xi frame -the next generation application and desktop...

Xi Frame - the next generation Application and Desktop delivery solution

for the Multi Cloud world

Alessandro Pilotti – Senior Systems Engineer

End User Computing

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HCI

HCI Stack for VDI

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Hyper-V ESXiVirtualization(Hypervisor)

Broker(VDI/EUC Software)

AHV

AOS Prism

Home DirectoryFiles

Flow (AHV)

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VDI Solution Technology Overview

Node 1 Node 2 Node N

User Workloads

Compute & Storage Controller

Server

Hypervisor

Server

Hypervisor

Server

Hypervisor

PrismAdditional Services on HCI

Site A

Site B

Hardware platform choice: covering user density; GPU etc.

Linear scaling & no-boot storm due to web-scale & data locality.

Management with Prism: consumer grade UX & 1-click automation.

Choice of hypervisors (incl. AHV).

Integrated files services, SD networking etc.

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Linearly Scaling VDI Capacity

Customers can scale their EUC environments without

forklift upgrades for 100’s to 1000’s of end users – paying only as they grow.

VMs

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Number of Nodes

2X

3X

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On-Prem or Hosted Private Cloud

Shared drives SMB

Nutanix Xi Frame - DaaS Solution

Xi FrameCloud-hosted DaaS platform

Infrastructure

DaaS Layer

Home Directories Files

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What is Nutanix Frame?

A secure cloud platform that delivers

apps and desktops

to users on any device with a browser

Infrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS)

Desktop as a Service(DaaS)

Software-defined workspaces YOU!

Focus on apps/workspaces - Nutanix do the rest

Xi Frame

Great for Enterprises and Partners

CustomerHas Relationship with Nutanix

OrganizationInternal department or client of Customer

AccountApplications, desktops in a specific cloud region

Customer 1 Customer 2 Customer 4

Engineering Sales Client

…

Customer 3

Frame Desktop as a Service

Launchpad

LaunchPad - User interface

• Start a desktop or access applications

• Switch instance types, if allowed

• Access other Launchpads, if authorized by administrators

Super Administrator• Account management interface

• Onboard apps in Sandbox, create production pools, publish.

• Create/restore backups, configure utility servers, manage capacity, and manage configuration

Dashboard• Customer and organization

management interface

• Create new organizations and accounts

• Add cloud accounts and AHV clusters; add identity providers

1. Pick infrastructure(Compute, Graphics, Network)

5. Deliver to users (Any location, any device)

2. Authorize users(Plug in to your domain)

AD/ADFS

Custom

Xi Frame

3. Bring your apps(.exe, packages, licenses...)

4. Connect files (storage)

Shared drives SMB

“VDI made simple with Xi Frame”



AD/ADFS

Custom





1. Pick your infrastructure, region, and compute

VM type A

VM type B

“Sandbox”(Gold Master)

“Utility” Server(s)“Production” Pool- Min- Max- Buffer

- License server- Database- File Server- Other

Launchpad(s)

VNET

VPN Gateway

Cloud VNETVNET Peer

On-premises Network

Adding VNET PeeringVNET Peer to Additional Cloud Resources



AD/ADFS

Custom





AD/ADFS

CustomAuthentication

(e.g. SSO with Okta, Ping, Sign in with Google)

Authorization(Role-based Access Control)

Setup Identity Provider2. Bring your identity provider



AD/ADFS

Custom





On-board apps in your Sandbox

Office apps to rich graphics apps with GPUs (e.g. CAD)

3. Install your applications



AD/ADFS

Custom





Shared drives SMB

Drag-n-drop Uploads

1-click Integrations

Files show up in a network drive

4. Connect to your storage



AD/ADFS

Custom





Configure Settings (e.g. allow file uploads/downloads) Set Capacity

Browser or Client Delivery to any

device, anywhere

5. Deliver to users




AD/ADFS

Custom

Xi Frame



Shared drives SMB

Zero to production in minutes!

• Predictable, consistent workloads

• Fixed cost, pay for peak load 24x7

• Significant data on-premises (data locality)

• No public cloud IaaS regions near users

• Data center must be near users

Xi Frame has the flexibility to support delivery from on-premises infrastructure and public cloud IaaS.

Why public cloud?

• Variable, “bursty” or seasonal workloads

• Usage-based, pay as you go

• Data is already in the cloud

• Supported in most regions

• Global availability

Why on-premises?

Infrastructure: Private cloud (on-prem) or public cloud?

Enterprise VDI Desktop as a Service (DaaS)

Nutanix HCI: Best Platform for Enterprise VDI

Nutanix Frame: Best Platform for Multi-cloud DaaS

Frame as part of NutanixEnterprise Desktops and Apps with a 1-click consumption model

Enterprise VDI Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS)

On-premises/co-location Multi-cloud, Hybrid-cloud

Local region Multi-region

Fixed capacity Pay for use

Tried and tested/mature Agile

CAPEX intensive OPEX driven

Well defined usage Flexible usage

Longer time to market Fast time to market

Longer time to innovate Highly innovative

Fixed stability High availability and agility

Low elasticity Elastic by design

Frame Use Case Examples

• Support unmanaged BYOD initiatives

• Simplify enterprise client-server deployments

• Deliver High-end graphics (2D or 3D), resource intensive applications on Any Device

• Run legacy applications (e.g. Silverlight, Flash, Java, IE) to Any Device

• Accelerate Windows 10 & Office 365 deployments by providing access to classic applications as a service

• Seasonal and short-term workloads (like training, conferences)

• SaaSify Windows apps (expensive to convert to Web applications)

• Enable e.g. Google ChromeOS, Google for enterprise deployments with easy and integrated access to classic windows applications

Concurrent or Named User?

Named Users =the total number ofusers that can log in with their ownaccount.

1 2 3 4 5

6 107 8 9

10 Named Users

10 Named Users4 Concurrent Users

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

Concurrent Users = the maximum number of users that could connect at the same time. Same as the maximum size of the VM pool summed across all pools/accounts.

Delivery: RDS-SALs (incl. or BYO?)

RDS-SALs for all named users must be included for cloud deployments UNLESS:

• the partner/reseller/ISV/MSP is sourcing these separately

• the customer is sourcing these separately (e.g. has RDS-CALs and License Mobility)

If RDS-SALs are provided through Nutanix, the numbermust:

• Match the number of Frame Named Users

• Be greater than the number of Frame Concurrent Users (typically 2X or more)

For on-premises workloads, customers are responsibleor purchasing Client Access Licenses (RDS-CAL)

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Subscriber Access License (RDS-SAL)

Infrastructure and OS

Opera t i ng Sys tem A H V AW S Azu re G C P

Windows 10 X1 X 2

Windows Server 2012R2 X 3 X 3 X 3

Windows Server 2016 X1 X 3 X 3 X 3

Windows Server 2019 X1(Planned)

X 3(Planned)

X 3(Planned)

X 3(Planned)

CentOS 7 X

Ubuntu 18.04 X

1 . Customer brings their own OS licenses and image for AHV.

2 . Customer brings their own OS licenses for Azure.

3 . OS license included in pay-as-you-go hourly cost.

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