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vStart 1000m for Enterprise Virtualization using Hyper-V – Reference Architecture
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Figures
Figure 1: Overview of Dell Blade Servers, Dell Force10 network switches, Brocade Fibre Channel
switches, Dell Compellent Storage, and Microsoft Hyper-V ................................................. 2
Figure 2: Dell Blade Servers, Dell Force10 network switches, Brocade Fibre Channel switches, Dell
Compellent Storage ................................................................................................. 3
Figure 3: Network Topology (Logical View) with optional 2nd Chassis ........................................ 10
Figure 4: Dell vStart Blade LAN Connectivity Overview .......................................................... 12
Figure 5: NPAR and VLAN Configuration on a PowerEdge M620 Server ........................................ 13
Figure 6: NPAR and VLAN Configuration on a PowerEdge R620 Server......................................... 13
Figure 7: Management Architecture ................................................................................. 16
Figure 8: Connectivity of management components. ............................................................. 17
Figure 9: vStart SAN Connectivity Overview ........................................................................ 19
Figure 10: SAN's FC Network and Zoning ............................................................................ 22
Figure 11: Compellent Snapshot Consistency....................................................................... 24
Figure 12: vStart 1000 Rack and Component Overview ........................................................... 26
Figure 13: vStart 1000m Maximum 2 Rack Component Overview ............................................... 27
Tables
Table 1: Component Logical Groups ................................................................................... 4
Table 2: Traffic Description ........................................................................................... 14
Table 3: Sample VLAN and subnet configuration .................................................................. 14
Table 4: CSV Limits ..................................................................................................... 20