Technical data

Solution Overview

VMware Horizon View 5.3 and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual

Desktops Enabled by Brocade Network Fabrics, EMC VNX, and EMC Next-

Generation Backup

Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel Fabric is the purpose-built, data center-

proven network infrastructure for storage, delivering unmatched reliability,

simplicity, and 4/8/16 Gbps performance. The Brocade 6510 Fibre

Channel Fabrics networking solutions provides the following attributes:

 Provides exceptional price/performance value, combining flexibility,

simplicity, and enterprise-class functionality in a 48-port switch

 Enables fast, easy, and cost-effective scaling from 24 to 48 ports

using Ports on Demand (PoD) capabilities

 Simplifies management through Brocade Fabric Vision technology,

reducing operational costs and optimizing application performance

 Simplifies deployment and supports high-performance fabrics by

using Brocade ClearLink Diagnostic Ports (D_Ports) to identify optic

and cable issues

 Simplifies and accelerates deployment with the Brocade

EZSwitchSetup wizard and Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP)

 Maximizes availability with redundant, hot-pluggable components

and non-disruptive software upgrades

Storage

The EMC VNX storage family is the number one shared storage platform in

the industry. Its ability to provide both file and block access with a broad

feature set make it an ideal choice for any End-User Computing

implementation.

The VNX storage family components include the following, which are sized

for the stated reference architecture workload:

 Host adapter ports (for block)—Provide host connectivity through

fabric into the array

 Data Movers (for file)—Front-end appliances that provide file

services to hosts (optional if providing CIFS/SMB, or NFS services)

 Storage processors (SPs)—The compute component of the

storage array. SPs are used for all aspects of data moving into,

out of, and between arrays.

 Disk drives—Disk spindles and solid state drives (SSDs) that contain

the host/application data and their enclosures.

Note: The term Data Mover refers to a VNX hardware component, which

has a CPU, memory, and input/output (I/O) ports. It enables the CIFS

(SMB) and NFS protocols on the VNX array.