Chapter 1. Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Integration Guide

Introduction

Overview

Products and Supported Versions

Prerequisites

Installation Requirements

Installing Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Products

Recommended Installation Order

Upgrading Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Products

Recommended Upgrade Order

Integrating Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Products

Integrating Prime Service Catalog Virtual Appliance with UCS Director (and VACS)

Integrating Prime Service Catalog with Intercloud Fabric for Business

Integration Best Practices

Use Cases for Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute

Use Cases and Required Products

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Chapter 1. Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Integration Guide

Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute 2.6 Integration Guide

First Published: March 31, 2016

Introduction

Overview

Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute helps to build a comprehensive automation platform. It aids in managing and upgrading infrastructure and network software at a reduced cost. Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute also secures private and hybrid cloud deployments for both physical and virtual environments; hence increasing IT agility. Above all, it enables automated, policy-based cloud computing. This assures secure mobility of workload and resources between different cloud models in compliance with all the policies.

Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute provides the following offerings to automate, manage, and build a hybrid-ready cloud infrastructure:

- Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute

- Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite

Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite

Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite provides a set of tools that supports self-service ordering, monitoring, and lifecycle management of private and hybrid cloud instances. You can use Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite to automate and manage your on-premise private cloud instances and to enable IT infrastructure and resources. Additionally, it supports secured access to hybrid cloud resources along with workload deployment across private and public clouds.

Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite supports modular automation across all layers of the organization. Modular automation furnishes flexibility to subdivide the automation of an existing infrastructure with minimal impact on productivity.

Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute

Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute automates provisioning of virtual private data centers, supports self-service ordering of compute resources your Cisco UCS, and manages your Cisco UCS and multi vendor compute infrastructure. Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute includes Intercloud Fabric for Business (ICFB) and supports deployment of virtual workloads to public clouds.

Products and Supported Versions

The following table gives information about products included in Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute:

Product

Functionality

Foundation for Compute

Enterprise Cloud Suite

Version

Cisco UCS Director*
(BareMetal is also available)

Supports unified management of converged infrastructure solutions based on the Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus platforms.

Included*
UCS Director Foundation

Included

5.4.0.2

Prime Service Catalog Virtual Appliance*

Self-service portal for ordering and managing IT infrastructure and resources.

Included*
Prime Service Catalog Foundation

Included

11.1.1

Cisco Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation (VACS)

Supports installation and deployment of virtual services in the datacenter using container templates.

Not included

Included

2.1.1

Intercloud Fabric for Business (ICFB)

Supports workload deployment across private and public cloud environments.

Included

Included through Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute

2.3.1

Cisco UCS Performance Manager*

Supports performance monitoring and capacity planning of Cisco UCS components and UCS Integrated Infrastructure.

Included*
Cisco UCS Performance Manager Foundation

Included

2.0

Cisco UCS Central

Supports management of Cisco UCS components across distributed datacenters.

Included

Included through Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute

1.4

Cisco Energy Management

Supports optimized IT capacity and energy efficiency management.

Included

Included through Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute

5.1

* Indicates that for Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute, the product versions mentioned in the table are supported.

Note

Intercloud Fabric for Business (ICFB) supports Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Intercloud Fabric Public Private clouds (ICF-PP). For more information on the list of supported clouds, see Supported Cloud Providers section of Cisco Intercloud Fabric Release Notes, Release 2.3.1

Prerequisites

Installation Requirements

Products

Minimum Required resources

Prime Service Catalog Virtual Appliance 11.1.1

Only vSphere 5.x supported.

4 CPU, 8 GB of memory, 100 GB of disk space
Note:
If you plan to deploy the Prime Service Catalog Virtual Appliance in complete mode (all components in a single VM), we recommend increasing the VM's CPU count to 8, and the memory to 16 GB.

UCS Director 5.4.0.2 for VMware

(BareMetal is also available)

VMware vSphere vCenter Server 5.1 or later.

