EMC - Copaco Cloud Event 2015 (break-out 3)

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SIMPLICITY
VSPEX BLUE EMC Copaco
Diederik de Jongh
October, 2015

VSPEX BLUE A SINGLE, SIMPLE SOLUTION FOR IT
COMPUTE STORAGE NETWORK MANAGEMENT
= HYPER-CONVERGED
+ + +

TODAY’S IT CHALLENGES
Below are just some of the questions you may be
asking yourself as you look to develop your
systems.
 How do I forecast my IT budget for three years?
 Will my IT scale fast enough?
 Will my choice satisfy my requirements?
 Will it be agile enough?
 How do I manage multiple components?
 How do I deal with multiple vendors?
 How do I move to the cloud?
 How do I keep my applications online?

EMC2
CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE
BLOCKS RACKS
REFERENCE
ARCHITECTURES
APPLIANCES

REFERENCE
ARCHITECTURE
CONVERGED
SYSTEM
HYPER
CONVERGED
RACKSCALE
SYSTEM
CI CATEGORY CHARACTERISTICS
DESIGN CENTERS AND TRADE-OFFS
DESIGNCENTERTRADE-OFFS
Proven
Stability/Predictability
Broad2nd PlatformSupport
High“step-in” cost
LackofVendorChoice
Notoptimalfor3rd PlatformApps
Proven
Choice/Flexibility
Broadest2nd PlatformSupport
VariableCustomerExperience
ComplexSupportModel
Notoptimalfor3rd PlatformApps
Simplicity
LowCostofEntry
2nd PlatformSupport
Storage/Computedon’tscale
Independently
Limitedeconomicsofscale
Flexibility
Cloudscale
3rdPlatformApps
Limiteddataservices
NotOptimalfor2nd PlatformApps

INTRODUCING EMC VSPEX BLUE
• A hyper-converged infrastructure appliance
- A software-defined building block approach combines
compute, storage, networking and management
resources in a single, simple solution
- Powered by EMC hardware and VMware EVO:RAIL
software
• Simplifies and automates deployment, operations,
management and upgrades
- Linear scale-out of capacity and performance
• No more need to pre-plan infrastructure purchases
• Delivers the agility your business demands
• Single point of global support from EMC

IT DELIVERED… SIMPLY
Agile, scalable and trusted, VSPEX BLUE radically simplifies the deployment, management
and expansion of your IT infrastructure.
VSPEX BLUE is simple to…
• Order – a single SKU
• Configure – driven by wizards
• Manage – use VSPEX BLUE Manager
• Scale – add up to eight (8) appliances
• Support – EMC Support 24/7
…and it…
• Delivers hyper-converged infrastructure
• Eliminates complexity and the burden of advanced planning
• Is powered by Intel® Xeon® processor-based technology
BEFOREAFTER
Powered by Intel®
Xeon® Processors

VSPEX BLUE HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
Intel® Xeon® Processor-
Based Server Technology
PERFORMANCE MODELSTANDARD MODEL
PROCESSOR
Dual Intel Ivy Bridge E5-2620 V2
(12 cores, 2.1 GHz)
MEMORY
128GB
STORAGE
32GB SLC SATADOM
400GB eMLC 2.5” SAS SSD
3 x 1.2TB 10K 2.5” SAS HDD
14.4TB (raw)
NETWORK
2 x 10GbE SFP+ (Twinax DAC cables)
or RJ45 ports (CAT 6 cables)
1 GbE for BMC port
Dual Intel Ivy Bridge E5-2620 V2
(12 cores, 2.1 GHz)
192GB
32GB SLC SATADOM
400GB eMLC 2.5” SAS SSD
3 x 1.2TB 10K 2.5” SAS HDD
14.4TB (raw)
2 x 10GbE SFP+ (Twinax DAC cables)
or RJ45 ports (CAT 6 cables)
1 GbE for BMC port

VSPEX BLUE APPLIANCE HARDWARE
• Processors (per node)
- Intel Ivy Bridge (up to 130W)
- Dual processor
• Memory/processors (per node)
- Four channels of Native DDR3 (1333)
- Up to eight DDR3 ECC R-DIMMS per server node
• Inputs/outputs (I/Os) (per node)
- Dual GbE ports
- 1 x 8 PCIe Gen3 I/O Mezz Option (Quad GbE or Dual 10GbE)
- 1 x 16 PCIe Gen3HBA slots
- Integrated BMC with RMM4 support
• Chassis
- 2U chassis supporting four hot swap nodes with half-width MBs
- 2 x 1200W (80+ & CS Platinum) redundant hot-swap PS
- Dedicated cooling/node (no SPoF) – 3 x 40mm dual rotor fans
- Front panel with separate power control per node
- 17.24” x 30.35” x 3.46”
• Disk
- Integrated 4-Port SAT/SAS controller (SW RAID)
- Up to 16 (four per node) 2.5” HDD
Front
Back
NODE 3
NODE 1
NODE 4
NODE 2
NODE 4
NODE 2
NODE 3
NODE 1

