SUSE® Cloud: Bridging OpenStack and VMwareSUSE® Cloud is the original enterprise-ready OpenStack distribution for building Infrastructure-as-a-Service private clouds, and VMware vSphere is the industry’s leading and most reliable virtualization and cloud computing platform. Together, VMware and SUSE enable customers to use OpenStack as a cloud management platform on top of a VMware vSphere compute and storage infrastructure.

Products:

SUSECloud

Features:

IntegratedVMwaredriversforOpenStackComputeandNetworking

Benefits:

+ ManageESXhostclustersthroughVMwarevCenter

+ EnableOpenStacknetworkingtouseNSXvirtualnetworkingservices

+ Hostworkloadswithenterprise-graderequirements

+ AccesstoadvancedVMwarefeaturessuchasvMotion,HighAvailability,andDynamicResourceScheduling

+ EnterprisesupportfromSUSEandVMware

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A Closer Look: SUSE Cloud, OpenStack and VMware vSphereSUSECloudenablesenterprisestorapidlydeployandeasilymanageOpenStack-basedInfrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS)privateclouds.OpenStackisthepremieropensourcecloudcomputingprojectandhasbuiltabroadecosystemofITindus-tryparticipantsandcontributors.Itsmis-sionistoprovideanopen,scalablecloudmanagementplatform(CMP)forbuildingpublicandprivateclouds.ItisdesignedtoprovideIaaScapabilitiesontopofadi-versecollectionofhardwareandsoftwareinfrastructuretechnologies.

VMwarevSphereistheindustry’sleadingandmostreliablevirtualizationandcloudcomputingplatform.VMwarevSpheresim-plifiesITbyseparatingapplicationsandoperatingsystems(OSs)fromtheunder-lyinghardware.Existingapplicationsre-ceivededicatedresources,butserverscanbecentrallymanagedandmonitoredasapoolofsharedresourcesthatcanbeof-feredasaservicetoapplicationinfrastruc-tureconsumers.

VMwarevSphereenhancesanOpenStackenvironment.ManyVMwarevSpherefea-turesfacilitatethe implementationofOpenStackbysimplifyingconfiguration

andreducingthenumberofstepsrequiredtoprovideresources.ThecapabilitiesoftheVMwarevSphereplatformareexposedtoOpenStackusingdriversthatmapOpen-StackrequestsintoequivalentsthatVMwaresolutionscaninterpret.VMwareprovidesthesedriverstotheOpenStackcommu-nityfreeofcharge,andthesedriversarefullysupportedaspartofSUSECloud.

VMWare and OpenStack Working Together SomebelievethatachoicemustbemadetouseeitherVMwareproductsorOpen-Stack,butthisisnotthecase.Infact,VMwarecompute,networkingandstoragetechnolo-giesbringuniquecapabilitiestoOpenStackclouddeployments.VMware’scontributionstotheOpenStackprojectinclude:

OpenStack Compute (Nova)—ImprovedVMwarevSpheresupportinOpenStackCompute,expandedtoincludeconfig-drive,bootfromvolume,additionaldisktypes,VNCconsole,instancesnapshotandmore.

OpenStack Networking (Neutron)—OpenStackNetworkingsupportsVMwareNSXnetworkvirtualization,includingin-kernelvirtualswitchinVMwarevSphere5.5,load-balancing(LBaaS)andstatefulfirewall(FWaaS).

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OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder)—VMDKdriverforOpenStackBlockStorageallowsOpenStackcloudstotakeadvantageofVMwareVirtualSAN—VMware’snewsoftware-defined

storagesolutionthatcreatesadistributedshareddatastorefromlocallyattacheddisks—aswellasallVMwarevSpheresupportedstoragearrays.

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SUSE Cloud Support for VMware OpenStack Integrations

SUSECloudoffersfullsupportforOpen-Stack’sintegrationwithVMwareenviron-mentsthroughVMwarevCenter.VMwarevCentercontinuesthemanagementoftheVMwarevirtualenvironmentwhileSUSECloudmanagestheoverallactivitiesoftheprivatecloud.JustasVMwarevSpherepro-videshighavailability(HA)forthevirtualinfrastructure,SUSECloudcanbeconfig-uredtoprovideHAfortheOpenStackcon-trolplane.ThisoperatingframeworkallowsITdepartmentstomaximizetheinvest-mentintheircurrentVMwarevirtualizedenvironmentsandskillsastheytransitiontoanOpenStack-basedprivatecloud.

SUSEClouddeliversarock-solidOpenStackdistributionthatcanberapidlydeployedandeasilymanagedthroughtheSUSECloudAdministrationServer.TheSUSECloudAdministrationServerautomatestheconnectionbetweenSUSECloudandaVMwareenvironment,reducingset-uptimeandincreasingtheproductivityofITopera-tionsandtheusersoftheprivatecloud.TheseamlessintegrationbetweenSUSECloudandVMwareensuresenterprisesdeployingaprivatecloudusingSUSECloudcantakeadvantageofthebest-in-classcapabilitiesandinnovationsofVMwareandOpenStackwhilemaintainingflexibilityinthedesignanduseoftheirprivatecloud.