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Introduction To Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Product Families

Now we will turn our attention to the Dell EMC hyper-converged infrastructure products. Click training to navigate directly to the first topic. Or click
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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training you will be able to identify both Dell EMC hyper-converged solutions. Distinguish between the technologies used
in Dell EMC converged and hyper-converged solutions. Identify typical use cases for Dell EMC hyper-converged solutions. And Identify the
components and basic connectivity of the compute, storage, networking, and virtualization used in Dell EMC hyper-converged solutions.

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Software Defined Architecture

In contrast to traditional converged infrastructure solutions, hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is a software-defined architecture.
You learned earlier that virtualization is a technology that allows a physical resource (like a computer) to be divided into a number of virtual
devices that can behave like and do the same things as a physical device. Applied to compute, virtualization is the process is dividing the physical
resources of a computer, things like its memory and processor, into separate virtual computers that can perform tasks just like a real physical
computer can. Other technologies can also be virtualized. Physical network switches can be abstracted into virtual switches and used to create
virtual LAN or SAN networks. And physical storage can be abstracted into virtual storage arrays.
A software defined architecture enables compute, storage, and networking functions to be decoupled from the underlying infrastructure to create
virtual pools of compute, network, and storage resources. And remember, virtual pools of IT resources cost less and are easier to implement and
manage.

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Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

Remember, in the converged infrastructure families, the compute, network, and storage technologies are distinct and separate technologies within
each system.
Dell EMC hyper-converged infrastructures do not contain a physical storage array. The separate storage layer is replaced with direct attached
storage that consolidates compute and storage resources into a single-layer architecture where applications reside and run on the same servers
containing direct attached storage drives. These are networked to form a scale-out cluster, or infrastructure built for rapid elasticity.
These systems utilize software defined storage that creates a virtual storage pool from physical storage drives that are directly attached to
compute servers. Self-contained units of servers and networking, like the VxRack 1000 series, are well suited for use cases that require a highly
scalable infrastructure. The VxRack 1000 series provides flexibility in the choice of software-defined storage technologies, a choice of hypervisors,
and is capable of running bare-metal workloads.

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Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Solutions

Remember, that Dell EMC converged infrastructure solutions are single products, with distinct compute, network, and storage components, where
compute servers access storage over a SAN network. In contrast, hyper-converged infrastructures combine compute, network and storage
resources into single rack mount units for deployment. They do not have a physical SAN network, and they do not have a distinct physical storage
controller like converged infrastructure products.
Instead, storage drives are part of compute server racks in a direct attached storage, or DAS configuration. And the storage controller function
runs as a software based service on each server. This hyper-converged architecture provides an improvement to system scalability and resilience.
Dell EMC offers two hyper converged infrastructure solutions. The VxRack system and the VxRail appliance

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Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Solutions

Notes:
The VxRack System 1000 series is a Dell EMC engineered and manufactured product family with industry-best life cycle management. Like
converged infrastructure systems, these have storage, network, and compute functions. However, storage, network, compute technologies used
in these systems are very different.

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Each VxRack system contains multiple 2RU racks that we'll refer to as VxRack enclosures. These contain compute, network, and storage
hardware and software components. Don't confuse a VxRack enclosure with a VxRack system cabinet. Each VxRack system comes in it's own
cabinet, which holds multiple VxRack enclosures. Each enclosure houses compute in a rack mount form factor, and each contains one to four
servers or nodes.
Although the VxRack cabinet has network switches, there is no switch in the VxRack enclosures themselves. And while there is no physical SAN
in these systems, Virtual SAN software is installed on the enclosure nodes.
You won't find a storage array of any kind in VxRack systems but there are storage drives configured as direct attached storage or DAS. These
drives are installed on each rack along with the compute components and with Dell EMC ScaleIO software defined storage they produce a
sharable pool of network-based storage that’s similar to SAN storage. Each enclosure can house up to 24 storage drives. Remember that each
VxRack cabinet contains multiple VxRack enclosures so that customers can start small and grow as they need.

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Each VxRack System contains a pair of top of rack network switches that provide connectivity to the customer's site network. They also provide
network switching to every server node contained in the VxRack System. These systems can also contain another high-powered network
aggregation switch which is installed when customers need to connect multiple VxRack Systems together. We'll discuss this more in a moment.

