Overview of the ready solution FlexPod
FlexPod is primarily an information system architecture.
It consists of four components:
The computing unit is a Cisco C series server or Cisco chassis with B series servers (blades).
The converged data network unit is Cisco Nexus equipment and in some cases Cisco MDS.
The data placement block is the storage system of NetApp.
The control unit - Cisco UCS Manager.
Configurations can be different, all of them can be found on the Cisco website .
I will give a couple of them.
FlexPod for VMware vSphere with DataOnTap Cluster Mode.
Computing unit - is a Cisco server chassis with blade servers.
Cisco UCS Enclosure 5100 series.
Converged Data Network Unit - Cisco Nexus 5000 series + Cisco Fabric Interconnect 6200 series equipment.
Cisco Nexus 5000 series.
Cisco Fabric Interconnect 6296.
The data placement block is the storage system of NetApp.
NetApp FAS 3200 series.
Logical structure:
FlexPod Express.
The architecture is an out-of-box solution and consists of: Cisco Nexus 3000 series x2, Cisco UCS C-series, NetApp FAS 2200 series.
Logically, it looks like this:
Generally speaking, Cisco & NetApp companies offer not only “assembled” models, but also recommendations for setting up equipment.
Moreover, there are recommendations for VMware vSphere, MS Hyper-V, VDI etc. settings.
Summarizing all the above, FlexPod is an architecture that has been programmed by all hardware vendors (NetApp, Cisco) and software vendors (MS, VMware).
By the way, EMC has similar architecture configurations with their control system - VSPEX.
Well, a more advanced system - vBlock.
True, these architectures are already going as a “box” and are usually supplied with a rack (or with racks - quantitatively up to 16 pieces).
It consists of four components:
- Computing unit
- Converged data network unit
- Data block
- Control block
Consider them in more detail.
The computing unit is a Cisco C series server or Cisco chassis with B series servers (blades).
The converged data network unit is Cisco Nexus equipment and in some cases Cisco MDS.
The data placement block is the storage system of NetApp.
The control unit - Cisco UCS Manager.
Configurations can be different, all of them can be found on the Cisco website .
I will give a couple of them.
FlexPod for VMware vSphere with DataOnTap Cluster Mode.
Computing unit - is a Cisco server chassis with blade servers.
Cisco UCS Enclosure 5100 series.
Converged Data Network Unit - Cisco Nexus 5000 series + Cisco Fabric Interconnect 6200 series equipment.
Cisco Nexus 5000 series.
Cisco Fabric Interconnect 6296.
The data placement block is the storage system of NetApp.
NetApp FAS 3200 series.
Logical structure:
FlexPod Express.
The architecture is an out-of-box solution and consists of: Cisco Nexus 3000 series x2, Cisco UCS C-series, NetApp FAS 2200 series.
Logically, it looks like this:
Generally speaking, Cisco & NetApp companies offer not only “assembled” models, but also recommendations for setting up equipment.
Moreover, there are recommendations for VMware vSphere, MS Hyper-V, VDI etc. settings.
Summarizing all the above, FlexPod is an architecture that has been programmed by all hardware vendors (NetApp, Cisco) and software vendors (MS, VMware).
By the way, EMC has similar architecture configurations with their control system - VSPEX.
Well, a more advanced system - vBlock.
True, these architectures are already going as a “box” and are usually supplied with a rack (or with racks - quantitatively up to 16 pieces).
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/241021/
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