VxRack SDDC Deep Dive: Inside VxRack SDDC Powered by VMware Cloud Foundation GLOBAL SPONSORS
What is HCI? Systems design shift Hyper-converged HYPER-CONVERGED SERVERS SAN STORAGE THEN NOW 2
What is HCI? Systems design shift Hyper-converged SERVERS FAST NETWORK SAN STORAGE THEN VIRTUAL SAN NOW 3
Why Hyper Converged Infrastructure? Focus on innovation, not IT integration IT INTEGRATION BUSINESS INNOVATION Consumes valuables time and resources Go Faster Invest in Areas that Differentiate Build Buy 4
Challenges customers want to overcome - Too many interfaces to handle - Too many hardware components to manage - So, decrease operational cost - SAN complexity & cost (SAN Fabric, masking, Zoning.): Guru! - Entry configuration cost is high - Lack of granularity - Simplify vendor relationship - Insert your favorites here: - RISK!!! - Refresh cycles - Migrations - New features - HW & SW alignment/misalignment and LCM - Compatibility matrix between components and vendor support (PITA) Network switch Servers Storage SAN Fabric Replication Backup appliance Wan Optimizer Cloud Gateway 5
Drivers for adoption Lower TCO Speed and Agility HYPER-CONVERGED Scale Easily Operational Simplicity Eliminate Risk Integrated storage & compute Scale out efficiently CAPEX and OPEX savings 6
The Build to Buy Continuum Dell EMC Portfolio Build Maximum Flexibility Buy Turnkey Outcomes, Maximum Agility Converged Continuum Reduce risk, accelerate time to value, deliver lifecycle assurance Validated Solutions Engineered Systems Hybrid Cloud Platforms Reference Architectures Nodes and Bundles ScaleIO vsan VMware Hybrid Cloud Pivotal Hybrid Cloud 7
Multiple HCI choices powered by Dell EMC VxRail VMware is your standard ( simplicity is your keyword) VxRack SDDC vsphere environments Bring your existing network ( start small is your keyword) XC Series vsphere environments Transform your network ( scale big is your keyword) VxRack FLEX Choice of hypervisor Heterogeneous Infrastructure ( flexibility is your keyword) vsphere environments plus bare metal and/or multi-hypervisor 8
Dell EMC accelerates IT Transformation Making the complex, Simple! Application s Apps Automate Service Delivery Modernize Infrastructure Platform Cloud Orchestration Virtualization Infrastructure Servers, storage & network Transform IT Operations 9
Hybrid Cloud Platforms Applications Integrated, delivered, and consumed AS ONE! VMware Hybrid Cloud Pivotal Hybrid Cloud Microsoft Azure Stack Support and lifecycle assurance for entire stack Built on CI and HCI Converged / Hyper-converged Infrastructure 10
Dell EMC VxRack SDDC Integrated compute, storage, and networking powered by VMware Cloud Foundation Engineered Manufactured Managed Supported Sustained Complete system designed as one for easy deployment and scalability Fully integrated software and hyper-converged Dell EMC PowerEdge rack-scale solution Simplified management built in with the VMware SDDC Manager for complete ease of use Single support model with expertise on the total solution Complete system lifecycle assurance with documented standards for future growth 11
Powered by VMware Cloud Foundation Natively integrating the best of VMware s industry leading virtual computing software Designed for optimized VMware experience Simple management of compute, storage, and networking Fully integrated SDDC infrastructure experience One standard for both on-prem and public clouds Management and Automation Compute Network Storage Automated Lifecycle Management 12 Private Cloud Public Cloud
Well known integrated VxRack SDDC stack Inside the next generation hyper-converged SDDC platform vsphere vsan NSX SDDC Manager Server consolidation Maximize application uptime Lowers storage capex costs Simpler storage operations Micro-segmentation Automated network operations Automated build-up & configuration 13
VxRack SDDC Customizable software components Horizon Suite Options Horizon View App Volumes 3 Horizon Suite (Optional) Horizon Suite Enterprise minus vsphere and Virtual SAN New options and packages can be added vrealize Suite vrealize Automation vrealize Business Log Insight vrealize Operations 2 vrealize Suite (Optional) VMware SDDC Manager automates deployment and internally integrates vrealize Log Insight Use of vrli for VI/VDI workload domains is an optional license vrealize Automation and vrealize Business for Cloud can be externally integrated vrealize Operations is optional VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager NSX Adv or Ent vsan Adv or Ent vsphere Ent. Plus 1 VMware Cloud Foundation (required) Cloud Foundation Cloud Foundation Perpetual licenses Premier-level support Components can be upgraded independently Customer can transfer existing licenses Bring your own vcenter one per SDDC Manager instance vrli for Management Domain use only is required Required 14
