Windows Server 2012 Desktop Virtualization (VDI) on Dell Active InfrastructureJohn Russell, Solution Manager, Dell

Senthil Baladhandayutham, Solution Development Manager, Dell

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Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions

The Power to Do More

Combining a comprehensive end-to-end portfolio of solutions, Dell leverages its expertise in data center, services and end-points to empower IT to meet the needs of a rapidly changing workforce

The workplace is changing, so must IT

48%Percent of smartphones used at work are chosen without regard of IT support (Forrester4)

~40%

50 percent of organizations already support or plan to support employee-owned devices (IDC5)

>40%

Influence on supporting non standard devices from executives and VPs

1. IDC: “Consumerization of IT: An IDC survey,” by IDC, Doc #227925, April 2011.3. Gartner Hosted Virtual Desktop set to grow server demands for SMB March 20114. Forrester: Consumerization Drivers Smartphone Proliferation, December 20115,6. IDC. Consumerization of IT: An IDC survey,” by IDC, Doc #227925, April 2011.

Technology

#3Desktop Virtualization is the third highest priority of server projects (Gartner3)

Workforce

66%Percentage growth in the number of devices IT isexpected to support by2012 (IDC2)

93%Percent of respondents are proactively moving forward or still evaluating Cloud Services (Gartner1)

Powerful market forces adding to the demand and increasing IT complexity

User mobilityExciting new

devicesNew Mobile, Global

Workforce

User choice IT security and control

VDI conversations start with the drivers of adoption

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Consumerization and BYOD – access from anywhere, any time

and any device

Migrating toWindows 7/8

Enhancing IT flexibility via cloud, virtual and green

computing

Improving IT resource efficiency and desktop

management

$$

Increasing securityand compliance

Improving businesscontinuity and

end user productivity

Enabling our customers to Do More

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Improve end user productivityDeliver mobility freedom using any device

Secure dataCentralize & back up data plus end point to data center security options

Maximize IT investmentsReduce or redeploy desktop support resources

Simplify ManagementStreamline image & application updates, deployments and failure recovery

The Power to

Do More

Desktop Virtualization Solutions Portfolio Simplified

SimpleIT Infrastructure

EnterpriseAdvanced

IT Infrastructure

CustomerInfrastructure

DVS Simplified Appliance

Dell EnterpriseInfrastructure

DVS Simplified Desktop as a Service

DVS EnterpriseDesktop as a Service

DellManaged

CustomerManaged

Hosted inDell Cloud Dell Dell

DVS Enterprise – Dell VDI Methodology

Workshop Discovery

Feasibility

BluePrint Assessment

Design / Plan

Implement Operate

Determine if Desktop Virtualization is right for you

Discovery Workshop

Feasibility

BluePrint Assessment

Design & Propose

Implement Operate

Dell can deliver on-going management of your DVS solution

Leverage Dell’s extensive integration testing for a faster time to value

With a full understanding of your needs, we design your Integrated Solution Stack

Dell’s Economic Impact Analysis Tool defines potential savings and costs

Understand your environment now and identify the best users to virtualize

Consulting engagement assesses current environment and designs the right solution

1/2 day 1/2 to 1 day 5–7 wks 2–4 wks Variable

Dell’s devices for evolving customer needs

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For the mobile professional

For the mobile professional

Business-class performance

Thin Client Wyse

Laptops Latitude & Vostro

Mobile Devices XPS

and mobile

Ultra mobile

Next-generation cloud/zero

clients

For the mobile professional

Business-class performance

…and software enabling mobile and handheld devices

from nearly any maker

Desktops Optiplex

DVS Enterprise solutions. A choice of flexible deployment models

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Maximum choice Maximum integration

Accelerated time to

value

• Mix storage and network from multiple providers• Leverage DVS Enterprise RA for expert guidance• Maximum choice and flexibility• Optional services

• DVS Advisor recommends optimal design for any size configuration

• Services packages: consultative “blueprint” process for any situation

• Pre-integrated converged infrastructure for VDI and other workloads

• Quick to quote, order, and implement• Flexible configuration within boundaries

DVS Enterprise – Active Infrastructure

DVS Enterprise – Workload Optimized

Fully custom solution

Introducing Dell Active System Results-driven innovations

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SupportDeploymentManagement

Hypervisor

Network

Storage

Compute

RapidlyrespondIntelligent orchestration

that is intuitive

Intuitive • Active System Manager automates and streamlines steps

75%fewer steps from

“power on toproduction”

