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Technical Resource Library for Network Architects

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Executive SummaryThis document is a comprehensive library of reference

designs created to make data center, campus and

branch network infrastructure design and deployment

easier.

The recommendations are primarily based on actual

solution prototype designs created by Dell EMC

solution architects.

Our primary goal is to ensure an excellent experience

on Dell EMC infrastructure products as deployed in

typical IT environments.

We recommend you start you fabric journey through

Dell EMC’s Fabric Design Center (FDC). It is a cloud

based fabric design and deployment tool to assist you

customizing fabrics for your specific need.

Dell EMC Networking Validated Deployment Guides

(VDGs) are comprehensive, solution-oriented

designs that provide a consistent and repeatable

reference to design your fabrics. Most importantly,

they are production-ready.

In addition to VDGs, reference architectures and

cheat sheets are also made available in this

document for additional guidance.

Please contact your Dell EMC Specialist for more

information.

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Campus & MobilityNetworking Solutions

Virtualization/OverlayNetworking Guide

Integrated DataProtection Appliance

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Storage AreaNetworking

Microsoft Storage SpacesDirect Ready Nodes

Dell EMC VxFlex OS/ScaleIONetworking Solutions

HCI VxRail Networking Solutions

HCI XC Series(Powered by Nutanix)

VMware vSANReady Nodes

Dell EMC Ready SystemFor VDI

Dell EMC Ready SolutionsFor Big Data

Dell EMC Ready SolutionsFor Microsoft SQL

Dell EMC Ready Bundlefor Oracle

Dell EMC Ready SolutionFor AI/ML



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DATA CENTER NETWORKING SOLUTIONS

CAMPUS AND MOBILITY NETWORKING SOLUTIONS

• OS10EE Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI

• Virtual Link Trunking in Dell EMC OS10 Enterprise Edition Best Practices & Deployment

• OS10 Enterprise Leaf-Spine Deployment and Best Practices Guide

• Ansible for Dell EMC Networking Switches

• Leaf-Spine Deployment and Best Practices Guide

• Leaf-Spine Deployment and Best Practices Guide for Greenfield Deployments

• Switch Configuration Cheat Sheets

• Dell EMC Networking Surveillance Networking Quick Reference Guide

• Wired + Wireless Cloud-managed Campus Reference Architecture

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VIRTUALIZATION/OVERLAY NETWORKING SOLUTIONS

• Deployment and Best Practices Guide for Big Switch Networks' Big Cloud Fabric with VMware NSX

• Dell EMC Big Cloud Fabric Deployment and Best Practices Guide with VMware vSAN

• Architecting a Software-Defined Data Center with Big Cloud Fabric and Dell EMC ScaleIO/VxFlex OS

• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with FC Storage

• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with ISCSI Storage

• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with FC430 and vSAN Storage

• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with R730xd and vSAN Storage

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DATA PROTECTION

SCALE-OUT STORAGE - ISILON

STORAGE AREA NETWORKING

• Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) – Networking Guide

• Dell EMC Fabric Solutions for Isilon

• Dell EMC Power Edge MX Networking Architecture Guide

• Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Mode Networking Deployment Guide

• Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Series Fiber Channel Storage Network Deployment with Ethernet IOMs

• Dell EMC Networking with Isilon Front-End Deployment and Best Practices Guide

• Dell EMC Switch Configuration Guide for iSCSI and Software-Defined Storage

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VxRAIL NETWORKING SOLUTIONS

XC SERIES (POWERED BY NUTANIX)

vSAN/ vSAN READY NODES

• Dell EMC Networking OS10 EE Switch Configuration Guide for VxRail featuring S5200 Series Switches

• Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Switch Configuration Guide for VxRail 4.5

• Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Switch Configuration Guide for VxRail 4.0

• Dell EMC XC Series Networking Deployment and Best Practices Guide

• Dell EMC- PowerEdge MX7000 vSAN Ready Node Networking Deployment Guide

• Deploying VMware vSAN with OS10 Enterprise Edition

• Dell EMC Big Cloud Fabric Deployment and Best Practices Guide with VMware vSAN

• Dell EMC Switch Configuration Guide for iSCSI and Software-Defined Storage

• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with FC430 and vSAN Storage

• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with R730xd and vSAN Storage

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STORAGE SPACES DIRECT READY NODES

VxFLEX OS / SCALEIO NETWORKING SOLUTIONS

• Deployment Guide for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R730xd

• ScaleIO/VxFlex OS IP Fabric Deployment Guide with Dell Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition

• Architecting a Software-Defined Data Center with Big Cloud Fabric and Dell EMC ScaleIO/VxFlex OS

• ScaleIO IP Fabric Best Practice and Deployment Guide - Software Defined Storage

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SQL SERVER

ORACLE

AI/ML

• Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Microsoft SQL: Dell EMC Unity 650F All Flash Storage

• Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Oracle with Data Protection

• Dell EMC Ready Solution for Artificial Intelligence

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VDI

DATA ANALYTICS

• Dell EMC Ready System for VDI on XC Series

• Ready Solutions for Big Data

• Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Cloudera Hadoop

• Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Hortonworks Hadoop

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Dell EMC OS10 Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide with Cisco ACI

BUSINESS NEED• This guide shows Layer 2 domains can be extended

into and out of an ACI fabric with Dell EMC Networking switches in a way that provides high throughput and failure tolerance.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW

TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS

• The document provides an example for the deployment of a pair of top-of-rack (ToR) Dell EMC Networking switches into an existing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) environment.

