VMware Cloud on AWS allows customers to run VMware workloads on AWS infrastructure providing operational consistency, existing skillsets and tools, and control and security. It introduces VMware's software-defined data center (SDDC) technologies like vSphere, vSAN, and NSX running on AWS. This provides enterprises hybrid cloud capabilities with elasticity, portability of applications between on-premises and cloud, and access to AWS native services. Customers can easily deploy and manage their VMware environments on AWS.

1. VMware Cloud on AWS
A closer look
Frank Denneman
Senior Staff Architect – VMware R&D

2. WE’RE HEADING TO A MULTI-CLOUD WORLD

3. H Y B R I D
C L O U D
STRATEGY
80%of organizations have a
“Enterprise Adoption Driving Strong Growth of Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, According to IDC.” Press release. IDC. July 14, 2016

4. Operational
Consistency
Existing
Skillsets & Tools
Control,
Manage, Secure
Enterprise-class
App SLA
Compatibility
with Apps
CLOUD BUILDING CHALLENGES

5. INTRODUCING TWO POWERFUL FORCES COMING TOGETHER

6. 6
CLOUD SDDC
vSphere
vSAN
NSX

7. 7
CLOUD SDDC
vSphere
vSAN
NSX
AWS INFRASTRUCTURE

8. 8

9. 9
CLOUD SDDC
vSphere
vSAN
NSX
AWS INFRASTRUCTUREAWS NATIVE SERVICES ELASTICITY

10. 10
CLOUD SDDC
vSAN
NSX
AWS INFRASTRUCTURE
ON-PREMISES DC
vCenter vCenter
Enhanced Linked Mode

12. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO CONSUME RESOURCES?

13. WHAT WORKLOAD CAN I RUN IN A CLOUD SDDC?

14. Host Compute Configuration in Detail
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§ Dual socket CPU host configuration
§ Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4
§ 18 Cores per socket at 2.3 GHz
§ 72 Logical processors per host
§ Hyper-Threading enabled
§ 82.8 GHz per host
§ 512 GB memory per host
§ Manufacturer: Amazon

15. Initial Availability Compute Cluster Configuration
576144
81922048
TO
TO
CORES
GB
CORES
GB
16 NODE CLUSTER4 NODE CLUSTER

16. ESXi Host
ESXi Host
ESXi Host
vSAN Architecture
ESXi Host (x4)
vSAN Disk Group vSAN Disk Group
vSAN Node Configuration
§ 2 Disk Groups
§ 2 devices write-caching tier (3.4 TB)
§ 6 devices capacity tier (10.2 TB)
Storage Policy Configuration
§ Health Service is enabled *
§ RAID 1, 5 and 6 available *
§ vSAN Encryption is disabled at Initial
Availability
* User configurable policy settings

17. Initial Availability vSAN Host & Cluster Configuration
12832
16040
TO
TO
NVMe DEVICES
TB RAW CAPACITY
NVMe DEVICES
TB RAW CAPACITY
16 NODE CLUSTER4 NODE CLUSTER

18. 25 GbpsNetwork IO Control enabled in case of Contention
Network Performance
*
*

19. SHIFTING FROM
INFRA MANAGEMENT TO
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

20. ELASTICITY?

21. DEPLOYING PHYSICAL RESOURCES AS FAST AS DEPLOYING VMs

22. SDDC Overview
Activity On Premises SDDC
Budget Allocation &
internal Order Process
5 days
Order and Delivery
Hardware
15 days
Installation Hardware in
DC
1 day
Test Hardware 1 day
Software Installation and
Configuration
1 days

23. Average Time to Setup ESXi Host – Unpredictable Process

24. Add Hosts to Cloud SDDC with AWS IoT button

25. Single click: Add ESXi Host to the SDDC cluster
+1
VMware Cloud VPC
AWS
IoT
AWS
Lambda

27. Automatic Cluster Configuration
vSAN Cluster
HOST IS ADDED1. AUTOMATIC NETWORK
CONFIGURATION2. 3.
vSAN Cluster
Management Network
vMotion Network
vSAN Network
Logical Network
vSAN Cluster
vSAN DATASTORE
CAPACITY INCREASE

