Administrator Guide

23 Dell FS8600 with VMware vSphere Deployment and Configuration Best practices
8 Summary
The deployment of the FS8600 as a storage system for a vSphere solution is a multi-layered process consisting of
network infrastructure considerations, configuration procedures and management of multiple workloads over different
protocols. As such, it is key to make a preliminary design based on the topics listed in this document to achieve
maximum resource utilization and high availability.
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robustness and administration simplicity, as well as to minimize ongoing management efforts and improve time
efficiency of overall operations.