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VBLOCK SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATION and
MANAGMENT
Vblock System Solution Overview
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VCE Restricted Confidential and Proprietary.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this module, participants should be able to:
Discuss the benefits of Vblock System platforms
Describe the components of a Vblock System and how they
interact:
Compute with Cisco Unified Computing System
Network with Cisco Nexus and MDS
Storage with EMC VNX and Symmetrix VMAX storage arrays
Server Virtualization using VMware vSphere
Discuss the principle Vblock System governances of availability,

performance, flexibility, and ease of management
TODAYS IT INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPUTE
STORAGE
COMPUTE
STORAGE
NETWORK
NETWORK
VIRTUALIZATION
VIRTUALIZATION
APPLICATION
SUPPORT TEAMS
CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE
Storage
Compute
Virtualization
Network
Management Software
VCE CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE

Vblock System
MANAGEMENT
The Pinnacle of
Converged
Infrastructure and
Cloud Computing
VIRTUALIZATION
STORAGE
Virtualization, server, storage,

networking, security and
management in a single platform
Pre-Engineered, validated, and
physical and logical Integration
VCE validated solutions
Roadmap planning,
interoperability testing, change
management and upgrades
Single support interface
NETWORK
COMPUTE
VCE VBLOCK SYSTEM

Designed from the ground up to provide
an optimized and stable infrastructure for
mission critical applications
Adaptable to any size infrastructure while
adhering to the building block architecture
Maintain predictable performance &

reliability
Reduced costs with less integration and
increased capabilities
Combines best of breed components

from VMware, Cisco and EMC
VCE provides single vendor support
VBLOCK SYSTEM BUILDING BLOCKS

Integrated Cloud Building-Block Platform
Cisco UCS Blade and rack servers: Compute
Cisco Nexus and MDS switches: Network
EMC VNX and VMAX arrays: Storage
VMware vSphere hypervisor: Server Virtualization
Vblock System
Ships as a single system
Hardware racked, stacked and initialized
Software installed and customized to customer

specifications
Vblock System offers a set of unique capabilities for organizations

to quick start their cloud deployment
Building block simple!
VBLOCK SYSTEM COMPONENTS

Compute Layer
Network Layer
Storage Layer
Cisco Nexus 1000v

Virtual Switch
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack and

B-Series Blade Servers
Network Switch Options
Nexus 3048
Cisco Catalyst 3750
Nexus 7010
EMC VMAX
Cisco UCS Blade

Chassis with IO Extender
EMC VNX
Nexus 5548UP
or
Cisco UCS 6248UP
Storage Switch Options

EMC Gateway VNX
Cisco UCS 6296UP

Cisco MDS 9148

Storage Switch
MDS 9513
VBLOCK SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Corporate network connects to network switch (aggregation layer)
Network switch connect to UCS Fabric Interconnect
Fabric Interconnect connect to UCS chassis IO Module
UCS Blades are installed in the chassis
Fabric Interconnect connect to network switches (Unified)

Fabric Interconnect connects to SAN Switch (segregated)
SAN switch connects to storage (segregated)
Vblock System
Corporate
Network
VBLOCK SYSTEM COMPUTE

UCS Manager
Embedded Management
Open API
Cisco UCS
Fabric Interconnect
Fabric Extender
Connectivity to IP
Aggregation layer
FC or FCoE connectivity
to Storage
FCoE connectivity to
blade server chassis
Blade Chassis
Flexible bay
configuration
UCS B-Series Blade

Servers
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UCS CONFIGURATION OBJECTS
Corporate
Network
UCS
Pools
A collection of available resources, either logical or physical, that are used to

dynamically provision resources
Policies
Rules, that when applied to an object, control how that object operates
Templates
Configuration parameters that are applied to a virtual components (NIC, HBA, etc.)
Service Profiles
A combination of Pools, Policies and Templates that can be associated with a

blade server to create a logical representation of a server
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UCS POOLS AND POLICIES

Pools define the unique
attributes of resources in a
UCS domain
Internal IP addresses
Server UUID
MAC addresses
WWNN
WWPN
Site specific
When server profiles are
defined server attributes are
allocated from the pool
Policies define best practices

for deploying and managing
UCS system
Ethernet and FC adapter

policy
Boot policy
Scrub policy for internal disk
Server pool policy
Appropriately defined defaults

Site specific and Vblock best
practices
When server profiles are
defined policies are applied to
a server
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SERVICE PROFILE
Server profiles are associated with blades to set the attributes
Service profiles define the attributes of a server
UUID
vNIC, MAC Addresses, and VLANs
WWNN
vHBA, WWPN, and VSAN
Boot Policy
Local disk policy
Internal disk Scrub policy
Server assignment
Best Practice is to use Templates
UCS Service Profile

WWPN
MAC Address
Etc.
follow the profile not the blade!

