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Vblock and VxBlock Systems: Technical Deep Dive

Brian CherryBlock Development, Engineered Systems Development

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Key takeaways

• Current state of converged infrastructure

• New stuff in the “Block”

• Where do we go from here


Agenda

• Introduction

• What’s new

• Core components

• New management options

• Questions & Answers - Please hold all questions until the end of the session.


Engineered solution

Centrally manufactured

Pre-configured

Single-call support

Interoperability focused

Why converged?


VxBlock System 540 and Vblock

System 540XtremIO

superb efficiency

VxBlock System340/350 and

Vblock System 340/350

VNX Unity All Flashmidrange scale


System740VMAX All-Flashmassive scale


System 240VNX5200

small scale

Dell EMC ConvergedTechnology Extensions

storage or expansion compute modules

VxBlock and Vblock Systems portfolio


6

FlexibleScalableFuture proof

Architectural considerations

What’s new?


What’s changed in the past 12 months?

• New servers and compute infrastructure• New network devices• New storage arrays

Core components

• Network capabilities• Platform changesNew features

• Scalable AMPNew management options

Core Component Updates


Core component changes

• Broadwell-based Blade Servers & Rack Mount Servers

• New UCS Fabric Interconnect and Fabric Extender

Compute

• Updated SAN switches• New top-of-rack switchesNetwork

• VMAX3 All-Flash arrays• Unity arrays• New Isilon nodes

Storage


Now supporting Intel Broadwell CPUs on all available UCS servers• Intel v4 processor models available

across all supported Cisco UCS servers

• Can include 24 cores and 60MB of cache per processor

• Support for 2400 MHz RDIMMs or LRDIMMs

• B-Series– UCS B200 M4– UCS B420 M4– UCS B260/460 M4

• C-Series– UCS C220 M4– UCS C240 M4


• Support for 40Gbps Ethernet and 16Gbps FC connections• Up to 480Gbps total ToR connectivity and 512Gbps total SAN connectivity• Not a direct replacement for the 6200 series Fabric Interconnect• Available as an option on the VxBlock 540 platform

Now supporting UCS 3rd-generation FI and IOM


Updated networking

• LAN– Nexus 93180YC-EX

› 48 10/25G SFP28 interfaces› 6 40/100G QSFP28 interfaces

• SAN– MDS 9396S

› 96 4/8/16G FC interfaces› Built on MDS 97XX architecture


New storage arrays• VMAX3 AFA into VxBlock 740

– VMAX 250F/FX– VMAX 450F/FX– VMAX 850F/FX

• Unity Arrays into the VxBlock 350– 300 & 300F– 400 & 400F– 500 & 500F– 600 & 600F

• Isilon updates– S210– X210– NL410– HD400

New Features


New features

• Unity integrations: V(x)Block 350 & Storage Technology Extension• VMAX AFA integrations: V(x)Block 740 and Storage Technology

Extension• V(x)Block 540 with 40G

Platform expansion

• Engineered NSX implementations within VxBlock• Updated connectivity models for extensions

Enhancednetworking

• Updated hardware• Updated feature sets

Enhanced data protection

• Full engineered solutions for additional arraysStorage technology extensions


Vblock 350 and VxBlock 350

• Includes the new Dell EMC Unity storage array

– Support for All-Flash or hybrid arrays

• Supports up to 256 VMware hosts per Vblock & VxBlock System

• Supports up to 4 UCS domains per Vblock & VxBlock System


Vblock 340 and Vblock 350 comparison

System Storage Array Family

Maximum number of supported

hosts

Maximum number of supported

UCS domains

AFA SupportMax Front-end IO Ports (per

SP)

Vblock & VxBlock 340

Dell EMC VNX 128 1 No 24 x 8Gbps

Vblock & VxBlock 350

Dell EMC Unity 256 4 Yes 10 x 16Gbps


1 to 4 V-Bricks1.5M IOPSRRH-8K

8TB cache960 2.5” drives2PBe capacity

96 FC4 eNAS DM

1 to 8 V-Bricks4M IOPSRRH-8K

16TB cache1,920 2.5” drives

4PBe capacity192 FC

8 eNAS DM

1 to 2 V-Bricks1.0M IOPSRRH-8K

4TB cache100 2.5” drives1PBe capacity

48 FC4 eNAS DM

VMAX 450F(X) VMAX 850F(X)VMAX 250F(X)

