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VCE Vblock™ Systems Series 700 Architecture Overview
Overview
Vblock™ Systems Series 700 overview
The Vblock™ Systems Series 700 is designed for deployments involving large numbers of virtual machines
and users. The Vblock Series 700 is available in two models:
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Vblock Series 700 model MX (700MX)
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Vblock Series 700 model LX (700LX)
700MX
The 700MX utilizes a SAN storage medium or a NAS (File) storage medium. UCS local book disks are
optional. The 700MX contains the following key hardware and software components:
Resource Components
Compute
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Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
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Cisco UCS B-Series blades
• Cisco M81KR Virtual Interface Card converged network adapter
• Cisco UCS 2104XP Series Fabric Extenders or Cisco UCS 2208XP Series Fabric Extenders
• Cisco UCS 6248UP Series Fabric Interconnects or Cisco UCS 6140XP Fabric Interconnects
Network The default configuration does not include a Cisco Nexus switch.
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(Optional) Cisco Nexus 5548UP Series Ethernet switches required for two compute cabinets
unless a Cisco Nexus 7010 switch is selected
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(Optional) Cisco Nexus 7010 switch (requires two or more compute cabinets)
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Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM and VEM virtual switch
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Cisco MDS 9148 Multilayer Fabric Switch
• (Optional) Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director
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(Optional) Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director
Storage
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EMC Symmetrix VMAX 20K
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(Optional) EMC VNX VG2 Gateway or EMC VNX VG8 Gateway
• (Optional) EMC Symmetrix Data at Rest Encryption (DARE)
VMware ESX and VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter Server
Management
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EMC PowerPath/VE
• Cisco UCS Manager
• Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS)
• EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager (UIM/P)
• EMC Secure Remote Support (ESRS) on Windows
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EMC Symmetrix Management Console (SMC) on Windows
• EMC Symmetrix Performance Analyzer (SPA) on Windows
• VMware vSphere Server Enterprise Plus
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