DELL EMC VxRack System FLEX Powered by ScaleIO: HCI Rack-Scale Technical Deep Dive
Key takeaways VxRack System FLEX Powered by ScaleIO share many of the same characteristics of the other Dell EMC HCI offerings VxRack System FLEX offers flexibility and Rack scale 2
Agenda Review HCI fundamentals and where VxRack System Flex fits into the Dell EMC portfolio of HCI offerings Introduce the VxRack System Flex compute, network, and storage components Discuss the VxRack System Flex management Questions and answers 3
Hyper-converged + software-defined storage Simplifies storage lifecycle management Standard array lifecycle 3 5 years PLAN DEPLOY EXPAND OPTIMIZE END OF LIFE (EOL) PLANNING MONTHS 3-6 WEEKS 1-2 WEEKS DAYS REPEAT Software-defined storage and HCI lifecycle PLAN DEPLOY EXPAND ROLL UPGRADES REPEAT NEW ARRAY MONTHS PLANNING EOL, PROVISIONING and MIGRATION POTENTIAL DATA LOSS POTENTIAL REVENUE LOSS RESOURCE INEFFICIENCIES REPURCHASE SOFT/HARD-WARE MIGRATE EOL UPGRADE Useful life = perpetual DEPLOY ONCE GROW INCREMENTALLY NO DATA MIGRATION UPGRADE WHEN NEEDED NO FORKLIFT UPGRADES DAYS DAYS-WEEKS 1-2 DAYS HOURS 4
Multiple hyper-converged consumption models VxRail VxRack SDDC Appliance vsphere environments vsphere environments Rack-scale Software-defined compute and storage XC Series Choice of network Fully integrated network VxRack FLEX Software-defined compute, storage and network Choice of hypervisor vsphere environments plus bare metal and/or multi-hypervisor 5
VxRack FLEX delivers turnkey experience Engineered Architectural standards, system design, lifecycle management Manufactured Delivered from the factory ready to run applications Managed Comprehensive insight through Vision software Supported Single support model with expertise on entire system Sustained Complete lifecycle assurance with documented standards (RCM) 6
VxRack System FLEX
Anatomy of the system Hardware Dell EMC PowerEdge servers Cisco Nexus 9K leaf/spine switches (multi-rack) Cisco Nexus 3K access switches Cisco Nexus 3K management switches VxRack Controller Software Dell EMC ScaleIO software-defined storage OS/Hypervisor: VMware vsphere 6.0 Management and support tools Vision Software, ScaleIO, VMware vcenter 8
Rack components Leaf/spine/ access switches System controllers First rack Second rack Integrated cabling, power and cooling Expansion Nodes 42RU 9
VxRack FLEX cabinet safeguards VxRack FLEX is completely redundant Protected by multiple components: Multiple switches Multiple POUs Multiple chassis power supplies Multiple NIC cards Multiple ports on the NIC cards, etc. 10
VxRack FLEX Compute Built for Easy Scale Out
The Dell EMC advantage VxRack FLEX with PowerEdge-based servers High density Maximize storage flexibility and rack density DC-200/DS-200 All-flash and hybrid CC-200/CS-200 All-flash and hybrid High capacity Maximize storage Efficiency Virtualized workloads, HPC, databases, file/print Up to 38.4TB/node Up to 46TB/node MS exchange, collaboration, large databases 12
ScaleIO node for VxRack FLEX 2U1N CAPACITY CAPACITY STORAGE COMPUTE (CC200) (CC200) (CC200) (CC200-F) (CS200) (CS200) (CS200) (CS200-F) Hyper-Converged High-capacity PowerEdge R730X Based 2 rack unit, 1 node Storage-Only (2-layer) High-capacity PowerEdge R730xd 2 rack unit, 1 node 1U1N HIGH-DENSITY HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE COMPUTE (DC200-F) (DC200) (DC200) (DC200-F) (DC200-F) (DS200-F) (DS200) (DS200) (DS200-F) (DS200-F) Hyper-Converged High-density PowerEdge R630 1 rack unit, 1 node Storage-Only (2-layer) High-density PowerEdge R630 1 rack unit, 1 node 13
ScaleIO node for VxRack FLEX Model # Model description CPU/node RAM/ node SSD/node HDD/node PERC SSD caching Network/node SATADOM boot/node 2U1N CAPACITY COMPUTE CAPACITY STORAGE (CC200) FLEX-SYS-2001 2U1N-280/512G/1.6T SSD/26.4T/DC 2x E5-2680v4 512 2x800GB 22x1.2TB H730 Yes 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (CC200) FLEX-SYS-2002 2U1N-250/256G/1.6T SSD/26.4T/DC 2x E5-2650v4 256 2x800GB 22x1.2TB H730 Yes 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (CC200) FLEX-SYS-2003 2U1N-280/256G/4.8T SSD/21.6T/DC 2x E5-2680v4 256 6x800GB 18x1.2TB H730 Yes 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (CC200-F) FLEX-SYS-2004 2U1N-280/512G/46T SSD 2x E5-2680v4 512 24x1.92TB None HBA330 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (CS200) FLEX-SYS-2005 2U1N-120/64G/1.6T SSD/26.4T/DC 1x E5-2620v4 64 2x800GB 22x1.2TB H730 Yes 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (CS200) FLEX-SYS-2006 2U1N-150/64G/4.8T SSD/21.6T/DC 1x E5-2650v4 64 6x800GB 18x1.2TB H730 Yes 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (CS200) FLEX-SYS-2007 2U1N-120/64G/28.8T 1x E5-2620v4 64 None 24x1.2TB H730 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (CS200-F) FLEX-SYS-2008 