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VBLOCK® SYSTEM 740
Product Overview
In a world of unrelenting change, enterprise organizations
must continue to innovate or risk falling behind. Private and
hybrid cloud solutions, mobile apps, and Big Data/ analytics
are accelerating the pace of change, creating new business
models and multifaceted operational challenges. As business
becomes more complex, uncompromised performance,
control, and simplified operations is a constant across any
environment.
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Vblock System 740
The Vblock System 740 is the industry’s most advanced,
intelligent converged infrastructure for large enterprise and
mission-critical workloads.
High Performance: Vblock 740 is flash optimized for the
highest levels of performance, capacity, and availability. It
leverages the industry’s most advanced, intelligent EMC
VMAX3 storage array, new Cisco LAN and SAN fabric
technology, and Cisco UCS M4/M3 server blades.
Agile Infrastructure Solution: Vblock 740 is an agile,
intelligent, and resilient system. It uses dynamic and
intelligent capabilities to guarantee required applicationperformance levels. It is ACI-Ready, which simplifies,
optimizes, and accelerates the entire application deployment
lifecycle.
Simplified Converged Operations: VCE Vision™ Intelligent
Operations software, integrated with VMware vCenter
Operations Manager enables greater automation, flexibility,
and simplicity. Proactive performance management of the
entire converged infrastructure ensures maximum utilization
of compute, networking, and storage resources.
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VCE Experience: Vblock Systems are engineered and
configured for optimal performance. They are pre-built, pretested, and delivered within 45 days of purchase. VCE
customers receive engineering pre-validation on new
firmware/software releases—Release Certification Matrix
(RCM). Customers only need to call VCE for service and
support.
This document provides an in-depth understanding of the
baseline and optional hardware and software components
that are available with the Vblock System 740.
System Overview
Vblock 740 is a modular platform with defined scale points
that meets the higher performance and availability
requirements of an enterprise’s business-critical applications.
It is engineered for deployments involving large numbers of
VMs and users.
Vblock 740 provides the following features:
 The components offer balanced CPU, I/O bandwidth,
and storage capacity relative to the compute and
storage arrays the Vblock System.
 All components offer N+N or N+1 redundancy.
 Compute and storage resources can be scaled up with
ease to meet increasingly stringent SLA requirements.
 All network and power cabling are neatly in place inside
a VCE cabinet designed for optimum energy efficiency.
For each Vblock System 740 there is a base configuration
that is a minimum set of resources. These components are
integrated within one or more 28-inch 42U cabinets:
Component Layer
Base Configuration
Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis
Compute
Cisco UCS B-Series M3 and M4
Blade Servers
Up to four Cisco UCS domains
Fabric Extenders
Cisco UCS 2204XP or 2208XP
Fabric Interconnect
Cisco UCS 6248UP or 6296UP
Min/Max Chassis
2/64
Blade Count (Half/Full)
512/256
Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switches or
Cisco Nexus 5596UP Switches
Cisco Nexus 9396PX
Networking
Cisco MDS 9148S Multilayer
Fabric Switch or Cisco MDS 9706
Multilayer Director
Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch
VMware Distributed Switch, VDS
Cisco Nexus 3064-T Switch –
management networking
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Component Layer
Base Configuration
EMC VMAX 100K, 200K, 400K
Storage
levels across a distributed compute environment with the
Cisco UCS Manager capability.
Models
B22 M3
B200 M3
B420 M3
Use For
Accelerate
deployment
of IT and
web infrastructure and
scale-out
workloads.
Supports
workloads
from IT
infrastructure
to distributed
database,
ERP, and
CRM.
Perfect for
virtualization
and VDI.
Superior
database,
ERP, CRM
performance.
