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VMware Private AI with Intel on VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail

Summary The partnership between VMware by Broadcom, Intel, and Dell Technologies simplifies the implementation of AI infrastructure, offering customers a seamless and efficient experience. The integration of Intel Xeon Scalable CPU with Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) within VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail presents a comprehensive solution consisting of software ...

The Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes Differentiator

It’s been over a decade since hyper converged infrastructure (HCI) disrupted technology. An ideal architecture for HCI would be a simple, modular architecture, in which all datacenter components (compute, storage, and networking) are consumed in a virtualized way to simplify allocating and managing resources. With this architecture, all physical components ...

Deployment and Operations Guide with Switchless Networking

This deployment and operations guide focuses on using Microsoft Azure portal or ARM template to deploy an HCI solution with a switchless storage design. The system is built on validated and certified AX nodes from Dell Technologies with Azure Stack HCI OS 24H2

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VxRail Security Overview: A Secure Foundation for you Data Center

Delivering VxRail simplicity with vLCM compatibility

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is September 20, 2021. As the days start off with cooler mornings and later sunrises, we welcome the autumn season. Growing up each season brought forth its own traditions and activities. While venturing through ...

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VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC Hyperconverged Infrastructure

This tech note describes the various configurations of vSAN Ready Nodes available for PowerEdge AMD-based servers. Validated vSAN Ready nodes of different configurations help customers scale strategically per standards.

VxRail brings key features with the release of 4.7.510

VxRail recently released a new version of our software, 4.7.510, which brings key feature functionality and product offerings At a high level, this release further solidifies VxRail’s synchronous release commitment with vSphere of 30 days or less. VxRail and the 4.7.510 release integrates and aligns with VMware by including the ...

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The Benefits of Composable Infrastructure for VMware Cloud Foundation on vSAN Ready Nodes

Discussions comparing the public cloud to on-premise architectures have shifted to discussions about the best way to build a hybrid model. Multi-cloud delivery services alongside on-premise infrastructure seems to provide the versatility that organizations need for business critical missions, however they are often complex and costly. Ending up with multiple ...

Simpler Cloud Operations and Even More Deployment Options Please!

The latest VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail release debuts LCM and storage enhancements, support for transitioning from VCF Consolidated to VCF Standard Architecture, AMD-based VxRail hardware platforms, and more! Dell Technologies and VMware are happy to announce the availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2.0 on VxRail 7.0.131. This ...

Identity Modules role in Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes

When we think about vSAN Ready Nodes from a Dell Technologies perspective, we provide a wide portfolio of platforms to choose from, both in terms of form factors and technical specifications. We can also offer ease of operations and life cycle management, which are made possible by the graceful integration ...

Dell HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server: Life Cycle Management Approach Comparison

This white paper quantifies the time savings and reliability improvements gained by automating the hardware update process with Dell OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center.

Retail Edge: A Modernized Edge Architecture for Retail

The objective of the white paper is to define this retail edge solution architecture and help understand design principles of the combined solution from Dell EMC and VMware.

Protecting AI Infrastructure: VxRail's Answer to Advanced Threat Vectors

As AI entwines itself within the fabric of our technological ecosystem, it brings with it a host of sophisticated vulnerabilities that require equally sophisticated defenses. In last week’s initial entry to the series , we introduced key attack vectors for AI deployments and highlighted how VxRail and Dell Technologies’ ecosystem ...

Switch Configurations – RoCE and iWarp Reference Guide

This reference guide lists sample networking switch configurations for Mellanox, Intel E810, and Broadcom based deployments for Dell AX System for Azure Local solutions.

I feel the need – the need for speed (and endurance): Intel Optane edition

It has only been three short months since we launched VxRail on 15th Generation PowerEdge, but we're already expanding the selection of configuration offerings. So far we've added 18 additional processors to power your workloads, including some high frequency and low core count options. This is delightful news for those ...

Find Your Edge: Running SUSE Rancher and K3s with SLE Micro on Dell VxRail

The goal of our ongoing partnership between Dell Technologies and SUSE is to bring validated modern products and solutions to market that enable our joint customers to operate CNCF-Certified Kubernetes clusters in the core, in the cloud, and at the edge, to support their digital businesses and harness the power ...

Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center v2.0 Technical Walkthrough

Introduction Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI is a fully integrated HCI system for hybrid cloud environments that delivers a modern, cloud-like operational experience on-premises from a mature market leader. The integrated system is based on our flexible AX nodes family as the laying foundation, and combines ...

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Test driving Dell EMC VxRail with the CTO Advisor

You wouldn’t buy a new car without researching and test driving it first, would you? The same holds true for your data center – test driving, researching, checking peer reviews, and carefully weighing your IT infrastructure options are key to making an informed decision for your business. Keith Townsend, a ...

Windows Server 2025 Deployment and Operations Guide with Switchless Networking

This deployment and operations guide focuses on using PowerShell to deploy a HCI solution with switchless storage design, which is built on validated and certified AX nodes from Dell Technologies with a Windows Server 2025 operating system.

Deployment and Operations Guide for Disconnected Operations

Deploy and manage Azure Local instances offline with Disconnected Operations for Azure Local. This guide focuses on Dell-specific OEM steps, including firmware and driver updates using OMIMSWAC and golden image deployment.

Enhancing Satellite Node Management at Scale

Satellite nodes are a great addition to the VxRail portfolio, empowering users at the edge, as described in David Glynn’s blog Satellite Nodes: Because sometimes even a 2-node cluster is too much . Although satellite nodes are still new, we’ve been working hard and have already started making improvements. Dell’s ...

Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420 server platform 2-node vSAN

This white paper focuses on the PowerEdge XE2420 and 2-node vSAN for edge use cases.

VDI Design Guide—VMware Horizon on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Describes integrating VMware Horizon brokering software with Dell EMC VxRail appliances or vSAN Ready Nodes to create virtual application and desktop environments on the latest Dell EMC PowerEdge servers in a VMware vSphere environment.

Azure Stack HCI automated and consistent protection through Secured-core and Infrastructure lock

Global damages related to cybercrime were predicted to reach USD 6 trillion in 2021! This staggering number highlights the very real security threat faced not only by big companies, but also for small and medium businesses across all industries. Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated every day and the attack ...

Learn About the Latest Major VxRail Software Release: VxRail 7.0.450

To our many VxRail customers, you know that our innovation train is a constant machine that keeps on delivering more value while keeping you on a continuously validated track. The next stop on your VxRail journey brings you to VxRail 7.0.450 which offers significant benefits to life cycle management and ...

Using Argo CD for Continuous Delivery on VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu

This document provides generic design and deployment guidelines for Argo CD on VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu on VxRail.

Running Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on VMware Cloud Foundation

This reference architecture provides general design and deployment guidelines for running OpenShift Container Platform on VMware Cloud Foundation. It is showcased in this paper running on Dell EMC VxRail.

