Oracle on FlexPod
Cisco UCS + NetApp
Danny Dunn – TSA – Cisco/Oracle Competency Center
UCS: A Revolutionary Design
Build a systems architecture for virtualized workloads combining Compute, Networking, I/O
The Results:
• #1 x86 Blade Market Share (Americas)
• 36 Oracle based World Records & Top Performance Proof Points
• Foundation for Converged Infrastructure
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Cisco-Oracle Joint Engineering Efforts
All Oracle products certified with Cisco UCS
Cisco Validated
Designs for Oracle
Sizing & Best Practice
Guides, Scaling Studies,
Product Certifications
Oracle Application,
Database and Industry
Standard Benchmarks
Customer Case Studies
and TCO Analysis
FlexPod fully documented with Oracle
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Unique UCS Capabilities for Oracle Database
• Enforce consistent setup for all databases & RAC
SERVICE PROFILES
• Automatic failover, set up new images in minutes
• Reallocate system resources/test on the fly
CISCO VIRTUAL INTERFACE
CARDS
• Combine public & private data traffic to one card
• Utilize 10GB network to run largest databases
• Support 160 vNIC per card
NEXUS SECURITY ON 10GB
UNIFIED FABRIC
FINE GRADUARITY
PROCESSOR SUPPORT
• Incorporate Nexus data security technology
• Third party reviewed, proves competition drops
data packets at higher rate then UCS
• B200 M3 blade offers 2-core Intel Xeon Processor
• Single socket configurations supported
• Lowers Oracle Licensing/Support fees
BALANCE OF PROCESSOR,
MEMORY, I/O
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• 27 34 World record Oracle benchmarks and
proof-points!
• TPC-C, Oracle Applications, etc.
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UCS Service Profiles
Configuration Portability
SIM Card
Identity for a Phone
Service Profile
Identity for a Server
UCS Service Profile
Network Policy
Storage Policy
Server Policy
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Repurpose blades/servers in minutes to meet cyclical business needs
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Ensure consistent setup of Databases, Applications, Virtual Machines
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Realize “rolling upgrades” for Oracle RAC installations
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Set up new Oracle database images in minutes, not days
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Test performance bottlenecks immediately, vital data stays on site
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Automatically set up new server nodes based on priorities you set
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Meet service level agreements
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UCS Fabric Topologies:
Chassis Bandwidth Options
20G per Chassis
40G per Chassis
80G per Chassis
160G per Chassis
 Wire once architecture, Never touch the wire again
 All links active
 New blades auto discover the bandwidth required
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Cisco UCS Performance: 94 Records Total
The Best Oracle Performance
34 World Records & Proof Points
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Database
12
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3
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14
E-Business
Suite
PeopleSoft
JD Edwards
Siebel
Middleware
+2
+1
Cisco UCS Benchmarks that held world record performance records as of date of publication
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Summary Benefits for Oracle Database
UCS Unique
Features
Designed for virtualization, performance, easily align system resources
to workload requirements, secure your valuable data.
Oracle Database
Expertise
Cisco Validated Designs demonstrate scalability across varied
workloads, Cisco runs on Oracle RAC on Cisco UCS.
Proven
Performance
Over 27 #1 world record benchmarks across Oracle and industry
standard workloads, optional 3rd party technology to meet your needs.
Configuration
Choice
Select: Oracle Linux, RHEL, Windows, Solaris, Oracle VM
The choice is YOURS!
Customer Proven
Over 4,500 Oracle customers have selected UCS, many documented case
studies, spanning vertical markets and company size.
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FlexPod Datacenter for Oracle RAC Database on Oracle VM 3.1.1
NetApp FAS 3270
NetApp FAS 3270
vPC-120
vPC-121
FCoE 2 X 10 Gbps
FCoE 2 X 10 Gbps
Cisco Nexus 5548 UP
Cisco Nexus 5548 UP
Solution Hardware
vFC-101
• 2 x Cisco UCS
5108 Chassis
• 4 B200 M3 Servers
• 2208XP Fabric Extenders
• 2 x Cisco UCS 6248 up Fabric
interconnects
• 2 x Nexus 5548 up
• NetApp 3270
vFC-102
vPC (Public-LiveMigration-Storage1 )
vPC (Private-LiveMigration-Storage2)
Cisco UCS 6248 FI
Cisco UCS 6248 FI
Orarac- Node3
B200 M3
B200 M3
B200 M3
Software Stack
Orarac- Node4
B200 M3
Cisco UCS 2208XP IOM
Cisco UCS 2208XP IOM
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Cisco UCS firmware 2.1(1a)
Data ONTAP 8.1.2
OVM Server 3.1.1
Guest OS -Oracle Linux 6.2
Oracle RAC – 11.2.0.3
Orarac- Node1
Orarac- Node2
Chassis 01: Cisco UCS 5108
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Chassis 02: Cisco UCS 5108
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OLTP Workload - Flexpod for Oracle RAC
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OLTP workload
Swingbench Order Entry workload
Oracle Database 11g RAC
60% Reads, 40% Writes
Linear scale for 4 Node Oracle RAC Cluster
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FlexPod Momentum
3+ years of leadership experience
4,000
Customers
1,000
Joint Channel
Partners in 85
Countries
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75%
Customer
Growth in
#1
1 Year
Integrated
Infrastructure
50+
Validated
Architectures
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Cooperative Support Model
We listened…and we built a
Cooperative Support Model that gives you
a direct line to the right expertise, faster.
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Cooperative Support Model
Customer Engagement Process
Customer contacts
vendor suspected
of issue
Customer*
Cisco®
Technical
Support
NetApp®
Technical
Support
98% of issues solved
with first vendor
ISV
Technical
Support
If Cross-Vendor Support Cooperation Required
Cisco
Support Escalation
or Engineering
NetApp
Support Escalation
or Engineering
ISV
Support Escalation
or Engineering
NetApp, Cisco, and ISV
will work cooperatively
to resolve issues
Vendors will assist
customer to open cases
with other vendors
Cooperative crosscompany engineering and
development efforts
*Valid customer support contracts with all companies required.
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Who’s Running FlexPod?
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