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Session ID HCI3819QU

Travis Zhao - Senior Product Manager, VxRail, Dell EMC

Damon Earley – Product Manager, OpenManage, Dell, EMC


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Bringing you the world’s #1 server portfolio, paired with the world’s #1vendor of enterprise virtualization and HCI software, you get lower TCO,

scalable architectures, intelligent automation and management on your

terms, and multi-layer security.

Simplify IT with one team

Scalable Business

Architecture

Intelligent

AutomationIntegrated

Security


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Turnkey appliance with full

lifecycle automation

Dramatically simplifies IT

operations to maximize

business agility

Making it real - Dell EMC’s vSAN based HCI portfolio

VxRack SDDC

Most advanced platform for

VMware Cloud Foundation

Easiest and fastest way to

deploy, support and extend a

VMware private cloud

HCI accelerates IT transformationSimpler architecture | More automation | Supports most workloads

vSAN Ready Node

VMware vSAN certified Dell EMC

PowerEdge server platforms

Focus on reducing acquisition

costs with maximum

configuration flexibility

VxRail

Growing

2xMarket rate

Complete VMware SDDC

on top of VxRail

More easily architect and

operate a complete SDDC

including NSX and vRealize

Suite with less risk

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vSAN Ready Node Portfolio45+ Certified Ready Node Configs: All-flash, Rugged, Hybrid Rack, & Kinetic

PowerEdge R440, R640, XR2 or

R6415 PowerEdge R740, R7415 PowerEdge R740xd, R7425

PowerEdge

FC430

Blade

MX740c4 to 8 Node Configs:

1x NVME cache 5x NVMe/SAS/SATA/SSD

or

2x NVMe cache 4x NVMe/SAS/SATA/SSD

4 x Node Config:

4 x NVMe cache 16 x SAS capacity

Requires Multi Path SASDoes Not Require Multi Path SAS

PowerEdge C6420

MX740c & MX5016s


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Bring PowerEdge management directly into vCenter

OpenManage Integration

for VMware vCenter

VMware vCenter Server

iDRAC with

Lifecycle Controller

Chassis Management

Controller

Simplify processes

- OMIVV integrates directly into

vCenter making functions

native parts of the UI

- Reduce the number of

consoles by bringing Dell EMC

embedded functions into

vCenter


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OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenterA vCenter plug-in that provides monitoring, updates, and management of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers directly into your vCenter administration domain

Firmware updates

• Deploy BIOS and firmware updates from within

vCenter, including leveraging DRS for cluster-aware

updates on vSphere and vSAN clusters

Monitoring and alerting

• Deep level details for physical server inventory,

including monitoring and alerting for those hardware

components into vCenter

Deployment and provisioning

• Zero-touch bare metal hypervisor deployment

leveraging iDRAC with Lifecycle controller without

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ACROSS 6 DESIGN CATEGORIES

Boot and recovery

Data drives

Networking

Systems management

Adapter (HBA/PERC)

Platform

PowerEdge Designed for HCI

Custom requirements for

Dell EMC HCI portfolio


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Optimized VxRail appliance on Dell EMC 14th Gen servers

G Series P Series S Series E Series V Series

Compute dense Performance optimized Storage dense Low profile VDI optimized

G560/F(2U/4N) P570/F(2U) S570(2U) E560/F(1U) V570/F(2U)

Full platform refresh to Dell EMC 14G PowerEdge servers based on Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family

Higher core counts, faster clock frequency, more memory channels, faster memory, higher endurance and redundant boot devices

2000W or 2400W PSU

Single or Dual socket

2x10GbE SFP+ onboard

NVMe cache support

1100W or 1600W PSU

20 capacity drives

4x10GbE onboard

NVMe cache support

25GbE support

1100W PSU

4x10GbE onboard

25GbE support

1100W PSU

4x10GbE onboard

NVMe cache support

25GbE support

2000W PSU

Up to 3 GPUs

8 more capacity drives

4x10GbE onboard

25GbE support


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What is inside VxRail?

LIFECYCLE

MANAGEMENT AND

SUPPORT TOOLS

POWERED BY

VMWARE

vSAN

INCLUDED DATA

PROTECTION

OPTIONS

vSAN Enterprise

vCenter Server

vRealize Log Insight

vSphere Ready*

RecoverPoint for VMs

vSphere Replication

vSphere Data Protection

VxRail Manager

Secure Remote Support

*Compatible with a broad range of customer-supplied vSphere licenses

A full suite of capabilities included at no additional charge


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Easily apply your VMware expertise to VxRailLeverage your investment in VMware management and orchestration

VxRAIL MANAGER

• Installation and upgrade

• VxRail Market

• Dell EMC support

• Optional Vision software

vREALIZE AUTOMATION

• Automation blueprints

• Governance and control

• Self-service catalog

vREALIZE OPERATIONS

• End-to-end analytics

• Proactive alerting

• Capacity management

vCENTER SERVER

• Single-pane-of-glass view

• Familiar vCenter interface

• Single or multi-cluster

management

Optional software

licensed separately

Included software

capabilities


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VxRail simplifies lifecycle management Sustained and delivered as a single software update- no more testing, sequencing, and validating

Integrated Software

SDS

Hypervisor

Software governance

Virtualization Management

BIOS

Components Firmware & Drivers

NIC Firmware

1

2

2

3

1

4

1

2

1

2

5

4

3

6

1

4

2

3

Critical Releases Maintenance Releases

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

* Example only, not reflective of actual

VxRail software packages

GO FROM

ONE GOOD

KNOWN

STATE TO

THE NEXT

So

ftw

are

Ha

rdw

are


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VxRail Cluster Management with VxRail Manager

MonitoringHW and Software Events. Health status. Log Collection

Physical and virtual constructs.

Deployment

Automate 200+ configuration tasks to deploy brand new VSAN

cluster including networking, storage and management

configurations.

Cluster expansion Automating HW and storage configurations for node expansion.

Cluster level

update Management

Define and automate transition of entire stack of software, HW

and management upgrades from one known good state to the

next.

Support Service Automated phone home and support experience with ESRS.

Lifecycle management for VxRail Cluster, both software and Hardware


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Summary

• Dell EMC’s comprehensive VMware based HCI portfolio

– Provides continuum build to buy experience in customer’s VMware cloud journey.

• vSAN Ready Nodes

– VMware vSAN certified Dell PowerEdge platforms to ensure HW compatibility for vSAN

– Leverage the entire Dell EMC OpenManage portfolio for HW system management.

– Integrated with VMware vCenter with OMIVV.

• VxRail Appliances

– Fully tested validated turnkey vSAN appliances with full lifecycle management of vSphere/vSAN software

and PowerEdge firmware drivers.

– VxRail Manager is the management console to provide deployment, monitoring and management of entire

stack of sw and hw components.


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User Design Forum The Experience Design Group is looking for IT Pros to provide feedback on our products

Plan Design Evaluate * Implement

* Review designs

with customers


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