Dell vStart
The simple, fast and smart
path to virtual infrastructure
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What is driving the
continued focus on virtualization?
Business
needs
• Cost containment still
#1 business priority
• Executive mandate
on virtualization/cloud
• Business growth or
geographic expansion
75% pursuing a private cloud
computing strategy by 20123
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Industry
drivers
Technology
trends
• Continued digitization
of our world
• Consolidation of
providers of the IT
stack
• Public cloud/ITaaS
options & success
from quality vendors
• More powerful
infrastructure: multicore, SSD/SAS, 10 GbE
• Converged
infrastructure
• Better virtualization
management tools
• Alternatives to VMware
75%
2010
1st time more applications
installed on virtual than physical servers1
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Why is virtualization so challenging?
Spending
too much
time &
resources
just keeping
this running
29% say roadblock
is lack of in-house
installation or
management skills1
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Two-thirds of
organizations
have
virtualized
50% or less of
their
infrastructure1
Virtualization
breaks from
current
processes
Storage & backup,
silos, SW licensing,
complexity /costs,
sizing & capacity
management
Virtual Infrastructure: Do-It-Yourself Task List:
Driving unnecessary and non-differentiating costs and time
Phase
Change
• Re-test and certify as any components change
• Work across “silos” to grow the infrastructure in a balanced way
• Maintain change management across multiple elements
Configure
• Coordinate the use of multiple tools and specialists
• Troubleshooting and support across multiple sources/suppliers
• Tweak/rebalance infrastructure to account for piecemeal growth
Integrate
• Coordinate “racking and stacking” across multiple constituents
• Maintain consistency through mandates and governance
• Convene server/storage/network/hypervisor experts for configs
Operate
Deliver
Procure
• Manage multiple vendor relationships
• Anticipate and account for long lead times to add capacity
• Facilitate receipt and unpacking of discrete component deliveries
Test
• Ensure that components work together in fully supported configs
• Pilot any new configurations for sizing and planning purposes
• Test new hypervisor features that require HW configuration
Plan
Design
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Tasks
• Design for balance between server, storage and network resources
• Align IT processes to accommodate rapid growth and convergence
• Take advantage of technologies that reduce operational costs
Two Paths to Virtual Infrastructure…
Users say, “I just want to run my workloads”
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You can build the infrastructure
Change
Configure
Integrate
Procure
Test
Design
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Or you can buy it
pre-built and ready to run
Dell vStart – Briefly
Instant Virtualization Appliance – includes management tools,
components, rapid deployment, support from a single vendor. Its
versatility allows it to be relevant across multiple verticals and
company sizes
Enables organizations to rapidly deploy a
consistent pre-configured virtualization
infrastructure without the need to acquire
specialized skills
Features
• Dell rack servers
• Dell EQL storage
• Dell PowerConnect switches
• Dell initial deployment Services
• Pre-installed management tools and plug-ins
Since the solution is built and delivered by Dell,
you have the assurance that you will be served
by a World Class support organization.
