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1. Oe PowerEdge 1000e Optional 2nd PowerEdge 1000e OOB Management 8 Scalability As workloads increase the solution can be scaled to provide additional compute and storage resources independently Scaling Compute and Network Resources This solution is configured with two Dell Force10 4810 network switches Up to two Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis can be added to the two Force10 switches Scaling Storage Resources Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series storage can be scaled seamlessly and independent of the compute and network architectures This design is currently limited to four enclosures in the single rack configuration and eight enclosures in the two rack configurations 9 Delivery Model The Dell Active System 800m reference architecture can be purchased as a complete solution This solution is available to be racked cabled and delivered to the customer site to speed deployment Dell Services deploys and configures the solution tailored to the business needs of the customer and the architecture is developed and validated by Dell Engineering For more details
2. IO Aggregator A1 ETS 50 LAN DCB ETS 50 SAN PFC Force10 54810 10GbE w DCB Dell Inc IO Aggregator A2 ETS 50 LAN ETS 50 SAN PFC Force10 54810 10GbE w DCB 12 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 6 Converged Network Configuration for Management of Dell PowerEdge R620 Servers Management BW Weight 5 VMn Cluster CSV BW Weight 40 VM2 Live VM1 Migration BW Weight 20 iSCSI NDIS 1 1 Single Single Function Function IOE Enabled IOE Enabled Add in CNA Broadcom 57810 DP 10Gb ETS 50 LAN DCB ETS 50 LAN ETS 50 SAN PFC ETS 50 SAN PFC Force10 54810 Force10 54810 10GbE w DCB 10GbE w DCB Table 2 Traffic Description Traffic Type e Compute Node Supports virtualization management traffic and communication between the host servers in the cluster Hypervisor Compute Live Supports migration of VMs between the host servers in the cluster Migration Tenant VM Supports communication between the VMs hosted on the cluster and external systems Compute Cluster Supports internal cluster network communication between the servers in the cluster Out of Band Supports configuration and monitoring of the servers through the iDRAC Management management interface storage arrays and network switches iSCSI Data Supports iSCSI traffic between the servers and storage
3. Converged Network Dell Inc to 810 16 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 6 5 1 2 Performance Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series uses a redundant controller architecture with a single active 10GbE front end port per controller To allow the network port to dedicate the 10GbE bandwidth to SAN traffic the 1GbE out of band port is used for configuration and performance monitoring 6 5 1 3 Drive Types The Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series arrays use a high performance 10K RPM SAS drive in the default configuration This provides a balance of size and performance The EqualLogic PS6110 is available with drives in multiple speeds and sizes including 10K RPM and 15K RPM SAS drives 7 2K RPM NL SAS drives and solid state disks 6 5 1 4 RAID Array Design The storage array RAID configuration is highly dependent on the workload in your virtual environment The EqualLogic PS series storage arrays support RAID types RAID 6 RAID 10 and RAID 50 The RAID configuration will depend on workloads and customer requirements In general RAID 10 provides the best performance at the expense of storage capacity especially in random I O situations RAID 50 generally provides more usable storage but has less performance than RAID 10 RAID 6 provides better data protection than RAID 50 For more information on configuring RAID in EqualLogic refer to the white paper How to Select the Correct RAID for an EqualLogi
4. Equalogic PS6110 Blade 16 The second M1000e replicates this connectivity Equalogic PS6110 S Broadcom HS Sis NIC 10G SFP p Po PowerEdge R620 i Up to 8 Arrays LAN amp iSCSI SAN Management Management Uplink Sen e9 2 QO c cD cD jee 2 The second R620 replicates this connectivity Figure 5 illustrates the converged network configuration and DCB settings for the PowerEdge M620 blade server Figure 6 illustrates the configuration for the PowerEdge R620 management servers The VLAN IDs are assigned to the virtual network adapters assigned to the parent partition to segregate the traffic on the host between the cluster Live Migration parent management and other types of traffic that are described in Table 2 below The VLAN configuration used in the Dell Active System configuration is listed in Table 3 Dell Inc 11 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 5 Converged Network configuration for Compute Dell PowerEdge M620 Blade Servers Management BW Weight 5 Cluster CSV BW Weight 40 Live Migration BW Weight 20 Single Function IOE Enabled Broadcom 57810 bNDC VMn VM2 VM1 iSCSI NDIS 1 1 Single Function IOE Enabled
5. ISL between the switches Dell Force10 S55 44x 1GbE 4x SFP Ports e 10 100 1000MbE Out of Band OOB Mgmt Traffic Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series iSCSI Storage e 10GbE Controllers with up to 8 Arrays e Default Solution 1x PS6100X per 4x hosts with 24 2 5 900GB 10k Table 1 below describes the key solution components and the roles served Dell Inc Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Table 1 Solution Components Component Description Role Compute Cluster PowerEdge M620 blade servers Host highly available virtual running Windows Server 2012 machines VMs Datacenter Edition with Hyper V role enabled Management Cluster PowerEdge R620 servers running Host management VMs Dell Windows Server 2012 Active system Manager optional Datacenter Edition with Hyper V System Center Virtual Machine role enabled Manager VMM 2012 SP1 EqualLogic SAN HQ and Dell OpenManage Essentials Storage Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series Provide shared storage for the controllers with 24 bay 2 5 SAS Hyper V clusters enclosures or 12 Bay 3 5 SAS enclosures Converged Network Switches Two Force10 4810 and Dell Support VM Live Migration PowerEdge M I O Aggregator Management iSCSI and Cluster modules for the blade chassis traffic OOB management Switch One Force10 55 Provide Management OOB management connectivity Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 is Microsoft s flagship
6. Windows roles on all managed systems It includes a role based dashboard which aggregates the data from managed servers It reports system health state and surfaces issues which require attention The Server Manager also creates customized groups for managed systems Figure 9 illustrates an example of managing a Dell Active System 800m with Server Manager Dell Inc 20 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 9 Manage Active System 800m with Server Manager fil iy rh Te Bi o ih o Te pi A ow fr i n v e Hyper V Manager In Windows Server 2012 more than 160 PowerShell command lets cmdlets were added for Hyper V On the host management Hyper V Manager allows the configuring of physical Graphics Processing Unit GPU Live Migrations storage migration and Hyper V replication For virtual machine management Hyper V Manager includes more VM configuration such as FC Adapter VM NUMA NIC HW acceleration VMQ IPSec SR IOV and advanced features on MAC spoofing DHCP guard Router guard port mirroring and NIC teaming Also VM management includes the support of Hyper V Replica e Failover Cluster Manager With Failover Cluster Manager the host configuration is validated for a Failover Cluster Multiple failover clusters and high availability virtual machines are created configured and managed with the Failover Cluster Manager In Windows Server 2012 the Failover Cluster Manager adds support
