Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Customer Presentation · 2017-09-07 · New VMware Cloud...

Dell EMC Hyper-Converged

Infrastructure

New normal for the modern data center

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Expensive tech refreshes, risky data migrations

Complex and costly to monitor, sustain and support

Long implementation timelines

Large capital investments typically required

Operational inefficiencies managing across silos

Bottlenecks, hot spots and lack of scalability

Traditional infrastructure and processes are unsustainable


IT transformation is required

A cloud operating model is

needed to recognize, act and

benefit from changing business

circumstances.


Fundamental system design shift

Storage

Servers

Converged

SAN

Hyper-Converged


Hyper-converged becoming new normal

Companies are already

embracing HCI

>60% will adopt HCI by 2017

Source: 451 Research, December 2016


Ready for prime time!

Question:

In which locations are you deploying hyper-converged infrastructure at your organization?

2.00%

19%

26.0%

26.0%

74.4%

Other

Remote Branch Office

Third Party Colocation orOutsourced Service Provider

Departmental / Regional DataCenter

Core / Central Data Center

Percent of Sample n = 227Source: 451 Research, 2016

Answer:

All of them!!


What workloads are appropriate for HCI?

True or False: HCI is only for VDI FALSE!!

Supports a wide variety of traditional and cloud-native workloads

Traditional business apps Test/Dev IaaS, PaaS Big Data analytics


What’s driving interest?

Main drivers

Agility

Ability to respond quickly to business

threats or opportunities

Simplicity

Simplify operations with software-driven

automation and lifecycle management

Modernization

Public cloud efficiency and economics, but

with peace of mind of on premises

Scalability

Start small and easily scale up or scale out

while maintaining performance levels

Improve efficiency and lower operational costs


HCI delivers business agility

Benefits

• Shorter development cycles for applications

and services

• Faster response to changing business

conditions

• Elasticity enables rapid deployment and

expansion of infrastructurePublic cloud speed and

flexibility… delivered on-prem


HCI incorporates modern architectural attributes

Flash

Cloud-enabled

Scale-out

Software-defined

Trust

Reduce costs

Consistent and predictable performance

Scale as you grow

Manage with fewer resources

Automate provisioning and business agility

Programmable data services

Policy-driven service delivery

Data and application mobility

Encrypt at rest and in flight

Integrated data protection


HCI reduces footprint, improves efficiency

Traditional SAN Hyper-Converged

16:1 reduction rack space

50%reduction power costs

25%reduction cooling costs

Source: Gartner, HCIS TCO Paper, July 2016Large North American Financial Services Company


Start small and scale efficientlyC

apex

Traditional SAN Hyper-Converged

Initia

l $

Add servers

and disks

Initia

l $

Scale incrementally

Add nodes

Ever Green

Dell EMC Hyper-Converged InfrastructureIndustry’s Fastest-Growing HCI Portfolio


Converged platforms deliver turnkey experience

Engineered Architectural standards, system design, life cycle management

Manufactured Delivered from the factory ready to run applications

ManagedComprehensive insight through Dell EMC Vision Intelligent

Operations software

Supported Single support model with expertise on entire system

SustainedComplete life cycle assurance with documented standards

(RCM)


One size does not fit allDell EMC hyper-converged portfolio

Appliance

Software-defined compute and

storage

vSphere environments

VxRack SDDC

vSphere environments plus bare metal and/or multi-hypervisor

VxRack FLEX

Choice of hypervisor

XC Series

Rack-scale

Software-defined compute, storage

and network

vSphere environments

VxRail

Choice of network Fully integrated network


The simplest, most powerful, most

integrated HCI appliance… for customers

standardized on VMware….” VxRail is

where to start


A simple… HCI appliance for customers

who want hypervisor choice… we have

the XC Series


• Network design/hardware selection

• Plan for future growth

• Multiple IT teams involved

• Complex (physical + logical planning)

• Maintain performance levels at scale

Expertise and planning required!

