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DeltaV Distributed Control System Product Data Sheet April 2021 DeltaV™ Virtualization Hardware The DeltaV™ Virtualization Hardware is fully tested and supported for virtual DeltaV solutions. Fully tested and supported hardware for Introduction DeltaV™ Virtualization Emerson is committed to providing the same level of Configurations for both off-line and on-line performance and reliability for DeltaV™ Virtualization control systems environments that we provide in our traditional physical computer architecture. To ensure reliability and performance, Powerful, cost-effective, and easy to use we have rigorously tested virtual DeltaV systems with specific Easy control network installation; hardware components and configurations designed for realtime ready to plug and play process control applications. With DeltaV Virtualization Hardware you can rest assured that your control system is Shared storage networks for high availability fully tested and supported to meet your process control needs. Supports single, dual, and quad monitors DeltaV Virtualization is available for both on-line and off-line applications. For off-line applications, we have software and hardware configurations ideal for development, testing, and training applications. For on-line applications, we provide additional hardware options for high availability servers and thin client networks. Regardless of the application, DeltaV Virtualization Hardware provides the platform you need to deliver the performance required. DeltaV Virtualization Hardware April 2021 Benefits Virtual environments also benefit from SAN devices to improve productivity in development/training environments and to take Fully tested and supported hardware for DeltaV advantage of high availability options for on-line production Virtualization: This ensures your virtual DeltaV system meets environments. The hardware described in this document the rigorous requirements for process control applications. addresses these new requirements for DeltaV virtualization No surprises with third-party drivers, compatibility problems, solutions. or application performance. Virtualization host servers and shared storage are available Configurations for both off-line and on-line control systems: as individual components, or as part of an integrated blade From standalone host servers to high availability blade servers server and storage solution using the Dell PowerEdge VRTX. with integrated storage, DeltaV Virtualization Hardware has An example of a DeltaV system for on-line virtualization it covered. with high availability is shown below. Powerful, cost-effective, and easy to use: DeltaV’s integrated virtualization hardware platform, built on Dell’s PowerEdge VRTX, is designed for IT simplicity and delivers powerful performance. Out-of-box this blade server with integrated storage comes preconfigured for use with DeltaV Virtual Studio. Virtualization doesn’t come easier than this! Easy control network installation, ready to plug and play: The host servers ship with the appropriate DeltaV control network cards preinstalled. Simply assign host networks using DeltaV Virtual Studio and you’re ready to connect to the DeltaV control network, Plant local area network (LAN), or client network. Shared Storage Networks for high availability: Shared storage in the Dell VRTX, or with a standalone Storage Area Network (SAN) device, provides fault tolerant disk storage and supports automatic failover of virtual machines between host computers. Reliability and high availability is a must have for on-line virtualization solutions. Supports single, dual, and quad monitors: DeltaV thin clients are available for single, dual and quad monitor operations using true multi-monitor communications. Product Description DeltaV virtualization requires specific hardware not found in traditional DeltaV systems. Consolidating multiple DeltaV workstations onto a common host means that hosts must have more computing capacity than traditional control system servers; specifically more CPU processing capacity and RAM memory. Client devices (example thin clients) are required to provide a physical interface to the virtual DeltaV workstations. www.emerson.com/deltav 2 DeltaV Virtualization Hardware April 2021 Resource Planning Guidelines Integrated Virtualization Hardware* Virtual machines (VM) require host computer resources Designed specifically for virtualization, the integrated hardware and are typically limited by available host processors (CPU) platform is a Dell PowerEdge VRTX consisting of blade servers, or random access memory (RAM). Table 1 provides guidelines network storage, and shared switches, preconfigured and on how many virtual machines to assign to host computers tested for use with