The Efficient Data Center Dell Advanced Infrastructure
Manager
Presenter Name
Title
Data center flexibility
challenges
Non-strategic tasks burn most cycles
Provisioning infrastructure takes too much time
We have more physical than virtual servers
Variable workloads = sub-optimized capacity
VM deployment quality inconsistent
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The efficient data center
architecture
Intelligent
Infrastructure
Simplified
Infrastructure
Management
Streamlined
Application
& Workload
Management
Intelligent Data
Management
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Smart, virtual ready infrastructure
for rapid deployment and
optimized operations
Tools for managing and deploying
your physical, virtual and logical
infrastructure
Rapid delivery of strategic IT
services with groundbreaking
new capabilities
Optimization of data value
throughout its lifecycle, placing it
on the right tier and storage type
+ Intelligent, purpose built servers
+ Efficient I/O fabric
+ Optimized storage
+ Cloud-optimized infrastructure
+ Policy-based updates & config
+ Manage network, storage,
servers in a single pool
+ VMWare, Hyper-V, Xen, physical
+ Compress the time-to-value for
new applications
+ Self-service IT
+ Proactive, predictive monitoring
+ Disaster recovery / continuity
+ Object and unified storage
+ Automated tiering
and de-duplication
The need for Simplified
Infrastructure Management
SERVERS
STORAGE
NETWORKING
Server Team
Storage Team
Networking Team
+ Discrete Server, Storage and Networking teams have to commit
resources
+ Extremely people intensive processes
+ Lengthy time to deploy a resource set and then turn it into a solution
+ Organizational challenges limit optimization / utilization once it becomes
a solution
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When complete, solutions
often inefficient
Experimental
workload
Mail
Workload
Business Cycle
Workload
Day 1
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Experimental workload resources often don’t get reclaimed
Hyper-growth workloads constantly require care and feeding
Cyclic workloads waste resources
All workloads are over resourced for safety
1 Year
Dell Efficient Data Center in action
Dell Virtual Integrated System
Dell Virtual Integrated System
VIS
Delivery
Center
VIS
Integration Suites
VIS
Infrastructure
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Accelerate delivery of
strategic IT services with
groundbreaking new
capabilities
Integration of the most
common infrastructure
activities into VMM
Rapid resource deployment,
optimized operations, and
planning
VIS Infrastructure Approach: Manage a
single resource pool with Dell Advanced
Infrastructure Manager
Efficiently manage the
entire infrastructure and
all it’s elements
• Servers, server network
connections
• Storage, storage network
connections
• Network infrastructure
connecting the servers in
the rack to the network
backbone
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Deploy, manage and maintain a
single resource pool
Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Management
Virtualization
+ Rapidly and repeatably deploy your VMWare,
HyperV, Xen and physical systems, Dell can help
break through your Virtualization roadblocks
Server / Storage /
Networking
+ Drive data center ROI by integrating new and
existing server / storage / networking into a
single resource pool – no single vendor lock in
Infrastructure
optimization
+ Allocate resources to meet dynamic workload
demands – no resource silos
Deployment and
operation
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+ Efficiently manage heterogeneous virtual and
physical systems to reduce TCO
+ Bring virtual-like functionality to physical servers
Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Dynamic server re-provisioning
• Rack Once, Cable Once
• No manual changes to LAN/SAN switches, cabling, storage LUNs
• No manual changes to network addresses, storage addresses
• No reloading software on servers
One moment servers are a
Windows cluster, on an internal
network, connected to LUN1…
The next moment the servers are a
Linux Web Grid, on an external
network, connected to LUNs 2 & 3…
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Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Data center consolidation
QA / Test
Utilization – 35%
Pre-production
Utilization – 60%
Standby
Utilization – 0%
Production
Utilization – 50%
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Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Improved availability – N+1 failover
Automate in-site failover across disparate hardware
Instantly restore servers, network, and storage access
Move back as needed
Test DR easily, non-intrusively, frequently
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Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Simplified Disaster Recovery
