This season, on Virtual Design Master, we’ve been dealing with the aftermath of a second round of the zombie outbreak. We’ve designed the systems to build spaceships, which are evacuating what’s left of the human race from the earth. We’ve built the infrastructure to support our new civilization on the moon. We’ve also tried to prepare what’s left of the earth in case there is another round of the outbreak, by fortifying islands across the world by deploying infrastructure remotely.
In last season we were in the aftermath of a pandemic zombie virus outbreak, which had destroyed most of the worlds civilization. The virus spread was in remission, thus allowing us to start rebuilding core infrastructure as hardware became available. Internet connectivity was restored and multi-site topologies were established.
Space ship depots continue to come online, with launches to the Moon occurring daily. The moon bases
have been stabilized, and humans are beginning to settle in.
Not surprisingly, many island nations fared better than expected during the outbreak. Their isolation could
be very valuable if we face a third round of infection before the earth has been evacuated. We need to get
them back on the grid as soon as possible. Japan, Madagascar, and Iceland are first on the list for
building infrastructures. Local teams have managed to get some equipment, but all you’ll have to start
with is one repository and blank hardware. As we’ve learned while building the depots, travel is
dangerous and difficult. You will need to create your infrastructure in a lab first, to ensure it will be able to
be quickly deployed by a local team. Once the process has been deemed successful, we will establish a
satellite link to the islands to get everything we need to the local repositories
This document provides a detailed system design for the Total Offender Management System (TOMS) offender conduct module. It describes the design of several screens and components within this module, including the incident information screen, conduct summary screen, conduct hearing summary screen, and processes for creating new conduct reports, editing existing reports, and administering lookups and dropdown lists within the system. The design supports use cases for adding, editing, and dismissing conduct reports and associated hearings, appeals, sanctions and other events. It also describes processes for calculating identification numbers, scheduling notifications, and populating data on the screens.
This document provides guidance for architects on designing and implementing a VMware vCloud environment. It discusses vCloud components and logical architecture, including the management cluster, resource groups, and vCloud Director constructs. It also covers establishing provider and organization virtual datacenters, networking options, templates, policies, and access. Guidelines are provided for monitoring, logging, security, availability, and sizing considerations. The intended audience is VMware-certified professionals familiar with vSphere and vCloud Director.
This document provides an overview and introduction to IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager V4.1. It discusses the key concepts of business service management and the architecture of Tivoli Business Service Manager. The document also covers installation, migration considerations, working with the Discovery Library toolkit, and operational aspects of Tivoli Business Service Manager V4.1.
This document provides guidance on obtaining certification for IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop V2.0. It begins with an overview of IBM's certification program and the objectives covered in the Netcool/Webtop certification exam. The document then details key areas examined in the exam, including planning, installation, configuration, and performance tuning. It provides guidance on preparing for the exam through classroom courses, online resources, and hands-on experience with Netcool/Webtop.
This document is a study guide for the IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.0 certification. It provides an overview of the certification program and prerequisites. It also lists the test objectives that candidates need to understand to pass the exam. Additionally, it recommends educational resources like courses and documentation to help candidates prepare.
Motorola solutions wing 5.3 wireless controller system reference guide (part ...Advantec Distribution
This document provides a summary of features and configuration steps for the Motorola Solutions WiNG 5 Enterprise Controller. It includes chapters that describe the web user interface, provide a quick start guide for initial setup and configuration of a managed wireless LAN, and explain how to configure devices, profiles, licenses, certificates and other settings. The quick start guide walks through configuring access to the GUI, creating a RF domain, wireless profiles, WLAN configuration, access point profiles and a DHCP server policy to complete and test a basic network configuration.
In last season we were in the aftermath of a pandemic zombie virus outbreak, which had destroyed most of the worlds civilization. The virus spread was in remission, thus allowing us to start rebuilding core infrastructure as hardware became available. Internet connectivity was restored and multi-site topologies were established.
Space ship depots continue to come online, with launches to the Moon occurring daily. The moon bases
have been stabilized, and humans are beginning to settle in.
Not surprisingly, many island nations fared better than expected during the outbreak. Their isolation could
be very valuable if we face a third round of infection before the earth has been evacuated. We need to get
them back on the grid as soon as possible. Japan, Madagascar, and Iceland are first on the list for
building infrastructures. Local teams have managed to get some equipment, but all you’ll have to start
with is one repository and blank hardware. As we’ve learned while building the depots, travel is
dangerous and difficult. You will need to create your infrastructure in a lab first, to ensure it will be able to
be quickly deployed by a local team. Once the process has been deemed successful, we will establish a
satellite link to the islands to get everything we need to the local repositories
This document provides a detailed system design for the Total Offender Management System (TOMS) offender conduct module. It describes the design of several screens and components within this module, including the incident information screen, conduct summary screen, conduct hearing summary screen, and processes for creating new conduct reports, editing existing reports, and administering lookups and dropdown lists within the system. The design supports use cases for adding, editing, and dismissing conduct reports and associated hearings, appeals, sanctions and other events. It also describes processes for calculating identification numbers, scheduling notifications, and populating data on the screens.
This document provides guidance for architects on designing and implementing a VMware vCloud environment. It discusses vCloud components and logical architecture, including the management cluster, resource groups, and vCloud Director constructs. It also covers establishing provider and organization virtual datacenters, networking options, templates, policies, and access. Guidelines are provided for monitoring, logging, security, availability, and sizing considerations. The intended audience is VMware-certified professionals familiar with vSphere and vCloud Director.
This document provides an overview and introduction to IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager V4.1. It discusses the key concepts of business service management and the architecture of Tivoli Business Service Manager. The document also covers installation, migration considerations, working with the Discovery Library toolkit, and operational aspects of Tivoli Business Service Manager V4.1.
This document provides guidance on obtaining certification for IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop V2.0. It begins with an overview of IBM's certification program and the objectives covered in the Netcool/Webtop certification exam. The document then details key areas examined in the exam, including planning, installation, configuration, and performance tuning. It provides guidance on preparing for the exam through classroom courses, online resources, and hands-on experience with Netcool/Webtop.
This document is a study guide for the IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.0 certification. It provides an overview of the certification program and prerequisites. It also lists the test objectives that candidates need to understand to pass the exam. Additionally, it recommends educational resources like courses and documentation to help candidates prepare.
Motorola solutions wing 5.3 wireless controller system reference guide (part ...Advantec Distribution
This document provides a summary of features and configuration steps for the Motorola Solutions WiNG 5 Enterprise Controller. It includes chapters that describe the web user interface, provide a quick start guide for initial setup and configuration of a managed wireless LAN, and explain how to configure devices, profiles, licenses, certificates and other settings. The quick start guide walks through configuring access to the GUI, creating a RF domain, wireless profiles, WLAN configuration, access point profiles and a DHCP server policy to complete and test a basic network configuration.
