Dell's Active Infrastructure aims to simplify IT infrastructure provisioning through convergence. It allows customers to build modular, integrated systems from compute, storage, networking and management blocks. Dell's Active System Manager provides automated workload and infrastructure deployment through a single pane of glass, simplifying service delivery. It also aims to accelerate delivering IT services with workload-optimized, automated infrastructure to lower costs and speed time to value.

1. Dell Active Infrastructure
Simplified Convergence and IT Infrastructure Provisioning
Erwin uit de Bos
EMEA Enterprise Technologist - ASM

2. Dell Solutions Tour
Traditional
Silo's
Converged
Building Blocks
Customer interest in Converged Infrastructure
HyperVisor
& OpSys
StorageNetwork
Integrated
System
Legacy
Systems
Management
Compute
Network
Storage
Compute
HyperVisor &
OpSys
Unifiedand
Automated
SystemsMgmt
Operational Costs Capital Costs
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Converged Infrastructure allows cost benefits while maintaining the same levels of performance and quality for
90+% of all workloads
Operational Costs Capital Costs

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The stages of datacenter transformation
Stage 1:
Server
Virtualization
Consolidation
phase based
around cost
savings
Stage 2:
Distributed
Virtualization
Scale out
virtualization
for high
availability
Stage 3:
Convergence &
Private Cloud
Self-service
provisioning,
automation
and charge
back
Stage 4:
Hybrid
Cloud
Bursting to
public cloud
on-demand
Stage 5:
Public
Cloud
Off premise
hosting or out
sourcing
Source: Phil Dawson “Converge Everything” - Gartner Datacenter 2013

4. Dell Active
Infrastructure

5. The Birth of Dell Active Infrastructure
Project Mercury

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Active Infrastructure Value Proposition
Accelerates delivering IT services with a workload optimized, automated, and
integrated infrastructure speeding time to value and lowering cost
Validated workload solutions that
enable reliable, superior application
performance
Active Solutions
Active System
Manager
Active Systems
Automated workload & infrastructure
deployment in a single pane of glass
that simplifies service delivery
Scalable & modular integrated
systems that deliver faster
time to value
Get predictable delivery
of Services to your
Business
Free up your IT Staff -
remove repetitive tasks
The Building Blocks for
Resource Pools
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ASM: Orchestration to Provision and Reclaim Infrastructure
Compute
Resources
Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Resource Adaptors
Workflows Templates
Template
Store
Cloud
Resources
Community
created
Templates
• Request through Self Service Portal
• IT Administrator Action
• “Real Time Monitoring” Event
• Trend Analysis
• Application Generated Event
Active
SolutionsWorkflow
Trigger

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Active Infrastructure resource pool expansion
Compute
Resources
Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Pre integrated
Active System
Compute
Resources
Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Expand Compute
Compute
Resources
Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Expand Storage
Add
On
Add
On
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Active Infrastructure 3rd Party resource pool expansion
Compute
Resources
Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Compute
Resources
Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Compute
Resources
Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Add
On
Add
On
Pre integrated
Active System
Expand Compute Expand Storage
Add
On
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Application Stack Instance
CPU 2 LAN 2 Disk 2LAN 1 Disk 1CPU 1
Prepare Infrastructure from Pool
Compute
Resources
Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Step 1
Template Workflow
Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
VM1-DB
VM2-Web
VLAN
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Data Storage
Resources
Networking
Resources
Compute
Resources
Application Stack Instance
CPU 2LAN 2 Disk 2
LAN 1Disk 1CPU 1
Return Resources to Pool
Step 1
Template Workflow
Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5
VM1-DB
VM2-Web
VLAN
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12. Dell Active
Infrastructure
Functionalities

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ASM Session Workflow
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ASM “Packaging”
• ASM is an appliance in 2 formats:
– OVF for deployment on ESX VMs
– VHD for Deployment of Hyper-V VMs
• There is no real installation, just a VM deployment
• Once the appliance is deployed, only basic configuration is required
– IP address on the Hypervisor Management network
– Hostname (/etc/hosts)
– NTP Server

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Rich Client Initial Presentation
View Specific ShortcutsPerspectives
Preferences
Perspective Reset
Connectivity
Status
Server
IP, Port, Username, Time
zone, and Build Version
Views

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Object Selection and Data Editors
Object Selection Data Editor

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Resource Adapter View
Editor Tabs

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Software Repositories View

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Inventory Perspective
Resource Types View
Resource Instances View

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Operations Perspective - Resources
• Main purposes is to run operations against Managed equipment
• Provides information about Sessions, Templates and Audit trail

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Templates Perspective Areas
Template List by
owner/folders
Drag and Drop Area Outline
Data Entry AreaOrchestration list

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Sessions Perspective
• Provides session data in multiple views
Session List
Session Components
Session
Outline
Orchestration
Executions
Session
Properties

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Debugging Templates and Orchestrations
• Creating Templates and Orchestrations is
Programmer Work
• Dell ASM Application Logs
– Applications logs are archived with timestamp on
restart of ASM
– Resource Adapter Logs
– Self Service Portal HTTP Logs
– Long list of log files
– Script to gather all logs
• Debug using iDRAC on target systems

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• Private Cloud • Desktop Virtualisation • Enterprise Applications
Active System 800
Modular Infrastructure
A platform for large-scale private clouds and mission-critical applications requiring advanced business
continuity capabilities and specialized IT skills
Storage
 1 to 8 Dell Equallogic PS6110
 Capacity starts at 21.6TB and can grow to 172.8TB of raw capacity
Virtualization  VMware vSphere - Option
Compute
 2 to 32 Dell PowerEdge M620
 scales from 32 to 512 processor cores,
 Dell PowerEdge R620 (for unit management)
 Microsoft HyperV - Option
Active Solution Architectures
Networking
 2x Dell Force 10 S4810 10/40GbE top of rack switch
 Dell Force 10 S55 top of rack switch (management)
 2x PowerEdge I/O Aggregator chassis IO module
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• Extreme scalability
• Mission-critical ready
• Enterprise-class storage
Converged Management
• Dell Active System Manager
• Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager
• OpenManage Essentials
• vCenter or System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
• Dell Compellent Plug-in for VMware vCenter

25. Dell Solutions Tour
Active Infrastructure next steps
Designing an elastic, manageable &
agile IT, which meets evolving
business needs
Creating an outcome that delivers
business value at the right cost
Developing a blueprint and assess
the options for the IT
transformation journey
Utilizing best practices to implement
and control the transformation
journey
Facilitating your transformation journey by ……
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26. Thank you !