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Session ID HCI3819QU
Travis Zhao - Senior Product Manager, VxRail, Dell EMC
Damon Earley – Product Manager, OpenManage, Dell, EMC
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Bringing you the world’s #1 server portfolio, paired with the world’s #1vendor of enterprise virtualization and HCI software, you get lower TCO,
scalable architectures, intelligent automation and management on your
terms, and multi-layer security.
Simplify IT with one team
Scalable Business
Architecture
Intelligent
AutomationIntegrated
Security
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Turnkey appliance with full
lifecycle automation
Dramatically simplifies IT
operations to maximize
business agility
Making it real - Dell EMC’s vSAN based HCI portfolio
VxRack SDDC
Most advanced platform for
VMware Cloud Foundation
Easiest and fastest way to
deploy, support and extend a
VMware private cloud
HCI accelerates IT transformationSimpler architecture | More automation | Supports most workloads
vSAN Ready Node
VMware vSAN certified Dell EMC
PowerEdge server platforms
Focus on reducing acquisition
costs with maximum
configuration flexibility
VxRail
Growing
2xMarket rate
Complete VMware SDDC
on top of VxRail
More easily architect and
operate a complete SDDC
including NSX and vRealize
Suite with less risk
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vSAN Ready Node Portfolio45+ Certified Ready Node Configs: All-flash, Rugged, Hybrid Rack, & Kinetic
PowerEdge R440, R640, XR2 or
R6415 PowerEdge R740, R7415 PowerEdge R740xd, R7425
PowerEdge
FC430
Blade
MX740c4 to 8 Node Configs:
1x NVME cache 5x NVMe/SAS/SATA/SSD
or
2x NVMe cache 4x NVMe/SAS/SATA/SSD
4 x Node Config:
4 x NVMe cache 16 x SAS capacity
Requires Multi Path SASDoes Not Require Multi Path SAS
PowerEdge C6420
MX740c & MX5016s
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Bring PowerEdge management directly into vCenter
OpenManage Integration
for VMware vCenter
VMware vCenter Server
iDRAC with
Lifecycle Controller
Chassis Management
Controller
Simplify processes
- OMIVV integrates directly into
vCenter making functions
native parts of the UI
- Reduce the number of
consoles by bringing Dell EMC
embedded functions into
vCenter
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OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenterA vCenter plug-in that provides monitoring, updates, and management of Dell EMC PowerEdge servers directly into your vCenter administration domain
Firmware updates
• Deploy BIOS and firmware updates from within
vCenter, including leveraging DRS for cluster-aware
updates on vSphere and vSAN clusters
Monitoring and alerting
• Deep level details for physical server inventory,
including monitoring and alerting for those hardware
components into vCenter
Deployment and provisioning
• Zero-touch bare metal hypervisor deployment
leveraging iDRAC with Lifecycle controller without
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ACROSS 6 DESIGN CATEGORIES
Boot and recovery
Data drives
Networking
Systems management
Adapter (HBA/PERC)
Platform
PowerEdge Designed for HCI
Custom requirements for
Dell EMC HCI portfolio
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Optimized VxRail appliance on Dell EMC 14th Gen servers
G Series P Series S Series E Series V Series
Compute dense Performance optimized Storage dense Low profile VDI optimized
G560/F(2U/4N) P570/F(2U) S570(2U) E560/F(1U) V570/F(2U)
Full platform refresh to Dell EMC 14G PowerEdge servers based on Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family
Higher core counts, faster clock frequency, more memory channels, faster memory, higher endurance and redundant boot devices
2000W or 2400W PSU
Single or Dual socket
2x10GbE SFP+ onboard
NVMe cache support
1100W or 1600W PSU
20 capacity drives
4x10GbE onboard
NVMe cache support
25GbE support
1100W PSU
4x10GbE onboard
25GbE support
1100W PSU
4x10GbE onboard
NVMe cache support
25GbE support
2000W PSU
Up to 3 GPUs
8 more capacity drives
4x10GbE onboard
25GbE support
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What is inside VxRail?
LIFECYCLE
MANAGEMENT AND
SUPPORT TOOLS
POWERED BY
VMWARE
vSAN
INCLUDED DATA
PROTECTION
OPTIONS
vSAN Enterprise
vCenter Server
vRealize Log Insight
vSphere Ready*
RecoverPoint for VMs
vSphere Replication
vSphere Data Protection
VxRail Manager
Secure Remote Support
*Compatible with a broad range of customer-supplied vSphere licenses
A full suite of capabilities included at no additional charge
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Easily apply your VMware expertise to VxRailLeverage your investment in VMware management and orchestration
VxRAIL MANAGER
• Installation and upgrade
• VxRail Market
• Dell EMC support
• Optional Vision software
vREALIZE AUTOMATION
• Automation blueprints
• Governance and control
• Self-service catalog
vREALIZE OPERATIONS
• End-to-end analytics
• Proactive alerting
• Capacity management
vCENTER SERVER
• Single-pane-of-glass view
• Familiar vCenter interface
• Single or multi-cluster
management
Optional software
licensed separately
Included software
capabilities
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VxRail simplifies lifecycle management Sustained and delivered as a single software update- no more testing, sequencing, and validating
Integrated Software
SDS
Hypervisor
Software governance
Virtualization Management
BIOS
Components Firmware & Drivers
NIC Firmware
1
2
2
3
1
4
1
2
1
2
5
4
3
6
1
4
2
3
Critical Releases Maintenance Releases
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
* Example only, not reflective of actual
VxRail software packages
GO FROM
ONE GOOD
KNOWN
STATE TO
THE NEXT
So
ftw
are
Ha
rdw
are
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VxRail Cluster Management with VxRail Manager
MonitoringHW and Software Events. Health status. Log Collection
Physical and virtual constructs.
Deployment
Automate 200+ configuration tasks to deploy brand new VSAN
cluster including networking, storage and management
configurations.
Cluster expansion Automating HW and storage configurations for node expansion.
Cluster level
update Management
Define and automate transition of entire stack of software, HW
and management upgrades from one known good state to the
next.
Support Service Automated phone home and support experience with ESRS.
Lifecycle management for VxRail Cluster, both software and Hardware
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Summary
• Dell EMC’s comprehensive VMware based HCI portfolio
– Provides continuum build to buy experience in customer’s VMware cloud journey.
• vSAN Ready Nodes
– VMware vSAN certified Dell PowerEdge platforms to ensure HW compatibility for vSAN
– Leverage the entire Dell EMC OpenManage portfolio for HW system management.
– Integrated with VMware vCenter with OMIVV.
• VxRail Appliances
– Fully tested validated turnkey vSAN appliances with full lifecycle management of vSphere/vSAN software
and PowerEdge firmware drivers.
– VxRail Manager is the management console to provide deployment, monitoring and management of entire
stack of sw and hw components.
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User Design Forum The Experience Design Group is looking for IT Pros to provide feedback on our products
Plan Design Evaluate * Implement
* Review designs
with customers
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