VCE/vBlock Configs

Jasdeep Singh

First Things first…

• What is vBlock ?

Vblock Infrastructure Packages are integrated IT offerings from the VCE coalition, combining

best-of-breed networking, compute, storage, security, and management with end-to-end vendor accountability—a whole new way of delivering IT to business.1

• What is VCE ?

An abbreviation for Virtual Computing Environment. The VCE is the alliance between Cisco/VMware/EMC.

• Where do we fit in ?Only for EMC listed products

Components of vBlock

• Compute/Network ( from Cisco )

• Virtualization ( from VMware )

• Storage ( from EMC )

• Management ( from VMware/Cisco/EMC )

Size ‘em up

• vBlock 0• vBlock 1• vBlock 2

vBlock 0

• Cisco UCSCisco Nexus 2K/5K/7K

• VMware vSphere 4

• Unified Storage ( Celerra /CLARiiON )

• EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager a.k.a. UIM 2.0 (Optional)EMC PowerPathEMC UnisphereVMware vCenterCisco UCS Manager

• Supports 300-800 VMs

vBlock 1

• Cisco UCSCisco Nexus 2K/5K/7KCisco MDS 9000 series (Optional)

• VMware vSphere 4

• Unified Storage ( Celerra /CLARiiON )

• EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager a.k.a. UIM 2.0 EMC PowerPathEMC UnisphereVMware vCenterCisco UCS ManagerFabric Manager (Optional)

• Supports 800-3000 VMs

vBlock 2

• Cisco UCS

Cisco Nexus 2K/5K/7K

Cisco MDS 9000 series (Optional*)

• VMware vSphere 4

• Symmetrix VMAX

• EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager a.k.a. UIM 2.0

EMC PowerPath

EMC Unisphere

VMware vCenter

Cisco UCS Manager

Fabric Manager (Optional*)

• Supports 3000-6000+ VMs

The configs we are supposed to make…

• Cisco Nexus 2K/5K/7KCisco MDS 9000 series (Optional*)

• Symmetrix VMAXUnified Storage ( Celerra /CLARiiON )

• EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager a.k.a. UIM 2.0EMC PowerPathEMC Unisphere/Control CenterFabric Manager (Optional*)

About UIM 2.0

• What is it ? Single Point of Management for Vblocks

• Quotes for UIM 2.0 are for – 1)vBlocks 2)Competitive bids against BMC Bladelogic, IBM CloudBURST, HP BladeSystem Matrix

About UIM 2.0

Ordering Guidelines -

• Effective October 11, 2010: $6500 per blade

• There is the license card and its still free

• Foundation license per data center/NOC charge is $10,000

• The software per license blade for under 150 blades is $6500 per blade

• The software per license blade for 150 and 299 blades is $4878 per blade

• The software per license blade for 300 and 499 blades is $3770 per blade

• The software per license blade for over 500 blades is$3058 per blade

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

Microsoft Excel Worksheet

BOMs…

References

Adobe Acrobat Document

vBlock Infrastructure

Microsoft Word Document

VCEPackageFAQs

UIM presentation

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Present