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VxRack SDDC Deep Dive: Inside VxRack SDDC Powered by VMware Cloud Foundation

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Key takeaways

• Gain an awareness of what VMware Cloud Foundation is and how it relates to Dell EMC VxRack

SDDC

• Understand the VxRack SDDC system software and hardware technical components architecture

• Appreciate the VxRack SDDC value proposition

• Where to find more informationVMworld 2017 Content: Not fo


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Agenda

• NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS

• VxRack SDDC and VMware Cloud Foundation software components overview

• Workload Domains overview

• Workload Domain creation Demo

• VxRack SDDC hardware overview

• Services and Support Options

• Questions & Answers

– Please hold all questions until the end of the session.



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New VxRack SDDC related announcements

Dell EMC Enterprise Hybrid Cloud now

supports VxRack SDDCVxRack SDDC Updated RCM 3.2.4

Fastest path to a VMware-

based hybrid cloud

platform

Provides a scalable,

distributed hyper-converged

architecture

Integrated support for

VMware Cloud Foundation

Full stack lifecycle

management and single

call support

Supports VMware Cloud Foundation 2.2

• vSphere 6.5U1, vSAN 6.6, NSX 6.3.1

• Single Management Workload Domain

• Scalable HMS services now deployed

inside SDDC Manager Controller VM

• Backup of Management Workload

Domain

• Horizon 7.2 support for VDI Workload

Domains

40 total Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 node

configurations now available

• All Flash choices with TPM Options

• Hybrid choices with TPM Options

• BIOS 2.4.3 ESXi HCL Update

• vSAN HCL Updates

Support for Cisco 93180YC-EX ToR switch



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Dell EMC VxRack SDDCIntegrated compute, storage, and networking powered by VMware Cloud Foundation

EngineeredComplete system designed as one for easy

deployment and scalability

ManufacturedFully integrated software and hyper-converged

Dell EMC PowerEdge rack-scale solution

ManagedSimplified management built in with the VMware

SDDC Manager for complete ease of use

SupportedSingle support model with expertise on the total

solution

SustainedComplete system lifecycle assurance with

documented standards for future growth



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Automated Lifecycle Management

Compute Network Storage

Powered by VMware Cloud FoundationNatively integrating the best of VMware’s industry leading virtual computing software

Designed for optimized VMware experience

Simple management of compute, storage, and networking

Fully integrated SDDC infrastructure experience

One standard for both on-prem and public clouds

Private Cloud Public Cloud

Management and Automation



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Well known integrated VxRack SDDC stackInside the next generation hyper-converged SDDC platform

NSX

Micro-segmentation

Automated network operations

Automated build-up & configuration

SDDC ManagervSphere

Server consolidation

Maximize application uptime

vSAN

Lowers storagecapex costs

Simpler storage operations



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The VMware to VxRack SDDC GA pathMulti step process to get to turnkey cloud platform

• Integrated turnkey cloud platform

• Fastest time-to-market solution

• Fully Integrated SW

• Complete LCM

• End to End support

• Less risk

• Whole system integration tested

• Upgrades (lifecycle) validation HW & SW

• Scale OUT validation

• Standardized support & problem resolution processes

• Security & data protection

• Interoperability

• Software validation

• Automation Testing (deployment and lifecycle, etc.)

• Policy based provisioning

• VMware SDDC Manager best practices

• vSphere

• vSAN

• NSX

• vRealize

VxRack SDDCDell EMC certificationVMware Cloud FoundationIndividual VMware components



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Customizable software components allows growth

Horizon View

App Volumes

Horizon Suite OptionsHorizon Suite

(Optional)

• Horizon Suite Enterprise minus vSphere and Virtual SAN

• New options and packages can be added

3

Cloud Foundation

Required

vRealize Operations

vRealize Business

Log Insight

vRealize Automation

vRealize SuitevRealize Suite

(Optional)

• VMware SDDC Manager automates deployment and internally integrates vRealize Log Insight

• Use of vRLI for VI/VDI workload domains is an optional license

• vRealize Automation and vRealize Business for Cloud can be externally integrated

• vRealize Operations is optional

2

SDDC Manager

NSX Adv or Ent

vSAN Adv or Ent

vSphere Ent. Plus

VMware Cloud Foundation VMware

Cloud Foundation(required)