Enhancing your Data Center Security with VxRail

In addition to providing operational efficiency, VxRail fundamentally sets up a secure foundation for your organization’s data center. This blog post provides a high-level overview of VxRail security. For a complete understanding of VxRail security features, read the VxRail Comprehensive Security by Design white paper or view the three-part video ...

The Dell Technologies Cloud Platform – Smaller in Size, Big on Features

The latest VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0 on VxRail 7.0 release introduces a more accessible entry cloud option with support for new four node configurations. It also delivers a simple and direct path to vSphere with Kubernetes at cloud scale. The Dell Technologies team is very excited to announce that May ...

Learn About the Latest Major VxRail Software Release: VxRail 7.0.400

As many parts of the world welcome the fall season and the cooler temperatures that it brings, one area that has not cooled down is VxRail. The latest VxRail software release, 7.0.400, introduces a slew of new features that will surely fire up our VxRail customers and spur them to ...

VxRail’s Latest Hardware Evolution

December is a time of celebration and anticipation, a month in which we may reflect on the events of the year and look ahead to what is yet to come. Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” – and its many stage and movie remakes – is one of those literary classics ...

Infographic—Accelerate IT Transformation with Dell EMC XC Hyperconverged Infrastructure

This infographic highlights the benefits of a Dell EMC XC HCI platform powered by Nutanix AOS and KIOXIA PMS Series SAS SSDs.

Dell VxRail Tech Book

This document is a conceptual and architectural review of the Dell VxRail system, optimized for VMware vSAN. It describes how hyperconverged infrastructure drives digital transformation and the VxRail system as a leading hyperconverged solution.

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Protecting VxRail from Power Disturbances

Preserving data integrity in case of unplanned power events The challenge Over the last few years, VxRail has evolved significantly -- becoming an ideal platform for most use cases and applications, spanning the core data center, edge locations, and the cloud. With its simplicity, scalability, and flexibility, it’s a great ...

The Business Value of Running SAP Workloads on Dell EMC VxBlock Converged Infrastructure

An IDC Business Value Snapshot sponsored by Dell Technologies

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Azure Arc-enabled data services meets VxRail

On June 29th, 2021, Microsoft and Dell Technologies announced the launch of Azure Arc-enabled data services as part of the Azure Hybrid and Multicloud Digital Event. This launch benefits several Dell Technologies product lines, including Dell EMC VxRail, Powerflex, PowerMax, and PowerStore. While my colleague, Robert Sonders, discusses the technical ...

Healthcare Homerun for VxRail – MEDITECH Certified

At Dell Technologies we are excited and proud to announce the VxRail HCI (Hyperconverged Infrastructure) certification for MEDITECH. Dell Technologies is #1 in the Hyperconverged Systems segment, a position held for 12 consecutive quarters 1 . VxRail is the only fully integrated, pre-configured, and tested hyperconverged infrastructure that simplifies and ...

VDI Validation Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Describes the integration of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops components for VDI and hosted shared desktops on Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged appliances or vSAN Ready Nodes.

VxRail API—Updated List of Useful Public Resources

Well-managed companies are always looking for new ways to increase efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining excellence in the quality of their products and services. Hence, IT departments and service providers look at the cloud and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) as the enablers for automation, driving efficiency, consistency, and cost-savings. ...

Dell Technologies First to Deliver Azure Stack HCI 23H2

There is nothing quite like being first – first to watch the newly released docuseries on your favorite streaming platform, first to try the highly anticipated new restaurant, first to see the popular band that’s in town, and so on. These types of events tend to get everybody snapping selfies ...

VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Integration Features Series: Part 1—Full Stack Automated LCM

Full Stack Automated Lifecycle Management It’s no surprise that VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail features numerous unique integrations with many VCF components, such as SDDC Manager and even VMware Cloud Builder. These integrations are the result of the co-engineering efforts by Dell Technologies and VMware with every release of VCF ...

End to end vSAN deployment with RDMA

This white paper provides guidance on deploying an RDMA enabled vSAN stack end to end. It details the network switch configurations, server NIC settings and the configurations to be done at the vSAN software stack to get an end to end RDMA enabled solution thu

Embracing Data Virtualization with Microsoft SQL Server and Dell Technologies

This Enterprise Strategy Group white paper describes data virtualization on a modern infrastructure stack.

More GPUs, CPUs and performance - oh my!

Continuous hardware and software changes deployed with VxRail’s Continuously Validated State A wonderful aspect of software-defined-anything, particularly when built on world class PowerEdge servers, is speed of innovation. With a software-defined platform like VxRail, new technologies and improvements are continuously added to provide benefits and gains today, and not a ...

VDI Design Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Describes the integration of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops core components for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and hosted applications on Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged appliances or vSAN Ready Nodes in a VMware vSphere environment.

Design Guide – Consuming PowerFlex Block Storage from Dell Solutions for Azure Local

This design guide outlines the Dell solutions for Azure Local integration with Dell PowerFlex software-defined storage.

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Infrastructure as Code with VxRail Made Easier with Ansible Modules for Dell VxRail

Many customers are looking at Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as a better way to automate their IT environment, which is especially relevant for those adopting DevOps. However, not many customers are aware of the capability of accelerating IaC implementation with VxRail, which we have offered for some time already—Ansible Modules ...

How does vSphere LCM compare with VxRail LCM?

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is April 24, 2020. VMware’s announcement of vSphere 7.0 this month included a highly anticipated enhanced version of vSphere Update Manager (VUM), which is now called vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM). Beyond the name change, ...

Single-Node Azure Stack HCI is now available!

Single-Node Azure Stack HCI is now available! Earlier this year, Microsoft announced the release of a new flavor for Azure Stack HCI: Azure Stack HCI single node. This is another milestone in Microsoft’s long history of evolution for the Azure Stack family of products. Back in 2017, Microsoft announced Azure ...

3-Tier Platform Design Guide

This design guide describes the architecture and design of a 3-Tier converged infrastructure using Dell PowerMax, Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerScale, and Dell Unity storage arrays with Connectrix MDS SAN switches, Cisco Nexus LAN switches, and Cisco UCS compute

Deployment and Operations Guide with Scalable Networking

This deployment and operations guide focuses on using Microsoft Azure portal or ARM template to deploy an HCI solution with a scalable storage design. The system is built on validated and certified AX nodes from Dell Technologies with Azure Stack HCI OS.

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Live Optics and Azure Stack HCI

The IT industry has coped with many challenges during the last decades. One of the most impactful ones, probably due to its financial implications, has been the “IT budget reduction”—the need for IT departments to increase efficiency, reduce the cost of their processes and operations, and optimize asset utilization. This ...

Reference Architecture—Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations (TKO) on VxRail

This reference architecture helps enterprises design and implement modern app environments on-premises or in the cloud. The solution includes technologies such as VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer, vSphere with Tanzu, and VMware vSAN.

Running Microsoft SQL Server Big Data Clusters on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

This reference architecture provides general design and deployment guidelines of running Microsoft SQL Server Big Data Clusters on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on Dell EMC VxRail.