This document discusses managing an SOA environment with Tivoli products. It introduces SOA concepts and components. It describes several Tivoli products for SOA management, including ITCAM for SOA, ITCAM for WebSphere, ITCAM for Response Time Tracking, and OMEGAMON XE for Messaging. It covers basic and advanced SOA and Web services management tasks that can be performed with these products, such as monitoring, debugging performance, understanding calling patterns, and maintaining continuity with an enterprise service bus.
This document provides guidance on deploying IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere (ITCAM for WebSphere). It includes sample code, installation instructions, and assistance with scope development for a services engagement with ITCAM for WebSphere. The document covers planning the engagement, demonstrating the key capabilities of ITCAM for WebSphere through a sample implementation, and implementing the full ITCAM for WebSphere solution. It also discusses complementary solutions that can be bundled with an ITCAM for WebSphere engagement.
Motorola solutions ap 6511 access point system reference guide (part no. 72 e...Advantec Distribution
This document provides a reference guide for the Motorola Solutions AP-6511 Access Point. It includes information on accessing and navigating the web user interface (Web UI), initial device setup using the setup wizard, dashboard overview, device configuration including profiles, wireless configuration, and more. The document contains detailed explanations and screenshots to help users understand and configure various aspects of the access point.
The document is a Getting Started Guide for SRC PE Software Release 4.2.x. It provides an overview of SRC components including the Service Activation Engine, Subscriber Information Collector, Juniper Policy Server, Network Information Collector, and Redirect Server. It also describes SRC data repositories like the Juniper Networks Database, directory, and Session State Registrar. The guide covers management tools for SRC like the SRC CLI, C-Web interface, Policy and Management application, and SDX SNMP agent.
This document is the user manual for SQL Developer version 2.2.0. It provides information on getting started with SQL Developer, including license registration and configuring database drivers. It describes the main features of the SQL Developer desktop interface, including the main menu, tool bar, window areas, and output window. It provides details on the database navigator, connection dialog, SQL editors, bookmarks, diagram editor, database info, settings, and extensions available in SQL Developer.
Enabling mobile apps with ibm worklight application center redbupbechanhgmail
This document provides guidance on installing, configuring, and using IBM Worklight Application Center. It discusses the Application Center architecture and components. It then provides step-by-step instructions on installing and configuring Application Center on WebSphere Application Server. The document also demonstrates how to use the Application Center console to manage applications and the mobile client to install applications on devices. Finally, it discusses integrating Application Center with IBM Endpoint Manager for mobile device management.
This document provides a summary of the "Oracle DBA Concise Handbook". It covers Oracle database concepts from 9i to 11g such as logical and memory structures, background processes, installation, startup/shutdown, control files, redo logs, tablespaces, segments, tables, indexes, constraints, users and security. It also discusses backup and recovery, performance tuning, SQL and PL/SQL, useful DBA scripts and packages, new features of 10g/11g, interview questions and includes diagrams of Oracle server architecture. The handbook is intended to be a concise yet comprehensive reference for Oracle database administrators.
This document provides guidance on planning for and implementing large-scale instances of IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere and Response Time Tracking. It covers topics such as sizing servers, deploying components, ensuring high availability, and performing maintenance. The goal is to help organizations successfully manage thousands of applications and transactions across distributed environments.
This document provides an overview and instructions for deploying and using IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere V6.0. It describes how to plan, install, and configure the managing server and data collectors to monitor WebSphere application servers. It also provides guidance on using the monitoring console to analyze performance issues.
This document provides an overview of automated provisioning using IBM's Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator and Enterprise Workload Manager. It describes the key components of the provisioning solution including Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator, Enterprise Workload Manager, and Tivoli Provisioning Manager. It also outlines an example test environment used to demonstrate automated provisioning through the configuration of Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator, Enterprise Workload Manager, and their integration using the objective analyzer.
This document provides an overview and introduction to IBM's Software Defined Network for Virtual Environments (SDN VE) solution. It describes the components of SDN VE including the Distributed Services Appliance, Distributed Connectivity Service, Distributed Gateways, and 5000V Host Module. It also explains key concepts such as the overlay network, network encapsulation techniques, and how SDN VE addresses network segmentation challenges in virtualized environments.
Quality of Service(QoS) Strategy and White Paper for a NYC Utility
Covers QoS design and implementation for a Cisco based multiplatform enterprise client. A custom QoS command line toolset and menu system is also featured.
This document is a user guide for AirDefense Mobile 6.1. It provides an overview of the system and instructions for using its live monitoring and frame capture analysis features. The guide describes the interface and functionality of the common area, data, connections, devices, frames, and survey tabs. It also covers topics like conducting site surveys, creating floor plans, and visualizing survey data.
Product description vital qip next generation v7 2_en_feb09(1)Roy Muy Golfo
VitalQIP is a leading IP management software that provides centralized management of IP addresses, DNS, DHCP, and ENUM. It offers automated IP address assignment, accurate network inventory, flexible user interfaces, redundancy of DNS and DHCP servers, and integration with existing DNS and DHCP environments. The document provides an overview of VitalQIP's capabilities, including its architecture with enterprise server, database, and client components. It describes the user interfaces of the core product, such as the new next-generation web GUI, command line interface, and web services API. The document also outlines many features of VitalQIP related to DNS, DHCP, reporting, user permissions, and high availability.
This document provides a step-by-step guide for deploying IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager. It discusses best practices for installation planning, including required expertise, deployment considerations, and backup strategies. It also provides two case studies detailing example installations of Tivoli Configuration Manager in a small/medium enterprise and a large enterprise.
Сергей Переслегин. Иной Органон. Повестка дня технологизации мышленияlukoshka
Выступление Сергея Переслегина на методологической игре П.Щедровицкого по технологизации мышления. Бекасово, январь 2014 г.
Иной Органон. Повестка дня технологизации мышления.
ВИДЕО доклада: http://youtu.be/tdr2klx-XGM
The document summarizes the development of a Collabrify client app for Windows Phone 8. It describes the need for a WP8 app to allow instant data sharing. The solution created a WP8 Collabrify client using Google Protocol Buffers to enable collaboration across WP8 apps. Key features would allow creating and joining collaboration sessions to share data in real-time. Remaining tasks include completing the API integration and adding threading support.
The documentary The Undateables uses a mix of narration, observation, and interviews to tell the stories of people who have disabilities and find it difficult to date. It follows a linear, chronological structure so viewers can easily understand what is happening. Close-ups are used to show subjects' emotions, like loneliness and happiness, and make the audience feel empathy. The setting changes from homes to dates as people's situations improve. Costumes are casual but people dress up for dates to make an effort. Music and voiceovers reinforce the message and elicit sympathy from viewers.
The nervous system is made up of the brain, spinal cord, sensory organs, and nerves that connect them. Together they control the body and allow communication between its parts. Neurons contain structures like dendrites and axons that bring signals into and out of the cell body. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord and controls most body functions. The peripheral nervous system controls all parts of the body through nerves. Epilepsy is a brain disorder where a person has two or more seizures, which are changes in normal brain activity. A stroke occurs when blood vessels in the brain get blocked, preventing nutrients from reaching brain cells. Parkinson's disease affects movement and balance through the loss of certain neurons.
