The intended audience is IT management, architects, and designers interested in virtualization and dynamic cloud architecture. The content is organized as follows: • • • •
An Executive Summary followed by Dynamic Cloud Objectives and Fundamental Principles The Dynamic Cloud Architecture View The Brocade Cloud Computing and Physical Architecture The Brocade Open Dynamic Cloud Architecture Designs (Fujitsu and Brocade tested configurations) • Benefits and Challenges to Cloud-Computing • Products section
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Dynamic cloud computing is an emerging model that enables data centers to dramatically improve their IT efficiency and service levels. Cloud computing eliminates over-provisioning of infrastructure to get the IT capacity the business needs. Instead, the IT department can “pay-per-use” the resources it needs. This model can reduce capital expenditures and will potentially also reduce operating expenses, when automated management systems are properly applied. Cloud computing over the Internet is commonly called “public cloud computing.” When used in the data center, it is commonly called “private cloud computing.” The difference lies in who maintains control and responsibility for servers, storage, and networking infrastructure and ensures that application service levels are met. In public cloud computing, some or all aspects of operations and management are handled by a third party “as a service.” Users can access an application or computing and storage using the Internet and the HTTP address of the service. IDC predicts that revenue from IT cloud services will grow from $17.4 billion in 2009 to $44.2 billion in 2013; this is a five-year annual growth rate of 26 percent, which is more than six times the rate of traditional IT offerings. These figures do not include spending for private cloud deployments. They only include information for public IT cloud services offerings. According to industry analyst firm Forrester Research, “Many enterprise infrastructure and operations professionals are taking this [cloud computing] concept in-house and building their own internal clouds … Cloud computing is compelling, but bypassing IT Ops can be dangerous.” (“Deliver Cloud Benefits Inside Your Walls,” Forrester Research, Inc., April 2009) A Dynamic Cloud Environment can bring data centers much closer to realizing their vision of the dynamic data center: IT infrastructure that expands and contracts with elastic efficiency to meet today‟s global business needs of the enterprise.
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DYNAMIC CLOUD OBJECTIVES Customers today expect cloud services providers to be open like the rest of their data center choices. As mentioned in the challenges section, there are several barriers to the broad adoption of cloud computing. As cloud service providers notify customers to accept a loss of control over their resources, hiding vendor lock-in behind the benefits of cloud computing will lead to long-term damage to the cloud computing industry. As a dynamic cloud becomes a reality, business leaders will benefit in several ways. Options The Enterprise is selecting providers; architectures usage models and Dynamic Cloud Environments to enable them to use any provider or architecture as the business and IT environment dictates. If the Enterprise requires changing providers because of new partnerships, acquisition, competitive pressures or government regulations, they can do so easily. If the Enterprise deploys a private cloud, they have options between providers as they extend their needs and/or functional requirements. Elasticity Regardless of the Cloud provider and architecture the Enterprises uses, a dynamic cloud that makes it easy for them to work across groups, even if those other groups supported by different server and storage environments and architectures. A Dynamic Cloud Infrastructure will make it easy for the Enterprise and Global organizations to interoperate between different cloud providers. Acceleration and Expedition The value propositions of cloud computing is the ability to scale hardware and software as needed. Dynamic Cloud Environment and interfaces allows organizations to build new solutions that integrate public clouds, private clouds, and current IT systems. As the conditions of the enterprise change, a Dynamic Cloud Environment lets the organization respond with speed and agility. Talent Management A side effect of a Dynamic Cloud Environment is the availability of skilled professionals. If there are many proprietary programming models, a given IT professional is unlikely to know more than a few of them. In a Dynamic Cloud Environment, there is a small set of new technologies to learn (especially when existing technologies are utilized), greatly enhancing the chances that the organization can find someone with the necessary skills.
DYNAMIC CLOUD FUNDAMENTALS Certainly, Dynamic-Cloud models will continue to evolve in a number of ways, providing unique value for organizations. It is not the intention to standardize every feature in the cloud and wish for a single homogeneous cloud environment. Rather, as Dynamic-Cloud computing matures, there are several fundamentals that must be followed to ensure the cloud is dynamic and delivers the options, elasticity and delivers on the organizations requirements. Dynamic-Cloud Service providers need to collaborate to manage the challenges to cloud adoption (control, assurance and visibility) focused on solving customer and end-user problems. The use of industry forums can aid in driving collaboration among cloud providers. Dynamic-Cloud Service providers need to be careful to use their position to drive lock-out strategies into their specific platforms of choice reducing customer alternatives.
