Reference Architecture

vStart 100 and 200 Reference Architecture

Dell Inc. 1

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. vStart

is offered as three configurations: vStart 50

, 100 and 200.

The configurations include Dell

PowerEdge

R720 servers running Microsoft

Windows Server

2008

R2 SP1 Datacenter Edition with Hyper-V

Role enabled, Dell EqualLogic

PS6100 Series iSCSI storage,

Dell PowerConnect

7048 or 6248 switches, a Dell PowerEdge R620 server that manages the solution

by hosting Dell management tools and optional System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2.

The configurations also include Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft (HIT Kit) for

Windows Server 2008 R2. The two vStart configurations vary in the number of R720 servers and

EqualLogic PS6100 storage arrays to meet resource needs.

The following documents are provided to describe the various aspects of the solution. Contact your Dell

Sales or Services representative to get the latest revision of all the documents.

 vStart 100 and vStart 200 Hyper-V Reference Architecture (this document) – Provides a

reference overview, including various components, and how the solution is delivered.

 vStart 100 and vStart 200 Hyper-V Solution Overview – Provides a solution overview, including

various components, and how it is delivered.

 vStart 100 and vStart 200 Hyper-V Solution Specification – Provides a detailed specification of

various components included in the solution.

 vStart 100 and vStart 200 Hyper-V Solution Design Guide – Provides a detailed architectural

solution design.

2 Audience

This document provides an overview of the vStart solution. Customers, including CTOs and IT managers,

can use this document to understand the overview and scope of the solution.

IT administrators and managers can use this document to understand the solution architecture.

vStart 50 is covered by a separate set of documents.