what’s new in vsphere 4.0: technical overview

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What’s New in vSphere 4.0:Technical Overview

Private Cloud

Internal Clouds

AppLoads

AppLoads

AppLoads

AppLoads

AppLoads

Cloud OS

ManagementFederation & Standards

ExternalClouds

Cloud OS

Management

There are Three Building Blocks for the Private Cloud

‘Software Mainframe’

SLA-Driven Management

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Mobility

VMware vSphere™ 4.0 Delivers

Application Services

Infrastructure Services

VMware vSphere™ – The Industry’s First Cloud Operating System

Scalability

Dynamic Resource Sizing

Network Management

vSphere 4.0

FirewallAnti-virusIntrusion PreventionIntrusion Detection

Security

ClusteringData Protection

Availability

vNetwork

StorageManagement & ReplicationStorage Virtual Appliances

vStorage

Hardware AssistEnhanced Live Migration Compatibility

vCompute

Infrastructure Services Deliver CapEx and OpEx Savings

Highest consolidation ratios in the industryMost efficient use of hardware resources

Low operational overhead

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Storage

Networking

Virtual Machines

CPU

Memory

64 cores and 1 TB physical RAMHardware Scale Up

Lowest CPU overhead Hardware Assist Purpose Built Scheduler

Maximum memory efficiency Hardware Assist Page Sharing Ballooning

Wirespeed network access VMXNET3VMDirectPath I/O

Greater than 200k iops per secondLower than 200 microsecond latencyStorage stack optimization

VMDirectPath I/O

Virtual hardware scale out 8-way vSMP and 255 GB of RAM per VM

VM Scale Up

vCompute vStorage vNetwork

Current NEW

ESX

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“Speeds & Feeds” Optimization for Highest Consolidation Ratios

Scheduled Task to Change Resource Settings

Home > Management > Scheduled Tasks > Add

To accommodate business priorities that change over time, schedule tasks to change resource settings.


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DPM consolidates workloads onto fewer servers when the cluster needs fewer resources

Places unneeded servers in standby modeBrings servers back online as workload needs increase

ESX supports Intel Speed Step/AMD Power now for individual host power optimizationMinimizes power consumption while guaranteeing service levelsNo disruption or downtime to virtual machines


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VMware vSphere™

Green IT with VMware vSphere™ Power Optimization features

DPM powers off server when requirements are lower

DPM brings servers back online when load increases

New Resource Distribution ChartsvCompute vStorage vNetwork

New DRS Management Pages

History tab

Recommendations page

Refresh recommendations

Apply a subset of recommendations

Edit cluster

properties

Apply all selected recommendationsFaults view displays issues

that prevented DRS from providing or applying recommendations.

Actions taken based on recommendations

Customize the display

Faults page


Virtual machine disks consume only the amount of physical space in use

Virtual machine sees full logical disk size at all timesFull reporting and alerting on allocation and consumption

Significantly improve storage utilizationEliminate need to over-provision virtual disksReduce storage costs by up to 50%

vStorage Thin Provisioning


ESX

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Datastore

Virtual Disks

20GB

40GB20GB

20GB

60GB

20GB

100GB

Thick Thin Thin40GB 100GB

Thin Disk Provisioning Operations

Create New Virtual Machine Wizard

Clone and Migrate Virtual Machine Wizards

A thin-disk option is available when you: Create a virtual machine Clone to a template Clone a virtual machine Migrate virtual machine

storage (Storage VMotion)


Hot Virtual Disk ExtendExpand virtual disks onlineRespond quickly to growing requirements without downtime

VMFS Volume GrowExpand VMFS Volume on the same LUN it was created Facilitate adding more virtual machines to an existing volumeFacilitate data growth for the virtual machinesIncrease flexibility to simplify capacity planning

Efficient Storage Abstraction with VMFS


ESX

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Datastore

Virtual Disks

20GB

100GBLUN

Extend 10G of virtual disk

Add new virtual disk

VMFS Volume Grow to grow the datastore

Extend 8G of virtual disk

20GB

No change to datastore

VMFS Volume Grow to grow the datastore

40GB

vNetwork Distributed SwitchvCompute vStorage vNetwork

Aggregated datacenter level virtual networkingSimplified setup and changeEasy troubleshooting, monitoring and debuggingEnables transparent third party management of virtual environments

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VMware vSphere™

vNetwork Distributed SwitchvSwitch vSwitch vSwitch

Moving from Standard vSwitch to DVSwitch

vswitch

DVS Upgrade Steps1. Create DVS

2. Break existing NIC team

3. Associate half of NICs with new DVS

4. Move VMs from LS to DVS

5. Associate remaining NICs with DVS

6. Repeat steps (2)..(4) for remaining hostsESX Host 1

vswitch

DVS

During steps 3 and 4, network bandwidth available to VMs (and redundancy) limited by 50%

