EMC VSPEX BLUE is an all-in-one Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance powered by Intel processor technology and VMware EVO:RAIL software. It simplifies and automates deployment, provides and intuitive management dashboard that embeds the VSPEX BLUE Manager to simplify operations, upgrades and patches. With a software designed building block approach, capacity and performance scale linearly – eliminating the need for pre-planned infrastructure purchases and reducing your upfront investments. All wrapped with a single point of global support from EMC for both hardware and software

1. VMware EVO:RAIL Overview

2. We Are Local. We Are Global.
• Over 39 years in business with a 5-year
CAGR of ~20% revenue growth
• Thousands of customers from across all
industries
• Over 2,500 software and hardware
engineers
• A Global 200 Best Company --------------
• Over 1,000 IT hardware and software
certifications
• A 98% customer retention
rate in 2013
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3. A Passion for Technology, A Commitment to Excellence
• A top 10 partner to HP, EMC, Oracle and VMware and Microsoft
• A recognized industry leader
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2013
Rising Star
Award
Top 250
Partners

4. AdvizeX VMware Partnership
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 Infrastructure Partner of the Year
2010-2011
 Global SDDC Partner of the Year
2013-2014
 VMware Certifications:
– Total # of VCDXs: 3
– Total # of VCAPs: 7
– Total # of VCPs: 27
 Lighthouse Partner

5. Three Approaches to Building the Infrastructure for SDDC
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Multiple infrastructure layers that deliver
compute, storage, networking, procured
and deployed separately
Compute
External Storage Arrays
Compute, storage, networking
delivered from the hypervisor, on a
single layer of x86 virtualized server
infrastructure
Compute + Storage
vSphere + Virtual SAN
Multiple infrastructure layers (compute,
storage, networking) integrated and
sold in a server chassis, along with
software options
Compute
Converged Infrastructure System
Traditional
Infrastructure
Converged
Infrastructure
Hyper-Converged
Infrastructure
Traditional
Infrastructure
Converged
Infrastructure
Hyper-Converged
Infrastructure

6. Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Customer Value
Smaller initial investment
than traditional converged
infrastructure
Virtual SAN “fused” into
vSphere
Built in VM Security Policies
UI interface for the
“every-man” delivers a
true appliance experience
TTV in under 15 minutes
once racked, cabled
and powered on
vSphere resiliency with
non disruptive patch and
upgrade
CapEx Reduction
OpEx Reduction
Core vSphere with Tight
Integration and Security
Higher Availability
Faster Time-to-Market

7. Use Cases
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• Sized for 100-800 general
purpose VMs
• Easily add up to 8
appliances for increased
capacity
• Application uptime ensured
through HA, DRS, Virtual
SAN and EVO:RAIL™
Engine
• Sized for 250-2,000 virtual
desktops
• Handle peak performance
requirements (boot, login,
read/write storms)
• Quick and easy
deployment and
configuration
• New: Add-On Horizon for
EVO:RAIL™ available soon
to the channel
• Consistent footprint and
deployment operations
• IT-in-a-box
• Simplified user experience
ideal for non-VMware
experts
• Quick and Easy
deployment and
configuration
• Service Provider VPC
building block for MSP and
hosting
• Consistently and easily
deployed on-prem and off-
prem (Colo)
• Quick and Easy scale-out
appliances to increase
capacity
ROBO
Virtual Private
Cloud
VDI
General
Purpose

8. Virtual SAN: Radically Simple Hypervisor-Converged Storage
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vSphere + Virtual SAN
…
• Software-defined storage embedded in
vSphere
• Runs on any standard x86 server
• Pools HDD/flash into a shared datastore
• Managed through storage policy-based
management framework
• High performance through flash acceleration
• Highly resilient - zero data loss in the event of
hardware failures
• Deeply integrated with the VMware stack
The Basics
Hard disks
SSD
Hard disks
SSD
Hard disks
SSD
Virtual SAN Shared
Datastore

9. Virtual SAN is NOT a Virtual Storage Appliance
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– Virtual SAN is fully integrated with vbmhere (ESXi & vCenter)
– Drivers embedded in ESXi 5.5 contain the Virtual SAN smarts
– Kernel modules:
• Provide the shortest path for I/O
• Remove unnecessary management overheads when dealing with an
appliance
• Do not consume resources unnecessarily
Virtual SAN – Embedded into vSphereVirtual SAN – Not a VSA
VSA

10. Simplify How You Buy, Deploy and Operate Your SDDC
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• Scalable and modular architecture housed in a small form factor
– 2U/4N Form factor including compute, storage, network and management resources
– Linear and automated scale out up to 8 appliances
• Fully orchestrated deployment, configuration and management
– Time to Value to first VM in minutes from power up
– Radically simple management of your day to day operation
– Non disruptive patching and updating of both hardware and software
• Highly resilient by design for no application downtime
– Four independent ESXi hosts allow applications to non-disruptively move to another host during
planned maintenance or failure.
– Leverages VMware vSphere HA, vMotion, DRS and Virtual SAN to ensure high availability at both
the compute and storage layers
• Reduce complexity and support costs, and time to recovery
– Single point of support for both hardware and software
– Advanced Log Analysis capabilities
• 9 global Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners
Key Features

