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ViPR Suite:Storage as a Service& What’s New with ViPR

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Agenda• ViPR Suite Overview

What’s new in

• ViPR Controller 3.6What’s new in

• ViPR SRM 4.1

“The Beginning of IT Transformation”


By Show of Hands…How many are currently using ViPR Controller?

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By Show of Hands…How many are currently using ViPR SRM?


By Show of Hands…How many are currently using both?

+= SaaS


Enterprise Strategy Group

https://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/esg-dellemc-it-transformation-maturity-report.pdf


Transformation Story: It’s a JourneyTaming Complexity

Many Interfaces

Many Compute and Orchestration Platforms

CRUD

Challenges: migrate from the above to an automated environment• Not immediate, nor easy• ViPR Controller can help!

• If you set the stage properly


Dell EMC VIPR SRM & VIPR ControllerAutomated Management and Insight to Optimize Resources

INSIGHT ACTION


Trends in Your Environment

Storage admins are being pressured to deliver faster turnaround on storage requests

Rise of generalists vs. specialists has led to a breakdown of storage, network and host silos

Storage requestfor Application

Manual PlanningGUI for execution

Manual planningScripted execution

Intelligent Automation

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Simplifies & automates complex tasks Up to 89% reduction in manual steps

Enables Self Service Storage Cuts time between "request" & "ready” by up to 80%

Simplifies Management Interfaces Plugs into northbound Cloud & Orchestration stacks

Automates Workflows Increases the amount of storage managed while

reducing risk

ViPR Controller


Automate Storage Service DeliveryMulti-Step

Process for host to see the volume

Select Storage Array Which Can Meet the SLO

Select Ports Based on Performance

Create Port Groups

Create Initiator Groups

Create Storage Groups

Create Masking Views

Create Zones on SAN switches

Rescan the HostEliminate SAN Zoning Steps

VIRTUAL STORAGE POOLS

Platinum withRemote Protection

Gold withLocal & Remote

Diamond withRemote Protection

Gold withLocal Protection

Choose Host

Select Diamond

Identify Capacity

Without Controller

ControllerVirtual Storage Arrays

With Controller


Provision data protection simultaneously with storage

SRDFREMOTE REPLICATION

OPERATIONAL RECOVERYDISASTER RECOVERY

89%average reduction in

manual steps

CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY

RECOVERPOINTLOCAL & REMOTE REPLICATION

ACTIVE-ACTIVEDATA CENTERS

ARRAY-BASEDLOCAL COPIES

NON-DISRUPTIVEMIGRATIONS

CHANGE CLASS OF SERVICE

VPLE

X

DATA DOMAINBACKUP & ARCHIVE

Automate Data Protection As A Service

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Increase Development Velocity

Expand 3rd Party Array Support

Full Transparency

Community-Driven Development• Open Source Project CoprHD

https://coprhd.github.io/


ViPR Controller – The Road Ahead

• Integrate with external scripts/workflows

• Seamless Ingestion

Extensible and Scalable

• Remove bottlenecks

Optimize Performance

• Simplifies and automates complex provisioning and orchestration tasks

Automation


ViPR Controller – 3.6

• Integration with external scripts/workflows

• Seamless Ingestion

Extensible and Scalable

• Remove bottlenecks

Optimize Performance

• Simplifies and automates complex provisioning and orchestration tasks.

Automation

ViPR Controller What’s new this summer


ViPR-Controller Portal Services

Portal REST APIs (NGINX)

Workflow Engine

Base & Custom Services

Authentication Service

DB Services

ViPR-C REST APIs External REST APIs

Management GUI Service Catalog

Base Services


Port Rebalancing

Rebalancing Considerations

• Re-Balance front-end ports to reduce array hot spots

• Add new ports and rebalance workloads

• Introduce a new array and migrate applications to rebalance workloads

Controller


The Insight to Enable Better

Decisions

ViPR SRM


Reduce time to resolution for performance problems via end-to-end topology views

Slow down your incremental storage capacity purchases

Ensure your storage configuration matches your best practices

Show your business users true end-to-end storage infrastructure cost

ViPR SRM


Visualize. Analyze. Optimize.Compliance • SLA reporting• Configuration management• Data protection compliance