Configuration details:

• Dell EMC S5248F-ON and S4148-ON switch pairs

• Cisco Nexus C93180YC-EX switch pairs in ACI mode

• Cisco Nexus C9336-PQ switch as a Cisco ACI spine switch

• Dell EMC OS10.4.2, Cisco n9000-13.2 (3i), Cisco APIC version 3.2(3i)

• 1 S3048-ON switch for OOB management traffic

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Dell EMC OS10 Enterprise Edition VLT Deployment and Best Practices Guide

BUSINESS NEED• With current network systems offering more than just

connectivity, IT businesses require the high availability and resiliency of their network systems

• A must have feature for mission critical deployments and applications


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Virtual Link Trunking enables networks with high availability and resiliency. VLT has been deployed at various locations and customers are satisfied with its seamless functionality for the traffic flow and their business needs

• This document explains VLT functionality within Dell OS10 Enterprise Edition (OS10EE) 10.4.1 and the best practices for efficient operation.

• VLT aggregates two identical physical switches to form a single logical switch.

• Both the VLT nodes of a domain forward data plane traffic in Active-Active mode.

• Data Center Interconnect (DCI) between VLT domains is supported in OS10EE with VRRP feature across VLT domains (eVLT)

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Dell EMC Networking Layer 3 Leaf-Spine Deployment and Best Practices with OS10EE

BUSINESS NEED• Need for an infrastructure that is scalable and flexible

to handle high capacity workloads. Leaf-Spine network topology presents a simplified approach to handle this growth

• A leaf-spine architecture is extremely scalable when compared to chassis modular based systems.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• A leaf-spine architecture is a non-blocking network and is highly scalable

• This document provides multiple examples for deploying the architecture

• Configuration details:

• 2 S4148F-ON switches and 2 S4248FB-ON switches as leaf switches

• Z9100-ON as a spine switch

• OS used : 10.4.0E (R3)

• Protocols used: VLT, LACP/LAG, UFD, RSTP, Routing protocols –BGP and OSPF, VRRP, ECMP

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Ansible for Dell EMC Networking Switches

BUSINESS NEED• Need to reduce time and effort required to design,

provision and manage networks in a powerful and easy way.

• Ansible is used to provision and manage Dell EMC Networking switches enabling rapid new device deployment & network configuration changes.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• This document provides insight into the configuration of Dell EMC Networking Switches using Dell EMC Networking Ansible roles.

• These roles facilitate the provisioning of devices running Dell EMC Networking OS: OS6, OS9 and OS10.

• Ansible can configure multiple machines through playbooks, designed for simple configuration management


• Ansible 2.2 version has been installed on Ubuntu server 16.04

• Dell EMC Networking modules are integrated into the Ansible core.

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Leaf-Spine Deployment and Best Practices Guide


to handle high capacity workloads.


• Need for interoperating with other vendors networking.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• A leaf-spine architecture is a non-blocking network and is highly scalable

• This document provides examples for using Dell EMC Networking switches at both leaf and spine layers and examples with Cisco Nexus switches at the spine layer.


• S4048-ON switches as leaf switches

• S6010-ON and Z9100-ON as spine switches

• Cisco Nexus 5600 and 7000 series switches as spines

• OS used: DNOS 9.11.2.0 P0 and NX-OS 6.2(16)

• Protocols used: VLT, UFD, RSTP, Routing protocols - BGP and OSPF, BFD, ECMP

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Leaf-Spine Deployment and Best Practices Guide for Greenfield Deployments


to handle high capacity workloads. Leaf-Spine network topology presents a simplified approach to handle this growth



SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• A leaf-spine architecture is a non-blocking network and is highly scalable.

• This document provides step-by-step configuration examples of layer 2 (switched) or layer 3 (routed) topologies.

• Configuration details:

• S3048-ON for OOB management traffic

• S4048-ON switches as leaf switches

• S6010-ON and Z9100-ON as spine switches

• OS used: DNOS 9.11.2.0 P0

• Protocols used: VLT, UFD, RSTP, Routing protocols - BGP and OSPF, BFD, ECMP

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Dell EMC Configuration Cheat Sheets


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Dell EMC S4148U as an FC Switch Configuration Cheat Sheet

Dell EMC S4148U as NPG Configuration Cheat Sheet

Dell EMC S4148U as FC and FCoE Configuration Cheat Sheet

Dell EMC RoCE v1 Configuration Cheat Sheet

Dell EMC RoCE v2 Configuration Cheat Sheet

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Dell EMC Networking Surveillance Networking Quick Reference Guide

BUSINESS NEED• The guide simplifies configuration and sizing

examples that are common to most surveillance networks which will enable the reader to apply standard networking methods to various deployment types.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Surveillance solutions are used by organizations to monitor their assets and protect individuals and consists of many components. The network that connects all of these components is a key element in a robust and stable surveillance system.

