1. Roger Bösch – Systems Engineer Citrix Systems
Philipp Müller – PSS Data Center Cisco Systems
November 2012
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2. Platform Business Use Best Practices
value Cases
1 2 3
Why What How
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3. Lead the market in delivering rich
end-user virtual experiences
in enterprise & cloud computing.
Cisco
and
Citrix
Alliance
Mission
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4. Virtualized Data Center Virtualization-Aware Virtualized
Borderless Network Collaborative Workspace
Microsoft OS
Campus/Branch
Cisco Collaboration
Applications MS Office
THIN CLIENT
Cisco VXC 6215
Desktop Virtualization Software
XenDesktop
WAAS SOFTWARE APPLIANCE
Hypervisor
Cisco VXC 4000
vWAAS ISR
Virtual
Unified CM
ZERO CLIENT
Cisco VXC 2100 &
Nexus
2200
Virtual Quad Access
Switching w/
WAAS
Si PoE
Storage
ACE
Centralized Policy Management with Cisco ISE
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5. 1 Scalability &
Performance
3 Networking Visibility &
Security
2 Rapid Provisioning of
Desktops
4 Storage & I/O Optimizations
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6. • Scalability & Performance
• End to End Networking
Memory
• Rapid Deployment & Mobility
CPU
• Unified Management
Unified Fabric
(FCoE)
• Lower TCO/Rapid ROI
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7. Desktop Density and Scalability
Great virtual desktop density with linear performance scalability
Rapid Provisioning of Desktops
Service profile templates for rapid provisioning of desktop pools
Networking Visibility and Security to the Desktops
Nexus 1000V with VSG and VM-FEX provide VM level controls
Tier-0 Storage on Server
IOPS and storage optimizations
Application Performance Optimizations
VM-FEX delivering deterministic performance
Prioritization of Desktop Pools / Workloads
UCS QoS and bandwidth controls deliver prioritization to desktop pools
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8. Desktop Density and Scalability
Great virtual desktop density with linear performance scalability
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9. • 175 Desktops on B230 M2*
• Knowledge Worker Profile
(Medium Workload with LoginVSI 3.0)
• 384 G memory, Dual E7-2870 / 10 Core
CPU
* Principle Technologies Brief Industry-leading
Density on
2-socket servers***
• 182 Desktops on B200 M3**
• Knowledge Worker Profile
(Medium Workload with LoginVSI 3.0) Fastest Desktop boot Process
• 384 G memory, Dual Xeon E5-2690 8-Core CPU 5000 desktops in 30 minutes
** Principle Technologies Brief
Optimized XenApp Delivery
208 Sessions per B200 M3
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10. Rapid Provisioning of Desktops
Service profile templates for rapid provisioning of desktop pools
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11. LAN SAN
Storage Server Network
SME SME SME
• QoS settings
• Border port assignment
per vNIC
• NIC Transmit/Receive
Rate Limiting • FC Fabric assignments for HBAs
• Subject matter experts consumed • VLAN assignments for NICs
by manual configuration chores • VLAN tagging config for NICs
• Number of vHBAs
• HBA WWN
• Number of vNICs assignments
• PXE settings • FC Boot Parameters
• Serial processes and multiple • NIC firmware • HBA firmware
touches inhibit provisioning speed • Advanced feature settings
• Remote KVM IP settings
• Call Home behavior
• Configuration drift and • Remote KVM firmware
maintenance challenges • RAID settings
• Server UUID • Disk scrub actions
• Serial over LAN settings
• Boot order
• IPMI settings
• BIOS scrub actions
• BIOS firmware
• BIOS Settings
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12. Cisco UCS Manager LAN SAN
Desktop Profile 1
120 Knowledge | HVD Win 7
B-250 192GB
LAN Connectivity
SAN Connectivty
Boot Order
Desktop Profile 2
140 Task | ThinAppOLTP
B-200 48GB
LAN Connectivity
SAN Connectivity Chassis-1/Blade-2 Chassis-8/Blade-4
Boot Order
Profile 1 Profile 2
UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5b… UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5d…
MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FC MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FF