7. a virtualized infrastructure Each blade server is configured with sufficient CPU memory and network adapters Where desired the solution also supports processor memory and storage options Additional options such as wide or deep racks are also available 5 Racked Cabled and Ready to be deployed This Dell Active System is available to be racked cabled and delivered to the customer site ready for deployment Components are configured and racked to optimize airflow and thermals Based on customer needs different rack sizes and configurations are available to support various datacenter requirements Dell Inc 6 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 5 Prerequisites and Datacenter Planning Power Cooling and Weight Considerations Dell Active System 800m solution is configured with PDUs to meet the power requirements of the components as well as regional constraints Power consumed cooling required and information regarding rack weight are provided to enable customers to plan appropriate power and cooling for the solution To support the architecture the following components are required to be present in the customer environment e An existing Ethernet infrastructure with which to integrate 10Gb or 40Gb Ethernet infrastructure is recommended e Additional components such as Dell Force10 network cables and transceivers are needed to uplink the solution to the customer network The necessary components dep
8. array s In addition traffic between the arrays is supported Dell Inc 13 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Traffictype e Management Node Supports virtualization management traffic and communication between the management servers in the cluster Hypervisor Management Cluster Supports private cluster traffic for the management clusters Management Live Supports migration of VMs between the management servers in the cluster Migration Management Tenant Supports the virtual machine traffic for the management virtual machines VM Guest Clustering Supports the private cluster communication required for SQL Clustering Table 3 Sample VLAN and subnet configuration 8 6 3 Server Blade Storage Connectivity 10 110 7 0 24 10 110 8 0 24 10 110 10 0 24 10 110 12 0 22 In the Dell Active System configuration each PowerEdge M620 and R620 server uses an internal Dell PERC H710 RAID controller and is connected to two SAS HDDs configured in a RAID 1 This RAID volume hosts Windows Server 2012 for the hypervisor operating system Each server also includes Broadcom BCM 57810 Converged Network Adapter for attaching to SAN volumes 6 4 Server Blade HA and Redundancy The PowerEdge M620 blade chassis enclosure M1000e is designed with redundant power supplies and redundant fans Each PowerEdge M620 uses a Dell PERC H710 RAID controller and two hard drives configured in a RAID 1 wh
9. for storage space Hyper V Replica and new types of Live Migration It also reports VM health states with more details including Replication State and allows monitoring of the services running inside VMs e PowerShell 3 0 Several significant features are included in PowerShell 3 0 which eases and extends the management in the Windows based environment PowerShell 3 0 adds modules for Hyper V storage and network etc Hyper V cmdlets help automate the Hyper V management tasks With PowerShell 3 0 the resource utilization of VMs can be measured This helps dynamic chargeback vs flat upfront cost and capacity planning Figure 10 shows an example of how to measure a VM with PowerShell 3 0 Dell Inc 21 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 10 Resources Measuring in PowerShell 3 0 Users aagmnistrator HER3 gt Enabie VMResourceMetering VMName SOLSCVMMDB Users administrator HER3 gt Add VMNetworkAdapterAc VMName SQLSCVMMDB Action Meter Direction Inbound RemoteIPAdd ress 10 10 0 0 16 PS C Users administrator HER3 gt Add VMNetworkAdapterAc VMName SQLSCVMMDB Action Meter Direction Outbound RemoteIPAd dress 10 100 0 0 16 PS C Users administrator HER3 gt report Measure VM VMName SOQLSCVMMDB Users administrator HER3 gt report Format List omputer Name R610 2 280cdd17 e5 aa 4a28 8706 caalfa7cedsf CPU MHz Across hosts if LM SQLSCVMMDB y A A 03e 7 o al ae i is Zire cette Memor
10. server operating system which provides the Hyper V virtualization platform Hyper V provides a virtualization platform that can consolidate Windows and Linux workloads enabling IT managers the ability to more fully utilize their available hardware resources The following Windows Server 2012 features are available in this solution Dell Active System Manager Active System Manager sits at the center of Active System and simplifies infrastructure configuration collapses management tools and drives automation and consistency Through capabilities such as template based provisioning automated configuration and infrastructure lifecycle management Active System Manager enables IT to respond rapidly to business needs maximize data center efficiency and strengthen quality of IT service delivery The software enables a cloud like environment and supports pre built provisioning templates and custom orchestrated workflows for a wide range of physical or virtual environments Use and features of the Dell Active System Manager will be described in more detail in subsequent sections of this document Additional detail can also be found on the Dell website at Dell Active System Manager Note Active System Manager offers limited functionality on Microsoft Hyper V platforms with Active System Manager version 7 0 The capabilities and benefits outlined above will be available on the Microsoft Hyper V platforms with the Active System Manager version 7 1 sc
11. slots supporting 2 4 8 16 or 32GB DIMMs For more information see the Dell PowerEdge R620 guides at Dell com PowerEdge 4 Design Principles The following principles are central to the design and architecture of Active System 800m Solution 1 Converged Network The infrastructure is designed to achieve end to end LAN and SAN convergence 2 Redundancy to minimize single point of failure The system is designed to mitigate failure points NIC teaming and Multipath I O MPIO are used to provide failover across the redundant network interfaces iSCSI storage redundancy is achieved with multiple ports and storage controllers For network traffic NIC ports are teamed in such a way to distribute traffic across separate ports The solution also includes redundant power supplies connected to separate Power Distribution Units PDUs The solution is further optimized to reduce components such as NICs cables and IO Modules then utilizes hypervisor based high availability to provide virtual machine failover Out of Band OOB Management is not architected with this level of redundancy since mission critical workloads will continue to operate in the event of an OOB management failure 3 Management Integrated management using Active System Manager Dell OpenManage Essentials EqualLogic SAN HQ and optional Microsoft System Center VMM 2012 SP1 4 Flexible configurations Dell Active System 800m is pre configured to suit most customer needs for
12. virtual machines A fault tolerant network team is created by using e Two 10 GbE NDC ports for each blade e A virtual switch is provisioned in Hyper V e A virtual network adapter that is o Created o Shared with the parent partition o Segmented with VLANs O Applied with bandwidth weighting Dell Inc 10 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Each Dell PowerEdge M620 blade server is configured with a Broadcom BCM57810 bNDC providing two 10GbE ports These ports are connected to the Dell PowerEdge M I O Aggregator in Fabric A The corresponding ports on A1 and A2 modules are connected with the two Dell Force10 4810 switches outside the blade chassis enclosure Meanwhile each PowerEdge R620 rack server is configured with a Broadcom BCM57810 add in NIC providing two 10Gb SPF ports which are connected with the two Force10 4810 switches The two Force10 4810 switches are configured with a Virtual Line Trunk VLT using two 40 Gbps QSFP ports in each switch providing an 80Gbps path for communication across the switches The solution network architecture is illustrated in Figure 4 below Figure 4 Converged Fabric Overview M1000e Chassis 80 Gb 80 Gb VLT PEER LAG VLT A LAG yt roa Network Blade 1 aD 80Gb VLT Interconnect iSCSI SAN Blade 2 16 replicate the connectivity of Blade 1 Equalogic PS6110 2 Gb VLT PEER LAG Dell Force10 S55 a Equalogic PS6110
