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DELL CONFIDENTIAL

The Intelligent, Automated

IT INFRASTRUCTURE

PAVLOS KITSANELISSOLUTIONS TEAM

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

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IMAGINERECLAIM IT RESOURCES

Through 2012, virtualizationwill be the highest-impact trend in infrastructure and operation.

Thomas Bittman, Gartner Data Center Conference: “Server Virtualization: Trends, Best Practices, and the Future”

November 2007

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DRIVING FULL VALUE REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY

MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGEINFRASTRUCTURE

Which Servers are best for Virtualization?What about storage… do we need a SAN?

How much capacity?How does this impact my network?

Which applications should be virtualized?Which should stay physical?

What’s the ROI? Who owns the assets?

How do we effectively manage virtual infrastructure?How do we control virtual machine “sprawl”?

What’s the best practice for backup?

COMPLEXITY IS GROWING

Virtualization isn't just about raising the use level of x86 servers. Virtualization will have major operational, cultural and business

process implications, and users must prepare now to get the best return on investment (ROI).

- Gartner Data Center Conference: Day 3 Highlights 'Virtualization‘, Nov. 2007

Standardized Standardized to drive flexibility and valueto drive flexibility and valuePervasive Pervasive across all infrastructuresacross all infrastructuresEmpowering Empowering for all organizations for all organizations

SIMPLIFYVIRTUALIZATION

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VIRTUALIZATION SIMPLIFIES IT BEYOND CONSOLIDATION

More Effort

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Server consolidationLegacy re-hostingPower efficiency

ProvisioningHigh AvailabilityDisaster Recovery

Workload BalancingAutomationCapacity on Demand

IN THE DATA CENTER•50 cents spent on power & cooling for every $1 on servers1

•Real estate costs $1,000 per square foot; $40,000 per rack1

•Average server utilization <10%1

WITH VIRTUALIZATION•Average number of virtual workloads consolidated on a single physical server is estimated at 10 in 2007 and 20082

•Reduced overall hardware 22%1

•Up to 23% annual cost savings1

CONSOLIDATION WITH VIRTUALIZATIONDELIVERS TANGIBLE BENEFITS

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1IDC, "Virtualization and Multicore Innovations Disrupt the Worldwide Server Market," Doc # 206035, March 20072 Gartner, Dataquest Insight: Virtualization Impacts x86 Server Shipments, August 2007

CHOOSING THE RIGHT HARDWARE PLATFORMAchieving a balance between cost and scalability for I/O, memory & external storage:

MemoryI/O

External Storage

Virtualization requires 2-3X the I/O bandwidth over the network

DIMM slot count is also a key

consideration

Virtualization solutions are

typically SAN-based for storage

CPUMultiple cores, CPU speed, architecture

EmbeddedHypervisor

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DELL POWEREDGE SERVER =DELL POWEREDGE SERVER =Virtualization SimplifiedVirtualization Simplified

= R805 & R905= R805 & R905

Virtualization Simplified•Improved Reliability

•Strengthened Security•Reduced Power and Cooling•Ready to Run Out-of-the-box32

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Feature ComparisonStandard 2U

ServerR805 R900/R905

Form Factor 2-socket, 2U 2-socket, 2U 4-socket, 4U

Memory 8 DIMMs 16 DIMMs 32 DIMMs

I/O 3 x PCIe 4 x PCIe 7 x PCIe

NICs Two LOM (TOE) Four LOM (TOE)w/ 10GBe option

Four LOM (TOE)

HDD 8 x 2.5” SAS/SATA 2 x 2.5” SAS/SATA 8 x 2.5” SAS5 x 3.5” SAS

RAID PERC 5 SAS 6/iR, PERC 6 Dedicated PCIe slot

Embedded No Yes Yes

Availability Hot-plug redundant power, embedded or dedicated RAID, hot-plug HDD, ECC, Chipkill, online spare row, tool-less chassis

Management IPMI 2.0 / DRAC 5 / Full OpenManage

DELL™ POWEREDGE™ULTIMATE DESIGN FOR VIRTUALIZATION

RUN IT BETTER#1 virtualization performance with Intel® Xeon® processors*Breakthrough energy economyEase of use

GET IT FASTERVirtualization ready from the factoryStreamlined purchase path

* Based on VMmark 2-socket rack and 2-socket blade results for the PowerEdge 2950 III and M600 compared to all results published on HYPERLINK "http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results.html" http://www.vmware.com as of 4/11/2008. For the latest VMmark benchmark results visit http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results.html

GROW IT SMARTERChoice: VMware®, Citrix®, Microsoft®Virtualization optimized across portfolioVirtualized blades switch infrastructure optimizes efficiency

THE BEST SERVERS FOR VIRTUALIZATION

Dell blades use dramatically less power per 4 socket server than competitors

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DELL POWEREDGE SERVERS OPTIMIZED FOR VIRTUALIZATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Dell’s New Full Height Blades: Designed from the ground up for virtualization

Three Highly Available, Fully Redundant I/O Fabrics. Unequaled. 8 high speed ports vs. 5 for HP in same form factor.

