Administrator Guide

Microsoft-provided software
Table 1. Microsoft software
Product/Software Name Purpose TechNet Library Reference
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition The operating system on all physical hosts
and VMs.
Windows Server 2012 R2
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
(VMM) 2012 R2
Use to manage the virtualization hosts,
networking, and storage resources.
Virtual Machine Manager
System Center Operations Manager
(SCOM) 2012 R2
Use to monitor the infrastructure. Operations Manager
SQL Server 2014 Hosts the databases for infrastructure VMs
that require SQL Server.
SQL Server 2014 Product Documentation
Windows Azure Pack Allows you to oer IaaS services to your
users, through a self-service cloud.
Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server
System Center Data Protection Manager
(DPM) 2012 R2
Use to back up both management
infrastructure and tenant VMs.
Data Protection Manager
System Center Endpoint Protection Provides anti-malware services to the
physical hosts and infrastructure VMs.
Endpoint Protection Client
Service Management Automation (SMA) Allows you to automate the creation,
monitoring, and deployment of resources in
your Windows Azure Pack environment.
Service Management Automation
Service Provider Foundation (SPF) Exposes a web service that interacts with
VMM. This allows the Windows Azure Pack
portals to interact with the VMM to enable
IaaS capabilities in System Center 2012 R2.
Service Provider Foundation
NOTE: The System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) runs separately on hosts outside the initial Dell Hybrid Cloud System
for Microsoft stamp.
Dell-provided software
Table 2. Software
Product/Software Name Purpose More Information
User interface and middle layer
• Guides deployment workow
• Gathers data and generates manifest
• Adds compute chassis (four sleds per
chassis)
Provided in the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for
Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard
Administrators Guide.
Dell Server Management Pack Suite
(DSMPS)
Provides hardware health information to the
System Center Operations Manager
Dell Server Management Pack Suite
Storage Enclosure CLI (SECLI)
• Updates the Dell PowerVault MD
storage enclosure rmware
Staged on local disk; see Dell Storage
Enclosure Administrators Guide
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