3-Tier Platform Design Guide

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  Introduction
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  Solution introduction
  • Business challenges
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  Key benefits
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  Documentation purpose
  • Audience
  • We value your feedback
  • Revision history

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  Solution design and key components
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  Introduction
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  Key components
  • Compute
  • Network
  • Storage
  • Management
  • Virtualization
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  CI considerations and recommendations

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  Cisco UCS-managed compute layer
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  Introduction
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  Cisco UCS components
  • Cisco UCS fabric interconnects
  • Cisco UCS 5th-generation components
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  Cisco UCS servers
  • Compute server connectivity
  • Cisco UCS X9508 chassis connectivity
  • Intersight license for M7 server within a UCSM domain

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  Cisco Intersight-managed compute layer
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  Introduction
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  Cisco Intersight
  • Cisco Intersight software and licensing
  • Cisco UCS blade server connectivity
  • Cisco UCSX compute node connectivity
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  Cisco UCS fabric interconnects
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  Cisco UCS components
  • Compute server connectivity
  • Cisco UCS X9508 chassis connectivity
  • Cisco UCS C-Series rack server direct connect mode
  • Cisco UCS mixed server configuration
  • Fabric interconnect oversubscription
  • Disjoint Layer 2 configuration
  • Supported cabling in an Intersight domain

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  Network layer
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  Introduction
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  LAN layer
  • SAN components
  • LAN layer topology
  • LAN layer architecture
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  Management network layer
  • Cisco Nexus 92348GC-X management switch
  • Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX3P management switch
  • Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 management aggregation switch
  • Supported management network topologies
  • Software licenses
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  Data plane network layer
  • Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 data plane switch
  • vPC peer-link
  • Cisco UCS 4th-generation and 5th-generation uplinks
  • Unified storage array NAS connections
  • PowerStore T model Mezz 0 card connections
  • PowerScale connections
  • Cisco Nexus external uplinks
  • Software licensing
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  Cisco Smart Licensing

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  Storage layer
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  Introduction
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  Connectivity
  • Switch airflow configuration in 3-Tier Platforms
  • Cisco MDS switches
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  Storage block configuration
  • Dell PowerMax storage
  • Dell Unity XT storage
  • Dell PowerStore T storage
  • PowerScale storage
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  Multiple storage arrays
  • Block storage
  • File storage

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  Data protection and replication
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  Introduction
  • Integrated Data Protection solutions
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  Business continuity
  • VPLEX
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  Disaster recovery
  • RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
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  RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Cloud Solution
  • Use cases
  • RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Cloud DR scalability
  • Cloud DR sizing
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  Business continuity and disaster recovery design recommendations
  • FC-WAN connectivity
  • VPLEX and Metro node design recommendations
  • Metro node design recommendations
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  Data protection backup systems
  • 3-Tier Platform data protection backup system data sizing
  • Dell PowerProtect Data Manager
  • PowerProtect Data Manager scalability limits
  • PowerProtect Data Manager resource requirements
  • Network requirements
  • Performance and scalability
  • Encryption
  • VMware backup and recovery
  • PowerProtect Data Manager and VMware datastores
  • External VM Direct Engine best practices
  • PowerProtect Data Domain
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  3-Tier Platform backup systems connectivity overview
  • Data Protection management solutions

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  Management and virtualization
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  Introduction
  • Design principles
  • Supported management solutions
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  Management components
  • Compute specifications
  • Storage
  • Bill of materials
  • Network
  • Logical network topologies
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  iSCSI shared storage design
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  Management tools
  • Windows Server
  • Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance
  • Secure Connect Gateway
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  Virtualization
  • VMware vSphere
  • Authentication
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  Cluster configurations
  • Patch management
  • Data stores
  • Virtual volumes
  • vSphere Distributed Switch LAN traffic network configuration
  • Virtual networks
  • vSphere VLAN names and values
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  Compute VLAN examples
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  Management applications
  • Core applications
  • Ecosystem applications
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  Managing multiple 3-Tier Platforms
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  Distributed management
  • Distributed management for storage
  • Distributed management for virtualization

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  Solution configuration and specifications
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  Introduction
  • Solution components
  • Cisco compute components
  • Intersight Managed Mode components
  • Network components
  • SAN components
  • Dell PowerMax storage
  • Dell PowerStore storage
  • Dell PowerScale storage
  • Dell Unity XT storage
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  Sizing your implementation

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  References
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  Documentation
  • Dell documentation
  • Cisco documentation
  • VMware documentation