Up to 2000 VMs, 4 vCPU, 12 GB Memory, 100 GB Hard Disk

(up to 5000 VMs is next level of requirement)

UCS Director 5.4 Bare Metal Agent

2 vCPU, 3 GB Memory, 40 GB Hard Disk

Cisco Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation (VACS) 2.1.1

VMware vSphere 5.1 or later.

Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 5.2(1)VSG3(1.1) - 1 vCPU, 2 GB Memory, 3 GB Hard Disk

Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM - 2 vCPU, 4 GB Memory, 3 GB Hard Disk (Cisco VACS installs the Cisco Nexus 1000V in an HA pair)

Cisco Prime Network Services Controller (PNSC) - 4 vCPU, 4 GB Memory, 220 GB Hard Disk

Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V XE 3.14.0 - 1 vCPU, 4 GB Memory, 8 GB Hard Disk

Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager (VSUM) - 2 vCPU, 4 GB Memory, 80 GB Hard Disk

Intercloud Fabric for Business (ICFB)

VMware vSphere 5.1 or later.

Intercloud Fabric - 8 vCPU (64-bit x86 CPU [VT-capable]), 20 GB Memory, 350 GB Hard Disk

Intercloud Fabric Extender - 2 vCPU, 2 GB Memory, 3 GB Hard Disk

Intercloud Fabric VSM - 2 vCPU, 1 GB Memory, 3 GB Hard Disk

Provider Cloud minimum.
Note:
Please see System Requirements as per your chosen provider for more details.

Intercloud Fabric Switch - 4 vCPU, 4 GB Memory, 20 GB Hard Disk

Intercloud Fabric Firewall (VSG) - 1 vCPU, 3 GB Memory, 3 GB Hard Disk

Intercloud Fabric Router (CSR) - 4 vCPU, 4 GB Memory, 8 GB Hard Disk

UCS Central

ESX 5.0 U3 minimum.

4 vCPU, 12 GB Memory, 40 GB Hard Disk 1, 40 GB Hard Disk 2

UCS Performance Manager (UCSPM)

4 vCPU, 32 GB Memory, 50 GB Hard Disk (Small Domain)

Cisco Energy Management

2 vCPU, 4 GB Memory, 20 GB Hard Disk

Installing Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Products

Recommended Installation Order

Installing Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute products in the recommended order supports seamless integration and minimizes manual configuration required to facilitate integration. The following table gives information about the recommended order for installing Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute products. For more information about product requirements and installation, see the hyperlinks given in the Installation Reference column.

Note

It is not mandatory to install all the Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute products. You can install only products that meet your requirements.

Product Installed

Installation Reference

1. Cisco UCS Central

Cisco UCS Central Installation Guide

2. Cisco UCS Director

Cisco UCS Director Installation Guide

3. Cisco VACS

Cisco VACS Installation Guide

4. Cisco Intercloud Fabric for Business

Cisco Intercloud Fabric for Business Installation Guide

5. Cisco Prime Service Catalog

Cisco Prime Service Catalog Quick Start Guide

6. Cisco UCS Performance Manager

Cisco UCS Performance Manager Installation Guide

Upgrading Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Products

Recommended Upgrade Order

The following table provides information about the recommended order for upgrading Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute products. For more information about product requirements and upgrade, see the hyperlinks given in the Reference column.

Note

This table is based on the assumption that you have installed all the products in the Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute. Skip a specific product upgrade if it was not installed in your environment.

Products

Reference

1. Cisco UCS Central

Cisco UCS Central Installation and Upgrade Guide

2. Cisco UCS Director

Cisco UCS Director Upgrade Guide

3. Cisco Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation (VACS)

Cisco VACS Installation and Upgrade Guide

4. Cisco Prime Service Catalog

Cisco Prime Service Catalog Quick Start Guide

5. Cisco Intercloud Fabric for Business

Cisco Intercloud Fabric for Business Installation Guide

6. Cisco UCS Performance Manager

Cisco UCS Performance Manager Getting Started Guide

Integrating Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Products

The following sections provide deployment and the integration procedures for all the products in Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute Suite.