13. 12 http technet microsoft com en us library hh831579 10 6 Microsoft Management Software Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 http www microsoft com en us server cloud system center datacenter management aspx System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Deployment http technet microsoft com en us library 99610669 Dell Inc 30
14. Reference Architecture for Active System 800 with Microsoft Hyper V Release 1 0 for Dell PowerEdge 12 Generation Blade Servers Dell Force10 Switches Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper V role and Dell Active System Manager Dell Global Solutions Engineering Revision AOO Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V This document is for informational purposes only and may contain typographical errors and technical inaccuracies The content is provided as is without express or implied warranties of any kind 2013 Dell Inc All rights reserved Dell and its affiliates cannot be responsible for errors or omissions in typography or photography Dell the Dell logo Force10 EqualLogic OpenManage KACE and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Inc Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Microsoft Windows Hyper V Active Directory and Windows Server are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others March 2013 Rev A00 Dell Inc ji Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Revision History Dell Inc jii Reference Architec
15. c SAN 6 5 1 5 Storage Tiering Tiering storage is the practice of physically partitioning data into multiple distinct classes based on price performance or other attributes Data may be dynamically moved among classes in a tiered storage implementation based on access activity or other considerations This is normally achieved through a combination of varying types of disks which are used for different data types i e Production non production backups etc Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series dynamically moves data to the optimal storage tier based on actual use The most active blocks reside on high performance SSD and SAS drives while infrequently accessed data migrates to lower cost high capacity SAS drives The result is network storage that remains in tune with application needs 6 5 1 6 High Availability In order to maintain continuous connectivity to stored data from the server the controllers of the EqualLogic PS6110 have vertical port failover from active to standby controller This port failover mechanism allows a port to failover without having to failover the controller This results in a lower time that a controller is unavailable 6 5 1 7 Multi pathing For Windows Server 2012 the native MPIO provides functionality for Dell EqualLogic The EqualLogic Host Integration Tools HIT kit provides enhanced load balancing and additional EqualLogic tools like the PowerShell module for group management and the Auto Snapshot Manager The m
16. ell PowerEdge M620 blade server is configured with a Broadcom BCM 57810 Converged Network Adapter Network Daughter Card The BCM 57810 enumerates an iSCSI initiator device in addition to the standard LAN device resulting in a converged network fabric Each port is wired across the Dell PowerEdge M1000e mid plane to the Dell PowerEdge M I O Aggregators in Fabric A These modules are trunked to the Dell Force10 4810 ToR switches The 10 GbE ports of Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series are also connected to the 4810 ToR switches For the management servers each PowerEdge R620 server is configured with a BCM 57810 Add in PCI E Card and connected to the Force10 4810 switches Both the blade servers and the rack servers utilize DCB to guarantee traffic flows from each node to the SAN The DCB configuration utilizes DCBX PFC and ETS The DCB settings default to allow 50 bandwidth for LAN traffic and 50 for SAN traffic These ETS settings are configurable based upon customer requirements The PFC settings are configured to be lossless for the iSCSI queue Dell Inc 15 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 7 Active System SAN Connectivity Overview PowerEdge M1000e ia aal an ami an ani ant an a z A A e N E kal oo i i i o 7 PRAPTA PS RA ae ae PowerEdge R620 PowerEdge M PowerEdge M I O Aggregators 4 O Aggregators e ne Force10 S4 EqualLogic Storage LAN amp iSCSI SAN
17. ell com blades Dell PowerEdge M I O Aggregator I OA The Dell PowerEdge M I O Aggregator is a flexible 1 10GbE aggregation device that is automated and preconfigured for easy plug and play deployment into converged iSCSI and FCoE networks The key feature of the PowerEdge M I OA is that all VLANs are allowed as a default setting This allows the top of rack ToR managed switch to perform all VLAN management related tasks The external ports of the M I OA are automatically all part of a single link aggregation group LAG and thus there is no need for Spanning Tree The M I OA provides connectivity to the CNA Network adapters internally and externally to upstream network devices Internally the M I OA provides thirty two 32 connections The connections are 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections for basic Ethernet traffic iSCSI storage traffic or FCoE storage traffic In a typical PowerEdge M1000e configuration with 16 half height blade server ports 1 16 are used and 17 32 are disabled If quad port CNA Network adapters or quarter height blade servers are used then ports 17 32 are enabled The M I OA includes two integrated 40Gb Ethernet ports on the base module These ports are used in a default configuration with a 4 X 10Gb breakout cable to provide four 10Gb links for network traffic Alternatively these ports can be used as 40Gb links for stacking The M I OA also supports three different types of add in expansion modules which are called F
18. end upon customer networking and uplink requirements e Active Directory Domain Services AD DS must be available on the network The Hyper V hosts are joined to an existing or new domain Cluster Services also require AD DS Consult with your Dell Sales and Services representatives for more details e Domain Name System DNS must be available on the management network e Database to support System Center 2012 VMM For a list of supported databases refer to Requirements for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager o If IT Administrators wish to install VMM on the Dell PowerEdge R620 Management Server or as a VM then a route must exist between the management server physical or as a VM and the database used o The database is presumed to have maintenance and backup configured as per the business needs of the customer e Sufficient power and cooling to support the solution must be present Detailed power weight and cooling requirements for the datacenter are defined in the Solution Specification Guide for Active System 800 with Microsoft Hyper V Dell Inc 7 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 6 Architecture One of the key attributes of the Dell Active System 800m is the convergence of SAN and LAN over the Same network infrastructure LAN and iSCSI SAN traffic share the same physical connections from servers to storage The converged network is designed using Data Center Bridging DCB IEEE 802 1 a
