Cisco Workload Optimization Manager

Bringing Self-Managing Systems to the Intent-Based Data Center

Max Alvarado
Systems Engineer
Datacenter and Virtualization
What is Cisco Workload Optimization Manager?
Decision Engine • Software that continuously
for IT environments analyzes workload consumption,
costs and compliance
constraints and automatically
allocates resources in real-time.
• It assures workload
performance by giving
workloads the resources they
need when they need them.

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Performance is Critical, but Budgets are Flat
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How do you assure performance?

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 Evolution of Automation
Manual Automated Real-Time

Self-managing
Scale
Complexity

Self-Managing

Scripting
Scale

Scripts,
Orchestration Manual
Manual Scale
Workflow
Physical to Virtual Automating Processes à Automating Decisions
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 . . . . . . . 2025
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Process Automation versus Decision Automation
Process Decision
• Problems typically addressed • Problems typically addressed
after alerting—reactive before alerting—preventative
• Labor intensive • Little to no human intervention
• More data = more noise • More data = better decisions
deploy(new_app)
new_vm(large, ssd)

Continuous
Health

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Dynamic Adjustment Performance

Memory
CPU
• Utilization
• Thread Utilization
• Navigate multiple tradeoffs • Core Utilization
•
•
Swapping
Ballooning
• Ready Queue/ Wait Time • …
• …
• Operate in real time
• Self-managing
Tradeoffs
Network Storage
• Initial Workload Placement • Latency
• IOPS
• Relationships
• Capacity
• Bandwidth
• Throughput
• Increase Resources • Geography
• Compression
• …
• …

• Decrease Resources
Cost Compliance
• Move Workload
• $/instance/hour • Licensing
• $/instance/minute • Data sovereignty
• Retire Resources • Reserved Instances • Business constraints
• … • Affinity/anti-affinity
• …

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How does WOM automate 1
Abstraction:
Supply Chain
decision-making?
The Business
Analytics:
2 Supply, Demand, Price

Automation:
3 Real-time action
• Placement
• Scaling
• Capacity

Idea Solution
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When workloads get exactly what they need when
they need it …

Applications Resources Cloud Policies IT

continuously are efficiently spend is on are can
perform utilized budget followed innovate

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Decision Automation Anywhere

Applications Capacity Databases

Compute Public Cloud

• AppDynamics
• Cisco HyperFlex
• Cisco UCS Manager
Cisco • Cisco UCS Director
Storage • Cisco Tetration
• Cisco ACI
• Cisco CloudCenter
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 Comprehensive Multicloud Operations with Cisco
Visibility Engine

Workload Performance Application

Placement Monitoring
Cisco
Workload Cisco
Optimization Application Cloud-Center
Manager
Application Hybrid Cloud
Modelling Instrumentation Management

Decision Deployment
Engine Flexible Cloud Infrastructure Engine
Cisco UCS, HyperFlex, Converged Infrastructure Solutions

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Cisco Workload Optimization Difference

30

Multi-cloud Ready Self-Managing Continuous Performance 30-day ROI

Any workload, any Decision automation Real-time micro- 30% performance

infrastructure, enables real-time improvements improvements on 30%
anywhere optimization preempt degradation less infrastructure.

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 Proven Business Outcomes

37% 87% • Performance

Better application Increase utilization
response time.1 by 20% or more.2
• Efficiency
• Compliance
55% 91%
Reduce user generated See ROI within 90
tickets by 20% or more.3 days or less.4
1. Principled Technologies Report
2. TechValidate Research
3. TechValidate Research
4. TechValidate ResearchechValidate Research
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Let’s Get Started What to Expect
Continuous Optimization
Real-time actions drive continuous
• 30-minute install performance, efficiency, and
through VM & single compliance.
OVA file
Capacity Management
• Improvement Quickly & accurately model what-if
actions appear scenarios: workload growth,
within 1 hour add/remove hardware, cloud costs

• Agentless
Compliance & Business Policies
Easy custom policies ensure WOM
actions abide by business and
compliance requirements.
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