Dell EMC XC Series
Dell EMC XC-Serie:
Hyper-konvergente Appliance
powered by Nutanix
HCI Overview
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agree that if they do not
embrace IT Transformation,
their firm will no longer be
competitive in their market
As application ecosystems
become more complex, IT must
transform to deliver greater
Efficiency
Predictability
and Business Agility
Source: Dell EMC 2017 IT Transformation Maturity Study (ESG)
Business complexity is driving IT transformation
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What’s driving interest?
Ability to respond quickly to business threats or
opportunities
Simplify operations with software-driven automation and
life cycle management
Public-cloud efficiency and economics, but with
peace of mind ofon premises
Start small and easily scale up or scale out
while maintaining performance levels
Improve efficiency and lower operational costs
Main drivers
Agility Simplicity Modernization Scalability
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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
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2017: HCI goes primetime
47% of survey respondents using HCI for
primary infrastructure3
45% are deploying mixed workloads
on HCI3
CUSTOMERS ARE ALREADY
MODERNIZING WITH HCIHCI HAS CROSSED THE
RELIABILITY THRESHOLD
DELL EMC HAS #1 HCI PORTFOLIO
ScalabilitySimplicityAgility Modernize
>60% customers to adopt HCI by 20171
75% deployments in core data center1
HCI market $1.5B to $6B by 20202
1. 451 Research, December 20162. Gartner Group, October 20163. Topline Research, August 2017
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High-speed Ethernet
• Connects nodes together to create
cluster
• Enables HCI to deliver high IOPS and
reduced latencies
x86 servers
• High-performance processors, large
memory
• Flash media delivers consistent,
predictable performance
Virtualization
• Abstracts compute and network functions
• Enables physical resources to be shared
• Greatly improves utilization, mobility and
security
Software-defined storage
• Abstracts storage functions from hardware
• Virtualizes direct-attach storage into
shared pool
• Automates provisioning, load balancing
Key building blocks for HCI
Server
SAN
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Start small and scale efficientlyC
ap
ex
Traditional SAN Hyper-Converged
Initia
l $
Add servers
and disks
Initia
l $
Scale incrementally
Add nodes
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Over
30%less
Storage
Tech refresh
CAPEX cycles
Forklift upgrades
Over provisioning
No silos
Pay-as-you-grow
No migrations
Scale on demand
Wikibon 2017 study: HCI lowers TCO
SAN
Traditional SAN Hyper-Converged
9 Source: Wikibon
Servers
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HCI is running both traditional and cloud-native workloads
Traditional business apps
Test/Dev IaaS, PaaSBig Data analytics
Today the majority of HCI deployments are running a variety of workloads as well as VDI
Virtual Desktop Infrastrcutiure
Dell EMC XC Series on 14th
Generation PowerEdge
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XC Series on 14th generation PowerEdgeBUILT ON THE BEDROCK OF THE MODERN DATA CENTER
• POWERFUL
• PURPOSEFUL
• POLISHED
150custom requirements for Dell EMC HCI
built into 14th generation PowerEdge
50%Increased performance for compute
intensive workloads
up to up to 93%
Increased compute capability for
workloads with storage density as
requirement
Dell – Internal Use - Confidential
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Dell EMC XC Series Hyperconverged AppliancesThe ideal selection when choice across industry leading hypervisors is a requirement
61%Lower cost of
operations1
99%Less unplanned
downtime1
1. IDC: “Dell EMC XC Series Creating Value as Scalable, Efficient, Hyperconverged Platform”, November 2017 Ad # G17000262
2. Based on Dell EMC internal analysis, Nov, 2017 Ad# G17000260
93%More compute for
storage dense
apps2
50%More GPU
power2
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XC640-4 & -4i XC640-10 XC740xd-24 XC740xd-12 XC740xd-12C XC740xd-12R
Remote /Branch
Office
VDI, test/dev,
private cloud,
virtualized apps
High performance
VDI, Microsoft SQL,
Oracle OLTP
Storage-heavy
Exchange, Share-
Point, big data
Storage capacity,
no workload VMs/
virtual desktops
Storage replication
node, no VMs/VDI
• 4x 3.5” Drives
• 64GB – 1.5TB
• Hybrid, all flash
• XC640-4: 3+ node
mission critical
• XC640-4i: 1 or 2 node
non-mission critical
• 10x 2.5” Drives
• 4x 3.5” Drives
• Hybrid, all flash,
NVME+SSD
• NVME
• 128GB – 1.5TB
memory
• 24x 2.5” Drives
• 64GB – 1.5TB
memory
• Hybrid, all flash,
NVME+SSD
• Nvidia M10 and M60
GPUs
• 12x 3.5” Drives
• 128GB – 1.5TB
memory
• Hybrid, all flash
• 12x 3.5” Drives
• 64GB – 768GB
memory
• Hybrid, all flash
• 12x 3.5” Drives
• 64GB – 768GB
memory
• Hybrid, all flash
XC Series Appliances on 14th Generation PowerEdge Servers
Built with higher performance Intel® Xeon Scalable Processors, more memory
bandwidth, NVMe SSDs, SAS/SATA SSDs and HDDs, PCIe Card w/Mirrored boot
drives, 10Gb SFP+, 10Gb BaseT, 25Gb SFP28 with RoCE
Hypervisor choice: Hyper-V, AHV and ESXi
XC Series advantages
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Dell EMC and Nutanix working together
2013
Initial
discussions
Market momentum
• 1,500+ customers
• 17,000+ nodes
• 45+ countries
Fully integrated offering optimizes customer experience
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Partnership
and product
2015
Full
portfolio
2016
Enhanced offerings
and extended partnership
2017
Adding strength
Of Dell EMC ecosystem &
newest PowerEdge servers
MarketingSupport SalesEngineering
and product Mgmt.
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XC Series provides a complete solution
Dell EMC XC Series
General
Workloads
Workload optimized
PowerEdge configurations
Software
“Glue”
enhances deploy, manage,
recover, automate
Global Support for XC
Series solution
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Dell EMC IP augments Nutanix software
• Workflow orchestration across multiple nodes and clusters
• Enable one-click backups to Avamar Virtual Edition
• Enable one-click Azure backup
Software tools exclusive to PowerEdge server-based appliances that enable simplified life cycle management
Deploy Recover Manage Automate
• Pre-configures BIOS
and management
settings
• Fully installs
software stack
• First-time boot
wizards
• Validates network
readiness
• Pre-installed utility for
bare-metal restore to
factory state
• Bare-metal restore to
any released software
stack with USB tool
• In-band hardware
management via
RestAPI
• Hardware monitoring
• Enforce version
management
compliance
• Automates FW and
software updates
• Workflow
orchestration across
multiple nodes and
clusters
• Enable one-click
backups to Avamar
Virtual Edition
• Enable one-click
Azure backup
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ProSupport
Customer benefits
• Maximize productivity by
leveraging Dell EMC scale
and skill
• Minimize disruptions
with round-the-clock
access to highly trained
experts
• Gain efficiency through a
single source for all your
support needs
Dell EMC XC Series support offerings
Single source
ProSupport engineers
Hypervisor and OS support
Third-party collaborative assistance
Tools and technology
SupportAssist
TechDirect
Always accessible
24x7x365, phone, email, chat, social media
167 countries, 55 languages
On-site response options*
We’ll take care of support so you can take care of business
Comprehensive
hardware and
software support
ProDeploy
On-site implementation,
including planning,
installation, and
configuration
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Simplifying Dell EMC Networking Solutions
Optimized for rapid deployment,
scaling ease, and low TCO
Planning• Reference architectures
• Solution brief with
recommended switches
Deployment• Network/switch
configuration and
validation
• Networking deployment
guides and best
practicesManagement• Dell OpenManage
Network Manager
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
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XC Series with optimized ecosystem
Dell EMC XC Series
Microsoft optimization
Best Practices &
WhitepapersVM VM
VM VM
General
Workloads
VDI Networking
Cloud Native Application Development
Workload optimized
PowerEdge configurations
Software
“Glue”
enhances deploy, manage,
recover, automate
Global Support for XC
Series solution
Integrated Data Protection
Easy Button
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Dell EMC Ready System for VDI on XC Series
General
Workloads
Differentiation
• Choice of hypervisor and connection broker
• Highly scalable
• Deduplication and data compression
• Optimized Dell EMC hardware on Nutanix software
• 5-year working relationship between Dell EMC and Nutanix
VDI on HCI for customers wanting ultimate flexibility – powered by Nutanix
Hyper-converged nodes on XC640 and XC740xd
NVIDIA GRID M10 or M60 GPUs
Choice of Hybrid or All Flash storage configurations
Available from 3 to 1000+ nodes per cluster
Services: Deployment, Integration, Support
Solution benefits
• Predictable per-seat cost & performance, and linear scale to
support a growing workforce
• Ideal for rapid deployments
• Scale rapidly with workload specific configurations per platform
• 6X faster time to value compared to traditional VDI solutions*
and 27% lower cost than traditional solutions*
Choice of hypervisor and connection broker:
▪ Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi
▪ Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp, VMware Horizon
Nutanix SDS software
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Bridging the Data Protection Gap
Data protection starts with the core infrastructure
XC Series Built In Data Protection
• Local backup using VM-centric snapshots
• Flexible cloning of snapshots
• Data replication across multiple sites– Ability to recover from, or fail over to remote
site
• Cloud connectivity to backup to public cloud services
83%say data protection is a mandatory
or very important criteria when
selecting a modern infrastructure
Dell EMC’s 2016 Global Data Protection Index
