Reference Architecture

Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper-V:
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Dell SAN HQ can:
· Monitor one or more PS Series groups and store operational data for up to a year
· Obtain a centralized view of the health and status of multiple groups
· View IO rates, throughput, and latency for each volume, member, pool, or group
· Allow the same performance data to be viewed by multiple clients simultaneously
· Monitor and analyze capacity usage for groups
If action is required, launch the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager directly from SAN HQ to quickly adjust
storage systems to meet business needs.
7.5 Out-of-band Management: CMC and iDRAC
The CMC provides a single, secure interface to manage the inventory, configuration, monitoring, and
alerting for chassis components (iKVM, CMC), I/O modules, servers, and iDRAC. It also provides
excellent real-time power management, monitoring, and alerting capabilities. The Dell chassis provides
users with system-level power limiting, slot-based prioritization, and dynamic power engagement
functionalities. The iDRAC on each server provides the flexibility to remotely manage the server
through console redirection and Virtual CD-ROM/DVD/Floppy/Flash capabilities.
7.6 System Center 2012 SP1
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager SP1. VMM 2012 is Microsoft’s virtualization management
platform. VMM 2012 provides in-depth management of both hypervisor and VMs. It provides a system
administrator the capability to create and deploy VM templates, manage library stores of VMs,
hardware profiles, and image files, and even manage VMware environments. VMM 2012 also provides
P2V (physical to virtual) functionality, thereby allowing a system administrator to convert physical
servers to virtual machines. VMM 2012 integrates with the hypervisor, VMs, and System Center
Operations Manager to provide a deep view of the system utilization.
VMM 2012 SP1 introduces the following new features:
· Network Virtualization: Provides the ability to run multiple virtual network infrastructures,
even with overlapping IP addresses, on the same physical network. There are two mechanisms
to virtualize the IP address of a virtual machine: IP Rewrite or IP encapsulation.
· VHDX Support: Supports converting from .vhd to vhdx. When creating a new virtual machine
with a blank virtual hard disk, VMM determines the VHD format based on the operating system
of the destination host.
· Storage Management Enhancements: Supports the new Windows Standard-based Storage
Management service, which enables discovering storage by using multiple provider types. It
also supports thin provisioning of logical units, and the discovery of SAS storage.
· Host Provisioning Enhancement: Support for performing Deep Discovery to retrieve more
detailed information about the physical computer hardware before deploying the OS.