BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud
Peter Hedges
Solutions & Alliances Executive
IBM System x, Growth Markets




                                   © 2009 IBM Corporation
IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud
    I liked when things were easy! They can be again!




                        Industry best practice platform for VMware

                Integrate                 Simplify                    Reduce
    •Networking standards           •Purchase & configuration   •Cost (purchase & TCO)
     from multiple partners         •Deployment                 •Space, power, cooling
    •End-to-end management          •Management & Complexity    •Cables
    •VMware integrated              •Workload Scaling           •Risk
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IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud - Easy as ABC


A IBM BladeCenter with a
  choice of converged
  networking




B Blades integrated with VMware vSphere

                                              Power On and Go

             Bronze          Silver   Gold

C IBM Storage to meet your capacity needs or “Bring Your Own” (BYO)

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Manage      vCenter Integration
                Flexible Plug-ins
                Data Centre-wide
                management with            vCenter, with
                IBM Systems             Management Plug-Ins          (Optional)
                Director (Optional)
    Storage




                Choice
                Flexible Capacity
                Integrated
                                        or BYO
    Network
    Network




                 Choice
                 Flexible Networking
                 Increased Bandwidth
                 Energy Efficient
                 Integrated




                 Choice
    Servers




                 Flexible Workloads
                 Embedded Hypervisor
                 Optimised for VMware
                 Energy Efficient
                 Integrated              IBM HS22        IBM HS22V              IBM HX5
                                         48GB RAM        96GB RAM             128GB RAM

4                                        ~15 VM’s         ~30 VM’s                ~40 VM’s

    © 2011 IBM Corporation
Build from Scratch          Pre-Built
           June
                                                  Jan.

               Testing &
           5
               Validation
                                                                      Faster Results
                                                                      Less Risk
          Installation &
          4                                                           Cost Reduction
          Configuration

             Acquire
           3
           Components                                                Management

                                                                      Storage
              Pre-
           2
         implementation
                                                                     Networking
          System Sizing
                                                                      Servers
           Jan.




                                Months                      Days

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Less Cost for the Same Work (eg: 250 VMs / 10 Blades)



                               IBM BladeCenter
                                Foundation for
                                    Cloud

                                36% less
                               Rack Space                       14U
    9U
                                 26% less
                                  Power

                      Power    SAME workload        Power

                 Idle:1588 W                      Idle:1836 W
                 Max:3514 W                       Max:4734 W


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Mainframe Inspired Reliability


        IBM BladeCenter = complete RAS
            Redundant connectors from the blade to
            the mid-place for power and IO
            Two N+N power domains in chassis
            Two AC & DC chassis power buses
            NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE


                                                           PFA      IBM
        Predictive Alerts:                           Blade:
            Only IBM monitors all vital system       HDD & SDD      Yes
            components for maximum availability
                                                     Memory         Yes
            Warns ahead of potential hardware
            failures                                 CPU            Yes

            Triggers preemptive action               VRM            Yes

            Maintains application availability       Chassis:
                                                     Fan            Yes
                                                     Power supply   Yes
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IBM ISDM
          BladeCenter                      or             IBM CloudBurst
      Foundation for Cloud      VMware vCloud Director



                                                             Multi Platform



                                         Cloud                   Cloud



                  Management           Management            Management



                     Storage            Storage                 Storage



                   Networking          Networking             Networking



                     Servers             Servers                Servers




               Integrated         + Self Service         + Multiplatform
               Virtualised        + Automated            + Metering
               Managed                                   + Billing
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Customer Success: Financial Services Firm

                             Business Challenge
                             Creating custom configurations reliably for testing business
                             applications was difficult and resource intensive.




      Key Benefits                                   Projected Business Case Results

           Improved time to market for                  Overall Savings: $2.2M (3yr period)
           service provisioning                         Payback Period: 10 months
           Higher quality and reduced costs             Net Present Value (NPV): $1.5M
           Payback period of 10 months                  Return On Investment (ROI): 435%




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IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud


        1) Simple & Easy - so you get the benefits faster.
        2) Saves Money - with competitive price and lower TCO.
        3) RELIABLE - to reduce risk to your business.
        4) Scalable - from small business to Enterprise, from virtualization to Cloud.
        5) Freedom of Choice - so you keep control of your own future.