AMP-2HA
Processors
2
2
4
Cisco UCS C240 M3 Servers,
VNXe3200 storage array
Processor
Supported
Intel E52400 v2 and
E5-2400
processor
product
families
Intel E52600 v2 and
E5-2600
processor
product
families
Intel E54600 v2 and
E5- 4600
processor
product
families
Max Memory
384 GB, 12
DIMMs
768 GB, 24
DIMMs
1.5 TB, 48
DIMMS
Max 1/O
throughput
per blade
80 Gbps (2 x
40 Gbps)
80 Gbps (2 x
40 Gbps)
160 Gbps (4
x 40 Gbps)
(Optional) EMC RecoverPoint,
Data Domain, VPLEX
Storage Raw Capacity
up to 4 PB
Min/Max Storage
Drives
up to 5,760 Drives
Virtualization
VMware vSphere 5.5
VCE Vision™ software
Management
Infrastructure
VMware vSphere Server
Enterprise Plus, VMware
vCenter Server
Min/Max Cabinets
Cabinet 2.0, 3-24 extension
cabinets
Compute Layer
Cisco UCS Chassis
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) 5108 Blade
Server Chassis
The Cisco UCS is a next generation data center platform that
unites compute, network, storage access, and virtualization
resources into a cohesive system design. The system
integrates a low-latency, lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet unified
network fabric with enterprise-class, x86-architecture servers.
The system is an integrated, scalable, multi-chassis platform
in which all resources participate in a unified management
domain.
Vblock Systems contain a number of Cisco UCS 5108 Server
Chassis. Each chassis can contain up to eight half-width BSeries Blade Servers or four full-width blades. In Vblock
Systems, each chassis also includes Cisco UCS fabric
extenders. All Cisco UCS B-Series include a number of
converged network adaptors.
Cisco UCS Blade Servers
The Vblock System 740 supports all Cisco UCS M4 and M3
blade servers. The UCS B-Series Blade Serves incorporate
industry-standard server technologies, delivering a unifiedarchitecture-driven solution for data centers. The UCS design
reduces complexity, both at hardware and management
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Cisco UCS M4 Blade Server Specifications
Models
B200 M4
B260 M4
B460 M4
Used For
Marketleading
performance,
versatility,
configurability,
and density for
workloads
ranging from
web
infrastructure
to distributed
database
Provides
leading
performance
and
enterprisecritical
stability for
memoryintensive
workloads
such as
database,
virtualization,
and
consolidation
applications
Outstanding
performance
and
enterprisecritical
stability for
memoryintensive
workloads
such as
large-scale
databases,
in-memory
analytics,
and
business
intelligence
Models
B200 M4
B260 M4
B460 M4
Processors
2
2
4
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Intel E5-2600
v3 product
family
Intel E7-v2
processor
product
family
Intel E7-v2
processor
product
family
Max
Memory
768 GB, 24 x
DDR4 DIMMs
1.5 TB, 48
DIMMs
3.0 TB, 96
DIMMs
Max I/O
throughput
per blade
80 Gbps (2 x
40 Gbps)
160 Gbps (4
x 40 Gbps)
320 Gbps (8
x 40 Gbps)
3 ½” drive
capacity/speed
NL-SAS
200 GB
300 GB –
10K
2 TB – 7.2K
400 GB
30 GB –
15K
4 TB – 7.2K
800 GB
600 GB 10K
1200 GB –
10K
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
Cisco UCS fabric interconnects offer line-rate, low-latency,
lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) functions. Northbound, the FIs connect directly to
Cisco Network switches for Ethernet access into the
customer network. They also connect directly to Cisco MDS
switches for FC access of the attached Vblock System
storage. EMC VMAX storage arrays have 16 Gb FC
connections into the MDS switches.
Storage Layer
For enterprises that require petabyte-level scale, the new
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VMAX family is purpose-built to easily manage highdemand, heavy-transaction workloads while storing petabytes
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of vital data. The VMAX hardware design features the turbocharged Dynamic Virtual Matrix Architecture that enables
extreme speed and sub-millisecond response time.
The EMC VMAX series storage arrays are high-end storage
systems built for the virtual data center.
Architected for reliability, availability, and scalability; these
storage arrays use specialized engines, each of which
includes two redundant director modules providing parallel
access and replicated copies of all critical data.
