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Dell EMC works hand in hand to prove the value of PowerEdge MX kinetic infrastructure with VMware Cloud Foundation. Dell EMC offers a Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Design for VMware Cloud Foundation with PowerEdge MX. Combining the power of VMware Cloud Foundation and Dell EMC infrastructure, Dell Technologies Cloud delivers a consistent hybrid cloud experience across private, public, and edge environments. With Dell Technologies Cloud Validated Designs, like the PowerEdge MX with Cloud Foundation, customers now have more choice to meet their most demanding workload needs using pre-tested infrastructure with deployment guidance based on Dell EMC storage, compute, and networking that’s been validated with VMware Cloud Foundation.
Dell EMC’s extensive Deployment Guide walks any system architect through the process of deploying both the PowerEdge MX hardware and the VMware Cloud Foundation software stack as a seamless set of procedures. In addition, Dell EMC and VMware worked intently to make sure the installation process is as simple as possible. Wizard-driven, it’s built as a step-by- step engagement that reduces the ambiguity and confusion architects might experience with other cloud stacks.
VMware and Dell EMC have leveraged the kinetic infrastructure capabilities of PowerEdge MX RESTful APIs to provide composability. With composability, administrators can dynamically configure servers to meet the needs of their workloads without physically moving any hardware components. They can bind disaggregated hardware components together to create a logical system based on the needs of applications. These logical systems function like traditional rack mount systems.
Composability uses the Redfish translation layer to connect to the composable hardware infrastructure. The Redfish Translation Layer supports data models used to get composable resources and zones restrictions from the hardware infrastructure. It is designed to be extensible and vendor agnostic. VMware has validated composability within the PowerEdge MX architecture.vii
Dell EMC offers a single point of support for all aspects of the solution. When VMware Cloud Foundation software and hardware are purchased through Dell EMC, along with ProSupport, the support model for everything comes through the Dell EMC ProSupport single point of contact experience. Customers can rely on over 1,800 VMware-certified support professionals at Dell EMC, with virtually all calls handled without escalation to VMware, whether it’s a software or a hardware concern. Our integrated approach cuts time for resolution down significantly and offers customers an optimal customer experience.
vii https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2019/08/26/private-cloud-powered-by-vmware-cloud-foundation-on-dell-emc-poweredge-mx/