EMC - Copaco Cloud Event 2015 (break-out 3)

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SIMPLICITY VSPEX BLUE EMC Copaco Diederik de Jongh October, 2015


VSPEX BLUE A SINGLE, SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR IT

COMPUTE STORAGE NETWORK MANAGEMENT

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TODAY’S IT CHALLENGES

Below are just some of the questions you may be asking yourself as you look to develop your systems.

How do I forecast my IT budget for three years?

Will my IT scale fast enough?

Will my choice satisfy my requirements?

Will it be agile enough?

How do I manage multiple components?

How do I deal with multiple vendors?

How do I move to the cloud?

How do I keep my applications online?


EMC2 CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE

BLOCKS RACKS REFERENCE

ARCHITECTURES APPLIANCES


REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE

CONVERGED SYSTEM

HYPER CONVERGED

RACKSCALE SYSTEM

CI CATEGORY CHARACTERISTICS

DESIGN CENTERS AND TRADE-OFFS

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TER

TRAD

E-O

FFS

Proven

Stability/Predictability

Broad 2nd Platform Support

High “step-in” cost

Lack of Vendor Choice

Not optimal for 3rd Platform Apps

Proven

Choice/Flexibility

Broadest 2nd Platform Support

Variable Customer Experience

Complex Support Model

Not optimal for 3rd Platform Apps

Simplicity

Low Cost of Entry

2nd Platform Support

Storage/Compute don’t scale Independently

Limited economics of scale

Flexibility

Cloud scale

3rd Platform Apps

Limited data services

Not Optimal for 2nd Platform Apps


INTRODUCING EMC VSPEX BLUE

• A hyper-converged infrastructure appliance

- A software-defined building block approach combines compute, storage, networking and management resources in a single, simple solution

- Powered by EMC hardware and VMware EVO:RAIL software

• Simplifies and automates deployment, operations, management and upgrades

- Linear scale-out of capacity and performance

• No more need to pre-plan infrastructure purchases

• Delivers the agility your business demands

• Single point of global support from EMC


IT DELIVERED… SIMPLY

Agile, scalable and trusted, VSPEX BLUE radically simplifies the deployment, management and expansion of your IT infrastructure.

VSPEX BLUE is simple to… • Order – a single SKU

• Configure – driven by wizards

• Manage – use VSPEX BLUE Manager

• Scale – add up to eight (8) appliances

• Support – EMC Support 24/7

…and it… • Delivers hyper-converged infrastructure

• Eliminates complexity and the burden of advanced planning

• Is powered by Intel® Xeon® processor-based technology

BEFORE AFTER

Powered by Intel® Xeon® Processors


VSPEX BLUE HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

Intel® Xeon® Processor-Based Server Technology

PERFORMANCE MODEL STANDARD MODEL

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Dual Intel Ivy Bridge E5-2620 V2 (12 cores, 2.1 GHz)

MEM

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128GB

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32GB SLC SATADOM 400GB eMLC 2.5” SAS SSD

3 x 1.2TB 10K 2.5” SAS HDD 14.4TB (raw)

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2 x 10GbE SFP+ (Twinax DAC cables) or RJ45 ports (CAT 6 cables)

1 GbE for BMC port

Dual Intel Ivy Bridge E5-2620 V2 (12 cores, 2.1 GHz)

192GB

32GB SLC SATADOM 400GB eMLC 2.5” SAS SSD

3 x 1.2TB 10K 2.5” SAS HDD 14.4TB (raw)


1 GbE for BMC port


VSPEX BLUE APPLIANCE HARDWARE

• Processors (per node) - Intel Ivy Bridge (up to 130W)

- Dual processor

• Memory/processors (per node) - Four channels of Native DDR3 (1333)

- Up to eight DDR3 ECC R-DIMMS per server node

• Inputs/outputs (I/Os) (per node) - Dual GbE ports

- 1 x 8 PCIe Gen3 I/O Mezz Option (Quad GbE or Dual 10GbE)

- 1 x 16 PCIe Gen3HBA slots

- Integrated BMC with RMM4 support

• Chassis - 2U chassis supporting four hot swap nodes with half-width MBs

- 2 x 1200W (80+ & CS Platinum) redundant hot-swap PS

- Dedicated cooling/node (no SPoF) – 3 x 40mm dual rotor fans

- Front panel with separate power control per node

- 17.24” x 30.35” x 3.46”