19. ensive one to one systems management solution OMSA provides the mechanism for the agent based management for Dell OME With agent based management OME can update the device drivers on the host in addition to other management capabilities provided by the agentless management For more information see http www delltechcenter com page OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA 7 4 Dell EqualLogic SAN HQ Dell EqualLogic SAN HQ provides comprehensive monitoring of performance and health statistics for one or more EqualLogic PS Series groups The tool is a client server application that runs on a Microsoft Windows server and uses SNMP to query the groups Acting as a flight data recorder on an aircraft SAN HQ collects data over time and stores it on the server for later retrieval and analysis Client systems connect to the server and format and display the data in the Dell SAN HQ GUI Dell Inc 23 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Dell SAN HQ can e Monitor one or more PS Series groups and store operational data for up to a year e Obtain a centralized view of the health and status of multiple groups e View IO rates throughput and latency for each volume member pool or group e Allow the same performance data to be viewed by multiple clients simultaneously e Monitor and analyze capacity usage for groups If action is required launch the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager directly from SAN HQ to quickly adjust S
20. er V Figure 14 Dell Active System 800m Maximum 2 Rack Component Overview 1x Force10 55 2x Force10 4810 Rear face Reverse fans 2x R620 Management Cluster 1x 17FP KMM M1000e M620 Compute Cluster FabA 10GbE IOA FabB None FabC None 2x G791N PDU rear face 3 Phase L15 30P 3x C19 M1000e M620 Compute Cluster FabA 10GbE IOA FabB None FabC None 2x G791N PDU rear face 3 Phase L15 30P 3x C19 lh Mi mii uy Put I fi Mi t se se cs aa B3 Teer gS TE E E SS 3 ae a TE E S TEE ERE Ra a3 E a S NE JSE E E EJ e E Fe a a mone eo a E TEE a Se aac ame a 8x EqualLogic PS6110 Storage The Dell Active System design shown in Figure 14 accommodates up to 32 compute hosts along with eight Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series 2U or 4U storage enclosures in a two rack configuration Dell Inc 28 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 10 References 10 1 Dell PowerEdge Server Documentation and Hardware Software Updates For drivers and other downloads Visit http support dell com click Start Here for Enterprise IT Select a product then enter a server service tag or select the server model and operating system version 10 2 Dell Force10 Switch Docu
21. es even with overlapping IP addresses on the same physical network There are two mechanisms to virtualize the IP address of a virtual machine IP Rewrite or IP encapsulation e VHDX Support Supports converting from vhd to vhdx When creating a new virtual machine with a blank virtual hard disk VMM determines the VHD format based on the operating system of the destination host e Storage Management Enhancements Supports the new Windows Standard based Storage Management service which enables discovering storage by using multiple provider types It also supports thin provisioning of logical units and the discovery of SAS storage e Host Provisioning Enhancement Support for performing Deep Discovery to retrieve more detailed information about the physical computer hardware before deploying the OS Dell Inc 24 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V e SMB 3 0 File Shares Support for designating network file shares on Windows Server 2012 computers as the storage location for virtual machine files such as configuration virtual hard disk files and checkpoints e Live Migration Enhancements Supports performing simultaneous Live Migrations with options like Live Live VSM and Live Storage 7 Dell System Center 2012 Integration Dell provides management packs for the optional System Center components to monitor servers storage and networking components These management packs allow System Center 2012 Operation
22. es management and power in the rear of the chassis The enclosure includes a flip out LCD screen for local configuration six hot pluggable redundant power supplies and nine hot pluggable N 1 redundant fan modules Blade Servers The Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Server Chassis supports the Dell PowerEdge M620 blade servers based on Intel Xeon E5 series processors Dell s embedded management houses the tools and enablement pieces for management directly on the server allowing administrators to perform a complete set of provisioning functions from a single intuitive interface I O Modules The enclosure provides three redundant fabrics using six O modules The modules can be populated with Ethernet switches Dell Power Edge M I O Aggregator Fibre Channel FC and pass through modules Chassis Management The Dell PowerEdge M1000e has integrated management through a redundant Chassis Management Controller CMC module for enclosure management and integrated keyboard video and mouse iKVM modules Dell Inc 4 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Embedded Management with Dell s Lifecycle Controller The Lifecycle Controller is the engine for advanced embedded management and is delivered as part of iDRAC7 Enterprise in Dell PowerEdge 12 generation blade servers For more information on Dell Lifecycle Controllers and blade servers see http content dell com us en enterprise dcsm embedded management and D
23. heduled for release in mid 2013 Dell OpenManage Essentials The Dell OpenManage Essentials Console provides a single easy to use one to many interface through which to manage resources in multivendor operating system and hypervisor environments It automates basic repetitive hardware management tasks like discovery Dell Inc 3 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V monitoring and updates for Dell servers storage and network systems OME employs the embedded management of Dell PowerEdge servers Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 7 iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller to enable agent free remote management and monitoring of server hardware components like storage networking processors and memory For more information on Dell Enterprise Management and OpenManage Essentials see http content dell com us en enterprise data center system management Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters SAN HQ SAN HQ provides in depth reporting and analysis tools With the information you get from SAN HQ you can better customize protect and optimize your Storage Dell EqualLogic SAN HQ provides consolidated performance and robust event monitoring across multiple Dell EqualLogic groups If action is required the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager can be launched directly from SAN HQ giving you the ability to quickly adjust storage systems to meet business needs For more information about Dell EqualLogic storage a
24. high level product overview of the major components of the Active System 800 as illustrated in Figure 1 Readers can skip the sections of products with which they are familiar Figure 1 Overview of Dell Blade Servers Dell Force10 network switches Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series Storage and Software Microsoft Windows Server 2012 oie e Failover Clustering High Availability and Live i Migration Windows e Hyper V Role Enabled Server 2012 e Hyper V and Cluster Management tools Management Components e Dell Active System Manager Hardware provisioning and management e Dell EqualLogic SAN HQ SAN monitoring e Dell OpenManage Essentials Hardware monitoring Sor Microsoft E System Center2012 Optional System Center Virtual Machine Manager Hypervisor and VM management Compute Cluster Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers Energy efficient Dell PowerEdge M1000e enclosure Up to 32 Dell PowerEdge M620 blade servers CPU 2x Intel Xeon 2 2GHz 95W 8C Memory 128 GB 16x8GB 1333 MHz RDIMMs NDC BCM 57810 k 2x10GbE 10GBASE KR PowerEdge M I O Aggregator IDRAC7 Enterprise Management Cluster Dell PowerEdge R620 e CPU 2x Intel Xeon 2 2GHz 95W 8C Memory 128 GB 16x8GB 1333 MHz RDIMMs NDC BCM 5720 4x 1GbE RJ 45 NIC BCM 57810 PCl e 2x 10GbE SFP iDRAC iDRAC7 Enterprise Dell Force10 4810 48x 10GbE 4x 40GbE Ports e 2x S4810 High density 48 port 10GbE switches for converged LAN and SAN traffic e 80GbE
