3. Agenda
Market Overview
Introducing vSphere 4.1
• Messaging, Scale, and ESXi
• Key New Features
• Key New Enhancements
Q and A
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4. Virtualized x86 Server Growth & Penetration
New x86 Worldwide Server Shipments
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
x86 server shipments:
all 6,461,840 6,958,570 7,530,788 7,743,746 6,116,132 6,519,995 7,034,014 7,579,685 8,138,988
x86 server shipments:
virtualized 263,003 526,433 885,800 1,121,289 1,025,042 1,219,496 1,397,952 1,569,624 1,739,287
Penetration Rate 4% 8% 12% 14% 17% 19% 20% 21% 21%
Source: IDC Server Virtualization Forecast, Nov-09 Momentum still Growing!
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5. Market Overview - The Rise of a New Era in IT
Cloud
Web
PC / Client-Server
Mainframe
Cloud Computing will transform
the delivery of IT services
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6. Cloud Computing Characteristics
Cloud Computing is an approach to computing that leverages the efficient pooling
of on-demand, self-managed virtual infrastructure, consumed as a service.
Efficiency thru Utilization
Agility with Control Freedom of Choice
and Automation
Pooling Self-Service Open & Interoperable
From machines to on-demand, Easy access with policy- Application mobility between
highly elastic resource pools based provisioning and clouds, based on open
deployment standards
Zero-touch Infrastructure
Policy-driven automation of Control Leverage Existing
provisioning, deployment and Application-aware Investments
management infrastructure with built-in Benefits of cloud computing to
availability, scalability, security existing applications and
and performance guarantees datacenters
= Key vSphere Characteristic
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7. VMware Cloud Infrastructure & Services
SaaS
Zimbra File/
Core IT Services via Virtual Appliances Print
Directory
PaaS
SpringSource: Programming Model for the Cloud
vCloud Service Director: Common Service Model for Infrastructure Clouds
VMware vCenter :
Policy-based Management & Automation vCloud
Partners
IaaS
Proprietary
Clouds
VMware View : Enterprise
VMware vSphere:
Desktop Computing Platform for Cloud
via Cloud Infrastructure
VMware Virtualized
Private Cloud Public Cloud
Public Cloud
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8. Agenda
Market Overview
Introducing vSphere 4.1
• Messaging, Scale, and ESXi
• Key New Features
• Key New Enhancements
Q and A
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12. Enhanced Scalability Defined
vSphere 4 vSphere 4.1 Ratio
VMs per host 320 320 1x
Hosts per cluster 32 32 1x
VMs per cluster 1,280 3,000 >2x
Hosts per VC 300 1,000 >3x
Registered VMs per VC 4,500 15,000 >3x
Powered-On VMs per VC 3,000 10,000 >3x
Concurrent VI Clients 30 120 4x
Hosts per DC 100 500 5x
VMs per DC 2,500 5,000 2x
Linked Mode 10,000 30,000 3x
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13. ESXi with vSphere 4.1
ESXi - Establishing the Gold Standard in Hypervisors
4.1 Enhancements for ESXi
New Deployment Options What Does This All Mean for You?
Centralized updating of 3rd party Vmware recommends that all
code with Update Manager vSphere 4.1 deployments use the
ESXi hypervisor
Improved Local Authentication
including Built-in Active vSphere 4.1 is the last release with
Directory Service the ESX hypervisor (sometimes
known as “ESX classic”)
Easier CLI options for
Troubleshooting See ESX to ESXi Upgrade Center for
more details
Better Control over Local
Activity
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14. Agenda
Market Overview
Introducing vSphere 4.1
• Messaging, Scale, and ESXi
• Key New Features
• Key New Enhancements
Q and A
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15. vSphere 4.1 – Storage I/O Control
Description Benefits
Set storage quality of
• Prioritized use of storage (similar to how compute is
service priorities per
prioritized with vSphere)
virtual machine
• Improved application performance
• Business priorities now define low and high priority
Beta Feedback
storage resource access
“I really feel that the Storage I/O
Control is a must have for our
• Create the “high speed” or HOV lane for VMs
environment and we should move
forward without delay.”
All VMs created Make Your Mission
equal Critical VMs VIPs
Proof Point
Guarantee
service levels
for access to
storage
resources
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16. vSphere 4.1 – Storage Performance Reporting
Description Benefits
Delivery of key storage
• Granular storage reporting for improved tuning and
performance statistics
troubleshooting of performance
in vCenter
• Independent of storage architectures and protocols
Beta Feedback
“In the monitoring area,
the enhanced storage
statistics are very useful”
Proof Point
Real-Time and
Historical
Trending for
Storage
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17. vSphere 4.1 – Network I/O Control
Description Benefits
Set network quality of • Prioritized use of network, especially in 10 GbE
environments (similar to how compute is prioritized
service priorities per
with vSphere)
flow type (iSCSI, NFS,
• Improved application performance
etc.)