VMAX 100K
VMAX 200K
VMAX 300K
2-4 Controllers
2-8 Controllers
2-16 Controllers
48 CPU Cores
128 CPU Cores
384 CPU Cores
2 TB Cache
8 TB Cache
16 TB Cache
1,440 2.5” Drives
2,880 2.5” Drives
5,760 2.5”
Drives
496 TB, 64 Ports
2 PB, 128 Ports
4 PB, 256 Ports
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SAS
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Processor
Supported
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Supported Drives
Flash
2 ½” drive
capacity/speed
200 GB
300 GB –
10K
400 GB
30 GB –
15K
800 GB
600 GB 10K
1200 GB –
10K
RAID
Protection
R5 (3+1)
(default)
Mirrored
(default)
R6 (6+2)
(default)
R5 (7+1)
R5 (3+1)
R6 (14+2)
R5 (7+1)
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VMAX arrays introduce the industry’s first open storage and
hypervisor converged operating system, HYPERMAX. It
combines industry-leading high availability, I/O management,
quality of service, data integrity validation, storage tiering, and
data security with an open application platform.
HYPERMAX features the first real-time, non-disruptive
storage hypervisor that manages and protects embedded
services by extending VMAX high availability to services that
traditionally would have run external to the array. It also
provides direct access to hardware resources to maximize
performance.
HYPERMAX runs on top of the Dynamic Virtual Matrix
leveraging its scale out flexibility of cores, cache, and host
interfaces. The embedded storage hypervisor reduces
external hardware and networking requirements, delivers
higher levels of availability and dramatically lower latency.
Network Layer
Network Layer Hardware
The Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch, Cisco Nexus 5596 Switch,
and Cisco Nexus 9396PX Switch in the network layer provide
10 GE connectivity using SFP+ modules for all Vblock
System production traffic. The Nexus 9396PX is ACI-Ready
to take full advantage of the policy-driven services and
infrastructure automation features of ACI.
Vblock System 740 contains two Cisco MDS switches to
provide Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity between the
compute and storage layer components. These switches
comprise two separate fabrics and do not interconnect. Each
connection from the storage components provides 16 Gb of
bandwidth. Cisco UCS fabric interconnects provide a FC port
channel of four 8 Gb connections (32 Gb bandwidth) to each
fabric. This can be increased to eight connections for 64 Gb
bandwidth or 16 connections for 128 Gb bandwidth.
Each Vblock System 740 requires a pair of Cisco Nexus
3064-T Switches to connect all of the management ports.
Each Cisco Nexus 3064-T Switch provides 48 ports of
100/1000/10G twisted pair connectivity and four quad, small
form-factor, pluggable (QSFP) ports. The 48 posts on each
switch provide management interface connectivity for all
devices in the Vblock System. The management interfaces
on the Cisco Nexus 3064-T Switch are connected to the
customer network for out-of-band access.
Virtualization Layer
Virtualization components
VMware vSphere is the virtualization platform that provides
the foundation for the private cloud. The core VMware
vSphere components are the VMware vSphere Hypervisor
ESXi and VMware vCenter Server for management. VMware
vSphere 5.5 includes a Single Sign-on (SS) component.
The hypervisors are deployed in a cluster configuration and
can scale up to 32 nodes per cluster. Clusters can support
thousands of VMs. The cluster allows dynamic allocation of
resources, such as CPU, memory, and storage. The cluster
also provides workload mobility and flexibility with the use of
VMware vMotion and Storage vMotion technology.
Virtual Networks
Advanced Management Platform (AMP-2) offers choice in
virtual networking with the Nexus 1000V and the VMware
Virtual Distributed Switch (VDS).
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Virtual networking in Vblock Systems can be managed by the
Cisco Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch or the VMware
VDS. The Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch ensures
consistent, policy-based network capabilities to all servers in
the data center by allowing policies to move with a virtual
machine during live migration.
Alternatively, virtual networking in a Vblock System can be
managed by a VMware VDS with comparable features to the
Cisco Nexus 1000V where applicable. The VMware VDS
option consists of both a VMware Standard Switch (VSS) and
a VMware VDS and uses a minimum of four uplinks
presented to the hypervisor.
The Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware VDS use intelligent
network Class of Service (CoS) marking and Quality of
Service (QoS) policies to appropriately shape network traffic
according to workload type and priority.
