Remote Integrated Service Engine (RISE) is an industry first solution. RISE is a technology that simplifies provisioning, out of box management of service appliances like load balancers, firewalls, network analysis modules. It makes data center and campus networks dynamic, flexible, easy to configure and maintain.
RISE can dynamically provision network resources for any type of service appliance (physical and virtual form factors). External appliances can now operate as integrated service modules with Nexus Series of switches without burning a slot in a switch . This technology provides robust application delivery capabilities that accelerate the application performance manifold.
RISE is supported on all Nexus Series switches with services like Citrix NetScaler MPX, VPX, SDX and Cisco Prime NAM with many more in the pipeline.
You can configure a RISE enabled Citrix NetScaler with three easy steps
Three Simple Steps to Configure RISE
1.Interconnect the NS with the N7k
2.Create port-channel & allow control and data VLANs
3.Configure RISE service
Note: “no shutdown” will trigger auto-discovery
N7K Configuration
N7K-1(config)# int e10/5 - 6
N7K-1(config-if-range)# switchport
N7K-1(config-if-range)# channel-group 40 mode on
N7K-1(config-if-range)# exit
N7K-1(config)# int po40
N7K-1(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
N7K-1(config-if)# switchport trunk allowed VLAN 40,41
N7K-1(config-if)# no shut
N7K-1(config-if)# end
N7K-1(config)# feature rise (Enable RISE feature)
N7K-1(config)# service vlan-group 1 41 (this is list of data vlans)
N7K-1(config)# service type rise name NS1 mode direct
Note: assigned slot-id: 396
N7K-1(config-rise)# vlan 40 (This is control vlan)
N7K-1(config-rise)# port-channel 40
N7K-1(config-rise)# vlan-group 1
N7K-1(config-rise)# ip 40.40.40.254/24
N7K-1(config-rise)# no shutdown
A unique slot-id is assigned to NS and auto-discovery & bootstrap starts !
Advantages & Features
- Simplified Out-of-Box experience : reduces the administrator’s manual configuration steps from 30 to 8 steps !!
- Supported on Citrix NetScaler MPX, SDX, VPX, and Nexus 1KV with VPX
- Supported on Cisco Prime Network Analyzer Module
- Automatic Policy Based Routing - Eliminates need for SNAT or Manual PBR
- Direct and Indirect Attach mode integration
- Show module for RISE
- Attach module for RISE
- Auto Attach – Zero touch configuration of RISE
- Health Monitoring of appliance
- Appliance HA and VPC supported
- Nexus 5K/6K support (EFT available)
- IPV6 support (EFT available)
- DCNM support
- Order of magnitude OPEX savings: reduction in configuration, and ease of deployment
- Order of magnitude CAPEX savings: Wiring, Power Rackspace and Cost savings
Resources
RISE press release on Wall Street Journal : http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140408-905573.html
RISE At A Glance white paper: http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-7000-series-switches/at-a-glance-c45-731306.pdf
RISE Video at Interop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HQkew4EE2g
Cisco RISE page: www.cisco.com/go/rise
Gartner blog on RISE: “Cisco and Citrix RISE to the Occasion”: http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew-lerner/2014/03/31/cisco-and-citrix-rise-to-the-adc-occasion/