Integrating Prime Service Catalog Virtual Appliance with UCS Director (and VACS)

To integrate Prime Service Catalog Virtual Appliance with UCS Director, deploy both the products by following the links in the table - section Recommended Installation Order, and then see Integrating UCS Director (UCSD) or Intercloud Fabric for Business (ICFB) with Prime Service Catalog section of Cisco Prime Service Catalog 11.1 Administration and Operation Guide.

To integrate Prime Service Catalog Virtual Appliance with Cisco VACS, see Integrating UCS Director (UCSD) or Intercloud Fabric for Business (ICFB) with Prime Service Catalog section of Cisco Prime Service Catalog 11.1 Administration and Operation Guide.

Integrating Prime Service Catalog with Intercloud Fabric for Business

To integrate Prime Service Catalog Virtual Appliance with Intercloud Fabric for Business (ICFB), see Integrating UCS Director (UCSD) or Intercloud Fabric for Business (ICFB) with Prime Service Catalog section of Cisco Prime Service Catalog 11.1 Administration and Operation Guide.

Integration Best Practices

The following are some of the best practices that must be considered for different products in Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute for the integration to work seamlessly across the products.

- UCS Director and VACS

- When creating an Application Template in UCS Director for a container, the virtual machine template should be in the vCenter Datacenter as specified in the Compute Policy (as defined in the Application Template).

- Before creating and deleting the fenced or VACS containers, plan your container network resources as described below:

- Have sufficient VLANs available in your pool to create the total number of containers for a certain number of tiers. This is because each tier will consume one VLAN when a Fenced or VACS container is instantiated.

- Have sufficient routable IP addresses to assign to the fenced gateways and the CSRs.

- Have sufficient free IP addresses to provide VACS SLB a routable IP, when selected for use in the VACS container template.

- Have sufficient virtual management IP addresses for VACS templates that may contain CSR, VSG, and SLB.

- Prime Service Catalog

- Prime Service Catalog virtual appliance nodes and vCenter hosts where the container virtual machines are deployed should reference to the same NTP source.

- To ensure consistent stack provisioning, the Prime Service Catalog nodes as well as the ESX servers should be set to a reliable NTP source. Enable the root access on the Prime Service Catalog nodes and edit the /etc/ntp.conf file and specify the target ntp server in this file.

Use Cases for Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute

Use Cases and Required Products

The following table provides information about different Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute use cases and products required to support the use cases:

Note

The Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute use cases listed in the following table are supported on VMware ESXI hypervisor and VMware vSphere systems. Cisco ONE for Data Center Compute supports Flexpod, Vblock, EMC VSPEX, and other Multi-vendor compute environments within a private cloud.

Use Case

Required Products

Supported Suites

Scope

Onboard new Integrated Infrastructure

UCS Director

Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite

You can rapidly add new infrastructure to existing cloud/data center environment.

Infrastructure as a Service

UCS Director

Prime Service Catalog

Intercloud Fabric for Business (if deploying Virtual Machines to the public cloud)

Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite

Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute

You can order Virtual Machines from a catalog to deploy on the private/public cloud and Bare Metal servers on private cloud.

Application Stack Deployment

Prime Service Catalog

UCS Director

Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite

You can design and deploy complete multi-tier application stack using a graphical user interface.

Note:
Application Stack Deployment use case uses Fenced Containers and VACS containers.

Secure Application Segmentation

UCS Director

Virtual Application Cloud Segmentation

Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite

You can rapidly deploy applications in securely segmented virtual environment.

Secure Network Extension to the Public Cloud

Prime Service Catalog

Intercloud Fabric for Business

Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite

Cisco ONE Foundation for Compute

You can securely move workloads between private and public clouds.

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