• Business priorities now define low and high priority
network resource access as needed
Beta Feedback
• Create the “high speed” or HOV lane for VMs
“The new Network I/O control
feature is very interesting for
iSCSI FT vMotion NFS
consolidating network links with
10GbE.” TCP/IP
Proof Point vSwitch
Guarantee
service levels 10 GigE
for access to
network
resources
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18. vSphere 4.1 – Memory Compression
Description Benefits
A new hierarchy for
• Optimized use of memory (freeing up space as
VMware’s memory
needed)
overcommit technology
• Safeguard for using memory overcommit feature
(a VMware key
with confidence
differentiator)
• Reclaim Performance
Beta Feedback
“Great for memory over-subscription.”
Physical Memory (Physical Host)
Proof Point
1,000x faster
than swap-in!
Virtual Memory (Virtual Machine)
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19. vSphere 4.1 – DRS Host Affinity
Description Benefits
Set granular policies • Tune environment according to availability,
that define only certain performance, and/or licensing requirements
virtual machine • A cloud enabler(multi-tenancy)
movements
Beta Feedback APP APP APP APP APP
“Awesome, we can separate VMs OS OS OS OS OS
between data centers or blade “A” “B” “A” “A” “B”
enclosures with DRS host affinity
rules”
Proof Point
Mandatory “Server A” “Server A” “Server B” “Server B”
Compliance
Enforcement for 4-host DRS/HA cluster
Virtual Machines VMs A Servers A Only VMs B Servers B Only
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20. vSphere 4.1 – Additional New Features
Feature Name Description Benefit
Connect over the network • Management efficiencies
via the serial port • Lower costs for multi-host
concentrator to the serial management
port console on any • Enables 3rd party
Virtual Serial Port
server. VMware will thus concentrator integration if
Concentrator (VSPC)
enable two different ways required
to provide this level of
management with this
feature.
New protocol interfaces • vSphere platform
between VMware and integration
storage arrays. These • Eliminate redundancy
vStorage API for Array APIs mean leverage of • Enhance Performance
Integration (VAAI) array-based functionality • Storage vMotion
for the first time. • Provisioning VMs
• Thin Provisioning
• VMFS
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21. Agenda
Market Overview
Introducing vSphere 4.1
• Messaging, Scale, and ESXi
• Key New Features
• Key New Enhancements
Q and A
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22. vSphere 4.1 – vMotion Performance and Scale Enhancements
Description Benefits
Adding “Cloud Scale” to
• Performance and Scalability
online virtual machine
• More Live Migrations in Parallel (up to 8 per host
migration (a VMware key pair)
differentiator) • Elapsed time reduced by 5x on 10GbE tests
Beta Feedback
“This release product has some nice
benefits in particular increased
vMotion capabilities.”
Proof Point
5x faster with
the 4.1 platform
release
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23. vSphere 4.1 – HA Enhancements
Description Benefits
• Healthcheck status
• Event or alarms when configuration rules are broken
• Operational window
• No click status (cluster status available at all times)
• Optimized interaction
with DRS • Move VMs to the best host available
Beta Feedback
“Major improvements in HA!”
Proof Point
Adding Another
“9” to Availability
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24. vSphere 4.1 – Additional New Enhancements
Enhancement Area Description Benefit
• DRS Interoperability for VMware HA and • Optimized VM placement in FT or HA Scenario
Fault Tolerance (FT)
Fault Tolerance (FT) • Core VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) • Versioning-control to run on FT-compatible hosts at
Enhancements different but compatible patch levels.
• Enhanced Network Logging Performance • Improved throughput and reduced CPU usage
• Cisco N1K support • Enhanced Configurations Choices
• PCI device ordering (support for
selecting NICs) • Compliance
Host Profiles • iSCSI support
• Admin password (setting root password) • Expanded deployment
• PSA configuration
Seamless user authentication at the ESX Easily assign privileges to users or groups plus roll out
Active Directory or ESXi host (rather than vCenter Server) permission rules across hosts
Integration (host) for centralized user management.
Support for more operating systems, More choice for end users
devices, applications, and service
providers than any other virtualization
Expanded HCL platform (including new support for 3rd
party serial port concentrators, enhanced
management, and the latest x86
processors on the market).
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25. vSphere 4.1 – Additional New Enhancements
Enhancement
Description Benefit
Area
• Easier software upgrade • Ease of use
• Weighted Fair Queuing (s/w scheduler) • Cisco’s version of Network I/O Control
Nexus 1000V • See virtual switch scale #’s below
• Increased Scalability
• Scale Port Profiles > 512
• IPv6 – NIST Compliance • Compliance with Host profiles for government
agencies
• Performance and Scale
Network • Enable up to 350 hosts to attach to the virtual switch
(up from 64)
• iSCSI offload • Performance
Storage
• 8GB HBA
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