At scale, the network is even more critical


If considering VxRail—but

are ready for network

transformation, VxRack

SDDC…


SDDC Manager: Automated Lifecycle Management

Management and Automation

Dell EMC VxRack SDDC

vSphere NSX vSAN

New VMware Cloud Foundation 2.2Latest update of VMware’s industry leading cloud infrastructure platform

• vSphere 6.5U1

• vSAN 6.6

• NSX 6.3.1

• vCenter 6.5

• New HMS service inside SDDC Manager

• Backup / restore of SDDC mgt. components

• Horizon 7.1 support

Private Cloud Public Cloud

Compute StorageNetwork


New single management workload domain for VCF

• Single management workload domain per system

– Minimum of 4-nodes for mgt. domain & expandable as needed

– Fully deployed and configured during bring-up

• SDDC Manager now consolidated and simplified

– Reduced footprint with scalability & performance optimizations

– HMS service moved off management switch to SDDC Manager VM

• Standard Architecture Support› Compute and management workloads run in separate workload domains

› Management Workload Domain dedicated to VCF Infrastructure

• Runs SDDC infrastructure to include vRealize Suite and

Horizon (when purchased)

21

1 to 8 racks

. . .


Refreshed node configurations with even more All-Flash choices

Entire Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio for VxRack SDDC updated

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


Winning the VxRack SDDC sale

1. Understand the customer’s challenges

– Understand the motivators, workload, and customer environment to position the

proper solution

2. VxRack SDDC works on economies of scale

– The environment needs to grow large enough to justify rack scale

3. VxRack SDDC includes both vSAN and NSX

– Check that both of these solutions are needed or desired

4. Check that total cost of the offer is attractive to the customer

– Perform a pricing comparison of VxRack SDDC against other options like DIY

– Ensure an apples-to-apples comparison – Enterprise, Data Center scale

5. Unique turnkey solution

– The only vendor to offer a complete turnkey rack scale HCI solution for

VMware with easy support for the entire solution


Don’t position VxRack SDDC if they want VxRail

No interest in NSX or VMware workload automation?

Do not “build your own” VxRack SDDC

– VMware Cloud Foundation works on specific hardware

– Lifecycle management, a key value prop, will be sacrificed

Do not slavishly make PoC’s on vSAN ready nodes

– Do not try and run PoC’s on VxRail appliances – you cannot run

VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail

– Use demos from Dell EMC and VMware instead

– Be prepared to position a Try–n–Buy configuration

What not to do


Where do I go to get smart?

Top Dell EMC VxRack SDDC resources

Presentations, Data Sheets, Competitive, FAQ, Analyst Reports, Sales Tools, Videos

http://bit.ly/SellVxRack

VxRack Enablement Center Inside CPSD Community Page

Larger CPSD Community, Expert QnA, Market Intel, Products, Sales Resources

https://inside.dell.com/community/active/converged-platforms-division-vce/vxrack

https://www.emc.com/auth/rpage/ec-for-vce-vxrack-systems-1000.htm

http://bit.ly/SellVxRack



https://inside.dell.com/community/active/converged-platforms-division-vce




Government agency in APJ

Challenges

– Seed infrastructure for 2,000 VDI users

– Scale to 20,000 + users in future

– Capability to support 130,000 end point devices

Solution

– Dell EMC VxRack SDDC

– VMware Cloud Foundation

– Services—plus Support and Residency

Benefits

– Modern infrastructure platform capable of

supporting large-scale virtual desktop environment

– Predictable performance and scalability

– Budget and cost predictability for future scaling

Modern infrastructure platform

capable of supporting large scale

virtual desktop environment


For a flexible HCI system

with hypervisor of choice

or bare metal… can start

small and scale out —

VxRack FLEX is for you.


Dell EMC VxRack System FLEX

Built-in networking

FOUNDATION FOR IAAS AT SCALE

Fully integrated

rack-scale fabric

Delivers turnkey

experience

Start small, grow

BIG!