Physical NICs cannot be shared by Standard vSwitch and DVS

vswitch Existing standard virtual switch

DVS Distributed Virtual Switch

Physical NICs

ESX Host 2


Nexus 1000V

VSM

Cisco Nexus 1000v Architecture Overview

vCenter Server

VMware ESX

SERVER 1

VMware vSwitch VMware ESX

SERVER 2

VMware vSwitch VMware ESX

SERVER 3

VMware vSwitch

VM #1

VM #4

VM #3

VM #2

VM #5

VM #8

VM #7

VM #6

VM #9

VM #12

VM #11

VM #10

VEM VEM VEMNexus 1000V vDS


Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM)

• Virtual or Physical appliance running Cisco OS (supports HA)

• Performs management, monitoring, and configuration

• Tight integration w/ VMware Virtual Center

Cisco Nexus 1000V Enables

• Policy-based VM Connectivity• Mobility of Network & Security

Properties• Non-Disruptive Operational Model

Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM)

• Enables advanced networking capability on the hypervisor

• Provides each VM with dedicated “switch port”

• Collection of VEMs = 1 DVS

Feature ESX 3.5: Standard vSwitch

ESX 4.0: vNetwork Standard Switch

ESX 4.0: vNetwork Distributed

SwitchCisco Nexus 1000V

Switching Features

Layer 2 Forwarding Yes Yes Yes Yes

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging Yes Yes Yes Yes

Multicast Support Yes Yes Yes Yes

IGMP Snooping v3 - - - Yes

VMotion Support Yes Yes Yes Yes

Network Policy VMotion - - Yes Yes

Upstream Switch Connectivity

EtherChannel Yes Yes Yes Yes

Asyncronous Port Channels - - - Yes

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) - - - Yes

Load Balancing Algorithms

Virtual Switchport ID Yes Yes Yes Yes

Source MAC Yes Yes Yes Yes

Source-Destination IP Yes Yes Yes Yes

Source-Destination MAC - - - Yes

Source-Destination-Port IP - - - Yes

Additional Hashing Options - - - Yes

VMW vSwitch & the Cisco Nexus 1000VvCompute vStorage vNetwork

FeatureESX 3.5: Standard vSwitch

ESX 4.0: vNetwork

Standard Switch

ESX 4.0: vNetwork

Distributed SwitchCisco Nexus

1000VTraffic Management Features

Tx Rate Limiting Yes Yes Yes Yes

Rx Rate Limiting - - Yes Yes

Quality of Service Marking

DSCP - - - Yes

Type of Service - - - Yes

Class of Service - - - Yes

Security Features

Port Security Yes Yes Yes Yes

VMSafe Compatible Yes Yes Yes Yes

Private VLANs - - Yes Yes

PVLAN Promiscuous Trunk Support - - - Yes

Access Control Lists - - - Yes

DHCP Snooping - - - Yes

IP Source Guard - - - Yes

Dynamic ARP Inspection - - - Yes


FeatureESX 3.5: Standard vSwitch

ESX 4.0: vNetwork

Standard Switch

ESX 4.0: vNetwork

Distributed SwitchCisco Nexus

1000V

Management Features VMware vCenter Support Yes Yes Yes Yes

Third Party Accessible APIs Yes Yes Yes Yes

Network Policy Groups Yes Yes Yes Yes

Multi-Tier Policy Groups - - - Yes

SPAN - - - Yes

ERSPAN - - - Yes

Netflow v5 * * * Yes

Netflow v9 - - - Yes

SNMP v3 Read/Write - - - Yes

CDP v1/v2 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Syslog ** ** ** Yes

Packet Capture & Analysis - - - Yes

Radius/TACACS+ - - - Yes

* Experimental Support** Network Syslog information is compiled and exported with other, non-network related, vCenter events.


VMware vSphere™ 4.0 Delivers

Application Services Provide Built in Service Level Controls

VMware Solutions Maximize Uptime

Planned Downtime Unplanned Downtime

Network Redundancy

Storage vMotion

VMotion

NIC & HBA Teaming

VCB

HA

VM Failure Monitoring

Availability Security Scalability

Server ESX

Virtual Machines

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Interconnect

Storage

Site Recovery Manager

Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC)

EVC Cluster

CPU Baseline Feature Set

EVC prevents migrations with VMotion from failing due to incompatible CPUs.

