Installation guide

Chapter 3: Solution Overview
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EMC VSPEX End-User Computing: VMware Horizon View 5.3
and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual Desktops
Implementation Guide
Summary of key components
Table 1 summarizes the key technologies used in this solution. The Design Guide
provides overviews of the individual components.
Solution components Table 1.
VSPEX layer
Components
Application layer
VMware Horizon View 5.3 desktop virtualization broker with:
 View Manager
 View Composer
 View Persona Management
 VMware View Storage Accelerator
 VMware vCenter Operations Manager (vCOps) for Horizon View
 VMware Horizon Workspace
Virtualization layer
VMware vSphere hypervisor with:
 VMware vSphere
 VMware vCenter Server
 VMware vSphere High Availability
 vShield Endpoint
Compute layer
VSPEX defines the minimum amount of compute layer resources
required but allows the customer to implement the requirements
using any server hardware that meets these requirements.
Network layer
VSPEX defines the minimum number of network ports required for
the solution and provides general guidance on network
architecture, but allows the customer to implement the
requirements using any network hardware that meets these
requirements.
Storage layer
EMC next-generation VNX series with:
 EMC Unisphere Management Suite
 EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere
 VMware vSphere Storage APIs for Array Integration
 VMware vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness
 EMC VNX Snapshots
 EMC SnapSure™
 EMC VNX Virtual Provisioning
 EMC FAST Suite—FAST Cache and Fully Automated Storage
Tiering for Virtual Pools (FAST VP)
Backup and recovery
layer
EMC Avamar
Security layer
RSA SecurID