Unity Storage In PowerEdge FX2 Modular Infrastructure

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About Today’s Session

WHAT IT IS

• An overview of the PowerEdge FX2 and Unity platforms

• A discussion of Networking Simplicity

• A demonstration of ease of deployment for a multi-protocol storage environment in Dell EMC modular infrastructure

WHAT IT IS NOT

• A “speeds and feeds” discussion

• A deep dive into the architecture and features of either the PowerEdge FX2 or Unity platforms

Overview

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Dell EMC Unity™The ultimate in storage simplicity and value

ALL-FLASH DESIGNALL-FLASH HYBRID

AFFORDABLEALL-FLASH STARTING UNDER $18K*HYBRID OPTION STARTING <$10K* < $1/GB

MODERNALL-FLASH DESIGN WITH INLINE EFFICIENCIES & CLOUD TIERING

FLEXIBLEVIRTUAL & PURPOSE-BUILT & CONVERGEDUNIFIED NAS & SAN & VVOLs

SIMPLESLICK UX ALL INCLUSIVE SW CLOUDIQ™ PROACTIVE ASSIST

* Prices are anticipated street prices

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Unified storage pool architecture

Storage PoolNAS Server

(virtual)VVOL VVOLVVOL

LUN LUN

LUN LUN VVOL VVOLVVOL

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The Dell PowerEdge FX Portfolio

A modular enclosure with shared power,

cooling, management and PCI connectivity

in just 3.5” of rack space

PowerEdge FC630

A 2 socket, half width performance server node with the processing performance

and memory scalability to handle virtually any workload.

PowerEdge FC430

An ultra-dense 2 socket, quarter-width mainstream server, ideal for distributed

environments requiring multi-node reliability & efficiency.

PowerEdge FM120x4

A half width compute module providing four microservers per node, delivering a high density, low cost solution ideal for

web serving and dedicated hosting.

PowerEdge FC830

A full-width, 4-socket node with massive memory scalability, expandable storage, and powerful processing, great for core

applications and cutting-edge virtualization.

PowerEdge FX2

PowerEdge FD332

A half width direct attached storage node with up to 16 drives, it combines with

compute to build highly flexible, scale-out or software defined storage solutions.

PowerEdge FN IOM

Converged networking modules for simplified network deployment and

improved “east/west” communication.

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Flexible workload configurations

4 FM120 (16 x 1S servers) Web server, physical hosting and light analytics

4 FC430 + 2 FD332 Traditional corporate IT workloads and applications. Small HPC, small virtualization & Web

2 FC830 (4 socket) Ultimate database configuration, business intelligence platform

8 FC430 (2 x 1.8”) Hosting, light virtualization with SAN

4 FC630 (8 x 1.8”) Virtualization farms, private cloud, databases

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FX Architecture – Networking options

Dell EMC FN410S I/O ModuleProvides 4 ports of 10GbE SFP+ connectivity. Supports optical and DAC cable media

Dell EMC FN410T I/O ModuleProvides 4 ports of 10GBASE-T connectivity. Supports cost effective copper media up to 100 meters

Dell EMC FN2210S I/O ModuleDelivers up to 2 ports of 2/4/8Gbps Fibre Channel (NPG mode) and 2 ports of 10GbE SFP+ by default

FN410S: 4 port GE/10GE SFP+

FN410T: 4 port GE/10GE Base-T

FN2210S: 2 port FC2/4/8G + 2 port GE/10GE SFP+

10GbE SFP+ 10Gb Base-T 2/4/8G FC (convertible to 10GbE SFP+)

It’s all about simplicity

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FN IOM: True Plug and Play Networking

Complexity & Configurability

• I/O Aggregation• Fully Automated• No Customization• GUI Configuration• Single Path

Standalone

• I/O Aggregation• Fully Automated• Some customization• GUI Configuration• Active-Active multi-path for servers

VLT Mode• I/O Aggregation• Fully Automated• Some customization• Limited GUI• Stack up to 6 units

Stacking Mode

• I/O Aggregation• Some Automation• Moderate customization• No GUI• Most use cases

PMUX Mode• L2/L3 switching• No Automation• Full customization• No GUI• Any use case

Full Switch Mode

Demonstration Lab

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Lab Setup2 x FC430 – ESXi 2 x FC430 – Web

1 x FC630 – DB 1 x FC630 – Backup

Fibre Channel

Ethernet

LANiSCSINFS

FC

Demo!

Q&A?