CPUIDCPUIDCPUID

CPUID

X… X… X…

K…


Storage VMotion in vSphere 4 Enhancements

Can administer via vSphere Client

Supports NFS, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI

No longer requires 2 x memory

Supports moving VMDKs from thick to thin formats

Can migrate RDMs to RDMs and RDMs to VMDKs (non-passthrough)

Leverages new vSphere 4 features to speed migration

LimitationsVirtual machine cannot include snapshots

VM must be powered off to simultaneously migrate both host and datastore


New HA Cluster Settings

Ability to suspend host monitoring

Choice of three admission control strategies


VM Monitoring

Enable automatic restart due to failure of guest operating system

Determine how quickly failures are detected

Set monitoring sensitivity for individual virtual machines


VMware Fault Tolerance

Single identical VMs running in lockstep on separate hostsZero downtime, zero data loss failover for all virtual machines in case of hardware failures

Zero downtime, zero data lossNo complex clustering or specialized hardware requiredSingle common mechanism for all applications and OS-es


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Enable Fault Tolerance with a Single ClickPrimary Virtual Machine > Summary Tab

After you turn on Fault Tolerance, the Status tab on the primary virtual machine shows Fault Tolerance information.


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VMware Data Recovery

VMware’s Backup/Recovery Solution based on APIs for Data Protection

Agentless disk-based backup and recoveryDe-duplication and incremental backups to save disk space


Protection Engine

VMware vSphere™

VMware VMsafe

API that enables protection of VMs by inspection of virtual components in conjunction with hypervisor Isolation of protection engine from malwareBroad ranging coverage of virtual machine CPU, memory, storage and network

Application

Operating System



VMware vShield Zones

Self-learning, self-configuring firewall ServiceVMotion and network-configuration aware trust zones

Dynamic firewall policy using application protocol awarenessDynamic security capacity using infrastructure vServicesSecurity policies auto-adapt to network reconfiguration or upgrades

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VMware vSphere™

VMware vShield Zones Architecture

vShield Host GatewayVirtual Network MonitoringVirtual Network FirewallTransparently Managed

vShield ManagerCentralized MonitoringCentralized Policy AssignmentWeb-based interface

VMware ESX VMware ESX

vShieldvShield

VMware ESX

vShieldVMwarevCenter

VMwarevShield

Manager


Scale Up Applications for Assured QoSAvailability Security Scalability

Scalable virtual machinesHot add of

CPUMemory

Hot add and removeStorage devices

Network devices

Hot Extend virtual disksZero downtime scale out of virtual machines

255 GB

8 CPUs

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Hot Add for Memory and CPU

You must enable Memory and CPU Hot Add so that the options are available on the Hardware tab.

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Options Tab > Memory/CPU Hotplug


Hot Adding and Removing PCI Devices

You can hot-add/remove: Network cards SCSI adapters Sound cards SCSI disks and CDROMs USB EHCI controller VMCI PCI passthrough devices

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Hardware Tab > Add


Hot Extending VMDKs

Virtual Machine > Edit Settings > Hardware Tab


Simplified

Responsive

Resilient

vCenterApplication Management

Infrastructure Management

Lab Manager

AppSpeed

ChargebackLifecycleManager

CapacityIQ ConfigControl Orchestrator Site RecoveryManager

Automation

vCenter Server Linked Mode Overview

Standard vSphere Client can access inventory across multiple vCentersView and search across combined inventory of a group of vCenter ServersShared roles and license configurations

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Basic Workflow to Implement Host Profiles

Host ProfileMemory ReservationStorageNetworkingDate and TimeFirewallSecurityServicesUsers and User GroupsSecurity

ClusterReference Host1

2

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Working with Host Profiles

After you create the profile, attach it to hosts/clusters so that you can check compliance and apply it to hosts not in compliance.

vApp Overview

vApps are multi-tier application services that you can manage as a single inventory item.

Provides for single-step managementEliminates complex setupand configuration

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App Server

VM

vApp

OVF Descriptor

App Server

VM

Database

VM

Resource Pool

Distributed Virtualization Layer

New Storage Views Tab Adds Insight into Storage Infrastructure

The new Storage Views tab provides greater insight into capacity utilization and storage connectivity.

Enhanced Views for Storage Devices

Unique LUN identifier is persistent across reboots.

Host Configuration > Storage > Devices

Right-click to rename

VMware vSphere™ 4.0 delivers

Hardware Platforms

Aberdeen LLCAce ComputersAcerACMA ComputersActionAMAX Information TechnologiesAnders & RodewykAquariusASEM SPAASUSTeK ComputerBGMbluechip Computer AG BullCIARA - VXTECH Cisco Coastline Micro IncColfax InternationalColumbus Micro Systems Inc. COM 1 EDV-System GmbH Compusys COMPUTER HAUG GmbH Cyclone Dam Sistemi S.r.I Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd. DELL Delphin Data EDV Dienstleisungs GmbH

These features are representative of feature areas under development. Feature commitments must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind. Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery.