Improve efficiency & quality

Systems-level efficiency that is comprehensive

Comprehensive • Purpose built, end-to-end design

• Unified support

45%better systemperformance

per watt

Seamlessly

scaleModular, scalable systems that are flexible

Flexible • Industry’s only ¼ height blade server

• Blade I/O Aggregator optimized for virtualization

2.3Xmore computenodes per rack

Support

Deployment

Dell-Microsoft VDI Technical Overview

Senthil Baladhandayutham

Agenda1. Design Goals2. Solution Models3. Software & Solution Architecture4. Workload Design and Characterization5. Performance Results6. RDS Management , RemoteFx & Lync

2013 Demo

Dell –Microsoft VDI Design Goals

Lowest Cost VDI Solution Equivalent Performance, Lowest Cost Per Seat

Easy to Manage and DeploySimplified Deployment and Management, From PoC to Scale

Highly Flexible Flexible Hardware, software and endpoint choices

Highly Scalable Solution Scalable from POC to Pilot

Dell DVS Enterprise Flexible Solution Models

Maximumflexibility

Faster time to

value

Maximum choice Maximum integration

DVS Enterprise highly flexible solutionDVS Enterprise VDI Optimized solution

Active Infrastructure Pre-Integrated systems

Solution POD’s

• Value Focus Optimized for VDI Pilots• Supports upto

10 Task workers*

Enterprise-class hardware

Enterprise- class software

10 user Trial Kit

• *Per stack, based on Login VSI /Basic workloads. See Ref. Architectures for complete details

• [2] Validation still in progress. See RA for final details

• Dell PowerEdge Servers• Dell EQL Storage• Dell F10 Networking• Dell Wyse Thin clients

• Windows Server 2012 with RDS

• Dell vWorkspace 8.0

End-End Services

• Dell Blueprint Assessment• Dell App Packaging,

Migration

Dell Cluster in a Box POD

Scalable POD

• Dell VRTX Optimized for small business and branch offices• Supports upto 300-

Task workers[2]

• Highly scalable optimized for large scale deployments• Supports upto

1000 Task workers*

Dell VRTX

New

RDS-Software Architecture

RDS Management RolesBrokers connection between end users and virtual resources( pooled, persistent and session host desktops)

RD Connection Broker

Web UI presenting resources (desktops and apps) that are

entitled to the user

RD Web Access

Manages the RDS licenses that are required for each devices or user to connect to the RDS host

server

RD License Server

Enables authorized remote users to connect to resources on corporate network

RD Gateway RD Session Host

Server that hosts Windows based Apps or windows server desktops

Servers that hosts pooled and personal virtual desktops

RD Virtualization Host

RDS Collection Types

Personal VMs

Pooled VMs

Ease of management

App compatibility

Personalization

Cost effectiveness

GoodBetterBest

Sessions

RD Connection Brokers

Personal Desktop

Pooled Desktops

RD WEBSession Hosts

User on LAN

VDI

Corp LAN

1User login

2Get list of published

apps & collections

End To End LAN Communication Flow

User profile disks

User profile disks

SQL

6Connection to a VM or a

sessionClick on a

published app or a collection

3 RDP connectio

n

4

Auth user and send back

routing info to the best target

5

RD Connection Brokers

Personal Desktop

Pooled Desktops

RD WEB

RD Gateway

Session HostsUsers from internet

VDI

Corp LANInternet

End To End WAN Communication Flow

User profile disks

User profile disks

SQL

1User login

2Get list of published

apps & collections

Click on a published app or a collection

3 RDP connection thru RD Gateway

4

6

Auth user and send back

routing info to the best target

Connection to a VM or a

session

5

Solution Architecture

Hardware Solution PortfolioModel Description

F10- Force 10ToR switch for routing LAN and iSCSI Traffic

R720-Rack ServerDell Rack Servers used for hosting Management and Compute VM’S

Dell EQL PS 4100E Tier 2 array to store management VM’S and user profile Data

Dell VRTX-Cluster in the Box

Dell Cluster In a Box optimized for small office environment

T110-Tower Server Tower server-Recommended for small user pilots

Dell Wyse T10Dell Wyse D10DDell Wyse D90D8Dell Wyse Z90D8

Dell Wyse Cloud clients optimized to support from task worker workload to high end graphics workload

New

Local Tier1- Architecture• In this solution design, VDI sessions use

local Compute server hard disks for Tier 1 storage and execution.