• This document discusses networking features and topologies used in many access networks to support cameras, video and management traffic.

• S31424-ON switches provide POE+ ports to power video surveillance cameras in the campus network.

• N3132PX-ON as a campus access switch that require PoE 60W and multi-rate 2.5/5GbE ports.

• X1052P provide POE+ ports to power video surveillance cameras.

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Wired + Wireless Cloud-managed Campus Reference Architecture

BUSINESS NEED• Need for campus networks to provide reliable, high

performance wired and wireless connectivity.

• IT staff needs to be more agile by delivering network access in shorter deployment times with fewer resources.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• The Reference Architecture is a blueprint for a modern campus network, providing an understanding of the network design principles and best practices.

• It enables network designers to get a running start on their deployments so they can quickly deliver valued solutions to their businesses.

• Mass deployment of wired and wireless access devices with minimal touch

• Dell Networking OS v6.3.0.16 or later (N1500 , N2000, N3000 series switches)

• HiveManager NG Cloud

• HiveManager NG Virtual Appliance v11.14.0.3

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Deployment and Best Practices Guide for Big Switch Networks' Big Cloud Fabric with VMware NSX

BUSINESS NEED• Need for networking infrastructure to support high

east-west traffic bandwidth, virtual machine mobility and multitenancy

• Scalable and validated design guide that covers Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) deployment based on the Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Virtualization.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Big Cloud Fabric is the industry’s first data center leaf-spine IP fabric solution using Dell EMC Networking switches and Big Cloud Fabric (BCF)

• This Validated Deployment Guide highlights best practice leaf-spine network topology with a step-by-step configuration of a Big Cloud Fabric SDN solution integrated with VMware vCenter Server.

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd servers –2-RU, two-socket server platform

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 servers –1-RU, two socket platform

• Big Cloud Fabric 4.6.0

• VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 and VMware vSAN 6.6.1 Patch 02

• VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Update 1d

• VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3.5

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Dell EMC Big Cloud Fabric Deployment and Best Practices Guide with VMware vSAN

BUSINESS NEED• Need to support high east-west traffic bandwidth,

virtual machine mobility and multitenancy

• Scalable and validated design guide that covers an underlay deployment for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) based on the Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Virtualization with the VMware vSAN use case.


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• The guide provides a best practice leaf-spine network topology with a step-by-step configuration of a Big Cloud Fabric SDN solution integrated with VMware.

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd servers - 2-RU, two-socket server platform

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 servers - 1-RU, two socket platform


• VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 and VMware vSAN 6.6.1

• VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1

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Architecting a Software-Defined Data Center with Big Cloud Fabric and Dell EMC ScaleIO/VxFlex OS



• VxFlexOS delivers scale-out block storage using commodity hardware. It creates a server-based SAN built form server direct-attached storage to deliver flexible and scalable performance on demand.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW



• The guide includes best practices and details on how to deploy a software-defined data center (SDDC) powered by Dell EMC S-Series switches, Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, Big Switch Networks, VMware vSphere and Dell EMC VxFlexOS/ScaleIO.


• Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON, S4048-ON,S6010-ON and Z9100-ON switches

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 and R730 servers

• Dell EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.2

• Big Switch Fabric 4.2.0 and Big Switch Light 4.2.0

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Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with FC Storage

BUSINESS NEED• Current operational model of delivering IT services is

time-consuming and inefficient.

• Existing integrated solutions do not offer manageability or scalability benefits.

• This tested, validated and fully integrated system is highly flexible and scalable removing risk and accelerating your time to value.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization is the industry’s most flexible converged system to date with choice in building blocks of compute, storage and networking, tested and validated to integrate and operate together in support of a virtualized environment.

• A step-by-step VMware NSX deployment on a leaf-spine data center network with FC630 compute nodes and Fiber Channel shared storage.

• The production network is divided into 3 majorcomponents: the physical or underlay data centernetwork, the NSX virtual, or overlay network andthe FC SAN

• 6 PowerEdge R630 servers

• One FX2s chassis with four FC630 servers

• VMware ESXi 6.0.0 Update 2

• VMware NSX Manager 6.2.4

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Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with ISCSI Storage

BUSINESS NEED• Current operational model of delivering IT services

is time-consuming and inefficient.




SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization is the industry’s most flexible converged system to date.

• This Validated Deployment Guide includes steps to deploy ESXi on PowerEdge servers and deployment of a vSphere vCenter Server Appliance and configuration of shared storage on an ISCSI storage area network (SAN)



• One FX2s chassis with four FC630 servers



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Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with FC430 and vSAN Storage

BUSINESS NEED• Current operational model of delivering IT services

is time-consuming and inefficient.




SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization is the industry’s most flexible converged system to date with choice in building blocks of compute, storage and networking tested and validated to integrate and operate together in support of a virtualized environment.