                                  THE RIGHT CHOICE


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Additional Information




                         © 2009 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems Director Appliance - EASY
          Monitors and manages physical and virtual resources in seamless
          manner including full lifecycle management

          Dynamically manages virtual workloads to optimize resource and
          maintain service levels                                                             Management



          Provides visibility into key energy metrics (power, cooling,
                                                                                               Storage
          temperature, airflow) within the solution

          Preloaded server includes                                                           Networking
             –   Microsoft Windows 2008 R2
             –   IBM Director 6.2
             –   Active Energy Manager 4.3                                                     Servers
             –   DS Storage Manager v10.70
             –   vSphere 5.0 Client                     IBM x3550 M3
                                                         Intel Xeon E5620, 2.40GHz, 8 cores
                                                         24GB memory (6 x 4GB DIMMs)
                                                         4 x 300GB SAS drives (2.5”)
                                                         DVD Multi-burner
                                                         2 x 1Gb Ethernet ports
                                                         Preloaded management software
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DS3500 Fibre Channel Storage


          Primarily used as image/scratch space for VM images

          Scales with configuration size                            Management
                  From 7.2 TB to 59 TB

                                                                     Storage
          Dual controllers for maximum resiliency

          Turbo performance option available                        Networking
                  Up to 2X throughput

                                                                     Servers




                                               IBM DS3524/EXP3524
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Based on IBM Converged Networking
     Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for Simplicity

          Requires fewer devices, cables, & parts than separate LAN/SAN
          – Lower cost, simpler management than traditional setup
                                                                                                             Management
          Easily connects to existing LAN/SAN infrastructure

          IBM Virtual Fabric adapter supports up to 8 vNICs (4/port)                                               Storage
          – Important for running larger number of VMs

          VMready ties the VM port attributes to individual VM images                                         Networking

          – Moves them automatically with VM migrations
                                                                                                                   Servers




                              +                                           +
                                         BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch   QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module
Emulex Virtual Fabric Advanced adapter
                                         - Supports 10 10Gb uplinks       - Supports 6 8Gb FC uplinks
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Benefits of IBM VMready


     •    Enterprise Data Center Network Virtualization
             •    VM Detection - automatically discovers and identifies the Virtual Machines
             •    VM groups - Grouping of similar Virtual Machines to simplify management tasks
             •    NMotion™ - Automatically track migrating Virtual Machines to maintain network   Management
                  configuration
     •    Vendor Neutral
             •    VMready works with all major virtualization offerings                            Storage
     •    Integration with VMware vCenter
             •    Single pane of management for both VMready switches and ESX vSwitches
             •    Rich display of VM information such as IP addresses, VM name and ESX server
                  location                                                                        Networking
     •    Low cost – Software license included with switch in this offering
     •    Software runs on switch, not the servers
     •    Accounting and Auditing                                                                  Servers
             •    VM Migration is detected by VMready and reported
             •    Traffic per VM can be audited




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Based on industry leading IBM BladeCenter
     Highly resilient, energy and cost efficient

                    Superior bandwidth                                        Management
                    Leading energy efficiency
                    No single point of failure
                                                                               Storage



                                  Redundant 2980W power supplies              Networking
                                  Redundant AMMs
                                  2 IBM BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switches
                                  2 QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Modules    Servers


        IBM BladeCenter H


                                  Intel Xeon E5659 (2.53GHz), 2P, 12 cores
                                  96 GB memory (12 x 8 GB DIMMs)
                                  Emulex Virtual Fabric Advanced adapter
                                  ESXi key
      IBM BladeCenter HS22V
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BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud - Offering


           Prebuilt Chassis models with networking
                                                                                             Management
              – BladeCenter H BNT / Qlogic FCoE switch module (Preferred)
              – BladeCenter H Brocade FCoE switch module
              – BladeCenter H Cisco Nexus FCoE switch module
                                                                                              Storage