Profiles can be built individuallyAttributes
or from templates
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VBLOCK SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Customer
Network
SAN
SPA
NAS
SPB
SRV 2
Nexus 5548A
A
MDS 9148B
B
MDS
MDS 9148-A
9148-A
SRV 3
Nexus
Nexus
5548-B
Mini-AMP
3560-B
3560-B
3560-A
3560-A
FI
FI 6200-A
6200-A
FI
FI 6200-B
6200-B
C-Series Server
UCS B-Series
Server
vNIC
0
vHBA
0
vNIC 1
ESXi / 1000v VEM
ESXi / vSwitch
vHBA
1
VSMA
VSMB
Managemen
t VMs
Custome
r
VM
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VBLOCK SYSTEM NETWORK ACCESS LAYERS

Customer
Network
Aggregation layer can be inside or

outside the Vblock System
Referred to as the Core layer
Aggregation layer is part of the

Vblock
Aggregation
Layer
5548-A
5548-B
6200-A
6200-B
Distribution and Access layers are

collapsed within UCS
6200 series fabric interconnects and Distribution

the fabric extenders form the
Layer
distribution layer
UCS
Access layer consists of the Cisco

Nexus 1000v and the blade VICs
VIC provides physical connectivity to the

distribution layer
IOM
Access
Layer
Chassis
IOM
UCS Blade 1
vNIC 0
vHBA 0
vNIC 1
vHBA 1
ESXi / 1000v VEM
Customer
VM
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VBLOCK SYSTEM NETWORK SWITCHES
Highly available platform

Wire once infrastructure
Preserves operational best practices
Virtualization optimized networking
Catalyst and Nexus network switches
Catalyst 3750
Nexus 3000 Series
Nexus 5000 Series
Nexus 7000 Series
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NETWORK CONFIGURATION OBJECTS
Corporate
Network
Nexus
VLANs
Has the same attributes as a physical local area network (LAN)
Groups hosts with a common set of requirements regardless of their physical

location
Port-Channels
Allows the grouping of several physical Ethernet links to create one logical
Ethernet link for the purpose of providing fault-tolerance and increased
bandwidth which increases the throughput
Trunks
method for a network to provide access to many hosts by sharing a set of lines
instead of providing them individually
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VIRTUAL LANS (VLANS)

Certain VLANs are required in a Vblock System environment
These consist of management and infrastructure VLANs and are documented

in the existing Logical Configuration Survey for Vblock System
Multi-tenancy requirements generally drive new VLANs in a Vblock

System
VLANs are often used to segregate organization networks and as a basis for
the implementation of policy controls
VLAN 1
VLAN 2
VLAN 3
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CISCO NEXUS 1000V

Software switch that runs on ESXi to deliver VN-Link services to VMs
VN-Link services bridge the server, storage, and network management

domains in Vblock platforms
Ensures changes in one environment are communicated to the others
Provides consistent, policy-based network capabilities
Allows policies to move with a VM during live migration
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STORAGE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Physical topology
Cabling and transceivers required

Fabric Interconnect to MDS Switch
MDS to EMC Storage Array
Logical topology
9148-A
9148-B
6200-A
6200-B
Fabric configuration including VSANs

LUN masking and SAN fabric zoning
WWPNs used
Logical configuration
LUN visibility
Adapter settings
Multipathing
Boot from SAN
UCS Blade 1
vNIC 0
vHBA 0
vNIC 1
vHBA 1
ESXi / 1000v VEM
Customer
VM
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VBLOCK SYSTEM STORAGE SWITCHES

All Cisco MDS Series director switches are fully redundant with
no single point of failure
Offer integrated multi-protocol and multi-services
High performance and high density SAN connectivity
Switch options include:
Nexus 5000 Series
MDS 9100 Series
MDS 9500 Series
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VBLOCK SYSTEM SAN OBJECTS - BLOCK
Corporate
Network
MDS
or
Nexus
VSAN
One or more switch ports on one or more switches that share a common set of storage network attributes
Zone set
Collection of zones that controls zoning
Only a single zone set can be active at any time
Zone
Zones define which hosts can connect to which storage arrays
Devices outside a zone are not visible to a host inside the zone
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VIRTUAL SANS (VSANS)