VSPEX BLUE STANDARD MODEL
2 x Intel Dual Intel Ivy Bridge E5-2620 V2 (12 cores, 2.1 Ghz)
8 x 16GB (128GB) , 1666MHz DIMMS Memory
3 x 1.2TB 2.5” 10K RPM SASHDD
1 x 400GB 2.5” SAS SSD (VSAN Cache)
1 x 32GB SLC SATADOM (ESXi Boot Image)
2 x 10GbE SFP+ (Twinax DAC cables) or RJ45 ports (CAT 6 cables)
Each appliance has four independent
nodes consisting of:
X 4

VSPEX BLUE PERFORMANCE MODEL
2 x Intel Dual Intel Ivy Bridge E5-2620 V2 (12 cores, 2.1 Ghz)
6 x 32GB (192GB) , 1333MHz DIMMS Memory
3 x 1.2TB 2.5” 10K RPM SASHDD
1 x 400GB 2.5” SAS SSD (VSAN Cache)
1 x 32GB SLC SATADOM (ESXi Boot Image)
2 x 10GbE SFP+ (Twinax DAC cables) or RJ45 ports (CAT 6 cables)
Each appliance has four
independent nodes consisting of:
X 4

1. VSPEX BLUE Software
– VSPEX BLUE Manager extends hardware monitoring, and integrates with EMC
Connect Home and online support facilities.
– VSPEX BLUE Market offers value-add EMC software products included with
VSPEX BLUE.
2. VMware EVO:RAIL Engine
– Automates cluster deployment and configuration, as well as scale-out and non-
disruptive updates
– Simple design with a clean interface, pre-sized VM templates and single-click
policies
3. Resilient Cluster Architecture
– VSAN distributed datastore provides consistent and resilient fault tolerance
– vMotion provides system availability during maintenance and DRS load
balances workloads
4. Software-defined data center (SDDC) building block
– Combines compute, storage, network and management resources into a single
virtualized software stack with vSphere and VSAN
THE FOUNDATION
AT ITS CORE, VSPEX BLUE HAS FOUR KEY FEATURES

HOW TO DEPLOY VSPEX BLUE
Connect all 4 nodes in an appliance to
customer supplied Top-of-Rack (TOR)
switches
– 2X 10GbE ports per node
– 8X 10GbE ports for all 4 nodes
Connect a laptop with a web browser to the
TOR switch
– Direct connect or management VLAN
Configure the TOR switch
– Enable multicast, IGMP Snooping, and
IGMP Querier
Power on EMC VSPEX BLUE
Access EMC VSPEX BLUE IP from browser
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• Browser-agnostic, lightweight
HTML5 graphic user interface
(GUI)
• Stateless architecture
interoperates with vCenter web
client
• Uncluttered user interface
• Simple task automation
• Validates the input as the user
enters it
SIMPLE TO SET UP

• Configures vCenter Server
• Configures ESXi host and VSAN
for all nodes
• Completes all configurations
that were not possible at the
factory without the network IP
address
SIMPLE TO SET UP

INITIALIZING CONFIGURING
BUILDING FINISHING
VSPEX BLUE APPLIANCE AUTOMATION
• Registering ESXi hosts with vCenter
• Creating storage policies on vCenter
• Setting up host names on ESXi hosts
• Renaming vCenter Server network on ESXi hosts
• Setting up NIC bonding on ESXi hosts
• Setting up VSAN, vMotion, VM networks on ESXi hosts
• Setting up NIC teaming on ESXi hosts
• Setting up DNS on ESXi hosts
• Restarting loudmouth on ESXi hosts
• Setting up clustering for ESXi hosts
• Renaming datastore
• Configuring password on ESXi hosts
• Copying file to VSAN datastore
• Configuring password on vCenter Server
• Configuring private DNS server on vCenter Server
• Setting up management network on ESXi hosts
• Configuring time on ESXi hosts
• Configuring Syslog on ESXi hosts
• Configuring host name on vCenter Server
• Restarting loudmouth
• Accepting vCenter Server EULA
• Creating vCenter Sever database
• Creating appliance architecture in vCenter Server
• Configuring password on ESXi hosts
• Initializing SSO subsystem
• Starting vCenter Server
VSPEX BLUE automates more than 200 configurations tasks and workflows, including those below.