Dell EMC vSAN Ready Node Certification

Based on PowerEdge servers, Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are HCI building blocks that help accelerate vSAN deployments, with a certification from both Dell EMC and VMware. This 2-page document describes the certification process.

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Innovation with Cloud Foundation on VxRail

VCF 3.9 ON VxRail 4.7.300 Improves Management, Flexibility, and Simplicity at Scale December, 2019 As you may already know, VxRail is the HCI foundation for the Dell Technologies Cloud Platform . With the new Dell Technologies On Demand offerings we combine the benefits of bringing automation and financial models similar ...

Azure Stack HCI Training Videos

This video series explains different aspects of Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.

What’s happening with SmartFabric Services and VxRail 8.0

This article describes the SmartFabric Services (SFS) Automated VxRail Switch Configuration feature in VxRail and explains why it was removed in VxRail 8.0. VxRail 4.7 and 7.0 releases included Automated VxRail Switch Configuration. This feature was designed for SFS and was always enabled. It automatically configured VxRail networks on SmartFabric ...

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REYL Group: Banking on Data to Deliver a Competitive Edge

REYL Group delivers financial services and solutions by managing its business-critical systems and workloads with VxBlock 1000 converged infrastructure and PowerMax storage.

VxRail Security

VxRail Security Overview: A Secure Foundation for you Data Center

Deploy K8s clusters into Azure Stack Hub user subscriptions

Deploy K8s Cluster into an Azure Stack Hub user subscription Welcome to Part 2 of a three-part blog series on running containerized applications on Microsoft Azure’s hybrid ecosystem. Part 1 provided the conceptual foundation and necessary context for the hands-on efforts documented in parts 2 and 3. This article details ...

Running Dask on AI-Ready Enterprise Platform on VMware vSphere 7 with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service

This solution provides general design and deployment guidelines for running Dask on AI-ready enterprise platform on VMware vSphere 7 with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service.

Adding to the VxRail summer party with the release of VxRail 7.0.010

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is July 30, 2020. After releasing multiple VxRail 4.7 software versions in the early summer, the VxRail 7.0 software train has just now joined the party. Like any considerate guest, VxRail 7.0.010 does not ...

R650 servers running vSphere 7.0 Update 2 can boost transactional database performance to become future-ready

This Principled Technologies paper discusses how in a VMware vSAN cluster, the latest-generation servers powered by 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors completed more orders per minute than clusters of older servers.

Dell Technologies SolVe: Increase Your Solution Satisfaction

Dell Technologies SolVe : I ncrease Y our S olution S atisfaction With technology constantly changing and advancing, a continuous effort is necessary to improve processes and procedures. I can remember having to make changes in an environment and grab a user manual to ensure I got it right. Problems ...

The Evolution of Azure Stack HCI Lifecycle Management

Today, Dell Technologies announced the general availability of Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure. This on-premises, turnkey infrastructure platform is collaboratively engineered with Microsoft to optimize the Azure hybrid cloud experience. It is the first offer in Premier Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, a new category in the ...

SQL Server 2019 on PowerEdge R640 vSAN Ready Nodes: Using VMware vSAN 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

This white paper describes the ease and flexibility of scaling multiple SQL Server OLTP databases on Dell EMC R640 vSAN Ready Nodes while maintaining performance.

Announcing all-new VxRail Management Pack for vRealize Operations

Now adding VxRail awareness to your vRealize Operations January 22, 2020 As the new year rolls in, VxRail team is now slowly warming up to it. Right as we settle back in after holiday festivities, we’re onto another release announcement. This time, it’s an entirely new software tool: VxRail Management ...

Dell VxRail and Dell PowerStore: Better Together Through Dynamic AppsON

Dynamic AppsON overview When two products come together with new and unique capabilities, customers benefit from the “better together” value that is created. That value is clearly visible with Dynamic AppsON, which is a configuration that provides an exclusive integration between compute-only Dell VxRail dynamic nodes and a Dell PowerStore ...

Scaling Up VxRail: Managing an Ecosystem

This is the sixth article in a series introducing VxRail concepts. The engineering team behind VxRail has done a fantastic job building cluster and life cycle management tools into our software. The cluster update process is an excellent example of one of these software enhancements. However, we need to go ...

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VxRail Tech Field Day – A technical relay race for the athletically challenged

Earlier this summer we announced key advancements to VxRail Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) hardware and software, including major updates to help customers simplify their infrastructure, scale when and where they need to, and address more workloads while adopting next generation technologies. We recently discussed the technical know-how behind those new and ...

Azure Stack HCI Training Videos

This video series explains different aspects of Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.

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Take VMware Tanzu to the Cloud Edge with Dell Technologies Cloud Platform

Dell Technologies and VMware are happy to announce the availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.1.0 on VxRail 7.0.100. This release brings support for the latest versions of VMware Cloud Foundation and Dell EMC VxRail to the Dell Technologies Cloud Platform and provides a simple and consistent operational experience for developer ...

Containing yourself with OpenShift running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail

Containing yourself with OpenShift running VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail Red Hat OpenShift is a container application platform running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) and built on top of Kubernetes. In addition, OpenShift includes everything you need for running a secure infrastructure and operations across private and ...

New Year’s Resolutions Fulfilled: Cloud Foundation on VxRail

New Year’s Resolutions Fulfilled: VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 on VxRail 7.0.320 Many of us make New Year’s resolutions for ourselves with each turn of the calendar. We hope everyone is still on track! The Cloud Foundation on VxRail team wanted to establish our own resolutions too. And with that, Dell ...

Learn About the Latest VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.310 Release

Dell Technologies is pleased to announce VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2.1 on VxRail 8.0.310 enhances lifecycle management (LCM), multi-tenancy, password and certificate management, and automation for Kubernetes-based services, enabling more agile, scalable, and secure infrastructures for hybrid cloud solutions. This new release is based on the latest software bill of ...

GPU Acceleration for Dell Azure Stack HCI: Consistent and Performant AI/ML Workloads

The end of 2022 brought us excellent news: Dell Integrated System for Azure Stack HCI introduced full support for GPU factory install. As a reminder, Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI is a fully integrated HCI system for hybrid cloud environments that delivers a modern, cloud-like operational experience ...

Running Modern Applications with VMware vSphere with Tanzu on Dell EMC VxRail

This reference architecture provides general design and deployment guidelines for Kafka, Spark, and Solr with vSphere Tanzu on Dell EMC VxRail.

VDI Design Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Dell EMC XC Family

This design guide describes technical considerations and best practices for integrating Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops brokering software with Dell EMC XC Family devices to create virtual applications and desktops in a VMware vSphere environment.

VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Architecture Guide VCF 5.2 on VxRail

This guide introduces the architecture of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail solution. It describes the different components within the solution and also acts as an aid to selecting the configuration needed for your business requirements.

E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Stretched Cluster: Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

This end-to-end deployment guide provides an overview of the Microsoft Azure Stack HCI operating system and guidance on how to deploy stretched clusters in your environment. This guide includes procedures for Day One operations.