Storage
Replication
Automate site-site failover across
disparate hardware
Instantly restore servers,
network, and storage access
Leverage storage synchronization
Test DR easily, non-intrusively,
frequently
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Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Workload balancing
Add additional servers with appropriate
connectivity as-needed
Move servers to higher or lower-CPU
hardware as desired
Move back as needed
Power on / Power off for efficiency
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Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Dynamically migrate workloads –
Physical to virtual or virtual to physical
Seamlessly move servers in to and out of
physical or virtual machines
Instantaneous process: no delay
Move back as needed
No “conversion” = no risk of different
software on each platform
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Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager
advantages
Dell Advantage
Management
Virtualization
Server / Storage
/ Networking
Infrastructure
optimization
Deployment and
operation
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+ Single tool management of heterogeneous virtual and
physical systems
+ VMWare, HyperV, Xen (and physical) support
+ Open, multi-vendors and multi-connect
+ Automate dynamic workload variability
+ Reclaim / redeploy resources for strategic projects
+ Rapid, repeatable VM and physical deployment
Advanced Infrastructure Manager
advantages
Management
Server / Storage
/ Networking
Infrastructure
optimization
Deployment and
operation
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Dell
Others
+ Single tool management of
heterogeneous virtual
and physical systems
- Islands of efficiency that
must be individually
managed
+ Open, multi-vendors
and multi-connect
- Replace w limited
vendor and technology
options
+ Automate dynamic
workload variability
+ Reclaim / redeploy
resources
- Single solution
island In your
data center
+ Rapid, repeatable
VM and physical
deployment
- Storage management?,
Fabric management?
- OS deployments
- HW/FW upgrades?
- Physical to virtual
swap?
The efficient data center
advantage
Intelligent
Infrastructure
Simplified
Infrastructure
Management
Streamlined
Application
& Workload
Management
Intelligent Data
Management
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+ Optimize the management of both physical and virtual servers
+ Incremental, open approach to protect your IT investments
+ Free-up 50% of your IT budget for innovation
+ Dynamically manage servers, networks, storage and workloads
+ Radically reduce the number of devices to cable, deploy,
manage, power, cool and the tools required
+ Automate the day to day, from workload deployments to
image creations
+ Design to use the best-of-breed technologies as they
develop – no vendor lock-in… even Dell
+ Storage virtualization, efficient object storage, automated data
tiering, and de-duplication can reduce storage costs > 50%
+ Leverage on-demand capacity scaling and cloud DR
Getting started with the
Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager
Dell Services Advanced Infrastructure Manager Workshop
Business ready configurations
For an all-in-one data center purchase
Dell’s Business Ready Configurations
for All-in-One Data Centers are highperformance, data center solutions
that are tested and validated
configurations combining:
• PowerEdge M-series blades and
• EqualLogic PS6000 SAN, with
• Brocade / PowerConnect Networking
switches and
• Scalent Virtual Operating Environment
(VOE) technology
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Software only
Dell Advanced Infrastructure
Manager software available as a
media kit drop-in-the-box with one
of the certified Dell platforms:
• PowerEdge M-series blades or
• PowerEdge Rack servers or
• EqualLogic storage
How to get started on the
efficient data center journey
Intelligent
Infrastructure
Simplified
Infrastructure
Management
Streamlined
Application and
Workload
Management
Intelligent Data
Management
Sign-up for a Dell
Efficient Architecture
Workshop
Implement the Dell
Advanced
Infrastructure
Manager
Engage Dell for Virtual
Integrated System
discussions /
demonstrations
Sign up for a Dell
Storage Optimization
Workshop and
Assessment
Implement the Dell
Lifecycle Controller
Dell Virtualization
Readiness Assessment
Request a Dell Blade
POD trial
Establish industry best
practices based on
hyper-scale cloud
computing, performance
& Dell
IT metrics
Engage Dell for NDA
planning on the Dell
DX6000 Object
Storage Platform
Sign up for a Dell
Data Center
Assessment
Standardize on 10Gb
Ethernet technology
(PowerConnect)
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Engage Dell in a
Tiered Storage
Assessment
The Efficient Data Center Dell Advanced Infrastructure
Manager