Data Centre Infrastructure Management

Data Centre Infrastructure
Management DCIM
Where it fits with whats going on
ITIL reducing IT OPEX by 25%
ITIL is about processes these are defined in two main areas
ITIL Service Delivery processes :
Service level management Service level management
Capacity management
Financial management for IT services
Availability Management
IT service continuity management
Service Delivery is concerned with setting up service level agreements
and monitoring the targets within these agreements.
On the operational level, the Service Support processes can be viewed as
delivering service as laid down in these agreements.
IT I f t t Lib i th t id l t d
delivering service as laid down in these agreements.
ITIL Service support processes :
Configuration management
Change management
R l t IT Infrastructure Library is the most widely accepted
approach to IT Service Management internationally.
ITIL processes covers IT service management best
practice for internal IT departments and for managing
outsourced service delivery.
Release management
Incident management
Problem management
Service desk
Change Management Release Management Configuration Management
Other Service Management
Processes
Configuration Management Database CMDB
Processes
Request for Change Incident & Problem
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Financial Management
Availability & IT Continuity
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Release: and distribute new
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Capacity Management
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IT Security Management
Service Level Management
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Platforms follow ITIL Processes
IBM Tivoli
Microsoft SystemCenter Microsoft System Center
BMC Remedy
f HP Software
EMC Ionix
The Data Centre --- Significant events
UK is 65 million people how many DC needed 100 to 1000
estimates
Facebook 500 million provided by 10 DC
Business computers are at Risk because Gaming
uses 5X the CPUs
Keith Cambron President and CEO of AT&T
April 2010 100Gig with Cisco CRS-3 and the Ethernet
Alliance has been testing 40gig interoperability.
Steve Ballmer CEO, Microsoft
90% of staff deployed on CLOUD Computing
Kevin Timmons GM Microsoft DC
Preassembled SOLUTIONS
Standard Pre-Configured
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Example of Deployment Solutions
Net-Access
Net-Access Cisco
Net-Access
Cisco 6509
High Density
Net-Access
Cisco 9500
Cisco Nexus 7010
Net Access Cisco
Nexus 7018
Cisco 6509
High Density
Servers in Net-SERV
Cisco 9500
Ready Deployment to Best Practices
VBLOCK
V0 800 VM
V1 3000 VM V1 3000 VM
V2 6000 VM V2 6000 VM
Known PUE
Physical layer Services
Assessment Services Cover
SPACE How to get more 35%-50% g
COOLING Focused on Air flow and
containment issues with technical
advice on CRAH operations and advice on CRAH operations and
placement
POWER Rack and Cabinet level
GROUNDING electrical assessment GROUNDING electrical assessment
CABLING- the 1-10 - 40 -100 migration
and the routing of cables in the DC
PUE Assessing and measuring
Requirement for DCIM
Data Centre Infrastructure Management
Power Usage Effectiveness
PUE = IT + DC power 100 watts + 100 watts = 2 p
IT power 100watts
The Green Grid
Traditions DC are PUE of 2.5 Inefficient Nirvana is 1
Capgeminis new facility Merlin, Swindon .UK uses fresh air cooling PUE 1.08
Using new Servers
PUE IT DC 50 tt 50 tt 2 PUE = IT + DC power 50 watts + 50 watts = 2
IT power 50watts
1 Nirvana is 1
Data Centre Efficiency
Requirement is Risk Mitigation
User community
Data Centre
Application Deli er Application Delivery
Power Consumption and CFD
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Initial step
Do I monitor
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Monitor DC Power and
Over provision cooling
Periodic CFD Analysis
Business Priority
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Platform Data Centre Management
Line of Business Application after Audit Line of Business Application after Audit
Platform tracks by IP and MAC address
Platform Data Centre Management
moved moved moved moved
Line of Business Application Normal Operations Line of Business Application Normal Operations
Business is now at RISK
Provisioning, Moves, Changes and Fault MTTR
Real Time Physical location Tracking
Speeds up Physical Provisioning
Simplifies and secures Moves and Simplifies and secures Moves and
Changes from human error
Reduces MTTR
Line of Business Application
DCIM adds physical deployments, power and thermals
No
Wi d Window
of Risk
DCIM automates physical layer tracking of moves and changes
DCIM in Virtual Environment
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Mobile
Window
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DCIM automates physical layer tracking of moves and changes
Logical to Physical Layer Mapping
Network Management Logical View
Virtualization is another layer
of abstraction of abstraction
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Software & Appliance Market Evolution: 2011-2015
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Analyst Validation of DCIM Category
Gartner (research note:
G00174769)
DCIM: Going Beyond IT by
David Cappuccio
Forrester (December 2009)
Put DCIM Into Your
Automation Plans by Galen Automation Plans by Galen
Schreck
DCIM = Data Center Infrastructure Management
DCIM positioning with standards
ITIL ITIL
Real-Time Physical Connectivity Monitoring
Automated
Documentation &
Reporting
Configuration
Management
Database (CMDB)
Data Center Data Center
SOX SOX
TIA/EI TIA/EI
Unauthorized Physical Access and Physical
Change Alerts
Infrastructure Infrastructure
Management Management
SOX SOX
HIPPA HIPPA
A 606 A 606- -
AA
Physical Location Tracking of IT Assets
Physical Deployment Environment Monitoring and
ISO ISO
17799 17799
Physical Deployment Environment Monitoring and
Managing
Automated Documentation
Managed &
Secure Services
Compliant Labeling
& Inventory Mgt.
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Total Economic Impact
Layers 2-8
Layers 0-7 (OSI)
Layers 0 and 1
Provided by DCIM
Power
Thermal
Connectivity
Location
RU space
Layers 0-1
RU space
Layers 2 through 7
Provided through integrations with
management Platform
Change management
Capacity management
Event correlation Event correlation
PUE reporting
Example from IPLM
Cross-Connect Installations
Interconnect Installations
Enterprise Installations
Sensor Appliance
Managed POU
Temperature
Humidity
Airflow
Use as Appliance Manager
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Airflow
Use as Appliance Manager
Cabinet Integration
Reference Designs = Best Practices (Logical and Physical)
L 3 A ti R ti Layer 3 Aggregation Routing
Layer 2 Access Bridging & Spanning Tree
Protocol
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Cabinet Top Temps Cabinet Top Temps
vs. Used Power
ASHRAE recommendations.(18-27 C or 64.4 deg F through 80.6 deg F)
Cabinet Elevation View
DCIM Physical Deployment by Line of business
Monitor
Plan
D l Deploy
Recovering 30% of Facilities time Recovering 30% of Facilities time
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