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VxBlock Systems: Overview Of The Industry Leading CI Solutions & Future Directions

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Key takeaways

• A good understanding on what makes up a VxBlock System

• What benefits are customers enjoying with their VxBlock Systems

• What workloads and use cases are driving VxBlock Systems deployments

• What the future holds for Dell EMC Converged Infrastructure


There is a huge shift to a “Buy” model

In 2017 Traditional IT

Infrastructure Market is

expected to grow at ~4%

SOURCE: IDC 12/16

While the Converged

Infrastructure 5 yr CAGR is

expected to grow at ~10%

Within Converged Infrastructure, the Integrated

Infrastructure is the largest, with Dell EMC being #1

In 2016, Dell EMC was #1

in Converged Infrastructure

Dell EMC gained market share in 2016

Dell EMC

66%

Vendor 2

<30%

Integrated Infrastructure


Next 15 yearsBusiness-centric

Cloud-native apps

Systems of engagement and insight

Streams of data and analytics

Internet of Everything

Last 15 yearsIT-centric

Traditional applications

Systems of record

Transactional data and reporting

Internet

Why this movement?

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In 12 months, >50% of customers will

run more than 10 applications on all-

flash configurations

35% of customers already have an all-

flash strategy

All-flash

source: IDC 11/16 - All-flash array adoption

Workloads / Use cases

27% Private cloud

23% Public cloud

-4% Traditional data center

source: Cloud: IDC 12/16 – WW network forecast / Apps: 451 Research 06/16 Servers and CI

2015-20 CAGR

Cloud

By 2018, >50% of ERP, VDI, CRM,

BI, analytics will be running on CI

Network

source: IDC 12/16 – Network forecast

WW Ethernet switch revenue forecast

100GbE

100MbE/1000MbE

10GbE

40GbE

Infrastructure spend

source: ESG 06/16 – Converged Continues to gain IT traction

Converged Infrastructure Usage

32% currently use a

Converged Infrastructure

56% are planning to use a

Converged Infrastructure

12% have no plans to move to

a Converged Infrastructure



• 50% of enterprises expect technology will reduce time needed to expand infrastructure

• +40% of enterprises see reduced time to respond to business needs as an impact to adoption

• +50% of enterprises expect technology to increase server utilization rates

• +50% of enterprises believe that physical server count can be reduced

source: 451 Research 06/16 Servers and CI



#1Converged

Systems


FOX SPORTS

VxBlock Systems are trusted around the world


Storage Network Virtualization

Converged Operations

Compute

4.6X More applications

deployed

96% Reduction in

downtime

4.4XFaster time-to-

market

41%Less time keeping

lights on

Converged systems deliver real business outcomes

Source: IDC doc#255798, The Business Value of EMC Vblock Systems, May 2015


What is a VxBlock System?

Simplifying all aspects of IT

Supported SustainedEngineered Manufactured Managed

As one product

* For network virtualization, VxBlock Systems offer a choice of VMware VDS and/or NSX and/or Cisco ACI. Vblock Systems support Cisco N1Kv

