Administrator Guide

6 XC Series Data Protection Management Console Administrator’s Guide | A02
1 Solution Overview
The XC Series Data Protection Management Console (DPMC) is a cross domain application that aims to
integrate Dell EMC XC appliances with Dell EMC data protection IP. A main driver of the program is the
proliferation of Microsoft Hyper-V workloads and integration with Microsoft virtualization and public cloud
offerings.
Data Protection integration is accomplished through the following approaches:
• Integrating Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) and Data Domain with the XC Series hyper-converged platform
• Providing a backup target built on PowerEdge servers with Data Domain Virtual Edition (DDVE)
• Using dedicated Data Domain appliances as required backup targets
NOTE: Data Domain (DD) appliances are available in several options with sales tiers for mid-market small,
mid-market large, remote office, branch office (ROBO) and enterprise.
Because of the turnkey functionality and value-add automation that simplifies customer operation, DPMC
adds security and provides platform flexibility while still using a familiar management framework.
Customers benefit from streamlined deployments and automation in the run-time environment with automated
VM protection, tiering based on policy (including cloud) and automated solution updates.
The following Hypervisors are supported:
• ESXi 5.5 and above
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2
The key features of this solution include:
• VM system backups using Avamar as the backup solution with Data Domain Boost Integration
• Source-side deduplication via Data Domain Boost (DDBoost) – a reduction in network bandwidth
utilization and decreased backup times
• Data Domain storage target for all backup data
• Prism-like user interface with integration into Prism Central
• Multiple and mixed clustered environments (Hyper-V and ESXi)