VBLOCK produces, delivers, and manages IT infrastructure as a service. It provides pre-engineered and integrated compute, storage, and networking solutions from Cisco and EMC. VBLOCK platforms range from small entry-level configurations to large-scale solutions. It aims to accelerate customers' virtualization journeys and help them produce and consume IT as a service through standardized, automated, and policy-driven infrastructure. VBLOCK solutions are supported globally through dedicated joint support labs and follow-the-sun support.
VCE was formed in 2009 by Cisco, EMC, VMware, and Intel to accelerate adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud computing. VCE delivers the Vblock platform, the industry's first completely integrated IT offering with end-to-end support. Vblock platforms include the Series 700 with EMC Symmetrix storage and Cisco UCS compute, and the Series 300 with EMC VNX storage. Vblock platforms provide pre-integrated and validated solutions that simplify infrastructure management and reduce costs and time to market compared to traditional systems.
The document discusses VCE Vblock systems, which are converged infrastructure solutions for data centers. It notes that maintaining current IT operations accounts for 70% of IT budgets on average. VCE Vblock systems aim to address challenges in IT by providing an integrated platform that can be deployed and managed as a single system, with benefits including five times faster deployment, four times less staff resources needed, and 83 times lower costs compared to traditional infrastructure. The solutions provide tools for converged management and operations across compute, storage, networking and virtualization.
Vblock Infrastructure Packages — integrated best-of-breed packages from VMwar...Eric Sloof
IT is undergoing a transformation. The current ‘accidental architecture’ of IT today increases procurement, management costs, and complexity while making it difficult to meet customer service level agreements. This makes IT less responsive to the business and creates the perception of IT being a cost center. IT is now moving towards a ‘private cloud’ model, which is a new model for delivering IT as a service, whether that service is provided internally (IT today), externally (service provider), or in combination. This new model requires a new way of thinking about both the underlying technology and the way IT is delivered for customer success.
While the need for a new IT model has never been more clear, navigating the path to that model has never been more complicated. The benefits of private clouds are capturing the collective imagination of IT architects and IT consumers in organizations of all sizes around the world. The realities of outdated technologies, rampant incremental approaches, and the absence of a compelling end-state architecture are impeding adoption by customers.
This new ‘private cloud’ model, which is a new model for delivering IT as a service, whether that service is provided internally (IT today), externally (service provider), or in combination. This new model requires a new way of thinking about both the underlying technology and the way IT is delivered for customer success.
By harnessing the power of virtualization, private clouds place considerable business benefits within reach.
Cisco and EMC, together with VMware, are putting you on a new road to greater efficiency, control and choice. A faster road to unprecedented IT agility and unbounded business opportunities. With the Virtual Compute Environment’s Vblock experience.
VCE provides converged infrastructure solutions including the Vblock and VxBlock systems that integrate computing, storage, and networking. These solutions simplify IT management, improve availability, and reduce costs. Customers benefit from faster deployment of applications and services, increased agility to adapt to business needs, and the ability to shift IT focus from maintaining infrastructure to strategic initiatives. VCE solutions are engineered, manufactured, supported, and sustained as a unified system throughout their lifecycle.
Déployez vos applications plus rapidement grâce aux solutions convergées & hy...RSD
VCE is a converged infrastructure company formed in 2009 through a joint venture between EMC, Cisco, VMware, and Intel. It pioneered the converged infrastructure market with reference architectures and converged products. In 2014 it was acquired by EMC and has since expanded its portfolio. It offers converged systems like Vblock and hyper-converged systems like VxRack, which provide optimized, flexible, efficient, and protected infrastructure to customers through a single point of support. VCE has over 1200 customers, $2.5B in annual revenue, and is the market share leader in converged infrastructure.
VCE was formed in 2009 by Cisco, EMC, VMware, and Intel to accelerate adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud computing. VCE delivers the Vblock platform, the industry's first completely integrated IT offering with end-to-end support. Vblock platforms include the Series 700 with EMC Symmetrix storage and Cisco UCS compute, and the Series 300 with EMC VNX storage. Vblock platforms provide pre-integrated and validated solutions that simplify infrastructure management and reduce costs and time to market compared to traditional systems.
The document discusses VCE Vblock systems, which are converged infrastructure solutions for data centers. It notes that maintaining current IT operations accounts for 70% of IT budgets on average. VCE Vblock systems aim to address challenges in IT by providing an integrated platform that can be deployed and managed as a single system, with benefits including five times faster deployment, four times less staff resources needed, and 83 times lower costs compared to traditional infrastructure. The solutions provide tools for converged management and operations across compute, storage, networking and virtualization.
Vblock Infrastructure Packages — integrated best-of-breed packages from VMwar...Eric Sloof
IT is undergoing a transformation. The current ‘accidental architecture’ of IT today increases procurement, management costs, and complexity while making it difficult to meet customer service level agreements. This makes IT less responsive to the business and creates the perception of IT being a cost center. IT is now moving towards a ‘private cloud’ model, which is a new model for delivering IT as a service, whether that service is provided internally (IT today), externally (service provider), or in combination. This new model requires a new way of thinking about both the underlying technology and the way IT is delivered for customer success.
While the need for a new IT model has never been more clear, navigating the path to that model has never been more complicated. The benefits of private clouds are capturing the collective imagination of IT architects and IT consumers in organizations of all sizes around the world. The realities of outdated technologies, rampant incremental approaches, and the absence of a compelling end-state architecture are impeding adoption by customers.
This new ‘private cloud’ model, which is a new model for delivering IT as a service, whether that service is provided internally (IT today), externally (service provider), or in combination. This new model requires a new way of thinking about both the underlying technology and the way IT is delivered for customer success.
By harnessing the power of virtualization, private clouds place considerable business benefits within reach.
