SOLUTION BRIEF

SOLUTION BRIEF

Executive Summary
The private cloud brings existing IT infrastructure forward while
adding new systems technologies. New applications integrate withexisting applications using virtualization and docker containers.
Opensource OpenStack makes private cloud deployment easy.
OpenStack provides operational availability for applications with
automatic scaling to support demand surges. This solution brief
describes how Supermicro uses open source Ansible to quickly
bring up an OpenStack infrastructure in a server cluster consistingof Supermicro X13 CloudDC servers.

Figure 1. Cluster of X13 CloudDC servers, running OpenStack privatecloud.

OpenStack simplifies application scaling and high availability
operations in the private cloud infrastructure. Open source Ansible
simplifies and automates OpenStack setup in a cluster of server
systems. The setup scales with minimal cost.

Private Cloud with OpenStack
OpenStack provides all the necessary software to set up and run a private cloud in a scalable fashion that supports highapplication availability and responsiveness at a global scale. The same system hardware can be used as modular building
blocks. High availability is provided by running each function on three or more servers. These servers are organized as follows:•Admin server that administers the entire OpenStack system•

Controller servers that provide identity service, image service, management of Compute, and Networking•

Compute servers that run applications in virtual machines. Docker containers and Kubernetes orchestration can beinstalled on these virtual machines.

•Storage servers that provide a scalable and highly available storage platform

Creating a Private Cloud from Hardware
The steps to create a private cloud is as follows:1.

Set up Supermicro CloudDC systems in racks. A minimum of10 servers are needed.

2.

Network all the systems. Three networks are required:oOut-of-band management network

oInternal data network

oInternet facing data network

3.

Setup IP addresses for all the systems

4.

Use open source Ansible to perform the following steps
automatically:
oOpen source Ansible automatically finds and takes
inventory of all the hardware in the cluster.

oInstall Linux OS images in the systems. The OS image
can be Red Hat, Ubuntu, or CentOS.

oPrepare the administration server to install OpenStack on all the servers.

oRun the OpenStack setup process in the administration server on the entire server cluster.

oOpen source Ansible makes this entire process fast, in hours rather than days. Adding one more server to theOpenStack cluster takes minutes.

Power of Open Source Ansible
Open source Ansible
simplifies cluster setup
with human readable
automation,configuration andworkflow orchestration,secure agentlessarchitecture. The
following table shows
the time saving, after
the servers have base
OS setup, which could
be done easily using
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Opensource Ansible FeaturesUsing Opensource Ansible

Not using Ansible

Human readable automation
Configuration & workflow orchestration
Secure agentless architecture
Private cloud setup – OpenStack, Kubernetes
Setup applications

10 servers in 1 hour

1 day or more days
error-prone process

Manage cluster scaling

Add 1 or more servers, in 1 hour

1 or more day,error-prone process

Open Source Ansible Feature to Bring up OpenStack in a Server Cluster
Open source Ansible sets up clusters to run different applications. One feature is to set up a private cloud using OpenStack.
Open source Ansible can also set up OpenStack across the cluster using an automated script delivered by Ansible. For thissolution brief, Supermicro use open source Ansible to set up an OpenStack private cloud, a cluster of 10 CloudDC servers, inone hour, from bare metal to ready to operate the private cloud. DevOps administrators can then install users, virtualmachines, software defined networks, network storage, and applications using the OpenStack interface.