Compute

Network*

Storage

Virtualization

Management

Cisco

Dell EMC

VMware


V

VxBlock Systems

• Integrated classic IT

architecture

• Cisco Networking

and Compute*

• Dell EMC Storage

• VMware

• Same hardware and

software as Vblock

• Plus: VMware VDS

• Plus: Choice of VMware

NSX and/or Cisco ACI

network virtualization

Vxblock Systems VxBlock systems


VxBlock Systems architectural view

Storage

Network

Compute

Management

Virtualization1

2

3

4

5Customer

core network


Storage

Customer core

network

F

E

X

Compute

Intel Servers

Fabric interconnects

10G Eth*

8/16G FC

Network

10G FCoE

Nexus MDS

VMAX XtremIO

VNX/Unity

Storage

Switch

Servers

Intel CPUs

Cores

Memory 64-768GB

Virtual NIC

Bandwidth

4/8/16 connections

Nexus 5K/9K

MDS 9148 or Director class

Up to 512 servers

Multiple Cisco UCS domains

All EMC models

EthernetManagement

Virtualization

VMware

*Note: VxBlock and Vblock Systems 540, with XtremIO, also supports 40Gb Ethernet

VxBlock Systems component view


Extending the value beyond the components

TesCompute

NetworkStorage

Virtualization

Release

Certification Matrix

Manufactured

and

Tested

Hardened Roadmaps

Use Cases

Collaboration

Support

Team

Management


VxBlock Systems family

#1 in converged systems, powering the modern data center

VxBlock Systems

540

XtremIO

superb efficiency

VDI / test and dev

VxBlock Systems

350

Unity All Flash & Hybrid

general purpose workloads

midrange scale

VxBlock Systems

740

VMAX All Flash

large scale

multi-workload consolidation

rich data services / availability

VxBlock Systems

240

VNX5200

small scale

general purpose

Dell EMC Converged

Technology

Extensions

storage or

expansion compute

modules


Dell EMC Converged Technology Extensions

Adding greater flexibility with proven technology

Add general purpose compute, GPU cluster, DAS-based HDFS cluster(s)

Add general purpose storage with multi-array storage combinations (VNX/Unity/XtremIO/ VMAX) for added capacity/performance and new use cases including Isilon options

Add fabric extensions for shared and scalable resources with a Vscale Architecture

Cisco

Compute

Dell EMC

Storage

Fabric

Extensions


Vscale architecture

• Scales out data centers

• Shares and orchestrates resources

• Combines converged, hyper-converged, and legacy systems

• Cisco UCS, Rack mount Servers,

LAN/SAN Switching and Security

• Cisco:

• ASAP Data Center Architecture

compliant

• Spine-and-leaf networking

• ACI software-defined networking

• UCS Director automation


Dell EMC Vision intelligent operations • Always know the state of the data center to prioritize actions

Infrastructure Health and Life Cycle Management

Health

Workload and system health management

and logging

StabilizationOptimization

Firmware and software release

compliance management

Security

Security hardening and policy

compliance management

Compute Network Storage VirtualizationSupport for Dell EMC Vscale Architecture

(VxBlock Systems, Vblock Systems, and Dell EMC VxRack Systems


Breadth of integrated data protection

The right level of protection for each business application

10% of data

60% of value

VPLEX

RPO: 0

RTO: 0Business Continuity

20% of data

20% of value

RecoverPoint

RPO: 0–hours

RTO: minutes–hours

Replication

100%

of data

Avamar and

Data Domain

RPO: 1 day

RTO: hours–days

Daily Backup (and archive)


Bringing it all together—interoperability done for you

Simplifying code management

Storage Compute

Networking Virtualization

VNX VNXe

Unity

VMAX XtremIO

Isilon

Nexus MDS

UCS Manager UCS

vSphere ESX/ESXivCenter

Rack Mount ServerData Domain VPLEX Avamar

RecoverPoint PowerPath

Cisco Data Center Network MGR

NSXACI

Vision

Release Certification Matrix (RCM)



Top

Value Drivers

Simplify operations

Mitigate risk

Increase agility

Plan for the future

Improve

productivity

Reduce costs

Top

Use Cases

VDI

Microsoft

Data protection

Oracle

Cloud

SAP

Top

Industries

Service provider

Healthcare

Financial services

Manufacturing

Education

Oil and gas


Challenge

– Managing growth, costs and staying competitive

– Inefficient use of IT resources (outsourced)

Business Benefits

– Improved operations & customer response time

– Achieved 30% gain in productivity

– Decreased help desk calls

– Enhanced performance and TCO savings

– Simplified IT provisioning

Solution

– Private-cloud w/backup, running on Vblock

– One of the largest SAP footprints in the industry

“We were able to convert everything— our integrated Sybase database, SAP® applications, the entire operation—in one weekend. Quite honestly, it’s been a flawless implementation to date.”

– Mike Redeker, Vice President and CIO

Canadian Pacific Railway


Soon to be released

Support for

Unity 350F, 450F, 550F, 650F

Support for the new

XtremIO

Support for

VMAX 950

vSphere 6.5

UCSM 3.1

Tech Extension updates

(next gen all-flash + Isilon all-flash)


Making the simple, simpler: offering improved flexibility, increased scalability and

simplified/automated updates…it’s all going to be possible

Imagine if you could…

Multiple storage array options in one system

Choice of servers (rack or blades)

Mix and match compute, network and storage

Single “scalable” platform

Integrated Isilon option

CISCO-based compute options - 10G, 25G, 40G, 50G or 100G

Central multi-system management appliance

Open source engineered operational experience

Real-time configuration access Proactive support options

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