Reference Architecture for Active System 1000 with VMware vSphere
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 3
2 Audience............................................................................................................... 3
3 Solution Overview ................................................................................................... 4
4 Design Principles ................................................................................................... 13
5 Prerequisites and Datacenter Planning ........................................................................ 13
6 Architecture ........................................................................................................ 15
6.1 Dell Blade Network Architecture ......................................................................... 16
6.2 Network Connectivity ...................................................................................... 17
6.3 Network Configuration ..................................................................................... 18
6.4 Storage Architecture ....................................................................................... 21
7 Management Infrastructure ...................................................................................... 23
7.1 Dell Active System Manager ............................................................................... 24
7.2 Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME) ....................................................................... 25
7.3 Dell Repository Manager (DRM) ........................................................................... 25
7.4 Dell Management Plug-in for VMware vCenter (DMPVV) ............................................. 25
7.5 Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager .................................................................... 26
7.6 VMware vCloud Connector ................................................................................. 26
8 Connecting Active System 1000 to Datacenter Network .................................................... 26
8.1 Connecting the S55 OOB switch to Datacenter Network ............................................. 26
8.2 Connecting to a Dell Networking Datacenter Network ............................................... 27
8.3 Connecting to a Cisco Nexus Datacenter Network .................................................... 28
9 Scalability ........................................................................................................... 29
10 Delivery Model .................................................................................................. 29
11 Additional Supported Configurations ....................................................................... 33
11.1 Dell Networking S5000 as LAN Top of Rack Switch .................................................... 33
11.2 Cisco Nexus 5548 as LAN Top of Rack Switch .......................................................... 34
12 Reference ........................................................................................................ 36
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