DeltaV Virtual Studio. The integrated based on the VM loading and RAM requirements. VM Units solution is ordered in two parts: 1) network storage and chassis (VMU) are used to estimate relative CPU loading and host limits. (select one), and 2) individual blade servers (minimum two to These guidelines apply to the standard host server hardware maximum four blades per VRTX chassis). as specified in this document. A special high performance host server is also available for large DeltaV systems with many *Important VRTX Requirement. The VRTX is a highly reliable concurrent engineering users. platform with redundant components for network storage, communications, power, and cooling. The VRTX does contain Table 1 – Host VM Resource Planning some redundant components which are not hot-swappable and require the VRTX be shut down for managed repair. Host VM Resource Planning These repairs can be performed with little or no virtual machine VM Class VMUs RAM (MB) downtime, provided you have a disaster recovery system available to host the virtual machines during the repair process. Workstation OS (e.g., Windows 10) To ensure system availability, all VRTX solutions are required DeltaV v14.3 and later 1 8,192 to have disaster recovery capabilities to support managed DeltaV v13.3.1 and earlier 1 4,096 repair. For most systems, the recommended disaster recovery Server OS solution is to use two VRTX, which distribute virtual machine (e.g., Windows Server 2016) loading and provide backup through cross VRTX VM replication. 2 16,384 DeltaV v14.3 and later For smaller systems, an individual host server (standalone R740) DeltaV v13.3.1 and earlier 2 8,192 can be used as a replication server for disaster recovery. Server OS (Windows Server 2016) acting as a Terminal Server 4 16,384 Integrated Network Storage and Chassis and supporting DeltaV Live Remote Sessions 1. VRTX Chassis with 3.6 TB RAID 10 Capacity Virtual Controllers (S, M, SZ) 0.4 256 (SE2528V1B-R). This VRTX configuration provides 3.6 TB of fully redundant (RAID 10) disk storage with six 1.2-TB Virtual PK Controller 0.8 1,024 drives. This size will support approximately 20 DeltaV virtual Virtual Ethernet IO Card 0.8 256 workstations (without VM Replication). Virtual CHARMS IO Card 0.2 64 2. VRTX Chassis with 7.2 TB RAID 10 Capacity Virtual CSLS and LSNB1 0.5 64 (SE2528V2B-R). This VRTX configuration provides 7.2-TB of fully redundant (RAID 10) disk storage with 12 1.2-TB Supported Maximum VMU Limits for Host Servers2 , 3 drives. This size will support approximately 40 DeltaV virtual On-line Host Server 10 workstations (without VM Replication). (Normal Operation) 3. VRTX Chassis with 14.4 TB RAID 10 Capacity On-line Host Server 20 (Temporary Failover Operation) (SE2528V3B-R). This VRTX configuration provides 14.4 TB of fully redundant (RAID 10) disk storage with 24 1.2-TB Off-line Host Server 20 drives. This size will support approximately 40 virtual Note 1 – For additional SIS VM limits, see product data sheet workstations in normal operation plus VM replication for for DeltaV SIS with Electronic Marshalling additional 40 virtual machines outside of the VRTX cluster – Virtual Simulation. (for disaster recovery scenarios). This VRTX configuration Note 2 – 4GB RAM should be reserved for Host OS. with four host blade servers will support up to 80 VMs Note 3 – Total number of VMs should not exceed available running temporarily in a failover scenario. CPU threads (=(CPU cores x 2) -1). www.emerson.com/deltav 3 DeltaV Virtualization Hardware April 2021 Integrated Blade Servers 3. Host Server for On-line or Off-line Applications with a SAN (SE2715V06). This server is a Dell R740 with dual 1. Host Blade Server for On-line and Off-line Systems ten-core CPUs and 192GB RAM. It also comes with a (SE2716V03). This host blade server is a Dell M640 series “bare-metal” OS which requires a separate management server that comes with dual ten-core CPUs and 192GB RAM. workstation or domain controller server. This host is intended It comes with only a “bare-metal” operating system, for use with a SAN, which is required for automatic failover which means it must be managed by a separate management and high availability. This server can be used for both on-line workstation. An advantage of “bare-metal” servers is that and off-line applications using DeltaV Virtual Studio, they don’t have the overhead of a full server operating or for off-line applications using VMware ESXi. system, which means better performance, and less security vulnerabilities. 4. High Performance Host Server for Large DeltaV Systems (SE2715V08). This server provides enhanced 2. Domain Controller and Host Management Blade Server DeltaV ProfessionalPlus performance for large virtualized (SE2717V03). This blade server functions as a domain systems.