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Dynamic-Cloud Cloud providers should work with existing standards when it makes sense. The enterprise has deployed over the yearâ€&#x;s industry standards; there is no need to duplicate or reinvent them for Dynamic-Cloud models. Organizations must be cautious and realistic to prevent creating too many ways of doing what standards already do. Standards should fuel innovation, not prevent it. All efforts around the Dynamic-Cloud have to be centered on customer requirements, not only the technical aspects of Dynamic-Cloud providers, testing and certification against real customer requirements should be required. Dynamic-Cloud industry standards organizations, supporting groups, and industry need to work together and express their views and requirements on future direction.
THE OPEN VIEW This white paper is meant to begin the conversation, not define it. In this example, many elements, definitions, and scenarios will be used as the emerging Dynamic-Cloud computing community comes together. We will later outline the challenges facing organizations that want to use the Dynamic-Cloud models. These challenges lead to a call to action for the IT industry around a vision of a DynamicCloud Environment. As a part of the IT industry, consumers must collaborate and ensure that the Dynamic-Cloud remains as open as all other IT technologies. Many people have the view that it is early to discuss strategies like standards, interoperability, integration, and portability. Certainly this is an era of great innovation for the Dynamic-Cloud computing community, that innovation should be guided by the principles of openness outlined in this document.
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THE ROLE OF THE NETWORK IN CLOUD COMPUTING In cloud computing, applications, computing, and storage resources live somewhere in the network, or cloud. User don‟t worry about the location and can rapidly access as much or as little of the computing, storage, and networking capacity as they wish—paying for it by how much they use—just as they would with water or electricity services provided by utility companies. Some features that apply to cloud computing are: • Virtual infrastructure to provide resources. The data center itself becomes a dynamic pool of resources, enabled by virtualization technology. Applications are not constrained to a specific physical server and data is not captive to a single storage device. Operations focus on ensuring that adequate resources are available; the function of service provisioning is to handle which resources are allocated to an application or user. • Service provisioning. Services must be provisioned with little or no effort on the part of the IT group responsible for maintaining the resource pools. Self-service portals that users can access let them request computing, storage, and network connectivity—all provided within minutes. This is a significant departure from the earlier IT model of project-based application deployment on dedicated hardware. • Payment at time of use. Cloud computing supports quite a few innovative financial models, such as pay-as-you-go based on the resources used, and even a no-cost model in the case of some public cloud applications in which advertising pays for the infrastructure. Clearly, public cloud computing is at an early stage in its evolution. However, all of the companies offering public cloud computing services have data centers; in fact, they are building some of the largest data centers in the world. They all have network architectures that demand flexibility, scalability, low operating cost, and high availability.
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE Cloud computing and server virtualization complement each other in the following ways. • Cloud computing services can be implemented on top of virtual data centers. Virtualization can support a cloud architecture. • Cloud computing software can be used to orchestrate virtual server deployments. Cloud management software can be used for command and control of virtualization services. • Cloud computing adds another virtualization layer between end users and the entire IT environment, implementing a pay-per-use model. • Both demand robust physical infrastructure. They both rely heavily on the network and are demanding changes in traditional assumptions about network architecture and design. This last point is important. As more server virtualization and cloud computing projects are deployed in the data center, the existing network design has to adapt gracefully, one rack at a time, while continuing to operate with non-virtualized applications.