Vblock and VxBlock System 740 All-FlashTrue mission-critical storage with enterprise data services


VMAX 9-bay 800TB usable

VMAX All-Flash single bay

*Results based on Sizer configuration analysis of 9-bay VMAX 20K compared to VMAX 450F with similar usable capacity

40% Lower TCO

92% Less footprint

87% Less energy

6X More performance

98%Fewer drivereplacements

Vblock System 720 to Vblock System 740 efficiencies


Vblock System and VxBlock System 740 practicesStandard configuration rules

Front-end connectivity• Four FA ports per port group• Select least-used resources

(engines, directors, modules, ports)

• Select four directors on as many engines as possible

• Balance fabric usage per director

• Alternate between odd and even ports on a director

• Balance module usage per director

• Alternate between the two modules on a director

Basic configuration rules• All engines configured with the

same cache• Minimum of two 16Gb FC

modules per director• All FA ports should be cabled by

default• eMGMT is required


VxBlock System 540 with 40GbECombination of UCS G3 and V(x)block 540

• Provides 40Gbps Ethernet and 16Gbps FC

• Provides up to 480Gbps total ToR connectivity

• Provides up to 512Gbps total SAN connectivity

• Includes– 2 x UCS 6332-16UP Fabric Interconnects– 2 x Nexus 9332PQ TOR switches– 1-8 Xbrick XtremIO array

• Scalable AMP (AMP-2S)


SDN offeringsVMware NSX

• VMware NSX is a virtual networking and security software product family created from VMware's vCloud Networking and Security (vCNS) and Nicira Network Virtualization Platform (NVP) intellectual property.

• NSX enables the creation of entire networks (switching, routing and firewalls) in software and embeds them in the hypervisor layer, abstracted from the underlying physical hardware.

http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/networking

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/security

http://searchsdn.techtarget.com/definition/Nicira-Network-Virtualization-Platform-Nicira-NVP


SDN offeringsNSX on VXBLOCK

• Dedicated edge gateways– Minimum 4 and a maximum 8 Edge Service Gateway VMs for redundant, ECMP, external connectivity– Rack mount & blade-based offerings

• Edge Service Gateway Topology– C-series ESG deployments utilize 1-2 Intel X520 cards for ESG connectivity to ToR switch connectivity– B-series blade deployments utilize 2 Cisco VIC 1340 and 1380 for VXLAN offloading capabilities for

ToR connectivity– Layer 3 eBGP connectivity to Cisco Nexus 9K ToR switches from ESGs – iBGP between ESG-to-DLR

• Two Distributed Logical Router VMs for logical routing and switching within NSX environment– Active/Active east-to-west traffic within/behind the NSX VTEPs– Deployed on dedicated hosts – one per host


New options for Isilon Technology Extensions

•Full support for smaller infrastructure IB switches

Reduced Isiloninfrastructure footprint

•New TOR: Nexus 93180YC-EX•Direct: Directly to VxBlock switchesIsilon connectivity


Isilon enhancements• New Isilon nodes

– S210– X210– NL410– HD400

• Connectivity– Infrastructure

› Two 10GbE connections per node to ToR Nexus switch for host connectivity.› Two InfiniBand connections per node to IB switch for inter-cluster connectivity.› No 1GbE connections are used in the Isilon offering.

– Integration into VxBlock :› Direct connect from node to VxBlock TOR› Dedicated pair of TORs connected to VxBlock TOR


Integrated data protection solutions• Avamar

– Support of Virtual Edition and Gen 4T hardware

• Data Domain– Support of new hardware: Data Domain DD6300, DD6800, DD9300 and DD9800– Support of new features: Cloud Tier, Metadata on Flash

• Introduction of support for NetWorker 9.0

• Introduction of support for ProtectPoint for VMAX3 and VMAX AF arrays

• RecoverPoint– Support for RecoverPoint Gen 6– RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines

› Introduction of support for RP4VM for all block and rack products

• VPLEX– Support of new hardware – VPLEX VS6– Repositioning current hardware - VPLEX VS2