Storage
MDS
UCS 62XX
VSANs are logical

segments of a physical SAN
Create isolated fabrics
MDS
Application isolation
Different application classes
on a single domain
UCS 62XX
Fabric Interconnect
uplink ports need to
be configured for
specific VSANs
VSAN 10
Security
Management
VSAN 11
A chassis can have

one or more VSANs
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ZONES AND ZONE SETS

Zones and Zone Sets allow logical grouping of ports and storage
devices within a storage area network
Zones is a logical grouping of ports to form a virtual private
storage network
Only one Zone Set can be activated at a time
Zone 1
on a VSAN across all switches in the same fabric
A Zone Set can contain one or more zones
and a zone can be a member of more than
one zone set
Zone 2
Zone 1
Zone Set Members =
Zone 2
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VBLOCK STORAGE CONNECTIVITY FILE
Corporate
Network
Nexus
Gateway
(VMAX)
Network-attached storage (NAS) is file-level storage connected to over an IP network to

provide data access to a heterogeneous group of servers
Supported on VNX Unified Array or VMAX with VNX Gateway
Unified VNX series include Data Mover Enclosure with one or two X-Blades
The X-Blades provide File connectivity via the VNX Operating System.
Protocols
Network File System (NFS)
Common Internet File System (CIFS)
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Vblock System
720
VBLOCK SYSTEM STORAGE OPTIONS

Vblock System 700 Family
EMC Symmetrix VMAX

Block Storage + Optional NAS
Gateway
VMAX
Block level storage
File storage via gateway
Vblock System 300 Family
VNX
Block level storage
Vblock System
300
File storage
EMC VNX 5700 - 8000
Block, File & Unified
Unified optional File and Block
EMC VNX 5300-5600

Block, File, & Unified
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EMC VNX DPE ARRAYS (VNX 5300, 5400, 5500 AND 5600)
Disk Array Enclosure (DAE)
(high density)
(standard drive)
Data Mover Enclosure
Secondary Control Station
Primary Control Station
Disk Processor Enclosure
(DPE)
Standby Power Supply
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EMC VNX SPE ARRAYS (VNX 5700, 7500, 7600 AND 8000)
(high density)
(standard drive)
Secondary Control Station
Primary Control Station
Data Mover Enclosure 1
Data Mover Enclosure 0
Storage Processor
Enclosure (SPE)
Standby Power Supply
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EMC VMAX 10K
Processor Engine
Global Memory
Front-end Directors

(high density)
(standard drive)
2 per Engine (16

ports)
Back-end Directors
Connect to DAE
System Interface
Board for inter-engine
communications
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EMC VMAX 20K / 40K

(high density)
Processor Engine
Global Memory
Front-end Directors

(standard drive)
2 per Engine (16 ports)
Back-end Directors
Connect to DAE
System Interface Board

for inter-engine
communications
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VBLOCK SYSTEM STORAGE OBJECTS

LUNs (Logical Unit Number)
Thick
Thin
Tiered Storage
EFD
Bind to storage pools
LUN Masking
Required for secure storage provisioning
Multiple Storage Tiers

Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST)
VNX
RAID Groups
Storage Pools
File Storage Pools
VMAX
Disk Groups
Thin Pools
FC
SATA
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VMWARE SERVER VIRTUALIZATION

Masks the physical compute hardware and operating systems
(OSs) to run concurrently on physical machine(s)
Enables creation of multiple Virtual Machines (VMs)
Each VM runs an OS and application
VM is a logical entity that looks and

behaves like physical machine
Vblock System Hypervisor
Virtual Machines are provided with

standardized hardware resources
Virtualization Layer
(Hypervisor)
x86 Architecture
CPU
NIC
Card
Memory
Hard
Disk
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VBLOCK SYSTEM HYPERVISOR

VMware ESXi is the industrys leading hypervisor and the ONLY
hypervisor supported on the Vblock System
Enable virtualization of x86 hardware platforms
ESXi host abstracts physical compute resources to run multiple

VMs concurrently on same physical server
Two Components
VMKernel
Work similar to OS responsible for process
creation, resource scheduling, and so on
Virtual machine monitor

Performs binary translation for privileged OS
instructions that can not be virtualized
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VBLOCK SYSTEM FAMILY
SYSTEM 100
SYSTEM 200
SYSTEM 300
SYSTEM 700
SPECIALIZED
PERFORMANCE
AND SCALE
HIGHEST
SERVICE
LEVELS
APPLICATION
OPTIMIZED
Match to Size and Budget

