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    Test Validation

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    Hitachi Unified Compute Platform(UCP) Pro for VMwarevSphere

    Author: Leah Schoeb, Sr. Partner,Evaluator Group

    April 2013

    Enablingyoutomakethebesttechnologydecisions

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    Table of Contents

    ExecutiveSummary ....................................................................................................... 2

    EnterpriseSystemManagementChallengeswithVirtualInfrastructures....................... 3HitachiUnifiedComputePlatformOverview ................................................................. 4

    Orchestration............................................................................................................................ 4Hardware .................................................................................................................................. 5SoftwareHitachiUnifiedComputePlatformDirectorandConsole....................................... 7

    ValidationOverview&Objectives ............................................................................... 11EvaluationFindings...................................................................................................... 11

    MonitoringwithHitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)Director .............................................. 11ProvisioningphysicalserversandESXiservers ............................................................................... 12ImageManagementandDeployment ............................................................................................ 13StorageProvisioning ....................................................................................................................... 14Configuring

    VLANs........................................................................................................................... 15

    EvaluationSummary.................................................................................................... 16References................................................................................................................... 18

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    Executive Summary

    ServervirtualizationhasbecomeacommonpartoftodaysITdatacenters. Oneofthemajorbenefitsof

    servervirtualizationistheabilitytoconsolidatehundredstothousandsofvirtualizedserversinafew

    physicalserversintoasinglevirtualinfrastructure. ThisconsolidationcansignificantlyreduceITrelated

    CAPEXandOPEX. Therapiddeploymentofvirtualizedinfrastructureshasbeenmaturingandgrowingin

    sizewhichhasmadeinfrastructuremanagementmorecomplex. HitachiDataSystemsrecently

    introducedaconvergedsolutiontonotonlysimplifythedeploymentofavirtualinfrastructurebutalso

    simplifythemanagementofthatinfrastructure.

    ConvergedinfrastructuresolutionscanreduceOPEXbyminimizinganadministratorstimewith

    provisioningresources,managing,monitoringandtroubleshootingthedatacenterinfrastructurewith

    centralizedmanagement. Inturn,thiswillminimizesystemdowntimethereforereducingtheimpacton

    SLAs. Thesetypesofconvergedsolutionsaregoodforrapiddeploymentofprivatecloudenvironments

    withthenecessarysecuritybuiltin.

    HitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)ProforVMwarevSphereisthenextgenerationin

    infrastructuremanagementandispartoftheHitachisolutionforbuildingandmanagingvirtual

    infrastructuresasaconsolidatedbusinessresourcepool. UCPProforVMwarevSpherearchitectureis

    designedtoenablerapiddeploymentandsimplifiedmanagementofenterpriseclassvirtual

    infrastructures.

    UCPPro

    for

    VMware

    vSphere

    fully

    integrates

    and

    supports

    both

    physical

    and

    virtual

    componentsoftheinfrastructureandsupportssimpleautomationandorchestrationthroughitsHitachi

    UnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)Directorsoftware,whichisintegrateddirectlyintoVMwarevCenter.

    Minimalphysicalinstallationisrequiredsinceallcomponents(servers,networkingandstorage)are

    alreadycabledandintegratedtogetheratthefactorytocreateareadymadedatacenter. TheseHitachi

    brandedcomponentsincludeIntelXeonprocessorbasedHitachiCB500bladechassisandachoiceof

    HitachiVirtualStoragePlatform(VSP),HitachiUnifiedStorageVM(HUSVM),orHitachiUnifiedStorage

    150(HUS150). IntelhasrearchitectedtheXeonfamilytoaddthespecificcapabilitiesneededfor

    todaysITstorageproblems,enablingtheenergyefficientperformance,dataprotectionandscalability

    toaddresstheexplosionofdata,improvedatacenterefficiencyandprepareforemergentusagemodels

    atthesamepowerenvelopeinanintelligententerprise. VMwarevSphere5.1andtheintegratedUCP

    Directormanagement

    software

    is

    also

    pre

    installed,

    reducing

    installation

    and

    configuration

    time

    and

    cost,whichcaninturnminimizeongoingmaintenancecosts. UsingUCPDirectorstandardtemplatesto

    deployESXihosts,theuseralwaysstartsfromtheexactsameknownstate. Thisallowsforfaster

    deploymenttimeandlowercostofoperations.

