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3-Tier Platform Design Guide
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Management and virtualization
Introduction
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Management components
Compute specifications Storage Bill of materials Network Logical network topologies
iSCSI shared storage design
Management tools
Windows Server Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance Secure Connect Gateway
Virtualization
VMware vSphere Authentication
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Management components

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Management components

  • Single-system and multisystem management solutions use installed software components that are based on the LCM release for the deployed solution version.

    The following table shows the hardware and software components of the management solution:

    Table 103. Management solution hardware and software components
    Resource Components
    Compute Cisco UCS C220 M6 SFF rack server

    Cisco UCS C220 M7 SFF Rack Server

    /M7/M7

    Storage Dell Unity XT 480 Hybrid

    Dell Unity XT 480 Hybrid with optical connectivity

    Network Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX3P OOB management switch

    Cisco Nexus 92348GC-X OOB management switch

    Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 OOB management aggregation and ToR switch

    VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)

    Management tools Dell Secure Connect Gateway

    Windows Server Embedded Standard

    Cisco Intersight Appliance

    Dell Technologies optional, and ecosystem applications

    Virtualization VMware vSphere with the following features:
    • VMware vSphere ESXi
    • VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA)
    • VMware vSphere Client (HTML5)
    • VMware Host Client (HTML5)
    • VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)
    • VMware Single Sign-On (SSO) Service
    • VMware vSphere HA
    • VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
    • VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)
    • VMware vSphere vMotion
    • VMware Storage vMotion
    • VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC)
    • VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) (capacity only)
    • VMware Storage-driven profiles (user-defined only)
    • VMware vSphere Inventory Service
    • VMware Syslog Service
    • VMware Core Dump Collector