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Cisco UCS and Splunk Workshop
Copyright © 2015 Splunk Inc.
Cisco TechWiseTV
Splunk
Agenda
Introduction
How Cisco IT Operations Uses Splunk
Operational Intelligence
Splunk quick overview
Splunk on UCS
6.3 and results on UCS
Splunk IT Ops Demo
Cisco’s Footprint with Splunk
• 70+ Monitored
Applications
• 7+ Year Relationship
• Across 7 Global Data
Centers
• Flexible infrastructure to
accommodate new
business needs
Applying Splunk to Cisco IT Requirements
 Aggregated multiple siloed systems into
Splunk
 Monitoring 70+ Applications
 846% increase of search volume per day
in one year
 Operational Intelligence in minutes
rather than hours
Cisco IT uses Splunk to index a broad range of system logs and machine data for networking
devices, operating systems, unified communications, video events, and applications.
 Proactive monitoring enables 50%
reduction in high priority issues
 80% reduction in operational costs
 90% improvement in problem resolution &
root cause analysis times
 Improvements in system stability,
availability and performance
Insights Across Cisco - Platform
Business
Unit
Platform SPLUNK App
Sources and Logs
SYSLOG Windows
Active
Directory
ACS Storage
• Infra Structure
• IT OPS
• Security
• Commerce
• Sales & Marketing
• Channels
• Engineering
• Webex
• CCIX (web + app)
• FTP
• RAC DB
• WSG
• PING
• OBIEE
• ACE
• Splunk on Splunk
• Deployment Monitor
• UCS App
• JMX App
• Unix App
• NetApp App
• Network
• Linux / Unix
• UCS
• VMWare ESXi
• Datacenter battery /
temperature logs
• Pre-Prod
Event Logs
• Production
Event Logs
• Event Logs • Event
Logs
• AAA
Logs
• ISE Logs
• Event Logs
Search Heads Indexers Storage Data Center
• 16 VMs (64 core X 32 GB) • 20 VMs (16 core X 16 GB)
• 70 + Unique Indexes
• 56 TB SAN – Hot & Warm
• 28 TB NAS - Cold
• Prod: RCDN – 8 SH & 10 Indexers
• Prod: ALLEN – 8 SH & 10 Indexers
• Dev: RTP – 4 SH & 2 indexers
10 Indexers
16 Search Heads
47 Search Heads
20 Indexers
Daily Indexing
~ 2TB
2014
2014
2015
2015
2015
Cisco’s IT Operations Evolving with Splunk
Daily Indexing
300G
2010
Splunk Activity – Daily Average
1. Interactive Searches = 55K+ 2. Scheduled Searches = 45K+
3. Total Searches = 100K+ 4. Number of Users = 180+
Cisco UCS and Splunk Workshop
Cisco UCS and Splunk Workshop
Replacing Legacy SIEM at Cisco CSIRT
Enter Splunk: Flexible SIEM and empowered team
– Easy to index any type of machine data from any source
– Over 60 users doing investigations, correlations, reporting, advanced threat
detection
– All the data + flexible searches and reporting = empowered team
– 2TB/day and searches take less than a minute. 7 global data centers with
350TB stored data
– Flashback Malware Example
– Estimate Splunk is 25% the cost of a traditional SIEM
33 percent reduction in the time required to conduct security investigations
All security data is readily available in a single, centralized portal for faster and simpler
access
Ability to automate routine tasks and search log data allows CSIRT analysts to work
more effectively
Substantially easier correlation allows for more thorough investigations
Heading
Cisco Security Analytics Results
240+ security apps & add-onsSplunk app for
Enterprise Security
Splunk Apps for Cisco Environments
Cisco ASA
NetFlow Logic
OSSEC
Cisco WSA
Cisco ESA
Cisco ISE
Sourcefire
Active Directory
Cisco Security
Suite
MobileIron
Bit9 ETD
Norse Darklist
600+ apps/add-ons
Cisco ACI, IOS,
Nexus 9000
Cisco UCS
VMware
NetApp
Servicenow
UNIX/Linux
Splunk App for Cisco UCS
NEW AND IMPROVED as of May 2015
Aggregates, monitors, trends and analyzes all
relevant data from Cisco UCS Manager instances
Enables proactive capacity and performance
monitoring/ management, fault trending, power
and cooling, and more
Works with other Splunk add-ons and data sources
(including Enterprise Security and PCI Compliance
add-ons) to aggregate and correlate data across
your enterprise
14
Applications
Operating Systems
Hypervisors
UCS server, storage, network
COLLECT DATA
FROM ANYWHERE
SEARCH
AND ANALYZE
EVERYTHING
GAIN REAL-TIME
OPERATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
The Power of Splunk
15
Making machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone.
