1. 1 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Multi-protocol Storage in a VMware Environment

2. 2 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Benefits of Server and Storage Consolidation  Simplifies management –Centralize storage management –Improve service levels  Increases flexibility –Optimize capacity planning –Eliminate scheduled downtime  Reduces total cost of ownership –Improve capacity utilization –Require fewer high-powered systems  Enables high-speed, nondisruptive server workload movement –Migration (VMware VMotion) –Failover (high availability) –Load balancing (VMware DRS— Distributed Resource Scheduler) SERVER VIRTUALIZATION AND NETWORK STORAGE Storage network

3. 3 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC Celerra Platforms The Industry-Leading IP Storage Platform Gateway Shared storage Add NAS, iSCSI to Fibre Channel SAN Highest storage usage Consolidated management Integrated Dedicated storage Easy to deploy Simple to manage NS20NS40NS80NS40GNS80GNSX AvailabilityFailover Advanced clustering Failover Advanced clustering Number of blades1 or 2 2–41 or 22–44–8 Connectivity NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel option NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel option NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel option NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel StorageCLARiiON CLARiiON, Symmetrix Maximum usable IP storage capacity 32 TB48 TB96 TB48 TB96 TB224 TB

4. 4 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Why Customers Choose Celerra for VMware  No risk infrastructure –iSCSI, NAS and Fibre Channel  High availability –No-compromise, five 9s (99.999) percent availability  Information protection –Celerra Replicator –Celerra SnapSure  Advanced functionality –Automated Volume Management –Virtual provisioning  Ease of use –Celerra Manager –EMC Replication Manager  VMware Certified –E-lab certified, Reference Architectures –VMware Services Enterprise servers Virtual Infrastructure Virtual Machines APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS ESX Server Virtual SMPVMFS Enterprise network Celerra Management and Automation

5. 5 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Celerra: No-Compromise Availability for Virtualized IT Environments  Server virtualization provides resource resiliency and resource flexibility  Benefits of server virtualization realized with highest availability storage –Advanced N+1 clustering  N+1 means no performance degradation after failover –Controller-based RAID  Consistent, predictable performance during RAID events –Independent management  Independent management station notifies and manages any failure events Five 9s Availability

6. 6 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Celerra Replication and VMware  Guest operating system images and the application data can be replicated  Application-consistent replication –Fibre Channel or iSCSI –Local or remote replicas –Integration with EMC Replication Manager  Celerra SnapSure and Celerra Replicator for NFS –Replication granularity is entire NFS volume Availability ESX Server x86 architecture VMware: Virtualization layer SOFTWARE HARDWARE Replica of Windows app data Windows app data Linux app data

7. 7 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Celerra Virtual Provisioning  Capacity oversubscription –File systems –iSCSI LUNs –Logical size greater than physical size  Physical allocation in real time to logical size  Virtual Provisioning safeguards  Automatic File System Extension past logical size  iSCSI Dynamic LUN Extension past logical size Physical consumed storage Logical application and user view User C 10 GB User B 10 GB User A 10 GB 4 GB 3 GB Physical allocation 2 GB 1 GB 3 GB Advanced Functionality

8. 8 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Celerra Virtual Provisioning and VMware— Maximize Storage Utilization  With Virtual Provisioning enabled –Additional storage allocated only when needed –File system automatically extends when its utilization raises –Virtual machines are presented with upper-size storage limit  In this model –No need to over-provision –Unallocated space can be utilized across the virtual data center Advanced Functionality Unused file system space 80 GB file system 5 GB 10 GB15 GB10 GBUnused file system space 80 GB file system 5 GB 10 GB15 GB10 GB

9. 9 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Celerra Flexible Deployment Options for VMware Flexibility VMware ESX Server Fibre Channel SAN Celerra NS20/NS40 APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS Flexible connectivity options: NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel Add Fibre Channel if required for bandwidth-intensive applications Ethernet iSCSI SAN Ethernet NAS

10. 10 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC Celerra Best Practices with VMware ESX FeatureFibre Channel SANiSCSINFS ESX bootYesYes (Hardware initiator only) No Virtual machine bootYes Raw Device MappingYes N/A LUN extensionYes ReplicationYes through: Replication Manager (mount host must be iSCSI) Yes through: Replication Manager Yes Replication typeApplication-consistent (RDM only) Application-consistent (RDM only) Crash-consistent Virtual machine as initiatorNoYesNo SecurityN/ACHAPUNIX_Auth The choice of storage with VMware ESX is largely driven by performance requirements and preference Flexibility

11. 11 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Celerra Ease-of-Use Capabilities for VMware Ease of Use At-a-glance system status Celerra Monitoring Automated Volume Management Provision file systems in four clicks Celerra Manager Intuitive Web-based management Celerra SnapSure Simple snaps Celerra Startup Assistant 15 minutes from power-up to production Celerra Virtual Provisioning Built-in thin provisioning PhysicalLogical Physical allocation

12. 12 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Automated Volume Management  Select workload type –Performance –Capacity –Archive  Specify file-system size Automated Volume Management Manages:  RAID type  Array load balancing  Striping  Metavolume auto-extension  Slicing  Celerra volume creation Ease of Use Provision file systems by workload in four clicks

