Technical data

Solution Architectural 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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Table 6 lists the hardware used in this solution.
Table 6. Solution hardware
Hardware
Configuration
Notes
Servers for virtual
desktops
CPU:
 1 vCPU per desktop (8 desktops per core)
 63 cores across all servers for 500 virtual
desktops
 125 cores across all servers for 1,000 virtual
desktops
 250 cores across all servers for 2,000 virtual
desktops
Memory:
 2 GB RAM per virtual desktop
 1 TB RAM across all servers for 500 virtual
desktops
 2 TB RAM across all servers for 1,000 virtual
desktops
 4 TB RAM across all servers for 2,000 virtual
machines
 2 GB RAM reservation per vSphere host
Network:
 Three 10 GbE NICs per blade chassis or two 10
GbE NICs per standalone server
Note: To implement VMware vSphere High Availability
(HA) functionality and to meet the listed minimums,
the infrastructure should have one additional server.
Add CPU and RAM as
needed for the
VMware vShield
Endpoint and Avamar
components. Refer to
the vendor
documentation for
specific details
concerning vShield
Endpoint and Avamar
resource requirements.
Brocade NFS and
CIFS storage
network
infrastructure
Two Brocade VDX 6740 Ethernet Fabric switches –
(minimum switching capacity):
 Two 10 GbE ports per storage processor for
data
 Two 10 GbE ports per server
or
 Six 1GbE NICs per server (optional)
Note: One 1 GbE port per storage processor for
management traffic.
Redundant Brocade
VDX Ethernet Fabric
configuration
Hardware
resources