Turning Machine Data Into Business Value
Index Data: Any Source, Type, Volume
Online
Services
Web
Services
Servers
Security
GPS
Location
Storage
Desktops
Networks
Packaged
Applications
Custom
Applications
Messaging
Telecoms
Online
Shopping
Cart
Web
Clickstreams
Databases
Call Detail
Records
Smartphones
and Devices
RFID
On-
Premises
Private
Cloud
Public
Cloud
Ask Any Question
Application Delivery
Security, Compliance,
and Fraud
IT Operations
Business Analytics
Industrial Data and
the Internet of Things
Developer
Platform
Report &
analyze
Custom
dashboards
Monitor
& alert
Ad hoc
search
17
Splunk Enterprise 6.3
Breakthrough
Performance & Scale
Doubles performance
and lowers TCO
Meeting the needs of the most demanding organizations
Advanced Analysis
& Visualization
High Volume Event
Collection
Enterprise-Scale
Platform
Supports DevOps and IoT
data analysis at scale
Simplifies analysis of
large datasets
Enterprise management
and integration
Breakthrough Performance, Scale, TCO
18
Search Performance
Indexing Speed
Intelligent Scheduling
25%+ Capacity Gain
2X Execution Speed
2-4X Data Rate
Vertical scaling maximizes use of CPU power
Total System Capacity
20-50% Increase
Improve speed of searches & reports
Onboard & analyze larger datasets
Optimize resource utilization
Reduce TCO by 20% or more
Comparisons to Splunk Enterprise 6.2
19
UCS 6200 Series
Fabric Interconnect
UCS Manager
16 Servers
Per Rack
• UCS Domain (160 Servers
(with FEX)
• 80 Servers direct connect)
• Manage by UCS Manager
• Up to 11.2 PB storage
• Multiple UCS Domains
• Interconnect using Nexus
7000/9000
• Scalable to 1000s of servers
• Centrally manage by UCS
Central
Simple Scalability w/ Performance at Scale
Horizontal Scaling with UCS
• Scalable, componentized architecture
• Additional systems can:
• Grow data capacity
• Increase search capacity & performance
• Provide HA and DR
• Takes advantage of:
• Cisco Validated Design
• Cisco Reference Architecture
• Cisco UCS Service Profiles
20
Vertical Scaling with UCS
• Task parallelization software design
• Additional CPU capacity/system
• Improve search performance
• Grow data onboarding speed and
capacity
• Takes advantage of:
• Cisco UCS CPU capacity
• Cisco UCS system architecture
21
Splunk – Cisco UCS Benchmark Preview
22
SplunkBase app resources
Cisco’s Big Data Design Hub features Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) and other architectural docs
Big Data Applications Hub features reference architectures, solution briefs, infrastructure, automation,
etc.
Learn More About Splunk on Cisco UCS!
Thank You for Attending
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  • 2. Copyright © 2015 Splunk Inc. Cisco TechWiseTV Splunk
  • 3. Agenda Introduction How Cisco IT Operations Uses Splunk Operational Intelligence Splunk quick overview Splunk on UCS 6.3 and results on UCS Splunk IT Ops Demo
  • 4. Cisco’s Footprint with Splunk • 70+ Monitored Applications • 7+ Year Relationship • Across 7 Global Data Centers • Flexible infrastructure to accommodate new business needs
  • 5. Applying Splunk to Cisco IT Requirements  Aggregated multiple siloed systems into Splunk  Monitoring 70+ Applications  846% increase of search volume per day in one year  Operational Intelligence in minutes rather than hours Cisco IT uses Splunk to index a broad range of system logs and machine data for networking devices, operating systems, unified communications, video events, and applications.  Proactive monitoring enables 50% reduction in high priority issues  80% reduction in operational costs  90% improvement in problem resolution & root cause analysis times  Improvements in system stability, availability and performance
  • 6. Insights Across Cisco - Platform Business Unit Platform SPLUNK App Sources and Logs SYSLOG Windows Active Directory ACS Storage • Infra Structure • IT OPS • Security • Commerce • Sales & Marketing • Channels • Engineering • Webex • CCIX (web + app) • FTP • RAC DB • WSG • PING • OBIEE • ACE • Splunk on Splunk • Deployment Monitor • UCS App • JMX App • Unix App • NetApp App • Network • Linux / Unix • UCS • VMWare ESXi • Datacenter battery / temperature logs • Pre-Prod Event Logs • Production Event Logs • Event Logs • Event Logs • AAA Logs • ISE Logs • Event Logs Search Heads Indexers Storage Data Center • 16 VMs (64 core X 32 GB) • 20 VMs (16 core X 16 GB) • 70 + Unique Indexes • 56 TB SAN – Hot & Warm • 28 TB NAS - Cold • Prod: RCDN – 8 SH & 10 Indexers • Prod: ALLEN – 8 SH & 10 Indexers • Dev: RTP – 4 SH & 2 indexers
  • 7. 10 Indexers 16 Search Heads 47 Search Heads 20 Indexers Daily Indexing ~ 2TB 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 Cisco’s IT Operations Evolving with Splunk Daily Indexing 300G 2010
  • 8. Splunk Activity – Daily Average 1. Interactive Searches = 55K+ 2. Scheduled Searches = 45K+ 3. Total Searches = 100K+ 4. Number of Users = 180+