• Tier 2 shared storage has two purposes in this design:• Storage for VDI user profiles & data.• Management server VM storage and

execution.

• Solution provides linear scaling from entry to very large deployments.

Single Server 10 user Pilot KitM

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1x S55

Force10

1G LAN

File

1xT110

16GB RAM

4 x 7.2K HD

1 x CPUHyp

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V

User DataMgmt VMs

(Network may be customer provided)

RD Virtualization Host

RDCB + Licensing

10 x Pooled Desktops*

*Per stack, based on Login VSI Basic workloads. See Ref. Architectures for complete details

Base Deployment PODN

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Com

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1x

Mg

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R720 32GB RAM

2 x 15K HD

2xCPU

1x

Hyp

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1x

S55

Force10

1G LAN

iSCSI

RD Web Access + Gateway

File

RDCB + Licensing

R720

96 GB RAM

2 x 15K HD

2 x CPU

Hyp

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V

10 x 15K HD

RD Session Host 150 x Pooled Win7*

230 x Pooled Win8[2]

260 x Shared Sessions

4 x RD Session Host VMs

User DataMgmt

VMs

PS4100E12 x 1TB NL SAS

1G iSCSI

1xProfile Disks

R720

192GB RAM

12 x 15K HD

2 x CPU

Hyp

er-

V

3* GPU

RD Virtualization Host

Or 1 x

Volumes Size (GB)

Purpose

Management 500 GB

RDS VMs, File Server

User Data 2048GB

File Server

User Profiles 20GB User profiles

100 x GPU Win8*

*Density #’s are based on Basic workload for Pooled Desktops and Premium Graphics workload for GPU Desktops

[2] We are still in the process of validating Windows 8. Final #’s will be published as part of RA

50% Density increase with Windows 8

Base Deployment POD- High Availability

Netw

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R720 32GB RAM

2 x 15K HD

2xCPU

2x

Hyp

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2x

S55

Force10

1G LAN

iSCSI

RD Connection Broker

R720

96B RAM

2 x 15K HD

2 x CPU

Hyp

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V

10 x 15K HD

RD Session Host

N+1N+1

4 x RD Session Host VMs

User Data

PS4100E12 x 1TB NL SAS

1G iSCSI

1xProfile Disks

R720

192GB RAM

2 x 15K HD

2 x CPU

Hyp

er-

V

10 x 15K HD

RD Virtualization Host

Or 2x

R720 32GB RAM

2 x 15K HD

2xCPUHyp

er-

V

RD Web Access + Gateway

RDCB + Licensing

Hyper-V Cluster

Mgmt VMs

Cluster Shared Volumes

SQL

SQLMirror

SQLSQL

Witness

1. Add HA to Hardware Tier

2. Create CSV on PS4100E

3. Cluster Management Nodes

4. Configure SQL in HA mode

5. Add HA to Connection Broker

HA in 5 Easy StepsFile Server

Graphics POD

R720

192GB RAM

2 x 15K HD

2 x 2.6Ghz CPU

Hyp

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V

10 x 15K HDCom

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te

2 x GPU’s

100 x Shared GPU Desktops

nVidia Grid K1

AMD FirePro™ S7000

nVidia Grid K2 AMD FirePro™ S9000

GPU/ card 4 GPU’s 1 GPU 2 GPU’s 1 GPU

Cores 768 CUDA Cores

1280 Cores 3072 Cores 1792 Cores

Memory/GPU 4GB/GPU16 GB /Card

4GB 4GB/GPU8GB/Card

6GB

# of cards / R720 Server 2 3 2 2

Premium Graphics DX Heavy Graphics

vRAM……Resolution

Maximum number of monitors in VM setting

1 2 4 8

1024 x 768 48 MB 52 MB 58 MB 70 MB

1280 x 1024 80 MB 85 MB 95 MB 115 MB

1600 x 1200 120 MB 126 MB 142 MB  

1920 x 1200 142 MB 150 MB 168 MB  

2560 x 1600 252 MB 268 MB    

Cheat sheet for # of VM’s supported on a single GPU.# of GPU VM’S=Total GPU memory/(Minimum vRAM to start)Ex: On a 4GB CARD, with 1600*1200,# of GPU VM’s=( 4GB/120MB)=34 VM’sNote: The VRAM allocated to GPU at runtime is different than the startup vRAM

