UCS-E Series TDM

Planning, Designing and Operating UCS-E in a Branch Router

Mirko Grabel
Technical Marketing Engineer
6. October 2016
Agenda
 Agenda
• Business Benefits
• Introduction to ISR Routers
• Introduction to UCS E-Servers
• Networking Integration
• Server Performance
• High Availability
• Management
• Use Cases
• Customer Success Stories
Business Benefits
Biggest Business Benefits to Customers:
• CAPEX Cost Savings
• Less hardware required as it is a hyper converged solution
• OPEX Cost Savings
• Single router support contract covers all modules
• Up to 80% less power consumption in comparison to standalone servers
• Highly reliable hardware (Server are build to last 2-3 years, ISRs last too long…)
and therefore less truck rolls
• Real-Estate Savings
• Smaller foot-print required at the branch
• Faster Service deployment
• Easy to add another service on the server blade
Introduction to ISR Routers
 Cisco Branch Router Evolution
Support Cisco UCS® E-Series

2014
2013 ISR 4431 and
4300 family
2009 ISR 4451-X Making for a complete
First ISR based ISR 4000 family
2004 ISR G2 family on IOS XE
800*, 1900, 2900
1998 ISR G1 family and 3900
1800, 2800, 3800 Taking the ISR
1993 Cisco 2600 The first architecture concept to the
Superseded 2500; custom-designed for next level
Cisco® 2500 considered one integrated services
Cisco’s first family of of Cisco's
branch routers for 23 premier products  Not shown here: Cisco 700, 1600, 1700, 4000, 4500,
different deployments 3600, and 3700 Series Routers
*800 Series ISRs do not support UCS E-Series servers
 Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services
Routers (ISRs)
Newest 4000 Series Portfolio

ISR 4451
1-2 Gbps

ISR 4431
ISR 4351 500-1000 Mbps
200-400 Mbps
ISR 4331
100-300 Mbps
ISR 4321
50-100 Mbps
ISR 4221
35-75 Mbps 4-10X Faster
Add performance and services anytime
Flexible consumption options
 Cisco 4000 Series ISR
UCS-E N

Network Interface Modules Optional Drive NIM for

Management Interface Front-Panel GE Larger and more powerful than Service Containers
Out-of-band control plane  RJ45/SFP GE interfaces EHWICs  RAID 1 for data protection
connection directly to a  PoE+ available on  Up to 8 ports per module  Single HD (future) and dual SSD options
management network some models  DSPs directly on modules  Embedded SSD option

UCS-E S/D

Internal Services Card USB Connections Enhanced Service Modules

Internal expansion  2 type A for file storage  Compatible with Cisco® ISR G2
currently for PVDM4s  USB type B console in addition to RJ45  Up to 10-Gbps connection to system
console and aux ports  Faster and more powerful than SMs
Introduction to UCS-E Servers
 UCS-E Naming Explanation UCS-EN120E-54/K9

Prefix
• “UCS-E” all standard SM-X UCS-E Modules
• “UCS-EN” The UCS-E Network Compute Engine modules
CPU details
• First digit: number of sockets
• Second digit: number of cores per socket
• Third digit: CPU manufacturer (0 = Intel)
Form Factor
• “S” is single-wide SM-X form factor
• “D” is double-wide SM-X form factor
• “E” is double-wide EHWIC form factor
• “N” is single-wide NIM form factor
• “xP” has PCI-E slot (only M1 double-wide)
Hardware Details (only some models)
• 5x/10x/20x: pre-installed SSD size (50, 100 or 200 GB)
• x4/x8/xx8: pre-installed memory size (4 or 8 GB)
Generation (only some models)
• “M1”: first generation
• “M2”: second generation
 Compute in ISR History “UCS-E”
Third Gen of
Server-Class
“UCS-E” Compute Modules
Second Gen of UCS-E M3 SW
Server-Class
Compute Modules
“UCS-E”
First Gen of UCS-E M2 DW
Server-Class
UCS-E M2 SW
Compute Modules
Performance*

UCS-E M1 DW UCS-E NCE S

“Service Ready Engine”
UCS-E M1 SW UCS-E NCE N
Only for ISR G2
UCS-E NCE E
Service
SRE 910 UCS Express Container
“UCS-E Network
SRE 900 Compute Engine”
“UCS-Express” “Service Container”
SRE 710 Bundles SRE with ISR4k can host
SRE 700 VMWare applications

SRE 300

Time*
* Not drawn to actual scale
 Cisco UCS E-Series Servers
Cisco® UCS E160D-M2 & E180D-M2

Cisco UCS® E140S-M2 & E160S-M3  Service module

 VMware, Hyper-V,
 Service module Citrix certified
 VMware, Hyper-V,  Intel E5 6/8 core processor
Scalability