Cisco and EMC, together with VMware, are putting you on a new road to greater efficiency, control and choice. A faster road to unprecedented IT agility and unbounded business opportunities. With the Virtual Compute Environment’s Vblock experience.
VCE provides converged infrastructure solutions including the Vblock and VxBlock systems that integrate computing, storage, and networking. These solutions simplify IT management, improve availability, and reduce costs. Customers benefit from faster deployment of applications and services, increased agility to adapt to business needs, and the ability to shift IT focus from maintaining infrastructure to strategic initiatives. VCE solutions are engineered, manufactured, supported, and sustained as a unified system throughout their lifecycle.
Déployez vos applications plus rapidement grâce aux solutions convergées & hy...RSD
VCE is a converged infrastructure company formed in 2009 through a joint venture between EMC, Cisco, VMware, and Intel. It pioneered the converged infrastructure market with reference architectures and converged products. In 2014 it was acquired by EMC and has since expanded its portfolio. It offers converged systems like Vblock and hyper-converged systems like VxRack, which provide optimized, flexible, efficient, and protected infrastructure to customers through a single point of support. VCE has over 1200 customers, $2.5B in annual revenue, and is the market share leader in converged infrastructure.
VMware vCloud® SuiteTM is a private cloud infrastructure solution based on VMware vSphere®. vCloud Suite allows IT to achieve cloud service provider economics in the data center, provision applications in minutes instead of weeks, and deliver the right availability and security for each application with policy-based governance. vCloud Suite is the first step for IT organizations towards the software- defined data center architecture. VMware also offers additional software-defined data center products that can further extend the capabilities of a vSphere private cloud environment.
Cisco UCS Director provides unified automation and provisioning. It reduces data center complexity by breaking down silos and encouraging collaboration. The latest version expands infrastructure capabilities to ACI and legacy network services. Cisco is also enabling application templates that can be ordered from a self-service portal, taking automation beyond infrastructure.
The Future of Storage : EMC Software Defined Solution RSD
EMC provides intelligent software-defined storage solutions that help organizations drastically reduce management overhead through automation across traditional storage silos and pave the way for rapid deployment of fully integrated next generation scale-out storage architectures.
Presentation of Executive Briefing, April 2015
VMworld 2013: Architectural Changes in vCenter Platform VMworld
VMworld 2013
Eddie Dinel, VMware
Fausto Ibarra, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
SIM204-What's Coming in Virtual Machine Manager 2012?Lai Yoong Seng
In this session, we (Raymond Chou (SCOM MVP) & Lai Yoong Seng (VM MVP) provided an overview of the new features in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 which included new architecture of VMM 2012 and 4 pillar of management:- deployment, fabric, cloud and services management at Microsoft Tech-Ed New Zealand 2011 (Auckland).
Presentation v cloud architecture toolkit overviewsolarisyourep
The vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) provides documentation to help architects, implementers, and organizations build, operate, and consume VMware vCloud environments. The documentation includes service definitions for public and private vClouds, guides for architecting, operating, and consuming a vCloud, implementation examples, and a hybrid cloud use case. The goal is to provide validated best practices and a common framework to help customers and partners successfully plan and deliver vCloud solutions.
The document provides an overview of Cisco solutions for optimizing a VMware View 4.0 environment. It describes the key components of the Cisco solution including the Cisco Application Control Engine for load balancing and SSL offload, Cisco Wide Area Application Services for WAN optimization, Cisco ASA firewall, Cisco Network Analysis Module for monitoring, and Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch. The document also provides an overview of the VMware View 4.0 components and how the Cisco solutions improve performance, availability and the end user experience when deployed with VMware View.
The document discusses the VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) 2.0. It provides an overview of cloud computing and the vCAT documentation, which provides best practices for building, operating, and consuming a VMware vCloud. The vCAT documentation includes sections on service definitions, architecting, operating, and consuming private and public VMware vClouds, as well as example implementations and a hybrid use case.
OpenSSO Enterprise provides a single solution for SSO, web access management, federation, and secure web services. It offers perpetual licenses, support, and a choice of commercial or express builds. Upcoming enhancements include carrier-grade monitoring, improved task flows, SaaS federation configuration, and entitlement management capabilities. OpenSSO is an open source project with a large, active community.
AIS vCloudOne is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) enterprise offering, based on VMware (vCD) cloud, with an emphasis on high-performance.
This presentation discusses the 7 Essentials that make the AIS vCloudOne enterprise-grade service unique.
.NEXT is designed to equip you with the tools, knowledge, and network of people that can help you make real, tangible business impact in your organization.
Presentation v cloud suite 5.1 – what’s newsolarisyourep
VMware's vCloud Suite 5.1 includes new features that simplify IT operations through software-defined datacenters, networking, and storage. Key updates include elastic virtual datacenters that span multiple clusters, improved distributed switching with health monitoring and backup/recovery, and VXLAN support for network segmentation across logical networks. A technical preview of distributed storage aims to pool storage resources and enforce storage policies across different storage tiers. Overall, the vCloud Suite aims to dramatically simplify IT operations through a software-defined approach to cloud infrastructure services.
Server consolidation using virtualization can help organizations reduce costs and improve manageability by running multiple virtual servers on fewer physical servers. However, this can be difficult to achieve while also maintaining strong security policies. Apani's EpiForce VM solution allows organizations to fully realize the benefits of virtualization using VMware ESX while also enforcing consistent security policies across virtual and physical machines through a single management system. This enables automated migration of virtual machines without compromising security even as the environment changes.
SMA Solar Technology AG is a leading global specialist in photovoltaic systems. They have over 3,000 employees in 20 countries working to advance decentralized and renewable energy solutions. SMA has been using Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure to improve the performance and scalability of their Sunny Portal platform. Key benefits of Nutanix include reduced latency, doubled I/O performance, support for multiple hypervisors, and independent scaling of compute and storage resources. SMA plans to further expand their use of Nutanix technologies like Acropolis file services and hypervisor as well as tools for automation, networking, and visibility.