11. VMware: EVO Family
Hyper-Converged Infrastructure by VMware
Solution Virtualized Infrastructure Appliance
Data Center-Scale
Cloud Infrastructure
VMware Software
EVO:RAIL™ Engine, vSphere, Virtual SAN, Log
Insight, vCenter Server
Full vCloud Suite, Virtual SAN, NSX, Integrated
Virtual + Physical Networking, EVO:RACK
Software
Managed
Hardware
Server + Built-in Storage + Networking
Server + ToR Leaf/Spine Switch
+ JBOD or DAS Storage
Server
Specifications
2U / 4N Appliance; ability to stack appliances Rack-mounted servers
Deployment
Scalability
Up to 8 appliances Multiple racks
Key Use Cases
General Purpose, VDI, ROBO, Virtual Private
Cloud
IaaS, VDI

12. High Level Hardware Specifications
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Hardware Specifications Per Node X 4
Processor • Dual Intel E5 processors
(12 cores, Ivy Bridge/Haswell)
Memory • 192 GB memory
Storage
• 400 GB SSD
• 3.6 TB raw capacity
Network
• 2 x 10 GbE NIC port
• 1 Management port
2U
4 Nodes

13. Simplified Linear Scale Out
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General-purpose VM profile: 2 vCPU, 4GB vMEM,60GB of vDisk, with redundancy
Horizon View virtual desktop VM profile: 2 vCPU, 2GB vMEM, 32GB vDisk linked clones
 Elastic
Grow on demand up to 8 appliances (32 nodes)
• VMs: 800 General Purpose - 2,000 Virtual Desktop
• Compute: 384 Cores
• Memory: 6 TB
• Storage: 128TB
• Network: 64 x 10 GbE NIC ports
 Fast
Add a new appliance in 6 min
 Non-disruptive
No app downtime
Up to
800 General Purpose VMs
or 2,000 Virtual Desktop
VMs
x8

14. EVO:RAIL™ Simplifies Deployment, Configuration & Management
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1) Racked
2) Cabled
3) Powered On
EVO:RAIL™ engine
configures vCenter, vSphere,
Virtual SAN & Log Insight
Ready
for
VMs!
Time to Value to first VM in 15 minutes from
power on, once the EVO:RAIL™ appliance
is racked and cabled into a configured TOR
network switch
Basic appliance configuration:
hostnames, IP address pools,
globals and passwords
Physical EVO:RAIL™
appliance deployment

15. Purchasing Options
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VMware EVO:RAIL
EVO:RAIL engine
vSphere Enterprise Plus
Virtual SAN
vRealize Log Insight
vCenter Server
Hardware (2U/4Nodes)
Support (1 or 3 years)
All-in-One Solution vSphere Loyalty Program
VMware EVO:RAIL
(vSphere Loyalty Program)
EVO:RAIL engine
Virtual SAN
vRealize Log Insight
vCenter Server
Hardware (2U/4Nodes)
Support (1 or 3 years)
New
• Leverage existing vSphere
ENT+ license(s) purchased
thru ELA or not
• Need to be under current
support contract with either
VMware or the QEP from
which EVO:RAIL appliance is
being purchased
• Includes all the hardware, VMware software and support
• Ideal for new VMware customers or for existing customers implementing a new IT
projects
• Preserve your existing investment in VMware software while reducing the overall cost
of an EVO:RAIL appliance purchase
• Ideal for existing vSphere customers
Customer leverages his vSphere
Enterprise Plus licenses

16. Configuration - Time to Value:
Power on to Creating VMs in minutes
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17. Configuration - Time to Value:
Power on to Creating VMs in minutes
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18. Configuration - Time to Value:
Power on to Creating VMs in minutes
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19. Configuration - Time to Value:
Power on to Creating VMs in minutes
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20. Easy VM Creation & Management
• Intuitive UI with simplified VM creation and lifecycle management
• Grid view of all the VMs across multiple appliances
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21. Easy VM Creation & Management
• Intuitive UI with simplified VM creation and lifecycle management
• Grid View of all the VMs across multiple appliances
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22. Simplified Hardware Management
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 Hardware Summary Status of each node, appliance, or cluster
 Warning and fault notifications
 Integration with vRealize Log Insight™

23. Zero-Downtime Patch and Upgrade Management
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 Easy upgrade and patch with no workload downtime
– Full redundancy as each appliance has 4 independent nodes
 Updates pre-validated for the appliance before application

24. 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

25. EMC 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

26. Resources
• VMware Website
 http://www.vmware.com/products/evorail
• Hands On Lab
 http://www.vmware.com/go/evorail-lab
• EMC VSPEX Blue
 http://www.emc.com/cloud/vspex/products.htm?pid=Home-Products-
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27. Thank You
Corey Ehrenwerth
Principal Architect
cehrenwerth@advizex.com
@ehrenwerth