Aug 19, 2014 - Infoblox Community

IPAM Automation for Cloud with VMware
vCloud Automation Center & Infoblox DDI
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Peter Rizk, Director of Technical Marketing, Infoblox
Rich Bourdeau, Group Marketing Manager, VMware
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Agenda
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Overview of VMware vCloud Automation Center (vCAC)
Overview of Infoblox DDI and the IPAM Plug-in
Benefits of the joint integration and how it works
What’s new in IPAM plug-in version 2.3.0?
Live demo of the IPAM plug-in
Infoblox @ VMworld 2014 & the Infoblox hands-on lab
Q&A
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What changed since the last joint webinar?
Aug 2013
Aug 2014
Supported vCAC version
vCAC 5.x
vCAC 5.x & 6.x
IPAM plug-in version
2.2.0
2.3.0
IPAM plug-in interface
Perl API
RESTful API
IPAM features
Limited
Comprehensive
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VMware Delivers the Foundation for the Software Defined Enterprise
Days
Weeks
Infrastructure Service Delivery
Application and Change Delivery
Wait
Wait
Wait
Work
Wait
Wait
Wait
Work
Changes
Virtualized Infrastructure
Abstract & Pool
Hybrid Cloud
VMware &
vCloud Data Center
Partners
Compute
Abstraction =
Server
Virtualization
Network
Abstraction =
Virtual
Networking
Storage
Abstraction =
Software-Defined
Storage
Compute
Network
Storage
Private
Clouds
Public
Clouds
Physical
Hardware
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VMware Delivers the Foundation for the Software Defined Enterprise
Management – The catalysts that empowers the software defined data center
Software-Defined Data Center
Policy-based
Management &
Automation
Cloud Operations
Cloud Automation
Cloud Business
Virtualized Infrastructure
Abstract & Pool
Hybrid Cloud
VMware &
vCloud Data Center
Partners
Compute
Abstraction =
Server
Virtualization
Network
Abstraction =
Virtual
Networking
Storage
Abstraction =
Software-Defined
Storage
Compute
Network
Storage
Private
Clouds
Public
Clouds
Physical
Hardware
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On Demand Application Delivery
Automated delivery of secure, scalable and high performing multi-tier applications
VMware ESX
VMware NSX
Compute
Virtualization
Network
Virtualization
IP & DNS
Management
vCloud
Automation
Center
Web
App
V
M
IPAM
Database
Hours or
Minutes
“Zero Touch” Deployment
Wait
Wait
Wait
Work
Wait
Wait
Wait
Work
Days or Weeks
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On Demand Application Delivery
Automated delivery of secure, scalable and high performing multi-tier applications
VMware ESX
VMware NSX
Compute
Virtualization
Network
Virtualization
IP & DNS
Management
vCloud
Automation
Center
Web
App
V
M
IPAM
Database
Hours or
Minutes
“Zero Touch” Deployment
Wait
Wait
Wait
Work
Wait
Wait
Wait
Work
Days or Weeks
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vCAC Integration with Infoblox IPAM
vCloud Automation Center
Cloud
Consumer
Service
Blueprints
Request
Approval
Provision
Manage
Retire
Archive
vCenter Orchestrator Plug-in
Allocates an IP Address
and creates a DNS Host Record
Removes an IP Address
and deletes a DNS Host Record
•  Benefits
̶  Reduce time to service for newly provisioned VMs
 ̶ Reduce operational expenses
 ̶ Enable higher scalability
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Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)
•  Integrated DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management on
hardened physical and virtual appliances that offer resiliency,
security, redundancy and world-class performance
Infoblox DDI Virtual Appliance is VMware Ready
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Infoblox IPAM Plug-in for VMware vCO
•  Automatic allocation and de-allocation of IP addresses (both IPv4 and
IPv6) to Virtual Machines as well as updates to DNS records in seconds
instead of hours, days or weeks
A sample vCenter
Orchestrator workflow
Plug-in benefits
-  Save time
-  Save money
-  Automate
tasks
•  Latest version of the IPAM Plug-in (2.3.0) released in July 2014
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Infoblox VMware Plug-in for vCO
IP Address Pool
Assign
Cloud
Provisioning &
Management
Provision
Validate
vCloud Automation Center
vCO
Infoblox
Plug-in
Management &
Automation
vCenter
Virtualization
Platform
vSphere ESXi
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Provisioning a VM Using vCloud
Automation Center and the IPAM Plug-in
1- A vCAC cloud admin/user requests a VM to be
created
2- The Infoblox IPAM Plug-in
“Reserve an IP” workflow gets
invoked
vCenter Orchestrator
(vCO)
Infoblox vCO
Plug-in
vCenter Server
Infoblox DDI Appliance
3- Infoblox DDI allocates the
next available IP address and
sends it to the VM along with
the DNS host record
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4- vCenter creates
and spins-up the VM
5- The newly created VM is
now running on an ESXi host
using the newly allocated IP
address and DNS record
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What’s New in IPAM Plug-in version 2.3.0?
