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Active Infrastructure Technical Overview

Active Infrastructure Technical Overview Everything you need to know to install Dell Active Infrastructure Solutions. Channel Partner Pilot Active Infrastructure overview. What is converged infrastructure ?.

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Active Infrastructure Technical Overview

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  1. Active Infrastructure Technical Overview Everything you need to know to install Dell Active Infrastructure Solutions

  2. Channel Partner Pilot Active Infrastructure overview

  3. What is converged infrastructure? Converged infrastructure systems combine compute, storage, networking, and infrastructure management into an integrated system to provide general purpose, virtualized resource pools for applications, VDI and private clouds VI/OS Servers Storage Network Compute Unified Sys Mgmt and Automation Network Procure & Integrate Legacy Systems Mgmt Virtual Infrastructure & OS Storage Platform Centric (generic workloads) Or Application Centric (complex workloads) Domain Centric • SI led: multiple components / vendors • Time consuming (Months) • Expensive • People intensive • Single source of procurement • Turnkey: up in less than 2 weeks • Lower total cost of ownership • Single point of support Confidential

  4. Enabling a Simpler IT Operational ModelConverged infrastructure collapses and automates critical administrative tasks to speed up routine tasks and free up experts for higher order needs Server Challenge Solution Converged Infrastructure Virtual Infrastructure Compute Capacity Network Access Server Network Storage Capacity Tasks Network Storage Policies & Visibility Virtualization Storage Confidential

  5. How is Dell positioned in the market?Converged IT benefits without the tradeoffs Intuitive Inflexible Flexible Incomplete Comprehensive or Complex Expensive Competitive choices are: Dell’s approach is: Spectrum of IT’s choices for converged solutions Dell overcomes these limitations Confidential

  6. The Dell Active Infrastructure portfolioFlexible delivery models for virtualized infrastructure and solutions Active Solutions Architectures Pre-engineered with best practices for support of specific number of users Private Clouds Enterprise Applications Virtual Desktop Infrastructures Pre-integrated SystemsPre-assembled infrastructure + deployment services Active System Manager 7 Automation of converged and heterogeneous infrastructure and workloads Active System 800 vStart 50/200/1000 Increasing value and faster time to production Active SystemReference Architectures Pre-engineered with best practices for specific virtualization use cases VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization 12G blades I/O Aggregator Active System Compatibility Matrix Tested and validated for interoperability M1000e chassis Dell Storage1 Confidential

  7. Active System Overview and ASM 7.0 Demo

  8. Dell Active System OverviewAn integrated offering that is simple, flexible, and comprehensive 1 • Modular Infrastructure • Leading power & cooling efficiency & compute density • Open systems - 2S/4S blades • Blade-based SAN option • Includes embedded failsafe hypervisors traditional or distributed core corenetworking services core/aggregation/access top-of-rack switch (3rd party or Dell Force10) 3 2 • Simplified Chassis IOM • 10 GbE intra-chassis, east-west traffic • Simplified PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator • Feature rich Force10 MXL (future) • Capable of multiples physical fabrics iSCSISAN I/O Aggregators server/ virtualization/ CI admin FCSAN 2 3 • Converged Fabric • DCB for iSCSI and FCoE • Compatible with 3rd party DC fabric 1 Dell Active System 4 4 • Converged Management • Unified operations for infrastructure teams • Automated, template-based infrastructure provisioning and workload automation M1000e blade chassis Active SystemManager EqualLogic/Compellent/FS* 5 • End-to-end experience • End-to-end design, test, & validation • Single point of accountability • Dell storage integration • Complete lifecycle services • Pre-integrated system available direct core storage/data mgmt services storage fibre channel switches (3rd party or Dell) 5 Confidential

  9. Active System Manager 7.0Unified Infrastructure Operations for Infrastructure Teams Streamline and standardize workload deployments through centralized capture and application of best practices & operational steps Multi-tier automation across physical (server, storage and network) and virtual layers Template-Based Provisioning End-To-End Automation Intelligent workflow orchestration engine for rapid physical and virtual workload provisioning Discovery, inventory, configuration, provisioning, and ongoing management of physical and virtual infrastructure Infrastructure Lifecycle Mgmt Workload Orchestration Create and manage physical and virtual resource pools; efficiently schedule or allocate resources on-demand Intuitive centralized, role-based management and access through self-service web portal VM Resource Pooling & Dynamic Allocation Centralized Management Confidential

