Desigining a VCE VBLOCK Architecture

VCE, Parent, and Partner Solution Architects, responsible for planning and designing VCE Vblock solutions. Participants may be associated with either presales or post sales aspects of a planning and design process.

After you complete this course you will be able to:

• Identify architecture and differences between different Vblock Series 300 and 700 models
• Approach customer requirements gathering for Vblock solutions and services
• Use appropriate tool sets to use to inventory application environments and collect utilization metrics for a Vblock solution
• Size a Vblock compute infrastructure, match blade technologies to application requirements, and capture the logical configuration
• Create an appropriate core-edge and scale-out design for Vblock network infrastructure, and capture the logical configuration
• Size a Vblock storage infrastructure, leveraging technologies like virtual provisioning and FAST
• Identify the Components of the Vblock AMP, UIM service catalog definition, and how to approach developing an ITSM model for Vblock
• Identify Workload sizing and characterization, and creation of a consolidation plan for Vblock application environments

Introduction

• Comparative overview of Vblock infrastructure packages
• Vblock deployment model process overview
• Overview of the course agenda

Vblock Overview and Architecture

• Vblock design governances
• Vblock component architecture
• VCE Design Tools and Documentation

Vblock Requirements Gathering

• Planning and design process
• Gathering and assessing business requirements
• Gathering and assessing technical requirements

Vblock Data Collection and Analysis

• Data collection process
• Considerations for consolidation
• Data collection tools and metrics
• Capacity and consolidation planning

Vblock Compute Design

• Virtual Unit sizing methodology
• Physical compute planning
• Logical compute planning

Vblock Network Design

• Approach to Vblock network design
• Vblock network sizing
• Mapping logical data flows in Vblock
• Designing the logical network architecture

Vblock Storage Design

• Approach to Vblock storage design
• Logical storage planning
• Storage design considerations

Vblock Management Design

• Approach to Vblock management design
• Vblock management model selection and sizing
• Management platforms and operational considerations
• Designing a service delivery model for Vblock
• Integration Vblock management infrastructure with third party systems

Vblock Virtual Infrastructure Design

• Vblock virtual infrastructure design, based on
• Characterizing application workloads for consolidation
• Defining requirements and boundaries for multi-tenancy
• Capturing service-level objectives and defining service tiers