PROVISIONING VMs
• Default provisioning policies by
size of VMs and security
• Intuitive GUI for creating,
cloning, powering on/off, and
shutting down VMs
• Grid view shows all the VMs
across multiple nodes and
appliances
• Bi-directional interoperability
with vCenter web client

MONITORING HEALTH & STATUS
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• Intuitive dashboard with filtering
and sorting
• Monitors individual VMs, nodes or
the entire appliances in a cluster
• Live statistics update analytics and
trends
• Access vCenter web client for deep
monitoring

SEAMLESS SCALE-OUT
• Automatically discovers each
appliance and its nodes on the
network
• Single click to join an appliance to
an existing cluster
• Automatically distributes
configuration and creates a single
storage pool
• Scales out up to 8 appliances and
32 nodes

ZERO DOWNTIME PATCHES/UPDATES
• Patches and software updates with
no workload downtime
• Update full clusters in just a couple of
clicks
• Updates are made after validation
• Automatically moves workload
between nodes
2

VSPEX BLUE
Manager Demo

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VSPEX BLUE DIFFERENTIATION
EMC
VSPEX BLUE
Market
EMC
VSPEX BLUE
Manager
EMC
Secure Remote
Support VE
EMC
RecoverPoint
for VMs
VMware Data
Protection
Advanced
EMC
CloudArray
VE
Partner
Ecosystem
(Future)

• Simplifies the support experience
• Embeds ESRS/VE and consumes web
services
• Seamlessly integrates with EVO:RAIL and
its facilities
• Provides complementary value that
improves the appliance experience
• Implements a management framework
that allows driving EMC value-add software
as services
• Extends management orchestration for
other use cases
• Enables VSPEX partner ecosystem
VSPEX BLUE MANAGER DESIGN GOALS

HARDWARE AWARENESS
• Provides information not available in
EVO:RAIL
• Maps alerts to graphical representation of
hardware configuration
• Displays detailed configuration of hardware
parts for field services
• Aggregates health monitoring from vCenter
and hardware BMC IPMI
• Integrates with ESRS Connect Home for
proactive notification and problem resolution
• Integrates with eServices online support
resources
• Automatically collects diagnostic logs and
ingrates with vRealize Log Insight

CUSTOMER ENVIRONMENT EMC ENVIRONMENT
EMC VSPEX BLUE WITH ESRS
• Proactive two-way remote connection for your EMC products that is secure, high speed and operates 24x7
• Heartbeat ensures continuous monitoring, notification, and remote troubleshooting for 15% higher levels of
availability
• Fast remote diagnosis and repair of potential problems before impact to business resulting in 5X faster
service event resolution
• Receive support updates seamlessly and automatically
ESRS

Installation of operating environment updates
24x7 remote monitoring and repair
Onsite response with parts installation
Replacement parts delivery
Global technical support***
Rights to new releases of software
24x7 access to online support tools
Contract options from one (1) to five (5) years
* Non-CRU (customer replaceable units) only
** Severity 1 issues (sev 2 = same day, sev 3/4 = NBD – next business day)
NBD
24x79x5 24x7
24x7x4**
Business Hours
Support Essentials
24x7 Support
for Production
Environments
Mission Critical
Support for
Fastest Resolution
BASIC ENHANCED PREMIUM
NBD
NBD* 24x7x4**
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EMC VSPEX BLUE SUPPORT

SOFTWARE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
• Installed Apps
– Displays installed software versions
– Discovers and downloads software updates
– Drives automated non-disruptive software
upgrade
• VSPEX BLUE Market
– Integrates access to qualified value-add
EMC software products included with VSPEX
BLUE and VMware software
• EMC CloudArray Virtual Edition
• EMC RecoverPoint for VMs
• VMware vSphere Data Protection
Advanced (VDPA)

• VSPEX BLUE appliance includes EMC CloudArray
Virtual Edition license, entitling 1 TB cache and 10
TB cloud storage with support
• Leverages public and private cloud storage to go
beyond the VSPEX BLUE appliance’s physical
capacity and offload 2nd tier data
• Encryption in-flight and at-rest with secure local
key management
• Bandwidth throttling and data compression to
optimize network access cost
• Snapshots for cloud storage data protection
• NAS support providing CIFS and NFS file services
for guest applications
VSPEX BLUE CLOUD ARRAY VE
Virtually Limitless Cloud Storage
Synaptic

