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Customer Infrastructure and vStart Solution Table 3.
Infrastructure Requirement
Function
vStart Solution Requirements
Database
vCenter Server requires a
database to store details about
vCenter Server hosts, VMs, and
related attributes
Existing database that can be
reached by the vCenter Server
to be installed in vStart or
existing vCenter Server and
database
DNS
Provides name resolution for IP
address to hostnames
ESXi hosts, iDRAC, and the
Management Server require
access to DNS for name
resolution
NTP
Provides time synchronization
services for components in the
solution
ESXi hosts, PowerConnect
Switches, and EqualLogic
Storage Arrays require time
synchronization
Network Routing
Provides a network path in/out
of the vStart LAN switches to the
customer’s network
Existing network routing must be
in place before the vStart
solution can communicate with
database, DNS, NTP and other
services in the customers
environment
For details about the databases supported by vCenter Server, refer to the VMware Product
Interoperability Matrix. DNS provides name resolution services for various solution components, while
an NTP server is required to synchronize time across various components in the solution and to enable
VMware HA functionality.
5.5 VMware vSphere Features
The solution is designed to enable key features of VMware vSphere:
 Support for VMware HA to enable High Availability for VMs.
 VMware vMotion is supported for manual load balancing and zero downtime maintenance.
 VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Dynamic Power Management (DPM), and Storage
vMotion are also supported.
 60 day trial versions of VMware vCenter Server and vSphere ESXi are included. Additional OS
licenses needed. Please see your Dell Sales and Services representatives for more information.