Extending use cases with storage extensions

BACKUP/ ARCHIVING

FINANCIAL SERVICES APPLICATIONS

ENTERPRISE SUITES

DATABASEPACKAGED APPLICATIONS

DATA WAREHOUSING

TECHNOLOGY EXTENSIONSVMAX3 AFA

Unity Platform


• RCM tested

• Built per VxBlock array standards

• Use for new use cases, expansion, or upgrade– VMAX3/AFA– Unity– XtremIO– Isilon

Storage Technology Extensions


It is recommended to not share different storage devices with the same ESXi hosts.

ESXi 5.5 setting VNX / Unity / VMAX

XtremIO

Adapter Policy IO Throttle Count (vhba)

256 1024

fnic_max_qdepth 32 128

Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding

32 256

Disk.SchedQuantum 8 64

Disk.DiskMaxIOSize 32MB 4MB

XCOPY 16MB 256KB

ESXi 5.5 setting Mixed with VNX, Unity, or VMAX

Mixed with XtremIO

Adapter policy i/o throttle count (vhba)

256 256

fnic_max_qdepth 32 32

Disk.SchedNumReqOutstanding

32 32

Disk.SchedQuantum 8 8

Disk.DiskMaxIOSize 32MB 4MB

XCOPY 16MB 4MB

ESXi 6.0 setting VNX / Unity VMAX XtremIO

XCOPY 16MB 240MB 256KB

ESXi 6.0 VAAI claim rules• Allow XCOPY to by set for VMAX higher than

VAAI primitives allow.ESXi 6.0 setting

Mixed with VNX, Unity, or VMAX

VNX or Unity with XtremIO

VMAX with XtremIO

XCOPY VNX / Unity: 16MBVMAX: 240MB

4MB XtremIO:256KB

VMAX: 240MB

Mixed arraysBase configuration information

New Management


New management options

• 3-12 servers• Manage a single or multiple VblocksScalable AMP

• Deployment of IPv6 within VxBlocksIPV6


Cisco UCS C220 M4 SFF2X2.40 GHz E5-2630v3/85W 8C/20MB cache

2X(64GB) SD card module for C220 servers8X(16GB) DDR4-2133-MHz RDIMM/PC4-17000/dual rank

Cisco UCS VIC1227 VIC MLOM - dual port 10Gb SFP+Intel X540 dual port 10GBase-T Adapter

Intel X540 Dual Port Power Supply Power Supply

mLOM VIC 1227 USB

Management 0

Serial1GB LAN

Default server quantity is 3Scale up to 12 serversDefault RAM is 128GB

RAM can be increased to 384GB per serverDefault storage is 8TB usable

Platform supports VNXe product limits

AMP-2S “2 through 12” servers configurationsDefault 128GB RAM on servers and default 8TB storage using iSCSI


IPv6 support• Supports dual-mode transition strategy

• Supports VxBlock System 350, VxBlock System 540, VxBlock System 740

• Some system components support only IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, no dual mode– For IPv6 systems, these components are configured for IPv6 in factory

• IPv6 addressing is not supported for– Vision software– NSX software

Where are we going


Upcoming releases

• New switch options

• VMAX 950F(X) integration into VxBlock 740

• Unity 3/4/5/650F integration into VxBlock 350

• Isilon Gen6 for Storage Tech Extensions

• Improved automation and orchestration

Questions


Realize your next steps

Come visit us in the Solution Expo at the Converged Platforms and Solution at booth #872

Vblock & VxBlock Systems: Technical deep dive Monday 12 pm Wednesday 3 pm

Vscale: Real-world deployments of next-gen data center architecture Monday 1:30 pm

VxBlock Systems: Overview of the industry-leading CI solutions and future directions.

Tuesday 3 pm Thursday 8:30 am

What you need to know on database licensing for CI & HCI Tuesday 12 pm Thursday 10 am

SAP HANA made simple with validated solutions & converged systems Wednesday 1:30 pm

CI & HCI: Factory-integrated data protection for simplicity & lifecycle assurance Thursday 10 am

Engage with SMEs See demos Participate in presentations Win prizes Have fun

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