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DYNAMIC CLOUD ARCHITECTURE To validate that a combination of our products could support a cloud-like infrastructure, Fujitsu, NetApp, and Brocade joined together to validate a solution. The following paragraphs showcase the elements and efforts to achieve our solution. Key Technology Elements For technical competence and flexibility, we choose remote hypervisor boot over FCoE. VMware‟s hypervisor was used for this architecture because it provides excellent virtual switch management and integration into NetApp and Brocade network management. VMware is currently the market leader and has been showcased in other Cloud scenarios. This solution also runs Microsoft‟s Hyper-V in parallel as most end-users would see benefit of having both industry leader‟s virtualization products based on their respective strengths. Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000 or RX Series (RX200) as the server platform For the CX1000 we used CX120 node equipped with a Brocade 1020 dual port CNAs Brocade 8000 as Top of Rack 10G CEE switch and as potential bridge into FC SAN Brocade MLX and Brocade MLX-4 chassis as aggregation level / core switch NetApp FAS 3140A Storage Arrays with UTA (Universal Target Adapters) Fujitsu ETERNUS FC storage as alternative to the NetApp storage Other optional equipment used: Fujitsu ETERNUS FC storage as alternative to the NetApp storage Brocade 300 FC SAN switch Brocade FWS 624 IP switch Brocade FCX-S 648 IP switch Fujitsu, Brocade, and NetApp Management products
Principle Design Concept
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Given the above listed components, the fundamental structure is defined by the 24 port Brocade 8000 FCoE switch and the taken oversubscription ratio. This leads to basic building blocks of at maximum 16 to 20 servers, which are connected to two Brocade 8000 switches to provide redundant connection to each server. At the north side of the Brocade 8000, Ethernet and Fibre Channel, traffic is split and forwarded to 10 GbE LAN and 8 Gb FC SAN switches. This architecture is extremely scalable as nearly any number of these building blocks can be connected to appropriate LAN and SAN switches without adding management complexity. As an alternative, an end user can utilize NetAppâ€&#x;s storage arrays with their UTA (Universal Target Adapter) allowing direct connection to FCoE. In smaller configurations, this provides the option of omitting the entire FC network.
These two architectures were developed and tested, one at Fujitsu in Paderborn, Germany and one at Brocade in San Jose, CA; each with a different focus by using different server nodes and network oversubscription. The Fujitsu Paderborn architecture was focused on efficiency in every respect like space, energy and cost, and was built around the Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000. The San Jose architecture was focused on performance and higher throughput through less oversubscription. This architecture utilized Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX200 server nodes. Another aspect of the second architecture is that it may be a base for initial customer installations or used for evaluation purposes. It is more flexible in the number of nodes and therefore can be less expensive compared to the larger PRIMERGY CX1000 configuration.
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FUJITSU CONFIGURATION This instance is based on the Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000 cloud server hardware. The 38 servers are divided into two groups, the upper 19 servers are connected to the upper two Brocade 8000 switches, the lower 19 servers are connected to the lower two Brocade 8000 switches. The following picture shows the customer data network only. The management network is described further down in this paper. The NetApp FAS3140A is directly connected via FCoE by two ports to each of the 4 Brocade8000s. With efficiency as this architectureâ€&#x;s focus, there is only a three port LAG used for connecting the Brocade 8000 to the MLX switch. The FAS 3140A Array is connected by 2 ports to each Brocade 8000.
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SAN JOSE CONFIGURATION This instance is based on Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX200 servers and being focused more on IO performance and throughput was configured with an oversubscription of 2:1. An added benefit of this design is the flexibility of changing the oversubscription to meet an end userâ€&#x;s specific requirements. The following picture shows the customer data network only. The management network is described further down in this paper. The NetApp FAS3140A is directly connected through FCoE by two ports to each of the two Brocade 8000 switches. There is a four port LAG used for connecting the Brocade 8000 to the MLX -4 switch. The FAS 3140A Array is connected by two ports to each Brocade 8000.
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TRADITIONAL FC SAN ALTERNATIVE Alternatively to the NetApp FCoE-connected storage a Fujitsu ETERNUS storage system can be utilized. The Brocade 8000 additionally provides eight FC ports which can connect storage to the PRIMERGY CX1000 rack. The ETERNUS FC storage is connected through a Brocade 300 switch to the FC ports on the Brocade 8000 switches.
