DATA SHEET VBLOCK® SYSTEM 540 OVERVIEW ® VCE continues to deliver differentiated value with leading technologies from Cisco, EMC and VMware. Vblock System 540 is the industry’s first ‘All Flash’ converged infrastructure. It is engineered for scale-out performance at low latency, ideally suited for the most demanding customer applications. Vblock 540 provides superior flexibility for high performance, mixed workloads, such as Oracle ® ® OLTP, SAP, Microsoft applications and VDI. It also supports the VCE™ technology extensions for EMC Isilon storage and Cisco ® UCS compute. Vblock 540 is comprised of the industry-leading XtremIO storage, for linear growth and scale-out performance. With its ‘all flash’ architecture, it is easy to size, simple to manage, and optimized for unmatched operational excellence. One size does not fit all, Table I and Table 2 provide an overview of the latest technologies customers can choose, such as the latest Cisco UCS M4 servers, ACI-ready networking, and EMC X-Brick configurations. With superior optimization, scalability, flexibility and operational simplicity, this true converged architecture minimizes customer risk, reduces TCO, and accelerates innovation. TABLE I: VBLOCK® SYSTEM 540 COMPONENTS RESOURCE Vblock System 540 Base Configuration COMPUTE Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis Cisco UCS B-Series M3 and B-Series M4 Blade Servers Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1240 or VIC 1280 Cisco UCS 2204XP or Cisco UCS 2208XP Series Fabric Extenders Cisco UCS 6248UP or Cisco UCS 6296UP Fabric Interconnects NETWORK Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switches Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switches Cisco Nexus 9396PX Cisco MDS 9148S Multilayer Fabric Switch Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch VMware Distributed Switch - VDS Cisco Nexus 3064-T Switch – management networking STORAGE XtremIO 10 TB X-Brick: 1, 2, 4, X-Brick Cluster XtremIO 20 TB X-Brick: 1, 2, 4, 6 X-Brick Cluster VIRTUALIZATION VMware ESXi, VMware vSphere Server Enterprise Plus, VMware vCenter Server MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE VCE Vision™ Intelligent Operations AMP-2HA – Base – Two Cisco UCS C240 M3 Servers AMP-2HA – High Performance – Three Cisco UCS C240 M3 Servers (optional) VMware vSphere Server Enterprise Plus, VMware vCenter Server ENVIRONMENTALS Intelligent Physical Infrastructure consisting of: Cabinet 2.0 – Fully welded and dynamically load-rated Smart Power Deliver Units (PDU) Hid Reader and Thermal Sensors © 2014 VCE Company, LLC. All rights reserved. Base configurations and scaling For each Vblock System 540, there is a base configuration that is a minimum set of compute and storage components, as well as fixed network resources. These components are integrated within one or more 28-inch 42U cabinets. Within the base configuration, the following hardware aspects can be customized: TABLE 2: VBLOCK SYSTEM 540 CUSTOMIZATION HARDWARE How the Vblock System 540 can scale-up COMPUTE BLADES Cisco UCS M3 & M4 B-series Blade types including all supported VCE Blade configurations Up to 192 UCS blade servers COMPUTE CHASSIS Cisco UCS Blade Server Chassis Up to two Cisco UCS domains (two pair of fabric interconnects) yielding support for up to 192 halfwidth Cisco UCS Blade Servers STORAGE XtremIO X-Bricks 1 X-Brick – 20 TB/10 TB raw capacity 2 X-Brick Cluster – 40 TB/20 TB raw capacity 4 X-Brick – 80 TB/ 40 TB raw capacity 6 X-Brick – 120 TB raw capacity DATA PROTECTION Avamar plus Data Domain solution Together, the components offer balanced CPU, I/O bandwidth, and storage capacity relative to the compute and storage arrays in the Vblock System. All components have N+N or N+1 redundancy. Learn more about how to quickly realize the benefits of converged infrastructures with Vblock System 540. Visit www.vce.com or contact an authorized VCE reseller. ABOUT VCE VCE, formed by Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel, accelerates the adoption of converged infrastructure and cloud-based computing models that dramatically reduce the cost of IT while improving time to market for our customers. VCE, through the Vblock Systems, delivers the industry's only fully integrated and fully virtualized cloud infrastructure system. VCE solutions are available through an extensive partner network, and cover horizontal applications, vertical industry offerings, and application development environments, allowing customers to focus on business innovation instead of integrating, validating, and managing IT infrastructure. For more information, go to vce.com. Copyright © 2014 VCE Company, LLC. All rights reserved. VCE, VCE Vision, Vblock, and the VCE logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of VCE Company LLC or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. © 2014 VCE Company, LLC. All rights reserved. 10082014