• This Validated Deployment Guide includes steps to deploy ESXi on PowerEdge servers and deployment of a vSphere vCenter Server Appliance



• One FX2s chassis with four FC430 servers and 2 FD332 storage sleds

• VMware ESXi 6.0.0 Update 2 and VMware NSX Manager 6.2.4

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• A step-by-step VMware NSX deployment on a leaf-spine data center network with R730xd compute nodes and VSAN storage.



• 4 PowerEdge R730xd servers


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Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) –Networking Guides

BUSINESS NEED• This document provides detailed information about

how to configure the uplink to the customer environment


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) is a pre-integrated, converged appliance solution that is simple to deploy and scale, provides comprehensive protection for a diverse application ecosystem and comes with native cloud tiering for long-term retention.

• Each IDPA appliance model includes a pre-configured Dell S4048 – ON switch (IDPA Dell switch) that requires an onsite configuration of an uplink connection to the network switch in a customer environment

• Dell S4048-ON switch is a 1U high density 10/40GbE, ToR switch with 48 dual-speed 1/10GbE (SFP+) ports and six 40GbE (QSFP+) uplinks

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Dell EMC Networking with Isilon Front-end Deployment And Best Practices Guide

BUSINESS NEED• Unstructured data is growing at a very high rate which

is putting pressure on IT and traditional storage architectures are unable to satisfy the demands of this growth

• Need to support scale-out storage for rapid growth in Big Data archiving and retrieval of billions of objects and petabytes of data.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC Isilon is the leading scale out network-attached storage solution for high-volume storage, backup and archiving of unstructured data. Isilon is clustered-based storage array based on industry standard hardware

• This portfolio of products represents high-density, line-rate, switching platforms with a consistent operating model across platforms.

• Isilon can scale up to 68 petabytes in a single filesystem with OneFS file system

• Gen 6: has All-flash F-series, hybrid H series and archive A-series Isilon.

• The Back-end network uses Dell EMC and InfiniBand switches to provide low latency cluster connectivity

• Front-end network uses Dell EMC switches including third party vendor switches for client connectivity

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Dell EMC Power Edge MX Networking Architecture Guide

BUSINESS NEED• PowerEdge MX dynamically configures compute,

storage, and fabric, increases team effectiveness and accelerates operations

• Its responsive design delivers the innovation and longevity that customers of all sizes need for their IT and digital business transformations


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX, a unified, high-performance data center infrastructure, provides the agility, resiliency, and efficiency to optimize a wide variety of traditional and new, emerging data center workloads and applications.

• This document provides an overview of the architecture, features, and functionality of the PowerEdge MX networking infrastructure.

• PowerEdge MX introduces a new network architecture to the Dell EMC modular portfolio including Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition with SmartFabric Services, MX Scalable Fabric Architecture, and fully integrated network management with OpenManage Enterprise –Modular

• New hardware includes Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 modular chassis , Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine, Dell EMC Networking MX7116n Fabric Expander Module and Dell EMC Networking MX5108n Ethernet Switch

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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Mode Networking Deployment Guide


storage, and fabric, increases team effectiveness and accelerates operations

• Its responsive design delivers the innovation and longevity that customers of all sizes need for their IT and digital business transformations


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• The new Dell EMC PowerEdge MX, a unified, high-performance data center infrastructure, provides the agility, resiliency, and efficiency to optimize a wide variety of traditional and new, emerging data center workloads and applications.

• This document provides steps for configuring and deploying PowerEdge MX networking switches in SmartFabric mode.

• Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition with SmartFabric Services

• Dell EMC Networking Z9100-ON leaf switches

• Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine and Dell EMC Networking MX7116n Fabric Expander Module

• Cisco Nexus switches in NX-OS and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) modes

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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Series Fibre Channel Storage Network Deployment with Ethernet IOMs

BUSINESS NEED• PowerEdge MX series optimizes a wide variety of

traditional, new and emerging data center workloads and applications.

• The responsive design delivers the innovation and longevity that customers of all sizes need for their IT and digital business transformations


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC PowerEdge MX-Series is a unified, high performance physical infrastructure that provides agility, resiliency and efficiency.

• This document provides the deployment steps for configuring PowerEdge MX-series networking switches in SmartFabric mode to attach external FC storage

• Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition with SmartFabric Services

• NPIV Proxy Gateway (NPG) example

• Direct Connection of FC storage devices (F_Port) example

• FCoE FIP Snooping Bridge (FSB) example

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Dell EMC Networking with Isilon Front-end Deployment And Best Practices Guide

BUSINESS NEED• Unstructured data is growing at a very high rate which

is putting pressure on IT and traditional storage architectures are unable to satisfy the demands of this growth

• Need to support scale-out storage for rapid growth in Big Data archiving and retrieval of billions of objects and petabytes of data.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC Isilon is the leading scale out network-attached storage solution for high-volume storage, backup and archiving of unstructured data. Isilon is clustered-based storage array based on industry standard hardware

• This portfolio of products represents high-density, line-rate, switching platforms with a consistent operating model across platforms.