Presentation v mware cloud infrastructure - success in virtualizationsolarisyourep
This document provides an overview of VMware's cloud infrastructure products and capabilities. It discusses VMware's journey to the cloud model, highlighting cost efficiency, quality of service, and business agility. It then covers the key components and features of vSphere 5, including enhanced compute, storage, network, and application services. Specific capabilities like larger virtual machines, storage I/O controls, and the vSphere storage appliance are summarized. The document concludes by emphasizing how vSphere 5 can accelerate virtualization and help customers achieve their cloud goals.
The document introduces the new HPE SimpliVity 380 hyperconverged platform. It provides all-flash storage and compute resources with advanced data services like compression, deduplication, backup, and disaster recovery in a single building block for simplified management. Customers can realize significant cost savings and efficiency gains compared to traditional infrastructure or public cloud options like AWS. The HPE SimpliVity 380 delivers powerful and simple hyperconvergence combined with efficient and flexible operations for customers' workloads.
O CommVault Simpana é uma das mais completas plataformas de Software para backup, arquivamento, gestão de documentos e busca inteligente. Ele se integra transparentemente à nuvem da AWS e permite que o gerente de backup e dados, acesse e administre todos os seus backups de forma transparente, independente de onde estão armazenados - nuvem ou data center físico.
This document discusses optimizing an EMC Symmetrix storage array to support virtual desktops in a private cloud environment. It outlines testing that was done using the Vblock Series 700 model MX configuration with Symmetrix VMAX storage, VMware vSphere, and Cisco UCS servers. The testing showed the storage array could support up to 1536 virtual desktops while maintaining balanced utilization across the front end, back end, and disks. It provides best practices for configuring the various components to optimally support virtual desktops at scale.
This document discusses Dell's data center solutions including:
1. Dell offers unified solutions for multiple environments including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization.
2. Dell's solutions are designed to simplify lifecycle management through automation of physical and virtual environments.
3. Dell's portfolio includes servers, storage, networking, and virtualization products as well as management solutions to deliver efficiency, scalability, and flexibility for customers' data centers.
VMware vCloud® SuiteTM is a private cloud infrastructure solution based on VMware vSphere®. vCloud Suite allows IT to achieve cloud service provider economics in the data center, provision applications in minutes instead of weeks, and deliver the right availability and security for each application with policy-based governance. vCloud Suite is the first step for IT organizations towards the software- defined data center architecture. VMware also offers additional software-defined data center products that can further extend the capabilities of a vSphere private cloud environment.
Cisco UCS Director provides unified automation and provisioning. It reduces data center complexity by breaking down silos and encouraging collaboration. The latest version expands infrastructure capabilities to ACI and legacy network services. Cisco is also enabling application templates that can be ordered from a self-service portal, taking automation beyond infrastructure.
The Future of Storage : EMC Software Defined Solution RSD
EMC provides intelligent software-defined storage solutions that help organizations drastically reduce management overhead through automation across traditional storage silos and pave the way for rapid deployment of fully integrated next generation scale-out storage architectures.
Presentation of Executive Briefing, April 2015
VMworld 2013: Architectural Changes in vCenter Platform VMworld
VMworld 2013
Eddie Dinel, VMware
Fausto Ibarra, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
SIM204-What's Coming in Virtual Machine Manager 2012?Lai Yoong Seng
In this session, we (Raymond Chou (SCOM MVP) & Lai Yoong Seng (VM MVP) provided an overview of the new features in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 which included new architecture of VMM 2012 and 4 pillar of management:- deployment, fabric, cloud and services management at Microsoft Tech-Ed New Zealand 2011 (Auckland).
Presentation v cloud architecture toolkit overviewsolarisyourep
The vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) provides documentation to help architects, implementers, and organizations build, operate, and consume VMware vCloud environments. The documentation includes service definitions for public and private vClouds, guides for architecting, operating, and consuming a vCloud, implementation examples, and a hybrid cloud use case. The goal is to provide validated best practices and a common framework to help customers and partners successfully plan and deliver vCloud solutions.
The document provides an overview of Cisco solutions for optimizing a VMware View 4.0 environment. It describes the key components of the Cisco solution including the Cisco Application Control Engine for load balancing and SSL offload, Cisco Wide Area Application Services for WAN optimization, Cisco ASA firewall, Cisco Network Analysis Module for monitoring, and Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch. The document also provides an overview of the VMware View 4.0 components and how the Cisco solutions improve performance, availability and the end user experience when deployed with VMware View.
The document discusses the VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) 2.0. It provides an overview of cloud computing and the vCAT documentation, which provides best practices for building, operating, and consuming a VMware vCloud. The vCAT documentation includes sections on service definitions, architecting, operating, and consuming private and public VMware vClouds, as well as example implementations and a hybrid use case.
OpenSSO Enterprise provides a single solution for SSO, web access management, federation, and secure web services. It offers perpetual licenses, support, and a choice of commercial or express builds. Upcoming enhancements include carrier-grade monitoring, improved task flows, SaaS federation configuration, and entitlement management capabilities. OpenSSO is an open source project with a large, active community.
AIS vCloudOne is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) enterprise offering, based on VMware (vCD) cloud, with an emphasis on high-performance.
This presentation discusses the 7 Essentials that make the AIS vCloudOne enterprise-grade service unique.
.NEXT is designed to equip you with the tools, knowledge, and network of people that can help you make real, tangible business impact in your organization.
Presentation v cloud suite 5.1 – what’s newsolarisyourep
VMware's vCloud Suite 5.1 includes new features that simplify IT operations through software-defined datacenters, networking, and storage. Key updates include elastic virtual datacenters that span multiple clusters, improved distributed switching with health monitoring and backup/recovery, and VXLAN support for network segmentation across logical networks. A technical preview of distributed storage aims to pool storage resources and enforce storage policies across different storage tiers. Overall, the vCloud Suite aims to dramatically simplify IT operations through a software-defined approach to cloud infrastructure services.