It’s Time to Expect Flexible Disaster Recovery

Rigid and complex disaster recovery (DR) can be a thing of the past with Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. When data Is currency, DR is non-negotiable If your organization is like many others—of any size—it relies increasingly on data to thrive. This is particularly true for ...

Automated Detection of Server Configuration Drift

Automated Detection of Server Configuration Drift Security and compliance are key design principles of Microsoft Azure Stack Hub. The Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub is engineered to meet Compliance, Regulatory, and Policy requirements of our customers. Security posture on Dell EMC Integrated system for Microsoft Azure ...

Azure Stack HCI Training Videos

This video series explains different aspects of Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.

Learn About the Latest VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.200 Release

Pairing more configuration flexibility with more integrated automation delivers even more simplified outcomes to meet more business needs! More is what sums up this latest Cloud Foundation on VxRail release! This new release is based on the latest software bill of materials (BOM) featuring vSphere 8.0 U2, vSAN 8.0 U2, ...

Best Practices Guide—Deploying Oracle 12c RAC Database on Dell EMC XC Series All-Flash

This document provides guidelines for design, configuration, and optimization of Oracle single instance and Real Application Cluster (RAC) database applications running on XC Series Nutanix infrastructure.

Azure Stack and SQL Server: Best of Friends

Azure Stack and SQL Server: Best of Friends On July 9th , 2019, support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will end - at the time of writing this blog, this is tomorrow. By the time you read this, it'll likely have passed. This means the end of regular ...

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Deploy a self-hosted Docker Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub

Deploy a self-hosted Docker Container Registry on Azure Stack Hub Introduction Welcome to Part 3 of a three-part blog series on running containerized applications on Microsoft Azure’s hybrid ecosystem. In this part, we step through how we deployed a self-hosted, open-source Docker Registry v2 to an Azure Stack Hub user ...

Satellite nodes: Because sometimes even a 2-node cluster is too much

Wait a minute, where's me cluster? Oh no. You may have noticed a different approach from Dell EMC VxRail in Daniel Chiu’s blog A Taste of VxRail Deployment Flexibility . In short, we are extending the value of VxRail into new adjacencies, into new places, and new use cases. With ...

Future-Proofing with VxRail: Advanced Security for AI and Enterprise

Our last discussion tackled Identity and Access Management while in this final entry of the series, we delve into an often-overlooked aspect of security: standards-based hardening. Imagine it as upgrading from a basic wooden front door and knob lock to a sturdy steel one with a deadbolt. While the previously ...

Deployment Planning Guide—Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub 14G

This deployment planning guide helps customers and Dell Technologies engineers gather predeployment information and make important infrastructure decisions for Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub.

New VMware vSphere Memory Techniques in Dell EMC Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solutions

This document describes how new vSphere memory technologies, including Persistent Memory (PMem), can positively impact the performance and cost of ownership of data center compute assets.

Getting To Know VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail Flexible Storage Options

Have you been tasked with executing your company’s cloud transformation strategy and you’re worried about creating yet another infrastructure silo just for a subset of workloads to run in this cloud and, as a result, need a solution that delivers storage flexibility? Then you have come to the right place. ...

Implementation Guide – Consuming PowerFlex Block Storage from Dell Solutions for Azure Local

This implementation guide provides the step-by-step instructions for configuring the integration between Dell Solutions for Azure Local and Dell PowerFlex.

E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Scalable Networking (Windows)

This end-to-end deployment and operations guide focuses on deploying a scalable hyperconverged infrastructure solution using PowerShell, that is built on validated and certified Dell AX nodes with Windows Server operating systems.

Dell VxRail Performance Analysis

This analysis describes the performance differnetials of Dell VxRail with vSAN Express Storage Architecture using 25 GbE and 100 GbE networking. The intent is to provide a clear network selection recommendation and financial considerations.

Exclusive Preview of Dell Azure Stack HCI Arc Integrated Configuration Compliance

Who doesn’t enjoy VIP treatment? Exciting opportunities to feel like royalty include winning box seats at a sporting event or getting invited to attend opening night at a new restaurant. I received an unexpected upgrade to business class on a flight a couple years ago and remember texting every celebratory ...

VxBlock Central Workflow Automation Value Card

Deliver services faster and at lower cost using Dell EMC engineered and validated workflows as part of your VMware cloud operating model

SmartFabric Services for VxRail

HCI networking made easy (again!). Now even more powerful with multi-rack support. The Challenge Network infrastructure is a critical component of HCI. In contrast to legacy 3-tier architectures, which typically have a dedicated storage and storage network, HCI architecture is more integrated and simplified. Its design allows you to share ...

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Deployment and Operations Guide for Single-node Cluster

This guide focuses on using Microsoft Azure portal or ARM template to deploy an HCI solution for a single-node cluster configuration. The system is built on validated and certified AX nodes from Dell Technologies with Azure Stack HCI OS.

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Scale Your Infrastructure and Simplify Operations

This solution brief describes VMware vSAN 7 Update 2 on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

VxRail with vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)

vSAN Express Storage Architecture: The New Era. It may well be given the dramatic gains in performance that VMware is claiming (my VxRail with vSAN ESA performance blog will be next month) and the major changes to the capabilities of data services provided in vSAN ESA. It’s important to understand ...

It’s Been a Dell EMC VxRail Filled Summer

Get your VxRail learn on with Tech Field Days and ESG It has been a busy summer with the launch of our Next Gen VxRail nodes built on 15 th Generation PowerEdge servers. This has included working with the fantastic people at ESG and Tech Field Day . Working with ...

Introducing VxRail Concepts

Believe it or not, VxRail has been around for six years! It may not sound like a particularly long time because there are products in the Dell storage portfolio that got their start a couple of decades ago. In any case, the early rapid growth of VxRail created a sizable ...

GPU-Accelerated AI and ML Capabilities

Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub has been extending Microsoft Azure services to customer-owned data centers for over three years. Our platform has enabled organizations to create a hybrid cloud ecosystem that drives application modernization and to address business concerns around data sovereignty and regulatory compliance. Dell ...

Windows Server 2025 Deployment and Operations Guide with Scalable Networking

This deployment and operations guide focuses on using PowerShell to deploy an HCI solution with scalable storage design, which is built on validated and certified AX nodes from Dell Technologies with Windows Server 2025 operating system.

Learn More About the Latest Major VxRail Software Release: VxRail 7.0.480

Happy Autumn, VxRail customers! As the morning air gets chillier and the sun rises later, this blog on our latest software release – VxRail 7.0.480 – paired with your Pumpkin Spice Latte will give you the boost you need to kick start your day. It may not be as tasty ...

Learn About the Latest Major VxRail Software Release: VxRail 8.0.210

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is March 14, 2024. It’s springtime, VxRail customers! VxRail 8.0.210 is our latest software release to bloom. Come see for yourself what makes this software release shine. VxRail 8.0.210 provides support for VMware vSphere ...