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    ArchitectedproductslikeUCPProforVMwarevSpherefulfillarequirementforthosewhoneedto

    rapidlydeployandmanageanenterprisevirtualinfrastructureand/orprivatecloud. Thisconverged

    solutionfrom

    HDS

    is

    built

    to

    order,

    pre

    tested

    and

    pre

    configured

    to

    customer

    requirements

    before

    it

    reachesitsdestinationinthedatacenter. TheunifiedmanagementandtheuseofRESTfulpublicAPI

    and/orCLIintegratedintoVMwarevCentergivestheadministratortheabilitytovisualizethecomplete

    virtualandphysicalinfrastructurefromVMwarevCenter. Inaddition,unifiedorchestration,monitoring

    andtroubleshootingofferstheabilitytoprovision,configure,andcorrelatephysicalandvirtualalertsfor

    fastertroubleshooting.

    VMwarevSphereisthefirstofseveralhypervisorsandnativetier1applications(likeMicrosoftHyperV,

    OracleDatabase,MicrosoftExchange,etc)UCPProforVMwarevSpherewillsupport.

    EvaluatorGroupassessedtheUCPProforVMwarevSpherehardwarearchitectureandsoftware

    systemsmanagement

    in

    December

    2012.

    We

    reviewed

    the

    UCP

    Director

    software

    integrated

    within

    VMwarevCenterandvalidateditsfunctionality.

    Enterprise System Management Challenges with VirtualInfrastructures

    EvaluatorGroupspeakswithITusersfromcompaniesofallsizesacrosstheworld. Althoughnew

    architectures,capabilitiesandapplicationspresentongoingchallengesforITstaffinVMware

    environments,thefactremainsthatalargeportionoftimeandresourcesremaindedicatedto

    installationsofvirtualizedinfrastructures. Despitetherecentwidespreadadoptionofserver

    virtualizationand

    all

    its

    benefits,

    the

    process

    of

    building

    and

    managing

    anew

    non

    integrated

    virtual

    infrastructure(servers,network,storage,virtualization,OSandapplications)canbeastimeconsuming

    asanonvirtualizedinfrastructure. Inaddition,someofthetimeconsumingmanagementtasksITstaff

    findwithatraditionalnonintegratedare:

    ImagemanagementManagingupdates,changingdefaultimagesandmaintainingactiveimagesforeachhost(ESXiServer)canbetimeconsumingandattimesdifficulttomanagein

    largerenvironments. Keepingtrackofnewupdatesandpatches,alongwithcreatingnewimages

    andmodifyingautodeployrulescanbecometedious.

    MonitoringItcanbedifficulttomonitoravirtualizedinfrastructurewhenthereisnosingleinterfacetomonitorboththephysicalandvirtualcomponents. Alertsofpendinghardware

    failurescan

    be

    missed

    or

    go

    undetected.

    Without

    the

    holistic

    picture

    in

    asingle

    management

    systemthiscouldcauselongertroubleshootingtimes.

    Provisioningo Host(ConfiguringahostanddeployinganESXiimage)Performingthisprocessmanually

    raisesthepossibilityofmakingerrorsalongtheway. Findingtherightimagesanddrivers

    onlinecanbetimeconsuming.

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    o Storage(CreatingandattachingvolumesorLUNs)Inmanycases,thewayorganizationsarestructuredcanaffectthetimeneededtocreateandattachstoragevolumesandLUNs.

    Thesetasks

    can

    sometimes

    add

    weeks

    to

    the

    process.

    A

    typical

    scenario

    can

    look

    like

    the

    following:

    Oncetheadministratorputsinarequestforstoragetothestorageadministrator,he/shehastoidentifyspaceandlocationtocreatethevolumeorLUNandaddit

    totheinfrastructure.

    WhenthevolumeorLUNhasbeenadded,theSANadministratorneedstoidentifytheWWNsforthehostandarrayportsandcreatethezonesinthe

    appropriatefabric.

    AtthispointtheVIadministratorcanmountthenewstoragevolume,thencreateandformatpartitions,andcreatetheneededdatastores.

    o Network(ConfiguringaVLAN)Performingthisprocessmanuallycanbeerrorprone,time

    consuming

    and

    complex

    too.

