Deployment Guide
Introduction
The Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft solution provides a scalable building-block approach for private and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
The solution combines compute, storage, and networking hardware from Dell with management and operational software, providing for a
complete private cloud solution experience. This experience includes a self-service portal enabling a template-based virtual machine
deployment.
Through a close partnership with Microsoft, the following software is installed at the factory and congured during the deployment of the
solution:
• Windows Server
• Hyper-V
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• System Center Operations Manager
• Windows Azure Pack
In addition, this solution is designed to easily integrate with three key services in the Azure public cloud:
• Azure Operational Insights is an analytical tool that compiles and analyzes data from data centers and clouds.
• Azure Backup retains data, les, folders, and applications in case data recovery is needed.
• Azure Site Recovery allows you to recover services in the event of a data center outage.
Solution components
All of the hardware and software components that make up the solution have been designed and tested to operate together. As a result,
the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft gives you interoperability and supportability in a single building block for your cloud solution. The
“time-to value” benet is immense: the process of setting up a comparable system, determining hardware conguration and software
requirements, and implementing all of the best practices can consume weeks of IT resources. The Dell Hybrid Cloud System solution is up
and running quickly, ready for use.
The following gure shows the primary components of the solution.
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