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The VxRack System 1000 series can reach massive scale and is adaptable to multiple types of environments. Multiple VxRack enclosures can be
installed in a single VxRack cabinet so the capacity of VxRack Systems can start small. But, don't be fooled. VxRack Systems are tremendously
scalable and capable of addressing the most demanding IT needs in large enterprises and service providers.
The VxRack System 1000 offers two families. The VxRack System Flex, and the VxRack System SDDC. Each target specific use cases and
offer several configurations. We'll discuss these in more detail soon.

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Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Solutions

Dell EMC's other hyper-converged infrastructure product is the VxRail appliance. While it uses some of the same technology found in the VxRack
System 1000 systems, it's a different type of product. The VxRail product is an appliance, which is an important distinction. It contains compute in
a rack mount form factor that can contain multiple servers or nodes.
Unlike the VxRack System, the VxRail appliance does not have any network switches. Also, it uses a Virtual SAN and has no physical SAN.
Customers provide their own network switches for connectivity to their organization network, and for connectivity between VxRail appliances as
needed.
This appliance is a small scale hyper-converged infrastructure product. Like the VxRack systems, it utilizes direct attached storage with storage
drives installed in each appliance and there is no storage array. The VxRail appliance utilizes VMware Virtual SAN for creating pools of storage
resources.
The VxRail Appliance focuses on ease of use. And while it cannot scale like the VxRack System, it can scale to as many as sixteen appliances in
a single installation.
VxRail Appliances target mid-sized organizations as well as remote sites or individual departments that need local IT capacity. You'll learn more
about these use cases shortly.

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Positioning Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Solutions

In this section, our focus is Dell EMC’s two hyper-converged infrastructure solutions. The first, VxRail Appliance, targets the enterprise edge
where customers have need for local IT capacity at remote sites or for individual groups that need isolated resources. The VxRail Appliance offers
hyper-converged technology as an easy to implement solution which offers only limited scalability. Unlike other converged and hyper-converged
infrastructures, it is delivered as an appliance. It is not delivered within an advanced cabinet and comes with no network switches and fabric.
The VxRack System is a Dell EMC solution engineered to handle the demands of enterprise and service provider organizations. But converged
infrastructure products, the VxRack does so using hyper-converged infrastructure. Not all IT workloads are the same. Some are very stable and
predictable so there's little risk in investing in solutions like Vblock and VxBlock systems. Other business opportunities require workloads running
applications with less predictable IT demands. Some are risky and demand cautious investment in IT capacity. Others can produce huge rewards
to those that can quickly scale IT capacity to seize a business opportunity. Opportunities that require managing risk by starting small, or requiring
lightning fast scaling, are both well suited for Dell EMC VxRack systems. These systems are great matches for third platform applications.

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These are the topics that we will discuss in this section. We will begin with the VxRack Systems.

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VxRack System Basics

The Dell EMC VxRack System 1000 Series is a new hyper-converged offering that complements Dell EMC’s converged infrastructure systems.
These self-contained units of servers and networking are well-suited for the rapid growth in next-generation applications-enabling you to support a
growing number of use cases with built-in resiliency and less stringent availability and performance requirements on infrastructure. The VxRack
System 1000 Series can incorporate alternate software-defined storage technologies, a choice of hypervisors, and bare metal workloads.

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VxRack System Components

Unlike some hyper-converged infrastructure products, VxRack Systems come in its own cabinet. A minimum of four or eight VxRack enclosures
are required depending on the VxRack System option selected. These enclosures house servers and storage drives, are installed in VxRack
cabinets. And depending on the system configuration, it can contain a maximum of 24 nodes in a single VxRack cabinet. We’ll discuss more
details later when we review the technical specifications of the two VxRack System options.
Each of these enclosures contain one server or node, and up to 24 storage drives. We'll talk about specific configurations in a few minutes.
For network connectivity for connectivity within the rack and to the customer network a top of rack (TOR) used, and when multiple VxRack
cabinets are needed a network aggregation switch is incorporated for connectivity between cabinets. Cisco Nexus 3000 series or 9000 series
switches are used as top of rack switches, and Cisco Nexus 9000 switches are used as aggregation switches.
The last component is a management server. Management applications and tools are installed and run on this server.