    Identifying

    all

    of

    the

    hosts

    in

    acluster

    to

    collect

    VLAN

    information,determiningportconnectionsfromeachhost,andconfiguringallswitch

    portsconnectedtotheclustermanuallyincreasesadministrativetimerequirements.

    AprimaryvalueoftheHitachiUCPProforVMwarevSphereistheeliminationofthetimespentonthese

    commontasks. Thehardwareandsoftwarearepreinstalledandpreconfiguredbyproductexpertsand

    developers. Thisoffersahighdegreeofintegration.

    Hitachi Unified Compute Platform OverviewOrchestration

    HitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)Pro forVMwarevSphereprovides orchestrationcapabilities,

    whichcombinecomputing,networking,managementandstorageintooneintegratedproductto

    provision,manageandofferservicesfromasingleconsole. Orchestrationcanoffer:

    ConsolidatedmanagementTheabilitytoconsolidatemanagementfrommultiplesitesmakesiteasiertoperformupdatesfromacorporatelevelandallowsforasingleteamtomanageSLAsvia

    centralizedtemplates.

    CostCentralizingwithinasingleconsolecansavetimeandmoneyinsimplifiedmanagement,lowertheriskofhumanerrorwithautomatedtasks,andprovidetheabilitytocoordinate

    workflow.

    FlexibilityandAgilityRapiddeploymentallowstheadministratortorespondquicklytorequestsandeffectivelymeetSLAs. Thisconsolidatedapproachmakesactivitieslikechargeback

    andreportingeasierandlesstimeconsuming.

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    ApplicationAlignedInfrastructureBusinessstrategyandprocessescanbealignedwithchargebackandSLAs. ApplicationscanbescaledtotherequiredsizetomeetSLAsandoptimize

    theuse

    of

    resources.

    Figure1 UCPOrchestration

    (HCSM=HitachiComputeSystemManager,HDvM=HitachiDeviceManager,VSP=VirtualStorage

    Platform,HUSVM=HitachiUnifiedStorageVM,HUS=HitachiUnifiedStorage)

    Hardware

    Thehardwareconfiguration(Storage,Server,EthernetandFibreChannelNetworks,andmanagement

    console)comespreconfiguredandbuilttoorder. Figure2showsthebaseconfigurationwhichcanbe

    expandedtoanadditionalcomputerackwithuptofourmorecomputeblocks(upto32servers),

    additionalsupportingpower,and2additional8GBFCswitches. Inadditionthestoragecanbe

    expandedwithanadditionalstoragerackofHitachiVirtualStoragePlatform(VSP)FCstorageorany

    supported3rd

    partystorage(seereferences).

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    Computeblockseachcomputeblockiscomprisedofa6UCB500chassiswithupto8internalbladeserversbasedonthelatestgenerationIntelXeonprocessorsbuilttoespeciallysupport

    virtualizedenvironments.

    Hitachi

    has

    designed

    these

    blade

    servers

    to

    take

    advantage

    of

    the

    IntelXeonarchitectureforperformanceandcapacityinahighlydenseformfactor. Key

    IntelligentstoragebenefitsenabledbyIntelincludedatadeduplication,datacompression,

    intelligenttieringandthinprovisioning. Additionalcomputeblockscanbeaddedasneededfor

    growth.

    NetworkBrocadeEthernetandSANswitchesarepreinstalledandconfiguredtoassistinrapiddeploymentofVLANsandSANprovisioning

    Storageo HitachiVirtualStoragePlatform(VSP)ispreinstalledandoffersstoragevirtualization,

    provisioning,andautomatictieringforconvenience. VSPsupportsvirtualizingthirdparty

    storagearrays(seereferences)behindtheVSP.

    o HitachiUnifiedStorage150(HUS150)consolidatesfile,blockandobjectstorageneeds.o HitachiUnifiedStorageVM(HUSVM)consolidatesfile,blockandobjectstorageneeds

    especiallyforvirtualizedinfrastructures.

    Hitachistoragesolutions,utilizingIntelsXeonprocessorscanhelprelievebottlenecks,allowingdata

    toflowmorefreely. Virtualizedapplicationscanbefullyutilized,thegrowingvolumeofdatacanbe

    quicklycapturedandusersdemandforcontentandrealtimedataaccesscanbeeasilyandquickly

    supported.

