Specifications
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Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
Figure 9: Our logical network layout.
Setting up the storage
To host all testing infrastructure, we installed a Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Server. Using UCS Service profiles, we
configured the local disks in a RAID 1 configuration to host the ESXi hypervisor.
To host all virtual desktops, we installed a Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Server. Using UCS Service profiles, we
configured the local disks in a RAID 1 configuration to host the ESXi hypervisor.
EMC VNX 5500 storage array
We configured the EMC VNX 5500 storage array to present a high-performance LUN consisting of a three-disk
SSD RAID group to host the Windows® 7 replica disk for VMware View 5.0. We created a FAST Cache enabled storage
pool. From the pool, we provisioned a 500 GB LUN to host all infrastructure and Login VSI launchers, and three 500 GB
LUNs for all virtual desktop linked clone disks.
Setting up the external storage FAST Cache and RAID groups
1. Open EMC Navsphere.
2. Log in as sysadmin.
3. Click SystemSystem ManagementManage Cache.
4. In the VNX 5500 storage system properties, click the FAST Cache tab, and click Create.