Cisco unified computing system (UCS) : a complete reference guide to the Cisco data center virtualization server architecture / Silvano Gai, Tommi Salli, Roger Andersson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gai, Silvano.

Salli, Tommi, 1977- Author.

Andersson, Roger, 1970- Author.

Contributor:

Books24x7, Inc.

Series:

Networking Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtual computer systems.

Parallel processing (Electronic computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 381 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Ind. : Cisco Press, c2010 (Norwood, Mass. : Books24x7.com [generator])

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The definitive guide to UCS and the Cisco ® Data Center Server: planning, architecture, components, deployment, and benefits With its new Unified Computing System (UCS) family of products, Cisco has introduced a fundamentally new vision for data center computing: one that reduces ownership cost, improves agility, and radically simplifies management. In this book, three Cisco insiders thoroughly explain UCS, and offer practical insights for IT professionals and decision-makers who are evaluating or implementing it. The authors establish the context for UCS by discussing the implications of virtualization, unified I/O, large memories and other key technologies, and showing how trends like cloud computing and green IT will drive the next-generation data center. Next, they take a closer look at the evolution of server CPU, memory, and I/O subsystems, covering advances such as the Intel ® XEON ® 5500, 5600, 7500, DDR3 memory, and unified I/O over 10 Gbps Ethernet. Building on these fundamentals, the authors then discuss UCS in detail, showing how it systematically overcomes key limitations of current data center environments. They review UCS features, components, and architecture, and demonstrate how it can improve data center performance, reliability, simplicity, flexibility, and energy efficiency. Along the way, they offer realistic planning, installation, and migration guidance: everything decision-makers and technical implementers need to gain maximum value from UCS–now, and for years to come. Silvano Gai has spent 11 years as Cisco Fellow, architecting Catalyst ® , MDS, and Nexus switches. He has written several books on networking, written multiple Internet Drafts and RFCs, and is responsible for 80 patents and applications. He teaches a course on this book’s topics at Stanford University. Tommi Salli, Cisco Technical Marketing Engineer, has nearly 20 years of experience with servers and applications at Cisco, Sun, VERITAS, and Nuova Systems. Roger Andersson, Cisco Manager, Technical Marketing, spent more than 12 years in the CLARiiON ® Engineering Division at EMC, and 5 years as Technical Product Manager at VERITAS/Symantec. He is now focused on Cisco UCS system management. Streamline data centers with UCS to systematically reduce cost of ownership Eliminate unnecessary server components–and their setup, management, power, cooling, and cabling Use UCS to scale service delivery, simplify service movement, and improve agility Review the latest...

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Nomenclature

Chapter 1 Introduction

Data Center Challenges

Environmental Concerns-"Green"

Server Consolidation

Virtualization

Real Estate Power and Cooling

Cabling

Disaster Recovery

Network Virtualization

Desktop Virtualization

Cloud Computing

Evolution of Data Centers

Stand-Alone Servers

Scale-Up

Scale-Out

Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out

Rack-Optimized Servers

Blade Servers

Server Sprawl

Server Deployment Today

Unified Computing System (UCS)

Chapter 2 Server Architectures

The Processor Evolution

Sockets

Cores

Threads

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

Front-Side Bus

Dual Independent Buses

Dedicated High-Speed Interconnect

Intel® QuickPath Interconnect

The Memory Subsystem

SRAMs

DRAMs

SDRAMs

DIMMs

ECC and Chipkill®

Memory Ranks

UDIMMs and RDIMMs

DDR2 and DDR3

The I/O Subsystem

PCI Express®

Intel Microarchitectures

Platform Architecture

CPU Architecture

Virtualization Support

Advanced Reliability

Advanced Encryption Standard

Trusted Execution Technology

Chip Design

Chipset Virtualization Support

Intel® VT-d for Direct I/O

Intel® VT-c for Connectivity

VMDirectPath®

Chapter 3 UCS Enabling Technologies

Unified Fabric

10 Gigabit Ethernet

Lossless Ethernet

Terminology

PFC (Priority-Based Flow Control)

DCBX: Data Center Bridging eXchange

Bandwidth Management

FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)

Server Virtualization

SR-IOV

The IEEE Standard Effort

Port Extenders and Virtualization

VNTag

Fabric Extenders

VN-Link

Memory Expansion

Speed vs. Capacity

Capacity vs. Cost

How Much Memory Is Required?

NUMA

The UCS Approach

The UCS Advantage

Chapter 4 I/O Adapters

Disclaimer.