Server consolidation using virtualization can help organizations reduce costs and improve manageability by running multiple virtual servers on fewer physical servers. However, this can be difficult to achieve while also maintaining strong security policies. Apani's EpiForce VM solution allows organizations to fully realize the benefits of virtualization using VMware ESX while also enforcing consistent security policies across virtual and physical machines through a single management system. This enables automated migration of virtual machines without compromising security even as the environment changes.
SMA Solar Technology AG is a leading global specialist in photovoltaic systems. They have over 3,000 employees in 20 countries working to advance decentralized and renewable energy solutions. SMA has been using Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure to improve the performance and scalability of their Sunny Portal platform. Key benefits of Nutanix include reduced latency, doubled I/O performance, support for multiple hypervisors, and independent scaling of compute and storage resources. SMA plans to further expand their use of Nutanix technologies like Acropolis file services and hypervisor as well as tools for automation, networking, and visibility.
Presentation v mware cloud infrastructure - success in virtualizationsolarisyourep
This document provides an overview of VMware's cloud infrastructure products and capabilities. It discusses VMware's journey to the cloud model, highlighting cost efficiency, quality of service, and business agility. It then covers the key components and features of vSphere 5, including enhanced compute, storage, network, and application services. Specific capabilities like larger virtual machines, storage I/O controls, and the vSphere storage appliance are summarized. The document concludes by emphasizing how vSphere 5 can accelerate virtualization and help customers achieve their cloud goals.
The document introduces the new HPE SimpliVity 380 hyperconverged platform. It provides all-flash storage and compute resources with advanced data services like compression, deduplication, backup, and disaster recovery in a single building block for simplified management. Customers can realize significant cost savings and efficiency gains compared to traditional infrastructure or public cloud options like AWS. The HPE SimpliVity 380 delivers powerful and simple hyperconvergence combined with efficient and flexible operations for customers' workloads.
O CommVault Simpana é uma das mais completas plataformas de Software para backup, arquivamento, gestão de documentos e busca inteligente. Ele se integra transparentemente à nuvem da AWS e permite que o gerente de backup e dados, acesse e administre todos os seus backups de forma transparente, independente de onde estão armazenados - nuvem ou data center físico.
This document discusses optimizing an EMC Symmetrix storage array to support virtual desktops in a private cloud environment. It outlines testing that was done using the Vblock Series 700 model MX configuration with Symmetrix VMAX storage, VMware vSphere, and Cisco UCS servers. The testing showed the storage array could support up to 1536 virtual desktops while maintaining balanced utilization across the front end, back end, and disks. It provides best practices for configuring the various components to optimally support virtual desktops at scale.
This document discusses Dell's data center solutions including:
1. Dell offers unified solutions for multiple environments including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization.
2. Dell's solutions are designed to simplify lifecycle management through automation of physical and virtual environments.
3. Dell's portfolio includes servers, storage, networking, and virtualization products as well as management solutions to deliver efficiency, scalability, and flexibility for customers' data centers.
Apresentações | Jantar Exclusivo Cisco e Netapp | 27 de Junho de 2012 | Spett...Softcorp
A Softcorp, em parceria com a NetApp e a Cisco, realizou um jantar especial sobre a tecnologia FlexPod™.
Durante o evento foi possível conhecer os benefícios da solução e tirar dúvidas técnicas, operacionais e consultivas com os especialistas das três empresas.
O momento também foi oportuno para trocar experiências com outros profissionais do setor.
Para descontrair, tivemos uma palestra com boas dicas sobre cortes de carne e os segredos do bom churrasqueiro para garantir o sucesso do churrasco.
Presentation cisco nexus enabling the cloud infrastructurexKinAnx
The document discusses Cisco Nexus and enabling cloud infrastructure. It covers the evolution of computing towards cloud models and defines cloud computing. It outlines deployment models and service models for cloud computing. The rest of the document discusses Cisco's data center framework, cloud developments, consolidation through virtualization and automation, unified fabric, Cisco Unified Computing, virtualization aspects, network virtualization with Cisco Nexus 1000V, and automation for service delivery and hybrid cloud models.
The document provides an overview of I/O virtualization and how it enables cloud computing by connecting any server to any storage or network device quickly and flexibly. It discusses how I/O virtualization addresses challenges like inefficient resource utilization and high costs. It also explains how I/O virtualization completes the cloud model by allowing dynamic allocation of network and storage resources to virtual machines.
PLNOG 5: Piotr Szołkowski - Data Center i nie tylko...PROIDEA
This document discusses data center networking and virtualization challenges. It provides an overview of Extreme Networks' solutions, including their "four pillars" approach of automated, customized, scalable and efficient networking. It discusses issues with virtualized networks like VM mobility and network visibility. Extreme Networks' XNV solution provides network visibility into the VM lifecycle. It also discusses direct attach architectures and how they can reduce network tiers both physically and virtually.
BreakingPoint & Juniper RSA Conference 2011 Presentation: Securing the High P...Ixia
This document discusses securing virtualized and cloud environments. It notes that virtualization is becoming a common architecture for clouds, but security is a top concern for adoption. The challenges of securing virtualized environments are described, such as lack of visibility and difficulty with continuous enforcement. The goal is to enable secure clouds while retaining control. The ideal solution is described as using a hypervisor-based security architecture, with an engine embedded in the hypervisor, to provide granular security while minimizing overhead. Traditional validation approaches are discussed along with a proposed approach using BreakingPoint to effectively stress infrastructure and validate security under high load conditions.
