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Requiring a Diverse Server Portfolio
TOWERS RACKSBLADES MODULAR
T VRTX MSeries FX2R
Dell PowerEdge Servers
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Dell-EMC Modular Platforms –Innovative And Diverse
FX Architecture
VRTX
M1000E Integrated
Modular
Blade
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PowerEdge VRTX –Front & Rear Views
LCD Display
Panel
Up to 4 PowerEdge
M-Series Servers
Internal low latency,
fast storage
Shared Storage
25 x 2.5” or 12 x 3.5”
(expandable)
8 External
PCIe Slots
Hot Plug
Redundant
PSUs
Remote
Management
Ports
Locking Front
Cover
Shared
DVD
KVM
Ports
Hot Plug
Redundant
Blowers8 RJ45
NIC ports
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The PowerEdge FX2 enclosure
Rear view of FX2s enclosure
4 FC630 server blocks in a fully loaded FX2 enclosure
each with 8 1.8” SSDs
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PowerEdge FX2 Series –Individually tailored IT platform For Workloads
FX22U chassis houses flexible modules
FC830Full-width 4-socket
FC630Half-width 2-socket
FC430Ultra-dense 2-socket
FM120x4Half-width 4 microservers
FD332Half-width 3x per FX2 16x 2.5” devices
A revolutionary design for IT platforms that
integrates servers, DAS storage, networking and
management in a 2U chassis to enable a
workload-optimized infrastructure.
The FX systems architecture is a harbinger of the likely future direction of mainstream enterprise servers.
– Forrester Research
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Workload examples Sample FX2 Configuration What FX2 looks like
• Traditional corporate IT
• Web front end / vSAN
• Low end Hadoop
• 4 x 2-socket FC430
• 2 x FD332
• vSAN • 2 x 2-socket FC630
• 2 x FD332
• Database • 1 x 4-socket FC830
• 2 x FD332
• Compute /VDI with network
storage
• 4 x 2-socket FC630
• Database consolidation • 2 x 4-socket FC830
• Low latency HPC
• Front end compute on san
• 8 x 2-socket FC430
option front Infiniband
• Physical hosting
• Light analytics
• 4 x FM120x4
• Virtualization with network
storage
• 8 x 2-socket FC430
PowerEdge FX2: Unparalleled workload agility
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IOAggregator “Zero Touch” 10GB Networking Reduce Cables & Ports
FN410T 12 Port IOA
FN410S 12 Port IOA
FN2210S 12 Port IOA
.
Offers East/West Traffic Support
Modes includes – Stand-alone “Transparent” / Stack / Full switch
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IOA Stacking –
One-click setup !
Stack up to 6 IOAs (2 redundant stacks for this 6 chassis design )
Stacking ports 2 x 10G ports giving 20Gb bi-directional bandwidth.
Get to 8:1 aggregation
.
Example design six chassis – two redundant stacks
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FX2 Management Flexibility –Unified systems management
CMC• Automated node deployment
• Chassis Provision/Update
• Manual IOA Config
• Monitor 20 FX2 chassis
iDRAC8 with
Lifecycle
Controller• Embedded Server lifecycle
management
Compute
Network & Storage
Compute
OME• Monitoring
• Massive Provisioning
• Update Compute nodes
• Scale up to 5000 devices
Compute NetworkStorage
Multiple FX2
Compute and Storage Sled
Extensive Deployment of FX2
Compute NetworkStorage
Storage
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FX2 CMC Multi-Chassis Monitoring Capability -Monitor up to 20 platforms at-a-glance
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Open Manage Essential –Server Fleet Management Solution
1:Many full management solution for Dell servers (deploy/discover/monitor/patch/report)
Including Server/Chassis/IOA templates
And
“Phone home support”
Plus
monitoring of Dell and 3rd party infrastructure
OpenManageEssentials
Dell StorageDell Networking
VRTX
FX M1000
TOWER
Full Monitoring
And Management
Server/idrac/CMC
Discover, Audit & Monitoring
RACK
Monitoring
3rd party Hardware
HP / Cisco / EMC /
Juniper / etc
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ProSupport Enterprise Suite comparison
ProSupport ProSupport
Plus
Basic
Hypervisor and OS support
4 hour response to site in most major area
Escalation Management
Service delivery for hardware repairNext Business
Day or Mission
Critical
Next Business
Day or Mission
Critical
Next Business
Day Flexible
Technical support through tools, online, chat and phone 24x7 24x79x5 24x7
Direct access to elite ProSupport Plus & ProSupport Flex engineers
Dedicated Technical Account Manager
Monthly health check and performance recommendations
Monthly contract renewal and support history reporting
System maintenance (as needed)
Collaborative 3rd party assistance
ProSupport
Flex for Data
Center
Case Management API for helpdesk integration
2 hour response to site in most major cities
Support for up to 7 years
Automated case creation for issue resolution by SupportAssist
Self-service case management & parts dispatch through TechDirect