Software-defined for

flexibility

Dell PowerEdge

Server advantageBuilding block for

Hybrid Clouds


Business value realized

Faster application development life cycle

Less time keeping the lights on

32% 40%

Less time deploying storage

More efficient managing storage

83% 40%

Lower operating costs over 5 years

Removal of costly data migrations

50% 100%

Reduction in unplanned downtime

Faster resolution of problems

96% 16%

AGILITY REDUCE COSTS

PRODUCTIVITY LOWER RISK

Source: IDC White Paper | Business Value of VxRack and ScaleIO


Common deployment scenarios

Software-defined infrastructure for existing apps

Modernize

Infrastructure

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Transform IT

Operations

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Big Data Analytics

Modernize

Applications

Business Applications and Test/Dev

EHCVirtualized & Bare Metal Workloads


VxRack FLEX Workload Industry Examples

Financial Services Healthcare Service Provider Online Transaction

Hotel Reservation System

Grocery Ordering System

Investment Mgmt Portfolio App

IaaS

Warehouse Robotics Automation

App Test / Dev, VMware workloadsVM VM

VM VM

SQL on VMware ESX

PAAS, Big Data, and Analytics

Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

Modernize with software-defined

HCI on VMware ESX, Bare Metal with RHL

VM

General WorkloadsVM VM

VM VM


Anatomy of the system

Hardware

• Dell EMC PowerEdge servers (24 1U / 15 2U / any combo)

• 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

• Choice of OS/Hypervisor:

o VMware vSphere 6.0

o Bare-metal option for other hypervisors (KVM, Hyper-V) and OS

• Management and support tools

o Vision software, ScaleIO GUI, VMware vCenterBare metal good for application software

that is not hypervisor friendly


Rack components

Expansion nodes

Second rack

System controllers

Leaf/spine/access switches

Expansion nodes

42RU

Minimum configuration with 4 nodes

First rack

Integrated cabling, power, and cooling

Leaf/spine/access switches


Built on ScaleIO software

All-flash

• FASTEST software-

defined block storage

solution available*

• Achieve petabytes of all-

flash capacity

• Compelling TCO at scale

* Storage Review, 2016

Scale-out

• Start small and scale-out

to 1000+ nodes

• No forklift upgrades or

data migrations!

• None disruptive

upgrades!

Software-defined

• FLEXIBLE: Deploy HCI

and/or storage-only

• OS/Hypervisor agnostic:

ESX, Hyper-V, KVM,

Bare Metal

Trusted

• Encryption

• In-flight checksums

• LDAP

• High infrastructure

resiliency


Multi-tenancy for data separation

Achieved through Protection Domains and QoS settings

Customer #1 assigned to

Protection Domain #1

• Mission-Critical

Applications

• Uses All-Flash drives

• High Quality of

Service settings

• Unlimited

Bandwidth

• Unlimited IOPs



• Tier 2 Applications

• Uses Hybrid-drives

• Medium Quality of

Service settings

• Limited Bandwidth

• Limited IOPs



Delivers complete control over performance, capacity, and data location ensuring quality of service is met for departmental or service provider use cases




• Tier 2 Applications

• Uses Storage dense

drives

• Low Quality of Service

settings

• Limited Bandwidth

• Limited IOPs


ScaleIOAbstract – Pool – Automate

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

100K IOPS

10 TB

ScaleIO abstracts the

local storage out of each

server, including HDDs,

SSDs, and all-flash

1,000,000 IOPS

100 TB

ScaleIO pools all of the

storage resources

together, leaving no

resources stranded

Automatically allocates

and balances resources

based upon each

application’s need

10 TB

100K IOPS

30 TB

50K IOPS

4 TB

20K IOPS

2 TB

35K IOPS

1 TB

4K IOPS

17 TB

20K IOPS

5 TB

10K IOPS

10 TB

10K IOPS

2 TB

8K IOPS

5 TB

5K IOPS

1

2

3


“We selected VxRack based on three key drivers

— data center in a box, remote management, and

the ability to run our mission critical inventory

management application”