Capacity• Usage & trends• Chargeback• Reporting

Performance• Infrastructure topology mapping• Performance trending & reporting• Performance troubleshooting

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Dell EMC ViPR SRM

What’s New in ViPR SRM 4.1Targeted Delivery: July 7th


Dell SC (Compellent) SolutionPack

GA 1/27


New Summary Views


Host Dashboards


VMWare Hypervisor Clusters


Hyper-V SolutionPack


New Alerts Dashboard


Potential Savings Dashboards – VMAX and Unity


Situations to Watch Dashboards


Hosts Attached to a Port

Quickly identify which hosts are attached to a director or port, to plan for

maintenance or identify potential bullies


ViPR Controller Tenant Chargeback Report

Eliminates the need to manually map hosts to tenants


Easy Deploy Wizard


Single, slightly larger collector (8 vCPU, 64GB RAM) can

handle 50-100 arrays

Dramatic Reduction in Collector VMs

Collectors

Filters/Tagging

RDF MySQL

Arbiter

REST API

HTML UI

Collector Collector…

Col

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Pres

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Having several small Collectors results in significant code overlap and an inefficient use of resources

A typical SRM instance consists of 80% Collectors and 20% Backend/Frontends


How Do I Migrate to Mega-Collector?

RDF MySQL

Arbiter

REST API

HTML UI

Col

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Pers

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Pres

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Collector Collector

Collector Collector

Mega-Collector

2. In Centralized Mgmt UI, move collections to new Collector

1. Deploy new Mega-Collector via vApp or binary install (or resize an existing Collector)


How Do I Migrate to Mega-Collector?

RDF MySQL

Arbiter

REST API

HTML UI

Col

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ion

Pers

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Pres

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No loss of history

Collector Collector

Collector Collector

Mega-Collector

3. Decommission old Collectors


Questions


Learn MoreDemos available on show floor all week

Hands on Labs available for both SRM and Controller

ViPR Controller-SRM User Group Thurs. 8-2Please see a ViPR representative to sign up


Topology Mappings

• Understand host to storage relationships

• Visualize end-to-end topology and dependencies

• Analyze performance and availability trends

End to End Connectivity


REST APIs

Mozart: CoprHD Orchestration Engine

Storage Automation

API Interface

Business Driven Orchestrator EngineWorkflowDevelopment


End to End Migration Workflow

Migration Considerations

Plan migration by grouping volumes from a set of host together to plan for degraded performance

Setup target environment and host connectivity – zoning, mounting, rescanning hosts

Execute migration by mobility groups leveraging VMAX NDM

Cleanup after completion of migration

• Customers interested– JPMC– Citibank– Northrop Grumman


SIMPLIFY WITH VIPR-CSimplify to

3 inputs from users

100% Reduction in SAN Zoning Steps

Reduce time from request to provisioned storage

by >80% Choose Host or Cluster

Select Service Level

Identify Capacity Required

One API Call


Abstract Physical to Virtual

Turn Storage Silos into Policy-based Pools of Storage

IsilonVNX

EXCHANGE DATABASEVDI ARCHIVESHAREPOINT HOMEDIRECTORY

VMAX3 VMAX40K


Vblock Systems

3rd PartyXtremIO


Performance Trending and Reporting• Analyze Performance from Host, Hypervisor, Switch, VPLEX & Array Perspective

Host/VMHypervisorSwitchVPLEXArray


Storage & Application Capacity Trends• Integrated Capacity Dashboards and Reports

• Automate capacity reporting

• Analyze capacity usage and trends

• Plan and justify new purchases

Go from“Just in Case”

to“Just in Time”


VMAX Storage Configuration Policies

• Define policies and best practices

• Validate compliance to Dell EMC Support Matrix

• Ensure proper configuration to meet SLOs

• Track configuration changes

Track Storage Configuration Compliance

Track changes & view breach details


Application Chargeback/ShowbackIdentify True Cost of Application Storage

Mapped/masked to backup server

Copy for testing new version of applicationMapped to dev server

DR copy; may or may not be mapped to a DR server

BackupServer

Dev/TestServer

ApplicationCluster

Primary volume

Local copy

Remote copy

Local copy

I can’t charge this to the

backup administrator!