  • 11. Replacing Legacy SIEM at Cisco CSIRT Enter Splunk: Flexible SIEM and empowered team – Easy to index any type of machine data from any source – Over 60 users doing investigations, correlations, reporting, advanced threat detection – All the data + flexible searches and reporting = empowered team – 2TB/day and searches take less than a minute. 7 global data centers with 350TB stored data – Flashback Malware Example – Estimate Splunk is 25% the cost of a traditional SIEM
  • 12. 33 percent reduction in the time required to conduct security investigations All security data is readily available in a single, centralized portal for faster and simpler access Ability to automate routine tasks and search log data allows CSIRT analysts to work more effectively Substantially easier correlation allows for more thorough investigations Heading Cisco Security Analytics Results
  • 13. 240+ security apps & add-onsSplunk app for Enterprise Security Splunk Apps for Cisco Environments Cisco ASA NetFlow Logic OSSEC Cisco WSA Cisco ESA Cisco ISE Sourcefire Active Directory Cisco Security Suite MobileIron Bit9 ETD Norse Darklist 600+ apps/add-ons Cisco ACI, IOS, Nexus 9000 Cisco UCS VMware NetApp Servicenow UNIX/Linux
  • 14. Splunk App for Cisco UCS NEW AND IMPROVED as of May 2015 Aggregates, monitors, trends and analyzes all relevant data from Cisco UCS Manager instances Enables proactive capacity and performance monitoring/ management, fault trending, power and cooling, and more Works with other Splunk add-ons and data sources (including Enterprise Security and PCI Compliance add-ons) to aggregate and correlate data across your enterprise 14 Applications Operating Systems Hypervisors UCS server, storage, network
  • 15. COLLECT DATA FROM ANYWHERE SEARCH AND ANALYZE EVERYTHING GAIN REAL-TIME OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE The Power of Splunk 15 Making machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone.
  • 16. Turning Machine Data Into Business Value Index Data: Any Source, Type, Volume Online Services Web Services Servers Security GPS Location Storage Desktops Networks Packaged Applications Custom Applications Messaging Telecoms Online Shopping Cart Web Clickstreams Databases Call Detail Records Smartphones and Devices RFID On- Premises Private Cloud Public Cloud Ask Any Question Application Delivery Security, Compliance, and Fraud IT Operations Business Analytics Industrial Data and the Internet of Things Developer Platform Report & analyze Custom dashboards Monitor & alert Ad hoc search
  • 17. 17 Splunk Enterprise 6.3 Breakthrough Performance & Scale Doubles performance and lowers TCO Meeting the needs of the most demanding organizations Advanced Analysis & Visualization High Volume Event Collection Enterprise-Scale Platform Supports DevOps and IoT data analysis at scale Simplifies analysis of large datasets Enterprise management and integration
  • 18. Breakthrough Performance, Scale, TCO 18 Search Performance Indexing Speed Intelligent Scheduling 25%+ Capacity Gain 2X Execution Speed 2-4X Data Rate Vertical scaling maximizes use of CPU power Total System Capacity 20-50% Increase Improve speed of searches & reports Onboard & analyze larger datasets Optimize resource utilization Reduce TCO by 20% or more Comparisons to Splunk Enterprise 6.2
  • 19. 19 UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect UCS Manager 16 Servers Per Rack • UCS Domain (160 Servers (with FEX) • 80 Servers direct connect) • Manage by UCS Manager • Up to 11.2 PB storage • Multiple UCS Domains • Interconnect using Nexus 7000/9000 • Scalable to 1000s of servers • Centrally manage by UCS Central Simple Scalability w/ Performance at Scale
  • 20. Horizontal Scaling with UCS • Scalable, componentized architecture • Additional systems can: • Grow data capacity • Increase search capacity & performance • Provide HA and DR • Takes advantage of: • Cisco Validated Design • Cisco Reference Architecture • Cisco UCS Service Profiles 20
  • 21. Vertical Scaling with UCS • Task parallelization software design • Additional CPU capacity/system • Improve search performance • Grow data onboarding speed and capacity • Takes advantage of: • Cisco UCS CPU capacity • Cisco UCS system architecture 21
  • 22. Splunk – Cisco UCS Benchmark Preview 22
  • 23. SplunkBase app resources Cisco’s Big Data Design Hub features Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) and other architectural docs Big Data Applications Hub features reference architectures, solution briefs, infrastructure, automation, etc. Learn More About Splunk on Cisco UCS!
  • 24. Thank You for Attending For TechWiseTV episodes, TechWiseTV Workshops, Fundamentals and Networking 101’s visit http://www.Cisco.com/go/TechWiseTV.com. https://www.facebook.com/techwise https://twitter.com/techwisetv