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June 2012| Rev A00 ii Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track on Dell vStart for Enterprise Virtualization Contents Executive summary ....................................................................................................... 5 Private Cloud Fast Track Program Description .................................................................... 5 Business Value ........................................................................................................... 5 Technical Benefits ...................................................................................................... 5 Reference Architecture .................................................................................................. 6 Logical Architecture .................................................................................................... 8 Server Architecture ................................................................................................ 10 SAN Design .......................................................................................................... 17 Network Architecture ............................................................................................. 27 Virtualization Architecture ....................................................................................... 31 Fabric Management .................................................................................................. 42 Fabric Management Hosts ........................................................................................ 42 Management Logical Architecture .............................................................................. 44 Service Management .............................................................................................. 60 Backup and Disaster Recovery ................................................................................... 61 Security .............................................................................................................. 62 Service Delivery ....................................................................................................... 66 Operations ............................................................................................................. 67 Tables Table 1 Server Configurations ......................................................................................... 12 Table 2 Traffic Descriptions ........................................................................................... 15 Table 3 Sample VLAN and subnet configuration ................................................................... 16 Table 4 CSV Limits ...................................................................................................... 18 Table 5 Guest Template Specs ........................................................................................ 38 Table 6 Supported Guest Server OS .................................................................................. 40 Table 7 Supported Guest Client OS .................................................................................. 41 Table 8 SQL Data Location and Size Examples ..................................................................... 47 Table 9 SQL Databases and Instances ................................................................................ 48 Table 10 Backup types and capabilities ............................................................................. 61 iii Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track on Dell vStart for Enterprise Virtualization Figures Figure 1 vStart 1000m Logical Architecture .......................................................................... 7 Figure 2 Key Hardware Components in Dell vStart 1000m ......................................................... 9 Figure 3 Dell vStart Blade LAN Connectivity Overview ........................................................... 13 Figure 4 NPAR and VLAN Configuration on a M620 Server ........................................................ 14 Figure 5 NPAR and VLAN Configuration on a R620 Server ........................................................ 15 Figure 6 vStart SAN Connectivity Overview ......................................................................... 18 Figure 7 Fault Domain Configuration in vStart SAN ............................................................... 23 Figure 8 SAN FC network and zoning ................................................................................. 24 Figure 9 Compellent Snapshot Consistency ......................................................................... 26 Figure 10 Design Pattern ............................................................................................... 43 Figure 11 Management Architecture ................................................................................. 45 iv Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track on Dell vStart for Enterprise Virtualization Executive summary Private Cloud Fast Track Program Description The Microsoft® Private Cloud Fast Track Program is a joint reference architecture for building private clouds that combines Microsoft software, consolidated guidance, and validated configurations with Dell™ technology—including computing power, network and storage architectures, and value-added software components. Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track utilizes the core capabilities of Windows Server®, Hyper-V® and System Center to deliver a Private Cloud - Infrastructure as a Service offering. The key software components of every Reference Implementation are Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Hyper-V, and System Center 2012. Business Value The Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track Program provides a reference architecture for building private clouds on each organization’s unique terms. Each Fast-Track solution helps organizations implement private clouds with increased ease and confidence. Among the benefits of the Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track Program are faster deployment, reduced risk, and a lower cost of ownership. Reduced risk: Tested, end-to-end interoperability of compute, storage, and network Predefined, out-of-box solutions based on a common cloud architecture that has already been tested and validated High degree of service availability through automated load balancing Lower cost of ownership: A cost-optimized, platform and software-independent solution for rack system integration High performance and scalability with Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system advanced platform editions of Hyper-V technology Minimized backup times and fulfilled recovery time objectives for each business critical environment Technical Benefits The Dell vStart architecture and Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track Program integrate best-in-class hardware implementations with Microsoft’s software to create a Reference Implementation. This solution has been co-developed by Dell and Microsoft and has gone through a validation process. As a Reference Implementation, Dell and Microsoft have taken on the work of building a private cloud that is ready to meet a customer’s needs. Faster deployment: End-to-end architectural and deployment guidance 5 Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track on Dell vStart for Enterprise Virtualization Streamlined infrastructure planning due to predefined capacity Enhanced functionality and automation through deep knowledge of infrastructure Integrated management for virtual machine (VM) and infrastructure deployment Self-service portal for rapid and simplified provisioning of resources Reference Architecture The Logical Architecture is comprised of two parts. The first is the ―Fabric‖ which is the physical infrastructure (Servers, Storage, Network) that will host and run all customer/consumer virtual machines. In the vStart solution, the Fabric consists of between 8 and 32 Hyper-V host servers in one or more clusters, a highly scalable SAN, and an Ethernet LAN. The second is ―Fabric Management‖ which is a set of virtual machines comprising the SQL and System Center management infrastructure. The vStart solution utilizes two Hyper-V host servers in a dedicated cluster for the Fabric Management along with the SAN and Ethernet LAN. The