This document discusses managing an SOA environment with Tivoli products. It introduces SOA concepts and components. It describes several Tivoli products for SOA management, including ITCAM for SOA, ITCAM for WebSphere, ITCAM for Response Time Tracking, and OMEGAMON XE for Messaging. It covers basic and advanced SOA and Web services management tasks that can be performed with these products, such as monitoring, debugging performance, understanding calling patterns, and maintaining continuity with an enterprise service bus.
This document provides guidance on deploying IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere (ITCAM for WebSphere). It includes sample code, installation instructions, and assistance with scope development for a services engagement with ITCAM for WebSphere. The document covers planning the engagement, demonstrating the key capabilities of ITCAM for WebSphere through a sample implementation, and implementing the full ITCAM for WebSphere solution. It also discusses complementary solutions that can be bundled with an ITCAM for WebSphere engagement.
Motorola solutions ap 6511 access point system reference guide (part no. 72 e...Advantec Distribution
This document provides a reference guide for the Motorola Solutions AP-6511 Access Point. It includes information on accessing and navigating the web user interface (Web UI), initial device setup using the setup wizard, dashboard overview, device configuration including profiles, wireless configuration, and more. The document contains detailed explanations and screenshots to help users understand and configure various aspects of the access point.
The document is a Getting Started Guide for SRC PE Software Release 4.2.x. It provides an overview of SRC components including the Service Activation Engine, Subscriber Information Collector, Juniper Policy Server, Network Information Collector, and Redirect Server. It also describes SRC data repositories like the Juniper Networks Database, directory, and Session State Registrar. The guide covers management tools for SRC like the SRC CLI, C-Web interface, Policy and Management application, and SDX SNMP agent.
This document is the user manual for SQL Developer version 2.2.0. It provides information on getting started with SQL Developer, including license registration and configuring database drivers. It describes the main features of the SQL Developer desktop interface, including the main menu, tool bar, window areas, and output window. It provides details on the database navigator, connection dialog, SQL editors, bookmarks, diagram editor, database info, settings, and extensions available in SQL Developer.
Enabling mobile apps with ibm worklight application center redbupbechanhgmail
This document provides guidance on installing, configuring, and using IBM Worklight Application Center. It discusses the Application Center architecture and components. It then provides step-by-step instructions on installing and configuring Application Center on WebSphere Application Server. The document also demonstrates how to use the Application Center console to manage applications and the mobile client to install applications on devices. Finally, it discusses integrating Application Center with IBM Endpoint Manager for mobile device management.
This document provides a summary of the "Oracle DBA Concise Handbook". It covers Oracle database concepts from 9i to 11g such as logical and memory structures, background processes, installation, startup/shutdown, control files, redo logs, tablespaces, segments, tables, indexes, constraints, users and security. It also discusses backup and recovery, performance tuning, SQL and PL/SQL, useful DBA scripts and packages, new features of 10g/11g, interview questions and includes diagrams of Oracle server architecture. The handbook is intended to be a concise yet comprehensive reference for Oracle database administrators.
This document provides guidance on planning for and implementing large-scale instances of IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere and Response Time Tracking. It covers topics such as sizing servers, deploying components, ensuring high availability, and performing maintenance. The goal is to help organizations successfully manage thousands of applications and transactions across distributed environments.
This document provides an overview and instructions for deploying and using IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere V6.0. It describes how to plan, install, and configure the managing server and data collectors to monitor WebSphere application servers. It also provides guidance on using the monitoring console to analyze performance issues.
This document provides an overview of automated provisioning using IBM's Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator and Enterprise Workload Manager. It describes the key components of the provisioning solution including Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator, Enterprise Workload Manager, and Tivoli Provisioning Manager. It also outlines an example test environment used to demonstrate automated provisioning through the configuration of Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator, Enterprise Workload Manager, and their integration using the objective analyzer.
This document provides an overview and introduction to IBM's Software Defined Network for Virtual Environments (SDN VE) solution. It describes the components of SDN VE including the Distributed Services Appliance, Distributed Connectivity Service, Distributed Gateways, and 5000V Host Module. It also explains key concepts such as the overlay network, network encapsulation techniques, and how SDN VE addresses network segmentation challenges in virtualized environments.
Quality of Service(QoS) Strategy and White Paper for a NYC Utility
Covers QoS design and implementation for a Cisco based multiplatform enterprise client. A custom QoS command line toolset and menu system is also featured.
This document is a user guide for AirDefense Mobile 6.1. It provides an overview of the system and instructions for using its live monitoring and frame capture analysis features. The guide describes the interface and functionality of the common area, data, connections, devices, frames, and survey tabs. It also covers topics like conducting site surveys, creating floor plans, and visualizing survey data.
Product description vital qip next generation v7 2_en_feb09(1)Roy Muy Golfo
VitalQIP is a leading IP management software that provides centralized management of IP addresses, DNS, DHCP, and ENUM. It offers automated IP address assignment, accurate network inventory, flexible user interfaces, redundancy of DNS and DHCP servers, and integration with existing DNS and DHCP environments. The document provides an overview of VitalQIP's capabilities, including its architecture with enterprise server, database, and client components. It describes the user interfaces of the core product, such as the new next-generation web GUI, command line interface, and web services API. The document also outlines many features of VitalQIP related to DNS, DHCP, reporting, user permissions, and high availability.
This document provides a step-by-step guide for deploying IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager. It discusses best practices for installation planning, including required expertise, deployment considerations, and backup strategies. It also provides two case studies detailing example installations of Tivoli Configuration Manager in a small/medium enterprise and a large enterprise.
Сергей Переслегин. Иной Органон. Повестка дня технологизации мышленияlukoshka
Выступление Сергея Переслегина на методологической игре П.Щедровицкого по технологизации мышления. Бекасово, январь 2014 г.
Иной Органон. Повестка дня технологизации мышления.
ВИДЕО доклада: http://youtu.be/tdr2klx-XGM
The document summarizes the development of a Collabrify client app for Windows Phone 8. It describes the need for a WP8 app to allow instant data sharing. The solution created a WP8 Collabrify client using Google Protocol Buffers to enable collaboration across WP8 apps. Key features would allow creating and joining collaboration sessions to share data in real-time. Remaining tasks include completing the API integration and adding threading support.
The documentary The Undateables uses a mix of narration, observation, and interviews to tell the stories of people who have disabilities and find it difficult to date. It follows a linear, chronological structure so viewers can easily understand what is happening. Close-ups are used to show subjects' emotions, like loneliness and happiness, and make the audience feel empathy. The setting changes from homes to dates as people's situations improve. Costumes are casual but people dress up for dates to make an effort. Music and voiceovers reinforce the message and elicit sympathy from viewers.