• Disk - Integrated 4-Port SAT/SAS controller (SW RAID)

- Up to 16 (four per node) 2.5” HDD

Front

Back

NODE 3

NODE 1

NODE 4

NODE 2

NODE 4

NODE 2

NODE 3

NODE 1


VSPEX BLUE STANDARD MODEL

2 x Intel Dual Intel Ivy Bridge E5-2620 V2 (12 cores, 2.1 Ghz)

8 x 16GB (128GB) , 1666MHz DIMMS Memory

3 x 1.2TB 2.5” 10K RPM SASHDD

1 x 400GB 2.5” SAS SSD (VSAN Cache)

1 x 32GB SLC SATADOM (ESXi Boot Image)


Each appliance has four independent nodes consisting of:

X 4


VSPEX BLUE PERFORMANCE MODEL

2 x Intel Dual Intel Ivy Bridge E5-2620 V2 (12 cores, 2.1 Ghz)

6 x 32GB (192GB) , 1333MHz DIMMS Memory

3 x 1.2TB 2.5” 10K RPM SASHDD

1 x 400GB 2.5” SAS SSD (VSAN Cache)

1 x 32GB SLC SATADOM (ESXi Boot Image)


Each appliance has four independent nodes consisting of:

X 4


1. VSPEX BLUE Software

– VSPEX BLUE Manager extends hardware monitoring, and integrates with EMC Connect Home and online support facilities.

– VSPEX BLUE Market offers value-add EMC software products included with VSPEX BLUE.

2. VMware EVO:RAIL Engine

– Automates cluster deployment and configuration, as well as scale-out and non-disruptive updates

– Simple design with a clean interface, pre-sized VM templates and single-click policies

3. Resilient Cluster Architecture

– VSAN distributed datastore provides consistent and resilient fault tolerance

– vMotion provides system availability during maintenance and DRS load balances workloads

4. Software-defined data center (SDDC) building block

– Combines compute, storage, network and management resources into a single virtualized software stack with vSphere and VSAN

THE FOUNDATION

AT ITS CORE, VSPEX BLUE HAS FOUR KEY FEATURES


HOW TO DEPLOY VSPEX BLUE

Connect all 4 nodes in an appliance to customer supplied Top-of-Rack (TOR) switches

– 2X 10GbE ports per node

– 8X 10GbE ports for all 4 nodes

Connect a laptop with a web browser to the TOR switch

– Direct connect or management VLAN

Configure the TOR switch

– Enable multicast, IGMP Snooping, and IGMP Querier

Power on EMC VSPEX BLUE

Access EMC VSPEX BLUE IP from browser

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• Browser-agnostic, lightweight HTML5 graphic user interface (GUI)

• Stateless architecture interoperates with vCenter web client

• Uncluttered user interface

• Simple task automation

• Validates the input as the user enters it

SIMPLE TO SET UP


• Configures vCenter Server

• Configures ESXi host and VSAN for all nodes

• Completes all configurations that were not possible at the factory without the network IP address

SIMPLE TO SET UP


INITIALIZING CONFIGURING

BUILDING FINISHING

VSPEX BLUE APPLIANCE AUTOMATION

• Registering ESXi hosts with vCenter • Creating storage policies on vCenter • Setting up host names on ESXi hosts • Renaming vCenter Server network on ESXi hosts • Setting up NIC bonding on ESXi hosts • Setting up VSAN, vMotion, VM networks on ESXi hosts • Setting up NIC teaming on ESXi hosts • Setting up DNS on ESXi hosts • Restarting loudmouth on ESXi hosts • Setting up clustering for ESXi hosts

• Renaming datastore • Configuring password on ESXi hosts • Copying file to VSAN datastore

• Configuring password on vCenter Server • Configuring private DNS server on vCenter Server • Setting up management network on ESXi hosts • Configuring time on ESXi hosts • Configuring Syslog on ESXi hosts • Configuring host name on vCenter Server

• Restarting loudmouth • Accepting vCenter Server EULA • Creating vCenter Sever database • Creating appliance architecture in vCenter Server • Configuring password on ESXi hosts • Initializing SSO subsystem • Starting vCenter Server

VSPEX BLUE automates more than 200 configurations tasks and workflows, including those below.