Management Layer
VCE Vison Intelligent Operations
The VCE Vision software suite provides an integrated set of
software products for managing a data center. The VCE
Vision software suite is the first software suite to provide an
intelligent solution to the problem of managing operations in a
converged infrastructure environment. These tools enable
and simplify converged operations by dynamically providing a
high level of intelligence into a customer’s existing
management toolset.
The VCE Vision software suite enables VCE customers and
third-party consumers to know that the Vblock System exists,
where it is located, and what components it contains. It
reports on the health or operating status of the Vblock
System. It also reports on how compliant the Vblock System
is with a VCE Release Certification Matrix and the VCE
Security Standards.
The VCE Vision software suite effectively acts as a mediation
layer between your system and the management tools that
are already in place. The software allows for intelligent
discovery by providing a continuous, near real-time
perspective of your compute, network, storage, and
virtualization resources as a single object—ensuring that your
management tools reflect the most current state of your
Vblock System.
VCE Vision software provides the Vblock System information
natively through VMware vCenter Server and vCenter
Operations Manager.
Advanced Management Platform – AMP-2HA
AMP-2HA provides a single management point for Vblock
Systems and provides the ability to
 Run the Core and VCE Optional Management
Workloads
 Monitor and manage Vblock System health,
performance, and capacity
 Provide network and fault isolation for management
 Eliminate resource overhead on Vblock Systems
The Core Management Workload is the minimum set of
required management software to install, operate, and
support a Vblock System. This includes all hypervisor
management, element managers, vitual networking
components (Cisco Nexus 1000V or Vmware VDS), and
VCE Vision Intelligent Operations software.
The VCE Optional Management Workload are non-Core
Management Workloads, whose primary purpose is to
manage components within a Vblock System. The list
includes but is not limited to Data Protection, security, or
storage management tools such as EMC Avamar
Administrator, EMC InsightIQ for Isilon, and VMware vCNS
appliances (vShield Edge/Manager).
AMP-2HA is available with one, two, or three physical
servers. All options use their own resources to run workload
without consuming resources.
Cabinets Overview
Within each Vblock System 740, the compute and network
layer components are distributed within Vblock Systems
cabinets. Distributing the components in this manner
balances out the power draw and reduces the size of the
power outlet units (POUs) that are required.
Each cabinet has a capacity for physical dimensions such as
weight, heat dissipation, power draw, RU space, and
receptacle count. This flexible design enables Vblock System
upgrades or expansion as capacity needs increase.
Each cabinet includes a Panduit SmartZone™ Gateway that
aggregates multiple PDUs and sensors and connects via a
single switch port. In addition, SmartZone™ Temp Sensors
and Door Sensors provide enhanced environment data, and
alerts of excessive heat/humidity or water presence. The
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sensors also have the ability to characterize optimal
environment for adding compute resources.
VCE Experience
VCE is a leading innovator of intelligent converged
infrastructure systems. Customers rely on VCE Vblock
Systems for the fasted deployment of data center
infrastructure. Vblock Systems are engineered to deliver the
highest performance, operational simplicity, and scalability for
the lowest TCO.
Every Vblock System is a true converged infrastructure—
each is engineered, manufactured, managed, supported, and
sustained as ONE product:
 Vblock Systems are standardized architecture based on
best-in-breed technologies. Vblock Systems seamlessly
integrate Cisco computing and networking, EMC
storage, and VMware virtualization.
 Every Vblock System is pre-integrated, tested, and
validated in a VCE factory environment, and delivered
within 45 days as a prepackaged solution, operational
within hours of arrival.
 Every Vblock System requires backup and recovery.
VCE offers a complete portfolio of data protection
solutions with EMC Avamar plus Data Domain,
RecoverPoint, and VPLEX.
 System Management with VCE Vision Intelligent
Operations is pre-installed on all Vblock Systems,
providing a near real-time perspective of your system as
a single object—to simplify managing system
configurations and overall system health.
 Vblock Systems are sustained with life-cycle system
reassurance. VCE supplies the latest Release
Certification Matrix (RCM)—based on pre-testing of a
wide array of upgrades and patches—to ensure
optimum system performance across every hardware
and software component.
 VCE engineering expertise delivers application
optimization. VCE continually tests a range of customer
applications and use cases that have been configured
according to industry best practices—to ensure optimum
application and workload performance.
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.
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