Reference Architecture

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8. Power, Cooling, and Weight Considerations: Active System 800v solution is configured with
Power Distribution Units (PDUs) to meet the power requirements of the components as well as
regional constraints. Power consumed, cooling required, and information regarding rack weight
are provided to enable customers to plan for the solution.
9. Flexible configurations: Active System 800v is pre-configured to suit most customer needs for
a virtualized infrastructure. The solution also supports additional options, such as configuring
racks, server processors, server memory, and storage, based on customer needs.
5 Reference Architecture
This solution consists of a PowerEdge M1000e chassis populated with PowerEdge M620 blade servers
running VMware ESXi. Figure 2 provides the high-level reference architecture for the solution.
Figure 2: Active System 800v Network Topology (Logical View)