29. Elastic DRS Integration
vSAN Cluster
CPU
Memory
Storage
vSAN Cluster
CPU
Memory
Storage
vSAN Cluster
CPU
Memory
Storage
CLUSTER OPERATING WITHIN
TARGET THRESHOLDS1.
THRESHOLD EXCEEDED
PROVISION ADDITIONAL HOST2.
CLUSTER RETURNS TO
TARGET THRESHOLD3.

30. Automated Hardware Remediation
HOST FAILS, OR
PROBLEM IDENTIFIED
NEW HOST ADDED TO CLUSTER.
DATA FROM PROBLEM HOST
REBUILT, AND/OR MIGRATED
PREVIOUS HOST EVACUATED
FROM CLUSTER, FULLY
REPLACED BY NEW HOST
1.
2.
3.
vSAN Cluster
vSAN Cluster
vSAN Cluster

31. Cluster Configuration at Initial Availability
AWS Global Infrastructure
AWS Region
vSphereVSAN NSX
vSphereCluster
VM VM VM
SDDC
VM
MGMT VMs
Availability Zone
V
M
V
M
V
M
Availability Zone
§ Restricted to one AWS Region and AZ
§ Automatically detects failed hardware
§ Auto remediation HA allows automatic
recovery from HA events
§ Provision new host and eject failed node
without customer intervention

32. Cluster Configuration in Future Release
AWS Global Infrastructure
AWS Region
vSphereCluster
VM VM VM
VM
SDDC
Availability Zone
V
M
V
M
V
MAvailability Zone
vSAN Cluster
§ Multi AZ availability (Active-Active)
§ vSAN stretched across multiple AZs
§ Synchronous write replication across AZs
§ RPO = 0, RTO = HA Restart
§ Per-VM Storage Policy
§ First time infrastructure level AZ resilience!
§ No need for refactoring traditional
applications

33. HOW DO YOU GET YOUR WORKLOAD TO THE CLOUD SDDC?

34. HYBRID CLOUD CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS
§ L3 IPSEC VPN to Existing Network Architecture (Initial Availability)
§ L2 VPN (Future Release)
§ AWS Direct Connect (Future Release)

35. WORKLOAD MIGRATION
§ L3 IPSEC VPN = Cold Migration
§ L2 VPN = Live Migration (Depending on bandwidth)
§ AWS Direct Connect (Live Migration)

36. WORKLOAD MIGRATION OF MONSTER VMs
§ HCX TECHNOLOGIES
§ SNOW MOTION

37. VMC IS BUILT
AROUND NSX

38. § NSX is front and center in VMware Cloud on AWS Portal
§ Network Dashboard provides a view of NSX components and connectivity
VMC Networking User Experience
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39. VMC and AWS Services
§ VMware Cloud on AWS provides access to native AWS
services within the region of deployment
§ Connected VPC access
§ Provides higher bandwidth connectivity to selected AWS Services
§ Optimized access to EC2 instances and S3 are supported
at Initial Availability
§ Additional services will be added in future releases
§ Public Access to AWS Services is also available via the Internet
§ Provides a base level of capability
§ High Performance as VMC runs on the same AWS infrastructure
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Access to AWS Services
Amazon
EC2
Amazon
S3
Amazon
RDS
AWS Direct
Connect
AWS IAMAWS IoT
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40. Public Resources
§ https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws
§ Pricing
§ FAQ
§ Resources
§ Hands On Labs
§ VMworld 2017 Highlights: VMware Cloud on AWS Sessions
§ https://medium.com/@earlg3/vmworld-2017-highlights-vmware-cloud-on-aws-sessions-
a31649fe3a42
§ https://github.com/lamw/vmworld2017-session-urls

41. THANK YOU!