VMware SDDC Manager Centralized Access/Single-Point- Management for the SDDC Used in conjunction with existing product UIs Cloud Foundation system services Datastore and coordination services HMS Service Workflow Services Engine SDDC Manager UI Physical/Virtual Resource Managers View, monitor & configure hardware and software components Abstract & aggregate resources into Workload Domains Public Cloud APIs Workflow Services Engine Physical Resource Manager HMS Service Virtual Resource Manager Datastore & Coordination Services Includes UI for SDDC lifecycle management 15 VMware SDDC Manager Controller Virtual Appliance
VMware SDDC Manager Hardware Management Services Responsible for discovery, bootstrap, configuration, & monitoring of hardware Both in-band and out-ofband management Service runs in SDDC Manager Controller VM Accessed through the SDDC Manager No need to access network switches or issue switch-specific commands VMware and partner provided plugins Cisco plug-in for HMS configures switch ports, VLANs, and VXLANs using Cisco API Workflow Services Engine Physical Resource Manager SDDC Manager UI HMS Service Virtual Resource Manager Configure Manage VMware SDDC Manager Controller Virtual Appliance Datastore & Coordination Services 17
SDDC Manager Utility (LCM) Built into SDDC Manager Automatic notification Download and schedule updates View, monitor, and track status Also runs secondary DNS and NTP services Components LCM Repository Stores patch/upgrade bundles LCM Temp Store Temp store used during patch/upgrade Database Casandra DB running on SDDC Manager Controller VM Update status and history SDDC Manager Controller VM Casandra/Zookeeper SDDC Manager Utility VM Management Domain 18
VxRack SDDC lifecycle management Auditing, Reporting, and downloading releases for upgrades Controlled by VMware Cloud Foundation and the release software bundle contents Summary of available updates Software bundle is dependent on specific server and switch hardware VMware defines qualified hardware and software combinations Factory installation includes bare metal imaging of servers and switches using VMware Imaging Appliance (VIA) and software bundles from VMware Schedule when to apply VxRack SDDC applies the bundle for Dell servers, Cisco ToR and interconnect switches, and Dell management switch Automatically installs updates from VMware/Dell EMC download site SDDC Manager s LCM does not update firmware for servers and switches 19
Additional management software components Logging and monitoring vrealize Log Insight Centralized log aggregation and analysis with search and filter Federated deployment architecture for redundancy and scalability Run in the Management Domain vrealize Operations Performance/Health monitoring and capacity planning for the SDDC Custom dashboards, capacity modeling, customized alerting Run in the Management Domain 20
Dell EMC VxRack SDDC Workload Domains Detail
Types of Domains Minimum of 4 nodes required for Management Domain per system Dedicated vsphere Cluster Automated provisioning through SDDC Manager Three types Management Virtual Infrastructure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Multiple workload domains run in parallel Each with dedicated vcenter Server VI Workload Domain VI Workload Domain VI Workload Domain VDI Workload Domain VDI Workload Domain Expansion Management Domain VI Workload Domain 22
Management Domain Component Overview Min of four nodes (runs in first rack) Instantiated during bring-up Hosts Cloud Foundation infrastructure and all workload domain management components 23 SDDC Manager Controller VM SDDC Manager Utility VM (LCM) PSCs vcenter Server Instances NSX Manager Instances Optional Components vrealize Suite Horizon desktop management components for all VDI workload domains VxRack SDDC is configured using the VCF Standard Architecture VI WLD Management Components vcenter NSX Manager Dell EMC Support VM vrealize Log NSX NSX Insight Ctrl Ctrl SDDC MGR Controller SDDC MGR Utility VDI WLDs Management Components vrealize Operations NSX NSX Ctrl Ctrl vcenter PSC PSC App- Volumes View Compose App-Volumes vcenter SQL Optional vrack-resourcepool-mgmt Virtual Distributed Switch ESXi01 ESXi02 ESXi03 Virtual SAN Datastore View Connect NSX Manager View Connect vrealize Automation NSX NSX Ctrl Ctrl NSX Manager NSX NSX Ctrl NSX Ctrl Ctrl ESXi04 Minimum of Four Nodes AD VI/VDI WLD Management VMs Cloud Foundation Infrastructure VMs vsphere Cluster + vsan
Workload Domains Virtual Infrastructure (VI): Dedicated vsphere cluster Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): Dedicated vsphere cluster + virtual desktop infrastructure User specifies capacity, performance and availability parameters SDDC Manager automates deployment: vsphere (PSC, vcenter, ESXi), vsan, NSX, Horizon, App Volumes, Log Insight Ability to create, expand, and delete Patch/Update workload domains independently 24
Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain components vsphere Cluster (min of 3 hosts) Dedicated vcenter Server per Workload Domain Shared SSO domain with PSCs in Management Domain Size dynamically calculated based on user inputs Can be expanded later Virtual SAN NSX Transport Zone Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain NSX Logical switch vcenter & NSX Manager Run in Management Domain VM VM VM VM VM Management Domain vcenter VM NSX Manager Hybrid and All-Flash Two disk groups per host One vsan datastore per workload domain VMware NSX Virtual Distributed Switch NSX Edge (optional) NSX CTL 02 NSX CTL 01 NSX CTL 03 Management Corporate vmotion VSAN External Network NSX Manager deployed in the Management Domain cluster NSX Controller cluster deployed in workload domain itself vsphere Cluster VTEP VTEP VTEP ESXi-01 ESXi-02 ESXi-03 VXLAN Virtual SAN 25
VDI Workload Domain components All VI Workload Domain Components Plus VMware Horizon Horizon View Composer Redundant Horizon Connection servers Redundant Horizon Security servers NSX Load Balancers for Connection and Security servers VMware Unified Access Gateways deployed for internet accessible desktops Two modes Reserve Resources Deploy Desktop Optional components Active Directory server AppVolumes servers (including UEM VM) NSX ESG components (including DHCP / Relay Agent) Option to link to corporate Active Directory (AD) domain (production) or to deploy a new AD domain (testing/poc) NSX Transport Zone Virtual Distributed Switch vsphere Cluster vcenter & NSX Manager and Horizon View Components Run in the Management Domain Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Workload Domain NSX Edge (Optional) NSX Logical switch VDI VDI VDI VDI VDI NSX CTL 02 NSX CTL 01 NSX CTL 03 VTEP VTEP VTEP NSX Manager vcenter ESXi-01 ESXi-02 ESXi-03 Management Domain App- Volumes App- Volumes vsan View Composer VDI Management Corporate vmotion VSAN VXLAN View Connect View Connect SQL AD External Network 26
Dell EMC VxRack SDDC Workload Domain Creation Demo
Dell EMC VxRack SDDC Workload Domain Creation Demo
Dell EMC VxRack SDDC The hardware components behind the software
Physical components inside the rack VxRack SDDC Redundant power 8 to 24 Dell EMC PowerEdge (hybrid or flash storage) Management switch 48 x 1Gbps (Dell S3048-ON) Redundant top-of-rack switches 48 x 10/25 Gpbs 4 x 40 Gbps (Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX) Redundant rack interconnect switches* 32 x 40 Gbps (Cisco Nexus 9332PQ) *Multi-rack configurations 30
VxRack SDDC built on industry standard servers qualified for VCF Dell EMC PowerEdge 5th generation Intel Xeon E5-2600 Family Single node, 1U Dual sockets, 6 to 22 cores per CPU 768 GB to 1,536 GB RAM Dual 10 GbE SFP+ network ports All flash capacity: 10-30 TB SSD Hybrid capacity: 10 TB HDD Dual 100-240VAC 750W auto-switching PSU Dual 800 GB cache SSD Optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 31
VxRack SDDC integrated hardware architecture Management switch (1) Dell S3048-ON Installed in each rack Rack interconnect switches (2) Cisco Nexus 9332PQ Installed in 2nd rack only Top of rack switches (2) Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX Installed in each rack Server nodes (8-24) Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 Hybrid or all flash Heterogeneous nodes supported across racks 32
VxRack SDDC hardware physical scalability Redundant top of rack switching Easily scale up to 24 nodes max per rack for Workload Domains Start small with a minimum of 8 nodes per rack Minimum 4 nodes for Management Domain in rack 1 Available Capacity Scale out with preconfigured 42U cabinets Pre-integrated cabling Pre-integrated aggregated rack interconnect switches Scale up to 8 racks Scale up to 192 nodes per system 33
VxRack SDDC complete services experience Pre-deployment Post-deployment Advisory services Technology Services Technology Services Managed services Provide assessments, guidance, and expertise Design, architect, and deploy solutions Migrate and integrate solutions Ongoing management and optimization World-class seamless support and proactive life cycle assurance Core support Integrated, seamless support experience Plus support Enhanced, higher-touch support option Premier support Holistic, highest-touch support option 34
VxRack SDDC with VMware Cloud Foundation A completely integrated VMware HCI solution at rack scale Turn-key Deployment Full SDDC software suite delivered pre-integrated on Dell EMC hardware Simplified Management Easy deployment, configuration, and ongoing operations management Elastically Scalable Built on an scalable, distributed hyper-converged architecture Designed as one by Dell EMC powered by VMware Cloud Foundation 35
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