PROVISIONING VMs

• Default provisioning policies by size of VMs and security

• Intuitive GUI for creating, cloning, powering on/off, and shutting down VMs

• Grid view shows all the VMs across multiple nodes and appliances

• Bi-directional interoperability with vCenter web client


MONITORING HEALTH & STATUS

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• Intuitive dashboard with filtering and sorting

• Monitors individual VMs, nodes or the entire appliances in a cluster

• Live statistics update analytics and trends

• Access vCenter web client for deep monitoring


SEAMLESS SCALE-OUT

• Automatically discovers each appliance and its nodes on the network

• Single click to join an appliance to an existing cluster

• Automatically distributes configuration and creates a single storage pool

• Scales out up to 8 appliances and 32 nodes


ZERO DOWNTIME PATCHES/UPDATES

• Patches and software updates with no workload downtime

• Update full clusters in just a couple of clicks

• Updates are made after validation

• Automatically moves workload between nodes

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VSPEX BLUE Manager Demo

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VSPEX BLUE DIFFERENTIATION

EMC VSPEX BLUE

Market

EMC VSPEX BLUE

Manager

EMC Secure Remote

Support VE

EMC RecoverPoint

for VMs

VMware Data Protection

Advanced

EMC CloudArray

VE

Partner Ecosystem (Future)


• Simplifies the support experience

• Embeds ESRS/VE and consumes web services

• Seamlessly integrates with EVO:RAIL and its facilities

• Provides complementary value that improves the appliance experience

• Implements a management framework that allows driving EMC value-add software as services

• Extends management orchestration for other use cases

• Enables VSPEX partner ecosystem

VSPEX BLUE MANAGER DESIGN GOALS


HARDWARE AWARENESS

• Provides information not available in EVO:RAIL

• Maps alerts to graphical representation of hardware configuration

• Displays detailed configuration of hardware parts for field services

• Aggregates health monitoring from vCenter and hardware BMC IPMI

• Integrates with ESRS Connect Home for proactive notification and problem resolution

• Integrates with eServices online support resources

• Automatically collects diagnostic logs and ingrates with vRealize Log Insight


CUSTOMER ENVIRONMENT EMC ENVIRONMENT

EMC VSPEX BLUE WITH ESRS

• Proactive two-way remote connection for your EMC products that is secure, high speed and operates 24x7

• Heartbeat ensures continuous monitoring, notification, and remote troubleshooting for 15% higher levels of availability

• Fast remote diagnosis and repair of potential problems before impact to business resulting in 5X faster service event resolution

• Receive support updates seamlessly and automatically

ESRS


Installation of operating environment updates

24x7 remote monitoring and repair

Onsite response with parts installation

Replacement parts delivery

Global technical support***

Rights to new releases of software

24x7 access to online support tools

Contract options from one (1) to five (5) years

* Non-CRU (customer replaceable units) only

** Severity 1 issues (sev 2 = same day, sev 3/4 = NBD – next business day)

NBD

24x7 9x5 24x7

24x7x4**

Business Hours

Support Essentials

24x7 Support

for Production

Environments

Mission Critical

Support for

Fastest Resolution

BASIC ENHANCED PREMIUM

NBD

NBD* 24x7x4**

EMC VSPEX BLUE SUPPORT


SOFTWARE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

• Installed Apps

– Displays installed software versions

– Discovers and downloads software updates

– Drives automated non-disruptive software upgrade

• VSPEX BLUE Market

– Integrates access to qualified value-add EMC software products included with VSPEX BLUE and VMware software

• EMC CloudArray Virtual Edition

• EMC RecoverPoint for VMs

• VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced (VDPA)


• VSPEX BLUE appliance includes EMC CloudArray Virtual Edition license, entitling 1 TB cache and 10 TB cloud storage with support

• Leverages public and private cloud storage to go beyond the VSPEX BLUE appliance’s physical capacity and offload 2nd tier data

• Encryption in-flight and at-rest with secure local key management

• Bandwidth throttling and data compression to optimize network access cost

• Snapshots for cloud storage data protection

• NAS support providing CIFS and NFS file services for guest applications

VSPEX BLUE CLOUD ARRAY VE

Virtually Limitless Cloud Storage

Synaptic


• VSPEX BLUE appliance includes EMC RecoverPoint for VMs license entitling 15 VMs with support

