Modular Infrastructure as a foundation of the Software Defined Data Center

Session MT19

Introduction

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Definition: What is a Software-defined Data Center (SDDC)?

SDDC is an IT infrastructure that extends virtualization

concepts such as abstraction, pooling, and automation to

all of the data center’s resources and services in order to

achieve IT as a service (ITaaS). In a software-defined

data center, all elements of the infrastructure —

compute, storage and networking – are virtualized,

automated and maintained by software allowing IT to be

delivered as a service. A software-defined data center is

the foundation of an organization that is Future Ready.

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SDDC - build or buy?

• SDDC is typically evolutionary, not revolutionary

• SDDC is typically and extension of existing virtual infrastructure and leverages existing structured infrastructure

• ‘Build’ helps existing IT evolve and mature organically based on unique business demands

• ‘Buy’ simplifies greenfield implementation with one-approach-fits-all approach to SDDC

• ‘Buy’ speeds time to value, decision benefits from close economic examination and ROI analysis

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Why transition to a software-defined world?

• Investment protection

• Mature technology

• Ease of deployment

• Performance–dedicated processing

• Capacity efficiency

• Deployment flexibility

• Low acquisition cost

• Comprehensive systems mgmt. at all levels

• Open source

• Building block architectures

• New IT service models

Traditional data

center needs

Cloud Native data

center needs

PowerEdge

Modular

Infrastructure

with integrated

networking

& storage

Typical config: Discrete servers &

storage, consolidated networking &

separate management

Typical config: Consolidated

servers, server-based storage &

networking & integrated management

Ideal Transition platform

SDDC Roadblocks

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Overwhelming vendor choice

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Does everything work together?

Yes, but…

Interoperability relies on critical elements

• Hypervisor functionality

• Orchestration

• Staff and knowledge

• Simplicity of hardware management

Effective planning and testing is critical!

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Hold on… This is going to be really expensive, right?

Do I have to re-invest in new infrastructure to make this work?

Does this mean working with new vendors?

Competing vendors all claim to have superior tactical solutions

Market is evolving rapidly, new innovations are evolving, what is the right direction?

Can my software, staff and business keep up? (training costs)

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If the software manages everything,why is hardware still important?

Orchestration of software and hardware

Deployment (both new deployment & disaster recovery)

Workload characterization

Power consumption controls

Seamless, agent free management

True configuration choice

Modularity is critical

Existing workload capacity (DPAK)

How to get there

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First Steps

Breaking down cost vs features vs traditional IT

Workload audit - Eliminating cost through better server

management, automation, power and cooling

Unifying staff resources

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How to get there - What’s wanted/needed

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Treat compute, storage and

networking as workloads

Identify relevant infrastructure

stacks and cohabitation

strategy

Simplify management, staffing

and introduce self service

Use Automation, self healing,

flexibility and modularity to

guide your hardware choices

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What's Needed = efficient enterprise systems management

Superior customer benefit

• Spend less time maintaining and more time innovating

• Leverage existing IT investments and easily integrate new resources

• Utilize a single interface to manage infrastructure and applications

• Increase responsiveness to evolving business needs

Automate and capture repetitive, manual

tasks for greater agility and efficiency

Flexibility with an open architectural

approach to IT management solutions

Provide a converged user experience,

simplifying management across the

data center

Why Modular?

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Modular innovation or White box simplicity?

FX Architecture

PowerEdge VRTX

M1000E Blades

PowerEdge Cloud Servers

vs.

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The white box trap

Firmware updates

Granular power management

Systems management

Orchestration integration

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OpEx

CapEx

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More control of system power usage at

the component level

• Granular control of CPU, memory, storage,

PCIe, and fans available

• More easily determine the components needing

adjustments

• Determine headroom to add components –

even while running an application

• Plan management tasks with job scheduling

• Receive notifications through iDRAC

Accurate power monitoring within 1%

• Highly accurate energy reporting can help

ensure the utility drop is right sized

• Improved performance under a power cap

Dell OpenManage Power Center

• Measure and Manage Power Usage

• Create and Implement Multiple Policies

• Reduce consumption during low-load hours

• Maximize allocation of existing resources

• Simplify cost optimization

• Mitigate risk

Subsystem monitoring and power control

“Our conclusion is that this solution, even when implemented in a small

scale, offers us the potential of monitoring energy consumption and

temperature dissipation, allows us to control energy use and prepares us for

the future: we can limit the overall energy consumption of the equipment at

certain critical periods, for example”.

Rogerio Gelamo,

Technology Division Manager for Telefônica/Vivo

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Dell EMC advantages versus white box server management

• Automated firmware updates – on ALL components

• Automated deployment

• No agents to update

• Embedded diagnostic tools

• Predictive failure

• Two factor authentication

• SupportAssist(interact with Dell support directly from iDRAC)

• Phone home automated issue escalation

• Capacity planning and equipment placement

• Cooling analysis

• Graph power use in AMPs and Watts, and the thermals of components

• HTML 5 user interface (no Java!)