2U1N-150/64G/46T SSD 1x E5-2650v4 64 24x1.92TB None HBA330 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC 1U1N HIGH-DENSITY COMPUTE HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE (DC200-F) FLEX-SYS-1001 1U1N-297/512G/16T SSD 2x E5-2697v4 512 10x1.6TB None HBA330 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DC200) FLEX-SYS-1002 1U1N-280/768G/1.6T SSD/9.6T/DC 2x E5-2680v4 768 2x800GB 8x1.2TB H730 Yes 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DC200) FLEX-SYS-1003 1U1N-250/256G/1.6T SSD/9.6T/DC 2x E5-2650v4 256 2x800GB 8x1.2TB H730 Yes 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DC200-F) FLEX-SYS-1004 1U1N-280/512G/38.4T SSD 2x E5-2680v4 512 10x3.84TB None HBA330 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DC200-F) FLEX-SYS-1005 1U1N-280/512G/19.2T SSD 2x E5-2680v4 512 10x1.92TB None HBA330 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DS200-F) FLEX-SYS-1006 1U1N-220/64G/16T SSD 2x E5-2620v4 64 10x1.6TB None HBA330 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DS200) FLEX-SYS-1007 High1U1N-220/64G/1.6T SSD/9.6T/DC 2x E5-2620v4 64 2x800GB 8x1.2TB H730 Yes 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DS200) FLEX-SYS-1008 1U1N-220/64G/12T 2x E5-2620v4 64 None 10x1.2TB H730 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DS200-F) FLEX-SYS-1009 1U1N-220/64G/38.4T SSD 2x E5-2620v4 64 10x3.84TB None HBA330 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC (DS200-F) FLEX-SYS-1010 1U1N-220/64G/19.2T SSD 2x E5-2620v4 64 10x1.92TB None HBA330 No 4x10GbE + BMC 64GB SLC All nodes include Trusted Platform Module (TPM v1.2) (available without TPM upon request) ScaleIO clusters start with three nodes increment by one node 14
VxRack FLEX Integrated Networking Built for Easy Scale Out
VxRack FLEX ToR switches 8 40 GbE UL per switch 104 Supported Servers including Controllers Customer network 4 6.5:1 Oversubscription 4 4 4 N3164Q-1 N3164Q-2 N3172-1 2 2 40GE 10GE SDS node 16
VxRack FLEX integrated network simplifies scale Spine switches 6 Spine Switches Support up to 16 pair Leaf Switches 3,486 servers supported 240 GE Fabric Bandwidth 6.75:1 Oversubscription Leaf switches Customer network 40GE 10GE N9332PQ-1 4 1 1 1 1 N9332PQ-1 N3164Q-1 4 4 4 N3164Q-2 2 2 N9332PQ-2 N9332PQ-6 3.33:1 Leaf switch pair 6:1 Access switch pair 1 2 96 4 40GE UL Support up to 2 pair Access Switches N3172-1 SDS nodes 17
VxRack FLEX server connections Customer network N3172-1 N3164Q-1 N3164Q-2 40GE 10GE m 0 1 2 3 SDS Node 18
VxRack FLEX and ScaleIO
Elasticity for more agility Auto-balance, rebalance and rebuild BALANCED BALANCED BALANCED BALANCED BALANCED Auto-balance of resources across nodes/clusters Auto-rebalance dynamically > Add/remove nodes or disks and the system migrates and rebalances the storage Auto-rebuild when resources fail or removed Handle additions and removals simultaneously 20
Fully Converged / Hybrid - Today Fully Converged Compute/Storage are shared SDC/SDS on the same host Hybrid Fully Converged with Storage Only Example: Fully Converged 21
Adding Two-Layer in the Future Two-layer Compute only nodes don t share their storage Storage only nodes don t share their compute Segregate SDS from Compute 22
ScaleIO design for Fully Converged VxRack FLEX 23
VxRack FLEX Virtualization & Management
VxRack FLEX Controller Overview Flex Controller Flex SDS System 25
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VxRack FLEX Management Suite Today VMware vcenter with ScaleIO plug-in Manage Virtual Infrastructure Dell EMC Vision Intelligent Operations Dell EMC ScaleIO Console Monitor to maintain infrastructure stability Manage ScaleIO environment, Add new storage configurations 27
Realize your next steps Session Time#1 Time#2 Introduction to Hyper-converged Monday, 8:30 Monday, 3:30 VxRack FLEX: Project Symphony, A New Approach To Hyper-Converged System Operations Thursday, 1:00 VxRack SDDC: VIP Access Deep Dive Tuesday, 3:00 pm Weds 1:30 pm VxRack FLEX Powered by ScaleIO: HCI Rack-Scale Technical Deep Dive Monday 3:00 pm Weds 8:30 am EMC ScaleIO In The Enterprise: The Citi Experience Monday 3:00 pm Tuesday 8:30 am ScaleIO: Architecture Deep Dive Monday 4:30 PM Thursday 1:00 PM Come visit us in the Solution Expo at the Converged Solutions and Platforms booth #872 29
Realize your next steps Attend Breakout Sessions: VxRack FLEX: Project Symphony, A New Approach To Hyper-Converged System Operations Thursday 1:00 in Palazzo J ScaleIO: Redefining Software-Defined Storage & Hyper-Convergence Tuesday 1:30 in Lido 3001A See the Ready Solutions in action at the Expo Kiosks and Customer Presentations in the Converged Platforms and Solutions booth #872 Engage with our Dell EMC HCI subject matter experts to learn more Visit emc.com/vxrack 30
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