BROCADE 8000 SWITCH – HIGHLIGHTS Delivers Data Center Bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for top-ofrack server I/O consolidation
Utilizes Brocade Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and Brocade frame-based trunking to maximize network bandwidth
Offers deployment flexibility, initially as a Layer 2 Ethernet switch with Fibre Channel capabilities activated later, or as a fullfunction DCB/FCoE switch
Improves energy efficiency, operating at 350 watts with redundant power supplies and cooling fan FRUs
Utilizes a cut-through, non-blocking architecture to deliver line-rate performance across twenty-four 10 Gbps DCB ports with eight 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports
Combines with Brocade Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) and Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFMÂŽ) to provide a unified DCB/FCoE solution that reduces capital and operating expenses
Provides rich Layer 2 Ethernet functionality for LAN traffic and advanced Fibre Channel functionality for SAN traffic
Brocade 8000, CNAs, and Brocade Fibre Channel SAN infrastructures can be managed by Brocade DCFM as part of a unified DCB/FCoE
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MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BOTH CONFIGURATIONS For testing purposes we chose a separate management LAN
A Brocade FWS switch was used as the core of the management network. The central management station hosting all the management software is connected to it, as well as the dedicated (out-ofband) management ports of nearly all the other components (except FCX-S). This allows the administrator to manage the infrastructure out-of-band, entirely independent of the customer production network. Each server nodeâ€&#x;s BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) is connected to the first onboard NIC (LoM) which itself is connected to a FCX switches working as ToR management switch. This in-rack 1 GbE management network provides both BMC-based out-of-band server HW management (like power on/off) and OS or hypervisor management for example (Vmotion) Management Software The Brocade FWS ran a DHCP server to provide IP configurations (within the management network only) especially to the larger number of server nodes. The Central Management Station (CMS) will be a Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX200 with at least 16 MB of memory and a local disc to host the PRIMERGY ServerView Deployment and Operations Manager to install and operate the servers. Brocade DCFM network management product will be used to administer all switch components. VCenter will be used to manage the VMware Hypervisors and VMs on the server nodes. As long as there is only one NetApp FAS Array in the infrastructure the NetApp Operations Manager is not required, a single Array is managed by the FAS-built-in ONTAP management SW. In case of larger installation the NetApp OM would have to be additionally installed on the CMS.
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BENEFITS OF DYNAMIC CLOUD COMPUTING Dynamic-Cloud computing helps ensure lower, more predictable costs in a variety of ways. It enables companies to avoid capital expenses through higher utilization of physical resources. That eliminates the need to overprovision resources with purchases that address peak-only demand. Cloud computing also lowers operating expenses by reducing administrative and support overhead through automation. It reduces acquisition, power, cooling, and space costs because less hardware is needed. With cloud computing, organizations can move from a fixed-cost IT model to a structure that is variable and consumption-based and provides pay-as-you-go costing with usage metering. Another major benefit of cloud computing is that it increases ITâ€&#x;s agility in meeting business needs by drastically reducing the time required to change the IT infrastructure in response to business demands. New virtual servers can be quickly created and deployed to meet new business requirements. The cloud infrastructure can adapt in near real time to accommodate changing workloads. Cloud computing also offers higher scalability in that it provides elastic capacity. The resources in the cloud can be viewed as a pool of unlimited resources that can be quickly deployed, reclaimed, and redeployed to deliver capacity quickly, wherever and whenever it is needed. Consequently, services can be accessed from anywhere at any time to satisfy any computing need.
CHALLENGES Like any innovative technology, while cloud computing delivers significant benefits, it also poses challenges. The IT staff must provide the same levels of service quality and control in the cloud environment as in the traditional physical environment. That means ensuring service and support delivery at SLA levels and maintaining strict compliance, security, and privacy. Yet the cloud environment is far more complex and dynamic than the traditional dedicated physical environment. There are many more servers to manage because of the ability to rapidly create virtual servers. Cloud services are continually being created, moved among physical resources, and retired. In addition, the enterprise cloud environment may include services from a variety of external providers, greatly increasing the number of vendors for IT to manage. These external services may be consumed outside of the normal IT process and governance requirements. That situation could increase risk, such as the risk of software license violations and the risk of noncompliance. The resulting cloud environment is far more difficult to manage. It requires a new approach to managing IT services. What the business demands from IT — responsiveness, cost-effectiveness, compliance, and choices based on need — has not fundamentally changed. How IT responds to these demands, however, must fundamentally change. To meet the challenge of cloud computing, IT must transition from an infrastructure-oriented approach to a service-oriented approach for service delivery and management. This includes providing a catalog of standardized IT services and supporting self-service and automated provisioning of standardized services. In addition, it is important to integrate IT processes and tools end-to-end and be able to support multiple service sourcing options. Cloud computing also requires IT to perform continuous resource optimization. That means managing service levels across applications and a virtual infrastructure, striving for full utilization of the IT infrastructure and allocating resources based on business needs.
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Compliance with security-related issues is very important in the cloud. IT must ensure that information, data ownership, and billing/accounting information are secure. In addition, it is also critical to protect the physical storage of information and be aware of where the vendor‟s infrastructure is located. This is particularly significant because some countries do not allow you to move certain data outside of their countries due to privacy and security issues. That‟s why IT must gain the control, visibility, and assurance necessary to effectively manage the virtualized IT infrastructure, and this need must extend to public clouds and public cloud vendors. Control - Ensure that all processes (change, release, provisioning, and de-provisioning) are performed in compliance with internal policies and external regulations. For example, IT must ensure that only standard configurations are deployed. Service and support quality must be maintained at agreed-upon levels through effective service level management. IT must also ensure compliance with software license agreements. In addition, IT and procurement need to address issues related to “shadow IT,” where the lines of businesses are directly acquiring IT services and burying the costs within their business units. That situation makes it difficult for IT to understand the true cost of services. IT organizations also need to focus on controlling accounting related to licenses. This may be more difficult to track because licenses in the cloud may need to be updated more frequently. Visibility - Maintain a comprehensive view of all resources and their relationships, tracking movement of virtual resources, mapping virtual to physical resources, and mapping physical and virtual resources to the services they support. When leveraging public cloud resources, visibility needs to extend to the services being delivered through those public clouds. Visibility also requires the ability to accurately forecast and track the cost of delivering services, and to track compliance, such as through the generation of audit reports. Assurance - Provide proactive performance management and extensive capacity planning and management capabilities to ensure that service performance and availability are maintained at agreed-upon service levels. Because public cloud service providers deliver services using their own private clouds, they face similar system management challenges as organizations that use the providers‟ services. Many providers will face an even more tightly defined and stringent set of service agreements and contracts than their customers and will usually incur higher penalties for nonconformance.
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CONCLUSION The advantages of Dynamic Cloud Environment computing are substantial and include lower and more predictable costs, avoidance of capital outlays, greater agility, higher scalability, and increased user empowerment. With Dynamic Cloud computing, IT and the enterprise can dramatically increase its value and contribution to the business. The enterprise cannot forget their existing environment and simply jump into the cloud. They need to take an evolutionary — rather than a revolutionary — approach. That means identifying key target applications and infrastructure that are suitable for private or public clouds and then developing a strategy to adopt cloud computing incrementally. This also means addressing the areas of greatest payback opportunity first and ensuring that cloud computing initiatives play along with non-cloud workloads. As a result of this approach, IT will have to manage a complex and highly diverse Networking environment that includes private or hybrid clouds, virtualized resources, and traditional dedicated physical resources. Brocade and its partners supporting technologies offer an approach that enables IT to meet the challenge of cloud computing. Brocade solutions provide a unified network approach in the evolving cloud environment. These solutions are integrated, tested and provide a high level of visibility and automation that enable IT to manage virtualized resources and services across their entire lifecycles.
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PRODUCT SECTION BROCADE 8000 TOP-OF-RACK CEE/FCOE SWITCH
Supporting Windows and Linux environments, the Brocade 8000 Switch enables access to the LANs and SANs over a common server connection by utilizing emerging Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols. LAN traffic is forwarded to aggregation layer Ethernet switches using conventional 10 GbE connections and storage traffic is forwarded to Fibre Channel SANs over 8 Gbps Fibre Channel connections. Part of a unified CEE/FCoE solution unique to Brocade, the Brocade 8000 helps organizations reduce capital and operating expenses in enterprise data centers.
BROCADE CNA The Brocade 8000 connects to servers utilizing Brocade 1010/1020 Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) or third-party CNAs. Consolidating server I/O reduces the number of server adapters, which in turn reduces cabling and switch ports, resulting in lower infrastructure costs as well as lower power and cooling costs. Moreover, consolidation is not limited to hardware components. Because FCoE preserves Fibre Channel constructs and services, it integrates seamlessly into existing Fibre Channel environments, enabling organizations to introduce CEE/FCoE into their data centers without disrupting their existing SANs or IT management practices. To further reduce complexity and administrative overhead, organizations can manage Brocade CNAs, the Brocade 8000, and their Brocade Fibre Channel SAN infrastructures using Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM), providing a unified CEE/FCoE solution.