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VxRack System Connectivity

Let's talk about the VxRack System connectivity. Each VxRack enclosure contains one node, or server, and depending on the VxRail model, it will
be a 1 RU or 2 RU enclosure. This illustration shows a single node VxRack enclosure configuration. These contain compute components like you
learned about earlier. Things like CPUs, memory, and VICs. However, unlike the compute in converged infrastructure systems, these servers
also contain direct attached storage or DAS. Depending on the system model, these can contain a maximum of 24 direct attached storage drives.
Remember that each VxRack cabinet contains two top of rack network switches that provide connectivity to the customer's network. These also
provide the network connectivity between the nodes within the same VxRack cabinet.
These nodes also leverage software-defined storage technology to virtualize the server’s direct-attached storage into a shared network-based
storage pool that is similar to SAN storage.

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VxRack System options

They are two options to choose from when buying a VxRack System. The first is the VxRack FLEX. It is based on EMC ScaleIO software-defined
storage technology.
The second, is the VxRack SDDC. It provides the easiest and fastest way to stand up a complete VMware based cloud infrastructure environment
at rack scale.
In a nutshell, the core difference between the two is that FLEX provides a foundation for delivering IaaS using EMC ScaleIO, whereas the SDDC
persona includes a more comprehensive software stack to deliver a turnkey VMware Cloud Foundation delivering a VMware SDDC environment.
Let’s spend some time talking about each of these.

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VxRack FLEX

VxRack System 1000 FLEX Leverages Dell EMC ScaleIO, an industry-leading software-defined storage technology for virtualizing direct-attached
storage into a shared network-based storage pool that is similar to SAN storage.
This system offers a flexible foundation for delivering infrastructure as a service to support a wide range of use cases. The VxRack System 1000
FLEX makes it easy to achieve extreme scale upwards of 1000+ nodes. This system will support multiple hypervisor including vSphere at product
launch, and the availability to alternative hypervisors later.
In addition, software-defined networking is optional.

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VxRack Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)

Dell EMC VxRack SDDC provides the easiest and fastest way to stand up a complete VMware based software defined data center (SDDC)
environment at rack scale. It is a turnkey hyper-converged system, with fully integrated hardware and software. It is built using the industry
leading Dell EMC PowerEdge server platform.
VxRack SDDC reduces the cost of acquiring and operating VMware Cloud Foundation deployments, while providing the performance, flexibility,
and automation required to make IT departments more efficient and agile. And VSAN storage virtualization technology enables scale-out storage
optimized for a vSphere virtual infrastructure.
This system creates a simplified, fully optimized VMware private cloud solution, enabling infrastructure as a service (IaaS) as well as platform as a
services (PaaS) for a range of use cases and includes:
• VMware vSphere
• VMware NSX
• VMware vSAN
• VMware SDDC Manager

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In this the last topic of this section, we’ll address the Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure appliance. Then you’ll be ready for the
section assessment. Click next to continue.

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Dell EMC VxRail Appliance Basics

The VxRail is the exclusive hyper-converged infrastructure produced by Dell EMC and VMware. It is the easiest and fastest way to stand up a
fully virtualized Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) environment.
It provides a simple, cost-effective hyper-converged solution that is an easy to implement appliance, delivering compute, network, storage,
virtualization, and management for a wide variety of applications and workloads.
Built on the foundation of VMware Hyper-Converged software it is managed through the vCenter interface, providing existing VMware customers
an experience they are already familiar with. Including seamless integration with existing VMware tools, such as vCops and vRealize, which let
customers leverage and extend their existing IT tools and processes.
Also, the VxRail is discoverable and visible in Dell EMC Vision Intelligent Operations Software, which provides a comprehensive IT management
ecosystem.
The VxRail Appliance is fully loaded with integrated mission-critical data services. This includes replication, backup, and cloud tiering. The VxRail
Appliance incorporates data protection technology, including Dell EMC RecoverPoint for VMs and VMware vSphere Data Protection. Integrated
Dell EMC CloudArray seamlessly extends the VxRail Appliance to public and private clouds for securely expanding storage capacity without limits,
providing an additional 10 TB of on-demand cloud storage per appliance.