           Prebuilt Blade servers with network and VMware
              –   HS22           2*6C E5645 2.40GHz,      48GB, CNA+FCoE, ESXi
                                                                                             Networking
              –   HS22V          2*6C E5659 2.53GHz,      96GB, CNA+FCoE, ESXi (Preferred)
              –   HX5            2*8C E7-2830 2.13GHz, 128GB, CNA+FCoE, ESXi
              –   HX5+MAX5       2*10C E7-8867L 2.13GHz, 320GB, CNA+FCoE, ESXi                Servers


           Value
              – Factory integrated and tested
              – Fastest path to deliver virtualized computing platform
              – Reduces risk and complexity




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Integration Guide


        IBM Business Partners can access the configuration
        and build document

           From the IBM ITSO organisation
           known for their famous "RedBooks“

           Cover the topics:
              –   What to order
              –   How to rack the components
              –   How to cable the components
              –   How to tune/update firmware




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IBM Cloud Burst postavená na platforme IBM System x

  • 1. BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud Peter Hedges Solutions & Alliances Executive IBM System x, Growth Markets © 2009 IBM Corporation
  • 2. IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud I liked when things were easy! They can be again! Industry best practice platform for VMware Integrate Simplify Reduce •Networking standards •Purchase & configuration •Cost (purchase & TCO) from multiple partners •Deployment •Space, power, cooling •End-to-end management •Management & Complexity •Cables •VMware integrated •Workload Scaling •Risk 2 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 3. IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud - Easy as ABC A IBM BladeCenter with a choice of converged networking B Blades integrated with VMware vSphere Power On and Go Bronze Silver Gold C IBM Storage to meet your capacity needs or “Bring Your Own” (BYO) 3 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 4. Manage vCenter Integration Flexible Plug-ins Data Centre-wide management with vCenter, with IBM Systems Management Plug-Ins (Optional) Director (Optional) Storage Choice Flexible Capacity Integrated or BYO Network Network Choice Flexible Networking Increased Bandwidth Energy Efficient Integrated Choice Servers Flexible Workloads Embedded Hypervisor Optimised for VMware Energy Efficient Integrated IBM HS22 IBM HS22V IBM HX5 48GB RAM 96GB RAM 128GB RAM 4 ~15 VM’s ~30 VM’s ~40 VM’s © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 5. Build from Scratch Pre-Built June Jan. Testing & 5 Validation Faster Results Less Risk Installation & 4 Cost Reduction Configuration Acquire 3 Components Management Storage Pre- 2 implementation Networking System Sizing Servers Jan. Months Days 5 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 6. Less Cost for the Same Work (eg: 250 VMs / 10 Blades) IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud 36% less Rack Space 14U 9U 26% less Power Power SAME workload Power Idle:1588 W Idle:1836 W Max:3514 W Max:4734 W 6 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 7. Mainframe Inspired Reliability IBM BladeCenter = complete RAS Redundant connectors from the blade to the mid-place for power and IO Two N+N power domains in chassis Two AC & DC chassis power buses NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE PFA IBM Predictive Alerts: Blade: Only IBM monitors all vital system HDD & SDD Yes components for maximum availability Memory Yes Warns ahead of potential hardware failures CPU Yes Triggers preemptive action VRM Yes Maintains application availability Chassis: Fan Yes Power supply Yes 7 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 8. IBM ISDM BladeCenter or IBM CloudBurst Foundation for Cloud VMware vCloud Director Multi Platform Cloud Cloud Management Management Management Storage Storage Storage Networking Networking Networking Servers Servers Servers Integrated + Self Service + Multiplatform Virtualised + Automated + Metering Managed + Billing 8 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 9. Customer Success: Financial Services Firm Business Challenge Creating custom configurations reliably for testing business applications was difficult and resource intensive. Key Benefits Projected Business Case Results Improved time to market for Overall Savings: $2.2M (3yr period) service provisioning Payback Period: 10 months Higher quality and reduced costs Net Present Value (NPV): $1.5M Payback period of 10 months Return On Investment (ROI): 435% 9 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 10. IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud 1) Simple & Easy - so you get the benefits faster. 2) Saves Money - with competitive price and lower TCO. 3) RELIABLE - to reduce risk to your business. 4) Scalable - from small business to Enterprise, from virtualization to Cloud. 5) Freedom of Choice - so you keep control of your own future. THE RIGHT CHOICE 10 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 11. 11 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 12. Additional Information © 2009 IBM Corporation
