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Release Notes for

Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.1

These release notes are for use with Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.1. They contain

the following sections:

•Product Documentation, page 2

•Key Features, page 3

•System Requirements, page 6

•Supported Devices, page 7

•Open Caveats, page 12

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines,

page 15

Product Documentation

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Product Documentation

We sometimes update the printed and electronic documentation after original

publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com

for any updates.

Table 1 describes the available VFrame Data Center documentation.

Table 1 VFrame Data Center Documentation

Document Title Available Formats

Release Notes for

Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.1

On Cisco.com.1

1. All Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.1 documentation can be accessed through the following location:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps8463/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.1

Installation and Configuration Guide

This guide is available in the following formats:

•On the product recovery CD-ROM.

•On Cisco.com.

•Printed document available by order

(part number DOC-7817674=).2

2. For information on ordering documentation, see Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines,

page 15.

Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.1

Administration Guide

This guide is available in the following formats:

•On Cisco.com.

•Included in the online help in HTML and PDF formats.

Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.1

Programmer’s Guide

On Cisco.com.

Cisco VFrame Data Center 1.1

Regulatory Compliance Information

Printed document included with the product.

Important Safety Information Printed document included with the product.

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Key Features

VFrame Data Center is an appliance-based service orchestration solution for the

data center. With VFrame, customers can define end-to-end virtualized

application services. VFrame can discover physical resources within the data

center. Based on requirements defined for the application infrastructure resources,

VFrame can allocate appropriate physical or virtual resources and power the

application service network.

Key features of VFrame Data Center 1.1 include the following:

•Service Templates

•Service Networks

•Discovery

•Resource Pooling

•Policies

•Macros

•Lights Out Management Macros

•Storage Macros

•Role Based Access Control

•Server Remote Boot Management

•Server Image Management

•VFrame Data Center Appliance

•VFrame API and SDK

Service Templates

This is a logical definition of the application infrastructure. It defines the building

blocks (such as server groups, load balancers, and so on) and the connectivity that

is required among them. A template can be used to create multiple service

networks.

A template is like a “class” definition in object oriented programming. It defines

the basic structure and behavior of the service.

Key Features

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Service Networks

These are instantiations of a service template. These represent the running

application service network. Physical resources get mapped to a service network.

A service network is an equivalent of an “object” in object oriented programming.

It gets derived out of general “class” (template) but has specific properties

associated with the applications that it is running.

Discovery

VFrame discovers x86 based servers, Network attached and Fiber Channel

attached storage, Ethernet and Fiber Channel switches and network services

modules such as firewalls and load balancers.

Resource Pooling

The discovered physical resources can be grouped into various groups based on

capabilities, performance, types, availability, and other user defined filters based

on the discovered attributes.

Policies

VFrame has built-in policies that allow changes to the application infrastructure.

VFrame monitors server capacity and load through a host-based agent. The

built-in policies allow server adds and deletes for CPU or memory-based

thresholds, or time-based events.

External policies can be input through the VFrame web services interface.

This allows data center administrators to manage asynchronous workloads much

more efficiently by not having dedicated servers that will idle during non-peak

hours associated with each application.

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Key Features

Macros

An open scripting interface that uses XML and Perl. This feature allows the

execution of custom user commands at predetermined events.

Lights Out Management Macros

Adapter scripts that provide power management functions for servers. These are

modular and provide a very flexible way to add server support.

Storage Macros

Modular adapters that provide a simple mechanism for Storage Array integration.

Role Based Access Control

VFrame allows multiple users to be given unique access privileges through role

definitions. The management of resources can also be segmented through the use

of virtual contexts. Virtual contexts provide separation between different

departments or customers accessing a common pool of resources.

Server Remote Boot Management

VFrame can provide PXE-based NFS boot for Linux servers and PXE/SAN-based

Fire Channel boot services for both Linux and Windows servers.

Server Image Management

Creates seamless server image snapshots to produce network-stored golden boot

images.

System Requirements

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VFrame Data Center Appliance

Being a self contained secure appliance makes introducing VFrame into a data

center simple. There is no need to install software and integrate.

VFrame API and SDK

VFrame provides a SOAP-based web services API that allows third-party

applications to programmatically manage and monitor services offered by

VFrame. For more details, see to the VFrame Data Center Programmer's Guide.

System Requirements

The VFrame Data Center client must meet or exceed the following minimum

system requirements:

•Intel Pentium III, 1.1 GHz

•512 MB to 1 GB RAM

•100 MB hard drive space

•Any of the following operating systems:

–

Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 1

–

Microsoft Windows 2000, Service Pack 3

–

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

•Any of the following web browsers:

–

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

–

Mozilla Firefox 1.0

•Java Runtime Environment JRE1.5.0_11 or JRE1.5.0_08

•High-resolution monitor, 1024 by 768 pixels, 256 colors

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Supported Devices

Table 2 through Table 9 describe the hardware that is supported with

VFrame Data Center:

Table 2 Supported Cisco Catalyst Ethernet Switches

Models

Cisco IOS

Releases Supervisor Card

CSM

Versions

CSM-S

Versions

FWSM

Versions Line Cards

6503-E

6504-E

6506-E

6509-E

6513-E,

12.2(18)SXF6

12.2(18)SXF7

WS-SUP720-3B 4.2(1)

4.2(2)

4.2(3a)

2.1(2a) 3.1(1)

3.1(3)

3.1(4)

WS-X6548-GE-TX

WS-X6548V-GE-TX

WS-X6748-GE-TX

WS-X6316-GE-TX

WS-X6408A-GBIC

WS-X6416-GBIC

WS-X6416-GE-MT

WS-X6502-10GE

WS-X6516-GBIC

WS-X6516A-GBIC

WS-X6516-GE-TX

WS-X6704-10GE

WS-X6724-SFP

WS-X6816-GBIC

WS-X6148-RJ-45

WS-X6148V-GE-TX

WS-X6148-GE-TX

WS-6748-SFP

WS-6708-10GE

Supported Devices

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Note Storage Array support is provided through a modular interface. The support

matrix is constantly expanding. Please check with your account team about

support for specific devices in your environment.