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VxRail Appliance Components

The architecture of the VxRail Appliance is a distributed system consisting of common modular building blocks that scale linearly from 1 to 32
appliances, offering up to 64 nodes in a cluster. But now let's pull apart the components and get specific about the individual hardware and
software technologies found in the VxRail appliance.
The VxRail appliance has up to four nodes within each enclosure. Each node contains compute, storage, and networking technology. But don't
forget, this isn't the same technology found in other Dell EMC converged systems. For example, all of this technology is contained in a single 2RU
appliance with no storage array and no network switches.

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When we look inside, the hardware includes storage. Each node comes with six storage drives. At product launch these were hybrid drives which
combine solid-state drive (SSD) hard disk drive (HDD) technologies. Soon after, all solid state or flash drives were available for customers
needing maximum performance and scaling for mission critical workloads and applications that demand low latency.
These nodes also contain compute components. Each has two Intel Xeon Processor for CPUs and as much as 512 Giga Bytes of memory or
RAM. You'll also find a couple of network interface cards, or NICs, which provide connectivity to network switches which are supplied by the
customer.
Full configured, the VxRail Appliance’s four nodes can contain 24 storage drives, eight CPUs, and over 2,000 GB of RAM. And for additional IT
capacity, these systems can be clustered with as many as 16 appliances in a single cluster. We'll discuss this in more detail in a moment.
In addition to these hardware components, the VxRail Appliance utilizes important software components. To start with, it uses VMware vSphere
Enterprise Plus for managing the virtualization environment. This incorporates the ESXi hypervisor and vCenter Server which is used to manage
virtual machines, multiple ESXi hosts, templates, and VM clones.
VMware Virtual SAN is Software-defined storage which is embedded in vSphere. It is used to aggregate locally attached storage from each ESXi
host in a cluster creating storage pools. This in effect produces the power of a whole SAN in a two-rack unit appliance, providing a hyper-
converged solution for a wide variety of applications and workloads.
Dell EMC Vision Intelligence Operations Software is optional for VxRail systems, which as you know is software designed to manage version
management and the life cycle of Dell EMC systems.

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The final component we'll discuss here, the Dell EMC VxRail Manager, coordinates storage, network, and compute resources to help customers
more quickly configure, administer, and speed the deployment of virtual machines. It provides deeper hardware awareness than is available from
component element managers and is the vehicle by which alerts and notifications are displayed to the user in a simple and easy-to-understand
interface. The VxRail Manager leverages the underlying VMware vRealize Log Insight software to capture events and provide real-time holistic
notifications about the state of virtual applications, virtual machines, and appliance hardware. VxRail Manager also provides one-click access to
Dell EMC support and online chat from within the appliance. And in addition, it provides access to Dell EMC knowledge base articles, to the
VxRail Community for online and real-time information, and to VxRail best practices.

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VxRail Appliance Families

VxRail Appliance models are available to meet the requirements of a variety of use cases. All models have a wide range of available CPU,
memory, SSD cache, and capacity storage configuration options. Let’s discuss some of these.
The G Series is designed general purpose needs. It offers the most dense compute configuration with up to four nodes per appliance. This model
uses a 2U 4-node design, and powerful Intel Broadwell processors with up to 512 GB of memory. Hybrid storage drives are available with up to
10 TB, and all flash drives with up to 19.2 TB are also available.
Next is the E Series or entry-level system which is ideally suited for remote office and back office operations (ROBO). This is a 1U single node
system with Intel Broadwell processors offering a maximum of 1536 GB of memory. It offers up to 16 TB of storage using hybrid drives, and up to
30.7 TB in all flash configurations.
The V Series is optimized for VDI environments that require high-end 2D and 3D graphic processing, it supports one or two Graphic Processing
Units (GPUs) per node. In a 2U single node design, it also utilizes Intel Broadwell processors offering a maximum of 1536 GB of memory. In
addition, it offers up to 24 TB of storage using hybrid drives, and up to 46 TB in all flash configurations.
The P Series, another 2U single node system, is performance optimized with more powerful processor options, offers memory configurations up to
1536GB, with storage capacity up to 24 TB in hybrid drives and 46 TB in all flash configurations.
And finally, the S Series is a storage dense system. These are well suited for use cases requiring even greater storage as it uses larger capacity
3.5 inch storage drives. This 2U single node system offer up to 1536 GB memory, and comes with hybrid storage drives only and up to 48 TB.