– Ben Carter

– Senior Infrastructure

Challenges

– Cut $10B in logistics costs over the next 10 years

– Required a high-availability platform to operate a third-party robotics warehousing application

– Ability to integrate into existing management tools and to remotely manage and define the entire solution

Solution

– VxRack System with FLEX

– Vision Intelligent Operations Software

Benefits

– 50% cost reduction with remote management of integrated

systems, simplifying operations

– Accelerated time-to-market, ensuring rapid integration and

deployment of IT piece of the logistics and supply-chain

automation


“The simplest,

most powerful,

most integrated HCI

appliance … for

customers

standardized on

VMware ….” VxRail

is where to start

“If considering

VxRail—but are

ready for network

transformation,

VxRack SDDC…”

“A simple… HCI

appliance for

customers who want

hypervisor choice”…

we have the XC

Series

“For a flexible HCI

system with

hypervisor of choice

or bare metal… can

start small and scale

out—VxRack FLEX

is for you.”

Powerful hyper-converged portfolio with a cloud-like consumption model


Opportunities to get started

Virtual desktops, general-purpose

workloads, databases, etc.

Net-new workloads or

green-field applications

Opportunity to modernize

infrastructure in current environmentServer or storage refresh

Often require centralized

management and smaller footprintLarger remote or regional offices

Ideal for developers who want agility

to spin up/tear down

Test/Dev environments with isolated

infrastructure


Key takeaways

• Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is ready for prime time!

• HCI delivers the business agility and efficiency needed to compete in today’s economy

• Dell EMC has the fastest growing adoption rate of HCI solutions in the industry

• Don’t be left behind! Start evaluating HCI solutions today

Beyond Rack ScaleHyperscale…!


DSS 9000 A rack scale data center building block

Highly flexible configurations

Variable rack and sled sizes along with shared power and cooling provide maximum flexibility for

workload optimization

Scales up to 96 nodes

Modular building block model

simplifies and accelerates

scaling

Open, rack scale management

Redfish APIs and Intel® Rack Scale

Design enable dynamic allocation of

pooled resources

THE BEDROCK OF THE MODERN DATA CENTER

Ideal for dynamic services

Hyperscale design principles provide the agility and efficiency

required for large-scale cloud environments

Starting at 10+ racks


Carrier tested, datacenter ready

Ideal support for dynamic services with the agility to run NFV,

CDN and local workloads - multiple sleds can be optimally

configured for multiple workloads.

Global support provided by proven Dell EMC worldwide supply

chain and services.

Consistent management across the full carrier infrastructure –

data center, central office and out to the edge.

Simplified operations offering fewer (yet flexible) configurations

to make ordering, deployment and management more efficient.


DSS 9000 Basic ComponentsProviding maximum configuration flexibility

+ =+ +Power, Cooling,

Networking, OpenIT Bay

Power Bay

Network Switches

Fan Wall

Configured DSS 9000Sleds

Full-width/JBOD

½ Width

1/3 Width

Blocks

Convertible block: Accommodates

Half- & Full-width sleds

Fixed block: Accommodates Third-width sleds

Rack

OpenIT Bay

DSS 9000 is recognized as OCP-INSPIRED™


RSD Management Software Framework

Orchestration Partner Solutions

Microsoft VMware OpenStack Custom Solutions

RSD Pod Management API

Pod Manager

Discovery/Composition/Configuration/Telemetry

RSD API

Compute Platform StorageRackMgmt.

Network

• Asset & Location Discovery

• Disaggregated Resource Management

• Composable System Support

• Support Compute, Network, and Storage

• Built Using DMTF Redfish


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RedFish: An Open API Enabling SDI

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