Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track

• Sharedpoolsofresources• Scalableandelastic• Continuousavailability

• Automatedworkflow• Integratedsecurityandidentity• Predictable,multi-tenantplatform

• Usagemeteringandchargeback• Self-serviceportalandservicescatalog

FEATURES

WHAT IS THE PRIVATE CLOUD?

Microsoft®privatecloudsolutions,builtonWindowsServer®2008R2Hyper-V™andMicrosoftSystemCenter,areakeyelementofourapproachtocloudcomputing,helpingcustomersandserviceprovidersbuilddedicatedIaaSenvironmentsthattransformthewaytheydeliverITservices.AMicrosoftprivatecloudpoolsanddynamicallyallocatesITresourcesacrossbusinessunits.ThismeansthatITcandeployservicesquicklyandscalethemouttomeetcriticalneedswheneverandwherevertheyoccur—allwhiletrackingresourceusagewithappropriatechargesbacktoline-of-businessowners.

Microsoftprivatecloudsolutionsareoptimizedforservicedeliveryandprovideboththeflexibilityandcontroltoharnessthefullpowerofthecloudtoday.Thesesolutions:

• Provideafamiliarandconsistentplatformacrosstraditional,private,andpubliccloudenvironments,sothatcustomerscanusetheinvestmentsandskillsetstheyalreadyhave,whiletakingadvantageofthenewvaluethecloudoffers.

• Manageacrossheterogeneousphysicalandvirtualenvironments,standardizeandautomatedatacenterprocesses,andprovidedeepinsightintokeybusinessapplications—helpingtoenableend-to-endservicesmanagement.

• Leverageacommonidentityframework,managementplatform,anddevelopmentenvironmentacrossprivateandpubliccloudstoensureinvestmentsmadetodayinaprivatecloudcanbeextendedouttopubliccloudofferingsasbusinessdemandsevolve.

Throughjust-in-timeprovisioningofIaaSondedicatedresources,ITcanstreamlineprocessesonastandardized,reliable,andscalableplatform;bemoreresponsivetobusinessneeds;andmorefullyuseavailablehardware.

MICROSOFT HYPER-V CLOUD FAST TRACK isareferencearchitectureforbuildingprivatecloudsthatcombinesMicrosoftsoftware,consolidatedguidance,andvalidatedconfigurationswithDell™technology,includingcompute,network,andstorage,aswellasvalue-addedsoftwarecomponents.

Hyper-VCloudFastTracksolutionsprovideaturnkeyapproachtodeliveringscalable,preconfigured,andvalidatedinfrastructureplatformsforon-premisesprivatecloudimplementations.Withlocalcontroloverdataandoperations,ITcandynamicallypool,allocate,secure,andmanageresourcesforagileInfrastructureasaService.Likewise,busi-nessunitscandeployline-of-businessapplicationswithspeedandconsistencyusingself-provisioning(anddecom-missioning)andautomateddatacenterservicesinavirtualizedenvironment.

PRIVATE CLOUD ON YOUR TERMS

What Is Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track?

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MicrosoftandDelldeliveronthepromiseofagileprivatecloudcomputingthroughaninteroperablehardwareandsoftwareplatformbasedonastandardizedreferencearchitecture.AHyper-VCloudfromDellcangreatlyreducetime-to-valueforvirtualizationinfrastructureinvestmentsbecauseitunitessharedcompute,storage,andnetworkresourcesintoaflexible,cost-effectivesolutionbasedonoff-the-shelfcomponents.Thereferencearchitecturede-finesacommonsetofrequirementstohelpITconsolidatehardwareplatformsintoanenvironmentthatismoremanageable,betterused,andlessconsumptive.

FASTER DEPLOYMENT: Richfeaturesandsupportmakeprivatecloudseasytodeploy.

REDUCED RISK: Validatedconfigurationsmeanyoucanimplementwithconfidence.

DELL ADVANTAGE: DellprovidesBusiness-ReadyConfigurationforvirtualizationoptimizedforHyper-V

• End-to-endarchitecturalanddeploymentguidance• Streamlinedinfrastructureplanningduetopredefinedcapacity• Enhancedfunctionalityandautomationthroughdeepknowledge

ofinfrastructure• Integratedmanagementforvirtualmachineandinfrastructuredeployment• Self-serviceportalforrapidandsimplifiedprovisioningofresources

• Tested,end-to-endinteroperabilityofcompute,storage,andnetwork• Predefined,out-of-boxsolutionsbasedonacommoncloudarchitecture• Highdegreeofserviceavailabilitythroughautomatedloadbalancing

• HighavailabilityandlivemigrationthroughMicrosoftFailoverClusteringcapabilities

• EmbeddedBroadcomGigabitEthernetNICswithsupportformultipleEthernetports

• Greatreliabilitythroughhot-swappableandredundantcomponents

DELL IS COMMITTED TO PRIVATE CLOUDasthenext-generationdynamicdatacenter.ThecompanydeliversasingleenterprisesolutionbycombiningitsPowerEdge™Servers,EqualLogicstoragearrays,andPowerConnect™networkfabricwithMicrosoftHyper-VCloudsoftware(WindowsServer2008R2,Hyper-V,andSystemCenter).WithasolutionbasedontheHyper-VCloudreferencearchitecture,Dellconveysaclearmessagetobusinessleaders:PrivateCloudisready—andit’sherenow.DellandMicrosoftcanhelpyoupurchaseanddeployprivatecloudinfrastructurethewayyouwantit:onprevalidatedandtestedconfigurationswiththescalability,reliability,andflexibilityyourbusinessdemands.

