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Automating VMware Cloud and Virtualization Deployments with Dell Active System Manager

Aaron PrinceGanesh Padmanabhan

2 VMworld 2013 Dell Product Group

Agenda:

• Challenges in virtualized and cloud environments

• Active System Manager – introduction & overview

• Gaining more out of your VMware stack

• Demo

• Q&A


Common challenges

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“Datacenter management is

fragmented with too many

disconnected tools…”

“Vendors are pushing

me to a closed

architecture, which I

don’t want.”

“Virtualization made

the virtual layer agile,

but I still have to deal

with silo’s compute,

network and storage”

“IT is too slow…we’re

losing momentum…

let’s use a public cloud

provider instead…”

”It costs too much to

design, procure, deploy,

& integrate new

base/bare metal

infrastructure…”

“Silos & manual processes

impact service quality…”


Active System –

Blade based

Dell Servers

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rack based

Dell Storage

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Dell Active Infrastructure PortfolioActive Solutions

IntegratedInfrastructure

Integration Platform

Active Systems

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Compatibility Matrix

IT Services

IT ServicesEcosystem

Northbound APIs

Resource Adaptors

Monitoring Data Protection Security

Private Cloud Desktop Virtualization Enterprise Applications

Active System Manager

Platform Reference Architectures

Billing

Workload Templates

Infrastructure Templates

3rd Party Dell Software


Active System Manager Overview

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Automation

Centralization

• Rapid infrastructure on-boarding• Automated infrastructure configuration

& lifecycle management

• Robust, centralized management platform

• Self-service web portal

• Resource pooling• Dynamic resource allocation

• Manual step & touch point reduction• Increased speed of delivery

• Template-based provisioning & workflow orchestration

• Real-time & historical operations auditing

• Workload resource scaling• Physical & virtual workload migration

Operational Savings

Capital Savings

Accuracy

Adaptability

Agility

Accelerate IT service deployment

Efficiency

Maximize efficiency across the IT services lifecycle

Quality

Offer consistent IT service delivery

Active System ManagerAutomated workload delivery and end-to-end converged infrastructure management

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Active System Manager Architecture

Network

ServersPhysical & Virtual

Storage

Resource Adapters

AdminClient

WebPortal

APIs

ClientInterfaces

ASM Server Appliance

IT Resources

Resource Adapters

Resource Adapters

Aut

omat

ion

Tem

plat

es

Design and Automate

Schedule and Deploy

Script and Integrate


Unified Management of the entire stack

Get Up & Running Quickly

Discover

• Quickly discover: auto-inventory available resources

• Pool resources: create resource pools

• Define users: integrate with AD/LDAP; create local user groups

Accelerate IT Service Deployment • Maximize IT Efficiency• Strengthen IT Service Quality

Capture Best Practices & User Rules

• Design templates & orchestration rules: Leverage out-of-box templates or create custom ones; define workload lifecycle

• Create user rules: specify resource access for users

Define

Rapidly Deliver High

Quality Workloads

• Deploy templates: Schedule or on-demand provision workloads through defined templates

• Manage requests: use the web portal to accept and fulfill infrastructure requests

Deploy

Evolve Workloads As Needs Change

• Scale workloads: Add or remove resources from workloads

• Migrate workloads: Move workloads to as needed

• Manage lifecycle: update or release resources as needed

Maintain


Quickly discover: auto-inventory available resources

• Rapid discovery, inventory and initial configuration of infrastructure assets

• Assets can be grouped into resource pools

• Quick time to value for acquired infrastructure

Discover & auto-inventory available infrastructure resources within Active Systems

Discover


Template-based provisioning: Leverage out-of-box templates or create custom ones

• Encapsulate workload-specific infrastructure configurations in the form of templates

• Templates can be repeatedly deployed

• Higher efficiency, accuracy and consistency

Define workload-specific infrastructure configuration tasks and best practices in the form of templates

Define


Workflow orchestration: define the workload lifecycle

• Step-by-step definition and execution across the workload lifecycle, from provisioning to decommissioning

• Standardization, speed, and accuracy in deploying and managing workloads

Define end-to-end provisioning workflows for compute, network, and storage elements

Define


Deploy templatesPublished templates for infrastructure and workloads are available to operators and end users through the Web Portal