WWN: 5080020000075740 WWN: 5080020000075742
Desktop Profile 3 Boot Order: SAN, PXE Boot Order: SAN
100 Power | HVD Win 7
B-230 384GB
LAN Connectivity
Profile 3
SAN Connectivity UUID: 56 4d cd 3f 59 5f…
MAC: 08:00:69:02:01:FB
Boot Order
WWN: 5080020000075744
Boot Order: PXE, SAN
• Separate firmware, addresses, and parameter settings
• Physical servers become interchangeable hardware components
• Service profile templates allow rapid provisioning of
new virtual desktops
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13. Networking Visibility and Security to the Desktops
Nexus 1000V with VSG and VM-FEX provide VM level controls
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14. Server • Higher performance with hypervisor
Blade by-pass (VM-FEX)
• Statistics/Monitoring of VMs
Hypervisor • Debugging/SPAN of VM traffic
• Network policy mgmt - QoS, B/W
Cisco VIC Software Switch VM-FEX
(Hypervisor Bypass)
FEX 2200
FI 6200
Debugging/vSPAN
of
XenApp
VM
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15. DESIGNER GPU
Pass through
(CATIA, CS6, Inventor)
1:1
GPU : User
POWER USER
(PLM, Med Img,
Showcase) NVIDIA
Dedicated PC
or WS
VGX
API Intercept 1:n
1:1
KNOWLEDGE GPU : User
GPU : User
WORKER 1:n
GPU : User
(MS Office, Photoshop)
CPU
Graphics
TASK WORKER
(Call Center Apps) 0:n
GPU : User
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17. 1 Unified Management
2 Network QoS
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18. Mgmt LAN SAN A
SAN B
One Logical Chassis to Manage*
LAN Connectivity
SAN Networking
Blade Chassis’
Server Blades
Rack Servers
Server Identity Management
Monitoring, Troubleshooting
*160 servers managed in a single domain as a logical chassis
Citrix XenDesktop Farm Citrix 3D PRO with NVDIA VGX
Citrix Dynamic Desktop Controller Citrix XenApp Farm
Citrix Provisioning Services
Application Tier Servers
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19. Server • QoS controls for tuning Storage & Network flows—
Blade VM Platinum Pool VM
VM VM VM
Silver Pool VM VM
Bronze Pool Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, best effort, FC QoS
Classes
• Multi-cast optimizations
Hypervisor
• Bandwidth controls
• Lossless Ethernet—drop/no drop
Cisco VIC • Burst size controls
FEX 2200
Platinum Pool
50% Bandwidth
Lossless Ethernet NFS
Max burst 64K
FI 6200 Silver Pool
30% Bandwidth
FC with max burst 32k
Bronze Pool
20% Bandwidth
FC with max burst of 16K
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20. Validated: Cisco Validated Designs for Desktop Virtualization
Take the guesswork out of Desktop Virtualization
• Prescriptive guidance for
designing your infrastructure
for scalability, performance
and TCO efficiency
• Design Guides for Citrix,
VMware, Microsoft, and
storage partners EMC, NetApp
• cisco.com/go/vdidesigns
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21. Fabric Interconnect – A Fabric Interconnect – B
Ethernet Switch NPV Ethernet Switch NPV
vEth1 vEth2 vEth3 vEth4 vEth1 vEth2 vEth3 vEth4
VNTAGs through Fabric Extender A VNTAGs through Fabric Extender B
Cisco Virtual
Interface Card (VIC)
B230 M2 B230 M2
vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC
MGMT-A MGMT-B VM_Data-A VM_Data-B IP_Storage-A IP_Storage-B
B230 M2 VM_Motion-B
VM_Motion-A
B230 M2 1
vHBA vHBA 2
B230 M2 B230 M2
B230 M2 B230 M2
Vmhba Vmhba
vif 0 vif 1 vif 2 vif 3 vif 4 vmnic 5 vmnic 6 vmnic 7
0 1
vSwitch
Storage Multipathing
MGMT Bond VM_Data Bond IP_Storage Bond VM_Motion Bond
XenServer 6.0.2 on UCS B200-M3 Blade
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22. 100s of Customers who run Citrix on UCS
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23. Rolls
in
to
your
Datacenter
!
2
Power
Plugs,
2
LAN
Plugs,
2
SAN
Plugs
…..
and
your
LAN/SAN/Server
Test-­‐Architecture
for
hundreds
of
VM’s
is
ready
in
a
couple
of
hours
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24. 1. Running Citrix on Cisco UCS brings you efficiency, agility, security and it will make
things easier again
2. Cisco and Citrix have a strong partnership. Its joint solutions are documented in
validated designs, which reduces project risks
3. It is a proven technology used by many successful companies
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