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VMware Horizon View 5.3 and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual
Desktops Enabled by Brocade Network Fabrics, EMC VNX, and EMC Next-
Generation Backup
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CPU resources ................................................................................................ 100
Memory resources ......................................................................................... 100
Network resources ......................................................................................... 101
Storage resources .......................................................................................... 102
Backup resources .......................................................................................... 102
Expanding existing VSPEX End User Ccomputing environments ............ 102
Implementation summary ............................................................................ 102
Quick assessment ............................................................................................... 103
Overview ......................................................................................................... 103
CPU requirements .......................................................................................... 103
Memory requirements ................................................................................... 103
Storage performance requirements ........................................................... 104
Storage capacity requirements .................................................................. 104
Determining equivalent reference virtual desktops ................................. 105
Fine tuning hardware resources .................................................................. 106
Chapter 5 VSPEX Configuration Guidelines ................................... 109
Configuration overview ..................................................................................... 110
Deployment process ..................................................................................... 110
Pre-deployment tasks ........................................................................................ 111
Overview ......................................................................................................... 111
Deployment prerequisites ............................................................................. 112
Customer configuration data ........................................................................... 114
Prepare, connect, and configure Brocade network switches .................... 114
Overview ......................................................................................................... 114
Prepare Brocade Network Infrastructure ................................................... 115
Configure Brocade VDX Ethernet Fabric Network (File based Storage
Network) ................................................................................................... 115
Configure Brocade 6510 Fabric Network (Block based Storage Network)116
Configure VLANs ............................................................................................ 118
Complete network cabling .......................................................................... 118
Configure Brocade VDX 6740 Switch (File Storage) ...................................... 119
Step 1: Verify and Apply Brocade VDX NOS Licenses ............................. 121
Step 2: Configure Logical Chassis VCS ID and RBridge ID ...................... 122
Step 3: Assign Switch Name ........................................................................ 123
Step 4: Brocade VCS Fabric ISL Port Configuration .................................. 124
Step 5: Create vLAG for ESXi Hosts ............................................................. 127
Step 6: vCenter Integration for AMPP ........................................................ 129