SMALL
FOOTPRINT
PRICE
PERFORMER
Match to Business Requirements
VBLOCK SYSTEM 300 FAMILY

Compute
Cisco UCS B-Series Blades
UCS 6200-Series Fabric

Interconnects
UCS 2000-Series I/O Modules
UCS Virtual Interface Card
Network
FC and Ethernet Connectivity

Cisco Nexus 5500-Series
Switches
Cisco MDS 9148 SAN Switch
Nexus 3000-Series Switches for

Management
Uplink options
Cisco Nexus 1000v virtual switch
Virtualization
VMware vSphere
AMP Management
Cisco UCS Manager
EMC Unisphere
VMware vCenter
Storage
VNX storage
Block and Unified
FAST
VMware integration
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VBLOCK SYSTEM 700 FAMILY

Compute
Virtualization
Cisco UCS B-Series Blades
ESXi Hypervisor
UCS 6200-Series Fabric

Interconnects
vSphere Enterprise Plus
AMP Management
UCS 2200-Series I/O Modules
Cisco UCS Manager
UCS Virtual Interface Cards
EMC Unisphere
VMware vCenter
Network
Cisco Nexus 5500-Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 7010 Switch
Cisco MDS
10K, 20K, 40K
9148 SAN Switch

9500 Multilayer Director
Block and File
FAST
Cisco Nexus 1000v Virtual Network

Switch
VMware integration
Cisco Catalyst
Storage
VMAX storage
3560 Switch
3048 Switch
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VBLOCK SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

RESPONSIBILITIES
Manages the administration of resources available
Monitors components and operating systems
Manages system security
Configures and manages access to shared resources
Installs, configures, and updates system components
Troubleshoots post-installation issues
Manages system performance and reliability
Recommends strategies for data protection, and uses existing

infrastructure tools to integrate into current environment
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DATACENTER SERVICE MANAGEMENT

Processes aligned to meet the needs of the business with an
appropriate mix of people, processes and technology
Service Support
Service Desk
Service Delivery
Service Level Management
Incident Management
Financial Management
Problem Management
Capacity Management
Configuration Management
Business Continuity Mgmt
Change Management
Availability Management
Release Management
* Example Management processes are site specific.
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VBLOCK SYSTEM MANAGEMENT TOOLS

Advanced Management Pod (AMP)
Separate server (or pair of servers) dedicated to running

Management Software
VCE Vision Intelligent Operations
Provides a continuous, near real-time view of the compute,

network, storage, and virtualization resources
Component Element Mangers
Vendor interface for managing each component: UCS, ESXi, network,

SAN, storage
VMware vCenter
Provides a single point of control for server virtualization
(Optional) EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager /

Provisioning (UIM/P)
Provisions infrastructure components of the Vblock System: UCS,

ESXi, network, SAN, storage
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ADVANCED MANAGEMENT POD

ESXI Server with Virtual Machines running various management tools
Connects to Layer 2 switch on customer network
Advanced Management Pod (AMP)

delivered pre-configured with:
VMware vSphere Server Enterprise Plus

VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi
vSphere Web Client, vCenter Server
Microsoft SQL Server
vCenter Update Manager
vCenter Server
vSphere Replication appliances
Cisco Nexus 1000v virtual switch
EMC PowerPath/VE License Management Server
EMC Secure Remote Support (ESRS)
Array management modules EMC Unisphere

* Actual software may vary based on Vblock System model and customer
preferences
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VCE VISION INTELLIGENT OPERATIONS

Enables and simplifies converged operations
Intelligent
Discovery
Comprehensive
Awareness
VCE Vision System

Library for Vblock
Systems
Automated Validation
and System
Assurance
Single Object
Standardization
Integration
VMware Virtualization and

Cloud Management Suite
API-enabled into
industry tools
Intelligence about
your Vblock System
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DATACENTER INTEGRATION
Management Framework
Choice
Vblock System Visibility
VCE Vision software enables and

simplifies converged operations
VCE Vision software integrates with
data across the infrastructure,
providing a unified view of
performance and capacity
management
Single object prospective
Not replacing Element managers
Enable access to component element
managers from an interface
Intelligently
Informs
3rd Party Portfolio
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DOCUMENTED PROCEDURES: RUN BOOK

Provides procedures used in
infrastructure management
Vary based on customer

maturity level
Key document for day-to-day

Vblock System management
Enable quick access to:
Configuration overview
Administration procedures
Management operations
Performance monitoring
Reporting
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MANAGING VBLOCK SYSTEM AVAILABILITY