Compute: DelltakesadvantageofWindowsServervirtualizationcapabilitieswithPowerEdgeserverbladesorracksbuiltonthelatestCPUtechnologiesoptimizedformulti-tenantserverworkloads,sharedmemory,andIOcapacity.

• HighavailabilityandlivemigrationareenabledthroughMicrosoftFailoverClusteringcapabilities.• Components,fromCPUstophysicaldrives,areusedoptimally,aseachPowerEdgeServerisconfiguredwith

thememoryandnetworkadaptersrequiredforbuilt-inHyper-Vvirtualization.• AllMicrosoftproducts are allowedona singlePowerEdgeServer, enablingBusiness-ReadyConfiguration

forvirtualization.• DellOpenManage™suiteoffersenhancedoperationsandstandards-basedcommandsdesignedtointerop-

eratewithexistingsystemsformoreeffectivecontrol.

Network:Delloffersnetworkingsolutionsforvirtual,dynamicenvironmentstomoresecurelyextenddatacen-terservicestousersacrosslocations.DellPowerConnectprovidesresilient,highlyavailableconnectivityforvir-tualized,cloud-enabled,andconvergence-readyenvironments.

• DellPowerConnectbladesolutionsdeliverwire-speedLayer2/3switchesscalingupto10GbEperformancetoaddressdemandingvirtualmachineenvironments,whilepreservingeasymanagementandcompact,high-densityformfactorsofupto24ports.

• EmbeddedBroadcomGigabitEthernetNICsprovideHyper-VserverswithmultipleEthernetportsaswellasadvancedfailoverandloadbalancingTCPIPOffloadEnginecapabilities.

• DellsupportforSNMPv2cisenhancedbyimprovedSCOMreportingandmonitoring.

Storage: DellEqualLogichasbuilt-instoragefeaturesusedbytop-tierdatacenters,enablingstoragebasedonbestpracticesforenterprisesofvirtuallyanysize.Itincludessoftwaredesignedtosimplifystoragedeploymentandmanagementandofferend-to-enddataprotection.

• ITcansimplify thedeploymentandadministrationofconsolidatedstorageenvironmentswithautomatedloadbalancingacrossdisks,RAIDsets,connections,cache,andcontrollers.

• Greaterreliabilitycanbeachievedthroughhot-swappableandredundantcomponentsaswellasanauto-statdiskmonitoringsystemthatincludesdualcontrollers,fantrays,andpowersupplies.

• VirtualmachinescanmovebetweenphysicalhostsbyusingtheencapsulationfeatureofHyper-Vinthestor-agearchitecture.

Why Dell?

With System Center, IT can proactively manage both physical and virtual systems—on-premises or hosted; across applications, data, and security—using unified monitoring, common interfaces, and consistent policy.

The Dell Business-Ready Configuration is pre-engineered, tested, and optimized for virtualization. It supports the operating system, virtualization, and management capabilities offered by Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, and System Center.

Hyper-V Cloud Reference Architecture

The server fabric consists of similarly configured, swappable server blades or racks that can be replaced for upgrades, repair, and capacity changes. Automated load balancing limits service interruption.

Network traffic for applications, clustering, and other services is handled by a grid of high-speed switches (and/or Fibre Channel, iSCSI) to provide exceptional IO bandwidth among the fabric nodes.

Windows Server Hyper-V decouples applications and data from the hardware layer, enabling workload-independent virtualization and management of the server computing environment.

SAN/NAS resources are shared among all servers in the fabric, although they can be dynamically allocated to specific workloads or hosts.

Compute Network Storage

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TakeadvantageofthecostsavingsofvirtualizationthroughWindowsServer2008R2.Consolidatemultipleserverrolesasseparatevirtualmachinesonasinglephysicalmachinethatrunsdifferentoperatingsystemsinparallelandusesthepowerofx64computing.

SystemCenteroffersacomprehensivesetofmanagementtoolsthatcanhelpanenterprisereducetrainingcosts,ap-plyuniformpolicies,andsimplifymaintenancebyusingexistingsoftware,resources,andITmanagementprocesses.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

• http://www.microsoft.com/privatecloud• http://www.dell.com/hypervcloud

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

PowerEdge Servers• IndividuallyconfiguredwiththememoryandnetworkadaptersrequiredforHyper-V• HighI/Othroughput(upto40GB/secondperport)• Architecturethatsupportshighavailabilityandlivemigration• SupportforSCVMM,SCOM,andMicrosoftSQLServer®2008

PowerConnect• Managed,high-performancemodularLayer2/3solutionsforefficientresourcemobilityandaccess• HighportdensityswitcheswithflexibleexternalI/Ochoicesthatconnecttoexistinginfrastructureforinvest-

mentprotection• Supportfor1-and10-gigabitSANandNASconnectivityforhigh-performancedatadelivery

EqualLogic• SharedstoragearraywithSSD,SAS,andSATAdrivesforfastaccessbyHyper-Vhosts• Redundantintelligentcontrollersforincreasedcapacity,faulttolerance,andloadbalancing• Scalableandself-managingarraystosupporthighperformanceandeasymanagement