The nervous system is made up of the brain, spinal cord, sensory organs, and nerves that connect them. Together they control the body and allow communication between its parts. Neurons contain structures like dendrites and axons that bring signals into and out of the cell body. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord and controls most body functions. The peripheral nervous system controls all parts of the body through nerves. Epilepsy is a brain disorder where a person has two or more seizures, which are changes in normal brain activity. A stroke occurs when blood vessels in the brain get blocked, preventing nutrients from reaching brain cells. Parkinson's disease affects movement and balance through the loss of certain neurons.
This document discusses an app called "In Touch" for Windows Phone that allows users to schedule text messages and reminders to be sent at future times. It outlines the problem the app solves by letting people send messages when they will not forget rather than immediately. It then briefly describes the app's demo, features like grouping and multiple modes, and potential competitors. It concludes by considering improvements like using WCF for email and redesigning the back-end, and provides a link for proof of the app in the Windows Phone store.
Humanism is a paradigm that emerged in the 1960s and focuses on human freedom, dignity, and potential. Key figures in humanistic models of learning include Abraham Maslow, who proposed a hierarchy of needs, and Carl Rogers, who developed theories around unconditional positive regard. Humanism sees learning as a personal process aimed at facilitating self-actualization and emphasizes meeting individual needs and experiences.
Total quality management of farid fiber in bangladeshKanok Chowdhury
Farid Group is a leading rope and net manufacturing company in Bangladesh that has been in business since 1978. They produce a variety of rope, net, and mat products using Japanese and German technology. The company aims to provide quality products and services through a commitment to continuous quality improvement. They have implemented an ISO-certified quality management system. Their production process involves raw materials being made into finished goods, waste removal, packaging, storage, and quality inspection at each stage. The company seeks to understand total quality management through a case study of their implementation and challenges of TQM.
Islam dilahirkan di Jazirah Arab dengan prinsip kekabilahan dan fanatisme. Islam kemudian melawan fanatisme dan mengajarkan persaudaraan manusia berdasarkan tauhid dan ketakwaan kepada Allah. Islam mengajak membangun negara dan masyarakat yang adil serta melakukan da'wah universal untuk kebaikan seluruh umat manusia.
The document discusses the author's ethnic and cultural identity as a Nuyorican, or someone of Puerto Rican descent born in New York. It touches on several aspects of Nuyorican culture including traditions passed down through generations related to food, family, and religion. The document also examines dominant American cultural influences and ideologies as well as the author's beliefs about perseverance and the challenges of attaining success in today's society.
This document provides guidance on deploying IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Web Resources V6.2. It begins with an overview of the solution and its architecture. It then discusses planning the deployment, including required hardware, software, and typical environment sizes. The document also includes guidance on installing and configuring the various components as well as usage scenarios once deployed.
This document provides guidance on planning and deploying IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Web Resources V6.2 (ITCAM) to monitor Web application server performance. It discusses the ITCAM architecture and how it interconnects with J2EE and WebSphere data collectors. It also covers hardware and software prerequisites, typical deployment environments, and provides a sample project plan for setting up ITCAM with tasks such as environment preparation, software installation, and customizing the product.
Motorola solutions ap 6511 access point system reference guide (part no. 72 e...Advantec Distribution
This document provides a reference guide for the Motorola Solutions AP-6511 Access Point. It includes information on accessing and navigating the web user interface (Web UI), initial device setup using the setup wizard, dashboard overview, device configuration including profiles, wireless configuration, and more. The document contains over 10 chapters and sections covering all aspects of initial setup and management of the AP-6511 access point through the Web UI.
Motorola solutions ap 6511 access point system reference guide (part no. 72 e...Advantec Distribution
This document provides a system reference guide for the Motorola Solutions AP-6511 Access Point. It includes chapters that describe accessing and navigating the web user interface, an initial setup wizard, dashboard for monitoring device health and inventory, configuration of device and wireless settings, and more. The document contains detailed instructions, descriptions, and reference information for configuring and managing the access point via the web interface.
This document is a user guide for the Doble Engineering Company's MCM test instrument. It provides instructions and safety information for setup and use of the instrument and associated hardware. The guide describes the instrument components, cabling requirements, software interface and menus, calibration procedures, and safety guidelines. Copyright and liability information is also presented, noting the guide is proprietary to Doble and intended solely for authorized instrument users.
This document describes a project to design and implement an OFDM-based wireless transmitter compliant with the IEEE 802.11g standard on an FPGA. The transmitter was modeled using Simulink and the model was tested through cosimulation and using EDA tools. Testing showed the design met timing requirements and error measurements were satisfactory, demonstrating a successful OFDM transmitter design using a model-based approach.
Motorola solutions wing 5.3 wireless controller system reference guide (part ...Advantec Distribution
This document provides a summary of key features and configuration steps for the Motorola Solutions WiNG 5 Enterprise Controller system. It includes chapters on the web user interface, quick start guide, dashboard, device configuration, wireless configuration, profile configuration, RF domain configuration and security configuration. The quick start guide chapter provides step-by-step instructions for configuring a basic managed wireless local area network using the controller's graphical user interface. It describes tasks such as configuring network access, creating wireless profiles and wireless local area network configurations, as well as associated settings for devices, domains and policies.
Livre blanc technique sur l’architecture de référenceMicrosoft France
The document provides an overview of the Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track Program, which is a joint effort between Microsoft and partners to help organizations build private clouds quickly and reduce costs and risks. It describes the technical architecture principles and components of a Hyper-V cloud solution, including servers, storage, networking, virtualization, automation, management, orchestration, and service management. The reference architecture covers workload categories, logical architecture, server, storage, network, virtualization, and management designs.
Motorola solutions wing 5.2.2 access point system reference guide (part no. 7...Advantec Distribution
This document provides a system reference guide for the Motorola Solutions WiNG 5.2.2 access point software. It includes chapters on web UI features, quick start, dashboard, device configuration, wireless configuration, security configuration, services configuration, management access, diagnostics, operations, and statistics. The table of contents lists over a dozen chapters that provide details on configuring and using the access point software.
This document is the Akka Java documentation for release 2.3.9 from Typesafe Inc. It provides an introduction to Akka, which is a toolkit for building scalable, resilient applications using the actor model. Akka aims to make writing concurrent, fault-tolerant and scalable applications easier by providing higher-level abstractions and tools based on the actor model. The documentation covers concepts like actors, actor systems, fault tolerance, and provides examples of using Akka for common patterns like scheduling periodic messages.
This document is the user's manual for sqlmap, an open source penetration testing tool that automates the process of detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws and taking over database servers. The manual provides information on installing and using sqlmap, including requirements, basic usage, supported features, techniques, and numerous configuration options for optimization, injection, detection, enumeration and brute forcing capabilities.
This document provides a user's manual for the GE Model PM880 Portable Hygrometer. It contains instructions for setup, operation and maintenance of the device. The manual includes directions for charging the battery, powering on/off, entering data, taking measurements, using the display screen and special features. Safety warnings are also provided regarding working with auxiliary equipment and ensuring proper personnel qualifications.