Deploy HCI with ease on VMware vSAN Ready Nodes

This short joint reference document with Dell Technologies and Intel discusses the critical hardware components needed to successfully deploy vSAN.

Running Greenplum with VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail

In this reference architecture, we provide a set of design and deployment guidelines for Greenplum on VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail.

Administration Guide—Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub 16G

This guide describes the day-to-day operations required to manage Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub from the end point of the deployment. It contains a combination of tasks required to navigate, set up, and operate the environment.

Top benefits to using Intel Optane NVMe for cache drives in VxRail

Performance, endurance, and all without a price jump! There is a saying that “A picture paints a thousand words” but let me add that a “graph can make for an awesome picture”. Last August we at VxRail worked with ESG on a technical validation paper that included, among other things, ...

Cloud Foundation on VxRail is Even More “Dynamic” and “Power”-ful

Dell Technologies and VMware are happy to announce the availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.3.1 on Dell EMC VxRail 7.0.241. This new release extends flexible VxRail platform principal storage options with Dell EMC Fibre Channel storage, new VxRail storage integration enhancements, new VxRail dynamic node and 15 th generation hardware ...

VxRail & Intel Optane for Extreme Performance

Enabling high performance for HCI workloads is exactly what happens when VxRail is configured with Intel Optane Persistent Memory (PMem). Optane PMem provides compute and storage performance to better serve applications and business-critical workloads. So, what is Intel Optane Persistent Memory? Persistent memory is memory that can be used as ...

Running VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid – Phase 2.

This document provides general design and deployment guidelines for running VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ for Kubernetes on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid(stream and warm standby solution). It is showcased in this paper running on Dell VxRail.

Trusted Execution: A Secure Foundation for AI and Beyond

In this article, the third entry of our VxRail security series, we are picking up where we last left off with supply chain security to examine the foundational role of the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) alongside the critical function of cryptography in fortifying data protections. We're delving into how VxRail, ...

Empowering Cloud-based Multi-cluster Management Using VxRail with CloudIQ

Introduction In today's digital landscape, organizations across various industries are generating and accumulating amazing sums of data. To harness the potential of this explosive data growth, businesses heavily rely on cluster computing. Managing these clusters effectively is critical to optimizing performance and ensuring continuous operations. VxRail clusters provide massive amounts ...

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New Deployment Option for SmartFabric Services with VxRail

VxRail 7.0.400 introduces an option that opens up new functionality for SmartFabric Services (SFS) switches with VxRail deployments. This new option allows you to choose whether automated SmartFabric switch configuration is enabled or disabled during VxRail deployment. In VxRail versions earlier than 7.0.400, automated SmartFabric switch configuration during deployment is ...

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Experts Recommend Automation for a Healthier Lifestyle

Like any good techie, I can get a little obsessed with gadgets that improve my quality of life. Take, for example, my recent discovery of wearable technology that eases the symptoms of motion sickness. For most of my life, I’ve had to take over-the-counter or prescription medicine when boating, flying, ...

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Learn About the Latest VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.210 Release

The latest VCF on VxRail release delivers GenAI-ready infrastructure, runs more demanding workloads, and is an excellent choice for supporting hardware tech refreshes and achieving higher consolidation ratios. VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1.1 on VxRail 8.0.210 is a minor release from the perspective of versioning and new functionality but is significant ...

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Azure Stack HCI Stretch Clustering: because automatic disaster recovery matters

If history has taught us anything, it’s that disasters are always around the corner and tend to appear in any shape or form when they’re least expected. To overcome these circumstances, we need the appropriate tools and technologies that can guarantee resuming operations back to normal in a secure, automatic, ...

Deployment Planning Guide—Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub 16G

This deployment planning guide helps customers and Dell Technologies engineers gather predeployment information and make important infrastructure decisions for Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub.

Big Solutions on Dell EMC VxRail with SQL 2019 Big Data Cluster

The amount of data and different formats organizations must manage, ingest, and analyze has been the driving force behind Microsoft SQL 2019 Big Data Clusters (BDC). SQL Server 2019 BDC demonstrates the deployment of scalable clusters of SQL Server, Spark, and containerized HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) running on Kubernetes. ...

The challenging Edge: Dell Technologies to the rescue with Azure Stack Hub – Tactical

Some context for a turbulent environment In August 31, 2017, Microsoft launched Azure Stack Hub and enabled a true hybrid cloud operating model to extend Azure services on-premises. An awesome and long expected milestone at that time! Implementing Azure Stack Hub in our customers’ datacenters under normal circumstances is a ...

VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail

VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail delivers a simple and direct path to the hybrid cloud and Kubernetes at cloud scale with one complete, automated platform.

Impacting the World, One Happy Customer at a Time

As I get back from a lovely week to relax and reset by the beach in Mauritius, I have had time to realize that sometimes the important thing to do is to find time to relax and rejuvenate. I have come back with a burst of energy ready to get ...

Latest enhancements to VxRail ACE

VxRail ACE February 4, 2020 One of the key areas of focus for VxRail ACE (Analytical Consulting Engine) is active multi-cluster management. With ACE, users have a central point to manage multiple VxRail clusters more conveniently. System updates for multiple VxRail clusters is one activity where ACE greatly benefits users. ...

VxBlock Central Workflow Automation: Enabling an Agile Infrastructure

This paper discusses the use cases and opportunities for infrastructure automation within the data center and how VxBlock System automation can dramatically reduce data center management overhead.

E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Switchless Networking (Windows)

This end-to-end deployment and operations guide focuses on deploying a switchless hyperconverged infrastructure solution using PowerShell, that is built on validated and certified Dell AX nodes with Windows Server operating systems.

Preparing and Using SCVMM for Azure Stack HCI Network and Cluster Configuration

This document provides guidance on preparing and using SCVMM for Azure Stack HCI cluster configuration. It does not cover bare metal OS deployment on the cluster nodes and assumes that the nodes have OS installed and that the nodes are domain joined.

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Boost Performance on Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Server using Intel Optane Persistent Memory

Modern IT applications have a broad range of performance requirements. Some of the most demanding applications use Online Transactional Processing (OLTP) database technology. Typical organizations have many mission critical business services reliant on workloads powered by these databases. Examples of such services include online banking in the financial sector and ...

VxRail Automation Made Easy: Exploring VxRail API and Accelerating Automation Development with Windsurf

In my previous blog , I explored how GitHub Copilot can streamline the usage of Ansible modules for Dell VxRail. This post continues in our series focused on harnessing the power of modern, GenAI-driven development tools to enhance and simplify your automation journey with VxRail. We'll delve deeper into this ...

Learn About the Latest VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 on Dell VxRail 8.0.300 Release

“Even more progress” sums up this latest Cloud Foundation on VxRail release—more progress in LCM enhancements, more progress with new hardware platform options, and more progress toward driving a simpler cloud operations experience for VCF on VxRail customers. This new release is based on the latest software bill of materials ...