Citrix certified  vNGIPS, vWLC, vWAAS, virtual

 Intel E3 4 core processor or desktops, physical security
Intel D1500 6 core processor
 vNGIPS, vWLC, vWAAS,
physical security

Performance
Cisco UCS E-Series Single-Wide Blade
Compatible with ISR G2 and ISR 4k SM Slots - UCS E140S M2
Maximum 65 W power draw Intel® Xeon® E3 family
80 percent less than server quad-core processor
8, 12, and 16 GB
DRAM options

Configuration and
management through
Remote and CIMC/IMC SUP or UCSD
schedulable power
management

Two SD cards: One for the CIMC

One external and two and temporary storage of OS and
internal GE ports one as a blank virtual drive

10/100 Ethernet Up to 2 SATA, SAS, or SSD hard drives

management port
USB 2.0 port for external
KVM console connector
device connectivity
Wire-free, plug-and-play modularity, Onboard hardware RAID 0/1 with hot-
low shipping weight (2.5 lb/1.1 kg) swappable capability
 Cisco UCS E-Series Double-Wide Blade
For higher performance demands - UCS E160D M2, UCS E180D M2
Maximum 130 W power draw, Intel® Xeon® E5-2400 6-core, 8-core
8 GB - 96 GB 80 percent less than server processor
DRAM options

Out-of-band
Remote and schedulable
configuration and
power management
management
through CIMC/ IMC Sup
Front-panel VGA, 2 USB, and serial or UCSD
console connectors

Two SD cards: One for the CIMC Up to 3 SATA, SAS, SSD hard drives
and temporary storage of OS
and one as a blank virtual drive
Onboard hardware RAID 0, 1, and 5 configuration
Two external and two internal GE ports options with hot-swappable capability
with TCP/IP acceleration
Wire-free, plug-and-play modularity, low shipping weight
(7 lb/3.2 kg)
Hardware Comparison Matrix Reference

(Cisco UCS E-Series)

UCS-E140S-M2/K9 UCS-E160S-M3/K9 UCS-E160D-M2/K9 UCS-E180D-M2/K9
Intel® Xeon® E3-1105C v2 Intel® Xeon® D-1528 Intel Xeon E5-2418L v2 Intel Xeon E5-2428L v2
Processor
(4 x 1.8 GHz) (6 x 1.9 Ghz) (6 x 2.0 GHz) (8 x 1.8 GHz)

Core/vCPU 4/8 6/12 6/12 8/16

Memory 8 - 16 GB DDR3 16 - 32GB DDR4 8 - 96 GB DDR3 8 - 96 GB DDR3

Up to 4 TB (2 HDD bays) Up to 4 TB (2 HDD bays) Up to 6 TB (3 HDD bays) Up to 6 TB (3 HDD bays)

Storage
SATA, SAS, SED, SSD SATA, SAS, SED, SSD SATA, SAS, SED, SSD SATA, SAS, SED, SSD
RAID RAID 0 and RAID 1 RAID 0 and RAID 1 RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5

Internal: 2 GE ports Internal: 2 GE ports Internal: 2 GE ports Internal: 2 GE ports

Network port
External: 1 GE port External: 2 TGE ports External: 2 GE ports External: 2 GE ports

2911, 2921, 2951, 3925,

2921, 2951, 3925, 3945, 3925, 3945, 3925E, 3945E,
Platforms 3945, 3925E, 3945E, 4331, 4351, 4451
3925E, 3945E, 4351, 4451 4351, 4451
4331, 4351, 4451
UCS-E160S-M3/K9(=)*
6-core, 32 GB, 2 Disks, a.k.a.”Draco”* Upgraded LSI Controller
“MegaRAID SAS 3108” Price:
for higher performance, Same as current UCS-E140S-M2
Intel Broadwell,
Supports RAID 0, 1 Software:
6-core, 1.9 GHz,
(no cache or Battery) CIMC: 3.1.1.
Up to 32 GB DRAM 2MB cache
IOS-XE: 3.16.2, 3.17.2 or 16.2.1 onwards.
(2 DIMMs, DDR4-2133)

No SD Cards
2 * 16 GB eMMC onboard
storage in RAID 1, 8GB for
CIMC and HIM & 8 GB for
local OS installation

Dual External 1/10G Memory PID Description

2 Hard Drive Slots 1 * USB 3.0 port for
Up to 4TB SATA Storage external device EM3-MEM-8G 8 GB 1066MHz DDR4-2133 VLP Memory
connectivity
16 GB 1200MHz DDR4-2400 VLP Memory

* ISR4K Only
 Cisco UCS E-Series Network Compute
Engine Cisco UCS EN120S

Cisco® UCS EN140N

Cisco UCS® EN120E
 Enhanced HWIC
Scalability
 NIM network compute module
 Virtualization enabled
 Network compute
applications - FirePower,
 Service module
 VMware and
Hyper-V certified
 Network compute
applications - FirePower,

 Virtualization enabled vWAAS

vWAAS
 Network compute
applications - FirePower,
vWAAS
(Supported on ISR4000 only)
(Supported on ISR-G2 only)

Performance
 Cisco UCS E-Series Network Compute Engine
Cisco UCS EN140N M2
Orderable Oct15’

Up to 8 GB RAM

50, 100, 200 GB mSATA

SSD options
Intel® Atom
quad-core processor

One 2GB SD card

for CIMC (8GB SD
optional)
Dedicated
management port
KVM console
connector
USB 2.0 port for
external device
connectivity One external Gigabit Ethernet
port/ Two internal Gigabit
Ethernet ports
 Cisco UCS E-Series Network Compute Engine
Cisco UCS EN120E Series
Orderable Oct15’

One 2GB SD card

for CIMC (8GB SD
optional)
Up to 8 GB RAM 50, 100, 200 GB mSATA
SSD options
Intel® Atom
dual-core processor

One external Gigabit Ethernet

Fixed DRAM/SSD bundles: port/ Two internal Gigabit
PID SSD Memory Ethernet ports
Mini USB Console Port
UCS-EN120E-54/K9 50 GB 4 GB
USB 2.0 port for external
UCS-EN120E-58/K9 50 GB 8 GB
device connectivity
UCS-EN120E-108/K9 100 GB 8 GB

UCS-EN120E-208/K9 200 GB 8GB

Hardware Comparison Matrix Reference
(Cisco UCS E-Series Network Compute Engine)
UCS-EN140N-M2/K9 UCS-EN120E-xxx/K9
UCS-EN120S-M2/K9 (ISR4000 Only) (ISR G2 Only)
Intel Pentium Intel Atom C2518 Intel Atom C2358
Processor
B925C (2.0 GHz) (1.7 GHz) (1.7 GHz)

Core/vCPU 2/4 4/4 2/2

Memory 8 - 16 GB 8 GB 4 or 8 GB

500 GB- 2 TB (2 HDD)

Storage 50 GB – 200 GB 50 GB – 200 GB
SATA, SAS
RAID RAID 0 and RAID 1 NA NA

Internal: 2 GE ports Internal: 2 GE ports Internal: 2 GE ports

Network port
External: 1 GE port External: 1 GE port External: 1 GE port

2911, 2921, 2951, 3925, 3945,

1921, 1941, 2901, 2911, 2921,
Platforms 3925E, 3945E, 4451-X, 4451, 4431, 4351, 4331, 4321
2951, 3925, 3945, 3925E, 3945E
4351, 4331
Cisco UCS E-Series SM-X in an ISR Chassis Reference
ISR UCS E140S M2 UCS E160S M3 UCS E160D M2 UCS E180D M2 Max SM Modules/Router
1921 No No No No NA
1941 No No No No NA
2911 Yes No No No 1 SW
2921 Yes No Yes No 1 SW or 1 DW
2951 Yes No Yes No 2 SW or 1 DW
3925 Yes No Yes Yes 2 SW or 1 DW and 1 SW
3925E Yes No Yes Yes 2 SW or 1 DW and 1 SW
3945 Yes No Yes Yes 4 SW or 2 SW and 1 DW
3945E Yes No Yes Yes 4 SW or 2 SW and 1 DW

4221 No No No No NA
4321 No No No No NA
4331 Yes Yes No No 1 SW
4351 Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 SW or 1 DW
4431 No No No No NA
4451 Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 SW or 1 DW
Cisco UCS E-Series NCE in an ISR Chassis
ISR UCS EN120E UCS EN140N Max NCE Modules/Router
1921 Yes No 1 EH
Reference
1941 Yes No 1EH
2901 Yes No 2 EH
2911 Yes No 2 EH
2921 Yes No 2 EH
2951 Yes No 2 EH
3925 Yes No 2 EH
3925E Yes No 1 EH
3945 Yes No 2 EH
3945E Yes No 1 EH

4221 No No NA
4321 No Yes 2 NIM
4331 No Yes 2 NIM (+1 via SM-X-NIM)
4351 No Yes 3 NIM (+2 via SM-X-NIM)
4431 No Yes 3 NIM
4451 No Yes 3 NIM (+2 via SM-X-NIM)
Note: Full Single-Wide SM-X is a better option than SM-X-NIM-ADPTR with NIM UCS card for SM slots
Hypervisor and OS Support
UCS E-Series: UCS E-Series NCEs:
Hypervisors Hypervisors
• Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2 • Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2
• VMware vSphere 5.0, Update 1, 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0 • VMware vSphere 5.5 and 6.0
• Citrix XenServer Release 6.0 Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64-bit
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard & Enterprise 64-bit Linux
• Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Release 6.5 and later
Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 and later
• SUSE Linux 11, Service Pack 2 and later
• Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0, Update 2 and later
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