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VMware vSphere Design Essentials

You're reading from   VMware vSphere Design Essentials Unleash the performance, availability, and workload efficiency of your virtual data center using this fast-paced guide

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784390044
Length 176 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Essentials of VMware vSphere FREE CHAPTER 2. Designing VMware ESXi Host, Cluster, and vCenter 3. Designing VMware vSphere Networking 4. Designing VMware vSphere Storage 5. Designing VMware vRealize A. About VMware vSphere 6.0 Index

Designing an ESXi scenario

Let's apply what we have learnt so far in designing ESXi 5.5 in the following scenario. Let's start with hardware merchant for our design is Dell. In this scenario, the Dell PowerEdge R715 server has been chosen as the hardware for designing and implementing VMware ESXi 5.5. The configuration and assembly process for each system should be homogeneous, with all components installed identically for all VMware ESXi 5.5 hosts. Homogenize not only the model but also the physical configuration of the VMware ESXi 5.5 hosts, to provide a simple and supportable infrastructure by eliminating unevenness. The specifications and configuration for this hardware platform are detailed in the following table:

Attributes

Modules

Vendor

Dell

Model

PowerEdge R715

Number of CPU sockets

4

Number of CPU cores

16

Processor speed

2.3 GHz

Number of network adaptor ports

8

Network adaptor vendor(s)

Broadcom/Intel

Network adaptor model(s)

2x Broadcom 5709C dual...

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