SmartCloud Provisioning - servere i skyen på et splitsekund. Steen Eriksen &...IBM Danmark
IBM SmartCloud Provisioning is a cloud provisioning solution that provides highly automated, scalable, and flexible infrastructure as a service (IaaS). It allows for quick deployment of virtual machines and applications, supports multi-tenancy, and offers advanced image management capabilities. DutchCloud, an IBM partner, implemented SmartCloud Provisioning to provide their customers with on-demand, isolated cloud resources and disaster recovery capabilities with minimal administration.
Optimize Your VMware SDDC with IBM InfrastructurePaula Koziol
VMware vRealize Automation can optimize VMware SDDCs with IBM infrastructure by:
1) Providing a single point of control for managing VMs across multiple platforms and cloud infrastructures, both on-premises and off-premises.
2) Simplifying and improving the efficiency of VM management across heterogeneous hybrid cloud environments with a unified VMware skillset.
3) Optimizing workload deployment based on application characteristics through automated provisioning and lifecycle management from a single cloud management platform.
IBM Storwize V7000 — unikátní virtualizační diskové poleJaroslav Prodelal
IBM Storwize V7000 is a mid-range storage system that can virtualize external storage. It has dual controllers with 16GB of cache total. It supports SAS expansion enclosures with SSD, SAS, or NL-SAS drives in 2.5" or 3.5" formats. The system provides scalable storage with a maximum of 960TB capacity and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10. It offers high-speed connectivity through 8Gb FC, 1Gb iSCSI, and 10Gb Ethernet ports.
This document discusses Cisco and EMC solutions and Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) storage features. Some key points:
- Cisco and EMC collaborate on converged infrastructure solutions like Vblock and joint application solutions for SAP HANA, Oracle databases, and data warehousing.
- UCS provides embedded automation of server, network, and storage configuration through service profiles. Storage features include virtual host bus adapters (vHBAs), two fabric interconnect storage modes (FC end-host and FC switching), and uplink port types.
- Cisco Validated Designs provide tested reference architectures for VSPEX private cloud and end user computing solutions scaled from 50 to 2000 VMs/desktops.
Security & Virtualization in the Data CenterCisco Russia
The document discusses security and virtualization in the data center. It covers virtual network security services like the Nexus 1000V virtual switch and Virtual Security Gateway (VSG) which provide network segmentation, security policies, and firewall inspection for virtual machines. It also discusses the virtualized ASA (ASAv) firewall which provides firewall capabilities as a virtual appliance. The document emphasizes maintaining security controls as the data center architecture evolves to be more virtualized.
The document provides an overview of the Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Basic Operating System (BOS) and Basic Operating System V (BOS V). It discusses the key features and benefits, including a layered approach and components. BOS provides common management tools and virtual partitions, while BOS V adds external storage virtualization and expands virtual partitions. Benefits include business agility, operational excellence, and optimized storage system performance. An example success story at a large brokerage firm is also briefly mentioned.
The document discusses Dell's history in networking and data center solutions, highlighting key acquisitions and product launches over time that established Dell as a leader in Ethernet switching, data center networking, and storage. It also provides an overview of Dell's current networking portfolio across different layers and environments, including campus, data center, virtualization, wireless, and security solutions. The networking transformation is driven by changing user experiences and models of increased mobility, BYOD, and telecommuting.
The document discusses IBM POWER8 technology for cloud computing and OpenStack. It provides an overview of PowerVM and PowerKVM virtualization, how IBM integrates hardware technologies into OpenStack environments, and a real example of deploying an OpenStack private cloud solution. It also covers advanced monitoring tools for clouds like PowerVP and PowerVC, and how PowerVC integrates with OpenStack.
This presentation shows how to use an IBM Blade Center for Virtualization with VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.5. It shows the current state of the Blade, the technology to improve virtualization and the futur directions.
The VX 9000 virtualized software-based wireless LAN controller combines the power of virtualization with Motorola Solutions' WiNG Controller. It provides centralized management of wireless networks through a single interface with high scalability, flexibility and advanced wireless services. Key features include integrated network security, the advanced WiNG 5 operating system, plug-and-play deployment, simplified licensing and infinite scalability through virtualization. It supports all major hypervisors and public/private clouds for maximum deployment flexibility at low cost.
The document discusses the architecture of a secure multi-tenancy cloud computing platform. It describes a secure multi-tenancy architecture with four key elements: availability, secure separation, service assurance, and manageability. It then provides details on the infrastructure components, including VMware, Cisco, and NetApp technologies, that provide reliability, security isolation, service level agreements, and centralized management capabilities.
Chad Sakac, VMworld 2012
The latest in IT transformation at EMC (and also VMware).
Topics discussed:
What is the “Software Defined Datacenter” doing to the primary storage and backup landscape?
What is EMC doing about it?
What are the latest updates in integration (with everything VMware does) today and tomorrow?
Disco: Running Commodity Operating Systems on Scalable Multiprocessors DiscoMagnus Backman
Disco: Running Commodity Operating Systems on Scalable Multiprocessors
VMware started as a grad school project out of Stansford university.
Many servers were under utilized so Project Disco was born.
Yes, VMware was originally called Project Disco.
In fact both GOOGLE and Project Disco started out together as grad projects.
The document discusses the opportunities and requirements of modern IT from an EMC perspective. It focuses on guiding customers towards cloud computing and IT as a service. EMC sees opportunities in transforming traditional IT infrastructure and applications to private, public and hybrid cloud models. The document provides examples of how EMC can help optimize data center execution and migrate applications and data to more advanced infrastructure like flash storage. It also discusses new roles and skills needed for IT as a service environments and how EMC training programs can help with the transition.
Information Wars - Starring Symmetrix VMAXMagnus Backman
The document is a marketing presentation that highlights the Symmetrix VMAX storage solution. It depicts Symmetrix as the original and dominant storage solution, with imagery suggesting it can consolidate and rule all other storage. The presentation lists several TV shows and movies where Symmetrix has appeared, positioning it as a leading solution seen in major entertainment franchises. It concludes by announcing Symmetrix VMAX will soon be in a datacenter near the viewer.