Table 3 Supported Cisco Storage Switches

Models

SanOS

Versions Supervisor

Modules

Fiber

Channel

Modules Service Modules

MDS 9120

MDS 9140

MDS 9506

MDS 9509

MDS 9513

MDS 9216A

MDS 9216i

3.0(1)

3.0(2)

3.0(3)

Supervisor-1

Supervisor-2

1/2/4 Gb

1/2 Gb

DS-X9304-SMIP 4-Port

1 Gb IP Storage Service

Module

DS-X9308-SMIP 8-Port

1 Gb IP Storage Service

Module

Table 4 Supported Storage Arrays

Manufacturer Model Operating System

Management

Software

EMC Symmetrix

DMX1000S-M2

DMX microcode c5671 SYMCLI v6.2.0

EMC CLARiiON

CX700

Flare v02.19.700.5.010 Navisphere CLI

v6.19.0.4.14

for Linux

Table 5 Supported Network-Attached Storage

Manufacturer Model Version

Network Appliance F820 Filer 7.0.4

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Supported Devices

Table 6 Supported Servers

Manufacturer

Model

Processor

Speed

Memory

LOM Types

and Firmware

Versions

BIOS Version

Ethernet NICs1

Fiber Channel

HBA and

Driver2

Internal SCSI

Controller

Dell PowerEdge

1950 Server

Dual Core

3.0 GHz

2.0 GB DRAC

v1.27

1.2.0 Broadcom

NetXtreme

Qlogic

v1.12

LSI Logic

v5.0.1

Dell PowerEdge

2950 Server

Quad Core

2.0 GHz

4.0 GB DRAC

v1.27

1.2.0 Broadcom

NetXtreme

Qlogic

v1.08

LSI Logic

v5.0.1

HP ProLiant

DL360 G4

Server

3.0 GHz 1.0 GB iLO-1

v1.89

P52 Broadcom

NetXtreme

Qlogic

QLA2340

v1.34

N/A

HP ProLiant

DL360 G4p

Server

3.0 GHz 1.0 GB iLO-1

v1.89

A05 Broadcom

NetXtreme

Qlogic

QLA2340

v1.43

N/A

HP ProLiant

DL360 G5

Server

Dual Core

Xeon

1.6 GHz

1.0 GB iLO-2

v1.3

P58 Broadcom

NetXtreme

None None

HP ProLiant

DL365 G1

Server

Dual Core

1.8 GHz

1.0 GB iLO-2

v1.3

A10 Broadcom

NetXtreme

None None

HP ProLiant

DL380 G4

Server

Intel Xeon

3.4 GHz to

3.6 GHz

1.0 GB iLo-1

v1.89

P51 HP Integrated

NC7782

Dual Port LOM

None HP

Smart Array

6i Controller

Smart Array

P600

SAS RAID

Controller

HP ProLiant

DL385 G1

Server

Quad Core

Dual

Processor

2.6 GHz

8.0 GB iLo-1

v1.89

A05 Broadcom

NetXtreme

Qlogic

v1.47

Smart Array

6i Controller

Supported Devices

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Note Server support is provided through a modular interface. The support matrix is

constantly expanding. Please check with your account team about support for

specific servers in your environment

HP ProLiant

DL585 G1

Server

AMD 875

Dual-core

Opteron

2.2 GHz

2.0 GB iLO-2

v1.3

A01 HP Integrated

NC7782

Dual Port LOM

None HP

Smart Array

5i+

Controller

IBM xSeries

3950 Server

Dual Core

Xeon

2.5 GHz

2.0 GB RSA II

v1.14

3.08 Broadcom

NetXtreme

Qlogic

v1.12

Adaptec

RAID v5.2-0

IBM xSeries 346

Server

Intel Xeon

3.0 GHz

1.0 GB RSA II

v1.08

1.16 Broadcom

NetXtreme

Qlogic

v1.47

Adaptec

RAID

v4.30.11

1. For more information about Supported Ethernet Network Interface cards, see Table 7.

2. For more information on Supported Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapters, see Table 9.

Table 7 Supported Ethernet Network Interface Cards

Manufacturer Model Driver Version

Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet

(5703, 5704, 5714 chipsets)

3u7-v3.43-rh for Linux

4u2-v3.27-rh for Linux

9.52.0.0 for Windows

HP Integrated NC7782 Dual Port LOM bcm5700

Intel Pro/1000 e1000

Table 6 Supported Servers (continued)

Manufacturer

Model

Processor

Speed

Memory

LOM Types

and Firmware

Versions

BIOS Version

Ethernet NICs1

Fiber Channel

HBA and

Driver2

Internal SCSI

Controller

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