Discover what flexpod can do for your organization. Nov 09, 2012 cisco validated designs for cloud part 3 flexpod didier rombaut over the past two weeks, tom nallen introduced the concept and benefits of the cisco validated design, then laszlo bojtos, illustrated this concept with the cloud service assurance for virtualized multiservices data center 2. Netapp vmware on vsphere built on flexpod datacenter. The platform is virtualized with vmware esxi, runs windows server 2016, and is coupled with meditechs testing and certification for netapp fas and aff storage. Cisco and netapp have worked together to build one of the strongest, most successful technology partnerships. Rail puts storage, compute, networking and hypervisors in one box. Flexpod datacenter converged infrastructure flexpod. Jun 06, 2016 for six years, enterprises around the world have depended on flexpod as their converged infrastructure of choice for delivering missioncritical workloads with greater performance, agility and economic value. All flexpod components are designed to achieve maximum redundancy and high availability. Microsoft exchange 2010 with vmware vsphere on cisco ucs with netapp. Introducing a max data powered, memory accelerated flexpod. The design is flexible enough that the networking, computing, and storage can fit in one data center rack or be deployed according to a customers. These are stepbystep blueprints for deploying and setting up flexpod for nearly all data center workloads, including oracle, sql server, sap, virtual desktop infrastructure vdi, vmware, hyperv, and exchange.
It consists of meditech software, which runs on a cisco unified computing system cisco ucs with intel xeon processors. Using flexpod to scale vmware view desktops on demand provides increased service levels and resource optimization. The baseline flexpod configuration is illustrated in figure 1. Flexpod datacenter infrastructure for meditech software 1. Using a solution based on the cisco validated design for flexpod as the baseline platform, it customers can deploy a virtualized and cloud. Flexpod converged infrastructure is built from strong partnerships. Flexpod for vmware creates a shared infrastructure using leading hardware and software components from cisco, netapp, and vmware. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. Vmware vsphere built on flexpod includes netapp all flash fas storage, cisco nexus networking, the cisco unified computing system cisco ucs, and vmware vsphere software in a single package.
Flexpod datacenter with microsoft exchange 20, f5 bigip. As a hybrid cloud platform, flexpod is built for the changing landscape and future of it. Flexpod datacenter with cisco ucs unified software release 3. With the introduction of flexpod sf, cisco and netapp have jointly developed a new cisco validated design based on vmware vsphere 6. The flexpod standard extends to meditech software netapp blog. Optimize your data center and give it the capacity for innovation.
Flexpod datacenter converged infrastructure integrates netapp and cisco technology into a validated enterpriseclass it platform. Aug 21, 2019 for flexpod it is composed of industryleading technologies from netapp, cisco and intel that include netapp max data software, cisco ucs servers and nexus switches, netapp aff storage arrays and intel optane persistent memory. How the integrated it stacks stack up emc and netapp partner with cisco and vmware for their integrated storage stacks, but the management, support and sales strategies are different. The flexpod platform supports the leading hypervisors, applications, and management platforms. This is bad news for virtualization giant vmware as both cisco and netapp have ensured that the flexpod architecture will support the aci technology instead of vmwares nsx technology. This guide details the design of flexpod express with vmware vsphere.
Flexpod customer reproductions case resolved customer agrees to close all cases netapp and cisco work jointly with customer through to resolution. It uses automation to deliver infrastructure services faster and more consistently, so you can be more. For a demo of flexpods new solutions, please visit netapp at cisco live in booth 2005. No matter what proprietary or legacy software and systems your hospital, energy company, manufacturing plant, government agency or school system uses, flexpod will fit right in. Sep 08, 2016 for flexpod we had individual solutions at blue medora. Flexpod, meanwhile, uses netapp storage and is distributed through existing channels. Oct 23, 2015 a new cisco validated design cvd for citrix xenapp and xendesktop uses a predesigned, selfcontained platformthe flexpod express with cisco ucs minithat makes it easy to provision reliable desktops and applications from 350 to 700 users.
Flexpod is a data center platform that hosts infrastructure software and business applications in virtualized and baremetal environments. Jun 07, 2018 for a demo of flexpod s new solutions, please visit netapp at cisco live in booth 2005. Its designed to increase it responsiveness to business demands while reducing your overall cost of computing. Mar 29, 2019 flexpod has over 170 cisco validated designs cvds and netapp verified architectures nvas.
For flexpod we had individual solutions at blue medora. Aug 20, 2014 this is bad news for virtualization giant vmware as both cisco and netapp have ensured that the flexpod architecture will support the aci technology instead of vmwares nsx technology going forward. This paper describes the flexpod reference architecture for vmware view 5. The foundation for delivering efficient and scalable virtual desktops infrastructure is based on vmware view 5. Cisco, through its cisco validated designs, offers a comprehensive suite of pretested flexpod solutions, developed using various system components, configurations, and hypervisor and application software. These are stepbystep blueprints for deploying and setting up flexpod for nearly all data. Start with flexpod express flexpod express delivers benefits for small and midsize businesses and branch offices based on three key concepts. For six years, enterprises around the world have depended on flexpod as their converged infrastructure of choice for delivering missioncritical workloads with greater performance, agility and. Flexpod helps businesses and institutions all over the world to be efficient, support their customers, and drive successful outcomes. Flexpod datacenter infrastructure for meditech software.