New all-NVMe VxRail platforms deliver highest levels of performance

Two new all-NVMe VxRail platforms deliver highest levels of performance December 11, 2019 If you have not been tuned into the VxRail announcements at VMworld Barcelona last month, this is news to you. VxRail is adding more performance punch to the family with two new all-NVMe platforms. The VxRail E ...

Azure Local Switchless Storage Network Topology: Lessons from the Lab

One of the things I love about working in tech is the endless opportunity to tinker, break things, and (hopefully) learn something in the process. Recently, I decided to roll up my sleeves and build a 3-machine Dell AX System for Azure Local instance using the switchless storage network topology. ...

Take VxRail automation to the next level by leveraging APIs

VxRail REST APIs The Challenge VxRail Manager, available as a part of HCI System Software, drastically simplifies the lifecycle management and operations of a single VxRail cluster. With a “single click” user experience available directly in vCenter interface, you can perform a full upgrade off all software components of the ...

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VDI Deployment Guide—VMware Horizon 7 for VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Provides instructions for deploying VMware Horizon 7 components for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure appliances or Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes in a VMware vSphere environment.

Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on VxRail

This guide is for customers interested in deploying VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail, and describes how to plan and prepare for deploying version 5.1.

VMware Cloud Foundation Stretched Cluster on Dell VxBlock 1000 Multi-Site

This white paper describes a reference architecture used for validating the use of VPLEX and PowerMax enterprise external storage platforms with SRDF/Metro in a VMware Cloud Foundation on a Dell VxBlock multi-site stretched cluster configuration.

Reference Architecture: Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for Converged Infrastructure

This white paper describes Dell Technologies PowerProtect Cyber Recovery solutions and services, which enable you to recover your most critical data and systems quickly after a cyber or other disruptive event, as part of a modern and powerful cyber resilience.

Learn more about the latest major VxRail software update: VxRail 7.0.240

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is September 8, 2021. In a blink of an eye, September is already here. All those well-deserved August holidays have come and gone. As those summer memories with colorful umbrella drinks in hand fade ...

The Value of vSAN Ready Nodes

This white paper describes the unique values Dell Technologies has developed for its family of vSAN Ready Nodes to stand out in a very competitive marketplace.

VxRail Edge Automation Unleashed - Simplifying Satellite Node Management with Ansible

VxRail Edge Automation Unleashed Simplifying Satellite Node Management with Ansible In the previous blog, Infrastructure as Code with VxRail made easier with Ansible Modules for Dell VxRail , I introduced the modules which enable the automation of VxRail operations through code-driven processes using Ansible and VxRail API. This approach not ...

Protect Your Data Wherever it Lives: A Data-First Strategy for Fully Integrated VxBlock Systems

This white paper describes how customers can use a variety of flexible Dell EMC data protection options, such as backup, replication, business continuity, and security, to protect their environments in the data center and the cloud.

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VxRail Security for Life: Defending the Foundation of Digital Transformation

Welcome to our VxRail Security for Life blog series, where over the next five weeks, we will embark on a comprehensive journey through VxRail's security features. In an age where technology evolves at breakneck speed, understanding how to protect your infrastructure—including AI deployments—is critical for any forward-thinking enterprise. Today’s Digital ...

Taneja Group: Executive Summary VxBlock Value

The value of Dell EMC storage, data protection, and converged Infrastructure for business-critical data and workloads

E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Switchless Networking: Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies

This end-to-end deployment and operations guide focuses on deploying a switchless hyperconverged infrastructure solution using PowerShell, that is built on validated and certified Dell AX nodes with Azure Stack HCI operating systems.

Value Optimized AX-6515 for ROBO Use Cases

Introduction Small offices and remote branch office (ROBO) use cases present special challenges for IT organizations. The issues tend to revolve around how to implement a scalable, resilient, secure, and highly performant platform at an affordable TCO. The infrastructure must be capable enough to efficiently run a highly diversified portfolio ...

Running SUSE Rancher and Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE2) on Dell VxRail

As containerization is exploding in many data centers, Dell Technologies is continuing to assist customers on their DevOps adoption journey by developing infrastructure solutions that can act as the foundation for running their modern containerized business applications. These hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and storage solutions are called DevOps-ready platforms. VxRail is ...

Phenomenal Power: Automating Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes

Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes have Identity Modules that act at the lowest level of a node and imbues a host with special features and characteristics. In this blog, we explore how to use the attributes of the Identity Module to automate tasks in a vSphere environment. Let’s start out ...

Deploying SAP HANA at the Rugged Edge

SAP HANA is one of those demanding workloads that has been steadfastly contained within the clean walls of the core data center. However, this time last year VxRail began to chip away at these walls and brought you SAP HANA certified configurations based on the VxRail all-flash P570F workhorse and ...

Switch Configurations – RoCE and iWarp Reference Guide

This reference guide lists sample networking switch configurations for Mellanox, Intel E810, and Broadcom based deployments for Dell AX System for Azure Local solutions.

Architecture Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on VxRail

This guide introduces the architecture of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail solution. It describes the different components within the solution and also acts as an aid to selecting the configuration needed for your business requirements.

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Break Through Workload Performance Boundaries with Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

This white paper shares results of performance testing on Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI using validated AX-7525 nodes, in a system configured to meet the requirements of today’s most demanding workloads.

Palmer College Unlocks IT Versatility & Value

Palmer College replaced outdated data center systems with VxBlock converged infrastructure and Dell EMC data protection products, reducing costs and increasing reliability, performance, and user satisfaction.

Running Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Anywhere on Dell EMC VxRail

Dell Technologies and Amazon have partnered to validate Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure and Dell EMC PowerStore with Amazon EKS Anywhere. EKS Anywhere is a deployment option enabling you to create and operate Kubernetes clusters on-premises using VMware vSphere while making it possible to have connectivity and portability to AWS ...

Learn About the Latest Major VxRail Software Release: VxRail 8.0.000

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful and restful holiday, and you have come back reinvigorated. Because much like the fitness centers in January, this VxRail blog site is going to get busy. We have a few major releases in line to greet you, and there is much ...

Built to Scale with VCF on VxRail and Oracle 19C RAC

The newly released Oracle RAC on Dell EMC VxRail with VMware Cloud Foundations (VCF) Reference Architecture (RA) guides customers to building an efficient and high performing hyperconverged infrastructure to run their OLTP workloads. Scalability was the primary goal of this RA, and performance was highlighted as the numbers were generated. ...

VxRail Interactive Journey – the momentum train continues!

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is May 13, 2021. Tired of spending hours doing web searches on product research? Tired of trying to stitch together each nugget of information to form your own mental model of how it works ...

VCF on VxRail – More business-critical workloads welcome!

New platform enhancements for stronger mobility and flexibility February 4, 2020 Today, Dell EMC has made the newest VCF 3.9.1 on VxRail 4.7.410 release available for download for existing VCF on VxRail customers with plans for availability for new customers coming on February 19, 2020. Let’s dive into what’s new ...

Reference Architecture—Splunk Reference Architecture on VxRail

What’s New: VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5.1 on Dell VxRail 7.0.450 Release and More!