  10. PowerEdge M I/O AggregatorPlug-n-play connectivity for M1000e blade chassis • Simple and easy way for server or virtual admins to connect blade servers • Clean physical separation between network and server administrators • Zero touch, automated configuration • No networking complexities such as spanning tree • Virtualization drives simple I/O module connectivity • No compromises on performance: intra-chassis, east-west 10 GbE traffic with low latency • Faster Deployments Top of Rack switch (including 3rd party) Top of Rack switch (including 3rd party) VLT or MLAG Network Admin Server Admin Link aggregation group Link aggregation group M1000e blade chassis Dual IOAs Confidential

  11. Design & Deploy Using a Pre-Integrated Solution for faster time to market Active Solutions Enterprise-class infrastructure Private Cloud reference architectures Applicationsreference architectures VDI reference architectures • Compute: PowerEdge Blades/ Rack Servers • Storage: Compellent/ EqualLogic • Networking: Force10/ PowerConnect Industry leading hypervisor options Helpful Extras Included vStart 50 vStart 100/200 Active System800 vStart 1000 • Infrastructure management integration plug-ins • System deployment & unified support • Flexible configuration options • Extremely scalable compute & storage • Enterprise class fiber Channel storage • Optimized for complex Apps (ERP, DB, Oracle) • Simple • Value based • Optimized for simple app environments: file & print, virtual Infra, DNS, web servers • Flexible rack configuration • Mainstream storage functionality • Optimized for Mid-Range Apps (VDI, Web, Collaboration) • Scale-out storage and scalable compute • Unified iSCSI fabric for lower TCO • Optimized for consolidated Apps (VDI, Web, Collab) Confidential

  12. Design & Deploy Leveraging a Dell Solution Reference Architecture Private Cloud • Dell Private Cloud • Microsoft System Center 2012 Fast Track • End-to-end solution (Wyse thin clients) • Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View Virtual Desktop Infrastructure • Microsoft SharePoint 2010 • Microsoft Lync 2010 • Microsoft Exchange 2010 Collaboration Confidential

  13. Dell Active Infrastructure Competitive Review

  14. Competitive Landscape Franchises Application Centric App System PureApplication (PureSystem) Exadata Pre-Integrated PureFlex (PureSystem) AS 800* vBlock Vertical Integration Reference Architecture FlexPOD vStart Platform RA VSPEX Standalone M1000E Family UCS Blade System VirtualSystem* CloudSystem* Infrastructure + Application Aware Blade/Switch +Storage + Virtualization Blade/Switch +Storage Blade/Switch Horizontal Integration *Also available as reference architectures Confidential

  15. Key technical proof points (claims) Confidential

  16. Competitive Objection Handling Confidential

  17. Competitive Objection Handling Confidential

  18. How does this stack up to UCS? • Template based provisioning and orchestration • No ToR switch dependency • No hard scalability limitation • Up to 160GbE LAG uplink PER IOA • Provides East/West traffic within a chassis • Single Point of management for server, server and virtual networking, storage, and virtualization/workload provisioning • Profile based provisioning • Dependent on Fabric Interconnect • Scales to 160 Servers • Up to 80GbE LAG uplink per FI • All traffic must go north/south • Single point of management for server and server networking Confidential

  19. Dell Active System Manager Technical Deep Dive

  20. Announcing: Enhanced capabilities to unify infrastructure & application/IT service delivery Extended Dell Software & Services Application & IT Service Delivery Deployment, orchestration & lifecycle management combinedwith engineered application solutions • Dell’s Active Infrastructure family is enhanced with the new Active System Manager 7.0 • Integrates IP from Gale Technologies acquisition (Nov 2012) • Adds workload deployment and virtual infrastructure provisioning and management capabilities • Included in the Active System 800 in US in late February and in EMEA in late spring Integrated Infrastructure Flexible pre-engineered systems of compute, storage, networking and intuitive infrastructure management Confidential

  21. Accelerating Active System Manager Active System Manager 7.0 VM/OS deployment/lifecycle management 1 Virtual infrastructure: hypervisor deployment, cluster creation/add, virtual switch configuration ASM 1.0 scope 2 Original ASM roadmap Blade IOM Dell Storage Capacity Provisioning 3 Additional ASM capability Blade Chassis/Blade servers Dell ToR Confidential

  22. Active System Manager Terminology Clients ASM Appliance IT Resources Design and Automate Resource Adapters Admin Portal Network Web Portal Scheduling and Reservation Servers Physical / Virtual Integration and Scripting Storage APIs Confidential

  23. Dell Active System Manager 7.0 Workload Management Define workload with ASM 7.0 and apply to infrastructure pool Lync MS SQL VDI Server 2012 Server 2012 VDI Workload Workload Workload Infrastructure Pool Confidential