25. ich hosts the parent operating system Dell Inc 14 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V The design of PowerEdge R620 servers includes high availability and redundant features such as redundant fans and power supplies that are distributed to independent power sources The servers also use PERC H710 controllers with two hard disks configured with RAID 1 to prevent server crashes in the event of single disk failures 6 5 Storage Architecture Dell EqualLogic PS6110 provides capabilities essential to the Active System 800m design like 10Gb connectivity flexibility in configuring RAID arrays and creating volumes thin provisioning and storage tiering 6 5 1 EqualLogic Group and Pool Configuration Each EqualLogic array or member is assigned to a particular group Groups help in simplifying management by enabling management of all members in a group from a single interface Each group contains one or more storage pools Each pool must contain one or more members and each member is associated with only one storage pool The iSCSI volumes are created at the pool level In the case where multiple members are placed in a single pool the data is distributed amongst the members of the pool With data being distributed over a larger number of disks the potential performance of iSCSI volumes within the pool is increased with each member added 6 5 1 1 Storage Network Figure 7 below Illustrates the SAN Connectivity Each D
26. lexlO Expansion modules The modules available are 4 port 10Gbase T FlexlO module 4 port 10G SFP FlexlO module and the 2 port 40G QSFP FlexlO module For more information on Dell PowerEdge M I O Aggregator see http www dell com us business p poweredge m io aggregator pd Dell Force10 4810 Switches The Dell Force10 S Series 4810 is an ultra low latency 10 40 GbE top of rack TOR switch Leveraging a non blocking cut through switching architecture the Force10 4810 switch delivers line rate L2 and L3 forwarding capacity with ultra low latency to maximize network performance The compact Force10 4810 switch design provides 48 dual speed 1 10 GbE SFP ports as well as four 40 GbE QSFP uplinks to conserve valuable rack space and simplify the migration to 40 Gbps in the data center core Dell Force10 4810 switch incorporates multiple architectural features that optimize data center network flexibility efficiency and availability including Force10 s stacking technology reversible front to back or back to front airflow for hot cold aisle environments and redundant hot swappable power supplies and fans For more information on Dell Force10 switches see Dell com force10 Dell Force10 S55 Switches Force10 S Series 55 1 10 GbE Top of Rack switch leverages a non blocking architecture that delivers line rate low latency L2 and L3 switching to eliminate network bottlenecks The Force10 55 switch design provides 48 GbE access ports wi
27. mentation and Firmware Updates Visit http support dell com or click here for directions to sign onto your Force10 Online Support account 10 3 Dell EqualLogic e Dell EqualLogic PS Series Architecture Whitepaper http www dell com downloads global products pvaul en dell_equallogic_architecture pdf e Host Integration Tools for Windows http www dell com downloads global products pvaul en equallogic host software pdf e PS Series Storage Arrays Choosing a Member RAID Policy http www equallogic com WorkArea DownloadAsset aspx id 5231 e Using Tiered Storage in a PS Series SAN http www equallogic com resourcecenter assetview aspx id 5239 e Monitoring your PS Series SAN with SAN HQ http www equallogic com resourcecenter assetview aspx id 8 749 10 4 Dell Virtualization Documentation Microsoft Windows Server 2012 With Hyper V for Dell PowerEdge Systems Important Information Guide http support dell com support topics global aspx support windows_server_support windows server c us amp cs 555 amp l en amp s biz Dell Inc 29 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 10 5 Microsoft Hyper V Documentation Windows Server 2012 http technet microsoft com en us library hh801901 Windows Server 2012 Hyper V Whitepaper http download microsoft com download 5 D B 5DB1C7BF 6286 4431 A244 438D4605DB1D WS 202012 20White 20Paper_Hyper V pdf Failover Clusters in Windows Server 20
28. nd Data Center Bridging Exchange DCBX IEEE 802 1AB technologies and features The converged network design drastically reduces cost and complexity by reducing the components and physical connections and the associated efforts in deploying configuring and managing the infrastructure Data Center Bridging is a set of related standards to achieve enhanced Ethernet capabilities especially in datacenter environments through converge network connectivity The functionalities provided by DCB and DCBX are e Priority Flow Control PFC This capability provides zero packet loss under congestion by providing a link level flow control mechanism that can be controlled independently for each priority e Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS This capability provides a framework and mechanism for bandwidth management for different traffic types by assigning bandwidth to different frame priorities e Data Center Bridging Exchange DCBX This functionality is used for conveying the capabilities and configuration of the above features between neighbors to ensure consistent configuration across the network Dell Force10 4810 switches Dell PowerEdge M I O Aggregator modules Broadcom 57810 k Dual port 10GbE KR Blade NDCs and Dell EqualLogic PS6110 iSCSI SAN arrays enable Dell Active System 800m to utilize these technologies features and capabilities to support converged network architecture This solution consists of a Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis p
29. nd SAN HQ see http www dell com us enterprise p equallogic products Optional Microsoft System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 System Center 2012 is Microsoft s systems management platform which helps to monitor manage deploy backup and more System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 SP1 introduces support for Windows Server 2012 enabling you to take advantage of Windows Server 2012 s new features in a managed environment This solution utilizes either a customer provided or a trial version of System Center 2012 SP1 and focuses on Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Further information on all Microsoft System Center components can be found at www microsoft com systemcenter System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager VMM VMM is Microsoft s centralized virtualization manager It provides the fundamental services for creating and managing virtual machines optimizing resources and rapid deployment of virtualized infrastructure VMM 2012 Service Pack 1 supports the new features included in Windows Server 2012 network virtualization VHDX support SMB 3 0 file share and the enhancements on storage management host provisioning and Live Migration Dell PowerEdge Blade Modular Enclosure The Dell PowerEdge M1000e is a high density energy efficient blade chassis that supports up to sixteen half height blade servers or eight full height blade servers and six O modules A high speed passive mid plane connects the server modules to the I O modul
30. ndows Server 2008 R2 VM Dell Active System OpenManage Essentials amp Manager Virtual Machine Manager EqualLogic SAN HQ Optional Additional System Center 2012 SP1 Components System Center 2012 SP1 SQL Server Operations Manager Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition with Hyper V Management Cluster add ons for Hyper V Role Enabled optional management e Dell OpenManage Server Management Packs for SCOM e Dell ProPack 3 0 Core te SSS ian i air can I e OpenManage Server Administrator Network i T o Two PowerEdge R620 hosting management virtual machines Solution Requirements SQL Server AD DNS The management infrastructure components are described in more detail in the following sections Dell Inc 19 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 7 1 Active System Manager Active System Manager is an intelligent and intuitive converged infrastructure and workload manager Active System Manager leverages templates to automate infrastructure provisioning on boarding and re configuration which greatly simplifies and speeds up the process and also significantly reduces errors associated with manual configuration The result is better infrastructure and workload quality with fewer configuration errors that can be costly Key features provided with Active System Manager e Template Based Provisioning Streamline and standardize workload deployments thro
