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vStart 50 Solution Overview
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Table 1 provides descriptions for the solution components.
Table 1. Component Logical Groups
Component
Description
Role
Hyper-V Cluster
PowerEdge R620 servers running
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
Edition with Hyper-V role enabled
Host virtual machines (VMs)
iSCSI Storage
EqualLogic PS6100 with 24 x 300
Gigabyte (GB) 10,000 RPM SAS Drives
Provide shared storage for the
Hyper-V cluster to host the
VMs
Management Server (optional)
PowerEdge R420 server running
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2012
Standard Edition
Host Server and Cluster
Manager, EqualLogic SAN HQ,
and Group Manager
LAN Traffic Switches
PowerConnect 7024 or
PowerConnect 6224 switches
Support VM, Live Migration,
Management, Cluster, and
Out-of-Band Management
traffic
SAN Traffic Switches
PowerConnect 7024 or
PowerConnect 6224 switches
Support iSCSI data
3.1 Storage Expansion Options
This section provides an overview for the vStart 50+ storage expansion options.
For customers who are considering purchasing a vStart 50, the option for two EqualLogic PS series
arrays is available. For customers whose VM profiles and workloads require additional storage capacity
or IOPS, an additional EqualLogic PS6100 array can be added as an upgrade for existing vStart 50s with
one array. Figure 1 above shows the vStart 50 configured with two EqualLogic PS6100 arrays.
Table 2. vStart 50 Storage Expansion Options
vStart Model
Base vStart Storage Array
Configuration
With Storage Expansion
Configuration
vStart 50
1 x EqualLogic PS6100 array
2 x EqualLogic PS6100 Arrays
It is important to note that the vStart architectures are designed with storage and host expansion in
mind. Adding an additional storage array does not require the purchase of additional PowerConnect
switches, management servers, or software.