    ManagementThereareredundantmanagementservers(CR210H)thathostVMwarevCenter,

    HitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)Director,andallotherinfrastructuremanagementtools.

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    Figure2HitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)Hardware

    Software Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Director and Console

    HitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)DirectorsoftwareisintegrateddirectlyintovCenterand

    providesmanagementandprocessorchestrationforacollectivegroupofassetsasbusinessresource

    pools. UCPDirectorcansimplifytheintegrationandongoingmanagementoflargeenvironmentsand

    canhelp

    reduce

    capital

    expenditure

    (CAPEX)

    and

    operating

    expenditure

    (OPEX),

    as

    scope

    and

    scale

    of

    theseenvironmentscontinuetogrow.

    Note: Attimestheremaybespecializedserverorstoragemanagementfeaturesthatrequiretheuseof

    theserverandstorageelementmanagers. InthesecasesUCPDirectorwilllinktothemtocompletethe

    task.

    UCP

    Pro Hardware Architecture

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    UCPDirectorintegratesfourmainfunctionsintoVMwarevCenter:

    Inventoryofhardware Monitorhardwarerelatedevents Manageimagestoindividualserversandservertypes AutomateEthernetandFibreChannelconfiguration

    Figure3ThickClient UCPDirectorConsole

    InUCPProforVMwarevSpherev2.1,HitachidevelopedarichwebbasedclientversionoftheirUCP

    Directorsoftware. TheUCPDirectorwebclientofferscrossplatformsupportandcanberunusingany

    standardwebbrowser. Additionalfeaturessuchasinventorylists,relatedobjectsandportletsoffera

    more

    comprehensive

    view

    of

    the

    datacenter

    to

    the

    vCenter

    administrator.

    Like

    the

    thick

    or

    server

    basedversion(figure3),thewebclientversionofUCPDirectoristightlyintegratedwithinVMware

    vCenteranditsgraphicaluserinterface. DevelopingawebclientversionofUCPDirectorisinkeeping

    withVMwaresstrategyofdevelopingwebbasedclientversionsofalltheirmajorapplicationsand

    managementtools. ThewebclientversionofUCPDirectoroffersallthefeaturesandfunctionalityof

    thethickserverbasedversionofthesoftwareandevenextendsfunctionalityintostandardpartsof

    VMwarevCenter.

    UCP

    Director Monitoring with

    vCenter

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    Figure5vSphereWebClient ViewUCPphysicalinfrastructureinventory

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    Validation Overview & ObjectivesHitachi Data Systems commissioned Evaluator Groupto validatetheirclaims of the rapiddeployment

    and ease of management of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Pro for VMware vSphere. The

    validationobjectivesweretoobserveandconductthefollowingfunctionality:

    1. ProvisionphysicalserversandESXiservers2. ImageManagementandDeployment3. StorageProvisioning4. ConfiguringVLANs5. EaseofuseandfeelofinventorywithUCPProforVMwarevSphere

    Evaluation Findings

    Monitoring with Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) Director

    UCPProforVMwarevSphereshowsacompletehardwareinventory(computechassis,servers,storage,

    EthernetandFCswitches). Scansareperformedregularlytokeephardwaredetailsuptodate. The

    followingtablesnotonlyshowedinventoryinformationbutalsostatusandhealth(greenorred)ofthe

    hardware. ThishardwareinformationcoupledwiththevCenterinformationaboutthevirtual

    infrastructuregivestheadministratoranendtoendviewtohelpwithmonitoringforSLAsand

    troubleshootingforissues.

    ComputeChassistable Therewasgooddetailofthecomputechassis,includingdetailsofeachbladesconfiguration. Therearetwowaystoviewthephysicalserverinventory.

    StoragetableDetailsoftheHitachiVirtualStoragePlatform(VSP)storagearraywaseasytofindonthestoragepage. ThetoplevelstoragepageshowstabsforwhichPools,Volumesand

    Portsareavailableandthepageshowshardwaredetails,suchasserialnumber,microcode

    version,capacityandID. Detailsaboutavailable,reservedallocatedorunallocatedcapacitywas

    alsoinformationeasilyfound.