System hardware is fully redundant
Fabric Interconnects are always installed in pairs with HA built-in
Chassis are configured with two I/O modules (Fabric Extenders) for
redundancy and they have redundant power and cooling
Blades have redundant connectivity to the I/O modules and one blade
per chassis can be reserved for protection against blade failures
Network switches are installed in pairs with dual connectivity paths
Storage is configured with multiple paths and flexible

storage protection options
Clustering software is used for server high availability
Resource Schedulers dynamically move workloads for

optimal performance
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AVAILABILITY MONITORING AND REPORTING
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PROVISIONING TASKS
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VBLOCK SYSTEM PROTECTION

Proper backup of Vblock System configuration files must have been
completed prior to needing them!
Best practices are to have a copy of backup data off-site to facilitate

recovery from a site disaster
All of the Vblock System configuration files to be backed up must be

done so in a recoverable format
UCS compute servers
Ethernet switches
Fiber Channel switches
Storage arrays
Vblock System business continuity options
EMC Avamar and Data Domain
EMC RecoverPoint
EMC VPLEX Metro/Geo
EMC SRDF (Vblock System 700)
VMware Site Recovery Manager
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VBLOCK SYSTEM METADATA

The Advanced Management Pod (AMP) is where the Vblock
System Management applications run
Backup of the AMP servers is part of the Vblock System backup

process
Simplify the backup and restore of a Vblock System by using

scripting to automatically gather all of
the configuration files from the element
managers in the Vblock System
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VBLOCK SYSTEM SECURITY

Ensure only the people who should have access to the Vblock
System have access to the Vblock System
Secure the Vblock System
Configure proper user level and access

Change default username and passwords
Secure ESXi Servers

Protect virtual machines
Safeguard applications
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MODULE SUMMARY
There are four Vblock System platforms
100, 200, 300 and 700 (training focuses on System 300 and 70)
Specialty Systems are available that target specific application

The basic building block for the Vblock System include:
Cisco UCS Servers for compute resources
Cisco Nexus Network switches for LAN and SAN connectivity
Cisco Catalyst Network switches for management LAN connectivity
Cisco MDS Network switches for SAN connectivity
EMC VNX or VMAX storage arrays
VMware vSphere for server virtualization
Vblock System administration and management governances

include availability, performance, flexibility, and ease of
management
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VCE Restricted Confidential and Proprietary.

Compute with Cisco Unified Computing System

Network with Cisco Nexus and MDS

Storage with EMC VNX and Symmetrix VMAX storage arrays

Server Virtualization using VMware vSphere

Discuss the principle Vblock System governances of availability,

2014 VCE Company LLC, All rights reserved.

2014 VCE Company LLC, All rights reserved.

VCE CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE

Virtualization, server, storage,

2014 VCE Company LLC, All rights reserved.

VCE VBLOCK SYSTEM

Maintain predictable performance &

Combines best of breed components

2014 VCE Company LLC, All rights reserved.

VCE provides single vendor support

VBLOCK SYSTEM BUILDING BLOCKS

Cisco UCS Blade and rack servers: Compute

Cisco Nexus and MDS switches: Network

EMC VNX and VMAX arrays: Storage

VMware vSphere hypervisor: Server Virtualization

Ships as a single system

Hardware racked, stacked and initialized

Software installed and customized to customer

Vblock System offers a set of unique capabilities for organizations

2014 VCE Company LLC, All rights reserved.

VBLOCK SYSTEM COMPONENTS

Cisco Nexus 1000v

Cisco UCS C-Series Rack and

Network Switch Options

Cisco Catalyst 3750

Cisco UCS Blade

Cisco UCS 6248UP

Storage Switch Options

Cisco UCS 6296UP

Cisco MDS 9148

VBLOCK SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

UCS Blades are installed in the chassis

Fabric Interconnect connect to network switches (Unified)

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VBLOCK SYSTEM COMPUTE

UCS B-Series Blade

UCS CONFIGURATION OBJECTS

A collection of available resources, either logical or physical, that are used to

A combination of Pools, Policies and Templates that can be associated with a

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UCS POOLS AND POLICIES

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Policies define best practices

Ethernet and FC adapter

Scrub policy for internal disk

Server pool policy

Appropriately defined defaults

vNIC, MAC Addresses, and VLANs

vHBA, WWPN, and VSAN

Local disk policy

Internal disk Scrub policy

Best Practice is to use Templates

UCS Service Profile

follow the profile not the blade!

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VBLOCK SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE