VCE_2
Transcript of VCE_2
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