Who do I charge for this copy?

ViPR Controller 4.0Skywalker Custom Services


ViPR Controller – Why Custom Services

Import New Custom Services from DellEMC Repository

Utilize Building Blocks from External DevOps Frameworks

Export Custom Services to other ViPR-C Instances -Build/Test/Deploy

REST APIs

Create New or Extend Existing Services

Publish to Service Catalog


ViPR-C Portal Services

Portal REST APIs (NGINX)

Workflow Engine

Base & Custom Services

Authentication Service

DB Services

ViPR-C REST APIs External REST APIs

Management GUI Service Catalog

Base Services


ViPR Controller – Service Catalog


Custom Services – Workflow Builder


CLOUD STACK SUPPORTVMWARE

MICROSOFTOPENSTACK

PROGRAMINGREST API

SELF-SERVICE UIMULTI-TENTANCY

TENANT & PROJECT QUOTASSERVCE CATALOG

ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROLORDER APPROVAL PROCESSORDER EXECUTION WINDOW

ACCESS CONTROL LIST

HOSTSVMWARE ESX

WINDOWSLINUX

AIXOTHERS

PLATFORMS - NATIVEISILONSCALEIOVCE VBLOCK SYSTEMSVMAX, VMAX3

VNX, VNXeXTREMIODATA DOMAIN FILERHITACHI DATA SYSTEMSNETAPP – FILE IBM XIV

PLATFORMS – VIA OPENSTACKNETAPP – BLOCK IBM SVC, DS8000DELL EQUAL LOGIC HP 3PAR, LEFTHANDORACLE SUN ZFSSOLIDFIRE

DATA PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIESRECOVERPOINTVPLEXSRDF

SWITCHESCISCOBROCADE

ViPR Controller Supported Environments


ONE EXTENSIBLE SOFTWARE PLATFORM TO UNITE ALL DELL EMC STORAGEVIPR-C - CHOICE WITHOUT COMPROMISE

100% Open & Extensible Simplified REST API and CLI across EMC storage

Plugs into ANY Cloud Stacks e.g., VMware, Microsoft, OpenStack

Automate Dell EMC Recommended PracticesReduces manual tasks up to 89% & 73% of cost

POLICY BASED STORAGE BEST PRACTICES

OPEN REST APIs

HIGHAVAILIBILTY PROTECTION

SELF-SERVICEPORTAL

MIGRATION

SAN &STORAGE

OPERATIONS

SERVICES

DISASTERRECOVERY

XTREMIO VMAX2 VMAX3 VNX2 Unity ISILON

VCEVBLOCK SCALEIO

SOUTHBOUND SDK

Centralize management of all Dell EMC Storage technologiesIntuitive GUI for use throughout Dell EMC technologies

VMAX AF VPLEXRECOVER

POINT DATA DOMAIN ECS

Rest API SMIS Rest APIRest APISMIS/CLIXML API Rest API


Automate Storage Service DeliveryMulti-Step

Process for host to see the volume

Select Storage Array Which Can Meet the SLO

Select Ports Based on Performance

Create Port Groups

Create Initiator Groups

Create Storage Groups

Create Masking Views

Create Zones on SAN switches

Rescan the HostEliminate SAN Zoning Steps


PlatinumRemote Protection

GoldLocal & Remote

DiamondRemote Protection

GoldLocal Protection

SAN Automation & Zoning

Choose Host

Select Diamond

Identify Capacity

Without Controller

ControllerVirtual Storage Arrays

With Controller


Deliver Storage-as-a-Service

Self-service in 5 clicks


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Ease of Heterogeneous Storage ManagementIntroduction of New Platforms in the Datacenter