Min VRAM to start

Workload Design & Characterization

Workload Characterization1. Design Workload

• Define Real world workload based on end user profile (Task, Knowledge, Power, Graphics user)

• optimize Image with antivirus, windows optimization scripts

2. Measure Performance Characteristics• Compute Layer Performance(CPU, Memory, GPU utilization)• Management Layer Performance( Broker, SQL scaling)• I/O Bottlenecks (Login storm, Boot storm)• Impacts of end points(Mobile, thin, thick)• End user experience( Login time, App load time, Network Latency)

3. Optimize the solution • Build end- end solution optimized for best performance for a given workload

Workload SummaryWorkload Apps in the Workload VM

ConfigNotes

Basic1vCPU1 GB

3 Runs/ workload• 100%

PrebootedStandard1vCPU1.5GB

Premium1vCPU2.5 GB

Premium Plus-Graphics

2 vCPU80-125 MB Video RAM

• nVidia K1• AMD

S7000

3D Graphics-DX Heavy

2 vCPUMemoryUpto 384 MB video RAM

• nVidia K2• AMD

S9000

30 fps

30 fps16-24 fpsGP

U A

ssis

ted

CP

U A

ssis

ted

Performance Parameters & Tools• EUX Monitoring• Liquidware Stratusphere UX• Avg CPU, Memory, Disk I/O,• CPU Queue Depth, Page Faults• User Login time, App Load time,• Network Latency

• Graphics Performance Monitoring• Windows Server 2012 Performance Monitor • Input/Output Frames/Sec• Frames Skipped/ Insufficient client Resources• Frames Skipped/ Insufficient server Resources• Frames Skipped/ Insufficient Network Resources

• GPU-Z & Process Explorer• GPU Utilization and VRAM utilization

Performance Results

150 Basic User Win7 RDVH Performance

Sustained CPU at Peak Load Sustained IOPS at Peak Load

RDVH Compute Host – PowerEdge R7202 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 Processor (2.9Ghz)

192GB Memory (12 x 8GB DIMMs @ 1600Mhz) (RDVH)

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

2 x 300GB SAS 6Gbps 15k Disks (OS)- RAID 1

10 x 300GB SAS 6Gbps 15k Disks (VDI)- RAID 10

Login

Steady State

Logoff

Logoff

Max CPU Utilization

Max Memory Utilization

N/w Utilization

Steady State IOPS

Avg Logic time

End User Experience

82% 61% 18 Mbps 1500 20 sec Good

Login

Steady State Logoff

RDSH Compute Host – PowerEdge R7202 x Intel Xeon E5-2690 Processor (2.9Ghz)

96GB Memory (12 x 8GB DIMMs @ 1600Mhz) (RDSH)

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

2 x 300GB SAS 6Gbps 15k Disks (OS)-RAID 1

10 x 300GB SAS 6Gbps 15k Disks (VDI)-RAID 10PERC H710 Integrated 1GB RAID Controller

Physical Host VM1 VM2 VM3 VM4

Allocated CPU

16 Physical/ 32 Logical

8 vCPUs 8 vCPUs 8 vCPUs 8 vCPUs

Allocated Memory

96GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB

Sessions

260 65 65 65 65

CPU 74% 84% 86% 82% 85%Memory 88% 79% 76% 74% 75%IOPS 542 140 137 135 130Network 26 Mbps n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sustained CPU at Peak Load

Sustained IOPS at Peak Load

260 Basic User RDSH Performance

`

Login

Steady State

Logoff

Login

Steady State

Logoff

vGPU Performance- Premium Graphics(Win8)RDVH Compute Host – PowerEdge R7202 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 Processor (2.6Ghz)

192GB Memory (12 x 8GB DIMMs @ 1600Mhz) (RDVH)

2*S7000 AMD, 8 GB vRAM

12 x 300GB SAS 6Gbps 15k Disks

PERC H710 Integrated 1GB RAID Controller – RAID10

# of users Max CPU Utilization

Output Frames/Sec

GPU 1 Utilization

GPU2 Utilization

Network Bandwidth

30 users/ S7000 GPU

45% 30 fps 88% 85% 2-3 Mbps/user

3.5 GB 3.4 GB

Output Frames/sec

Input Frames/sec

*Validation is in progress. 2xS700 were tested. See RA for final numbers

Performance Monitor ResultsOutput Frames/secInput Frames/sec

30 Output fps when playing GPU intensive load

Process Explorer and GPU-z Results

High-end DX Heavy Game Designer Workload-Win8RDVH GPU Compute Host – PowerEdge

R7202 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 Processor (2.6Ghz)