  • 13. IBM Systems Director Appliance - EASY Monitors and manages physical and virtual resources in seamless manner including full lifecycle management Dynamically manages virtual workloads to optimize resource and maintain service levels Management Provides visibility into key energy metrics (power, cooling, Storage temperature, airflow) within the solution Preloaded server includes Networking – Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 – IBM Director 6.2 – Active Energy Manager 4.3 Servers – DS Storage Manager v10.70 – vSphere 5.0 Client IBM x3550 M3 Intel Xeon E5620, 2.40GHz, 8 cores 24GB memory (6 x 4GB DIMMs) 4 x 300GB SAS drives (2.5”) DVD Multi-burner 2 x 1Gb Ethernet ports Preloaded management software 13 13 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 14. DS3500 Fibre Channel Storage Primarily used as image/scratch space for VM images Scales with configuration size Management From 7.2 TB to 59 TB Storage Dual controllers for maximum resiliency Turbo performance option available Networking Up to 2X throughput Servers IBM DS3524/EXP3524 14 14 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 15. Based on IBM Converged Networking Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for Simplicity Requires fewer devices, cables, & parts than separate LAN/SAN – Lower cost, simpler management than traditional setup Management Easily connects to existing LAN/SAN infrastructure IBM Virtual Fabric adapter supports up to 8 vNICs (4/port) Storage – Important for running larger number of VMs VMready ties the VM port attributes to individual VM images Networking – Moves them automatically with VM migrations Servers + + BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switch QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module Emulex Virtual Fabric Advanced adapter - Supports 10 10Gb uplinks - Supports 6 8Gb FC uplinks 15 15 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 16. Benefits of IBM VMready • Enterprise Data Center Network Virtualization • VM Detection - automatically discovers and identifies the Virtual Machines • VM groups - Grouping of similar Virtual Machines to simplify management tasks • NMotion™ - Automatically track migrating Virtual Machines to maintain network Management configuration • Vendor Neutral • VMready works with all major virtualization offerings Storage • Integration with VMware vCenter • Single pane of management for both VMready switches and ESX vSwitches • Rich display of VM information such as IP addresses, VM name and ESX server location Networking • Low cost – Software license included with switch in this offering • Software runs on switch, not the servers • Accounting and Auditing Servers • VM Migration is detected by VMready and reported • Traffic per VM can be audited 16 16 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 17. Based on industry leading IBM BladeCenter Highly resilient, energy and cost efficient Superior bandwidth Management Leading energy efficiency No single point of failure Storage Redundant 2980W power supplies Networking Redundant AMMs 2 IBM BNT Virtual Fabric 10Gb Switches 2 QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Modules Servers IBM BladeCenter H Intel Xeon E5659 (2.53GHz), 2P, 12 cores 96 GB memory (12 x 8 GB DIMMs) Emulex Virtual Fabric Advanced adapter ESXi key IBM BladeCenter HS22V 17 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 18. BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud - Offering Prebuilt Chassis models with networking Management – BladeCenter H BNT / Qlogic FCoE switch module (Preferred) – BladeCenter H Brocade FCoE switch module – BladeCenter H Cisco Nexus FCoE switch module Storage Prebuilt Blade servers with network and VMware – HS22 2*6C E5645 2.40GHz, 48GB, CNA+FCoE, ESXi Networking – HS22V 2*6C E5659 2.53GHz, 96GB, CNA+FCoE, ESXi (Preferred) – HX5 2*8C E7-2830 2.13GHz, 128GB, CNA+FCoE, ESXi – HX5+MAX5 2*10C E7-8867L 2.13GHz, 320GB, CNA+FCoE, ESXi Servers Value – Factory integrated and tested – Fastest path to deliver virtualized computing platform – Reduces risk and complexity 18 © 2011 IBM Corporation
  • 19. Integration Guide IBM Business Partners can access the configuration and build document From the IBM ITSO organisation known for their famous "RedBooks“ Cover the topics: – What to order – How to rack the components – How to cable the components – How to tune/update firmware 19 © 2011 IBM Corporation