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

Software

Configuration

Virtual Desktops

Note Aside from the base operating system, this software was used for solution

validation and is not required

Base operating system

Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit) SP1

Microsoft Office

Office Enterprise 2007 Version 12

Internet Explorer

8.0.7601.17514

Adobe Reader

X (10.1.3)

VMware vShield Endpoint

(component of VMware Tools)

9.0.5 build-1065307

Adobe Flash Player

Bullzip PDF Printer

7.2.0.1304

FreeMind

0.8.1

generator)

3.7 Professional Edition

* Patch ESXi510-201210001 needed for support View 5.3

When selecting servers for this solution, the processor core shall meet or

exceed the performance of the Intel Nehalem family at 2.66 GHz. As

servers with greater processor speeds, better performance, and higher

core density become available, servers can be consolidated as long as

the required total core and memory count is met and a sufficient number

of servers are incorporated to support the necessary level of high

availability.

As with servers, network interface card (NIC) speed and quantity can also

be consolidated as long as the overall bandwidth requirements for this

solution and sufficient redundancy necessary to support high availability

are maintained.

Sizing for

validated

configuration