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Building an end-to-end VMware View solution with Cisco VXI and Flexpod

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Cisco VXI --VMware View built on FlexPodJoel McKelveyFlexPod Solution Manager

Date

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CollaborationBorderlessNetworks

Data CenterVirtualization

VirtualWorkspace

VirtualWorkspace

AppData

Media Device

Location

Virtual Desktop

Video Voice

Secure Flexible

Uncompromised

Cisco VXI Smart Solution

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• Standard, pre-validated, best-in-class infrastructure building blocks

• Flexible: One platform scales to fit multiple workloads

• Centralized management

• Repeatable deployments

• Delivered by best of breed partners

• Cooperative support

Cisco® UCS Servers and UCS Manager

Cisco Nexus® Family Switches

NetApp® FAS10GE and FCoE

Balanced shared infrastructure for

VDI + Messaging + Collaboration + Database

FlexPod® Data Center Solution

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Cisco® UCS Servers and UCS Manager

Cisco Nexus® Family Switches

NetApp® FAS10GE and FCoE

VMware View Built On FlexPod®

Solution Features:VMware® vSphere™ and View™

Cisco® UCS and UCS Manager

Cisco Nexus® Fabric

NetApp® FAS

10 GE, FCoE, FC

Reference architecture that is:Highly scalableCost effective and extremely efficientHigh performingProven, tested, widely deployed

Cisco Validated DesignClear blueprint for low-risk deployment

Superior, cooperative multi-vendor support

vSphere

VMware View

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NetApp Storage for VMware ViewUnified storage for virtual desktop, user data, profiles

• Highly efficientuse 50% less storage, guaranteed

• Extraordinary PerformanceValidated in VMware View environments

• Cost effective,

Drives VDI costs down through storage savings

• Simple to manage

vCenter integration with Virtual Storage Console (VSC)

• Highly scalable

From 10 to tens-of-thousands of simultaneous VDI sessions

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VMware vSphere on FlexPod Benefits

VMware vSphere on FlexPod Benefits

Enterprise-level managed services provider Needed a high-performance, flexible infrastructure for fast change and high data volume

Bring on new services in days, not months Scale in all dimensions: servers, storage, connectivity—

up and out Gain flexibility to deal with changing requirements Grow faster with less hardware Manage exponential growth without adding complexity

Build Web servers in 5 minutes versus 3 months Implement pay-for-use model, avoid steep upfront costs Instantly expand/contract resources to match demand Deliver enhanced services with 4 fewer FTEs 93% Reduction in rack space Use 50% less storage Enable automated DR

AZDES is the largest government agency in Arizona serving multiple community groups 9,500 employees in 200 locations Expand services, add DR, shrink infrastructure

footprint

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VMware vSphere built on FlexPod

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VMware View on FlexPod Benefits

1,400-seat virtual desktop deployment Delivering critical applications to physicians, nurses Cut CapEx by 30%, 400% improvement in payback Expanding IT as a service to additional 4-5

hospitals

VMware View build on FlexPod®

Private HealthcareGrand Rapids, MITop 100 US teaching hospitals

Oak Hills Local School DistrictCincinnati, Ohio8100 students, Pre-K - 12

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VMware View, Cisco UCS, NetApp

Virtualize 1,200 desktops in 2 months Anytime, anywhere access to eLearning $1.27M savings over 3 years Slashed desktop TCO by 67%

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Bill Lewkowski

CIO and Executive Vice President, Metro Health

“ It was very challenging to stay current with the constant changes and additional technologies coming in, especially mobile devices. We needed to support a variety of form factors. That’s why we chose the Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) solution.”

Cisco VXI on FlexPod®