Reference Guide

vStart 100 and 200 VMware vSphere Reference Architecture
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200 includes six PowerEdge R720 servers and two EqualLogic arrays. Storage expansion modules are
offered in this release, for which more details are provided in the section below. Figure 1 and Figure 2
below provide a high-level overview of the components utilized in each of the configurations.
vStart 100 Configuration Overview Figure 1.
EqualLogic PS6100
PowerEdge R720
PowerEdge R620
ESXi Cluster
Management Server (vCenter Server, EqualLogic SAN HQ)
iSCSI Storage
PowerConnect 7048
SAN Traffic (iSCSI)
PowerConnect 7048
LAN Traffic (VM, Management, vMotion)
Optional – Available with vStart 100
Storage Expansion
EqualLogic SAN HQ and Group Manager, OMSA, Out of Band,
Virtualization Cluster Management, Dell Management and HIT/
VE Plug-ins for VMware vCenter Server
Management and Monitoring
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