2012 Issue 01

28 Tool set integrates Dell AIM, Microsoft System Center to speed cloud adoption

RAID-10

Tier 1

Tier 2

RAID-5

RAID-10 Tier 3

RAID-6

RAID-5SSD

15,000 rpmFibre Channelor SAS drive 7,200 rpm

SATA orSAS drive

Traditional SAN

CompellentStorage Centerstorage arrays

62 Virtualized storage platform leverages Fibre Channel investment

66 Innovative storage management for enterprise-scale messaging volumes

86 How Heineken eases rapid expansion with highly scalable virtualized storage

94 Boost IT efficiency gains with Dell KACE™ Systems Management Appliances

The intelligent data centerBy Paul Steeves and Matt McGinnis

It’s fast. It’s adaptable. And it automates IT infrastructure

response to complex service demands so organizations

can focus on innovation and growth. Now, 12th-generation

Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers raise data center IQ and efficiency

to further heights.

Cover story10

17 Executive Q&A: Ready for anything

Open, flexible enterprise solutions are

redefining data center agility in the Virtual Era.

Join Forrest Norrod, vice president and general

manager of Dell Server Solutions, for the inside

story on how 12th-generation Dell PowerEdge

servers create an adaptive foundation for

demanding applications and workloads.

Efficient IT

20 Streamlining basic hardware management

By Travis Zhao, Rob Cox, Enrico Bracalente, and Kevin Noreen

For administrators looking to reduce the

complexity of hardware management,

Dell OpenManage™ Essentials provides an

easy-to-use, customizable console for

managing Dell hardware—including servers,

storage, and switches.

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36 Adapting bandwidth on the fly to heighten

data center agility

By Brian Johnson and Nick Harris

Virtualization, unified networking, and cloud computing

environments are driving the need for agile interconnects.

Intel processor–based Dell PowerEdge servers offer

flexible networking capabilities for data centers moving

to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

40 5 key criteria for distributing and managing

rack-level power

By Ganesh Periaswamy

Enhancing data center ecosystems with energy-efficient gear

is key to an Efficient IT strategy, but effective power distribution

and management are equally vital. Enterprises can begin a

best-practices approach using the Dell PDU Selector tool.

44 Streamlining custom server configurations

for specialized applications

By Franklin Flint and Donnie Gerhart

Platforms customized by solution providers can be enhanced

with 12th-generation Dell PowerEdge servers, and Dell OEM

Solutions offers an innovative identity module framework for

maintaining these platforms efficiently during their life cycles.

46 Meeting big data analytics challenges through

a scalable framework

By Julie Lockner

By building a highly scalable open source infrastructure,

enterprises can cost-effectively support big data analytics.

One exceptional approach combines the Apache™ Hadoop™

framework and its MapReduce distribution running on Dell

PowerEdge servers.

DepartmentsEditor’s comments

6 Intelligence essentials

By Tom Kolnowski

Recent citings 8 Accelerating IT agility through private cloud computing

Product spotlight 53 Discover Dell Power Solutions Efficient IT special edition,

Dell TechCenter IT community, Dell Software News,

and more

24 Boosting data center efficiency through flexible

power management

By Roger Foreman

Effective power management in today’s data centers is an

IT priority. Dell OpenManage Power Center, Dell iDRAC7

Enterprise, and Intel® Node Manager combine to provide

scalable, policy-based power management at server, rack,

row, and room levels.

28 A unified tool set to streamline private cloud management

By Aaron Prince

Private clouds heighten agility and optimize IT resource

utilization but may also introduce administration challenges.

A comprehensive tool set integrating Dell Advanced

Infrastructure Manager and Microsoft® System Center

speeds private cloud adoption.

By Weijia Zhang, Elie Jreij, Anil Rao, Dana Lloyd, and Kevin Noreen

Intensifying data center virtualization efforts

are driving the need for effective remote server

management. An all-in-one, out-of-band

embedded systems management option

from Dell helps simplify the remote

management of Dell PowerEdge servers.

Anywhere, anytime remote server management

32 Intelligent data center infrastructure

Gear up with intelligent data center infrastructure

Features

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Networking 54 Heightening Web application performance

and availability

By Melanie Christiansen, Andrew Walker, and Fred Johnson

Data management and protection 62 Integrating virtualized storage into

a Fibre Channel environment

By Sheryl Koenigsberg, Matt Steinberg, Dan Sutherland, and Angie Huh

66 Flexible storage for enterprise messaging

data management

By Mahmoud Ahmadian, Alessandro Goncalves, and Maggie Smith

70 Optimizing backup and recovery for flexible

data management

By Charles Butler and Chandra Mukhyala

74 Protecting valuable data in enterprise

client environments

By Neftali Reyes and Lea Leite

Product showcase 77 Dell PowerVault TL tape library: Versatile,

expandable, and affordable data protection

By Kailas Jawadekar

Agile, responsive infrastructure for IT resources

can be a huge motivator for transitioning

to cloud computing. The Dell VIS Creator

platform enables enterprises to transform

existing IT infrastructure into an on-demand

cloud environment in just days.

Extending private cloud capabilities into the data center ecosystem

48 Cloud computing

By Timothy Sherbak, Nicholas Sweere, and Vikram Belapurkar

Featuring a virtualized, enterprise storage

architecture and tight integration with

VMware® software, the Dell Compellent™

Storage Center™ SAN helps boost IT agility

by efficiently scaling to meet the needs of

growing private cloud deployments.

Virtualized enterprise storage for flexible, scalable private clouds

58 Data management and protection

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Microsoft SharePoint 78 An integrated approach

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82 High-performance, integrated

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92 Global Knowledge: Learning the

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Index to featured Dell customers

Expedient .......................................................................12

GfK Group ..................................................................... 11

Global Knowledge Training LLC ............................. 92

Heineken....................................................................... 86

Mazda North American Operations .......................61

Missouri State Highway Patrol .................................90

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SonicWALL, Inc. .......................................................... 31

Symantec. ..................................................................... 73

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