BeforeIn-Depth Array Training

Longer Time to ValueMultiple User Interfaces

AfterReduced Training Investment

Immediate Time to ValueOne User Interface for All Arrays


ViPR Controller Supported EnvironmentsCLOUD STACK SUPPORT

VMWAREMICROSOFTOPENSTACK

PROGRAMINGREST API

SELF-SERVICE UIMULTI-TENTANCY

TENANT & PROJECT QUOTASSERVCE CATALOG

ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROLORDER APPROVAL PROCESSORDER EXECUTION WINDOW

ACCESS CONTROL LIST

HOSTSVMWARE ESX

WINDOWSLINUX

AIXOTHERS

PLATFORMS - NATIVEDell SCISILONSCALEIOVCE VBLOCK SYSTEMSVMAX, VMAX3

VNX, VNXeXTREMIODATA DOMAIN FILERHITACHI DATA SYSTEMSNETAPP – FILE IBM XIV

PLATFORMS – VIA OPENSTACKNETAPP – BLOCK IBM SVC, DS8000DELL EQUAL LOGIC HP 3PAR, LEFTHANDORACLE SUN ZFSSOLIDFIRE

DATA PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIESRECOVERPOINTVPLEXSRDF

SWITCHESCISCOBROCADE


Not locked in to one storage vendor• integration with openstack cinder for Simple management

• Supports 57 storage drivers out of the box• wiki.openstack.org/wiki/CinderSupportMatrix

• Drivers actively maintained and supported by their respective vendors

• Supports common operations, including:• Create, expand, delete Block Volume• Export Volume to Host• Remove Volume by Host• Create, remove Block Snapshot• Create volume from snapshot

• Great for simple management operations

NetApp IBM

Hitachi

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Not locked in to one storage vendor• Advanced capabilities with Southbound SDk storage drivers

• Add new drivers or enhancements via SB SDK

• Dell EMC Professional services• Comprehensive ViPR Controller

management capabilities• You choose: self-support, Dell EMC

Professional Services, or preferred technology provider

NetAppIBM

Hitachi

SB SDK








ViPR Controller – Key Focus areas(2017)Automate data migration

VPLEX– VMAX2-VMAX3/VMAX3 – VMAX3 AF NDM– Any – VMAX

Storage Rebalancing – Re-balance front-end ports to reduce array hot spots– Move applications to meet SLOs

Application provision and protect Application layout across technologies Copies for Operational Recovery & Backup – Application DR management– Application based provisioning

Flexible Orchestrator engine (2017)– Create completely custom services leveraging ViPR Rest API library– Call pre and post scripts/actions– Schedule services

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Power of ViPR Controller PlatformAnd SAN Management

BeforeSAN Outages

Manual managementIntroduced human error

Cumbersome change mgt process

AfterAutomated SAN Mgt

Consistent, repeatable processSimplified change mgt


ViPR Controller – Part of the Automation Journey• One Extensible Software Platform To Manage All Your Storage

• Open & Extensible REST APIJava, Ruby and Python SDKsOpen source development via CoprHD

• Plugs into Northbound Stacks VMware, Microsoft, OpenStack

• Optimized for Dell EMC StorageDell SC, VMAX, SRDF, XtremIO, VNX, RecoverPoint, Isilon, ScaleIO, VPLEX,

Automate Storage Provisioning• Orchestrates

Repetitive and complex tasks

Multi-tenant, Multi-Site

HIGH LOWMEDIUM

Storage Automation

Multivendor Storage


Cost of managing heterogeneous storage

Storage integration with automation tools & cloud stacks

CHALLENGES

MANAGING STORAGE LIFECYCLE

Lead times associated with storage allocation

Storage capacity and performance metrics across data center

End-to-end visibility


Distributed Scale-out Software Platform

• Clustered Architecture supporting 3 or 5 identical nodes operating in Active/Active mode

• No shared resources with redundant services across nodes

• Supports thousands of Operations/Hour

• Multi-tenant, Multi-user Access Control

• Redundant, fault-tolerant and distributed persistence layer

• Delivered as group of Virtual Appliances

• Supports Multi-site Disaster Recovery configurations

• Supports rolling upgrade/updates from EMC repository

DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION

REVERSE PROXY & LOAD BALANCER

DISTRIBUTED DATABASE

Physical Storage

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