  24. Dell Active System Manager 7.0 Demo

  25. Receiving the job ! SUBJECT: Job request #1035 DATE: Tue, Dec. 3, 2013 13:01pm TO: John I.T. FROM: Anna Developer 2x Web Apache 1x My SQL NEEDS: Friday 18:00 START TIME: END TIME: Sunday 18:00 Confidential

  26. Scheduling the job … Templates Apache ESXi Host Lync Microsoft Exchange MySQL Oracle SharePoint SAP Confidential

  27. Scheduling the job … Friday 6 Dec 2013 Saturday 7 Dec 2013 Sunday 8 Dec 2013 Schedule ASAP Job #1035 Start ASAP within fixed timeframe End Fixed start and end date 6/9/2013 — 18:00 Job #1033 Permanent session 8/9/2013 — 18:00 Job #1034 Confidential

  28. Executing the job Job #1035 Confidential

  29. Allocating resources and deploying application Job #1035 (2) Web Apache Network (1) MySQL Compute pool vLAN pool Storage pool Confidential

  30. Friday, Dec 6th Job #1035 (2) Web Apache Network (1) MySQL Confidential

  31. Saturday, Dec 7th Job #1035 (2) Web Apache Network (1) MySQL Confidential

  32. Sunday, Dec 8th Job #1035 (2) Web Apache Network (1) MySQL Confidential

  33. Resources returned to the pool Job #1035 (2) Web Apache Network (1) MySQL Compute pool vLAN pool Storage pool Confidential

  34. Managing resources … the old way  StorageManager NetworkManager ServerManager Confidential

  35. Active System Manager in action iDRAC 7 Active System Manager 7.0 Summary Disks Launch iDRAC iDRAC 7 Reports Servers Network Storage John_IT ********** Username Password Domain IT Center Confidential

  36. Active System Manager in action Active System Manager 7.0 Set Performance Snapshot Servers Network Storage System Info Volume Access Volume Clone Volume Assign Volume Restrict Confidential

  37. Admin/Architect Client Active System Manager 7.0Setup and Discovery • Discover Active Systems and associated components • Populate inventory • Populate software file repositories Confidential

  38. Admin/Architect Client Active System Manager 7.0Inventory Management • View, edit, and manage inventory elements and their properties Confidential

  39. Admin/Architect Client Active System Manager 7.0Operations Center • View status, perform actions, and invoke commands on all Active System elements and subsystems, including virtualization managers Confidential

  40. Admin/Architect Client Active System Manager 7.0Template Editor • Build physical infrastructure templates, and physical or virtual workload templates using visual drag-and-drop template editor • Use or edit pre-built, out-of-the-box templates Confidential

  41. Admin/Architect Client Active System Manager 7.0Template with Orchestration Editor • For advanced template provisioning, use the orchestration editor to create end-to-end provisioning workflows for compute, network, and storage elements • Sequence provisioning, configuration, even power control Confidential

  42. Admin/Architect Client Active System Manager 7.0Session Dashboard • View all active and scheduled infrastructure and workload deployments at a glance • See who is using what resources, for how long • Invoke commands, launch applications or element managers from a single view Confidential

  43. Web Portal Client Active System Manager 7.0Template Library • Web Portal provides a library or catalog of both infrastructure and workload templates that have been created and published by the admin or architect • Authorized users can view, schedule, or deploy published templates Confidential

  44. Web Portal Client Active System Manager 7.0Reporting • Standard and custom reports are available for usage and utilization, capacity, inventory, and other functions • Data export is available for showback, chargeback, or other purposes Confidential

  45. AI Online resources and linksFeel free to include in blogs & Twitter • Dell PartnerDirect Portal: http://partnerdirect.dell.com/sites/channel/EN_US/Solutions/AI/Pages/ActiveInfrastructure.aspx • Recommended GCC training Courses • Online Sales Training: • AIPS1012WBTS - Active Infrastructure Channel Sales Overview • VSRT0511WBTS - vStart Sales Overview • DBSS0109WBTS - Dell Blade Server Solutions (12G) • Online Technical Training: • DBSSTT0409WBTT - Dell Blade Server Solutions • Blogs on Dell properties: All current & future blogs aggregate here:dellcitag • Dell Tech Center: New Active Infrastructure wiki page with whiteboarding videos bit.ly/DTCconverged • Twitter: Use #DellCIwith all relevant tweets • Follow @DellConvergedfor updates and other info to retweet • Dell.com/convergence: Converged Infrastructure landing page • Virtual Press Kit: The full press release and event information will be ondell.to/DoMoreIT YouTube videos Active System 800 (You can use this photo externally) Confidential

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