    FibreChannelSwitchestable ThistableshowedtheportID,state(online,nolight,nosync),status,WWNconnection,andthedevicetheportisconnectedto. Wedrilleddowntothe

    Credentials

    and

    IP

    address

    tab

    and

    were

    able

    to

    get

    the

    username,

    password

    detection

    and

    managementIPaddress.

    EthernetswitchestableNetworkingmappingcanbeviewedthroughserverdetails. VLANIDs,portsandEthernetdevicesconnectedtoaredisplayed. Thistabledisplayedswitchname,status

    (active,unreachable,unsupported,initializing),serialnumber,type,makeandmodel,firmware

    version,managementIPaddressandID.

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    Provisioning physical servers and ESXi servers

    UCPProforVMwarevSphereUCPDirectorwithinvCenterprovidesacompleteserverhardware

    inventoryviewtoprovisionphysicalserversandbuildESXiserverswithESXiAutoDeploy. Imagesfor

    deploymentwereeasytocreate. UCPDirectorworkswiththeHitachiComputeSystemManager

    (HCSM)toprovidetheserverhardwareviewinvCenter. Inaddition,eventscommunicationcreatedby

    theUCPDirectorbetweenvCenterandHCSMgaveusachancetoseealerts,suchashardwarefailures,

    showupandtriggeranalarmautomatically. Thisallowedustoobserveaphysicalserverautomatically

    putintomaintenancemodeandthemigrationoftheVMstoanotherphysicalserver.

    Inorder

    to

    administer

    physical

    servers

    and

    images,

    new

    UCP

    administrator

    roles

    with

    the

    appropriate

    permissionsmustbeadded. Theactualmanagementofallphysicalserverswasshownthroughusing

    UCPDirector. Eachserverhasatableofinformation(Figure5)showingpower,hostnamesfrom

    vCenter,healthstatistics,serverserialnumber,slotlocationinachassis,imageinformation,component

    resourcesandmore.

    Figure5PhysicalServerDetails

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    Image Management and Deployment

    Normallymanaginghostimages(ESXiserverimages)inVMwarevCenterisamanualprocesswhich

    requiresmultiplestepsorcanbeautomatedusingVMwarePowerCLI. HitachiUnifiedCompute

    Platform(UCP)ProforVMwarevSpherehasalreadyautomatedthisprocesssothereisnoneedtowrite

    anythinginPowerCLI,savingtimefortheadministrator. WeobservedthatUCPDirectorallowedusto

    reviewrepositoriesforimages. ThenwewereabletoclonethatrepositorytotheinventoryasaUCP

    imagewhichcanbedeployedononeoftheservers.

    OnedefaultimagecomeswithUCPProforVMwarevSpherethatcontainsallthesupporteddrivers. We

    observedthisimagebeingdeployedonaserver,copiedtobecloned,andcopiedtobechangedfor

    otherrequirements. Eachservertypewillhaveadefaultimagefromwhichtowork. Inaddition,we

    observedthat

    when

    aphysical

    server

    is

    reset

    then

    through

    vCenter

    an

    image

    will

    be

    automatically

    deployed. Ifthereisnospecificimageconfiguredforthephysicalserverthedefaultimageforthat

    servertypewouldbedeployed. Inourcasethedefaultimagewasdeployed. Weeasilyclonedanimage

    fromthehostimagestablewithjustarightclick,fillinginanewnamefortheimageinthedialogbox,

    thenclickingOK.

    Figure6showsthetableforviewingandmanagingimages. HitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)

    DirectorConsolehasahostimagestabundertheserversectionthatgaveusaviewoftheimage

    details,suchas,imagename,ID,defaultornot,status,UCPimage,descriptionoftheimage,vendor,last

    modifiedandmore. Thenwedrilleddowndeepertoseeotherimagedetails,suchaspackage

    information(name,vendor,version,releasedataandmore).

    Weobservedotherimagemanagementoperations,likeeditingandconfiguringimages,checkingfor

    updates,makingchangestothedefaultimage,assignedanimagetoanotherphysicalserver,and

    deployingpendingimages.

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    Figure6ImageManagement

    Storage Provisioning

    HitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)DirectoristightlyintegratedwithHitachiVirtualStorage

    Platform(VSP)StorageArraybywayoftheHitachiDataManager(HDM)andisabletousetheHitachi

    VSPfeatureslikeHitachiDynamicProvisioning(HDP),HitachiDynamicTiering(HDT)andHitachi

    UniversalVolume

    Manager

    (UVM).

    The

    Hitachi

    Device

    Manager

    (HDM)

    is

    used

    first

    to

    create

    the

    storagepools. Thesestoragepoolscreatedfromphysicalparitygroupscanbestripedwideandenable

    thinprovisioningtominimizeoverprovisioning. Inaddition,ifatieredstorageapproachisneededto

    prioritizeperformancecharacteristics,HDTcanhaveSSD,SASandSATAdrivesinthesamestoragepool.

    ThenUCPDirectorusestheHitachiDeviceManager(HDvM)asastorageelementtoprovisionstorage

    volumes. WeobservedavolumebeingcreatedontheHitachiVSPthroughthisintegratedstorage

    managementandthenbepresentedinvCenterinventoryasavailablespaceforthecluster. This

    demonstratedastorageprovisioningworkflow.

    OncestoragepoolswerecreatedtheywereviewedviathePoolsTableshowninfigure7below. The

    poolstableshowedinformationlikethestatus,thetotalphysicalcapacity,thetypeofpool(HDPorHDT),

    physicalutilization

    and

    ID.

    We

    drilled

    down

    further

    into

    the

    pool

    details

    and

    observed

    drive

    type,

    the

    availablecapacity(GB)andpercentallocated. InadditiontheVolumetabshowedusthevolumesand

    eachvolumesdetailintheselectedpool. WenotonlyobservedtheLDEV,nameandtheassociated

    poolID,butalsothemappinginformationshowingthephysicalserver(s)thatthevolumeisattachedto

    anditsutilizationinformation. Foradditionalmappinginformationwelookedattheportstable. The

    porttableshowedthenameofthearrayport,theWWN,thespeed,thetype(Fibre,iSCSI,orFCoE),and

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    theattributes(target,initiator,orexternal). Toconfigureahost(ESXiserver)orclusterstorageweused

    theserverstabletocreate,addanddeleteahostvolume.

    Figure7CreateNewVolumes

    Configuring VLANs

    HitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)DirectoractsasaninterfacetotheEthernetswitchinside

    vCenterandisabletoreporthardwareeventsandautomateVLANconfigurationsforanyEthernet

    switch.

    We

    observed

    that

    the

    two

    Ethernet

    switches

    used

    in

    the

    validation

    were

    already

    added

    to

    UCP

    Directorinventoryandwereavailabletobeconfigured. WeobservedthisintheEthernetSwitchestable

    whichshowedtheswitchnames,thestatusofeachswitch,theserialnumberofeachswitch,switch

    type,makeandmodel,firmwareversion,IPaddressandID.

    OnceEthernetswitcheshavebeenaddedVLANscanbecreatedforthevirtualmachinenetwork. Thisis

    normallycreatedmanuallywithinvCenter. OnceVLANsontheESXiservershavebeendefinedthrough

    Storage Provisioning

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    ProforVMwarevSphereTestValidation

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    2013EvaluatorGroup,Inc. Allrightsreserved. Reproductionofthispublicationinanyform

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    vCenter,UCPProforVMwarevCentercanconfigurethem. ThedefaultVLANswereconfiguredforall

    managedports. WealsoobservedthatdifferentVLANswereconfiguredonindividualhostsand/or

    clusters.

    Figure7CreateaVLAN

    Evaluation Summary

    TheEvaluatorGroupfoundthatHitachiUnifiedComputePlatform(UCP)ProforVMwarevSphereisan

    easysolution

    for

    IT

    organizations

    needing

    to

    rapidly

    deploy

    and

    manage

    aVMware

    vSphere

    infrastructureordeployaprivatecloud. TheunifiedmanagementwiththetightintegrationoftheUCP

    DirectorwithinvCenterdoesgivetheadministratoranendtoendviewfromvCentertoorchestrate,

    monitor,andtroubleshoottheirinfrastructuretomeetandkeepSLAs. Thisconvergedsolutioncan

    maximizetheuseofanadministratorstimeandshowsahighdegreeofflexibilityindeployingand

    managingtheenvironment. DaysandsometimesweeksofinstallationtimearesavedsinceUCPProfor

    Network Provisioning

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