Dell Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon View Reference Architecture A Reference Architecture for the design, configuration and implementation of a VMware Horizon View environment. Dell Wyse Solutions Engineering July 2015 A Dell Reference Architecture Revisions Date Description May 2014 Initial release (v.6.5) November 2014 Updated to include 13g servers and increased VM density (v.6.6) November 2014 Updated cloud client graphics and nomenclature (v.6.6.1) July 2015 Updated density numbers for ESXi 6.0 and added PowerEdge C4130 (v.6.7) 2 Dell Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon View Reference Architecture | v.6.7 THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND TECHNICAL INACCURACIES. THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. © 2015 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this material in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. 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Dell disclaims proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. 3 Dell Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon View Reference Architecture | v.6.7 Table of contents Revisions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 1.1 Purpose of this document ............................................................................................................................................. 9 1.2 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 1.3 New in this release .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 2 Solution architecture overview ............................................................................................................................................. 10 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.1 Physical architecture overview .................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1.2 Dell Wyse Datacenter – solution layers .................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Local Tier 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.1 Local Tier 1 – 50 user combined pilot ...................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.2 Local Tier 1 – 50 user scale-ready pilot.................................................................................................................... 13 2.2.3 Local Tier 1 (iSCSI) ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.3 Shared Tier 1 – Rack ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 2.3.1 Shared Tier 1 – Rack – 555 users (iSCSI) .................................................................................................................. 17 2.3.2 Shared Tier 1 – Rack (iSCSI – EQL) ............................................................................................................................ 18 2.3.3 Shared Tier 1 – Rack – 1000 users (FC – CML) ...................................................................................................... 21 2.4 Shared Tier 1 – Blade ................................................................................................................................................... 24 2.4.1 Shared Tier 1 – Blade – 555 users (iSCSI – EQL) .................................................................................................... 24 2.4.2 Shared Tier 1 – Blade (iSCSI – EQL) .......................................................................................................................... 25 2.4.3 Shared Tier 1 – Blade (FC – CML) .............................................................................................................................. 28 3 Hardware components ........................................................................................................................................................... 31 3.1 Networking ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 3.1.1 Force10 S55 (ToR switch) ............................................................................................................................................ 31 3.1.2 Force10 S60 (1Gb ToR switch) ................................................................................................................................... 32 3.1.3 Force10 S4810 (10Gb ToR switch) ............................................................................................................................. 33 3.1.4 Brocade 6510 (FC ToR switch) ................................................................................................................................... 35 3.1.5 PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator (10Gb blade interconnect) .................................................................................... 36 3.1.6 PowerConnect M6348 (1Gb blade interconnect) ................................................................................................... 36 3.1.7 Brocade M5424 (FC blade interconnect) ................................................................................................................. 37 3.2 Servers ............................................................................................................................................................................. 38 4 Dell Wyse Datacenter for VMware Horizon View Reference Architecture | v.6.7 3.2.1 PowerEdge R730 ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 3.2.2 PowerEdge M620.......................................................................................................................................................... 38 3.3 Storage