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Dell vStart: simple, fast, & smart
• Entire infrastructure: servers,
storage, networking, power,
cabling, rack, management
extensions, and deployment
services
• Delivered pre-racked, precabled, pre-tested and preconfigured and ready to run
virtual machines
Delivered
ready to run
Everything
Included
• Essential virtual management
extensions included
• Seamless deep device-level
data and automated actions
• Order configurations based on
desired capacity
Simple
to buy
Extensions
included
• Initial setup and deployment
into your environment is
included with every vStart
Deployment
service included
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• Virtual infrastructure pre-sized
to support a defined allocation
of virtual machines
Pre-sized
vStart: Open, Capable and Affordable
Servers
• Energy Smart
management
• Award-winning
storage arrays
• Increased
memory per
CPU socket
• Intelligent and
automated
• Hypervisor
redundancy in
server
• Embedded
management
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• Engineered for
virtualization
• Self-optimizing
• Full integration
with VMware
vStorage APIs
Network
Management
• High density
• Dell Mgmt Plugins for VMware
vCenter
• Scale by
stacking
• Advanced
security and
QoS
• Standardsbased, IPv6
certified
• Auto-config on
startup
• System Center
Essentials for
Microsoft HyperV version
(optional)
• Targeted to IT
generalists
• Open to work
within existing
frameworks
Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter
(VMware version)
Enables deployment and management of
Dell Servers from the vCenter console
• Profile based host deployment
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Zero-Touch bare metal hypervisor deployment without
PXE, leveraging Dell Lifecycle Controller
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Leverages VMware vCenter Roles and permissions
• Automated remediation with Phone Home
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All events are added to vCenter event stream
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Specific events can trigger system to be put into
maintenance mode and request a service call
• Maintains hardware currency and mitigates risk
Cut 46 steps
in your bare metal host
provisioning process
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Firmware updates directly from vCenter
• Manages Lifecycle of the server
• Online access to hardware warranty information
and the ability to renew server warranty
Management with System Center Essentials
(Optional for Hyper-V versions)
Single console
management of
servers clients,
hardware, software
and IT Services
http://www.mic
rosoft.com/syst
emcenter/en/us
/essentials.aspx
Hyper-V versions
only
Key benefits include
•Single Solution – enables your customer to run, review, save, print or email information about the
status of their IT environment.
•Single Console management – helps achieve management of physical and virtual servers, hardware,
clients etc. from a single console
•Enables Proactive Management – keeps your customer systems tools up to date to facilitate proactive
management
•Accelerates troubleshooting and problem resolution – generates alerts on performance problems or
when updates are required. Helps resolve issue using integrated troubleshooting and resolution for
servers, clients and IT services.
•Automates system updates – automatically or manually apply updates to Microsoft Operating System
and Microsoft or non-Microsoft applications
•Manages up to 50 physical/ virtual machines
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Supporting Smaller workloads: vStart 50
vStart 50v
vStart 50m
PowerConnect
vStart 50v
vStart 50m
Software included
• VMware ESXi and
vCenter trial
licenses*
• Dell Management
plug-in for vCenter
• Dell plug-ins
*Trial licenses allow
for on-site solution
implementation by
Dell Services
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PowerEdge
Software included
• Microsoft Server
2008 Rx2
(unlimited number
of VM support)
datacenter edition
• Dell plug-ins
Dell EqualLogic
Dell UPS (Upsell)
Sold in two variants, Hyper-V (vStart 50m) or Vmware ESXi
(vStart 50v)
Includes ProSupport NBD and Deployment Services
24 U Dell Rack with PDU; UPS and KMM are optional*
More powerful configurations
vStart 100v
vStart 200v
PowerConnect
Key Upsells
(Uncovered in Site Survey)
• ProSupport NBD and Initial
Deployment Services
• 42U Dell Rack with all
required PDU, UPS, & KVM
Included Software
PowerEdge
Dell EqualLogic
Dell UPS
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• Trial VMware ESXi & vCenter
licenses pre-installed
• Dell Management Plug-in for
VMware vCenter
• Dell EqualLogic Plug-in for
VMware vCenter
The vStart Family
vStart 100v
vStart 200v
PowerConnect
x4
vStart 50
6248
x4
PowerConnect
x4
6024
PowerEdge
x3
R710
x6
x1
R610
x1
PowerEdge
x2
R610
Dell EqualLogic
x1 PS4100XV
Dell EqualLogic
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x2
Dell UPS
Dell UPS (Optional)
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PS6000XV
x2
vStart – designed for reliability
vStart 100v
vStart 50
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vStart 200v
• Switches
• Redundant set
• Servers
• Fail-over capability
• Storage
• RAID
• 2 controllers –
eliminate single
point of failure
• UPS*
• Redundant set
* UPS are optional in vStart 50
Versatility of vStart – Multiple Use Cases
Expanding
virtual
environment
Instant Virtualization Appliance
Focus your resources on building value for
your customers instead of infrastructure
vStart
Application
Hosting
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Disaster
Recovery
Test/ Dev
Remote
Office /
Branch
Office
TS Tech
Company Overview
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Company is US based division, with Honda
as primary customer
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Major locations near Honda plants in OH, IN
and AL
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As the critical supplier of seats and interior
components to Honda, contract stipulates
significant SLA penalties.