• Browse and select templates from library catalog• Deploy on-demand or schedule and reserve for future

time

Deploy


Deliver workloads and manage capacityApply workloads to defined resource pools

Infrastructure Resource Pools

Lync Server 2012

Workload CMS SQL

Server 2012

Workload BVDI VDI

Workload A

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• Schedule & deploy templates to deliver workloads

• Add or delete resources from workloads as needed

• Release workload and resources when finished, avoid sprawl

Deploy Maintain


Manage and monitor the environmentOperations Center provides consolidated view of all system resources – servers, network, storage, and virtualization managers

• Unified interface, single pane of glass• Define, deploy, and migrate server profiles• View status, perform common actions, and invoke

commands on all Active System elements and subsystems

Maintain


Gaining more out of your VMware investments


Making the most of your VMware Investments

Physical Infrastructure (Compute, storage, networking)

Virtual/Cloud Infrastructure

vCloud Networking &

Security

VMware vCenter SRM

VMware vSphere

VMware vCloud Director

VMware vCloud Automation Center

Cloud Management

IT Services/VDI VMware Horizon View

VMware vCenter Operations Suite

Dell Active System

Manager

Workload templates

Template based automation

Workflow Orchestration

Unified HW management

Virtual/Physical config automation

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Dell Compellent Plug-in for vCenter

Dell Management Plug-in for vCenter

Active Infrastructure for VMware Horizon View

Active System

Compute: Dell m1000e with M620 Blades

Storage: Dell Compellent SC8000

Networking: Dell S4810 (ToR) & Dell S55 (mgmt.)

Hypervisor: VMware ESXi

Infrastructure Management: Dell Active System Manager

Virtual Management: VMware vCenter

VMware View Composer

VMware View Connection Server

Dell Z50D – Advanced Graphics Client Designed for Power Users

Dell Wyse P25 - Advanced Graphics Zero Client Designed for VMware View

Scale up from 500 to 5000+ users with a single Active System.

Reference Architecture: Active Solution for VMware Horizon View 5.2

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Dell Active System Manager and VMwareView

Connection Server

View Composer

Storage

Compute

VMware vCenter Server

Networking

View ESXi Cluster Desktop ESXi Cluster


Active System Manager vCloud Integration


InfrastructureTemplates

Workload Templates

Orchestration & custom properties

Dell Active System Manager

Active System Manager enables the best infrastructure platform for VMware private clouds

• Provide end-to-end management and automation of converged infrastructure

• Single click provision virtualized workloads, such as VMware ESX clusters, vCloud vDCs, vApps

• Provision physical and heterogeneous infrastructure in concert with VMware virtualization management

• Rapidly deploy ESXi onto bare metal servers, configure storage & networking


Dell Compellent Solution Pack for VMware vCenter Operation Manager

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Provide increase visibility, metrics, and rich storage analytics

Deliver a ‘Servers to Storage’ view of the health of your VMware Infrastructure

Pre-packaged Dell Compellent dashboards for alerts, health, performance, capacity & top-utilization metrics

Perform analysis from VM to storage volume to speed Root Cause Analysis


Active System Manager vSphere/vCenter Integration


InfrastructureTemplates

Workload Templates

vCenter Resource Adapter

Dell Active System Manager

Active System Manager integrates closely with VMware to:

• Provide end-to-end management and automation of converged infrastructure

• Automatically provision virtualized workloads, such as VMware Horizon View, via pre-built templates

• Provision physical and heterogeneous infrastructure in concert with VMware virtualization management

• Rapidly deploy ESXi onto bare metal servers


Demo time!

Dell and VMware Partnership – growing stronger over the years…

Software Group

• Data Protection: AppAssure / vRanger

• Sys Mgmt: vOps / vFoglight• Virtual Appliances: KACE,

SonicWALL

En

terp

rise Servers

StorageNetworkingConverged InfrastructurePrivate Cloud

Soft

ware Data Protection

with AppAssure and vRanger

System Management with vCenter Operations Manager and vFoglight

Virtual Appliances for KACE and SonicWALL

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VDI

BYOD

Serv

ices Managed and

Hosted Private Clouds

GICS

vDaaS

Technical Support (L1/L2)


Thank You!

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