• Access at server via smart phone or laptop

• Configure a server from a USB drive

• Rollback to previous firmware versions

Time Savings Convenience Security/Support Power Use

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Dell EMC advantages versus white box server management

• PowerEdge servers can be monitored through consoles from HP, IBM, CA, and Oracle

• Supermicro servers are limited to monitoring through IPMI and SNMP

Integration withMicrosoft and VMware

Monitor Serversfrom third party consoles

• PowerEdge servers can be monitored and managed through Microsoft and VMware management tool

• Supermicro does not have any support of SCCM, and limited integration with System Center 2012 R2

Comprehensive mobile management

• PowerEdge servers can be monitored and managed through a notebook or a cell phone

• Supermicro “IPMIview” supports IPMI tasks only

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A revolutionary approach to converged infrastructure for enterprise computing

Simplify management of

increasingly complex data

centers using the flexibility of

FX platforms to standardize

operations for higher

productivity

Easily and rapidly scale your workloads with an

unprecedented level of density, allowing more

services using fewer resources, resulting in overall

lower costs

Tailor infrastructure

precisely, with the right

compute, storage, caching,

and connectivity to meet

specific workload needs

Simplify complexityMaximize efficiencyOptimize workloads

Dell PowerEdge FX2

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Dell named leader in modular servers marketGartner Servers Magic Quadrant leader for the last 4 consecutive years

Highlights• “Dell has good portfolio breadth and depth in

modular servers.”

• “Partnerships and acquisitions have strengthened

Dell in networking, storage and security, and the

company has strong operating-system alliances

with Microsoft and Red Hat.”

• “FX2 is the first implementation of a family of

dense, integrated solutions for hyperscale and

Mode 2 agile infrastructures.”

“Dell is in the vanguard of webscale IT servers

via its dense PowerEdge FX2 systems and

the industry experience of its DCS group.”

Source: Title, Publication, Date of issue, . See full report: http://gtnr.it/1FQORY9

“Dell is the second-largest provider of x86-based

servers in the world and has a large global reach

through an extensive partner network.”

Why Hyper-converged?

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The Dell EMC Difference

Driven by guiding principles that reduce unnecessary cost and complexityStandards-based No deliberate technology lock in

Open approach No intentionally closed ecosystems

Modular systems No costly monolithic stacks

Flexible scaling No forced constraints or rip-and-replace

Future-ready portfolio No vested interest in legacy systems

End-to-end solutions No siloed viewpoint or hidden agenda

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Dell EMC Hyper-Converged solutions

Dell XC Series

• Jointly engineered by Nutanix and Dell EMC

• Ideal for Hyper-V or KVM environments

Dell EMC VxRail Appliance Family

• Jointly engineered by VMware and Dell EMC

• Fully integrated appliance experience for environments standardized on VMware

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Dell EMC Hyper-Converged DIY

VSAN Ready Nodes

• New PowerEdge R730xd all-flash option

• Updated with Broadwell

• Meets the needs of diverse workloads

ScaleIO Node

• Building block with ScaleIO™

• Scale flexibility and extreme performance

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Realized value with Dell converged infrastructure solutions

Engineers access data in seconds instead of minutes with hyper-converged architecture –Williams F1 Racing

Improve performance by nearly 90%, while saving the school system at least50% of infrastructure costs– Fulton County Schools

50% savings on cost of alternative switching technology for scalable IaaS cloud and avoids vendor lock-in- U2 Cloud

83% fasteraccess to business data with software-defined storage and converged infrastructure – Aubert

Case Studies/Examples

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Accelerated Technology Labs

• Improve system performance and availability

with reduced data center footprint

• Enable new business offerings faster

“We can ensure higher software availability for our laboratory customers by relying on the

Dell PowerEdge FX and Dell Storage arrays. As a result, they can more reliably use our

software to conduct and manage their testing, sequencing and analysis.”-Mark Burke, CIO, Accelerated Technology Laboratories

Dell EMC FX and VRTX Modular Infrastructure

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Teikyo University

• Accelerate the analysis of patient data

• Enhance patient care with a faster, flexible IT

platform

“We can store everything in our Dell XC web-scale hyper-converged appliances and share the

data between systems. We have increased performance, and we have cut costs down by one-

third.”-Dr. Tomohiro Sawa, Medical Information Systems Research Center, Teikyo University Hospital

Dell XC Hyper-converged Software defined deployment

1/2 Deployment

time 1/3 Cost

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The tangible benefits of SDDC

IDC: Quantifying the Business Value of Dell XC Powered by Nutanix Software

Gain business agility with faster service delivery

Minimize and contain cost

Ease maintenance, changes and updates

Improve user experience through standardization

Application optimized infrastructure

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Automate IT processes, saving time and resources

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Top recommendations to ensure SDDC success

1 New processes and culture in place

The right skills and training

Start now; plan ahead! Implement in phases

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4 Ensure compatible technologies

Mitigate vendor lock-in5

“New skills and a cultural shift in the IT

organization are needed to ensure this

(SDDC) approach delivers results for the

business.“

Dave Russell, Gartner*

*Source: Gartner Says the Future of the Data Center is Software-Defined

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Attend related sessions:• MT05: Zero to cloud in 3 hours with Microsoft cloud

• MT152: Designing the most flexible converged system in the industry to date

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