31. ogic PS6110 Series PO Sy ML OWN ANS eare ase seco tein tee A E E TEE EEEE EEA 2 Figure 2 Converged Network Topology Logical View with optional 2nd Chassis ceeecceeeees 9 Dell Inc iv Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 3 I O Connectivity for M620 Blade Server sccccccccccccccssccccsssccccscsccccssscscessssseeseess 10 Figure 4 Converged Fabric OvervieW ssesesesesesesesesesescecececececececesesesesesesescscecececececeoese 11 Figure 5 Converged Network configuration for Compute Dell PowerEdge M620 Blade Servers 12 Figure 6 Converged Network Configuration for Management of Dell PowerEdge R620 Servers 13 Figure 7 Active System SAN Connectivity Overview sssessssssescesesesossesoeoesesoesesesoesesoeoeseeos 16 Figure 8 Management Architecture sssssecesesesesesesesesescecececesececesesesesesesesesescececesececesese 19 Figure 9 Manage Active System 800m with Server Manager sssssssssssesssssesesesesesesesososososoee 21 Figure 10 Resources Measuring in PowerShell 3 0 ccccccssccccccsscccccssccccscscscessscstossssseoseess 22 Figure 11 OME Dashboard sesesesescsssesesecececesesesesesesesescesecesecececesesesesesesesesescecececececesese 23 Figure 12 Connectivity of OOB management components ssssssssessseseseseecscscsesesesosoeoeseoee 26 Figure 13 Dell Active System 800m Rack and Component Overview ssssss
32. on into your datacenter Active System 800 is Dell s first Active Infrastructure System to include Dell PowerEdge M620 Blades ISCSI 10GbE unified fabric switching Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series 10GbE iSCSI storage and Dell Active System Manager to build private cloud solutions that address key needs of the mid to large data center The backbone of this solution is driven by features associated with a unified fabric consisting of both LAN and SAN traffic on a consolidated network architecture via Data Center Bridging DCB The solution is offered in configurations with either VMware vSphere or Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper V role enabled Hypervisors The VMware vSphere solution is the Active System 800v and the Microsoft Hyper V solution is the Active System 800m This document defines the reference architecture for Active System 800m The Active System configurations vary in the number of Dell PowerEdge M620 blade servers and Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series storage arrays to meet virtualization resource needs 2 Audience This document provides an overview of the Active System 800 solution Readers including CTOs and IT managers can use this document to understand the overview and scope of the solution IT administrators and managers can use this document to understand the solution architecture Dell Inc 1 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 3 Solution Overview This section provides a
33. opulated with Dell PowerEdge M620 blade servers running Windows Server 2012 Data Center Edition Figure 2 below depicts the high level reference architecture for the solution including solution components and redundant connectivity for each I O fabric Dell Inc Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 2 Converged Network Topology Logical View with optional 2nd Chassis e A O o et lt R c fed i chines p ro a Sa P ed iG mE Fiica mE es se eo oe gt ligt 3 mae aS aS Dell Force10 55 Switch PowerEdge M I O A rrr ree EPa M1000e 2 REE 4 ce K Core Network aad 1x 80 Gb 2 Gb VLT PEER LAG VLT PEER LAG per IOA Port Channel CHA WQYZ VLT PEER LAG Port channel 100 A il per 80Gb VLT Interconnect Dell Force10 4810 Switch Dell EqualLogic 6110X Series Arrays up to 8 max Cabling shown is typical for each ao id a ie An BEBE ER BE iDa Soe GER Bane ia Ey gt 8 16 24 or 32 x Dell PowerEdge M620 Blade Servers in Up to 2 Dell PowerEdge M1000e Chassis lt 28 BEBE ERE BE Ie DQE e gt ine HEHH pZ PLE IRERE ERE BEE IR ao ii dae i gt Management Virtual Machines m b i iii z af 88 BEE ERE BE Ie si cwttsic rsno HHHH HEHHE ULA AN NEN SRE HEEE ID SQE o n EHEHE HEHEHE pZ 2 x PowerEdge One pe
34. or questions about the delivery model please consult with your Dell Sales representative Dell Inc 26 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 13 below shows the Dell Active System 800m solution with a single chassis Figure 14 shows Dell Active System 800m with two chassis and the maximum number of storage enclosures Note that the switches shown in the figures below are shown mounted forward for representation In actual use ports face the back of the rack PDUs shown are for illustration and vary by region or customer power requirements Additional PDUs are utilized within the rack Figure 13 Dell Active System 800m Rack and Component Overview 1x Dell Force10 55 Switch 2x Dell Force10 4810 Switch Rear face Reverse fans 2x Dell PowerEdge R620 Management Cluster 1x KMM An IEEE LEAT Bee Ie TTEA TE gt mi fl Eer EHHE iDa 4x Dell EqualLogic PS61 10 Gun o NNE ae Storage 28 BEBE ERE SE ID SS oE SQ eo os TR Rd HEHEH ibe 1 AmE BER ERE HEER Ie Dell PowerEdge M1000e Dell PowerEdge M620 Compute Cluster FabA 10GbE IOA FabB None FabC None 2x G791N PDU rear face 3 Phase L15 30P 3x C19 The Dell Active System design shown in Figure 13 above accommodates up to 16 compute hosts in a one rack configuration that also contains Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series storage Dell Inc 27 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyp
35. r server to each switch TLU LLUELLLCLIELLLELNS R620 TENCE Am SESE EENEN SES IRh LAN amp iSCSI SAN EqualLogic Ps6110 Gael EEHEHE iBe 088 IBEEE ERE BE Ie Dell Inc 9 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 6 1 Dell Blade Network Architecture In this solution the Chassis Fabric A contains Dell Force10 IO Aggregator modules and is used for converged LAN and SAN traffic Fabric B and Fabric C are not used M620 blade servers use the Broadcom 57810 k Dual port 10GbE KR Blade NDC to connect to the Fabric A Dell Force10 IO Aggregator modules uplink to Dell Force10 4810 network switches providing LAN AND SAN connectivity Figure 3 below illustrates how the fabrics are populated in a Dell blade server chassis and how the I O modules are utilized Figure 3 I O Connectivity for M620 Blade Server PowerEdge M620 NDC Broadcom Mezz B Mezz C 57810 k Unused Unused _10Gb KR Eo rs ee es __ Fe O o o 7 5 ae NOU N N a Os oO wine ons oO OU G Yu o Oy eas Ui on OS U S r t T 3 tes 1 5 TS NO U amp A E r OUS O E O E 1 o oD oD oe cS oD a T a a 6 2 Server Blade Network Connectivity The network traffic on each blade includes iSCSI as well as traffic for the parent partition hypervisor Live Migration cluster heartbeat cluster shared volume and child partitions
36. rs and one Dell Force10 55 1 10GbE Ethernet switch are used for the management infrastructure The Force10 55 switch is used for out of band management connectivity for Dell CMC Dell iDRAC and the management ports on Dell EqualLogic arrays The management cluster infrastructure imitates the compute cluster in using converged network infrastructure and configuration The PowerEdge R620 servers are connected to the Force10 4810 switches using Broadcom 57810 Dual Port 10Gb network adapters The management servers are connected to the EqualLogic storage through the two Force10 4810 switches Note that the EqualLogic storage is shared between the management cluster and the compute cluster The EqualLogic storage must be sized so that sufficient capacity and bandwidth are allocated for both the management VMs and compute VMs The PowerEdge R620 servers run Windows Server 2012 with Hyper V role enabled and are a part of the unique management cluster The following management components are included in the Active System 800m e Dell Active System Manager e Dell OpenManage Essentials OME e Dell EqualLogic SAN HeadQuarters SAN HQ e Optional System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager These components are installed in virtual machines in the management infrastructure as illustrated in Figure 8 below Dell Inc 18 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 8 Management Architecture System Center 2012 SP1 Wi