This report of the University Admission Guideline project.Where any student can find out there the best position for the next institution of his requirement. The application is web-based Projcet.Any student can track all admission test .
Ibm web sphere datapower b2b appliance xb60 revealednetmotshop
This document provides an overview of IBM WebSphere DataPower B2B Appliance XB60. It discusses business-to-business integration concepts and technologies. It then describes the XB60 appliance, how it facilitates B2B integration using industry standards, and how data flows through its B2B Gateway service. The document also covers device setup and administrative tasks for the XB60, including initializing the device, defining the base configuration, and configuring domains, groups and users.
This document provides an overview and implementation details for IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance V2.1. It describes the product's architecture including components like the web application, monitor functions, communication methods, and database structure. It then discusses two implementation scenarios: a distributed servers environment and a pure z/OS environment. Finally, it covers steps for installing and configuring the web application on AIX and z/OS mainframes.
This technical manual provides instructions for operation and maintenance of a nitrogen generating unit (NGU). It describes the major components of the NGU, including the feed air system, filter tower, membrane assembly, and electrical enclosure. The document provides guidance on installation, setup, operation, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and shutdown of the NGU. It also includes an overview of the nitrogen production process and theory of operation.
This document provides an overview and comparison of IBM Tivoli NetView and Netcool/Precision for IP Networks. It discusses the capabilities of each product for discovery, monitoring, network visualization, event management, diagnostic tools, user consoles, and integration with other IBM products. The document aims to help NetView customers understand options for migrating to the Netcool/Precision platform.
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The objective of this design is to supportfirst of its kind humancoloniesin Marsuntila more permanent infrastructurewill be built. Alsobuild amessaging and collaboration infrastructure on top of it for developinga warning systemto give a more human touch to residents in Mars.
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Design Subject Matter Experts
The following people provided key input into this design.
Name Email Address Role/Comments
Daemon Behr daemonbehr@gmail.com Infrastructure Architect
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1. Purpose and Overview
1.1 Executive Summary
We’ve been dealing with the aftermath of a second round of the zombie outbreak. We’ve designed the
systems to build spaceships, which are evacuating what’s left of the human race from the earth. We’ve
built the infrastructure to support our new civilization on the moon. We’ve also tried to prepare what’s
left of the earth in case there is another round of the outbreak, by fortifying islands across the world by
deploying infrastructure remotely.
We now must truly prepare for our journey to Mars. Our large ships from earth are retrofitted on the
moon for the long journey. They will be part living quarters, part laboratory space, and part shipping
container when they are ready to leave the moon. The journey will take anywhere from three to six
months depending on when the ship is launched. Each ship will carry people and equipment to begin
settlement. Ships are designed to land on Mars and become temporary housing until permanent
structures are finished.
As such, we must design an infrastructure to completely support all of these environments. It must also
continue to be suitable when the ships reach Mars. Each ship’s systems will be connected to an
environment we are calling The Elysium Grid, which will be the foundation of the new Martian
infrastructure. Of course, power, space, and cooling are all limited for the journey.
You will be each be given one server, a Dell M610 with 12 GB of RAM hosted by BareMetalCloud.
Each competitor must create a nested deployment of vSphere hosts (you may use any production
version you’d like, no beta software). In addition, the architecture must include vCenter, vCloud
Director, vCenter Orchestrator and your entire guest and management networks running on Distributed
Virtual Switches. You also must have at least two active, accessible guests available in your
environment, including at least one Linux and one Windows. Any version or distribution is allowed.
The second part of your challenge is to show a true Virtual Design Master understands infrastructure
from end to end. You must deploy a working overlay networking infrastructure such as VXLAN in your
host environment. You must also illustrate deployment of Docker inside your host environment.
You must provide documentation on your environment, including host and network topologies, IP
information, and root level credentials so the judges can access the environment. Please make sure to
document and justify your design decisions. Don’t feel limited by the design minimums, feel free to add
extra components and software as you see fit, provided you have met the requirements.
1.2 Summary Analysis
The purpose of this design is to build an extremely small-scale environment that has the potential to
expand to a very large one. Flexibility and feature richness is key, however functionality also needs to
be proven so some concessions will need to be made. The design must have the scaling framework in
place to expand when the hardware is available.
1.3 Design Interpretation
There are many constraints to the deployment of the infrastructure. The first one being that it needs to
be a fully nested infrastructure. This limits and directs the design to mirror a full infrastructure including
network, storage, compute and management framework. Components for each one of these were
chosen based on resource utilization overhead, functionality and role combination. Pre-built appliances
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were used when available to limit deployment and configuration time. Appliances with embedded
databases were preferred in order to minimize resource usage and component sprawl. When Windows
is “required”, the version chosen was the least resource intensive that met the functional requirements.
Several roles were integrated in a single VM (which contravenes best practice), with the understanding
that when resources become available they will be separated.
Since there are many components, management and visibility to all of them from a single pane of glass
is not inherent. A management application is used to provide this access for simplicity.
All requirements were met, even though the perceived usage of them was not defined in scope (such
as with the Docker deployment). This allows for future flexibility and although functionality is there, it is
more of a future expansion placeholder. This is also the case with the cloud pod architecture, as
resources for the VDCs are limited. There are images and templates in the vCloud Director catalogue
to be deployed and will be functional when host resources increase. For the interim, if a VM requires
predictable performance, it will run on a non-nested host.
1.4 Intended Audience
This document is meant for the key stakeholders in the project as well as technical staff leads required
for a successful deployment.
1.5 Requirements
Below are the requirements as defined by the scenario document as well as additional communication
with judges and creators in clarification emails.
1.5.1 Availability
Availability can be defined as “the proportion of the operating time in which an entity
meets its in-service functional and performance requirements in its intended
environment”. The criticality of the environment requires 100% availability as a service
level objective (SLO).
Availability can be understood by understanding the relationship of Maintainability and
Reliability. The chance a system will fail is based on Reliability. How quickly it can be
fixed is due to it’s Maintainability. The combination of those two provide us with:
MTBF – Mean Time Between Failures (Reliability)
MTTR – Mean Time To Repair (Maintainability)
Availability is equal to MTTR/MTBF over the period evaluated.
R001 Production systems require a “best effort” availability SLO
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1.5.2 Maintainability
Maintainability is defined as “the ability of an entity to facilitate its diagnosis and repair”. This is
a key factor in availability.
R002 The infrastructure must be quickly diagnosed and easily repaired
R003 The infrastructure must have a vCloud Director management component
R004 The infrastructure must be accessible in case of a total host failure.
1.5.3 Integrity
System integrity is defined as “when an information system performs its function in an
unimpaired manner, free from deliberate or inadvertent manipulation of the system”. In
this context, it means that adds / moves / changes are not done on production systems.
R005 The infrastructure must have adequate protection to avoid data loss
1.5.4 Reliability
Reliability can be defined by having an absence of errors. Errors in a code base do
occur, but there must be a method to ensure that they are tested, identified and resolved
before they are put in production. This prevents the errors from affecting the overall
application infrastructure.