Flexpod datacenter solution is composed of cisco ucs servers and nexus switches, and netapp fas storage arrays with clustered data ontap software. Accelerate every application without disruption, improve data. Netapp and cisco collaborated with vmware to deliver the vmware vsphere on flexpod datacenter solution for virtualized enterprise environments. Confidently integrate the newest technologies like storageclass memory memoryaccelerated flexpod and cloud tiering with rapid comprehensive validation. Our flexpod bundle gives you dashboards and reports for a complete solution. Flexpod datacenter with cisco ucs 6300 fabric interconnect and vmware vsphere 6. Flexpod, from cisco and netapp, is purposebuilt for highcapacity virtualized environments that enable enterprise workloads to function seamlessly at scale. A new cisco validated design cvd for citrix xenapp and xendesktop uses a predesigned, selfcontained platformthe flexpod express with cisco ucs minithat makes it easy to. Cisco aci provides a centralized policydriven application deployment architecture, which is managed through the cisco application policy infrastructure controller apic. The vmware view with flexpod architecture reduces processes, thereby minimizing operational challenges such as configuration errors, and it lowers. Flexpod, which is jointly engineered by cisco and netapp, offers a comprehensive architecture with your compute, networking and storage elements of the it stack. Netapp aff a300 cisco nexus 9332pq vmware vsphere 6. Deliver cloud services faster, run multiple enterprise workloads on single, flexible architecture, and speed deployment of cloudbased data infrastructures. It includes cisco ucs servers and nexus switches and netapp storage arrays.
Together they deliver on technology innovation, solution development, and gotomarket collaboration with flexpod. Netapp verified architecture flexpod express with vmware. Cisco validated designs for cloud part 3 flexpod cisco. It also provides detailed guidance on how to architect, implement, and manage a large, scalable vmware view solution with flexpod. Cisco validated designs for cloud part 3 flexpod didier rombaut over the past two weeks, tom nallen introduced the concept and benefits of the cisco validated design, then laszlo. Sharepoint 2010 for flexpod on vmware for 100,000 users. Flexpod has been tested with cisco ucs director, vmware vsphere, and microsoft hyperv server 2012 r2. Accelerate every application without disruption, improve data center economics, and futureproof your infrastructure. Integrate advanced services with the only hybrid, multicloud converged infrastructure ci stack. Flexpod base technology and vmware architecture models. May 28, 20 this paper describes the flexpod reference architecture for vmware view 5. In the first five years alone, over 6,300 customers deployed the platform, supported by more than 100 validated designs and 1,100plus partners, who have built their data. What makes this flexpod solution uniquely capable of jumpstarting vmware environments is the new ciscobased sf9608 storage nodes powered by netapp solidfire element os9. Flexpod is a portfolio of prevalidated, converged infrastructure solutions that combine.
No matter what proprietary or legacy software and systems your hospital. The platform is virtualized with vmware esxi, runs windows server 2016, and is. Flexpod is a portfolio of prevalidated, converged infrastructure solutions that combine the cisco unified computing system integrated infrastructure, cisco networking, and netapp storage components. Jun 29, 2017 flexpod datacenter with cisco ucs unified software release 3. Easily orchestrate data from edge to core to cloud to support modern data workflows. Flexpod express supports an open ecosystem of virtualization and management software solutions, the architecture described in this document specifically includes vmware vsphere virtualization and cisco.
Cisco aci is a holistic architecture that introduces hardware and software innovations built upon the new cisco nexus 9000 series product line. May 05, 2017 flexpod datacenter with vmware vsphere 6. Cisco ucs flexpod team is pleased to release a cisco validated design deployment guide covering ucs director management and automation of flexpod data center with vmware vsphere. The flexpod standard extends to meditech software netapp. Flexpod powers demanding ai applications and accelerates your data pipeline for. Flexpod converged infrastructure from cisco and netapp is a scalable and flexible hybrid cloud platform built for your industry and situation. Flexpod is a reference architecture for server, storage and networking components that are pretested and validated to work together as an integrated infrastructure stack. Without max data software, flexpod is already a recordsetting converged infrastructure. Cisco ucs director delivers a foundation for private cloud infrastructure as a service iaas. The platform has been tested and validated across leading hypervisors and operating systems from vmware, red hat, and microsoft and can be managed by flexpod ecosystem partner software figure 1.
The stack consists of products from multiple vendors and is sold by storage vendor netapp inc. As needed, cases with other vendors might need to be opened using customer entitlement, netapp initiates engagement with cisco sw vendors cisco works with customer to resolve issue. Cisco aci provides a centralized policydriven application. By chuck petrie, blue medora with the use of endpoint management packs it is now possible to take advantage of the vrealize operations suite to manage a flexpod environment. Flexpod datacenter with cisco ucs unified software release 4. Flexpod for virtual desktop infrastructure solutions use. Deliver cloud services faster, run multiple enterprise workloads on single. How the integrated it stacks stack up emc and netapp partner with cisco and vmware for their integrated storage stacks, but the management, support and sales. Flexpod has over 170 cisco validated designs cvds and netapp verified architectures nvas. Nov 15, 2019 flexpod datacenter with cisco ucs unified software release 4. The flexpod platform, developed by netapp and cisco, is a flexible, converged infrastructure solution that delivers prevalidated storage, networking, and server technologies. For flexpod it is composed of industryleading technologies from netapp, cisco and intel that include netapp max data software, cisco ucs servers and nexus switches, netapp aff storage. Flexpod has been tested with cisco ucs director, vmware vsphere, and microsoft hyperv server. It uses automation to deliver infrastructure services faster and more consistently, so you can be more responsive.
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