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vStart 50 VMware vSphere Solution Overview
Dell Inc. 4
1 Introduction
The vStart solution is a virtualization infrastructure solution that has been designed and validated by
Dell Engineering. It is delivered racked, cabled, and ready to be integrated into your datacenter. The
vStart 50 VMware vSphere™ configuration includes Dell
TM
PowerEdge
TM
R620 servers running VMware®
ESXi, Dell EqualLogic
TM
PS6100X iSCSI storage, Dell PowerConnect
TM
switches, and a Dell PowerEdge
R420 server that manages the solution by hosting VMware vCenter Server and Dell management tools.
The configurations also include Dell Management and Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for VMware
Edition (HIT/VE) Plug-ins for VMware vCenter Server. VMware ESXi versions 4.1 Update 2 and 5.0 are
both supported. The solution can either be configured with PowerConnect 7024 or PowerConnect 6224
switches.
The following documents are provided to describe the various aspects of the solution.
vStart 50 VMware vSphere Solution Overview (this document) Provides a solution overview,
including various components, and how it is delivered.
vStart 50 VMware vSphere Solution Specification Provides a detailed specification of various
components included in the solution.
vStart 50 VMware vSphere Solution Design Guide Provides a detailed architectural solution
design.
For Dell Sales and Services teams, the latest versions of these documents are available at the internal
vStart Web portal. Customers can contact their Dell Sales teams to get the latest version.
2 Audience
This document provides an overview of the vStart solution. Customers, including CTOs and IT managers,
who have purchased or plan to purchase a vStart solution can use this document to understand the
overview and scope of the solution.