In addition, infrastructure component configuration errors can cause reliability issues and
faults. A method must be in place to ensure that all component configurations are
correct.
R006 A system must be in place to identify faults and areas of contention
1.5.5 Scalability
Although the scope of the scalability has not been defined, the ability for it to occur with
minimal additional design required.
R007 The system must be scalable
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1.6 Constraints
C001 The infrastructure must run on a single server with 16GB RAM
Memory is very limited and not all components can run simultaneously
C002 There is only one uplink from the host
This is a single point of failure and makes nested network segmentation extremely
difficult.
C003 Docker must be implemented
Docker must be deployed, though no use case defined
C004 vCloud Director must be deployed
vCloud Director must be deployed, though no use case defined
C005 Only 250GB storage is available on DAS
There is no shared storage
C006 There is no firewall
ESXi server is exposed to the internet. No routing in place for VMs
C007 Infrastructure must be nested ESXi
This causes issues with networking
C008 The system must be backed up
There is no shared storage in place for this
C009 VXLAN must be implemented
Multiple clusters are required for this
1.7 Risks
R001 Components may fail with no replacement available
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System would be completely offline until replacement parts used.
R002 NIC or uplink failure will make infrastructure un-available
The main ESXi host has a single NIC uplink
R003 Resource constraints will make server non-functional
Some or all components may cease to function if adequate resources are not
available.
R004 Data loss may be unrecoverable
Lost data may never be recovered as there is now offsite replication
R005 Staff may not have the skill to manage the environment
This may reduce the manageability of the environment.
1.8 Assumptions
A001 The required staff will be available and have been trained to support the
environment and work as a team.
The minimum required is 1 person and an offline Pluralsight library.
A002 No additional hardware available
Once in space, there are no replacement parts unless they reside at the moonbase.
A003 Adequate power is available
This includes clean power and multiple UPS battery banks
A004 Additional hardware will be added in the future
This is to support the resource requirements of the modular components.
A005 The environment will not use all components required until additional hardware
is added
There are simply not enough resources to accommodate all components. Some VMs
will not be run concurrently.
A006 All equipment in this design is new and has been burn-in tested
A period of 1 week was used and all tests were passed without issue.
A007 No zombies or zombie-like person will be onboard the shuttle or space-station
This includes poor Powerpoint presenters and people that get excited about scheduled
meetings with no plan or agenda.
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2. Architecture Design
2.1 Design Decisions
The architecture is described by a logical design, which is independent of hardware-
specific details.
The following design decisions are presented with their justification.
D001 The system will have the fewest number of logical components possible
Complexity needs to be reduced to allow for easier maintainability and quicker
diagnosis of issues.
D002 Windows Server 2003R2 will be used for management, AD, DNS
With required roles and a responsive desktop, total RAM utilization is 200MB. This is
the most efficient version that meets the requirements.
D003 The appliance version of core components will be used.
This includes VCSA, vCloud Director, vShield Manager, VDP, vCOPS
D004 Only portions of the infrastructure will run concurrently
This allows for a greater capability, as resources are available without additional
configuration.
D005 Windows 1.0 will be used to showcase the advanced features of “Reversi”
This meets the OS requirements with the smallest resource footprint of 4MB RAM.
D003 Ubuntu LTS 14.x will be used as the Linux VM
This meets the defined guest OS requirements and has simple LXC / Docker
integration
D004 The vCloud Resource Group will have a Gold and a Silver Provider VDC
Each will have it’s own dedicated cluster of compute.
D005 A management compute cluster will be separate from the two compute clusters
Each cluster will only have one server because of resource constraints, but this sets
the framework up for additional hardware later on.
D006 Hardware version 10 will be used on the ESXi guests.
This allows it to pass hardware acceleration to the guest and run 64bit nested VMs
D005 Promiscuous mode and forged transmits will be enabled on the physical host
vSwitch0
This is required for proper nested ESXi host network communication
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D006 Nested ESXi hosts will bridge the DVS uplinks to VSS port groups
DVS port groups will have no VLANs, but VSS port groups will. This passing down the
VLAN to the untagged DVS port groups
2.2 Conceptual Design
2.2.1 Nested Virtualization
Below is the conceptual layout of the nested environment
Nested virtualization refers to the act of creating an additional layer of abstraction and
encapsulation in a pre-existing virtualized environment. In nested virtualization, the
differences in hypervisors, networking and storage in different clouds are abstracted, thus
enabling existing virtual machines to be run on cascaded or third-party hypervisors and on
other clouds without any modifications to the original virtual machines or their networking.
This design makes use of ESXi inside ESXi.
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2.2.2 Management Separation
If you put aside the fact that it is nested, it would look like this.
Separate management and resource clusters are important for the following reasons:
Separation of duties
A vCloud infrastructure typically has at least two types of administrator: infrastructure (vSphere)
administrator and vCloud administrator. Separating the virtual management cluster from resource
groups allows separation of duties and enforcement of administrative boundaries, limiting the
actions that can be performed in the vSphere clusters of a resource group.
An administrator should not perform the following actions on a resource group through the
vSphere Client:
Editing virtual machine properties.
Renaming virtual machines.
Disabling VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS).
Deleting or renaming resource pools.
Changing networking properties.
Renaming datastores.
Changing or renaming folders.
This is not an exhaustive list, but it covers some of the detrimental actions a vCenter
administrator could perform on a vCloud resource group.
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2.2.3 vCloud Director Components
Below are the vCloud Director components:
Cloud Component Description
VMware vSphere Virtualization platform providing abstraction of physical infrastructure layer for vCloud.
This includes:
vSphere hosts.
VMware vCenter Server.
vCenter Server database.
VMware vShield
Manager
Decouples network and security from the underlying physical network hardware
through software-defined networking and security. This includes:
VXLAN support.
vCloud Networking and Security Edge gateway.
vCloud Networking and Security App and vCloud Networking and Security Data Security.
vCloud Networking and Security Manager.
VMware vCenter
Operations Management
Suite
Provides predictive capacity and performance planning, compliance and
configuration management, dynamic resource metering, cost modeling, and
report generation using the following components:
vCenter Operations Manager.
vCenter Configuration Manager.
vCenter Infrastructure Navigator.
vCenter Chargeback Manager.
VMware vCenter
Orchestrator
Enables the automation of provisioning and operational tasks across VMware
and third-party applications using an open and flexible plug-in architecture.
The following top-level logical building blocks are used to segregate resources that are allocated
for management functions from resources dedicated to user-requested workloads.
vSphere virtual management cluster – Contains the core and optional components and services
needed to run the vCloud instance. This includes core vCloud components such as VMware
vCenter Server, vCloud Director, vCenter Chargeback Manager, vCenter Orchestrator, and
optional components such as the vCenter Operations Management Suite
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Resource group – Represents vCloud-dedicated resources for end-user consumption. Each resource
group consists of vSphere clusters (vSphere hosts managed by a vCenter Server) and is under
the control of vCloud Director. vCloud Director can manage the resources of multiple resource
groups
2.2.4 vCloud Resource Groups
Below is the current vCloud model with the available resources we have in place.