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Seamless Single Solution IntegrationDeployed, managed, and supported as a single turnkey solution
SIMPLEScalable Protection
FASTSpeed To Meet Backup Windows
EFFICIENTReduce Costs & ManagementDD Boost
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Single Pane View of Data Protection Environment
Resources Activity Alerts
Data protection delivered with the simplicity of the XC Series
Common feel with the XC
Series management:
• Saves additional
training time
• Enables greater agility
by through workforce
collaboration
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Building cloud-native applications on XC Series
• Bringing benefits of HCI to the
application development
• Focusing users on application
as the unit of scale
Scalable
Dev Ops• Rapid application deployment
• Building an idea in the morning
and shipping same day
On premises• Reliability with proven
XC Series infrastructure
• Data and applications hosted
on PCF securely and safely
Simplified• Built on the easy-to-use XC
Series platform
• Solution deployment with
reference architectures
and deployment guides
XC Series and
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57%
lower cost over 5 years for HW, maintenance, power and datacenter space*29%
less time to manage and support
0Payback period as short as
8 months*
61%
lower totalcost of operations on average over 5 years
Up to 31%
less power and
99% reduced
impact of unplanned
downtime on user
productivity
five-year ROI
up to *
Sources: *Based on an IDC Business Value Whitepaper commissioned by Dell EMC, "Dell EMC XC Series Creating Value as Scalable, Efficient Hyperconverged Platform," November 2017, where IDC interviewed IT Managers and decision makers from 8 organizations in the U.S. and India representing several verticals, with an average of 498 business applications. Results are normalized based on survey participant's use cases with the Dell EMC XC Series.
Customer results achieved with XC Series
51%
downtime upgrades* less data
center space*
498%
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Optimized PowerEdge platforms
Validated end-to-end solutions
Expanded ecosystem
Solution-aware support and
services
Simplified life cycle
management
1 2 3 4 5
Server, storage, and services expertise
LockedFirmware
Automated and one touchDeployment—Update—Recovery
Hardware +Software Stack
Software+
VM VM
VM VM
Software architecture overview
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Scalable Distributed System Design
VM VM VM CVM
Hypervisor
VM VM VM CVM
Hypervisor
Tier 1 Workloads Nutanix Controller VM
VM VM VM CVM
Hypervisor
Node 1 Node 2 Node N
Distributed Storage Fabric
Enterprise Storage
• Data Locality• Tiering and caching• Compression• Deduplication• Shadow clones• Snapshots and clones
Data Protection
• Converged backups• Integrated DR• Cloud Connect• Metro availability• 3rd party backup solutions
Resiliency
• Tunable redundancy• Data path redundancy• Data integrity checks• Availability domains
Security
• Data at rest encryption• Nutanix Security DL• Cluster Shield• Two-factor authentication
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Data protection
services
Data reduction
services
System resilience
services
Intelligent data
tiering services
Analytics and
monitoring
Nutanix ™ PrismNutanix™ Acropolis Operating
System
Infrastructure
management
Web-scale foundation platform
Scale-out control plane Scale-out data plane
Distributed
metadata store
VM-aware
core data services
Cluster bootstrap
director
Hypervisor
interface
Configurator,
orchestrator
VM VM
Integrated data protection
SaaS-based
insights
Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor based on open source
Nutanix software
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Eliminate
Complexity…
Intuitive
Beautiful
Insightful
Simple management through Nutanix Prism
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Simplified data center management
• Storage management
• Cluster management
• VM management
• Network management
One-click infrastructure management
• Proactive alert Analysis
• Service impact Analysis
• Intelligent root-cause analysis
• Remediation advisor (future)
One-click remediation
• Capacity behavior trends
• Capacity optimization advisor
• What-if analysis
• Customizable dashboards
One-click operational insights
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Rich and insightful analytics
Configuration Health Risk Efficiency
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