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Solution Technology 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
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Implement the high-availability features available in the
virtualization layer to ensure that the compute layer has sufficient
resources to accommodate at least single server failures. This
allows you to implement minimal-downtime upgrades and
tolerate single unit failures.
Within the boundaries of these recommendations and best practices, the
compute layer for EMC VSPEX is flexible enough to meet your specific
needs. The key constraint is that you provide sufficient processor cores and
RAM per core to meet the needs of the target environment.
Network
VSPEX Proven Infrastructure with Brocade networking provides the
dedicated storage network for host access to the VNX storage array.
Brocade networking solutions provides options for block storage and file
storage connectivity between compute and storage. The Brocade
network is designed in the VSPEX reference architecture for block and file
based storage traffic types to optimize throughput, manageability,
application separation, high availability, and security. The storage network
solution is implemented with redundant network links for each vSphere
host, and VNX storage array. If a link is lost with any of the Brocade
network infrastructure ports, the link fails over to another port. All network
traffic is distributed across the active links.
The Brocade storage network infrastructure is deployed with redundant
network links for each vSphere host, the storage array, the switch
interconnect ports, and the switch uplink ports. This configuration provides
both redundancy and additional storage network bandwidth. This
configuration is also required regardless of whether the network
infrastructure for the solution already exists or is being deployed alongside
other components of the solution. Figure 13 provides an example of highly
available network topology.
Note: The example is for IP-based networks, but the same underlying
principles of multiple connections and eliminating single points of failure
also apply to Fibre Channel based networks.
The Brocade VDX 6740 Ethernet Fabric series switches provide file based
connectivity at 1 & 10 GbE in between the compute and VNX storage.
Brocade® VDX with VCS Fabrics helps simplify networking infrastructures
through innovative technologies and VSPEX file storage network topology
design. The Brocade network validated solution uses virtual local area
networks (VLANs) to segregate network traffic of VSPEX reference
architecture for NFS storage traffic.
Brocade VDX 6740 switches support this strategy by simplifying network
architecture while increasing network performance and resiliency with
Ethernet fabrics. Brocade VDX with VCS Fabric technology supports active