Supermicro Data Center X13 CloudDC Servers
Supermicro X13 CloudDC is the all-in-one solution for data centers and cloud applications. It is cost optimized for large
volume deployment, designed for convenient serviceability with tool-less brackets, hot-swap drive trays and redundant
power supplies that ensure rapid deployment and more efficient maintenance. Ultimate flexibility on I/O is also one of the
CloudDC’s highlights that enables highly customizable networking configurations for a wide range of workloads andmaximum throughput. Its balanced architecture between CPUs is highly optimized for scalable compute, database, GPU,tiered storage and I/O intensive applications.
CloudDC is available in 1U or 2U, offering choice of 5th and 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors that support DDR-5 5600MHz
memory and PCIe 5.0 I/O. The following server configurations are used to validate an OpenStack cloud cluster. The cluster
consists of the following types of servers, which are also described in page 1 of this solution brief.
Administration Server (QTY 1),
Components
Each
Controller Servers (QTY 3)
SYS-121C-TN10R
X13 CloudDC 1U, 10x 2.5", X13DDW-A, CSE-LB16TS-R0AWNP3
1
SPR 6430 2P 32C 2.1G 270W 60MB BI(1000) E5 4677 7yr 2
Administration server runs the P4X-SPR6430-SRM7A-XCC
MEM-DR532L-CL01-ER48
32GB DDR5 4800 ECC REG
16Ansible setup and monitoring.
HDS-MUN-MTFDKCB960TFR1BC960GB
NVMePCIe
4.03DTLC7mm,1DWPD
23 controller servers ensure
cluster high availability. If a
HDS-I2T0-SSDSC2KB076TZ
7.68TB SATA 6Gb/s 3D TLC 7.0mm, 2DWPD
1controller server were to go out AOC-ATGC-i2TM-O
AIOM 2-port 10GBase-T RJ45
1of service, another controller AOC-A100G-m2CM-O
AIOM 2-port 100GbE QSFP28
1takes over immediately
AOC-VROCSTNMODIntel VROC HW key (RSTe) standard module, RoHS
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SYS-621C-TN12RComponents
Each
X13 CloudDC 2U, 12x 3.5", X13DDW-A, LA26AC12-R1K23AW2
1
P4X-SPR6430-SRM7A-XCC
SPR 6430 2P 32C 2.1G 270W 60MB BI(1000) E5 4677 7yr 2Compute servers (3 or more)
MEM-DR564L-CL01-ER48
64GB DDR5 4800 ECC REG---MEM-DR564L-CL01-ER48
8run virtual machines andHDS-I2T0-SSDSC2KB076TZ
7.68TB SATA 6Gb/s3D TLC 7.0mm, 2DWPD
2containers to provide theHDS-MMN-MTFDKBA960TFR1BC 960GB NVMe 4.0 M.2 22x80mm 3D TLC, 1DWPD
2compute services in the cluster.
AOC-A100G-b2CM-O
AIOM 2-port 100GbE QSFP28
1The NVIDIA 100 GPUs are used
AOC-ATGC-i2TM-O
AIOM 2-port 10GBase-T RJ45
1in this configuration to do AI
GPU-NVH100-80
NVIDIA
H10080GBPCIe
5.0x16
Passive
Cooling
2inference. Other GPUs could be
AOC-VROCSTNMODIntel VROC HW key (RSTe) standard module, RoHS
1deployed for other services.
PWS-1K68A-1R
1U 1600W Redundant Titanium Power Supply
2Storage Servers (QTY 3)
SYS-121C-TN10R

Storage servers (3 or more)
provide the highly available
storage to the entire cluster

Components
Each
X13 CloudDC 1U, 10x 2.5", X13DDW-A, CSE-LB16TS-R0AWNP3
1P4X-SPR6430-SRM7A-XCC
SPR 6430 2P 32C 2.1G 270W 60MB BI(1000) E5 4677 7yr 2
MEM-DR532L-CL01-ER48
32GB DDR5 4800 ECC REG
16HDS-MMN-MTFDKBA960TFR-15 960GB NVMe 4.0 M.2 22x80mm TCG Opal 2.0, 1DWPD
2HDS-I2T0-SSDSC2KB076TZ
7.68TB SATA 6Gb/s3D TLC 7.0mm, 2DWPD
4
AOC-A100G-b2CM-O
AIOM 2-port 100GbE QSFP28
1
AOC-ATGC-i2TM-O
AIOM 2-port 10GBase-T RJ45
1
AOC-VROCSTNMODIntel VROC HW key (RSTe) standard module, RoHS
1

*Number of compute and storage servers, each server’s configuration with memory, disks, network,
GPU can be changed to meet customer requirements.

Conclusion
Supermicro uses open source Ansible to bring up an OpenStack private cloud in an hour on a cluster of Supermicro X13 CloudDC
servers. This system provides a platform as a service with high availability and application scalability. Additional systems canbe easily added to the cluster. Open source Ansible operates and runs the OpenStack cluster, providing reliable and scalable
application services.

For more information:
Supermicro CloudDC
Supermicro SuperCloud Composer
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