• Protect VMs at VM-level granularity

• Asynchronous and synchronous replication

• Consistency group for application-consistent recovery

• vCenter plug-in integration

• Discovery, provisioning, and orchestration of DR workflow management

• WAN compression and deduplication to optimize bandwidth utilization

VSPEX BLUE RECOVERPOINT FOR VMs

VMware ESXi

Production Journal

VMware vCenter

Plug-in

RDM

WAN

Journal Replica

VMware ESXi

VMware vCenter

Plug-in

RDM

Hyper-Converged Remote Site

Main Data Center


• VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced (VDPA) is backup management, recovery, and replication utility based on EMC Avamar deduplication technology

– Variable-length deduplication with Changed-Block Tracking (CBT) backup/restore

• VDPA includes Data Domain (DD) Boost-based backup to EMC Data Domain target

– Increase throughput by 50% and decrease network bandwidth

• VDPA replicates and offloads backup process to Avamar Grid

• VDPA supports application-consistent guest-level backup for Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint

• VSPEX BLUE appliance customers can use VDPA compatible with the vSphere Enterprise Plus version included in EVO:RAIL software bundle

VSPEX BLUE AND VDPA

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VDPA

Avamar Grid Backup Server

Data Domain Backup Storage


GLOBAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT

• IT-in-a-Box

• VDI-in-a-Box

• Virtual Desktop Platform • Private Cloud Platform

ECS

VPLEX Avamar

Data Domain

RecoverPoint

Large ROBO

Midmarket

SME, Site/LOB/Department

Enterprise

Core Data Center

• Service Catalog • Operations Management

• Desktop/Apps Image Management

Centralized Management and Orchestration


VSPEX BLUE USE CASES

Business Applications

Virtual Desktops

Virtualized Environments

Test and Development

Remote Office

Managed SP On Premise

Stand alone deployment or integrated with Private/Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure


EMC VSPEX BLUE LICENSING

• Integrated hardware and software appliance

– Single SKU ordering experience – for simplicity

• Appliance software

– VMware EVO: RAIL software bundle

• Single license key

• Enterprise License Agreements

– EMC VSPEX BLUE appliance management

• VSPEX BLUE Manager

– EMC Connect Home remote support enablement

• ESRS/VE

– EMC remote replication software*

• RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, 15 VMs

– EMC cloud storage gateway disk capacity extension and file services software*

• CloudArray Virtual Edition, 1TB local cache and 10 TB cloud storage

• 1-5 year hardware and software maintenance options

*Activation Required


EMC VSPEX BLUE APPLIANCE

First Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance from EMC

EMC INNOVATION REDEFINE SIMPLICITY

• Powered by VMware and EMC Software

• Provides Linear Scaling & Performance

• Each Appliance Adds: Compute, Storage, Networking and Management

• Power up to VM provisioning in 15 minutes

• Fully orchestrated installation, management, upgrading and patching

• Simple to Manage, Simple to Scale

• Single Point of Support Provided by EMC

• First …with virtually unlimited access to public cloud storage … with remote support and diagnostics

• Best …Data Protection capabilities through EMC RecoverPoint for VMs and EMC backup technology

• Only …with EMC award winning global support …integrated with EMC Hybrid Cloud to provide enterprise wide Hybrid Cloud capability


BENEFITS

• Designed to respond quickly to changing IT demands

• Eliminates advanced IT forecasting & Budgeting

• Speed time to deployment with single, elastic pool of software define resources

• Streamline operations with automated deployment, upgrades and patches

• Linear scale-out with small incremental, cost-effective building block approach

• Eliminates need for pre-planned infrastructure capacity purchases – just add an appliance to add 100VMs

• EMC Cloud Gateway provides access to unlimited cloud storage

• One call global support with single point of accountability for hardware and software

• EMC Secure Remote Services (ESRS) enables remote monitoring, diagnostics and repair

• Industry leading Data Protection safeguards entire system – Hardware and Software

AGILE SCALABLE TRUSTED

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EMC VSPEX BLUE

Market

EMC VSPEX BLUE

Manager

EMC Secure Remote

Support VE

EMC RecoverPoint

for VMs

VMware Data Protection

Advanced

EMC CloudArray

VE

Partner Ecosystem (Future)