Below is an ideal model that will be achieved once more hardware is procured on the
moon.
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2.2.5 vCloud Director Constructs
vCloud Director introduces logical constructs to facilitate multitenancy and provide interoperability
between vCloud instances built to the vCloud API standard.
The following figure shows the abstraction mapping for vCloud Director.
The following table describes the logical constructs for vCloud Director.
vCloud Director Constructs
Construct Definition
Organization The unit of multitenancy that represents a single logical security boundary. An organization
contains users, virtual datacenters, and networks.
Provider virtual
datacenter
A grouping of compute and storage resources from a single vCenter Server. A provider
virtual datacenter consists of a single resource pool and one or more datastores. Multiple
organizations can share provider virtual datacenter resources.
Organization virtual
datacenter
A sub-grouping of compute and storage resources allocated from a provider virtual
datacenter and assigned to a single organization. A virtual datacenter is a deployment
environment where vApps can be instantiated, deployed, and powered on.
An organization virtual datacenter allocates resources using one of the following models:
Pay As You Go.
Reservation Pool.
Allocation Pool.
Catalog A repository of vApp templates and media available to users for deployment. Catalogs can
be published to all organizations in the same vCloud environment.
vApp A container for a software solution in the vCloud, and the standard unit of deployment for
workloads in vCloud Director. vApps contain one or more virtual machines, have power-on
operations, and can be imported or exported as an OVF.
External network External networks provide external connectivity to organization virtual datacenter networks
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and are backed by port groups configured for Internet accessibility.
Organization virtual
datacenter network
Organization virtual datacenter networks are instantiated through network pools and bound
to a single organization. Organization virtual datacenter networks map to a vSphere port
group and can be isolated, routed, or directly connected to an external network.
vApp network A network that connects virtual machines within a vApp, deployed by a consumer from a
network pool. vApp networks can be directly connected or routed to an organization virtual
datacenter network.
Network pool A network pool is a collection of isolated Layer 2 virtual networks available to vCloud
Director for the automated deployment of private and NAT-routed networks.
2.2.6 Docker Overview
LXC (LinuX Containers) is an operating system–level virtualization method for running
multiple isolated Linux systems (containers) on a single control host.
Docker is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside
software containers, providing that way an additional layer of abstraction and
automatization of operating system–level virtualization on Linux.
Here is the Docker (Linux containers) vs VM architecture comparison
Using Docker to create and manage containers makes it easier to create highly distributed
systems by allowing multiple applications, worker tasks, and other processes to run
autonomously on a single physical machine or across a spectrum of virtual machines. This
enables the deployment of nodes as resources are available or needed
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2.2.7 VXLAN Overview
Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) is a technology that enables the expansion of isolated vCloud
architectures across Layer 2 domains beyond the limits imposed by the IEEE 802.1Q standard.
By using a new MAC-in-UDP encapsulation technique, a VXLAN ID adds a 24-bit identifier, which
allows networks to push beyond the IEEE 802.1Q limit to a possible 16 million logical networks.
A virtual wire has been created between COMPUTE-Cluster-1 and COMPUTE-Cluster-
2. The VMs associated with it are LIN-01 and LIN-02. This network is PoC only and
serves no further purpose.
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2.3 Logical Design
The Logical Design provides a more detailed view of the Conceptual Design
components to meet the requirements. The architecture building blocks are defined
without the mapping of specific technologies.
Below is the logical design for the core network of the infrastructure. This shows the
VLANs and VM association.
2.3.1 Logical Network Design
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2.3.3 vSphere cluster Logical Design
All management VMs will run in an HA/DRS clusters within vSphere. Management
clusters are physically separated from compute clusters. Since we are limited on the
actual number of hosts, the physical ESXi host ESXi-01 will be the sole member of this
management cluster.
The compute cluster are also limited on resources, so they will have 2 cluster with 1 host
each. This is the minimum number required for the framework of the environment. HA
and DRS functions will not work, but resources pools can be created now in expectance
of the addition of more in the future.
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2.4 Physical Design
The physical design will be examined as a node in the blade chassis. The server being
used for this at the time is the Dell M610 blade in the M1000 chassis. Only a single
blade is used.
Feature PowerEdge M610 technical specification
Processors Quad-core or six-core Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 and 5600 series
Chipset Intel 5520
Memory1 x 16GB ECC DDR3 at 1333MHz
Drive bays Two 2.5” SAS/Solid State hot-swappable drives
Storage x 250GB
Hot-plug hard drive option
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2.5 Virtualization Network Layer
2.5.1 High Level Network Design Network Segmentation and VLANs
There is a WAN network range of 64.187.102.48/29 provided to the infrastructure. This
gives us 5 usable IPs.
64.187.102.48 - network
64.187.102.49 – FW-01 IP
64.187.102.50 - unused
64.187.102.51 - unused
64.187.102.52 - unused
64.187.102.53 - unused
64.187.102.54 – WAN Gateway
VLAN 1011 – Management
VLAN 1020 – Storage Communication (data channel)
VLAN 1030 – vMotion
VLAN 2001-2999 – VM networks
Out of band (OOB) communication will be done via the iDRAC which is at the following IP:
199.16.200.129
There is no direct access to the ESXi hosts or vCenter server from the internet. Port 3389 is open on IP
64.187.102.49 to allow for RDP access to the management server. From that server, access to the
vCenter server and management VLAN (1001) is available.
This is in the interest of ease of access for reviewers, Upon completion of review, this port would be
closed and remote access would only be available via a secure IPSEC VPN session.
Communication between VLANs is outward routed and firewalled hierarchically.
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2.5.2 Virtual Standard Switches & Virtual Distributed Switches
There will be 2 vSwitches; a standard vSwitch for host ESXi-01 on and a distributed
vSwitch only for all nested ESXi hosts.
The uplinks will be as follows:
vSwitch0 on ESXi-01 is a VSS. Uplinks are:
VNIC0
The following port groups are defined
MGMT-NET-1001 (VLAN 1001)
DMZ-NET-1002 (VLAN 1002)
STORAGE-NET-1003 (VLAN 1003)
VM-NET-1004 (VLAN 1004)
WAN-NET (VLAN 0)
The nested ESXi VMs have 10 VNICs, with 2 on each one of the VSS port groups. This allows for the
definition of 2 uplinks per port group on each one of the distributed virtual switches.
dvSwitch0 on the nested ESXi hosts have the following uplinks. The associated port groups are also
shown on the right. The teaming policy of the port groups specify only the specified VNICs in the table
below.
