VMworld 2014: Software-Defined Data Center through Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

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Software-Defined Data Center through Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Chris Wolf, VP & CTO, Americas Mornay Van Der Walt, VP of Emerging Solutions Dave Shanley, System Engineer, Emerging Solutions

Agenda

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•  Achieving SDDC through Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

•  Technology & Offering Overview ̶  EVO:RAIL ̶  EVO:RACK Tech Preview

•  Recommended Breakout Sessions

3 Principles Agile Available Inexpensive

Comparing Public and Private Clouds

Goals: Agile, Available, and Inexpensive

Public Cloud Private Cloud

Low-cost commodity x86 physical infrastructure (storage, servers, network)

High cost traditional x86 physical infrastructure (storage, servers, network)

Homogenous virtual infrastructure layer Heterogeneous virtual infrastructure layer

Purpose-built management stack Traditional management stack or purpose-built stack that integrates with traditional components

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We’ve Seen this Transition Before

SDDC Delivers Unparalleled Flexibility

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)

Any Application

SDDC Platform

Any x86

Any Storage

Any IP network

Data Center Virtualization

Inter- Data Center

Any Application

Any x86

Any Storage

Any IP network

Cloud IaaS

Any Application

Any x86

Any Storage

Any IP network

SDDC Platform

Centralized management Seamless portability Unrestricted choice

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Challenges in Making SDDC Happen

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•  Troubleshooting •  Support calls to multiple

vendors •  Business interruption during

patching and upgrades

Lifecycle Management and Support

•  Understand where to begin •  Organizational structure and

process changes •  Design a reference

architecture •  Procure components from

different vendors •  Time investment before first

VM deployment

Setup

•  Make disparate infrastructure nodes (compute, storage and networking) work together

•  Lack of automation and tools for workload provisioning and deployment

•  Many points of control

Provisioning

One Destination, Three Approaches

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Software-Defined Data Center

“Build Your Own” Converged Infrastructure Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

•  Hardware (e.g. compute, storage, networking) and software components procured separately

•  Use reference architectures

•  Traditional data center components (e.g. shared storage hardware, servers, switches) integrated and sold in a single chassis, along with software options

•  Server hardware pre-integrated with virtualization software for compute, network, storage and management, providing a single point of entry for the entire SDDC lifecycle

•  Ease of procurement via prescriptive approach

•  Design predictability •  Faster time to

deployment •  Simplified SDDC lifecycle

management •  One support call

•  Ease of procurement •  Custom fit to environment •  No limitations on

scalability •  One support call

•  Maximum customization and flexibility (hardware selection, scalability)

VMware Provides Choice to Customers

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“Build Your Own” Converged Infrastructure Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Introducing the VMware EVO Family

•  EVO software with vSphere and Virtual SAN technology is the key enabler

•  Preconfigured, pre-integrated SDDC stack offering from pre-qualified EVO partners

•  Simple, streamlined deployment and ongoing SDDC lifecycle management

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Simplify How You Buy, Deploy and Operate Your SDDC

VMware EVO – Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Solution Virtualized Infrastructure Data Center-Scale Cloud Infrastructure

VMware Software vSphere, Virtual SAN, EVO:RAIL Engine Full vCloud Suite, Integrated Virtual + Physical Networking, EVO:RACK Engine

Managed Hardware Server + Built-in Storage Server + ToR Leaf/Spine Switch

+ JBOD or DAS Storage (external storage and Converged Infrastructure on roadmap)

Server Specifications 2U / 4N Appliance; ability to stack appliances Rack-mounted servers

Deployment Scalability Up to 4 appliances Multiple racks

Key Use Cases ROBO, VDI, Virtual Private Cloud IaaS, VDI; PaaS and Big Data on roadmap

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R A C K

EVO Route to Market through Partners

Qualified EVO Partners Customer

Hardware & Software SDDC Software Preconfigured and Pre-integrated Offering

R A C K

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Introducing EVO:RAIL

EVO:RAIL Route to Market through Partners

Qualified EVO Partners Customer Franchise “Like” Model

•  Source •  Build •  Fulfill •  Sell •  Support

•  EVO:RAIL Software •  Build Recipe •  Enablement Collateral

•  Simplicity •  Single SKU •  Lower TCO •  Customer Choice •  One Support Call

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•  Prescribed 2U/4N platform from qualified partners •  Automated scale out up to 4 HCIAs

– General Purpose Server workloads ~100 VMs per HCIA – VDI ~250 VMs per HCIA

•  Time to value to first VM in minutes •  Non disruptive patch & upgrade

•  Primary use cases:

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Key Features

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance (HCIA)

x1

x2

x3

x4

TOR Switch

ROBO Virtual Private Cloud VDI

EVO:RAIL 2U/4Node requirements Per 2U/4N platform •  Internal Drive Bays – up to 24 hot plug 2.5 drives •  Dual PSU – rated at 1600W Per Compute, Storage and Network Node •  Dual socket - Intel Xeon E5 2620v2 CPUs, 6-core •  Memory - up to 192 GB •  1 x Expansion Slots PCI-E

•  Disk controller with pass through capabilities ( VSAN requirement) •  Internal Storage

•  1 x 146 GB SAS 10K-RPM HDD or 32 GB SATADOM (ESXi boot) •  1 x SSD up to 400 GB (VSAN requirement for read/write cache) •  3 x 1.2 TB SAS 10K-RPM HDD (VSAN data store)

•  External Interfaces •  2 x Network - 10 GbE RJ45 or SFP+ •  1 x Management RJ45 - 100/1000 NIC

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Demo Time ~ 9 min 40 seconds Recorded Demo of: Deploy/Config Appliance VM Create, Clone, Rename Appliance scale out up to 2 appliances

Global Reach and Customer Choice

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Availability starting in the Second Half of 2014

VMware EVO:RAIL Key Points & Summary

•  Global Reach and Choice through our EVO:RAIL Partners •  100% powered by VMware Software

– vSphere, Virtual SAN, Log Insight and EVO:RAIL Engine •  Simplified deployment, configuration and management

– Time to Value to first VMs in minutes •  Simplified Purchase and Support via EVO:RAIL partners

– Single SKU – Single Point of Contact for Support

•  EVO:RAIL appliances to ship in second half of 2014

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Tech Preview of EVO:RACK

•  Data Center-Scale Hyper-Converged Infrastructure from Pre-Qualified Partners

•  Management: ̶  Simplified SDDC deployment, configuration, and provisioning ̶  SDDC lifecycle – non-disruptive patching/upgrading ̶  SDDC-wide capacity planning ̶  Integrated management of both logical and physical resources ̶  Configuration and provisioning of end-to-end network

infrastructure •  SDDC up and running in under 2 hours •  Primary use cases:

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Key Features

VDI Big Data PaaS IaaS

vSphere Virtual SAN vRealize NSX

EVO:RACK System Management

EVO:RACK Switch Management

Virtual Rack Manager

vCloud Suite

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EVO:RACK – SDDC Suite Architecture

vSphere, vSAN, NSX

vSphere, vSAN, NSX

vCloud Automation Center vCOps

Log Insight EVO:RACK Rack Manager

vSphere, vSAN, NSX

vSphere, vSAN, NSX

Auto-provisions and auto-configures multiple vCenter Clusters and vRealize components based on the capacity needs

EVO:RACK Hardware

Management

EVO:RACK Hardware

Management

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EVO:RACK – Simplified SDDC Instantiation

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Building SDDC Through Partner Ecosystem

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EVO:RACK using Pre-Qualified Partner Configurations

Open Compute Project / Original Design Manufacturers

Selected Partner Configurations

Software Extensions for Converged Infrastructure

Providers

•  Rack-mounted, standard form factor servers with DAS

•  ToR and Management switches

•  Selected partner configurations for standard form factor servers

•  On roadmap: Planned collaboration with converged infrastructure providers

Increasing Participation in Open Compute Project

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Recommended Breakout Sessions

Recommended Breakout Sessions

ID Session Date and Time

SDDC2095 Overview of EVO:RAIL: The Radically New Hyper-Converged Appliance 100% Powered by VMware

Monday 4:00pm

SDDC1767 SDDC at Scale with VMware Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Deeper Dive Monday 5:00pm

SDDC1337 Introducing EVO:RAIL, a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance! Tuesday 11:00am

SDDC1818 EVO:RAIL Customers Share Experiences with the Radically New Hyper-Converged Appliance 100% Powered by VMware

Tuesday 12:30pm

NET2318 Scale-Out NSX Deployments: With VMware Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Wednesday

9:30am

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VMware EVO - Key Benefits and Primary Use Cases

Design Predictability Preconfigured, Pre-

Integrated SDDC Stack

Faster Time-to-Value Simplified SDDC

Lifecycle Management

Highly Scalable

R A C K

ROBO Virtual Private Cloud VDI Big Data PaaS IaaS VDI

Primary Use Cases

Currently in Plan Future – roadmap

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Lose the Cape!

Obsess Over Speed

Be an Innovation Champion, Even If It's Not Your Innovation

“I had to get over the idea that it wasn’t my idea.” - Salman Khan

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Choose a Strategic Partner for Your Journey

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