• Isilon can scale up to 68 petabytes in a single filesystem with OneFS file system

• Gen 6: has All-flash F-series, hybrid H series and archive A-series Isilon.

• The back-end network uses Dell EMC and InfiniBand switches to provide low latency cluster connectivity

• Front-end network uses Dell EMC switches including third party vendor switches for client connectivity

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Dell EMC Switch Configuration Guide for iSCSI and Software-Defined Storage

BUSINESS NEED• Need to improve performance, predictability and

manageability of storage deployments


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• The document provides universal guidelines for design and configuration of both dedicated storage networks for iSCSI SAN and leaf-spine networks for both iSCSI and SDS.

• This deployment guide provides step-by-step configuration examples

• IP-based storage solutions have two main network topologies to choose from based on the technology administration requirements.

1. Dedicated storage network topology –iSCSI SAN

2. Shared leaf-spine network topology –SDS and iSCSI SAN

• Validated hardware and operating systems are used in the examples throughout this guide.

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HCI VxRail Networking Solutions

HCI XC Series (Powered by Nutanix)

VMware vSAN Ready Nodes

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Dell EMC VxFlex OS/ScaleIO Networking Solutions



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Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Switch Configuration Guide for VxRail 4.7 Featuring S5200 Series Switches

BUSINESS NEED• VxRail hyperconverged appliance delivers faster time-

to-value, linear scaling over time and operational simplicity.

• Dedicated switches for the VxRail cluster simplifies the process and avoids many of the pitfalls associated with the deployment of a hyper-converged solution that originates in network connectivity.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• VxRail has a simple, scale-out architecture that leverages VMware vSphere and VMware vSAN to provide server virtualization and software-defined storage

• This document provides Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition switch configuration examples and topology options for a VxRail 4.5 cluster deployment using S5148F-ON and VxRail 4.7.0 cluster deployment using S5200F-ON switches

• Dell EMC Networking Switches S5248F-ON leaf switches 10.4.2

• Dell EMC Networking S5232F-ON leaf switches 10.4.2

• Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON management switch 10.4.2

• VxRail Manager 4.7

• 4 VxRail E560 nodes

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Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Switch Configuration Guide for VxRail 4.5

BUSINESS NEED• VxRail hyperconverged appliance delivers

faster time-to-value, linear scaling over time and operational simplicity.



SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• VxRail has a simple, scale-out architecture that leverages VMware vSphere and VMware vSAN to provide server virtualization and software-defined storage

• This document provides switch topology options and configuration examples for a VxRail 4.5 cluster using nodes built on 14th generation (14G) PowerEdge servers.

• This VDG covers the process of connecting a cluster of VxRail nodes to:

• A pair of Dell Networking switches configured for VLT

• A pair of Dell networking switches not configured with VLT

• A single Dell Networking switch

• Dell EMC Networking S5148F-ON leaf switches 10.4.1.1

• VxRail Manager 4.5

• 4 VxRail P570 nodes

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Dell EMC Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition Switch Configuration Guide for VxRail 4.0

BUSINESS NEED• VxRail hyperconverged appliance delivers faster time-

to-value, linear scaling over time and operational simplicity.



SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• VxRail has a simple, scale-out architecture that leverages VMware vSphere and VMware vSAN to provide server virtualization and software-defined storage.

• The guide covers the process of connecting a cluster of VxRail nodes (minimum of three nodes, maximum of 64 nodes) to the pair of Dell EMC Networking S4148-ON switches in a high-availability configuration, and configuring those switches to connect to the customer’s IP network.

• S4148-ON - Leaf switches 10.4.0E (R2)

• S6010-ON and Z9100-ON as spine switches 10.4.0E (R2)

• VxRail Manager 4.7 and VMware ESXi 6.0.0

• VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.0

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Dell EMC XC Series Networking Deployment and Best Practices Guide

BUSINESS NEED• Increase capacity and performance one appliance at a

time while reducing IT infrastructure costs

• This step-by-step configuration guide delivers instructions on cabling, configuring and deploying the XC series network


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC XC Series Hyper-converged Appliances enable both large and small IT organizations to efficiently consolidate and run virtualized workloads on a single system

• This document provides details on how to deploy a network to be used by the Dell EMC XC Series cluster and delivers step-by-step instructions on cabling, configuring and deploying the XC series network

• A dual switch top-of-rack (ToR) topology allows each XC Series appliance to connect to two switches which are configured as Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) peers

• Each ToR dual switch (leaf) pair is connected to a higher layer set of switches (spine) that allows east-west traffic between the rack

• Validated hardware and software versions are used in the examples throughout the document.

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Dell EMC- PowerEdge MX7000 vSAN Ready Node Networking Deployment Guide


storage, and fabric, increases team effectiveness and accelerates operations.

• The responsive design delivers the innovation and longevity needed for IT and digital business transformations.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC PowerEdge MX is a unified, high-performance data center infrastructure that provides the agility, resiliency and efficiency to optimize a wide variety of traditional and new, emerging data center workloads and applications.

• This document provides examples for deployment of MX vSAN Ready Nodes using MX Ethernet switches in full switch mode.

• Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 chassis

• Dell EMC Networking MX5108n switches

• Dell EMC MX740c vSAN Ready Node

• VMware ESXi 6.5.0

• VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.0

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Deploying VMware vSAN with OS10 Enterprise Edition

BUSINESS NEED• Need for scalable storage and high performance

• This detailed can be used to deploy a basic vSAN cluster on an established network.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• The Dell EMC OS10 Enterprise Edition operating system is a native Linux-based network operating system that has a wholly disaggregated software architecture.

• The guide outlines the use of OS10 Enterprise Edition running on Dell EMC Networking S4100-ON series switches.

• PowerEdge R740xd server, dual-socket 2RU platform featuring Intel Xeon processors up to 3 terabyte of expandable memory and network interface technologies.

• Dell Networking S4148-ON switch 10.4.0E (R3) , 1RU high density 1/10/25/40/50/100GbE top of rack switch as leaf switches

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Dell EMC Big Cloud Fabric Deployment and Best Practices Guide with VMware vSAN

BUSINESS NEED• Need to support high east-west traffic bandwidth,

virtual machine mobility and multitenancy

• Scalable and validated design guide that covers an underlay deployment for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) based on the Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Virtualization with the VMware vSAN use case


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Big Cloud Fabric is the industry’s first data center leaf-spine IP fabric solution using Dell EMC Networking switches and Big Cloud Fabric (BCF).

• The guide provides a best practice leaf-spine network topology with a step-by-step configuration of a Big Cloud Fabric SDN solution integrated with VMware.

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd servers –2-RU, two-socket server platform

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 servers –1-RU, two socket platform


• VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 and VMware vSAN 6.6.1

• VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 U1

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Dell EMC Switch Configuration Guide for iSCSI and Software-Defined Storage

BUSINESS NEED• Dedicated storage network is a popular std. for iSCSI

based storage for predictable performance and to simplify administration


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Provides step-by-step configuration examples. For dedicated storage, both isolated and switch interconnect topologies are documented

• This Validated Deployment Guide provides universal guidelines for design and configuration of a both dedicated storage networks for iSCSI SAN and leaf-spine networks for both iSCSI and SDS

• IP-based storage solutions have two main network topologies to choose from based on the technology and administration requirements:

• Dedicated storage network topology, ex. iSCSI SAN

• Shared leaf-spine network topology, ex. SDS and iSCSI SAN

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Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with FC430 and vSAN Storage






SOLUTION OVERVIEW



• This Validated Deployment Guide includes steps to deploy ESXi on PowerEdge servers and deployment of a vSphere vCenter Server Appliance

• The production network is divided into 2 major components: the physical or underlay network and the NSX virtual, or overlay network


• One FX2s chassis with four FC430 servers and 2 FD332 storage sleds


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Dell EMC Validated System for Virtualization - NSX Reference Architecture with R730xd and vSAN Storage






SOLUTION OVERVIEW



• A step-by-step VMware NSX deployment on a leaf-spine data center network with R730xd compute nodes and VSAN storage.

• The production network is divided into 2 major components: the physical or underlay network and the NSX virtual, or overlay network


• 4 PowerEdge R730xd servers



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Deployment Guide for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure with Dell PowerEdge R730xd

BUSINESS NEED• IT is challenged to find new storage solutions that are

simpler, more streamlined and cost-effective

• Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes are preconfigured with certified components, tested and certified by Dell EMC and Microsoft to take the guesswork out of building Storage Spaces Direct clusters


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes are built on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, which provide the storage density and compute power to maximize the benefits of Storage Spaces Direct and the advanced feature sets in Windows Server 2016

• This deployment guide focuses on deploying a hyper-converged infrastructure solution on Dell EMC Ready Nodes for Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V and Storage Spaces Direct.

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R730xd, PowerEdge R440 servers

• 740xd and R640 Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes

• Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON and S4048-ON switches

• Windows Server 2016

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Storage


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Dell EMC ScaleIO/VxFlex OS IP Fabric Deployment Guide with Dell Networking OS10 Enterprise Edition

BUSINESS NEED• Hyper-converged solutions suffered from network-

induced performance problems

• This best practice guide provides a stable and predictable foundation for the future growth of any software-defined storage/HCI solution


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC VxFlex OS is a software solution that uses existing server storage in application servers to create a server-based storage area network (SAN)

• The document defines a VxFlex OS deployment on a Leaf-Spine topology where deployed network-management technologies, advanced routing and link aggregations are implemented.

• The paper focuses on a Leaf-Spine network with greater cluster size and workloads, requiring high-speed network ports on leaf switches and interconnection ports for large workloads.

• VxFlex is comprised of 3 main components: VxFlex OS Data Client (SDC), VxFlex OS Data Server (SDS), Meta Data Manager (MDM)

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Architecting a Software-Defined Data Center with Big Cloud Fabric and Dell EMC ScaleIO



• ScaleIO delivers scale-out block storage using commodity hardware. It creates a server-based SAN built form server direct-attached storage to deliver flexible and scalable performance on demand.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW



• Best practices and details on how to deploy a software-defined data center (SDDC) powered by Dell EMC S-Series switches, Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, Big Switch Networks, VMware vSphere and Dell EMC ScaleIO.


• Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON, S4048-ON,S6010-ON and Z9100-ON switches

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R630 and R730 servers

• Dell EMC ScaleIO 2.0.1.2

• Big Switch Fabric 4.2.0 and Big Switch Light 4.2.0

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Dell EMC ScaleIO IP Fabric Best Practice and Deployment Guide – Software-Defined Storage

BUSINESS NEED• ScaleIO is highly scalable and can reduce cost and

complexity of a typical SAN

• This best practice guide provides a stable and predictable foundation for the future growth of any software-defined storage/HCI solution using OS9 Networking


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC ScaleIO is a software solution that uses existing server storage in application servers to create a server-based storage area network (SAN)

• This VDG defines a ScaleIO deployment on a Leaf-Spine topology where deployed network-management technologies, advanced routing, and link aggregations are implemented

• The paper focuses on a Leaf-Spine network with greater cluster size and workloads, requiring high-speed network ports on leaf switches and interconnection ports for large workloads

• ScaleIO is comprised of 3 main components: ScaleIO Data Client (SDC), ScaleIO Data Server (SDS), Meta Data Manager (MDM)

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Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Microsoft SQL

Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Oracle

Dell EMC Ready Solution for AI/ML

Dell EMC Ready System for VDI

Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Big Data



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Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Microsoft SQL: Dell EMC Unity 650F All Flash Storage

BUSINESS NEED• Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Microsoft SQL are

purpose-designed and validated to optimize performance with SQL Server 2017

• Future-ready scalability


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• This deployment guide details how to deploy a virtualized Microsoft SQL Server 2017 solution using VMware virtualization on Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 servers and Dell EMC Unity 650F All Flash storage

• It Includes information about how to set up and configure the following hardware components and to test the infrastructure deployment for component failures

• Dell EMC Networking S4048-ON switch

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 server

• Dell EMC Connectrix DS-6610B switch

• Dell EMC Unity 650F storage array

• Dell EMC Data Domain DD6300 appliance

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Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Oracle with Data Protection

BUSINESS NEED• The guide provides implementation and deployment

steps for the major components of the Ready Bundle system and the Data Domain backup appliance


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Ready Bundle for Oracle is designed to consolidate mixed-workload Oracle databases in a single system.

• This deployment guide describes the design and deployment of small, medium (commercial), and large (enterprise) configurations of Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Oracle with Data Domain for data protection

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 servers

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 server

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R940

• Dell EMC Networking S4048-ON 10 GbE

• Dell EMC Connectrix DS-6610B, 24 ports, 16 Gb/s

• Dell EMC Connectrix DS-6510B, 48 ports, 16 Gb/s

• Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON 1 GbE

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Storage


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Dell EMC Ready Solution for Artificial Intelligence

BUSINESS NEED• This solution is applicable to organizations that are just

starting their journey, as well as those organizations with well-established programs that want to consolidate and simplify procurement and operations complexity


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• The design guide describes the high-level architecture of Ready Solution for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning with Hadoop, which extends the architecture of Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Cloudera Hadoop

• It also addresses all the key requirements for a robust, integrated, and complete data science environment that enables teams to work together effectively to achieve a common goal.

• Spine/Leaf architecture – S4048-ON 10GbE, S5048-ON – 25GbE, S6000-ON, Z9100-ON switches

• Primary components include: Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Cloudera Hadoop, Cloudera Data Science Workbench, Cloudera Data Science Workbench Nodes, Intel BigDL, Dell EMC Preconfigured Engines

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Storage


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Dell EMC Ready System for VDI on XC Series

BUSINESS NEED• This solution addresses the architecture design,

configuration and implementation considerations for the key components required to deliver virtual desktops or shared sessions via VMware Horizon on VMware vSphere 6 running on the Dell EMC XC Series Hyper-Converged infrastructure platform.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• The Dell EMC XC Series is a hyper-converged solution that combines storage, compute, networking, and virtualization using industry-proven Dell EMC PowerEdge™ server technology and Nutanix software

• The document provides a reference architecture for integrating Dell EMC XC Series Hyper-Converged Appliances and VMware Horizon software to create virtual application and virtual desktop environments.

• Spine/Leaf architecture – S4048-ON 1GbE and S3048-ON 10GbE switches

• The Dell EMC XC640 is a 10-disk 1U platform with a broad range of configuration options

• Dell EMC XC740xd, 2U platform that can be configured with 24 x 2.5” disks or 12 x 3.5” disks to serve a broad range of capacity requirements

• VMware Horizon 7 , VMware vSphere 6

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Storage

Applications

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Storage

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ARCHITECTURE


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Ready Solutions for Big Data

BUSINESS NEED• Dell EMC Big Data as a Service is

designed to simplify and accelerate Big Data deployments.

