Installation guide

Chapter 4: Solution Implementation
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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
Overview
This chapter describes how to implement the reference architectures of the end-user
computing solution. If you already have a VSPEX Proven Infrastructure environment,
you can skip the sections for the implementation steps already completed.
Otherwise, refer to the VSPEX Proven Infrastructure Guide listed in Essential reading
for information on configuring the required infrastructure components.
Note: This solution requires certain infrastructure services, as shown in Figure 3. These can
be provided by existing infrastructure at the customer site, by a VSPEX Private Cloud, or by
deploying them as dedicated resources as part of this solution.
Table 2 lists the main stages in the solution implementation process, with links to the
relevant sections in the chapter.
Implementation process overview Table 2.
Stage
Description
Reference
1
Configure the switches and
networks and connect to the
customer network.
Network implementation
2
Install and configure the VNX.
Prepare and configure the storage
array
3
Configure the virtual machine
datastores.
Prepare and configure the storage
array
4
Install and configure the servers.
Install and configure the vSphere
hosts
5
Set up SQL Server (used by vCenter
and Horizon View).
Install and configure the SQL Server
database
6
Install and configure vCenter and
virtual machine networking.
VMware vCenter Server deployment
7
Set up View Connection Server.
Set up VMware View Connection Server
8
Set up EMC Avamar.
Set up EMC Avamar
9
Set up vShield Endpoint.
Set up VMware vShield Endpoint
10
Set up VMware vCOps for Horizon
View.
Set up VMware vCenter Operations
Manager for Horizon View