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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 8 represents a sample server configuration required to support
specific desktop solutions.
Table 8. Sample server configuration
Storage
Configuration
Number of desktops
500
1000
2000
Number of servers
8
16
32
Processor type
Intel Nehalem 2.66 GHz
Processor per server
Two 4-core processors
RAM (GB) per server
128
NIC
One 10 GbE per every four-blade server plus
one 10 GbE for each blade chassis
As shown in Table 6, a minimum of one core is required to support eight
virtual desktops with a minimum of 2 GB of RAM for each. You must also
consider the correct balance of memory and cores for the expected
number of virtual desktops to be supported by a server. Additional CPU
resources and RAM will be required to support the VMware vShield
Endpoint components. Read the vendor documentation for specific
details.
The Brocade VDX Ethernet Fabric switches deployed in this solution
architecture for the storage network exceed the minimum backplane
capacity of 96 (for 500 virtual desktops), 192 (for 1,000 virtual desktops) or
320 (for 2,000 virtual desktops) Gb/s non-blocking required and supports
the following features for the storage network in the VSPEX architectures:
 IEEE 802.1x Ethernet flow control
 802.1q VLAN tagging
 Ethernet link aggregation using IEEE 802.1ax (802.3ad) Link
Aggregation Control Protocol
 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management
capability
 Jumbo frames
The Brocade network switches with the VSPEX solutions supports scalable
bandwidth and high availability. Brocade network deployed with the
components of a VSPEX End User Computing solution provides a storage
network configuration that provides the following: