Cisco and F5 accelerate Application Delivery
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This document discusses the partnership between Cisco and F5 and their focus on application-centric infrastructure. It highlights key capabilities of Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) including policy-driven automation, integration with F5's BIG-IP and BIG-IQ solutions, and addressing joint customer needs. It also provides an overview of WWT's Advanced Technology Center and how they help customers prove and adopt new technologies like ACI through demo environments and other services.
Cisco and F5 accelerate Application Delivery
- 1. Cisco and F5 Shashi Kiran, Head, Corporate Marketing Data Center and Cloud Networking The Role of Application Centric Infrastructure in Data Center Strategy for Today’s Application- Oriented Economy F5 US Agility 2015
- 2. Agenda Application Centric Infrastructure Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc. Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo Cisco-F5: A Journey together
- 3. Cisco and F5: The last 18 Months Cisco ACI Launch Nov’13 New York Cisco Live 2014 San Francisco Milan F5 Agility 2014 Copenhagen New York F5 Agility 2015 Scotland
- 4. Partnership Focus Deep technology integration across L2-L7 network services with intelligent services orchestration. F5 BIG IP and F5 BIG IQ integration with Cisco ACI Comprehensive application-centric policy framework and enforcement as part of ACI Ecosystem Address Joint Customer Needs in Data Center and Cloud Deployments Worldwide with scalable GTM Extensible platform supporting future service growth Deliver a Fundamentally Superior Application Experience
- 5. Agenda Application Centric Infrastructure Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc. Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo Cisco-F5: A Journey together
- 6. 30M New devices connected every week 78% Workloads processed in Cloud DCs by 2018 5TB+ of data per person by 2020 180B Mobile apps downloaded in 2015 277X Data created by IoE devices v. end-user Source: Cisco, Global Cloud Index 2014 Data Center and Cloud Power Market Disruption
- 7. SaaS PaaS IaaS A Broad Perspective Is Required… Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT
- 8. SaaS PaaS IaaS …to Balance New and Existing Requirements Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT Traditional Applications Cloud Native Applications Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT ERP, Financial, CRM, email, Client/Server, … IoT, Big Data, Analytics, Gaming, ...
- 9. IT Transformation: The Tale of 2 ITs SPEED EFFICIENCY
- 10. What if you Could… EFFICIENCY + DISRUPTION + SPEED
- 11. SaaS PaaS IaaS Cisco UCS Cisco Nexus Cisco ONE ACI, Programmable Fabric, Programmable Network Programmable Fabric Programmable Network EFFICIENCY + DISRUPTION + SPEED Best Data Center and Cloud Portfolio in Industry Data Center Cloud Edge / IoT Cisco Connected AnalyticsCisco and Partner Intercloud Services Cisco OpenStack Private CloudCisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite Policy-Driven Infrastructure Privateand Hybrid Cloud Software Cloud Offers Big Data Analytics
- 12. Minimum Capabilities Are not Enough! Only Cisco Enables Your Digital Transformation Journey Flexible Consumption Models Automation Edge / IoT Applications EFFICIENCY + DISRUPTION + SPEED Edge / IoT Applications and Real Time Analytics Choice of Consumption with Security and Data Sovereignty Policy Driven Infrastructure
- 13. We Are at the Cusp of a Major Shift DIGITAL EXPERIENCESEFFICIENCY SIMPLICITY | SPEED Adoption Curve IT as a Service IaaS | PaaS | SaaS | XaaS Flexible Consumption Models CONSOLIDATION VIRTUALIZATION HYBRID CLOUDS 2000 2010 2015 The Next 5+ Years POLICY BASED AUTOMATION TRADITIONAL DATA CENTER We are here CLOUD-READY DATA CENTER
- 14. Automation through Common Policy Cisco ACI Physical, Virtual & Containers Open, Standards & Secure Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
- 15. ACI Vision: Application Centric SDN approach Policy Driven with Scale, Security and Full Visibility TENANT APPLICATION Enabled by Physical and Virtual Integration
- 16. Subject Matter Experts Define Policies 1 Application Centric Policy Network SME Security SME Application SME 2 Policies Used To Create Application Network Profile Templates 3 Automated policy configuration across the infrastructure Life cycle management for day 1, day 2 operations 4 Multi DC WAN and Cloud StorageL4–L7 Services ComputePhysical Networki ng Hypervis ors and Virtual Networki ng Hypervisors and Virtual Networking Physical Networking Compute L4–L7 Services Storage Multi DC WANand Cloud
- 17. ACI Delivers Secure Multi-Tenancy at Scale CENTRALIZED AUTOMATION Audit, Detect, Mitigate EMBEDDED IN ACI INVESTMENT PROTECTION FirePOWER Now Integrated with ACI Validated for Deployment in PCI Compliant Networks POLICY DRIVEN Physical & Virtual Automated Protection to Cover the Attack Continuum
- 18. Cisco ACI Complements, Enhances and/or Replaces Any Other SDN Offering Bare Metal Applications Virtualized Applications Optional Software Overlay Foundation: Nexus or ACI
- 19. PRE-ACI POST-ACI Network Operations PROCESS SIMPLIFICATION Network and Policy Instantiate Translate Setup and Policy Weeks Minutes OPEX CAPEX PRE-ACI 41%Cost Savings COST SAVINGS POST-ACI ACI Simplified Operations: TCO and Cost Savings Weeks Minutes Cisco IT Projections
- 20. Agenda Application Centric Infrastructure Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, WWT Inc. Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo Cisco-F5: A Journey together
- 21. How to Make a Data Center Ready for Agile Service Delivery? Server vFW Switch Router FW Router LB Service Insertion in Traditional Networks Configure Firewall Rules as Required by the Application Configure Network to Insert Firewall Configure Firewall Network Parameters Configure Load Balancer as Required by the Application Configure Load Balancer Network Parameters Configure Router to Steer Traffic to/from Load Balancer Service insertion takes days Network configuration is time consuming and error prone Difficult to track configuration on services
- 22. Separate application tier policy and service definition APIC-centralized network policy control Programmable service bring-up/tear-down Supports existing operational model with existing services ACI Layer 4–7 Service Integration Centralized, Automated, and Supports Existing Model Web Server App Tier A Web Server Web Server App Tier B App Server Chain “Sharepoint” Policy Redirection Service Graph begin endStage 1 …….. Stage N Providers inst inst … Firewall inst inst … Load Balancer ServiceProfile “Sharepoint” Chain Defined Application Admin Service Admin ……..
- 23. ACI: Application Agility – Physical/Virtual Using the Language of Apps in the Network F5 DEVICE PACKAGE FOR APIC DB DBDB WEB WEB WEB APP WEB APP WEB BIG-IP PHYSICAL AND/OR VIRTUAL HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR HYPERVISOR Physical Networking L4–L7 Services Multi DC WAN + Cloud ComputeStorageHypervisors and Virtual Networking Rapid Deployment of Applications with Scale and Security Application-centricity to Visibility and Troubleshooting Open Source Application Policies Common Operational Model through Open APIs ACI Slide Source: Cisco
- 24. Virtual Edition Appliance Chassis BIG-IP F5 and Cisco ACI Integration Models BIG-IQ ACI Fabric Function profiles leveraging existing iAPP knowledge Customize Device package to support new applications—within the device model support One iRule per function profile Provides multi tenancy and true traffic isolation Configure any iAPPs with iRules through Cisco APIC —no need to make device model changes Extend to other L4-L7 services ex: GTM, AAM, AFM, APM, ASM through iApps Deep application performance visibility & extensive applications health score data (future) Provides multi tenancy and true traffic isolation F5 Synthesis Fabric
- 25. ARCHITECT DESIGN COMPUTE Service Request STORAGE SECURITY NETWORK Application Available TIME APP F/W ADC WEB ADC DB Policy Automation Application Policy Language Common Policy Framework and Platform for All IT Teams Faster App Availability Simplified Operational Processes + Automation APPLICATION COMPUTE NETWORK CLOUD STORAGE SECURITY
- 26. Cisco ACI-F5 (BIG IP and BIG IQ) Integration Flash Demo of Solution
- 27. Pulsant: Expanding Business with Cloud Solutions United Kingdom Cloud Service Provider Pulsant improves its services and profits with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. With Cisco ACI, we are selling more cloud services, adding new cloud services, and onboarding customers faster without increasing staff. Martin Lipka Head of Connectivity Watch Video Read Case Study
- 28. Agenda Application Centric Infrastructure Channel Partner Practice Perspective – Mark Wall, Solution Architect WWT Inc. Cisco ACI-F5 Solution Overview and Demo Cisco-F5: A Journey together
- 29. WWT on Software Defined Networking Agility Simplicity Business Value Ability to Adopt New Market Transitions Rapid Service Enablement Reduce Operational Complexity Decrease TCO Automation Differentiate Business Services Monetize Networks Cost Savings Requirements for Next Generation Networks Software Defined Networking “A flexible, programmatic framework to optimize the delivery and management of network services”
- 30. Characteristics of SDN Increased flexibility Automation Network Services Holistic View Software Defined Networking
- 31. Why Cisco ACI ? Accelerated deployment of applications and services Reduced application development-to- production cycle times Mitigated security and compliance risk Increased revenue growth and business agility by delivering the right services in real time
- 32. Prove it… A collaborative eco-system to design, build, demo and deploy advanced technology solutions for our customers and partners. CUSTOMERS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS Product teams Sales Engineering SALES AND ENGINEERS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LABS TEST LABS INTEGRATION LABS TRAINING LABS ATC PRIVATE CLOUD Advanced Technology Center
- 33. WWT Simplifies the Complex Tech Briefings Workshops Sandbox Environments Proof of Concept Integrated Product and Solution Demos Training Product Testing and Benchmarking Early Field Trails Pilots and Integration Lab as a Service