Web-scale customers have been the early adopters of eliminating proprietary technologies and using next-gen architectures to transform data center networking economics to a scale-out, Clos-fabric based approach. If you’re an enterprise customer and want to reap the benefits of this new design model, check out what Nutanix and Cumulus Networks have to offer your organization and business.

1. vv
HyperConvergence
in a
Software Defined Data Center

2. Introduction
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Damien Philip
Systems Engineer
Nutanix
Meena Sankaran
Ecosystem & Solutions
Cumulus Networks

3. Networking
Storage
Servers
VLAN
IP Addresses
MAC Addresses
DHCP
DNS
LACP
Ethernet
Fibre Channel
OSPF
UDP
TCP
IPMI
LOM
BIOS
VT-X
x86
iSCSI
NFS
FCOE
SMB
CIFS
SAN
NAS
LUNs
RAID
Zones
DAS
Inherent Complexity
Inefficient Silos
Unpredictable Scaling
Enterprise Datacenters Are Too Complex

4. Massively Scalable. Elastic. Agile.
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Physical transforms
to virtual
Converged architecture
Services delivered via software
Commodity hardware
alters economics
The Next-gen Datacenter

5. 5
Virtualization
Decoupling State from Hardware

6. 6
Dynamic Data Centers
A massive strain on legacy infrastructure

7. 7
Dynamic Data Centers
A massive strain on legacy infrastructure

8. 8
Eliminating the Bottleneck
Converging compute and storage into a single tier

9. Dell’s vStart 50
“Baby” Cloud
VCE’s vBlock 300 Cisco/NetApp
FlexPod
Traditional vs. Next-Gen Convergence
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10. Diverse Customer Base
Public Sector
Manufacturing
Retail
Education
Healthcare
Technology
Financial Services
Energy
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11. Transformation: First Servers, Now Networking
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First:
Compute
Transformed
LOCKED
Now:
Networking
Transforms
OPEN
Open Networking Enables Platform Choice and Affordable Capacity
Applications, OS and Hardware
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12. Networking OS as a Platform
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§ Standard Linux Interface (No need for a defined REST API – Solution Ecosystem can grow rapidly)
§ Choice for customers at every tier of the stack – Switching Hardware ,Network Virtualization Overlays,
Orchestration Tools, Automation Tools, Monitoring etc….
§ Accelerated Innovation – No Single Vendor dependency, so faster feature deployment
§ Proven Expertise with standard protocols , Open Source communities and Linux adoption

13. Broad Set of Hardware Platforms
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CL 1.5 CL 2.2
#Platforms
Timeline
CL 2.0
Hardware Agnostic OS
x86 CPU architectures
• 16 Platforms
• 5 Hardware Vendors
• 6 Switch Silicon
• 2 CPU architectures
40G Fixed Platforms
Trident II switches
• 13 Platforms
• 5 Hardware Vendors
• 6 Switch Silicon
1G Fixed Platforms
10G Fixed Platforms
• 6 Platforms
• 4 Hardware Vendors
• 4 Switch Silicon
CL 2.5
10G Trident II Platforms
19 Platforms
• 5 Hardware Vendors
• 6 Switch Silicon
• 2 CPU architectures
Broad portfolio of next
gen leaf/spine switches
• VXLAN-capable
• x86 architectures

14. Benefits : Nutanix w/Cumulus Linux
§ Aligning on HyperConvergence
§ Shared vision of intelligence in software
with industry standard hardware in the
data center
§ Convergence of storage, compute and
network in a solution stack enables ease
of consumption
Customer Value :
ü Standards based Architectural Framework
ü Lower Investment : Capital Expense
ü Operational Agility
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§ Simplify Networking for Application Delivery
§ Abstraction of hardware and software empowers
customers to deploy network infrastructure with a
variety of Switching hardware and Nutanix nodes
§ Flexible automation capabilities with existing
toolsets to install “compute +storage and network
“ as racks for “Proof of Concepts or Production”.
Customer Value :
ü Network Infrastructure is agile
ü Modern automation tools can be leveraged with Linux
ü Simplified management & accelerate Innovation
Target Buyer : Virtualization Admins/ Data Center Architects

15. Solution Today
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§ Linear Scaling with L2 Leaf/L3
Spine non-blocking architecture
§ Single Procurement solution as a
POD architecture for ease of
consumption
§ TurnKey Solutions decrease
CapEx/OpEx
§ No Vendor Lock-in with proprietary
black box architecture
§ Predictable Price & Performance
drive reliable ROI

16. Vision
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§ Faster time to revenue with “POD” level consumption
§ Elevate Network Admin role to higher efficiencies with greater automation
§ Orchestration enables consistent Infrastructure provisioning
§ Enabling IT to become a “Profit Center” for driving business on-demand
§ Increase collaboration while maintaining Operational boundaries
① Single Pane of Management – VXLAN/VLAN bindings
② Orchestration/Provisioning VLAN – NOS/Hypervisor
③ Integrate Foundation/Orchestration intelligence into the Network that can be used
for Application provisioning
④ Integrate VM level stats and follow VM stats across multiple different network
switching infrastructure in the entire DC and across DCs (DR Use cases)

17. vv
Demo

18. Components
§ Nutanix Foundation VM
§ V2.0
§ Cumulus® Linux®
§ CL 2.5
§ Open Networking switch
§ Dell® S6000-ON x2
§ Nutanix Converged Infrastructure node(s)
§ N1450 block x1 (4 nodes)
§ Jumphost (wbench VM)
§ Ubuntu
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19. Demo Topology
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eth0IPMI
eth1 eth2
eth0IPMI
eth1 eth2
eth0IPMI
eth1 eth2
eth0IPMI
eth1 eth2
mgmt mgmt
Wbench
VM
eth0 eth1
Foundation VM
eth0
Leaf1 Leaf2
Internet

20. Next Steps
Customer Enablement
§ Assets for Customer Enablement in Cloud deployments
§ Reference Architecture Design : A Blueprint for Nutanix with Cumulus Linux
§ A centralized repository(microsite) for customers to test and get started on a
POC with Nutanix & Cumulus Linux automated through Ansible (Demo Video,
Blog etc..)
§ Solution Overview
§ Flexible procurement of the complete stack as a Customer from a single
source
§ (Single mechanism for “Best-of-Breed” acquisition)
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Available today

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in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense from LMI, the
exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a world-wide basis.
§ Thank You!
© 2014 Cumulus Networks. Cumulus Networks, the Cumulus Networks Logo, and Cumulus Linux are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cumulus Networks, Inc. or its affiliates
in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense from LMI, the
exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a world-wide basis.
§ Thank You!
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