•  Tight integration with vCAC 5.x and 6.x
̶  vCAC Network Profile is no longer needed. All network data is provided by Infoblox DDI.
•  Support for meta data (i.e. Infoblox Extensible Attributes)
̶  Ability to allocate an IP address and a DNS host record to a VM based on specific meta data
associated with a network.
•  Support for overlapping IP and DNS name spaces
•  Support for DNS records - A/AAAA/PTR
̶  Flexibility to add individual record types
•  New and improved workflows
̶  Added support for DDI services restart, support for fixed and reserved IP addresses, and much
more!
•  Improved error handling and logging
̶  Robust workflows with improved logging to quickly debug and resolve any potential problem
•  Enhanced integration with vCloud Director 5.1 & 5.5
̶  Support for vApp recomposition (i.e. the ability to add/remove a VM to a vApp, or add/remove a
vNIC to a VM)
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Tight integration with vCAC 5.x and 6.x
•  A vCAC network profile is no •  All network data (ex: router
longer needed
IP, Domain name, etc.) is
provided by Infoblox DDI
Simplified and centralized network configuration
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Support for Meta Data
•  With support for Infoblox Extensible Attributes (EA), the IPAM plug-in can
allocate an IP address and a DNS host record to a VM based on specific meta
data associated with a network
•  For example, allocate an IP address to a VM from a network located in the USA
Enable search by EA
Set EA name = Country
Set EA value = USA
Infoblox DDI - EA Country = USA
Automate VM assignment to networks using business data
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Support for overlapping IP and DNS name
spaces
̶  Infoblox DNS views provide the ability to serve one version of DNS data to
one set of clients and another version to another set of clients
̶  Infoblox Network views support overlapping address spaces enabling the
use of duplicate IP addresses without impacting network integrity
DNS View = External
Network View = NetView3
Infoblox DDI Network View = NetView3
Increased flexibility for network deployments
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Live Demo
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IPAM Plug-in Integration with vCAC
http://www.infoblox.com/community/resources/ipam-plug-in-for-vmware
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Infoblox at VMworld 2014
̶  VMworld 2014 - Aug 24-28th, San Francisco
 ̶ Infoblox Booth # 2511
 ̶ Live and recorded demos of the new IPAM Plug-in
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Summary
•  Industry leader in network automation for Cloud
•  Only solution providing broad centralized management visibility
across legacy and public/private cloud
•  Comprehensive IP address and DNS record management
•  Automate and accelerate your private cloud deployments!
http://www.infoblox.com/products/ip-address-management/vmware
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Infoblox Hands On Labs
NEW- Lab Overview - HOL-PRT-1468
Automating Your Cloud with vCloud Automation Center 6.0
and the Infoblox vCO IPAM Plug-in
̶  http://labs.hol.vmware.com
 ̶ Click on “Partner Labs”, scroll down and click on “Enroll”
under the Infoblox section
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