• Perpetual licenses

• Premier-level support

• Components can be upgraded independently

• Customer can transfer existing licenses

• Bring your own vCenter—one per SDDC Manager instance

• vRLI for Management Domain use only is required

1

Cloud Foundation



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VMware SDDC Manager

Centralized Access/Single-Point-Management for the SDDC

• Used in conjunction with existing product UIs

Cloud Foundation system services

• Datastore and coordination services

• HMS Service

• Workflow Services Engine

• Physical/Virtual Resource Managers

View, monitor & configure hardware and software components

Abstract & aggregate resources into Workload Domains

Includes UI for SDDC lifecycle management VMware SDDC Manager

ControllerVirtual Appliance

Workflow Services Engine

Physical Resource Manager

Virtual Resource Manager

Public Cloud APIs

SDDC Manager UI

Datastore & Coordination

Services

HMS Service



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VMware SDDC ManagerDatastore and coordination services

Datastore service

• Used for storing system metadata/configuration

information (Cassandra DB/Zookeeper)

Coordination service

• Used for keeping track of system status,

activities, and inventory

Ensures health and availability of Cloud

Foundation Services

VMware SDDC Manager Controller

Virtual Appliance




Public Cloud APIs

SDDC Manager UI


Services

HMS Service



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Responsible for discovery, bootstrap, configuration, & monitoring of hardware

• Both in-band and out-of-band management

• Service runs in SDDC Manager Controller VM

Accessed through the SDDC Manager

• No need to access network switches or issue switch-specific commands

VMware and partner provided plugins

• Cisco plug-in for HMS configures switch ports, VLANs, and VXLANs using Cisco API

VMware SDDC Manager

Hardware Management Services





Services

HMS Service

Configure

Manage

SDDC

Manager UI

VMware SDDC Manager Controller

Virtual Appliance



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SDDC Manager Utility(LCM)

Built into SDDC Manager

• Automatic notification

• Download and schedule updates

• View, monitor, and track status

• Also runs secondary DNS and NTP services

Components

• LCM Repository

– Stores patch/upgrade bundles

• LCM Temp Store

– Temp store used during patch/upgrade

• Database

– Casandra DB running on SDDC

Manager Controller VM

– Update status and history

Management Domain

SDDC Manager

Casandra/Zookeeper

LCM Repository VMVMworld 2017 Content: Not fo


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VxRack SDDC lifecycle managementAuditing, Reporting, and downloading releases for upgrades

Controlled by VMware Cloud Foundation and the release software bundle contents

• Software bundle is dependent on specific server and switch

hardware

• VMware defines qualified hardware and software combinations

Factory installation includes bare metal imaging of servers and switches using VMware Imaging Appliance (VIA) and software bundles from VMware

• VxRack SDDC applies the bundle for Dell servers, Cisco ToR

and interconnect switches, and Dell management switch

Automatically installs updates from VMware/Dell EMC download site

• SDDC Manager’s LCM does not update firmware for servers and

switches

Summary of available updates

Schedule when to apply



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Additional management software componentsLogging and monitoring

vRealize Log Insight

• Centralized log aggregation and analysis with search and filter

• Federated deployment architecture for redundancy and scalability

• Run in the Management Domain

vRealize Operations

• Performance/Health monitoring and capacity planning for the SDDC

• Custom dashboards, capacity modeling, customized alerting

• Run in the Management Domain



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Dell EMC VxRack SDDC

Workload Domains Detail



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Types of Domains

Dedicated vSphere Cluster

• Automated provisioning through SDDC Manager

Three types

• Management

• Virtual Infrastructure

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Multiple workload domains run in parallel

• Each with dedicated vCenter Server

VIWorkload Domain

Management Domain

VIWorkload Domain

VI Workload Domain

VDI Workload Domain

Expansion

VDI Workload Domain

VIWorkload Domain

Minimum of 4 nodesrequired for Management Domain per system



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Management Domain

Component Overview

• Min of four nodes (runs in first rack)

• Instantiated during bring-up

• Hosts Cloud Foundation infrastructure and all workload domain management components

─ SDDC Manager Controller VM

─ SDDC Manager Utility VM (LCM)

