vsphere 4.1 what’s new
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vSphere 4.1 What’s New. Tim McCormley – Sr. Systems Engineer July 22, 2010. Application Services. VMware vSphere 4.1: What’s New?. Infrastructure Services. vCenter Server (64-bit). HA Diagnostics And Healthcheck vMotion Speed and Scale. AD Integration (host) vShield Zones. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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vSphere 4.1 What’s New
Tim McCormley – Sr. Systems Engineer
July 22, 2010
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VMware vSphere 4.1: What’s New?
Application Services
Infrastructure Services
Scalability
VMware vSphere 4.1
Security
• AD Integration (host)• vShield Zones
• More VMs (per cluster, DC)
• More Hosts (per VC, DC)
• HA Diagnostics And Healthcheck• vMotion Speed
and Scale
Availability
vNetworkvStorage
• Network I/O Control• Storage I/O Control
• Storage PerformanceReporting
• Memory Compression
• DRSHost Affinity
vCompute
vCenter Server (64-bit)
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vSphere 4.1 Delivers “Cloud Scale”
32 hosts / cluster
320 VMs / host
10,000 VMs / vCenter (>3x)
1000 hosts / vCenter (>3x)
3,000 VMs / cluster (2x)
99% of VMware’s 170K Customers Can Run Their Entire Datacenter in a Single VMware Cluster* * See notes section
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Enhanced Scalability Defined
vSphere 4 vSphere 4.1 RatioVMs per host 320 320 1xHosts per cluster 32 32 1xVMs per cluster 1,280 3,000 >2xHosts per VC 300 1,000 >3xRegistered VMs per VC 4,500 15,000 >3xPowered-On VMs per VC 3,000 10,000 >3xConcurrent VI Clients 30 120 4xHosts per DC 100 500 5xVMs per DC 2,500 5,000 2xLinked Mode 10,000 30,000 3x
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vSphere 4.1 – Storage I/O Control
Description Benefits
• Prioritized use of storage (similar to how compute is prioritized with vSphere)
• Improved application performance• Business priorities now define low and high priority
storage resource access • Create the “high speed” or HOV lane for VMs
Set storage quality ofservice priorities pervirtual machine
Beta Feedback“I really feel that the Storage I/OControl is a must have for ourenvironment and we should move forward without delay.”
Proof PointMake Your Mission Critical VMs VIPs
All VMs created equal
Guarantee service levels for access to
storageresources
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vSphere 4.1 – Storage Performance Reporting
Description Benefits
• Granular storage reporting for improved tuning and troubleshooting of performance
• Independent of storage architectures and protocols
Delivery of key storageperformance statisticsin vCenter
Beta Feedback“In the monitoring area,the enhanced storage statistics are very useful”
Proof Point
Real-Time and Historical
Trending for Storage
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vSphere 4.1 – Network I/O Control
Description Benefits• Prioritized use of network, especially in 10 GbE
environments (similar to how compute is prioritized with vSphere)
• Improved application performance• Business priorities now define low and high priority
network resource access as needed• Create the “high speed” or HOV lane for VMs
Set network quality ofservice priorities perflow type (iSCSI, NFS, etc.)
Beta Feedback“The new Network I/O controlfeature is very interesting forconsolidating network links with10GbE.”
Proof Point
Guarantee service levels for access to
network resources
FT vMotion NFS
vSwitch
TCP/IP
iSCSI
10 GigE
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vSphere 4.1 – Memory Compression
Description Benefits
• Optimized use of memory (freeing up space as needed)
• Safeguard for using memory overcommit feature with confidence
• Reclaim Performance
A new hierarchy forVMware’s memoryovercommit technology(a VMware keydifferentiator)
Beta Feedback“Great for memory over-subscription.”
Proof Point
1,000x faster than swap-in!
Virtual Memory (Virtual Machine)
Physical Memory (Physical Host)
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vSphere 4.1 – DRS Host Affinity
DescriptionSet granular policiesthat define only certainvirtual machinemovements
Beta Feedback“Awesome, we can separate VMs between data centers or blade enclosures with DRS host affinity rules”
Proof Point
Mandatory Compliance
Enforcement for Virtual
Machines
Benefits• Tune environment according to availability,
performance, and/or licensing requirements• A cloud enabler(multi-tenancy)
OSAPP
“Server A” “Server B”“Server B”“Server A”
4-host DRS/HA cluster
OSAPP
OSAPP
OSAPP
OSAPP
“A” “B” “A” “A” “B”
VMs A Servers A Only VMs B Servers B Only
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vSphere 4.1 – Additional New Features
Feature Name Description Benefit
Virtual Serial Port Concentrator (VSPC)
Connect over the network via the serial port concentrator to the serial port console on any server. VMware will thus enable two different ways to provide this level of management with this feature.
•Management efficiencies•Lower costs for multi-hostmanagement•Enables 3rd party concentrator integration if required
vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI)
New protocol interfaces between VMware and storage arrays. These APIs mean leverage of array-based functionality for the first time.
•vSphere platform integration•Eliminate redundancy•Enhance Performance
• Storage vMotion• Provisioning VMs• Thin Provisioning• VMFS
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vSphere 4.1 – vMotion Performance and Scale Enhancements
Description Benefits
• Performance and Scalability• More Live Migrations in Parallel (up to 8 per host
pair)• Elapsed time reduced by 5x on 10GbE tests
Adding “Cloud Scale” to online virtual machinemigration (a VMware keydifferentiator)
Beta Feedback“This release product has some nice benefits in particular increasedvMotion capabilities.”
Proof Point
5x faster with the 4.1 platform
release
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vSphere 4.1 – HA Enhancements
Description Benefits
• Event or alarms when configuration rules are broken• No click status (cluster status available at all times)• Move VMs to the best host available
• Healthcheck status• Operational window• Optimized interaction
with DRS
Beta Feedback“Major improvements in HA!”
Proof Point
Adding Another “9” to Availability
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vSphere 4.1 – Additional New Enhancements
Enhancement Area Description Benefit
Fault Tolerance (FT)
•DRS Interoperability for VMware HA and Fault Tolerance (FT)
•Core VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) Enhancements
•Enhanced Network Logging Performance
•Optimized VM placement in FT or HA Scenario
•Versioning-control to run on FT-compatible hosts at different but compatible patch levels.
•Improved throughput and reduced CPU usage
Host Profiles
•Cisco N1K support•PCI device ordering (support for selecting NICs)•iSCSI support•Admin password (setting root password) •PSA configuration
•Enhanced Configurations Choices
•Compliance
•Expanded deployment
Active Directory Integration (host)
Seamless user authentication at the ESX or ESXi host (rather than vCenter Server) for centralized user management.
Easily assign privileges to users or groups plus roll out permission rules across hosts
Expanded HCL
Support for more operating systems, devices, applications, and service providers than any other virtualization platform (including new support for 3rd party serial port concentrators, enhanced management, and the latest x86 processors on the market).
More choice for end users
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vSphere 4.1 – Additional New Enhancements
Enhancement Area Description Benefit
Nexus 1000V
•Easier software upgrade
•Weighted Fair Queuing (s/w scheduler)
•Increased Scalability
•Scale Port Profiles > 512
•Ease of use
•Cisco’s version of Network I/O Control
•See virtual switch scale #’s below
Network
•IPv6 – NIST Compliance
•Performance and Scale
•Compliance with Host profiles for government agencies
•Enable up to 350 hosts to attach to the virtual switch (up from 64)
Storage•iSCSI offload
•8GB HBA
•Performance
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