37. s Manager SCOM to monitor report and take actions based upon alerts generated by the individual components Dell Server PRO Management Packs can be integrated with VMM to monitor Dell servers and take remedial action when an inefficient system is identified Dell also provides integration tools for System Center Configuration Manager for the Lifecycle Controller providing a framework for bare metal deployment of servers and operating systems Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series also includes management tools for automating the deployment of virtual machines with VMM 2012 SP1 These optional components are beyond the scope of this document Additional information can be obtained from your Dell Sales or Services representative 7 8 Out Of Band Management Connectivity The Dell Force10 55 switch is used as a 1GbE out of band management switch Each of the solution components is connected to the Force10 55 as shown in Figure 12 The Force10 55 switch is uplinked to each of the Force10 4810 switches for core network connectivity Dell Inc 25 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Figure 12 Connectivity of OOB management components PowerEdge R620 Management Servers zia SS Gy 318 OB Gy Force10 S55 Switch EqualLogic PS 6110X Storage Arrays Additional Arrays connected similarly
38. sesesesesesesesosssosseoee 27 Figure 14 Dell Active System 800m Maximum 2 Rack Component OvervieW sssssssesesossssssssee 28 Tables Tapte 1 Solution COmpOnEN S 1222ccceenencasasneimadesconecsupssaccceaseneaceescmeatuesenteeunassaeseenensaneesonsede 3 Tape a Ae DESCMPUlOW seriei E E 13 Table 3 Sample VLAN and subnet configuration essssssesesessoscsesesessoscscseseoececseseseoeoecsesee 14 Dell Inc V Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 1 Introduction Dell Active Infrastructure is a family of converged infrastructure solutions that combine servers storage networking and infrastructure management into an integrated and optimized system that provides general purpose virtualized resource pools Active Infrastructure leverages Dell innovations including unified management with Active System Manager converged LAN SAN fabrics and modular server architecture for the ultimate converged infrastructure solution Active Infrastructure helps IT rapidly respond to dynamic business demands maximize data center efficiency and strengthen IT service quality The Active System 800 solution a member of Dell Active Infrastructure family is a converged infrastructure solution that has been designed and validated by Dell Engineering It is available racked cabled and delivered to your site to speed deployment Dell Services deploys and configures the system tailored for business needs and ready for integrati
39. th up to four modular 10GbE uplinks in 1 RU to conserve valuable rack space The Force10 55 switch incorporates multiple architectural features including reversible front to back or back to front airflow for hot cold aisle environments and redundant hot swappable power supplies and fans For more information on Dell Force10 switches see Dell com force10 Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series Storage EqualLogic PS6110X 10GbE arrays include Dual 10GbE controllers high performance 2 5 SAS HDDs Cache to flash memory de staging and up to 21 6TB of capacity in a 2U chassis Dell Inc 8 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Management features include e Group Manager which integrates all management into one console for both file and block storage protocols e Dell EqualLogic Host Software that extends the functionality of the array based software to enable cooperation with the host e Host Integration Tools for Microsoft VMware and Linux products as well as Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters SAN HQ management software Contact your Dell sales representative for more information on Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series storage configurations and sizing guidelines http www dell com us enterprise p equallogic ps6110 series ck anav Dell PowerEdge R620 Management Server The management server uses Intel Xeon E5 2600 series processors in a 1U rack mount form factor The server features two CPU sockets and 24 memory DIMM
40. torage systems to meet business needs 7 5 Out of band Management CMC and iDRAC The CMC provides a single secure interface to manage the inventory configuration monitoring and alerting for chassis components iKVM CMC I O modules servers and iDRAC It also provides excellent real time power management monitoring and alerting capabilities The Dell chassis provides users with system level power limiting slot based prioritization and dynamic power engagement functionalities The iDRAC on each server provides the flexibility to remotely manage the server through console redirection and Virtual CD ROM DVD Floppy Flash capabilities 7 6 System Center 2012 SP1 System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1 VMM 2012 is Microsoft s virtualization management platform VMM 2012 provides in depth management of both hypervisor and VMs It provides a system administrator the capability to create and deploy VM templates manage library stores of VMs hardware profiles and image files and even manage VMware environments VMM 2012 also provides P2V physical to virtual functionality thereby allowing a system administrator to convert physical servers to virtual machines VMM 2012 integrates with the hypervisor VMs and System Center Operations Manager to provide a deep view of the system utilization VMM 2012 SP1 introduces the following new features e Network Virtualization Provides the ability to run multiple virtual network infrastructur
41. ture for Active System 800m with Hyper V Table of Contents I AIVERCGUCEION sueri enine EEE EEEE EE EE T EN E ETE AE N E EEE 1 e AU SNCS a E E A E E E E E E E seasons 1 3 SOMO OVS aeee eea EE EEEE EE E EEEE E E EE EEE EAE REEE ER EEES 2 4 Design Principles ssisssisssiresiresoverisescrecsieseverisst otet tbr retins Tne C TEEVEN EE n CEREN EEEE EEEa 6 5 Prerequisites and Datacenter Planning ssesessssesescecesescecesceceoescescesescoeoeecsceoeecsoseeeceeeee 7 O AECE orar E EE E T E E E E E E E 8 6 1 DEN Blade INGE OM PCIE SCS orisrrrsiri tit trir inaran i TESA ENAERE AEEA EENE OEE NENE ERETTE 10 6 2 Server Blade Network Connectivity sssesssessesescesesescescscecesescseseseecesesceeeseecseeee 10 6 3 Server Blade Storage Connectivity ssssesesceceseececesceeceseececeseeceoesceceeeeceoseeeceseee 14 6 4 Server Blade HA and Redundancy ssssesesessecesescsssescecesesoeceseeceoescesosseeceoseeecoeeeee 14 6 5 Storage Architecture ssssesescecesescecesceeceorececeseececeseeceorececeseeceseeceosocreceoseeeceeeee 15 7 Management Infrastructure ssssesesessecesescssescecesesoscesceceoescososeceeceorececesesoroeeeeoeeeeeeoeo 18 7 1 Active System Manager sssssssessescscescesoesoeseesescescesossoeseeseecesoesoesceseeseecesoesosee 20 7 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Built In LOOMS vnc ocexsnesecgseneeweesaneseegseneeosssenssoeesenseuees 20 7 3 Delt OpenManage Essentials ot ai sec tsiersecissinnin em a