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Introduction to Dell EMC Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Products

Before we move on to the next steps in the Beane digital transformation, let's examine a sucess story related to Dell EMC hyper converged
systems.

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Customer Success Story: HCI

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Next, we will review the status of Beane’s digital transformation five year plan, and determine what action to take next.

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Five year digital transformation plan

Remember that we purchased and deployed a VxBlock 350 System for all of its second platform applications. This helped Beane to stabilize and
increase the reliability of its infrastructure by reducing average down time from 12% to less than 1%. Also, deployment of the VxBlock 350 has
created significant efficiencies and savings in IT operations by reducing spending on system maintenance from 86% of the IT budget (or $34
million), to 46% of budget (or 18.4 million).
Recall that while we could have purchased and deployed a VxBlock system with more capacity for running third platform applications in addition to
second platform applications, we decided that wasn't the wisest alternative. Since then, you have learned more about hyper-converged
technology and Dell EMC hyper-converged products.

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Dell EMC Product Line – HCI (VxRack)

You learned that hyper-converged infrastructure is particularly valuable because it can be scaled quickly without over-extending budgets and
system capacity. It enables a pay-as-you-grow approach - purchase today for immediate needs, then expand incrementally over time rather than
purchasing large amounts of IT capacity up front. This helps organizations to avoid the over-purchasing and over-provisioning that occurs when
technology is intended to last for multiple year cycles.
Now it is time for Beane to add to its infrastructure to accommodate third platform cloud native applications. As Beane continues to address its
five-year plan, infrastructure scalability could challenge future growth. Beane provides high-end products and services, but remember that the
market is changing. They must have the capability to adjust in real time to changing consumers’ needs and price sensitivities. These capabilities
must involve alternative customer distribution channels, as well as big data and social media analytics. In other words, they have real needs that
point to third platform applications.
Beane needs an infrastructure that supports unpredictability. One that offers Infrastructure-as-a-Service at scale, while providing the underlying
support required for Platform-as-a-Service. Further reducing operational expenditures by further creating and managing infrastructure services, will
allow Beane to continue shifting resources and budgets from IT operations to building new strategic capabilities.

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Designing for Beane’s applications

Beane is moving towards a solution that can provide them with support for both their second and third-platform applications. Here is our list of
sample third platform applications that are strategic for Beane. It is also worth noting at this point that you and the Beane executive team have
decided to embrace VMware-based solutions throughout its infrastructure as a way to leverage tools and staff skills through the organization. Also,
the customer direct channel application project is making great progress. Remember this initiative is being developed by Frances’ skunk works
team and she is increasing excited about their work. She wants them to have whatever they need to continue to work independently away from
the rest of the company and the IT organization.
It is time now to make your decision about which Dell EMC hyper-converged system or systems you want to purchase and deploy. Select just one,
or multiple products from the list below. Click Submit when you’re ready.

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FEEDBACK:

There is really no wrong decision when selecting from these systems. However, in this situation, we believe purchasing a VxRack Flex is not the
best choice. The VxRack SDDC is a system that fits with the company’s desire to embrace VMware-based solutions. It uses VMware vSphere as
the virtualization platform which incorporates the VMware vSphere ESXi hypervisor and VMware vCenter Server for management. The VxRack
FLEX uses Dell EMC ScaleIO for software-defined storage and it supports a number of alternative hypervisors. The VxRail appliance is intended
for Frances’ skunk works team. While their needs could easily be accommodated on the VxRack SDDC along with other third platform
applications, the VxRail is a perfect solution for keeping their efforts independent from the rest of the company as Frances desires. Click next to
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Five-year digital transformation plan

Before we move onto the assessment, let’s check the progress we’ve made with our five-year plan. So far the purchase and deployment of the
VxBlock 350 has stabilized the infrastructure and created significant efficiencies. And now the purchase of the VxRack SDDC and VxRail
appliance expands Beane’s ability to leverage cloud native applications. We’re making great progress!
Now you’re ready for the next assessment. Click Next.

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