Deployment Guide

Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5
2 Introduction................................................................................................................................................... 6
Solution components.........................................................................................................................................................6
3 Prerequisites..................................................................................................................................................8
Directory services...............................................................................................................................................................8
Network infrastructure......................................................................................................................................................9
4 Hardware infrastructure................................................................................................................................ 11
Compute cluster............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Compute nodes...........................................................................................................................................................12
Storage cluster..................................................................................................................................................................13
Storage nodes............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Storage enclosures..................................................................................................................................................... 14
Network switches.............................................................................................................................................................15
Backup server nodes (optional)......................................................................................................................................16
Hardware specications...................................................................................................................................................17
5 Operations and management software......................................................................................................... 19
Microsoft-provided software.......................................................................................................................................... 19
Dell-provided software.................................................................................................................................................... 20
Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V....................................................................................................................... 20
Infrastructure Virtual Machines...................................................................................................................................... 21
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2................................................................................................ 21
System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2........................................................................................................ 21
Microsoft management packs..................................................................................................................................22
SQL Server................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Dell Server Management Pack Suite for System Center......................................................................................22
Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft Management Console.......................................................................... 23
Windows Azure Pack.................................................................................................................................................23
System Center Data Protection Manager (optional)...................................................................................................23
Integrated Azure services (optional)..............................................................................................................................24
Connecting to Azure services.................................................................................................................................. 24
Azure Site Recovery.................................................................................................................................................. 24
Azure Backup..............................................................................................................................................................24
Azure Operational Insights........................................................................................................................................ 25
Dell preinstalled system management software...........................................................................................................25
More Dell management software (optional).................................................................................................................25
Software summary...........................................................................................................................................................27
6 Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft expansion scenarios.......................................................................28
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