1284 Servers

Digital Henge E4 Computer Engineering S.p.A. Electro Sales CorporationEquus Computer SystemsEvesham Technologies ExuS-Data GmbH FORMAT Sp.Fujitsu Fujitsu Siemens Computers GEMM Informatica SrI Giga-byte TechnologyGigabyte SRLHCL HELiOS BUSINESS COMPITERHitachi HP IBM ICOInbox INFORMATICA EL CORTE INGLES Insite Technology LtdInspur Intel INVESTRONICA Ipex ITG ItautecJ&N Computer ServicesKontron

KraftwavLeadman Lenovo Leo Computer Linear SystemsMaxdata GmbH MDS MicroMITSUBISHI MPC Nanobay NEC SASNeogenesvs S.A. de C.V.Netinlink NETWEB TECHNOLOGIESNor-TechNTT Ockam Open Storage Solutions OPTIMUS SA PC Factory SA Plat’HomePogo Linux PROconsult Data A/S Quanta ComputerR-StyleRackable Systems

Radi SysReal.Com-94 Bt. Rombus International GmbH Sai InfoSystem (India) Ltd. Samsung Seneca Data SGI Silicon Mechanics Silicon Systems SNCSonex Technologies StratusSun Microsystems Inc Supermicro Computer Inc SVET Computers TAROX Systems & Services GmbH Thomas-Krenn.AG Transtec Unisys USA ComputersVahalVerari Viglen LimitedVIST SPBWinFirst Wipro Wortmann AG XENON Systems Pty LTDYang Ming International Corp. ZT Group

Operating Systems – 481

Windows 7Windows Preinstallation

Environment 2.0, 2.1Windows Server 2008Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows NT 4.0Windows 98Windows 95Windows 3.1xMS DOS 6.22Asianux Server 3.0CentOSDebian

These features are representative of feature areas under development. Feature commitments must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind. Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery.

IBM OS/2 Oracle Enterprise LinuxOpen ServerRed Hat Enterprise LinuxSCO UnixWare 7SCO OpenServer 5.0SUSE LinuxSUSE Linux Enterprise DesktopSUSE Linux Enterprise ServerUbuntuUnixWareFreeBSD Novell NetWare Novell SELSSolaris Operating System for x86

vSphere 4 Editions: Essentials Packaging

All inclusive packages:Licenses for 3 physical servers (up to 2 processors each)License for central management server

ESSENTIALS

VMware ESXi OR VMware ESX

4-way vSMP

vCenter Server for Essentials(up to 3 servers)

ESSENTIALS PLUS


4-way vSMP

vCenter Server for Essentials(up to 3 servers)

VC Agent VC Agent

Update Manager

High Availability

Data Recovery

6 CPUS x

6 CPUS x

6 CPUS x

1 x

x 6 CPUS

x 6 CPUS

x 6 CPUS

x 1

x 6 CPUS

x 6 CPUS

x 6 CPUS

Update Manager 6 CPUS x

vCenter Serverfor Essentials

vSphere 4 Editions: Core Platform

High Availability

STANDARD ENTERPRISE PLUS


4-way vSMPVC Agent

6 Physical Cores / CPU256 GB Physical Memory

VMotion™

High Availability


4-way vSMPVC Agent


ADVANCED

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

VMotion™

High Availability


8-way vSMPVC Agent

12 Physical Cores / CPUNo License Memory Limit

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

Distributed Switch

DRS / DPM

Storage VMotion

Host Profiles

VMotion™

High Availability


4-way vSMPVC Agent


ENTERPRISE

Fault Tolerance

Data Recovery

vShield Zones

DRS / DPM

Storage VMotion

Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager Update Manager

Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Thin ProvisioningThin Provisioning

VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs VCB / vStorage APIs

Hot Add Hot AddHot Add

Resources and Next Steps :

VMware vSphere landing pagehttp://www.vmware.com/go/vsphere

New editions overviewhttp://www.vmware.com/go/vsphere/buy

Upgrade to vSpherewww.vmware.com/go/vsphere-upgrade-center

Deep Dive WebcastsTechnical : http://www.vmware.com/a/webcasts/index/program/179622Overview :

http://www.vmware.com/a/webcasts/index/program/179617

http://www.vmware.com/go/vsphere

http://www.vmware.com/go/vsphere/buy

http://www.vmware.com/go/vsphere-upgrade-center



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