Nested ESXi interface DVS port group Uplinked VSS port group
VNIC0 dvMGMT-NET-1001 MGMT-NET-1001
VNIC1 dvMGMT-NET-1001 MGMT-NET-1001
VNIC2 dvDMZ-NET-1002 DMZ-NET-1002
VNIC3 dvDMZ-NET-1002 DMZ-NET-1002
VNIC4 dvStorage-NET-1003 STORAGE-NET-1003
VNIC5 dvStorage-NET-1003 STORAGE-NET-1003
VNIC6 dvVM-NET-1004 VM-NET-1004
VNIC7 dvVM-NET-1004 VM-NET-1004
VNIC8 dvWAN-NET WAN-NET
VNIC9 dvWAN-NET WAN-NET
There are no VLANs defined in the DVS port groups, as they are inherited from the VSS port group
uplinks.
Another model would have been to use fewer uplinks, but not pin them to any specific port groups. A
port group on the VSS on ESXi-01 called “uplink” would have to be created as a trunk between
physical and nested hosts. This would limited the nested bandwidth to the fewer uplinks. This model is
“required” when there is more than 10 VLANs that need to communicate directly with the physical host
or networks.
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2.5.3 NIC Teaming
The uplinks on the DVS port groups have an active / active policy using the route based
on originating port ID. This is the default policy.
2.5.4 Network I/O Control
NIOC will not be used as there is adequate separation on the DVS and only one 1GB
uplink on the VSS (which also cannot make use of NIOC).
2.5.5 Physical Switches
The physical switches are abstracted and there is no visibility into them.
2.5.6 DNS and Naming Conventions
Domain will be zombie.local
Hostnames will be constructed by role, numerical ID and domain.
Example:
Role: ESXi server
Numeric ID: 01
Domain: zombie.local
FQDN: ESXi-01.zombie.local
2.6 ESXi Host Design
2.6.1 ESXi Host Hardware Requirements
The physical ESXi server will have:
2 sockets with intel E52600 series CPUs (8 core).
16GB RAM
2 x 250GB RAID1 drives
1 x 1Gbps NIC
The server is a blade in a Dell 1000 series chassis.
The nested ESXi server will have:
2 x socket with 1 vCPU each
4GB of RAM
4GB VMDK for local datastore
10 x VMXNET3 NICs
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2.6.2 Virtual Data Center Design
There will be one data center named after the physical location. In this instance it is
Miami, so the name is MIA-DC1.
2.6.3 vSphere Single Sign On
Single Sign-on will be used and the local LDAP domain @vsphere.local will be used.
2.6.4 vCenter Server and Database Systems (include vCenter Update
Manager)
The vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) will be used, as the total number of hosts is
within the maximums. Update Manager will not be used due to the lack of updates being
created, the limited number of hosts and extra resources required..
2.6.5 vCenter Server Database Design
The embedded database will be used for the vCenter server.
2.6.6 vCenter AutoDeploy
vCenter AutoDeploy will not be used.
2.6.7 Clusters and Resource Pools
There will be 3 clusters spanned across the 3 hosts. Resource pools will be managed by
vCloud Director
2.6.8 Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
EVC will not be used at this time, as the number of hosts per cluster is 1.
2.6.9 Fault Tolerance (FT)
FT will not be used.
2.7 DRS Clusters
DRS will be enabled and set to manual. This allows for vCloud Director to create resource pools and
assign them as needed.
HA will be disabled as there is only one host per cluster.
2.7.2 Resource Pools
Only vCloud Director will create resource pools.
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2.8 Management Layer Logical Design
2.8.1 vCenter Server Logical Design
The vCenter server will be on the VCSA with 4GB of RAM allocated to support all the
hosts. It will reside on ESXi-01 as a critical VM.
2.8.2 Management and Monitoring
vCenter Operations Manager will be used to monitor the environment in detail.
Due to resource constraints the vCOPS vAPP will not be turned on until more memory or
hosts are available.
2.9 Virtual Machine Design
2.9.1 Virtual Machine Design Considerations
Operating systems will be comprised of a system volume and one or more data volumes.
System volumes will not be larger than 100GB in size and will be thin provisioned by default.
Swap files for all VMs will be located on a swap datastore.
No RDMs will be used.
Virtual Hardware Version 10 will be used by default.
All operating systems that support VMXNET3 will use it as the network adapter of choice.
For this PoC environment, there will only be one virtual disk per VM with the minimum
possible space allocated.
2.9.2 Guest Operating System Considerations
The windows VMs will have the version with the lowest resource requirements that meet
the role requirements. AD will be on a Windows 2003 server, PoC guest will be on a
Windows 1.0 workstation.
The Docker VM, which is considered a non-critical “core” VM will run on ESXi-01 and
have the latest version of Ubuntu LTS, as it has tight LXC / Docker integration.
2.9.3 General Management Design Guidelines
Authorized personnel only will do all management of the environment, from a dedicated
VM named MGMT-01.
2.9.4 Host Management Considerations
The physical server has a built in IP KVM in it’s management framework. This will
require ActiveX or Java from the client machine.
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2.9.5 vCenter Server Users and Groups
User and groups will be created and managed by vCloud Director. Global administrators
will be created manually using the internal LDAP server.
2.9.6 Management Cluster
MGMT-Cluster will be the management cluster. All VMs for management purposes,
whether virtual infrastructure, storage or otherwise, will run on it.
2.9.7 Management Server Redundancy
vCenter server is normally protected by HA across the a cluster. However, due to the
lack of resources, there is no redundancy.
2.9.8 Templates
All virtual machines will be spawned from a master image in a catalog in vCloud
Director. There is also an ISO folder on the SAN datastore. OVF files to be deployed are
held on the MGMT-01.
2.9.9 Updating Hosts, Virtual Machines, and Virtual Appliances
Updates will be done manually via the ESXCLI. VMs will make use of snapshots before
hand and ESXi-01 will make use of hosting provider imaging.
2.9.10 Time Synchronization
A GPS synced time server will be used for accurate time measurement. All hosts will
connect to that NTP server. Active Directory VMs will be set to obtain the time of their
hosts, then provide it to network computers.
2.9.11 Snapshot Management
VM snapshots will only be used before an add/move/change process to ease rollback if
required. No SAN snapshots will be used.
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2.10.1 Performance Monitoring
Performance monitoring will be done by vCOPs. See below for a screenshot of the
deployment.
2.10.2 Alarms
All default vCenter alarms are enabled and the recipient is set to an internal email user.
2.10.3 Logging Design Considerations
Log insight will be deployed, as more resources are available. Host logs will use a
shared datastore on the SAN volume for centralization.
2.11 Infrastructure Backup and Restore
2.11.1 Compute (ESXi) Host Backup and Restore
Host configuration will be maintain in a single host profile and backed up with a PowerCli
script. VMware Data protection will backup all VMs and appliances. ESXi-01 will be
imaged regularly via the Clonzilla imaging solution of the provider.
Below is a screenshot of the retention policy for the management backup.
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2.11.2 vSphere Replication
vSphere replication will not be used, at this time.
2.11.3 vSphere Distributed Switch Backup and Restore
The VDS config will be backed up as a function of the vCenter backup.
2.11.4 vCenter Databases
vCenter uses the internal VCSA database.