Powering Virtualization, Applications, and Datacenter Transformation with Converged Solutions

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2013 Powering virtualization, applications and datacenter transformation with converged solutions Steven Stover Dell Enterprise Solutions Group

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IT faces many issues these days. From service roll out schedule delays, inefficiencies, and disconnected processes, there are a lot of obstacles that can hold us back. Dell can help. We simplify IT services with converged solutions to help you get the most out of your products and services. See how converged infrastructure can help you gain control: http://del.ly/Converged

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Powering virtualization, applications and datacenter transformation with converged solutionsSteven StoverDell Enterprise Solutions Group

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48%Maintain

24%Replace/Expand existing

28%Invest

What issues does IT face today?

of downtime is caused by

human error

Rolling out new IT services takes too long

Manual and disconnected processes impact service

quality

75%of business users consider IT to be

distributed, agile, & flexible

29%

Source: InformationWeek survey of IT perception, October 2012. Forrester Research, Inc., Forrsights Budgets & Priorities Tracker Survey April, 2013. The causes & costs of data center system downtime – Advisory Board Q&A, June 2011

Just Up to

Inefficient IT leads to difficulty supporting the

business

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What else is driving convergence?

80%24068%25X80%

Cloud80% of cloud initiatives will be private and hybrid by 2014

Data center traffic25X more bandwidth (I/O) per rack needed by 2015

Operating costsIn 2012, 68% of server-related spend was on management

BYOD, mobility & VDISmartphone users work an average of 240 hours more per year

Virtualization80% server virtualizationby 2016

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Convergence is a mixed message Is this flexibility & choice?

Many providers taking a “one size fits all” approach

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Datacenter Transformation – the Optimized EnterpriseDelivering innovation and value at any scale

Opera

tional Effi

ciency

Price/Performance

Costly solutions where operational savings are consumed by high costs with a lock-in penalty

The new proprietaries

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Complex, monolithic systems that lock in and don’t scale

Legacy systems

Operational costs

Capital costs$$$

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Low-cost commodity components with no solutions value-add

Commodity systems and services

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Capital costs$

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The Optimized EnterpriseBreakthrough performance and efficiencyIncreased agility Greater scalability Operational

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Dell’s approach to Converged Infrastructure

Converged Management

Automation +Orchestration +Unified Resource Management =

Cloud Enablement

Combined benefit

• Transform IT from a cost center to a center for innovation

• Increase IT velocity

• Shift budget from maintenance to mission success

• Gain critical data insights faster

• Realize agility via unified IT Service management

Technology enablers - consumable on your terms

Converged Infrastructure

Compute +Capacity +Networking =

Virtualized Resource Pool

• Automate application provisioning • Enable workload mobility• Reduced operational challenges • Rapidly deploy & reclaim

resources • Enable self-service by end users• Enabling chargeback or showback• Capacity on demand

• Simplified platform maintenance, control & administration

• Seamless, modular scalability • Reduced operational expense • Increase utilization &

efficiency• Power & cooling benefits

Unique benefits

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Heterogeneous Infrastructure Resources

VDI UC&C Biz Apps

Active System Manager and 3rd party systems mgmt integration

SolutionTemplates

Virtualized IaaS/Private cloud

Simplified IT services in the Optimized Enterprise

Application & IT Services• Discovery,

deployment andlifecycle management

• Integrated applications and systems management

Converged Infrastructure• Flexible pool of

application resources compute, capacity, and networking

• Intuitive infrastructuremanagement

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Convergence: technology building blocks

Converged Management• Native tools –infrastructure tools,

hypervisor integration, management /instrumentation/monitoring

• Virtualization mgmt - Foglight suite

• Active System Manager – application provisioning, resource management, workload mobility

• Multi-cloud manager

Converged Infrastructure• Dell PowerEdge M1000e - High

Density, flexible IO options, unified management

• Dell PowerEdge VRTX - Convergence for remote,/branch & departmental

• Active Infrastructure for Applications - (SAP HANA, Oracle, HPC, VDI) Fluid Data: Storage

Convergence• Dell EqualLogic - scale-out,

unified, virtualized IP storage, array or blade.

• Dell Compellent - scale-up virtualized FC, FCoE, auto -tiering

Active Fabric: Converged networking• Force10 - (FTOS) software defined

networking; scale-out; non-blocking, non-oversubscribed

• Wireless & branch solutions• Flexible interoperability – MXL, IO Aggregator

Applications

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Dell converged platformsFrom office scale to enterprise scale

PowerEdge M1000e

Data center IT• Solves complex IT needs for

Enterprise data centers

• Wide range of server, storage, IO options

• Mixed/heavy workloads

• High performance & density(up to 32 server bladesper chassis)

Automated & application-centric solutions• Enables dynamic workload

provisioning and automation

• Application specific Converged architectures (Oracle, SAP, HPC)

• Unified management with Active System Manager

• Flexible deployment options

• Private cloud building blocks(high scalability)

Departmental / Branch• Solves basic IT needs for branch,

departments and workgroup

• No expert staff required

• Global management from one console (CMC), onsite or remote

• Clusters & standalone apps(up to 4 server blades)

PowerEdge VRTX

Active Solutions

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Data center consulting expertiseProven to unlock efficiency

Servers, platform consolidation & migration, HPCC

Optimization, performance

tuning, capacity planning

Virtual desktop consulting and hosted VDI as a

service

Capacity, efficiency, reliability optimization, site selection, design

& commissioning, energy management

Strategy, capacity planning & performance

mgmt., data center consolidation &

migration, operations

VDI

Networking

Platform optimization

Data center planning &

management

Facilities efficiency

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Accelerate IT Service Deployment Maximize IT Efficiency Strengthen IT Service Quality