Enhanced RAM capacity or the opportunity to use more low cost DIMMs Leading performance in virtual environments. Internal SD card for embedded hypervisors.

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Dell M905

Platform Power Idle LoadM905 535,4 823,4BL680c 751,9 900BL685c 672,8 930,1LS41 832,1 955,8

M905 vs Idle LoadBL680c 28,8% 8,5%BL685c 20,4% 11,5%LS41 35,7% 13,9%

Dell % better power efficiency

Benchmark run using the same server specs running SPECJBB2005. All testing performed by Principled Technologies August 2008 13

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STORAGE OPTIMIZED FOR VIRTUALIZATION

Infrastructure you

understand

Dell/EMC

Dell Equallogic

PowerVault

Solutions that suit

you

Expand automatic

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Aggressive move to virtualized server infrastructure spurs need for storage solutions that support low costs and automated operations.

Server virtualization is the killer app for iSCSI.

- IDC, Virtualization and Storage, A 360-Degree Strategy for Building a Virtual Datacenter, # 210084, Dec. 2007

iSCSI NETWORK STORAGE EXTENDS THE VALUE OF VIRTUALIZATION

Simplifies Networked Storage – Helps simplify deployments– Extends existing infrastructure– Ubiquitous networking

knowledge

Enhances Consolidation ROI– Affordable hardware– Helps reduce deployment and

acquisition costs– Helps reduce ongoing

management costs

– Out of box set-up in less than an hour

– Linear scaling capacity and performance

– Non-disruptive expansion

– Comprehensive data protection included with purchase

DELL EQUALLOGICVIRTUALIZED iSCSI SAN FOR VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT

Dynamic virtual storage to address changing business needs, in real time, at a reasonable cost

Simplify Virtualization Management– Extend existing tools to cover physical and virtual servers

– Extend existing standards for virtual environments

– Partner for innovative management capabilities

DELL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY


CUSTOMER FOCUSED APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT

VENDOR VENDOR PLATFORMSPLATFORMS

CUSTOMER CUSTOMER OPERATIONSOPERATIONS

Flexible Flexible TailoredTailored

Non-disruptiveNon-disruptive

Plan Deploy

Monitor

Control

Protect

PlateSpin®, VMware® Altiris®, Microsoft®, PlateSpin, VMware, Xen

CommVault®, Double-Take®, EMC, SymantecTM, VizioncoreTM

OpenManage™, Altiris, BMC,

Microsoft®, OpenView, Tivoli

Altiris, VMware, Microsoft, Vizioncore, Xen

AN ECOSYSTEM OF BEST OF BREED SOLUTIONS

Mazda Consolidates

80 servers down to 5. Reduces server administration

time by 38 %

CUSTOMER SUCCESS

TAKING THE NEXT STEPS

APPROACH VIRTUALIZATION STRATEGICALLY


• Plan holistically, comprehending platforms, tools, and processes

• Execute through manageable, executable projects

• Choose industry standard technology to avoid lock-in, forking, and complexity

DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES APPROACHAccelerates IT Value

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Virtualization Solution

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• Pre-defined

• Modular

• Collaborative

• Experience-based

• Partner-enriched

• IT Enablement

REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION The First Step to an Effective Strategy

Virtualization Readiness Assessment– Server opportunities– Storage capacity– Power and cooling analysis

Virtualization health check for existing environments


A SMARTER PATH TO VIRTUALIZATION

End to end solutions for all organizations#1 virtualization server performance*Simple to manage, iSCSI virtualized SAN

Virtual infrastructure deployed in minutesFast start services streamline transition

Broad choice in management solutionsLinear scaling of storage capacity & performancePrescriptive guidance based on 7+ years experience

* Based on VMmark 2-socket rack and 2-socket blade for the PowerEdge 2950 III and M600 compared to all results published on HYPERLINK "http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results.html" http://www.vmware.com as of 4/01/2008. For the latest VMmark benchmark results visit http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results.html.

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