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What are your challenges for Tomorrow ?


Transforming to a Cloud operating model

© Copyright 2017 Dell Inc.7 7

Upgrade savings

over three years

Savings for level

2–3 platform support(CI/HCI Vs. BYO)

Source: *Based on EHC customer deploymentsSource: Principled Technologies Mar 2016 study: IT service transformation with Hybrid Cloud: Buy or Build?

Faster *ITaaS delivery

Faster time to upgrade

Total savings

over three years67%

2X74%

100%

42%

Why a Cloud operating model ?

http://facts.pt/Qa2uhe


INNOVATE

FASTER

Rapidly respond to

business needs

REDUCE

COMPLEXITY

Breakdown technology

silos to improve efficiency

MANAGE

RISK

Avoid unplanned downtime,

minimize security threats

OPTIMIZE

RESOURCES

Shift focus from

maintenance to innovation

Advancing digital transformation


Do you want to Build ?YOU build all the stackYOU manage interoperability


Or do you want to Buy ?Fully Engineered solutionTotally standardized and predictable


Engineered SystemsWhat does Engineered mean?

Compute

Stockage

Network

Virtualization

My beautiful Private Cloud(so hard to get it working…)


R.I.P. MY PRIVATE CLOUD

SO HARD TO GET,

SO EASY TO LOOSE

BELOVING IT ADMINS…



Compute

Stockage

Network

Virtualization … recommanded version “A”

… recommanded version “B”

… recommanded version “C”

… recommanded version “D”

A+B+C+D = Known Good State

My beautiful Private Cloud(built in, engineered, manufactured…)

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Compute

Stockage

Network

Virtualization … version “A”

… version “B”

… version “C”

… version “D”

RCM v. 5.54 RCM v. 6.11

New version “E”

New version “F”

New version “G”

New version “H”

My beautiful Private Cloud(built in, engineered, manufactured…)

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Dell EMC VxRack SDDC

Integrated compute, storage, and networking powered by VMware Cloud Foundation

EngineeredComplete system designed as one for easy

deployment and scalability

ManufacturedFully integrated software and hyper-converged

Dell EMC PowerEdge rack-scale solution

ManagedSimplified management built in with the VMware

SDDC Manager for complete ease of use

SupportedSingle support model with expertise on the total

solution

SustainedComplete system lifecycle assurance with

documented standards for future growth


VxRack SDDC, Based on VMware Cloud Foundation Inside the next generation hyper-converged SDDC platform

NSX

Micro-segmentation

Automated network operations

Automated build-up & configuration

SDDC ManagervSphere

Server consolidation

Maximize application uptime

vSAN

Lowers storagecapex costs

Simpler storage operations


Customizable software components allows growth

Horizon View

App Volumes

Horizon Suite OptionsHorizon Suite

(Optional)

• Horizon Suite Enterprise minus vSphere and Virtual SAN

• New options and packages can be added

3

Cloud Foundation

Required

vRealize Operations

vRealize Business

Log Insight

vRealize Automation

vRealize SuitevRealize 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

2

SDDC Manager

NSX Adv or Ent

vSAN Adv or Ent

vSphere Ent. Plus

VMware Cloud Foundation VMware

Cloud Foundation(required)

• 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

1

Cloud Foundation


Workload Domains

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

VIWorkload Domain

Management Domain

VIWorkload Domain

VI Workload Domain

VDI Workload Domain

Expansion

VDI Workload Domain

VIWorkload Domain

Minimum of 4 nodesrequired for Management Domain per system


Workload Domain attributes

Capability

or Setting

VMware Cloud

Foundation Setting

*DRS Enabled – Automatic

*Network IO Control Enabled – Default

Configuration

*LACP Enabled – VDS and

Physical Switch

*Syslog Enabled – Configure

for Log Insight

NTP Enabled – Configured

during initial startup

DNS Enabled – Configured

during initial startup

vRealizeOperations

Log InsightPSCvCenterServer

PSC

Management Domain Cluster

vCenter Server

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

NSX Manager

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

Workload Domain 1

vCenter Server

ESXi

ESXi

NSX Manager

ESXi

ESXi

Workload Domain 2

Redundant SSO Instances

Centralized Monitoring

Dedicated vCenter Server Common VSAN, HA, and DRS policies

nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01

Workload VMs Workload VMs


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

─ 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

Minimum of Four Nodes

ESXi01 ESXi02 ESXi03

Virtual SAN Datastore

Virtual Distributed Switch

vRack-ResourcePool-Mgmt

Cloud Foundation Infrastructure VMs

vSphere Cluster + vSAN

VI WLD Management Components

VDI WLDsManagement Components

ESXi04

PSCPSC

vCenterNSX

Manager

SDDC MGR

Controller

SDDC MGR

Utility NSX CtrlNSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize

Log Insight NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize

Operations NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize

Automation

Optional

vCenter

NSX Manager

Dell EMC

Support VM

App-VolumesView

Connect

vCenterNSX

Manager

App-Volumes

View Compose

View Connect

SQL AD

VI/VDI WLD Management VMs


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

• Hybrid and All-Flash

• Two disk groups per host

• One vSAN datastore per workload domain

VMware NSX

• NSX Manager deployed in the Management Domain cluster

• NSX Controller cluster deployed in workload domain itself

Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain

VM

VMVMVM

VM VM

NSXTransport

Zone

Management

vMotion

VSAN

NSX CTL 02NSX CTL 01 NSX CTL 03

VirtualDistributed

Switch

Corporate

External

Network

NSX Edge (optional)

…vSphereCluster

ESXi-01 ESXi-02 ESXi-03

Virtual SAN

VXLAN

VTEP VTEP VTEP

NSX Logical switch

Management Domain

NSX

ManagervCenter

vCenter & NSX Manager Run in

Management Domain


VDI Workload Domain componentsAll 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)

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Workload Domain

VDI

VDIVDIVDI

VDI VDI

NSXTransport

Zone

Management

vMotion

VSAN

NSX CTL 02NSX CTL 01 NSX CTL 03

VirtualDistributed

Switch

Corporate

External

Network

NSX Edge (Optional)

…vSphereCluster

ESXi-01 ESXi-02 ESXi-03

vSAN

VXLAN

VTEP VTEP VTEP

NSX Logical switch

Management Domain

vCenter & NSX Manager and Horizon View

Components Run in the Management Domain

App-

VolumesView

Connect

vCenter

NSX

Manager

App-

Volumes

View Composer

View

Connect

SQL AD


Additional management software componentsLogging 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


VxRack SDDC with VMware Cloud FoundationA completely integrated VMware HCI solution at rack scale

Full SDDC software

suite delivered

pre-integrated on

Dell EMC hardware

Turn-key

Deployment

Easy deployment,

configuration, and

ongoing operations

management

Simplified

Management

Built on an

scalable, distributed

hyper-converged

architecture

Elastically

Scalable

Designed as one by Dell EMC | powered by VMware Cloud Foundation


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