13. 13 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Networked Storage Blueprints for VMware Environments  Reference Architectures –Details about proven configuration –Accelerates end-to-end deployment  Best practices and supporting technical validation documents –Helps optimize the performance –How to install, configure, and integrate the entire solutions stack  EMC E-Lab tested EMC experience and proven methodologies help you get the results you need—predictably, reliably, and faster

14. 14 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Celerra and VMware Use Cases  Virtual infrastructure –Unified storage consolidation  Infrastructure optimization –VMware and NAS protocols  Desktop management –Virtual desktop infrastructure  Disaster recovery –Site Recovery Manager 14

15. 15 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Virtual Infrastructure Celerra Unified Storage Consolidation with VMware  Consolidated all servers  Consolidated all storage  All file servers eliminated  Supports Fibre Channel if required Benefits  Improved utilization  Improved data availability  Leverages the existing LAN infrastructure  LAN-free backups  Lower total cost of ownership USE CASE FCCIFS, NFS VMware ESX Servers LAN iSCSI LAN-free backup FC iSCSI NAS Add Fibre Channel if required for bandwidth-intensive applications Use Storage VMotion to non- disruptively migrate VMs Outlook users’ file clients Celerra APP OS APP OS APP OS Exchange and SQL

16. 16 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Infrastructure Optimization Celerra NAS Protocols with VMware  Consolidated all servers and storage  Eliminate windows file servers  VMware uses NFS  Clients and Windows applications use CIFS  Virtual Provisioning Benefits  Simplified provisioning and on-going management of data stores  No learning curve for NAS management  Leverages the low cost IP infrastructure  LAN-free backups and restores at the VM and file level  Lowest total cost of ownership USE CASE CIFS VMware ESX Servers LAN LAN-free backup Clients Celerra CIFS Files APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS VMware NFS

17. 17 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Desktop Management Celerra and VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)  Consolidate, centralize and secure the desktop environment  Rapidly deploy systems from gold copy  Desktop VMs and CIFS shares for user data in a single platform Benefits  Provision 1000’s of desktops in minutes with Celerra writeable snaps  No-compromise availability for the desktop  Advanced functionality  Lower TCO USE CASE NFS/ iSCSI Desktop VMs VDI Gold Copy Up to 1,000 Writeable Snaps Desktop User Data Thin Clients ESX Servers APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS Celerra CIFS

18. 18 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. PRODUCTION Disaster Recovery Celerra and VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)  Celerra Replicator controlled by VMware SRM  Define Celerra and VMware BC/DR workflows for Setup, testing, failover, failback Benefits  Simplifies and automates disaster recovery  Make disaster recovery a property of the VM  Provides central management of recovery plans from VirtualCenter  Turns manual recovery processes into automated recovery plans USE CASE APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS Celerra ESX Servers RECOVERY APP OS APP OS APP OS APP OS Celerra ESX Servers Celerra Replicator Makes disaster recovery rapid, reliable, manageable, affordable

19. 19 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Reference Architecture with Celerra NS Series Celerra NS40 DART 5.5 iSCSI connectivity 146 GB 15K rpm Remote Office NetWorker Server Replication Manager V5.0 Mount Host Dell PE 6850—Quad Xeon, 3.0 GHz, 16 GB VMware ESX (DC/GC) Dell PE 2850—Dual Core Xeon 3.0, 4 GB Windows 2003 Ent. Ed. 32-bit SP1, Microsoft iSCSI Initiator V2.03, dual Gigabit Ethernet MPIO/MCS, Replication Manager V5.0 Agent, RepliStor V6.2 LAN Switch Dell PE 6850 Quad Xeon, 3.0 GHz,16 GB RAM VMware ESX –Loadsim clients –EMC EmailXtender Server iSCSI Switch Exchange 2003 SP2 A/P Cluster EMC Centera (4-Node) iSCSI Switch RepliStor V6.2 Client Network iSCSI Network 2 iSCSI Network 1 MSCS Heartbeat IP WAN

20. 20 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Application and File Servers: Before  Current deployment –Dedicated application servers –Multiple file servers –Terabytes of direct- attached storage  Issues –Poor utilization –Difficult to scale –High management cost –Inefficient backups Use Case Clients File servers Application Servers LAN backup

21. 21 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Application and File Servers: After  VMware with Celerra server and storage consolidation –Consolidated application servers –Consolidated application storage –Consolidated all file system storage –All file servers eliminated  Benefits –Improved utilization –Improved data availability –Leverages the existing LAN infrastructure –LAN-free backups –Lower total cost of ownership Use Case CIFS, NFS NS40 VMware Servers LAN LAN-free backup iSCSI NAS Clients Add Fibre Channel if required for bandwidth-intensive applications

22. 22 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Server Virtualization with VMware  Increase hardware utilization by sharing hardware resources across many virtual machines  Virtual infrastructure brings uniformity to your data center Virtual Machines APP OS APP OS APP OS ESX Server APP OS APP OS Deploy multiple virtual machines on a single physical server Physical Server Benefits

23. 23 © Copyright 2008 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. EMC Celerra: An Ideal Platform for VMware  Advanced functionality for VMware  No-compromise Five 9’s availability  Ease of deployment and use  Flexible deployment options  Reference Architectures  Best practices * IDC, Q3 2007 Number One in NAS Revenue Share* SERVICE LEVEL COST NS40NS80 CLARiiON Symmetrix NS80G NS40G Celerra NSX Symmetrix CLARiiON NS20

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