The Intel® Approach

10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC Solutions

Intel® 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Oplin)

Support for Multi-Core CPUs

Hardware-Assisted Virtualization

Advanced Features for Storage over Ethernet

Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Niantic)

Improved Performance

Support for DCB (Data Center Bridging)

Storage over Ethernet

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

Time Sync-IEEE 1588

Double VLAN

Security

Intel's NetEffect™ iWARP Controller (NE020)

iWARP and RDMA

N2020 Architecture

Performance

Summary

Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)

Cisco® Palo

Emulex

Emulex OneConnect OCm10102-FC

FCoE Features

Ethernet Features

Functional Architecture

Deployment in UCS

Management of OneConnect UCNAs

Benefits of OneConnect UCNAs

QLogic®

8000 Series-First Generation CNA

8100 Series-Second Generation CNA

Broadcom®

BCM57711 Dual-Port 10GbE Controller

Advanced Integration

High-Performance Hardware Offload

Broadcom and UCS

Chapter 5 UCS B-Series Blade Servers

Components Overview

UCS Manager

UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnects

UCS 2100 Series Fabric Extenders

UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis

UCS B-Series Blade Servers

I/O Adapters

Overall Organization

UCS C-Series Rack Servers

Detailed Description

UCS 2104XP Fabric Extender

UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis

Two-Socket Blade Architecture

UCS B200 Two-Socket Server

UCS B250 Extended Memory Server

Four-Socket Blade Architecture

UCS B440 Four-Socket Server

Description of Communication Flows

The Boot Sequences

Fabric Interconnect and UCSM

Fabric Extender

Baseboard Management Controller

Chapter 6 UCS C-Series Rack Servers

UCS C200

UCS C210

UCS C250.

UCS C460

Processors

Adapters

Hard Disk

Management

Software

Physical Parameters

C200

C210

C250

C460

Weights

Chapter 7 UCS Manager

UCSM Overall Architecture

System Components

UCSM Is a Model-Driven Framework

Management Information Model

Available Integration Points

Interfaces

Standard (Cut-Through) Interfaces in a UCS

Standard Interfaces in a UCS

Native Interfaces in UCS

Operating Principles

Configuration Policies

Operational Policies

Global vs. Local Policies

Pools

Manual Population of Pools

Automatic Population of Pools

Service Profiles

Service Profile Templates

Organizations

Hierarchical Pool and Policy Resolution

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Locales

Users and Authentication

UCSM and VMware's vCenter Integration

Integration Architecture

Management Plane Integration

Port-Profiles

vNIC Template

Runtime Policy Resolution for Dynamic VIFs

UCS Manager and VM in GUI

Basic System Management with UCSM

Hardware Management

Example of a Chassis Discovery Process

Retirement of Hardware

Firmware Management

Firmware Download Formats

Firmware Life Cycle

Management Firmware Pack Policy

Host Firmware Pack Policy

The Stateless Computing Deployment Model

The Basic Computing Deployment Model

System Setup-Initial Setup

The Default Computing Deployment Model

Requirements for Stateless Service Profiles

System Logging

Faults and Events

Audit Log

Backup and Restore of UCS Manager

Full State Backup

Configuration-Only Backup

Backing Up the UCS

Restoring a Configuration-Only Backup

Integrating with UCS

UCS Manager XML API

UCS XML API Object Naming

Method Categories

UCS Platform Emulator.

Chapter 8 Third-Party Management Software

BMC®

Just-in-Time Provisioning

Embedded System Management

Business Service Provisioning

Composite Packaging

Configuration Management

Granular Access Control

Compliance

Vision for Automated and Efficient IT

CA® Management Integration with Cisco UCS

Integration Point

CA Infrastructure Management Integration

Discovery, Fault, and Service Modeling

Performance Management and Analytics

Automation

Change and Configuration Management

Service Profile and Application Templates

Automated Provisioning

Policy-Based Automation

User Self-Service

Private Cloud Deployments

EMC® Ionix Products for Cisco UCS

Unified Infrastructure Manager (UIM)

Data Center Insight (DCI)

IBM Tivoli Software Integration with Cisco UCS

Microsoft System Center

VMware vCenter

Communications

Configuration of the DVS

Virtual Machine Adapters

Resource Checks for DRS, HA, and FT

Chapter 9 Planning a UCS Blade Server Installation

The Owner of the UCS Domain

User Authentication

Power and Cooling

Physical Sizing and Environmental Requirements

Connectivity

Choosing the Right Cables

Twinax

Fiber

Bandwidth

OS and Application Support

Supported Storage Devices and Protocols

Planning for Redundancy

Power Supply Redundancy

I/O Redundancy

Ethernet Interfaces Redundancy

Fibre Channel Interfaces Redundancy

Bibliography

PCI Express

IEEE 802.3

Improvements to Ethernet

IEEE 802.1 Activities

FCoE

TRILL

Memory Subsystem

Intel® Processors

Data Centers

Green

Glossary

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P.

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X.

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ISBN:

9786612585814

9781587141959

1587141957

9781282585812

1282585819

9781587141942

1587141949

OCLC:

1024257103