BROCADE MLX SERIES The Brocade MLX Series of advanced routers delivers unprecedented scale and performance, high reliability, and cost-saving operational efficiency for the world‟s most demanding service provider and enterprise networks. Brocade MLX Series routers feature industry-leading 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 10 GbE, and 1 GbE wire-speed density; rich IPv4, IPv6, Multi-VRF, MPLS, and Carrier Ethernet capabilities without compromising performance, and advance Layer 2 switching. Designed for non-stop networking, the Brocade MLX Series features Multi-Chassis Trunking (MCT), which provides more than 30 Tbps of dual-chassis bandwidth, full active/active routing links, and uninterrupted traffic flow in the event of node failover. Organizations can achieve high resiliency through fully redundant switch fabrics, management modules, power supplies, and cooling systems.
BROCADE FASTIRON WS SERIES The Brocade FastIron WS Series switches are entry-level enterprise campus switches that provide cost-effective connectivity, PoE for VoIP, and a rich feature set for optimizing the network all the way to the edge. The Brocade FastIron® Workgroup Switch (WS) Series is a complete line of one rack unit (1RU) enterprise-class Layer 2/Layer 3 switches. The FastIron WS Series extends the Brocade broad edge-to-core networking portfolio with a value line of intelligent edge switches designed for small and medium businesses (SMB), branch offices, and distributed enterprises with changing business needs, without compromising performance and reliability. The FastIron WS switches are available in 24- and PoE), for enterprise edge networking, security, and unified communication (UC) needs.48-port 10/100
BROCADE FCX SERIES The Brocade FCX Series offers enterprise class stackable Layer 2/Layer 3 edge switches with 24 or 48 GbE ports and optional 10 GbE uplinks providing new levels of performance, scalability, and flexibility required for today‟s enterprise campus and data center networks. The Brocade® FCX series of switches provides new levels of performance, scalability, and flexibility required for today's enterprise campus and data center networks. With advanced capabilities, these switches deliver performance and intelligence to the network edge in a flexible 1U form factor that helps reduce infrastructure and administrative costs. Open Cloud Infrastructure
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NETAPP FAS SYSTEM STORAGE SERIES UNIFIED STORAGE ARCHITECTURE In order to address the challenges of building and providing a Dynamic Cloud infrastructure, and reduce storage acquisition and operational costs, enterprises are looking for ways to simplify and unify storage infrastructure across both storage protocols and storage tiers. The goals of those seeking to unify storage include: Improve service levels, reduce costs of redundancy and minimize the number of point solutions. Move toward an end-to-end data protection plan (backup and recovery, DR, archiving) with a single management interface. Implement a recovery-centric approach to storage that minimizes downtime after an outage. Provide a multisite infrastructure that protects as many applications as possible. (Cheaper network bandwidth contributes to making this a practical initiative.) Add the ability to delegate more functions to application and system administrators. (This requires a common pool of storage coupled with policy-based tools.) When you examine other vendors “unified” storage offerings in light of these goals, you quickly realize that not all unified storage is created equal. In the following we give a brief overview of the things that make the NetApp approach so efficient. In addition to being able to run multiple storage protocols on the same system, it comes down to how quickly and easily you can accomplish all the tasks associated with storage, from provisioning to data protection, and how broadly those management capabilities can be leveraged. Single provisioning interface. A single interface is needed to effectively pool storage, creating one model defining data containers that can be allocated dynamically managed (sized and resized) for use by a wide range of applications, whether they need block (SAN) or file (NAS) access. Common management framework. A single data model and toolset enables a consistent management framework across applications and workloads. A set of management services creates a hierarchy of value, from management of physical storage to application-level integration. Policy-based automation. Having a single provisioning interface and a common management framework in turn makes possible policy-based automation that allows storage administrators to delegate some or all of the responsibility for provisioning and management tasks.. Shared data protection at the storage level. A single data protection architecture encompasses everything from a single file to full disaster recovery—all based on the same foundation. Starting ® with Snapshot copy technology, NetApp has built a consistent set of tools that leverage that underlying capability, extending its use for a wide range of applications both in the data center and in remote offices. Ability to incorporate other third-party storage. Almost every existing data center has substantial investments in storage from a variety of vendors. Using NetApp V-Series can extend many of the advantages of unified storage to existing third-party storage; for example, from Fujitsu, EMC, HP, HDS, IBM and others. It is even possible to set up mixed environments. All NetApp FAS Systems (as well as NetApp V-Series) run one common operating system: Data ONTAP®. With the NetApp FAS product line, you can consolidate your mission-critical data across your enterprise, no matter how big your company is or how many different storage platforms you have. Once you consolidate, you can more efficiently protect and recover your mission-critical data across your enterprise. With NetApp Data ONTAP® software, you can support an expanded set of business applications. Our software makes this possible by dynamically virtualizing storage throughout your existing Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure. We unify your entire block and file storage networking paradigms under a common architecture. We also give you a complete suite of advanced tools to manage your consolidated data. We build NetApp FAS systems with scalability in mind, so you can expand the system according to your business growth. You get industry-leading performance, with many terabytes of managed capacity. You can configure your system for simultaneous active-active access with secure failover across two independent controllers in a storage system.