192GB Memory (12 x 8GB DIMMs @ 1600Mhz)

1*S9000 AMD, 6GB vRAM, 1280*1024 Resolution12 x 300GB SAS 6Gbps 15k Disks ( RAID 10)

# of users vGPU Performance Software GPU PerformanceMax CPU

Rendered fps GPU vRAM Utilization

Max CPU Rendered fps

65 users/S9000 GPU

50% 30 fps 5.6 GB/93% 80% 18 fps

Compile and execute a Full screen Modern app with 3D object

*Validation is in progress. See RA for final numbers

65 Win8 Users DX Heavy Game Designer Performance

vGPU fps S/W GPU fps

vGPU Jitter

S/W GPU Jitter

VGPU Frame Rate on average at 30 fps. When ever fps dips below 20, you see lot of jitter in the rendered frame rateFr

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ate

High Jitter when fps dipped below 20 fps

Software GPU Frame Rate on average at 18 fps.

S/W GPU frames has High Jitter compared to VGPU

Solution Scale SummaryDesign Scale Manageme

nt HostsCompute

HostsRDSH

Sessions

  RDVH Sessions

HA

10 User POC 0 1 0   10 -

RDSH+ RDVH Combined

1 1 130 and 75 Win7 + 1 Compute+1 Mgmt

Base Deployment POD

1 1 260 or 150 Win7 + 1 Compute+1 Mgmt230 Win 8

Scalable Deployment POD

1 4 1040 or 600 Win7 + 1 Compute+1 Mgmt3 1040 Or 690 Win 8

Graphics POD 1 1 n/a or 100 Win8 GPU

+ 1 Compute+1 Mgmt

• *Per stack, based on Basic/ Premium Plus Graphic workloads. See Ref. Architectures for complete details

Test Test Test EUX!

Key Take-Aways• Optimize for best performance and best EUX.• In your VDI planning, do account for end point

and network performance in-addition to Datacenter performance

• Software GPU is good enough for 2D Model and entry level 3D Rendering . As you move up to high end graphic apps, considering adding GPU to your deployment

• Always test your high end Graphics Apps for App compatibility before large scale production roll-out

Dell-Microsoft Better Together Plans Windows 2012 Feature Set Dell Solution

Architecture

End User Experience

Support for windows 8 guest and client devices

Optimized architecture for Windows 8

Support for office 2013Support for Lync 2013 offline Plugin

Scaling guidance and best practices Reference architecture to support office 2013

Support for Remote Fx graphics(DirectX)

Integrated solution architecture to support high end graphics

Cluster in a Box deployments

Accelerated provisioning and deployment using Windows Server 2012 Cluster in a BOX architecture

VDI architecture based on Dell VRTX platform, optimized for small business and branch office roll outs

RDS Management ,RemoteFX & Lync 2013 DemoSenthil BaladhandayuthamJohn Russell

Related Sessions to View• What's New in Windows Server 2012 Virtual

Desktop Infrastructure and Remote Desktop Services (WCA-B350 )

• Designing a VDI Architecture for Scale and Performance on Server 2012 (WCA-B314)

• Tuning Images for VDI Usage(WCA-B341 )

• Reduce Storage Costs with Data Deduplication(MDC-B342 )

Resources• Dell Microsoft VDI on Windows Server 2012 http://

www.dell.com/Learn/us/en/555/flexible-computing/dvs-enterprise-windows-server-2012?c=us&l=en&s=biz

• Dell Microsoft 2000 seat VDI deployment Benchmark

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/rss.aspx

Windows Track ResourcesWindows Enterprise: windows.com/enterprise

Windows Springboard: windows.com/ITpro

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Package (MDOP): microsoft.com/mdop

Desktop Virtualization (DV): microsoft.com/dv

Windows To Go: microsoft.com/windows/wtg

Outlook.com: tryoutlook.com

System Center 2012 Configuration Managerhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh667640.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_105_1_33

Windows Intunehttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windowsintune/try-and-buy

Windows Server 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server

Windows Server 2012 VDI and Remote Desktop Serviceshttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/virtual-desktop-infrastructure.aspx

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