Customer Pain Point
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Looking to host specific application
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Reduce complexity and risk of multi-vendor
environment.
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Limited virtualization expertise
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Use Case: Application Hosting
“With the vStart solution, Dell has provided
my organization the ability to quickly add a
highly manageable set of server, network
and storage resources that is delivered
already racked, cabled and ready to power
on at a price the business owners support.”
Why the Customer valued vStart?
• Pre-built configuration and included services
key to customer.
• Single vendor solution including support
Network of Churches
Company Overview
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Large network of churches across 5 states
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Virtualization part of core strategy
Use Case: Expanding Virtual Infrastructure
“vStart
Customer Pain Points
• Time constraints
• Limited resources
• (In)Ability to deploy virtual infrastructures
will help solve needs
around time constraints,
qualified IT staff, ability to
quickly deploy virtualized
infrastructures.”
Why the Customer valued vStart?
• Purchased a vStart to expand their
existing VM infrastructure.
• Very happy with the solution and the
deployment process.
• Fits well in their future business model
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Large Medical Center
Northeast
Company Overview
• 1,500 employees
• Been around for over 100 years
Customer Pain Points
• Wanted to build infrastructure to support
Disaster Recovery
• Time to production was critical
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Use Case: Disaster Recovery
Why the customer valued vStart?
• vStart allowed them to quickly
acquire the infrastructure that
they needed.
• Delivered pre-built and preconfigured
• Came in within their budget
Unpacking 200* VMs - Hours not weeks!
* The actual number of VMs will depend upon the workloads
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Press on Dell vStart
Dell offers prefabricated chunks-o-cloud Coming soon:
Unboxing vids for clusters. Apparently By Timothy Prickett
Morgan
Do you build your own PC from a box of parts when you order that PC from Dell? Of course
not. So why should you have to build your own cluster when you want to do server
virtualization on Dell PowerEdge servers?
Dell’s $1B Cloud Efforts Pit it Against Cisco and Amazon
By Derrick Harris
Among the highlights of the news is vStart…vStart packs compute, storage, networking and
management software into a single unit….. the goal is to give customers a product “ready to run”
right out of the box with no complex assembly required
Dell proposes vStart for fast VMware build outs
By Alex Barrett, News Director
In theory, the pre-configured and pre-wired bundle sounds great to IT pros like Joe Foran,
director of IT at FSW Inc., a nonprofit social services agency in Bridgeport, Conn.
“I would love to just drop in a box, do some configuration work on it, and walk away,” Foran
said. Heterogeneous, ‘best of breed’ systems are great “if you’re in a big company and have a
lot of money to throw around and need top-of-the-line performance.” Most everyone else,
meanwhile, can benefit from the simplified setup and management of a pre-configured
bundle, he said.
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VMware on Dell vStart
“VMware is dedicated to helping customers quickly
onboard a virtualization infrastructure so they can scale
to a cloud computing environment. Dell vStart, powered
by VMware vSphere®, is one example of how together
with Dell, VMware delivers a complete IT solution
including servers, storage, switches and management –
making it easier and faster for companies to adopt
virtualization.”
—Gary Green, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances,
VMware
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Our customers on vStart
“With the vStart solution, Dell has provided my
organization the ability to quickly add a highly
manageable set of server, network and storage
resources that is delivered already racked, cabled
and ready to power on at a price the business
owners support.”
Bill Sommer, MIS Manager, TS Tech NA
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Dell vStart value proposition
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Start
Simple
One easy way to get
everything you need to
start realizing the benefits
of virtualization without the
complexity
Start
Fast
Delivered ready to run:
pre-racked, pre-wired, pretested, and pre-configured
with essential management
extensions
Start
Smart
Pre-sized so you can scale
with confidence and stay
focused on the business –
not the infrastructure
Thank you
Dell.com/Partner/vStart
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