• Increase business agility

• Minimize the need to move data by independently managing and scaling compute and storage


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Dell EMC Big Data as a Service is a solution within the Ready Solutions for Big Data portfolio of Dell EMC

• The guide covers the solution architecture overall, the software architecture, the design of the nodes and clusters, the hardware components and architecture, the network design and the operational monitoring of the solution

• This solution addresses the requirements of Big Data as a Service by integrating multiple hardware and software components that provide the necessary functions.

• The architecture is a leaf/spine model based on 25 GbE network technologies. It uses Dell EMC Networking S5048F-ON switches for the leaves, and Dell EMC Networking S5048F-ON for the spine.

• Dell EMC Big Data as a Service is based on BlueData EPIC, an enterprise-grade software platform that forms a layer between the underlying infrastructure and Big Data applications.

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Applications

Software-Defined

Storage

Ready Solutions

for Big Data


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Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Cloudera Hadoop

BUSINESS NEED• Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Cloudera Hadoop lowers

the barrier to adoption for organizations intending to use Apache Hadoop in production

• This customer-centered approach creates rapidly deployable and highly optimized end-to-end Hadoop solutions running on hyperscale hardware.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• The Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Cloudera Hadoop was jointly designed by Dell EMC and Cloudera, and embodies all the hardware, software, resources and services needed to run Hadoop in a production environment.

• The end-to-end solution approach means that you can be in production with Hadoop in a shorter time than is typically possible with homegrown solutions.

• The solution is based on the Cloudera Enterprise and Dell EMC PowerEdge and Dell Networking hardware. This solution includes components that span the entire solution stack:

• Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Cloudera Hadoop Architecture Guide and best practices

• Optimized server configurations

• Optimized network infrastructure

• Cloudera Enterprise

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Applications

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Storage

Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Cloudera

Hadoop


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Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Hortonworks Hadoop

BUSINESS NEED• Hortonworks Data Platform helps enterprises

transform their business by unlocking the full potential of Big Data.

• Hortonworks and Dell EMC provide the expertise, training, and services that enable customers to unlock transformational value for their organizations across any line of business.


SOLUTION OVERVIEW


• Hortonworks Connected Data Platforms deliver an open-architected solution to manage both data-in-motion and at-rest, empowering organizations to deliver actionable intelligence to end users through Modern Data Applications.

• This architecture guide describes the Dell EMC server hardware and networking configuration recommended for running the Hortonworks Data Platform.

• The architecture combines the Hortonworks Data Platform with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers and Dell Networking switches to implement a complete Hadoop platform

• Dell EMC PowerEdge R730xd Server

• The Dell EMC PowerEdge FX architecture uses Dell EMC PowerEdge FC630 server and Dell EMC PowerEdge FD332 storage blocks for the optimum balance between compute and storage density.

Infrastructure

Storage

Applications

Software-Defined

Storage

Dell EMC Ready Bundle

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Hadoop


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Fabric Design Center (FDC)Simplified Network Design and Deployment


Automation based on Validated

Deployment Guides

Leverage prescriptive blueprints with comprehensive deployment and operational practices

Design Automation

Turnkey Network Designs optimized for Performance and Cost

Scalable from Single Rack to Multi Rack Clusters

Download Network Design, Bill of Materials and Wiring Diagrams

Deployment Automation

Accelerate time to production and reduce risk in deployment

Automated Switch Configurations and Ansible Playbooks

• Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

• VxRail Appliances

• XC Series Appliances

• Ready Solutions

• vSAN Ready Nodes

• Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes

• VxFlex Ready Nodes

• Storage Solutions

• Isilon

• Unity

Turnkey Solutions

Build Your Own Designs

• Layer 2 VLT Fabric • Layer 3 Leaf and Spine Fabric

OS 9 to OS 10EE Configuration Migration

• Ability to convert OS 9 configurations to OS 10EE configuration files

https://fdc.emc.com/

• Compute Solutions

• PowerEdge


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Additional Information and ResourcesAdditional Information and Resources


• Dell EMC Networking Guides: https://www.Dell.com/NetworkingGuides

• Dell EMC Networking OS9 Info Hub: https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN316327

• Dell EMC Networking OS10 Info Hub https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN316328

• Optics and Cables Guide: Dell EMC Networking Transceivers and Cables

• Quick Reference Guides (QRGs)

Data Center QRG

Campus Networking QRG

Aerohive Wireless QRG

Ruckus Wireless QRG


https://www.dell.com/NetworkingGuides

https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN316327

https://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN316328

http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-Networking-Optics-Spec-Sheet.pdf

https://www.dellemc.com/resources/en-us/asset/quick-reference-guides/products/networking/Dell_EMC_Networking_-_QRG_-_Data_Center.pdf

https://www.dellemc.com/resources/en-us/asset/quick-reference-guides/products/networking/dell_emc_networking_qrg_campus_and_branch.pdf

https://www.dellemc.com/resources/en-us/asset/quick-reference-guides/products/networking/Dell_EMC_Aerohive_Wireless_QRG.pdf

https://www.dellemc.com/resources/en-us/asset/quick-reference-guides/products/networking/Dell_EMC_Networking_Ruckus_Quick_Reference_Guide.pdf