42. ugh centralized capture and application of best practices amp operational steps e Infrastructure Lifecycle Mgmt Discovery inventory configuration provisioning and ongoing management of physical and virtual infrastructure e Resource Pooling amp Dynamic Allocation Create and manage physical and virtual resource pools efficiently schedule or allocate resources on demand e End To End Automation Multi tier automation across physical server storage and network and virtual layers e Workflow Orchestration Intelligent workflow orchestration engine for rapid physical and virtual workload provisioning e Centralized Management Intuitive centralized role based management and access through self service web portal Note Active System Manager offers limited functionality on Microsoft Hyper V platforms with Active System Manager version 7 0 The capabilities and benefits outlined above will be available on the Microsoft Hyper V platforms with the Active System Manager version 7 1 scheduled for release in mid 2013 7 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Built In tools Windows Server 2012 provides the following built in new or updated management features and tools for the virtualization solution e Server Manager Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 is re designed as the primary management console for all the systems including the remote servers in an environment Server Manager also manages the virtual machines and installed
43. ulti pathing solution uses the round robin load balancing algorithm to utilize all available paths Dell recommends the EqualLogic Hit kit for its enhanced functionality and performance but either can be used Dell Inc 17 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V 6 5 1 8 iSCSI Encryption and Authentication Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP is available for use on the EqualLogic PS6110 Series Storage Center This feature allows hosts to authenticate to the EqualLogic PS6110 iSCSI target prior to the target being available for use on the system 6 5 1 9 Jumbo Frames In the Dell Active System configuration Jumbo Frames are enabled for all devices of the iSCSI SAN fabric This includes the server network interface ports the network switch interfaces and the EqualLogic PS6110 Series interfaces 6 5 1 10 Thin Provisioning Particularly in virtualization environments thin provisioning is a common practice This allows for efficient use of the available storage capacity The volume and corresponding CSV may grow as needed typically in an automated fashion to ensure availability of the volume However as storage becomes over provisioned in this scenario very careful management and capacity planning is critical EqualLogic PS6110 Series offers Thin Provisioning and eliminates pre allocated but unused capacity 7 Management Infrastructure Within the Active System 800m solution two Dell PowerEdge R620 serve
44. ware for the 11 and 12 generations of Dell PowerEdge servers It also adds Dell SupportAssist extension for proactive phone home hardware issue resolution Figure 11 shows the dashboard of Dell OME Other features in Dell OME 1 1 are e Discover Inventory monitor health and view logs of Dell clients i e desktops portables e Discover Inventory and monitor health of Dell Force 10 Switches Dell PDU and UPS devices e Discover and collect limited inventory Linux servers via Secure Shell SSH e Enhanced hardware inventory for ESXi servers with Dell OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA e Alerts for hardware health status changes not just when a hardware trap is sent e Ability to forward alerts in original format to support tiered event management e Anew command line interface CLI for automation of server discovery and grouping e Calendar style task schedule view e Group filtering on portal pages e More configurable portal pages e Grouped discovery ranges for common protocol settings e Custom URL launch points to allow user defined right click actions on devices Dell Inc 22 Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper V For more information on OpenManage Essentials see www delltechcenter com ome Figure 11 OME Dashboard D LL OPENMANAGE PSSENTIALS Dashboard Schedule View Home Portal finer by Al Dewees tH c Devwines by Status O x Alerts ty Severity 3 xi Aerts x t Fiter d
45. wicduoaieaiesamiv cis cwica oaneiesaniosinamcneeaneewtaieen screenees 22 7 4 DEL EGU OG SAN HO ane epost acca neues awe consent ocuaeese lt nacensoesseunsecnnseneoeaerseesew 23 7 5 Out of band Management CMC and iDRAC c cece cece ence cceeeceenecceeeeceeseceeeeeeeeeees 24 7 6 System CEnt r 2012 SPI ssicnccsanedeentnescccereeecnecdasouneedsapcusndeacenenduessuentessemecdeeuauenidea 24 7 7 Dell System Center 2012 Integration ssesesessecesescecesesceceseecoesesoeceeeeceseeceoseeeceoeo 25 7 8 Out Of Band Management Connectivity sessseesesescescsescescscecesesoeeeseecesesceeeseeceeeee 25 O EO aerar E Eai 26 r E a P cn ee Cen A A E A E A 26 10 PRET SF INC EE E E EE A E E EE A E E A E 29 10 1 Dell PowerEdge Server Documentation and Hardware Software Updates ceeeceeees 29 10 2 Dell Force10 Switch Documentation and Firmware Updates cecceeeccceeecceeecceeees 29 10 3 DCU Eg alLOS C sade cre sececeescsce sane sedadeccsuccestasesadiodesaccesensadudogesageeeeucesadooesacesseueness 29 10 4 Dell Virtualization Documentation ssesssssessessessesseoseoseoseosecsecseoseeseosecseoseeseesees 29 10 5 Microsoft Hyper V Documentation sssessesesesseseseecesesceseseecesesceceseecesesceceseeceeeee 30 10 6 Microsoft Management Software ssssessesssessescsceecesesceseseecesesceeeseecesesceceseeceeeee 30 Figures Figure 1 Overview of Dell Blade Servers Dell Force10 network switches Dell EqualL
46. y MB Average Minimum and Maximum AverageMemoryUsage 4062 MaximunMemoryUsage 4096 i aimualesaralcane 4096 Disk MB VHD and the snapshots TotalDiskAl location 61440 NetworkMeteredTrafficReport Microsoft HyperV PowerShell VWMNetworkAdapterPortAcIiMeteringReport Microsoft HyperV PowerShell 1 VMNetworkAdapterPortAcIMeteringReport Microsoft HyperV PowerShel 1 VWMNetworkAdapterPortAcIMeteringReport Microsoft HyperV PowerShell VMNetworkAdapterPortAc IMeteringReport AvgCPU 664 AvgRAM 4062 17 nRAM 4096 4096 61440 PS C Users administrator HER3 gt report NetworkMeteredTrafficReport LocalAddress RemoteAddress Direction TotalTraffic 0 Outbound O 10 10 0 0 16 Inbound 1529 J 0 0 0 070 Tnbound d Network MB Use ACLs to separate traffics Each ACL 0 Inbound 1 0 0 0 0 0 Outbound 7 10 100 0 0 16 Outbound 0 0 0 0 0 Inbound 126 Direction Inbound vs Outbound Outbound O includes 0 0 0 0 0 0 Outbound 1 10 100 0 0 16 Outbound 8487 Remote IP the source or destination of the 10 10 0 0 16 Inbound 0 i 1 0 Inbound 1 network packet depending on direction PS C Users administrator HER3 gt 7 3 Dell OpenManage Essentials Dell OpenManage Essentials OME is a system management console that provides simple basic Dell hardware management Dell OME 1 1 manages the host running Windows Server 2012 It supports agent free hardware inventory and system update e g BIOS firm
47. y AT Aiens i fitara Alerts Combn oct Updates Vemng 42 s Deeg s oire feeder eed grog t Sere to gaap by thet corre i i e n LA gt Sevwity Y Acknewtedged Y fine V Dev Y Owah i i 7 D0707 9 02 04 PM GEBLO Teo Sverem ig us Si f a 00727017 5 02 34 OM ROGUE MAD S SGytiam is ue FF l i 0 30 2052 SiDSiS7 PM ROGVE MH25 D4 System is im iF O 70 2082 5 02 57 OM ROGUE MEIC 06 Sysiem is ue cA i2 SONST PM ROGYE MGDO 1 System ip ux mE gt LE ES 4 vere Qj bd 0 j x Ik SIM i Aner by i an a Teck Mena TY Tesk State 7 Commer ctac Ht e my Schedules Status Po Compere a o a3 A W ee owery of 10 11 0 10t 116 Scheduled Complete gt a arrer on Overy of t i t6 Schedule _onpiete a 0 if besamar 3 Scheduled Compete ee 00 5 B B D p 8 E every of 10 511 6 25 gt 251 Scheduled Complete es 100 a Shelve i ertor y C wnet p Lior P A l E Dicovery of 10 11165 Sheived peier O lD T a ae A z Y Statue Pok of 10 111 6 251 User Requested Compete sO o gt Th a Dell Lifecycle Controller Helps to reduce operating costs by simplifying server deployment and management Key features include diagnostics self update UEFI Driver Pack update firmware updates BIOS NIC FW RAID Controllers and hardware configuration Also the integrated iDRAC provides the mechanism for OME agentless management Dell OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA Dell OMSA provides a compreh

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