The document discusses EMC's perspective on the future of IT and the transition to cloud computing. It describes how EMC is helping customers transform their infrastructure through strategies like consolidating and virtualizing systems, building private and hybrid clouds, and offering IT as a service. The document also previews some of EMC's upcoming storage platforms that will be able to run as virtual machines in cloud environments.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
In the realm of cybersecurity, offensive security practices act as a critical shield. By simulating real-world attacks in a controlled environment, these techniques expose vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. This proactive approach allows manufacturers to identify and fix weaknesses, significantly enhancing system security.
This presentation delves into the development of a system designed to mimic Galileo's Open Service signal using software-defined radio (SDR) technology. We'll begin with a foundational overview of both Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and the intricacies of digital signal processing.
The presentation culminates in a live demonstration. We'll showcase the manipulation of Galileo's Open Service pilot signal, simulating an attack on various software and hardware systems. This practical demonstration serves to highlight the potential consequences of unaddressed vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of offensive security practices in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
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Trusted Execution Environment for Decentralized Process MiningLucaBarbaro3
Presentation of the paper "Trusted Execution Environment for Decentralized Process Mining" given during the CAiSE 2024 Conference in Cyprus on June 7, 2024.
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
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HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
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The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
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Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
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- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
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- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
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TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
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Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
3. VCE Vision – Accelerate the Journey
% IT PRODUCTION BUSINESS PRODUCTION IT-AS-A-SERVICE
Virtual Lower Costs Quality Of Service Produce and Consume
Mission Critical EMC
IT-owned IT 100%
Applications Applications
86%
Scalable Standardised
75%
Simple Automated
Effective Available
40% Protected Policy Driven
Dynamic SLA
30% Secure
Run IT as a
15%
Business
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9. New VNX Vblock Series 300
Engineered. Integrated. Supercharged.
VBLOCK • Vblock Series 300 model EX (VNX5300)
Series • Vblock Series 300 model FX (VNX5500)
• Vblock Series 300 model GX (VNX5700)
300 • Vblock Series 300 model HX (VNX7500)
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10. Vblock: Compute
• Cisco Fabric Interconnect
• Cisco UCS Blade
Server Chassis
- Multiple 10 Gb/s uplinks
- No independent management
- Fewer physical components
- Energy efficient
• Blade Server
- Full & Half height server options
- Extended memory
- Virtualized Adapters
- vSphere Boot from SAN
Unified Computing
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11. Vblock: Networking
• Cisco MDS Series Switching
• FC Fabric
• Cisco 5000 Series Switching
• Ethernet
• Cisco Nexus 1000V
• Virtual Switch
•Cisco 7000 Series Switching (Optional)
• Enterprise Level
Network
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12. Vblock: Storage
• High End
• EFD, FC, SATA Disk
• Block and File
• FAST
• Mid Range
• EFD, FC, SATA Disk
• Block and File
• FAST
• FAST Cache
• Entry Level
• EFD, FC, SATA Disk
• File
• FAST Cache
Storage
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14. Q: What runs on a Vblock?
A: Simple: Anything that is approved to run
on VMware vSphere
Vblock accelerates virtualization of Operating System Support
applications by standardizing IT
infrastructure and IT processes Windows NT 4.0 Solaris 10 for x86
Windows 2000 NetWare 6.5
It offers a broad range of operating system Windows Server 2003 NetWare 6.0
support with over 300 enterprise applications Windows Server 2008 NetWare 6.1
explicitly supported Windows Vista Debian
Windows XP CentOS
RHEL5 FreeBSD
Vblock tested applications:
RHEL4 Asianux
• SAP Netweaver and ECC v6
RHEL3 SCO OpenServer
• VMware View 3.5 and 4 RHEL2.1 SCO Unixware
• MS Exchange SLES10 …
• MS SharePoint SLES9
• Oracle SLES8
Ubuntu 7.04
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17. Vblock Seamless Support Experience
Enabling Pervasive Virtualization and Private Cloud
Unified inter-company Single experience for onsite
collaboration tool and remote support
Joint problem Cross-company,
re-creation labs cross-product-trained
support experts
Cooperative
Engineering Groups
Common metrics and alignment
Shared problem resolution and escalation processes
Documented processes via best practice Support
Implementation Plan
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18. GLOBAL COVERAGE HELPS GUARANTEE
CONTINUOUS, CONSISTENT SUPPORT
Multiple, dedicated joint support labs worldwide
24x7 follow-the-sun support
Cork, Ireland San Jose/Palo Alto, California
Bangalore, India Broomfield, Colorado
Shanghai, China Raleigh, North Carolina
Tokyo, Japan Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Duluth, Georgia Toronto, Canada
Sydney, Australia
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19. Vblock Infrastructure Packages Architecture
Virtualized, Virtualization Aware, Virtualization Optimized
Systems
Applications & Operating Systems Management &
Monitoring
Multi-Tenancy High-Availability Security Service-Tiering Performance Management &
Orchestration
Vblock Foundation
VMware vSphere 4 Cisco Unified Computing EMC Unified Storage
System
Vblock
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20. Use Case: Accelerating Virtualization
Accelerate IT Standardization and Simplification
V V V V V V V V
V V V V V V V V
Database Virtual Desktops Email Custom Web
Enable Virtualization at Scale—Simplify IT
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22. Build, Handle, Govern and Manage a VDI
Infrastructure
Server
Expert
Network
Expert
Storage
Expert
Client
Expert
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23. Define Your Cloud Journey
1 2 3 4
Build a Define key Virtualize Evolve your
cloud programs for everything IT business
roadmap your journey model
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24. Deliver IT As A Service
Define Service Catalog, Publish To Self-Service IT Portal
Availabilit Security Performan Cost
y ce
SLA Driven
Management
99.99% High 0.2ms $500K
Self Service IT Portal
Application VMware
Service vCloud
Catalog
Director
Service
Catalog
Platinum
Gold
Infrastructure
Service
EMC Silver
Bronze
Catalog UIM
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25. To make this possible, cloud requires new resource abstractions
VMware vCloud Director
Organization: Marketing Organization: Finance
Users & Policies Organization SLA’s Service Catalog Users & Policies Organization SLA’s Service Catalogs
Service Offerings / Provider vDCs
(Bronze)
(Silver)
(Gold)
Resource Pools Storage Pools Network Pools
VMware vSphere
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26. VCE is the BEST Solution for Your Cloud
Where are you along the journey?