─ PSCs

─ vCenter Server Instances

─ NSX Manager Instances

Optional Components

• vRealize Suite

• Horizon desktop management components for all VDI workload domains

VxRack SDDC is configured using the VCF Standard Architecture

Minimum of Four Nodes

ESXi01 ESXi02 ESXi03

Virtual SAN Datastore

Virtual Distributed Switch

vRack-ResourcePool-Mgmt

Cloud Foundation Infrastructure VMs

vSphere Cluster + vSAN

VI WLD Management Components

VDI WLDsManagement Components

ESXi04

PSCPSC

vCenterNSX

Manager

SDDC MGR

Controller

SDDC MGR

Utility NSX CtrlNSX CtrlNSX Ctrl

NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize Log

Insight NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize

Operations NSX CtrlNSX CtrlvRealize

Automation

Optional

vCenter

NSX Manager

Dell EMC

Support VM

App-VolumesView

Connect

vCenterNSX

Manager

App-Volumes

View Compose

View Connect

SQL AD

VI/VDI WLD Management VMs



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Workload Domains

Virtual Infrastructure (VI):

• Dedicated vSphere cluster

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI):

• Dedicated vSphere cluster + virtual desktop infrastructure

User specifies capacity, performance and availability parameters

SDDC Manager automates deployment:

• vSphere (PSC, vCenter, ESXi), vSAN, NSX, Horizon, App Volumes, Log Insight

Ability to create, expand, and delete

Patch/Update workload domains independently



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Workload Domain attributes

Capability

or Setting

VMware Cloud

Foundation Setting

*DRS Enabled – Automatic

*Network IO Control Enabled – Default

Configuration

*LACP Enabled – VDS and

Physical Switch

*Syslog Enabled – Configure

for Log Insight

NTP Enabled – Configured

during initial startup

DNS Enabled – Configured

during initial startup

vRealizeOperations

Log InsightPSCvCenterServer

PSC

Management Domain Cluster

vCenter Server

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

NSX Manager

ESXi

ESXi

ESXi

Workload Domain 1

vCenter Server

ESXi

ESXi

NSX Manager

ESXi

ESXi

Workload Domain 2

Redundant SSO Instances

Centralized Monitoring

Dedicated vCenter Server Common VSAN, HA, and DRS policies

nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01 nsx-ctl-01

Workload VMs Workload VMs



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Workload Domains storage performance and availability options

Availability OptionVSAN FTT VSAN FD vSphere HA Max Size

None FTT=0, three host minimum

No No Cluster Maximum

Normal Availability FTT=1, three host minimum

No Enabled, % basedAdmission Control

Cluster Maximum

High Availability FTT=2, five host minimum

No Enabled, % basedAdmission Control

Max hosts available in one rack

Stripe Width 1

Flash reserve 0%

Object space

Reservation 70%

Stripe Width 4

Flash reserve 0%

Object space

Reservation 100%

Stripe Width 1

Flash reserve 0%

Object space

Reservation 40%

Low Performance

Balanced Performance

High Performance

FTT=2FTT=1FTT=0



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Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain creation

Name/Organization

Size

Performance & Availability Settings

Network Settings



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Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain components

vSphere Cluster (min of 3 hosts)

• Dedicated vCenter Server per Workload Domain

• Shared SSO domain with PSCs in Management Domain

• Size dynamically calculated based on user inputs

• Can be expanded later

Virtual SAN

• Hybrid and All-Flash

• Two disk groups per host

• One vSAN datastore per workload domain

VMware NSX

• NSX Manager deployed in the Management Domain cluster

• NSX Controller cluster deployed in workload domain itself

Virtual Infrastructure Workload Domain

VM

VMVMVM

VM VM

NSXTransport

Zone

Management

vMotion

VSAN

NSX CTL 02NSX CTL 01 NSX CTL 03

VirtualDistributed

Switch

Corporate

External

Network

NSX Edge (optional)

…vSphereCluster

ESXi-01 ESXi-02 ESXi-03

Virtual SAN

VXLAN

VTEP VTEP VTEP

NSX Logical switch

Management Domain

NSX

ManagervCenter

vCenter & NSX Manager Run in

Management Domain



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VDI Workload Domain details

Support for Horizon 7.2

• Instant Clones support

• Blast Protocol support

• Windows 10 desktops support

Support for AppVolumes 2.12

External SQL support

External SSL Certificate support

VIWorkload Domain

Management Domain

VIWorkload Domain

VI Workload Domain

VDI Workload Domain

Expansion

VDI Workload Domain

VIWorkload Domain



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VDI Workload Domain creation

VDI Name, Linked Clones, Access

Desktop Settings

Images



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VDI Workload Domain componentsAll VI Workload Domain Components

Plus VMware Horizon

• Horizon View Composer

• Redundant Horizon Connection servers

• Redundant Horizon Security servers

• NSX Load Balancers for Connection and Security servers

• VMware Unified Access Gateways deployed for internet

accessible desktops

• Two modes

– Reserve Resources

– Deploy Desktop

• Optional components

– Active Directory server

– AppVolumes servers (including UEM VM)

– NSX ESG components (including DHCP / Relay Agent)

Option to link to corporate Active Directory (AD) domain

(production) or to deploy a new AD domain (testing/POC)

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Workload Domain

VDI

VDIVDIVDI

VDI VDI

NSXTransport

Zone

Management

vMotion

VSAN

NSX CTL 02NSX CTL 01 NSX CTL 03

VirtualDistributed

Switch

Corporate

External

Network

NSX Edge (Optional)

…vSphereCluster

ESXi-01 ESXi-02 ESXi-03

vSAN

VXLAN

VTEP VTEP VTEP

NSX Logical switch

Management Domain

vCenter & NSX Manager and Horizon View

Components Run in the Management Domain

App-

VolumesView

Connect

vCenter

NSX

Manager

App-

Volumes

View Composer

View

Connect

SQL AD



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Workload Domain Creation Demo



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The hardware components behind the software



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Physical components inside the rackVxRack SDDC

Redundant power 8 to 24 Dell EMC PowerEdge

(hybrid or flash storage)

Redundant rack interconnect switches*

32 x 40 Gbps

(Cisco Nexus 9332PQ)

Redundant top-of-rack switches

48 x 10/25 Gpbs

4 x 40 Gbps

(Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX)

Management switch

48 x 1Gbps

(Dell S3048-ON)

*Multi-rack configurations



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VxRack SDDC built on industry standard servers qualified for VCF

Dell EMC PowerEdge

5th generation Intel Xeon E5-2600 Family

Single node, 1U

Dual sockets, 6 to 22 cores per CPU

768 GB to 1,536 GB RAM

Dual 10 GbE SFP+ network ports

All flash capacity: 10 - 30 TB SSD

Hybrid capacity: 10 TB HDD

Dual 100-240VAC 750W auto-switching PSU

Dual 800 GB cache SSD

Optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2



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VxRack SDDC integrated hardware architecture

Management switch (1)

• Dell S3048-ON

Installed in each rack

Rack interconnect switches (2)

• Cisco Nexus

9332PQ

Installed in 2nd

rack only

Server nodes (8-24)

• Dell EMC PowerEdge

R630 Hybrid or all flash

• Heterogeneous nodes

supported across racks

Top of rack switches (2)

• Cisco Nexus

93180YC-EX

Installed in each

rack



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VxRack SDDC hardware physical scalability

• Scale out with preconfigured 42U cabinets

• Pre-integrated cabling

• Pre-integrated aggregated rack interconnect switches

• Scale up to 8 racks

• Scale up to 192 nodes per system

• Redundant top of rack switching

Available Capacity

• Easily scale up to 24 nodes max per rack for Workload Domains

• Start small with a minimum of 8 nodes per rack

• Minimum 4 nodes for Management Domain in rack 1



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Automated installation and configuration of physical networking

Integrates to existing data center network infrastructure

Fully uplink compatible to existing switches: Cisco, Juniper, Brocade…

L2 uplink connectivity used by default*

Uses the same network management tools

VxRack SDDC physical network architecture

VMware Cloud Foundation

Server 1

Server 24

ToR ports 1 to 24 to connect hosts

* VxRack SDDC uses L2 configured uplinks by default. Use of L3 configured

uplinks will require an exception process DS/IA ticket approval



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VxRack SDDC logical network design

* NSX Universal objects currently not supported

*



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VxRack SDDC complete services experience

Pre-deployment Post-deployment

Advisory services

Provide assessments, guidance, and expertise

TechnologyServices

Design, architect, and deploy solutions

Managedservices

Ongoing management and optimization

TechnologyServices

Migrate and integrate solutions

Coresupport

Integrated, seamless support experience

Premier support

Holistic, highest-touch support option

Plussupport

Enhanced, higher-touch support option

World-class seamless support and proactive life cycle assurance



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VxRack SDDC with VMware Cloud FoundationA completely integrated VMware HCI solution at rack scale

Full SDDC software

suite delivered

pre-integrated on

Dell EMC hardware

Turn-key

Deployment

Easy deployment,

configuration, and

ongoing operations

management

Simplified

Management

Built on an

scalable, distributed

hyper-converged

architecture

Elastically

Scalable

Designed as one by Dell EMC | powered by VMware Cloud Foundation



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