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FUJITSU CLOUD SOLUTION With the arrival of cloud computing, IT decision makers have been given a unique opportunity to lead their organizations through challenging times. Cloud computing delivers a level of flexibility, efficiency, and cost control that was impossible even a few years ago.
Fujitsu cloud computing means: ■ Fujitsu offer flexible models to bridge today‟s infrastructures with tomorrow„s business requirements ■ Fujitsu invests in your success by combining technology thought leadership with your business expertise ■ Fujitsu makes your business more flexible and enable new opportunities and offerings to customers, partners and society ■ Fujitsu supports you in going global while fulfilling local needs and requirements ■ Fujitsu takes compliance, security and data privacy issues very seriously.
FUJITSU PRIMERGY CX CLOUD EXTENSION PLATFORM PRIMERGY CX1000 is a new Product Category within the PRIMERGY server family. Its focus is on providing large data centers with massive scaling x86 server power while at the same time delivering new economics for density, power, heat and acquisition costs. The PRIMERGY CX1000 is a solution to deliver a cloud- enabled server infrastructure platform, targeting Internet scale-out data centers, Managed Domains, “As- a-Service” providers , Hosting industries, Cloud computing and also HPC markets. The CX1000 platform is designed to exactly solve the 4 dimensions problem to deliver new cloud data center economics: Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000 is an innovative Scale-Out Cloud server infrastructure platform that simultaneously solves the 4 biggest challenges for large Enterprises and their Cloud, Hosting or HPC datacenter strategies: It enables to SCALE BIG by packaging 38 industry standard x86 server nodes that come without fans into a dedicated datacenter rack unit with shared cooling architecture and low footprint: the Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000 S1 System. Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000 provides massive scale-out computing power and optimizes the datacenter DENSITY, POWER consumption and HEAT dissipation problems in a one step approach. Its innovative shared cooling “Cool-Central™” enables to build new economics into scale-out datacenters minimizing energy consumption datacenter space - removing strong inhibitors for Cloud Datacenter setup. Up to 5 bays are available in the Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000 chassis for IP Network switches. Recommended Ethernet switch is the Brocade FCV6482 switch, that fully complies to the CX1000 specifications (1 U switch, max depth <= 650 mm, front-to-back-cooling,).
FUJITSU PRIMERGY RX PLATFORM Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX servers are the solution for cutting data center infrastructure costs through greater transparency in structures and administration overhead and maximum leveraging of investments. They are tried-and-tested data center technology. Cost-effective scaling, simplified operation and enhanced quality of IT operation in the data center are the primary advantages of a rack infrastructure. Extensive remote management with the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite enables flexible, low-cost management anytime, anywhere. Of special importance in this context is the right rack infrastructure: For investment protection in data centers, the modular Fujitsu PRIMERGY rack supports seamless integration of PRIMERGY servers, SAN, NAS storage subsystems and infrastructure components such as hubs, KVM switches, etc. Our supply model and build-to-order process ensure that only completely configured and tested solutions are shipped and thus are ready for productive use sooner. Special importance is paid to the energy efficiency of the server systems. A family design concept ensures this standard is met across all different models of the Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX server portfolio. The major elements of the Cool-safe™ design concept for improved cooling of hot spots in the systems includes: -
Honeycomb design for improved air-intake Cable-less design for uninterrupted airflow through the system Highly efficient PSUs with up to 92% efficiency Large fans which run at lower speed for reduced noise levels and higher efficiency Comprehensive Server power management features Airflow channels which direct the airflow directly to potential hotspots like CPUs or PSUs
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