Capture best practices

• Design templates & orchestrations: use out-of-box or create custom templates or; define workload lifecycle

Define

Rapidly deliver high quality workloads

• Deploy workloads: provisioning of infrastructure and workloads through defined templates

Deploy

Active System ManagerUnify environments, leverage existing investments, comprehensive integration

Get up & running quickly

Discover

• Quickly discover: auto-inventory available resources

• Pool resources

Evolve workloads as needs change

• Scale workloads: add or remove resources from workloads

• Manage lifecycle: update or release resources as needed

Maintain

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Key benefits – Active System ManagerAutomationAutomation of key tasks & functions as defined by IT requirements and best practices

CentralizationConsolidation of tools, processes and functions through a single console

Operational savingsReduction in staff time and effort

Capital savingsEfficient utilization and control of server, storage and network resources

AccuracyAccurate and consistent management through process standardization

AdaptabilityFlexibility to scale workloads in a predictable fashion as a response to planned and unplanned events

Active System Manager

Automated service delivery through a unified management platform

Maximize IT efficiency

Efficient

Strengthen IT service quality

High Quality

Accelerate IT service deployment

Agile

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• Converged management platformSingle console view of your environment

• Full Lifecycle Management Physical, virtual, heterogeneous infrastructure

• Accelerated time to valueAutomation of workload & infrastructure mgmt.

• AccurateConsistent outcomes

• AutomationAcross multiple physical and virtual layers

Automated

• Open and extensibleAn architecture that integrates IT, today & tomorrow

• HeterogeneousInvestment protection with multiple vendor infrastructure support

Open

• Intuitive From set-up to management with a simplified UI

• Integrated3rd party tools using APIs

• FlexibleMeet specific environment needs

Easy to Use Comprehensive

Why is this an industry-leading approach?

Active System Manager

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Introducing Active System Manager 7.5A Better Customer ExperienceSimplicity and ease of use

• Enhanced user interface provides an intuitive, end-to-end infrastructure and workload automation experience through a single console

• Streamlined deployment enabling faster time to value

New modular architecture enables flexibility and extensibility• Broader 3rd party hardware support leveraging

Dell IP and open source technologies

• Easily extend the product to meet the needs of specific environments

Automation• Automation of key tasks & functions as defined

by IT requirements and best practices

• Automated workload delivery and management of your converged infrastructure

ASM 7.5enables more

choice and accelerates

convergence for a broader

range of customers

Maximize IT efficiency

Efficiency

Strengthen IT service quality

High Quality

Accelerate IT service deployment

Agility

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Automating workload deployment

Challenge:

• Deployment of applications took too long

• Manual deployment processes were error prone and complex

Results:

• Accelerated deployment of apps & infrastructure with Active System Manager

• Dramatically reduced time spent on routine tasks through automation and standardization

Indianapolis Airport Authority

Owns and operates 6 airports serving7 million passengers per year

Faster results and better staff focus on important tasks

Reduction of staff management time-30%

Less time on staging and rollout

-50%

Less admin staff cost

-20%

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Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Challenge:• Reduce the time to onboard and

deploy new infrastructure, applications and IT Services

• Reduce risk and maintain governance and control

Results:• Faster provisioning of complex

multi-tier workloads with ASM templates

• Infrastructure on demand with pre-built templates & self-service portal

• Flexibly scale using reference architectures & leverage existing IT

Brodart

Pennsylvania- based library solutions company

Agile & scalable private cloud using pre-built reference architectures

Time to value

6X faster

Management tools

88% fewerTime to deploy virtual infrastructure

99% less

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Virtual desktop rapid deployment

Challenge:• Rapidly enable Client Mobility &

BYOD

• Enhance manageability of virtual infrastructure lifecycle for VDI

• Enable phased VDI rollout pilot to production

Citrix XenDesktop and XenMobile POC for 500 users

Overcoming cloud client computing challenges

Time to administer

~10 minReduction in admin tools

7 to 1

Time to productivity

<1 day

Results:• Turnkey solutions to deploy,

configure & scale virtual infrastructure and VDI

• Template-driven automation captures best practices & accelerates deployments

• End-to-end unified management

Fortune 50 Financial Services Institution

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Convergence without compromise

99% fewerSteps to deploy complex virtual infrastructure

Most recommended

system performance per watt

45% better

2X more

compute nodes per rackconverged infrastructure

for deployment instead of 8

1 console

6X faster

implementation of new virtual infrastructure

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Why partner with Dell?

• Convergence on your terms – no matter your size or scale

• Management choice, simplicity & integration

• Intelligent infrastructure building blocks

• Flexible deployment options• Key innovations that trend with

customers and industry inflection points

• End to end solutions from desktop to datacenter to cloud

Dell Software

• Performance & Availability Management (Quest Foglight)

• Data Protection (Quest vRanger and AppAssure)

• Security & Governance (Quest and SonicWALL)

• Windows Server Management (Quest)

• Plug-ins and connectors (VMware and Microsoft)

Dell Services

• Infrastructure Consulting

• Application modernization

• Deployment• Support services• Cloud services

Dell Infrastructure• Servers• Storage • Networking• Facilities

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Visit a Dell Solution Center near you: Austin • New York City • Washington D.C. Chicago • Santa Clara • Mexico City • Sao Paolo

Gain hands on experience, see demonstrations in the Solutions Showcase

Let’s get started

Meet with Dell subject matter experts at the Solutions Showcase

Visit http://del.ly/Converged

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