IT PRODUCTION BUSINESS PRODUCTION IT-AS-A-SERVICE
Percent
Virtualized
Lower Costs Improve Quality of Service Improve Agility
Development, test, and 100%
IT-owned applications
Simplicity Scalability Standardization
Efficiency Availability Automation
Protection Protection Policy Driven
Security
Mission-critical Run IT as a
applications business
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The customer Journey to offering IT as a service typically starts the same for everyone. You virtualize the “low-hanging fruit” first and begin to tackle server consolidation to manage hardware that is growing out of control to accommodate projects driven by the business. Since the launch of vSphere 4.0 in May 2009, customers have began moving further along the adoption curve because vSphere 4.0 allowed for much greater virtual machine scale to handle virtualizing the applications that customers use to run their business. The last phase is where customers begin looking at ways to provide service levels, chargeback models, and standardization within IT to better align business goals to projects.
Complete System Integration – Deliver integrated product roadmaps inclusive of all major components of the Vblock converged infrastructure. VCE benefits from selecting the best products from its parent companies. Solutions Optimized on a Vblock– Deliver and actively promote specific solutions for the Vblock converged infrastructure including application ports and differentiated solutions for targeted use casesSeamless Support – Provide single point of configuration validation, ordering, delivery, support and warranty for the coalition converged infrastructure solutionsPartner Enablement – Enable partners and coalition sales forces and service teams with product/solutions support, training, competitive intelligence, configuration and delivery support while ensuring global consistency and customer satisfaction Market Catalyst – VCE catalyzes the market through innovative thought leadership programs, competency centers, best practice replication, mentored installs, and technical assistance but does not operate or aim to become a service company in itselfDon’t forget to emphasize that these value propositions help the customer ‘Accelerate Time to Results – Reduce TCO’.
The goal of this slide is to show customers how best of breed products from undisputed leaders in their markets, Cisco, EMC and VMware make up the Vblock package offerings. Highlight the key components of the solution – application & management (including user access from different devices and locations), VMware virtualization, Cisco Unified Computing, Cisco networking, and EMC storage.Vblock enables customers and partners to significantly reduce implementation times, risk, and cost, accelerating the journey to pervasive virtualization and private cloud computing. Because they are pre-packaged and highly standardized, Vblock Infrastructure Packages ensure security and minimize risk with certification paths, enable data center managers to more easily support and manage Service Level Agreements, facilitate resource metering & reporting, simplify & automate configuration & provisioning, and drive higher resource utilization.These three “#1 companies” have come together to create the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE). This truly supports the best of breed message. If you receive questions on Cisco UCS servers, here are a few additional points on Cisco UCS that might be useful. “Cisco UCS Servers are growing at a rate of 82% quarter over quarter” “Cisco UCS Servers are expected to jump to the #2 position for worldwide x86 blade server shipments in two quarters”- John Chambers, Cisco Financial Analyst Conference, Sept. 14, 2010
The Vblock platform currently consists of Vblock 0, Vblock 1, Vblock 1u, Vblock 2. With the launch of Vblock 300, we have also renamed Vblock 2 to Vblock 700. This new naming convention will give us the opportunity to add additional specificity, by having model numbers. VCE will focus on Promoting Vblock 300 and Vblock 700. While Vblock 0, Vblock 1, and Vblock 1u are still available they will not be actively marketed.
The Vblock platform currently consists of Vblock 0, Vblock 1, Vblock 1u, Vblock 2. With the launch of Vblock 300, we have also renamed Vblock 2 to Vblock 700. This new naming convention will give us the opportunity to add additional specificity, by having model numbers. VCE will focus on Promoting Vblock 300 and Vblock 700. While Vblock 0, Vblock 1, and Vblock 1u are still available they will not be actively marketed.
