Deployment Guide

Operations and management software
The Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft includes the following on-premises software components.
Topics:
• Microsoft-provided software
• Dell-provided software
• Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V
• Infrastructure Virtual Machines
• System Center Data Protection Manager (optional)
• Integrated Azure services (optional)
• Dell preinstalled system management software
• More Dell management software (optional)
• Software summary
Microsoft-provided software
Table 12. Software
Product/Software Name Purpose TechNet Library Reference
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition The operating system on all physical hosts
and VMs.
Windows Server 2012 R2
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
(VMM) 2012 R2
Used to manage the virtualization hosts,
networking, and storage resources.
Virtual Machine Manager
System Center Operations Manager 2012
R2
Used to monitor the infrastructure. Operations Manager
SQL Server 2014 Hosts the databases for infrastructure VMs
that require SQL Server.
SQL Server 2014 Product Documentation
Windows Azure Pack Enables you to oer IaaS services to your
users through a self-service cloud.
Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server
System Center Data Protection Manager
DPM 2012 R2*
Used to back up both management
infrastructure and tenant VMs.
Data Protection Manager
System Center Endpoint Protection Provides anti-malware services to the
physical hosts and infrastructure VMs.
Endpoint Protection Client Help
Service Management Automation (SMA) Enables you to automate the creation,
monitoring, and deployment of resources in
your Windows Azure Pack environment.
Service Management Automation
Service Provider Foundation (SPF) Exposes a web service that interacts with
VMM. This web service enables the
Windows Azure Pack portals to interact with
Service Provider Foundation
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