VMware Viewbuilt onFlexPod

Flexible IT Infrastructure for Desktop Virtualization

Based on a Cisco Validated Design

Design guide for VMware View Linear scalability Rapid provisioning Unified fabric High performance under load

Simplify. Unify. Stay Flexible.

Traditional

UCS

Nexus5000

NetApp® V-Series Systems

Unified Components

FlexPod

Unified Configuration

VMware View built on FlexPod

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure in a one rack cabinet

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VMware®

vSphere™, vCenter™ and View ™

Cisco®

UCS B-Series and UCS Manager

Cisco Nexus®

Family Switches: Cisco Nexus 1000V or 1010V

NetApp® FAS10 GE and FCoE

FlexPod Solution

Develop and Test

Starting OutData

Protection and Backup

Desktop Virtualization

Production Balanced Infrastructure: CPU, Memory, IO

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Infrastructure building block

Pre-configured & validated

Scales for on-demand growth

Predictable performance

Why Cisco UCS & Nexus for VDI

Unified computing & network Cisco extended memory technology Lower management cost Decrease time to market Vertical and horizontal scaling Repeatable!

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Why NetApp for VDI

Unified product portfolio Dedupe aware cache Simplified management with VSC Hardware accelerated zero cost clones with VSC Horizontal and vertical scaling Repeatable!

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Unified: much more than multi-protocol

Protocols Low-to-High Scalability

Multi-Vendor Virtualization

Flash Cache

SSD

FlexCache®

Cost/Performance

Unified Management

Same tools & processes: learn once, run everywhere

Integrated data management

Integrated data protection

One Architecture, One O/S

FC

FCoE

iSCSI

NFS

CIFS

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NetApp FAS Array

Disk Storage

Traditional Array

Disk Storage

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ESX Cluster

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Storage Cache

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Dedupe Aware Cache

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Run VMware on existing arrays with NetApp vSeries– Heterogeneous storage virtualization– Enables dedupe & intelligent caching– Supports FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, SMVI, SRM, RCU,

VSC, VM Insight, Systems Manger, Gale Force, etc…

Virtualize Existing Storage Arrays

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Building Block for Desktop Deployment

Standard Proven Design Known capacity performance Known floor titles Known power, BTUsScalable and repeatable

Manage Infrastructure Pools Pooled Resources

– Storage, Compute, Network

vCenter centralized management UCS Manager plug in NetApp VSC plug in

50,000 seat reference architecture model Project based scaling

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Centralized Management with FlexPod™

VMware® vCenter™

Automated workflows Scalable, extensible platform

Cisco® UCS Platform

Embedded unified management Integrated with VMware vCenter

NetApp OnCommand®

Manager suite: Automate, analyze, and control Integration with VMware vCenter Server

Enables server administrators to perform storage tasks

VMwarevCenter

NetApp Storage Plug-ins

Cisco UCSManager

Extensible Open Management

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> 50% Faster

Many Weeks or Months

ServiceRequest

Design and Size

DC Planning

ProcureDetailedDesign

Deploy Test

ServiceAvailable

Traditional

With FlexPod Reference BoM Validated design Precise deployment Standard test plan

DC Planning

Procure Deploy Test

Preprovisioned FlexPod Rapid deployment of applications Shared pools meet most

requirements

ServiceAvailable

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DC Planning

Procure Deploy TestService

Available

Benefits Agile service delivery Higher productivity Faster deployment Higher quality Simpler planning

VMware View on FlexPodAccelerating Desktop Deployment

Incident resolution initiated, no extra non-technical 1-800# required

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Cisco®

First-LineSupport

If Development or Engineering Escalation Required

*Valid customer support contracts with all three companies required

Alliance Support Model Process

Customer*

NetApp®

First-LineSupport

VMware®

First-LineSupport

CiscoSupport Escalation

or Engineering

Problem analysis and resolution process started immediately

Customer-assisted hand-offs for multivendor issues

Coordinated engineering escalation process

Collaborated cross-company engineering and development efforts

NetAppSupport Escalation

or Engineering

VMwareSupport Escalation

or Engineering

Vendor engagement and ownership through resolution

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Start Your Journey to the Cloud Today with View Built on FlexPod

For more information, visit www.netapp.com/flexpod/

Greater Efficiencies

Lower risk with simplified, prevalidated, shared architecture

Lower Risk Flexible IT

Flexible IT scalable to meet both today’s needs and tomorrow’s

Reduced TCO and better efficiency

Certified data center specialty partners and cooperative support

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