vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Release 1.
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vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Revision History Revision Description Date A00 Initial version July 2012 A01 Reorganized some sections September 2012 Page iii
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 2 2 Audience............................................................................................................... 2 3 Overview .............................................................................................................. 2 4 Design Principles ..............
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture 1 Introduction The vStart 1000 solution is an enterprise infrastructure solution that has been designed and validated by Dell™ Engineering. It is available to be partially racked, cabled, and delivered to your site, to speed deployment. Dell Services will deploy and configure the solution tailored for business needs and ready to be integrated into your datacenter.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Figure 1: vStart 1000v Overview Page 3
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Table 1 below describes the key solution components and the roles served.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture during nights and weekends, DPM consolidates workloads onto fewer hosts and powers off the rest to reduce power consumption. VMware vCenter Update Manager: VMware vCenter Update Manager automates patch management, enforcing compliance to patch standards for VMware ESXi hosts.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Define which users have access to specific resources and processes With its robust automation of policies and access controls, VIS Creator can help you establish consistent IT governance through processes, not people.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture 3.5 OpenManage Essentials and OpenManage Server Administrator The Dell OpenManage™ Essentials (OME) Console provides a single, easy-to-use, one-to-many interface through which to manage resources in multivendor operating system and hypervisor environments. It automates basic repetitive hardware management tasks — like discovery, inventory, and monitoring— for Dell servers, storage, and network systems.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture QLogic offerings offer Switch Independent Partitioning technology, developed in partnership with Dell, which allows for virtual partitioning of the 10Gb ports. I/O Modules: The enclosure provides three redundant fabrics using six I/O modules. The modules can be populated with Ethernet switches, Fibre Channel (FC), and pass-through modules. InfiniBand™ switch modules are also supported.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture and availability, including Force10’s stacking technology, reversible front-to-back or back-to-front airflow for hot/cold aisle environments, and redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans. For more information on Force10 switches, see Dell.com/force10. 3.8 Dell Force10 S55 The Dell Force10 S-Series S55 1/10 GbE ToR switch is designed for high-performance data center applications.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Features of the Dell Compellent Series 40 Storage Array include: Fluid Data Architecture – Storage is managed at the most granular level with built-in system intelligence to enable the dynamic flow of enterprise data. Storage Virtualization – Storage is virtualized at the disk level to create a flexible pool of storage resources shared by all servers all the time.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture 4 Design Principles The following principles are central to the design and architecture of the vStart 1000v Solution. 1. Redundancy with no single point-of-failure: Redundancy is incorporated in the critical aspects1 of the solution, including server high availability features, networking, and storage. 2.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Figure 2: vStart 1000v Network Topology (Logical View) Workload Virtual Machines 0 6 14 0 7 15 0 PowerConnect 10GbE Pass-Thru (2) per M1000e 8 16 0 0 146GB 15k 1 1 1 1 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 ACT ter Mas RS-232 USB-B STACK ID LNK LNK/ SPD 0 2 1 3 4 146GB 15k SAS 14
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture and two optional dual-port mezzanine I/O cards. The NDC connects to Fabric A. One mezzanine I/O card attaches to Fabric B, with the remaining mezzanine I/O card attached to Fabric C. In this solution, the Chassis Fabric A contains 10 GbE Pass-Through-k modules and is used for LAN. Fabric B contains Dell 8|4 Gbps SAN modules and is used for SAN. The Fabric C is unused.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture takes advantage of NPAR. Partitions are created for various traffic types and bandwidth is allocated, as described in the following section. 7 Network Architecture LAN traffic in the vStart 1000v solution is categorized into four traffic types: VM traffic, management traffic, vMotion traffic, and Out-of-Band (OOB) management traffic.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Figure 4: vSwitch, NPAR and I/O Module Configuration Traffic Isolation using VLANs: LAN traffic is separated into four unique VLANs; one VLAN each, for management, out-of-band management, vMotion, and VM traffic. Network traffic is tagged with the respective VLAN ID for each traffic type in the virtual switch.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Uplinks: There are several options to uplink the Force10 switches to the core network. Selecting the uplink option depends on the customer core network and customer requirements. One simple option is to create multiple uplinks on each switch and connect them to the core network switches. Uplink LAGs can then be created from the S4810 to the core network.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Figure 5: Fibre Channel SAN Logical Connectivity 8.2 Storage Connectivity Connectivity between the Dell FC SAN Module and Brocade 5100: Each blade is populated with a QLogic QME2572 8 Gbps Fibre Channel I/O mezzanine card, which is used to connect to Fabric B. Fabric B is populated with Dell 8|4Gbps SAN modules.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Using Brocade Port Trunking, multiple external N_Ports are combined to form a single logical port. The FC SAN Module uses internal F-port to external N-port mappings as configured to direct traffic from the blade server (HBAs) to the fabric. In this solution, a trunk group is configured on each Brocade 5100 switch with four FC ports.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture 8.6 Multipath Configuration In the solution, VMware Native Multipath Plug-In (NMP) is used to provide multi-pathing. Path Selection Plug-Ins (PSPs) run with the VMware NMP and are responsible for choosing a physical path for I/O requests. Round Robin (VMW_PSP_RR) path selection algorithm is the recommended configuration for Compellent Storage Center.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Figure 6: Management Components Management Components vCloud Connector Server & Node vCenter Server Solution Requirements OpenManage Essentials Dell Management Plugin for vCenter VIS Creator Compellent Enterprise Manager VMware vSphere SMTP NTP VMware Cluster vMotion VMware VMware Management Enabled HA Enabled DRS Enabled Network SQL Server Domain Controller Two R620 hosting management virtual machines Req
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Scaling Storage Resources: Compellent storage can be scaled seamlessly and independent of the compute and network architectures. Additional drives and enclosures can be added to the existing controllers. New volumes can be created or existing volumes can be expanded to utilize the capacity in the added enclosures. The vStart 1000v solution can scale up to maximum of 16 array enclosures.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Figure 7 below shows the vStart 1000v solution with a single chassis. Figure 8 shows vStart 1000v with two chassis and maximum storage enclosures. Note that switches shown in figures are shown mounted forward for representation. In actual use, ports face the back of the rack. PDUs shown are for illustration and will vary by region or customer power requirements. Additional PDUs are utilized within the rack.
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Figure 7: vStart 1000v Single Chassis: Rack Overview S55 1 3 5 7 9 11 2 4 6 8 10 13 15 17 19 21 18 20 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 ter 43 Mas 42 RS-232 USB-B STACK ID LNK LNK/ SPD 0 12 14 16 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 42 ACT 40 1 Force10 S55 1 PSU FAN 0 0 ALM SYS PSU 42 FAN ACT 44 45 46 47 Ethernet USB-A Brocade 5100 0 4 1 5 2 6 3 7 8 12 9 1
vStart 1000v for Enterprise Virtualization using VMware vSphere: Reference Architecture Figure 8: vStart 1000v Two Chassis and Maximum Storage: Rack Overview S55 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 ACT ter Mas 42 RS-232 USB-B STACK ID LNK LNK/ SPD 0 1 1 PSU FAN 0 0 ALM SYS PSU 42 FAN 45 46 47 Ethernet 41 40 40 39 39 38 38 37 37 36 36 35 35 34 34 3
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