FlexPod / VCE – Preconfigured like ExaData…. http://www.netapp.com/us/solutions/flexpod/

The FlexPod® solution portfolio combines NetApp® storage systems, Cisco® Unified Computing System servers, and Cisco Nexus fabric into a single, flexible architecture. FlexPod solutions are designed and validated to reduce deployment time, project risk, and the cost of IT.

Vblock® Systems, built on Cisco servers with Intel® Xeon® processors, EMC storage and virtualization from VMware are the world’s most advanced converged infrastructure are pre-integrated and validated to accelerate your deployment of data center resources, decrease costs, and enhance availability and performance for your most critical workloads.

$3 / 10Gbps

2 x FI, up to 160 Compute resource [collectively known as UCS System/Domain] 1 Mgmt per UCS System
UCS Central to manage multiple UCS System

UCS Director Unified Infrastructure Controller

1 Unified Cable (10G) per Chassis. up to 8x10G for redundancy and capacity. shared for DATA/SAN/MGMT/….

UCS – Service profile. (WWN,MAC,BIOS,FIREMWARE)

Virtual Adaptor – 256 vHBA/vNIC per physical 10G adaptor

Redundancy model is different between NW and FC. FC uses 2 independent fabric while NW uses cross-connect/multi-uplink.

Data Centre Bridging – Cat65 are not using enhanced Ethernet, not able to provide lostless data flow.

How FC garentee no lost of data frame. ITs does this by negotiating on port up. knows how much buffer the other end has

DCBX (Data Center Bridging Exchange) automatically configure devices when they are connected to DCB.

Greenfield environment see more iSCSI to FCoE

I/O Module behaves as a FEX to the FI. Internal Ports from Blades (2/4ports) to I/O module is like connecting directly to the FI.

CISCO UCS 2204XP

SMASH simplifies server management

goo.gl/eQd3XN – UCS docs/simulator