• VSPEX BLUE appliance includes EMC
RecoverPoint for VMs license entitling 15 VMs
with support
• Protect VMs at VM-level granularity
• Asynchronous and synchronous replication
• Consistency group for application-consistent
recovery
• vCenter plug-in integration
• Discovery, provisioning, and orchestration of DR
workflow management
• WAN compression and deduplication to optimize
bandwidth utilization
VSPEX BLUE RECOVERPOINT FOR VMs
VMware
ESXi
Production Journal
VMware
vCenter
Plug-in
RDM
WAN
Journal Replica
VMware
ESXi
VMware
vCenter
Plug-in
RDM
Hyper-Converged
Remote Site
Main Data Center

• VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced (VDPA) is
backup management, recovery, and replication utility
based on EMC Avamar deduplication technology
– Variable-length deduplication with Changed-Block
Tracking (CBT) backup/restore
• VDPA includes Data Domain (DD) Boost-based
backup to EMC Data Domain target
– Increase throughput by 50% and decrease
network bandwidth
• VDPA replicates and offloads backup process to
Avamar Grid
• VDPA supports application-consistent guest-level
backup for Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and
SharePoint
• VSPEX BLUE appliance customers can use VDPA
compatible with the vSphere Enterprise Plus version
included in EVO:RAIL software bundle
VSPEX BLUE AND VDPA
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VDPA
Avamar Grid
Backup Server
Data Domain
Backup Storage

GLOBAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
• IT-in-a-Box
• VDI-in-a-Box
• Virtual Desktop Platform
• Private Cloud Platform
ECS
VPLEX Avamar
Data
Domain
Recover
Point
Large ROBO
Midmarket
SME, Site/LOB/Department
Enterprise
Core Data Center
• Service Catalog • Operations Management
• Desktop/Apps Image Management
Centralized Management and Orchestration

VSPEX BLUE USE CASES
Business
Applications
Virtual
Desktops
Virtualized
Environments
Test and
Development
Remote
Office
Managed SP
On Premise
Stand alone deployment or integrated with Private/Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

EMC VSPEX BLUE LICENSING
• Integrated hardware and software appliance
– Single SKU ordering experience – for simplicity
• Appliance software
– VMware EVO: RAIL software bundle
• Single license key
• Enterprise License Agreements
– EMC VSPEX BLUE appliance management
• VSPEX BLUE Manager
– EMC Connect Home remote support enablement
• ESRS/VE
– EMC remote replication software*
• RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, 15 VMs
– EMC cloud storage gateway disk capacity
extension and file services software*
• CloudArray Virtual Edition, 1TB local cache and
10 TB cloud storage
• 1-5 year hardware and software maintenance options
*Activation Required

EMC VSPEX BLUE APPLIANCE
First Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance from EMC
EMC INNOVATIONREDEFINE SIMPLICITY
• Powered by VMware and EMC Software
• Provides Linear Scaling & Performance
• Each Appliance Adds: Compute, Storage,
Networking and Management
• Power up to VM provisioning in 15 minutes
• Fully orchestrated installation, management,
upgrading and patching
• Simple to Manage, Simple to Scale
• Single Point of Support Provided by EMC
• First
…with virtually unlimited access to public cloud
storage
… with remote support and diagnostics
• Best
…Data Protection capabilities through EMC
RecoverPoint for VMs and EMC backup technology
• Only
…with EMC award winning global support
…integrated with EMC Hybrid Cloud to provide
enterprise wide Hybrid Cloud capability

BENEFITS
• Designed to respond quickly to
changing IT demands
• Eliminates advanced IT forecasting
& Budgeting
• Speed time to deployment with
single, elastic pool of software
define resources
• Streamline operations with
automated deployment, upgrades
and patches
• Linear scale-out with small
incremental, cost-effective building
block approach
• Eliminates need for pre-planned
infrastructure capacity purchases –
just add an appliance to add
100VMs
• EMC Cloud Gateway provides
access to unlimited cloud storage
• One call global support with single
point of accountability for hardware
and software
• EMC Secure Remote Services
(ESRS) enables remote monitoring,
diagnostics and repair
• Industry leading Data Protection
safeguards entire system –
Hardware and Software
AGILE SCALABLE TRUSTED

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EMC
VSPEX BLUE
Market
EMC
VSPEX BLUE
Manager
EMC
Secure Remote
Support VE
EMC
RecoverPoint
for VMs
VMware Data
Protection
Advanced
EMC
CloudArray
VE
Partner
Ecosystem
(Future)

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