So I am PROUD TO ANNOUCE here at EMC WORLD:THE NEW VNX-BASED VBLOCK!The VBLOCK 300 SERIESAs most of you know, the VCE coalition was formed to help IT shops deploy HIGH PERFORMANCE, TURN-KEY CLOUD SOLUTIONSAnd with all the FIREPOWER of the modern CISCO/INTEL SERVERS, it was NATUTAL to make the transition to VNX and FLASH 1st.4 POWERFUL VNX models forms the base of the VBLOCK 300 models EX, FX, GX and HX!It is NOW EASIER than EVER to deploy YOUR OWN PRIVATE FLASH 1st CLOUD. VBLOCK 300 – coming to a DATA CENTER near you!<CLICK>
IMPORTANT: The following ‘Technical Overview’ slides are intentionally kept generic with regard to model numbers, etc so that you can talk to them overlaying information on the latest component details obtained from the VCE Portal.What exactly does a Vblock consist of?Compute: Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)Below are some of the areas of the compute layer that you can highlightUnified Fabric: Performance bottlenecks are often attributed to storage I/O-operations-per-second (IOPS) performance. Cisco Unified Fabric architecture provides a lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet ultra low-latency Ethernet fabric that converges LAN and multiprotocol storage traffic, helping ensure high levels of storage array throughput and IOPS for primary and replicated user desktops, applications, and data. Cisco Unified Fabric drastically reduces the number of adapters and devices that need to be purchased, powered, cooled, configured, managed, and secured compared to other deployment models. Service profiles: Cisco UCS manager implements role and policy based management using service profiles and templates – such as power & cooling, security, identity, hardware health and Ethernet storage and networking – needed to deploy applications are encapsulated in a service profile. Security: Cisco Unified Computing System™, unified network services, and VN-Link solutions provide visibility and security for the network all the way to the virtual machine. Each virtual machine is configured with the policy, security, network, and application optimization profile specific to that virtual machine. These profiles stay with the virtual machine even as VMware vMotion moves it across the data center between virtual machine clusters, helping ensure continuous protection of the VM.Dependent on the model of Vblock there are two Cisco Fabric Interconnect offerings:CISCO 6100 FABRIC INTERCONNECT BASIC DETAILS:6120XP1 Rack Unit (RU)20 port fabric interconnect520 gigabits per second throughput (Gbps) 6140XP2 Rack Units (RU)40 port fabric interconnect1.04 terabits per second throughput (Tbps)
What exactly does a Vblock consist of?Network: Cisco Nexus family, Cisco MDS 9000 seriesNexus 1000V – Switch Virtualization: With Cisco’s industry first virtual switch in the Nexus 1000v and new VN-Link technology, network policies can now be tied to each virtual machine and templates can be applied in near real-time leading to heavily decreased service delivery times among other benefits. VM visibility and controlUnified and Distributed Virtual Switching embedded within vSphereContinuity of Server and Network administrative divisions
What exactly does a Vblock consist of?Storage: EMC Symmetrix V-Max or EMC Unified Storage (Celerra and CLARiiON)For this slide re-emphasize many of the EMC storage features outlined earlier in this deck, in particular:EMC Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) cache technology: ensure maximum performance by holding frequently used data in high-speed EFDs. Reduce storage requirement:By up to 50% with Celerra Data Deduplication and compression for primary file and system and end user file dataMaximize storage efficiency by eliminating redundant data such as repeated copies of application executables.Tight APIs integration:High availability:Tight integration of EMC replication and Vmware Site Recovery Manager enables DR protectionVMware vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)Intelligent off-loading of storage functions to EMC storageAccelerates VM deployment, clone, snapshot, and Storage VMotionClear benefits:Improve scalability and performanceEliminate out-of-space errorsTransparently leverage array function10-times less I/O, 10-times more VMs, 10-times faster
What exactly does a Vblock consist of?Management: The core management products used in a Vblock Cisco UCS Manager EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager (UIM) VMware vCentervSpherevSphere provides rich application and infrastructure services. It has strong integration with compute and storage and network infrastructure through APIs.All management components run in virtual machines (vCenter, Vblock Unified Infrastructure Manager, and all security VMs).vCenter is used to manage the virtualization platform.Ensure to emphasize the benefits brought to the Vblock package by EMC’s UIM.UIM provides a single point of management for Vblock Infrastructure Packages and manages multiple Vblock Infrastructure Packages across compute, network, and storage resources anywhere in the world. It also comes with an open management framework (API) to leverage other management solutions. UIM is not an element manager…it sits above them Interfaces with the element managers of the various domains XML API for Cisco UCS Manager CLI/SNMP for the Nexus and MDS Symmetrix Agent on the Service Processor (SMI-S) (Future) Remote agent for Navisphere (SMI-S) (Future) Acts as a top level management point Orchestration and visibility across the Vblock stack New with UIM 2.0 provide the IT infrastructure service catalog and provisioning center – a web-based interface for managing the infrastructure service lifecycle - creating the infrastructure services, provisioning those services on demand, and decommissioning services when resources are needed for other applications. UIM 2.0 will also interface with EMC CLARiiON systems that are part of Vblock 1 configurations to provide storage visibility and configuration / provisioning automation. UIM 2.0 also introduces an API that allows higher-level provisioning portals and orchestration tools to query and provision the infrastructure services managed by UIM.
Obviously, to support pervasive virtualization, a broad range of operating and applications need to be supported without making changes to the operating system and applications that are to be hosted. Vblock platforms provide the broadest support for both operating systems and applications within the industry. Firstly, Vblock platforms support a broad range of Linux and Windows operating systems that means many existing servers can simply be virtualized using physical-to-virtual migration techniques.Secondly, Vblock platforms also support over 300 applications that have been certified and validated by the ISV: http://www.vmware.com/solutions/partners/alliances/vmware-isv-partners.html. Lastly, Vblock Solutions Engineering is validating a number of applications to provide prescriptive guidance as to how best operationalize these applications on Vblock platforms. This includes VM profiles, data store guidance, performance tuning, as well as sizing data to help accelerate and optimize the application deployment, as well as better operationalize the application environment.
This is the ‘glue’ slide that provides the opportunity to bring all the aspects of the Vblock together.Building in blocks has distinct advantages. The self contained resources serve to isolate faults, but can also be aggregated to provide scalability. Vblock platforms:Are units of assembly that provide sets of services, at a known level, to target consumersAre self contained, but can also use external shared servicesAre optimized for the classes of services that they are designed to provideCan be clustered to provide high availability, or be aggregated for scalabilityIsolate faults. The failure of a Vblock does not impact the operation of another Vblock (service-level degradation might occur unless availability or continuity services are present).Predictable and granular SLA measurement and assuranceDeterministic space and weight: floor tiles become unit of capacity planningConsistent power and cooling (KWh/BTUs) per unitPre-determined capacity and scalabilityUniform workload distribution and mobilityDeterministic fault and security isolation
Work 11 FC DiskBoot 28 FC Disk
What is your cloud strategy?How do you plan to get there?Use this slide to get the audience to think, and also to give the account teams an entry point in to further conversations.
We hope this presentation helps you better understand what integration EMC has with VMware, and we hope to serve as your vendor of choice for the long-term. Thank you for your time.