Unity Storage In PowerEdge FX2

Modular Infrastructure
About Today’s Session
WHAT IT IS WHAT IT IS NOT

• An overview of the PowerEdge • A “speeds and feeds”

FX2 and Unity platforms discussion

• A discussion of Networking • A deep dive into the

Simplicity architecture and features of
either the PowerEdge FX2 or
• A demonstration of ease of Unity platforms
deployment for a multi-protocol
storage environment in Dell
EMC modular infrastructure

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Overview
Dell EMC Unity™
The ultimate in storage simplicity and value
ALL-FLASH
DESIGN
ALL-FLASH HYBRID

SIMPLE FLEXIBLE
SLICK UX  ALL INCLUSIVE SW VIRTUAL & PURPOSE-BUILT & CONVERGED
CLOUDIQ™  PROACTIVE ASSIST UNIFIED NAS & SAN & VVOLs

MODERN AFFORDABLE
ALL-FLASH DESIGN WITH INLINE ALL-FLASH STARTING UNDER $18K*
EFFICIENCIES & CLOUD TIERING HYBRID OPTION STARTING <$10K* < $1/GB

4 * Prices are anticipated street prices

Unified storage pool architecture

Storage Pool
LUN LUN NAS Server
(virtual)
VVOL VVOL VVOL

LUN LUN VVOL VVOL VVOL

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The Dell PowerEdge FX Portfolio
PowerEdge FC630
A 2 socket, half width performance server
node with the processing performance
PowerEdge FX2 and memory scalability to handle virtually
any workload.
PowerEdge FM120x4
A half width compute module providing
four microservers per node, delivering a
A modular enclosure high density, low cost solution ideal for
web serving and dedicated hosting.
with shared power,
cooling, management
and PCI connectivity PowerEdge FD332
in just 3.5” of rack
space A half width direct attached storage node
with up to 16 drives, it combines with
compute to build highly flexible, scale-out
or software defined storage solutions.
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PowerEdge FC430
An ultra-dense 2 socket, quarter-width
mainstream server, ideal for distributed
environments requiring multi-node
reliability & efficiency.
PowerEdge FC830
A full-width, 4-socket node with massive
memory scalability, expandable storage,
and powerful processing, great for core
applications and cutting-edge
virtualization.
PowerEdge FN IOM
Converged networking modules for
simplified network deployment and
improved “east/west” communication.
Flexible workload configurations
4 FC430 + 2 FD332 Traditional corporate IT workloads and
applications. Small HPC, small virtualization & Web

8 FC430 (2 x 1.8”) Hosting, light virtualization with SAN

4 FC630 (8 x 1.8”) Virtualization farms, private cloud, databases

4 FM120 (16 x 1S servers) Web server, physical hosting and

light analytics

2 FC830 (4 socket) Ultimate database configuration, business

intelligence platform

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FX Architecture – Networking options
Dell EMC FN410S I/O Module
Provides 4 ports of 10GbE SFP+ connectivity. Supports optical and
DAC cable media
FN410S: 4 port GE/10GE SFP+

Dell EMC FN410T I/O Module

Provides 4 ports of 10GBASE-T connectivity. Supports cost effective
copper media up to 100 meters
FN410T: 4 port GE/10GE Base-T

Dell EMC FN2210S I/O Module

Delivers up to 2 ports of 2/4/8Gbps Fibre Channel (NPG mode) and 2
ports of 10GbE SFP+ by default
FN2210S: 2 port FC2/4/8G + 2 port GE/10GE SFP+

10GbE SFP+ 10Gb Base-T 2/4/8G FC (convertible to 10GbE SFP+)

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It’s all about
simplicity
 FN IOM: True Plug and Play Networking
Complexity & Configurability

• I/O Aggregation
VLT Mode • I/O Aggregation
PMUX Mode • L2/L3 switching
• Fully Automated • Fully Automated • No Automation
• No Customization • I/O Aggregation • Some customization • I/O Aggregation • Full customization
• GUI Configuration • Fully Automated • Limited GUI • Some Automation • No GUI
• Single Path • Some customization • Stack up to 6 units • Moderate customization • Any use case
• GUI Configuration • No GUI
• Active-Active multi-path • Most use cases
for servers Stacking Full Switch
Standalone
Mode Mode

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Demonstration Lab
Lab Setup
2 x FC430 – ESXi 2 x FC430 – Web Ethernet

Fibre Channel

1 x FC630 – DB 1 x FC630 – Backup

LAN FC
iSCSI
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NFS
Demo!
Q&A?