This latest Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail release includes updated versions of software BOM components, a bunch of new VxRail platform enhancements, and some good ol’ under-the-hood improvements that lay the groundwork for future features designed to deliver an even better customer experience. Read on for the highlights… VCF on ...

Multicloud Analytics with VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell VxRail

This document Deploy and manage data-intensive workloads from edge to cloud, taking advantage of high-performance 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and software optimized for Intel architecture.

Dell VxRail: Comprehensive Security by Design

This document describes integrated and optional security features, best practices, and proven techniques for securing your VxRail environment from the Core, Edge, and Cloud.

VDI Design Guide—VMware Horizon on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Describes integrating VMware Horizon brokering software with Dell EMC VxRail appliances or vSAN Ready Nodes to create virtual application and desktop environments on the latest Dell EMC PowerEdge servers in a VMware vSphere environment.

Running SUSE Rancher and K3s with SLE Micro on Dell VxRail

SUSE Rancher and K3s running on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro operating system were deployed on Dell VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure as part of ongoing technology validation exercises performed by a team of SUSE and Dell VxRail engineers. This joint effort was a continuation of activities resulting from the partnership between ...

RDMA Benefits for Mission Critical Database Applications on Dell EMC XC Family

This infographic highlights the significant performance improvements that can be achieved on XC Family systems with NVMe drives and RDMA enabled networks.

An Introduction to the Autonomous Framework by Dell Technologies

This white paper describes a six level Autonomous Framework for IT operations, from no automation to full autonomy. It also provides background information, expands upon each level of this framework, and provides some considerations for the road ahead.

Dell and Azure Stack HCI Made Easy: the Video Series

It is incredible how time flies and it still feels like yesterday since December 10, 2020, when Microsoft initially released Azure Stack HCI. Today, Azure Stack HCI is a huge success and, in combination with Azure Arc, the foundation for any real Microsoft hybrid strategy. But believe it or not, ...

White Paper—Accelerate Your IT Transformation with Dell EMC XC Family Hyperconverged Infrastructure

This paper describes performance test results of a Dell EMC XC HCI solution with Nutanix AOS and KIOXIA PMS Series SAS SSDs.

Evaluating Performance Capabilities of Dell EMC Solutions for Azure Stack HCI

Just the facts: A Dell EMC Storage Spaces Direct four-node cluster was tested with VM Fleet in a 100 random-read workload and achieved 2,953,095 IOPS with an average read latency of 242 microseconds . A Dell EMC Storage Spaces Direct four-node cluster was tested with VM Fleet in a 100 ...

Optimize and Streamline Data Center Operations with VxRail

Winter will soon be coming to an end, and Spring will be right behind. More outdoor life will resume as the season of refreshment and renewal approaches. In that spirit, I want to reseed the VxRail field of knowledge. One of the most critical areas of improvement that VxRail offers ...

Switch Configurations - iWARP (Legacy Qlogic cards only) Reference Guide

This guide consists of switch configuration for iWARP-based deployments for Dell AX Solutions for Microsoft.

Implementation Guide – Consuming PowerFlex Block Storage from Dell Solutions for Azure Local

This implementation guide provides the step-by-step instructions for configuring the integration between Dell Solutions for Azure Local and Dell PowerFlex.

Introducing new Converged Management Software with CloudIQ for VxBlock Systems

We are delighted to announce that today , our new Converged Management Software (CMS) for VxBlock System 1000, VxBlock System 740, VxBlock System 540, and VxBlock System 350 is available. CMS is an exciting new product that provides a unified CloudIQ integrated management for Converged Infrastructure (CI) operations for VxBlock. ...

Form Factor Fun with Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes

Form Factor Fun with Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes When thinking of a VMware vSAN-based integrated solution, it is clear that the virtualization layer is a key technology piece. That virtualization layer abstracts the classical hardware domains, compute, storage, and network, to present users with a consolidated view of their ...

E2E Deployment and Operations Guide - Cluster Creation Using Windows Admin Center (WAC)

This end-to-end deployment guide provides an overview of Dell Integrated System solutions for creating a Microsoft Azure Stack HCI cluster using Microsoft Windows Admin Center. This guide includes procedures for Day One operations.

Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes: Taking VDI and AI Beyond “Good Enough”

Some people have speculated that 2020 was “the year of VDI” while others say that it will never be the “year of VDI.” However, there is one certainty. In 2020 and part of 2021, organizations worldwide consumed a large amount of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Some of these deployments went ...

Reference Architecture—Ready System for VDI on VxRail: Integration of Ctirix XenDesktop with VxRail Appliance

This document describes a reference architecture for integrating Dell EMC VxRail Appliance and Citrix XenDesktop brokering software to create virtual application and virtual desktop environments on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

VDI Design Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Describes the integration of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops core components for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and hosted applications on Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged appliances or vSAN Ready Nodes in a VMware vSphere environment.

VDI Reference Architecture—Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops on vSAN Ready Nodes with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors

Describes the integration of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops brokering software with Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes and 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processors to create virtual application and desktop environments.

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VDI Validation Guide—VMware Horizon on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Describes the integration of VMware Horizon components for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes and Dell EMC VxRail.

Breaking down the barriers for VDI with VxRail and NVIDIA vGPU

Desktop transformation initiatives often lead customers to look at desktop and application virtualization. According to Gartner, “Although few organizations planned for the global circumstances of COVID-19, many will now decide to have some desktop virtualization presence to expedite business resumption.” However, customers looking to embrace these technologies have faced several ...

Accelerate your SQL Server Workloads with Dell Integrated System for Azure Stack HCI

Microsoft presented SQL Server 2022 last November, during the Microsoft Ignite 2022 event. This was a highly expected release, introducing several key improvements for database operations, availability, security, and performance. SQL Server 2022 constitutes the most cloud-connected database Microsoft has released to date. Building an Azure Arc-enabled database platform with ...

Improved management insights and integrated control in VMware Cloud Foundation 4.5 on Dell VxRail 7.0.400

The latest release of the co-engineered hybrid cloud platform delivers new capabilities to help you manage your cloud with the precision and ease of a fighter jet pilot in the cockpit! The new VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail release includes support for the latest Cloud Foundation and VxRail software ...

VDI Deployment Guide—Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Provides instructions for deploying Citrix XenDesktop core components for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and XenApp for hosted shared desktops on Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged appliances or vSAN Ready Nodes in a VMware vSphere environment.

Preview of Intelligent Automation in Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure

UPDATE 11/7/2023: This blog and the embedded YouTube videos were published after Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure was first announced at Dell Technologies World 2023. It contains early preview content. Please proceed to the following links to see the most up-to-date collateral and YouTube demo videos created after ...

New VxRail Node Lets You Start Small with Greater Flexibility in Scaling and Additional Resiliency

When deploying infrastructure, it is important to know two things: current resource needs and that those resource needs will grow. What we don’t always know is in what way the demands for resources will grow. Resource growth is rarely equal across all resources. Storage demands will grow more rapidly than ...

Simplifying Security Operations for Dell HCI Platforms with NSX

Today, most technology companies in the IT space work to offer customers not only the best technology innovations but also those that help simplify their day-to-day lives. One example of this is the new vCenter plug-in for NSX-T, introduced with vSphere 7.0 Update 3c and NSX-T 3.2. Through this new ...

A Fresh Look at VxRail Dynamic Nodes with Dell PowerStore

In the rapidly evolving IT landscape, customers seek flexibility by decoupling compute and storage scaling while leveraging a fully integrated and automated solution. Initially introduced in 2021, VxRail dynamic nodes are compute-only nodes that rely on external storage resources and do not include internal storage. This architecture allows for independent ...

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Dell EMC Converged Platform Helps ProMedica Roll Out Epic EHR

To replace outdated systems and costly IT sprawl, ProMedica reduced its number of data centers by two-thirds and eliminated unplanned downtime by deploying converged infrastructure from Dell Technologies.

Converged Management and Automation for VxBlock Systems Data Sheet

Converged Management and Automation for VxBlock Systems – Featuring VxBlock Central

Introducing VxRail 7.0.000 with vSphere 7.0 support

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is April 28, 2020. The VxRail team may all be sheltering at our own homes nowadays, but that doesn’t mean we’re just binging on Netflix and Disney Plus content. We have been hard at ...

Back Up Azure Stack Workloads with Native Data Domain Integration

Back Up Azure Stack Workloads with Native Data Domain Integration Azure Stack Azure Stack is designed to help organizations deliver Azure services from their own datacenter. By allowing end users to ‘develop once and deploy anywhere' (public Azure or on premises), customers can now take full advantage of Azure services ...

Transform IT with Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes, Hyperconverged Building Blocks for VMware vSAN

This solution brief describes how you can transform IT with Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes, hyperconverged building blocks for VMware vSAN.

VxRail drives the hyperconverged evolution with the release of 4.7.410

VxRail announces new hardware and software in this latest release January 6, 2020 VxRail recently released a new version of our software, 4.7.410, which we announced at VMworld EMEA in November. This release brings cutting-edge enhancements for networking options and edge deployments, support for the Mellanox 100GbE PCIe NIC, and ...

AMD Benefits for Dell vSAN Ready Nodes

In a previous blog I explained how the availability of a rich offering of platforms to support vSAN Ready Nodes provides additional value to customers. Apart from the various form factors including tower, rack, modular, and ruggedized models, or the existence of 1 and 2U offers and compute options ranging ...

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VxRail Security Overview: A Secure Foundation for you Data Center

Best Practices for VMware vSAN with Epic on Dell VxRail

This document showcases VMware best practices and design guidelines for the Epic Operational and Analytical databases on Dell VxRail.

The Value of Azure Stack as an IaaS Platform

The Value of Azure Stack as an IaaS Platform Out in the field with customers and partners, we hear an awful lot about what people think Azure Stack is and isn't, what its capabilities are, and where it should or shouldn't be used when needs arise for an on-premises solution. ...

Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4.1 on Dell VxRail 7.0.371

With each turn of the calendar, as winter dissipates and the warmer spring weather brings new life back into the world, a certain rite of passage comes along with it: Spring Cleaning! As much as we all hate to do it, it is necessary to ensure that we keep everything ...

Azure Stack with PowerScale

Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub has been at the forefront in bringing Azure to customer datacenters, enabling customers to operate their own region of Azure in a secure environment that addresses their data sovereignty and performance needs. As data growth explodes at the edge, many of ...

VxBlock 1000 Data Sheet and Specifications

VxBlock 1000 Converged Infrastructure Foundation for Mission-Critical Cloud Data Sheet and Specifications

The Latest VxRail Platform Innovation is Now Included in Your Cloud

The Dell Technologies Cloud Platform, VCF on VxRail, now supports the latest VxRail HCI System Software release featuring a new and improved first run experience, host geo-location tagging capabilities, hardware platform updates, and enhanced security features Dell Technologies and VMware are happy to announce the general availability VCF 4.0.1.1 on ...

Technology leap ahead: 15G Intel based Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

We are happy to announce the latest members of the family for our Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies: the new AX-650 and AX-750 nodes. If you are already familiar with our existing integrated system offering, you can directly jump to the next section. For those new to the party, ...

VxRail Automation Made Easy: Accelerating Ansible Playbook Development with GitHub Copilot

Introduction In the dynamic landscape of IT infrastructure, automation is key to managing complex environments efficiently. Developing Ansible playbooks can be daunting for system administrators looking to automate VxRail on a large scale, especially without much experience in this area, or advanced scripting skills. Fortunately, the combination of publicly available ...

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A Taste of VxRail Deployment Flexibility

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is October 25, 2021. With the recent announcements of VxRail dynamic nodes and satellite nodes, the VxRail portfolio is certainly getting more diverse. Like after any good trick-or-treating run, it’s time to sort through ...

Microsoft Azure Stack and CSP Uncovered

Microsoft Azure Stack and CSP Uncovered Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program allows partners to completely own their end-to-end customer lifecycle, which may include activities such as deployment of new services, provisioning, management, pricing and billing. The CSP program helps value-added resellers (VARs) and managed service providers (MSPs) sell Microsoft ...

Running Google Anthos on VMware Cloud Foundation

This solution provides general design and deployment guidelines for running Google Anthos on VMware Cloud Foundation. It is showcased in this paper running on Dell EMC VxRail.The reference architecture applies to any compatible hardware platforms running VCF.

Principled Technologies Report: Dell EMC PowerEdge MX platform powered by Intel Xeon Scalable processors

Ensure greater uptime and boost VMware vSAN cluster performance with the PowerEdge MX platform. PowerEdge MX with VMware vSAN Ready Nodes delivered a 55.9% faster response time than a Cisco UCS solution and a faster response time than an HPE synergy solution.

Dell EMC Networking – PowerEdge MX7000 vSAN Ready Node Deployment Guide

This guide provides step-by-step instructions to deploy VMware vSAN using a single MX7000 chassis. The basic vSAN deployment examples include switch configuration, virtual network settings, and server setup.

Running containerized applications on Microsoft Azure's hybrid ecosystem - Introduction

Running containerized applications on Microsoft Azure’s hybrid ecosystem Introduction A vast array of services and tooling has evolved in support of microservices and container-based application development patterns. One indispensable asset in the technology value stream found in most of these patterns is Kubernetes (K8s). Technology professionals like K8s because it ...

Building a Hybrid Database-as-a-Service Platform with Azure Stack HCI

This white paper presents a tightly integrated DBaaS platform from Microsoft and Dell Technologies that simplifies life cycle management, automates administrative tasks, uses public cloud platform services, and delivers resilience and performance to meet SLAs.

2nd Gen AMD EPYC now available to power your favorite hyperconverged platform ;) VxRail

Expanding the range of VxRail choices to include 64-cores of 2 nd Gen AMD EPYC compute Last month, Dell EMC expanded our very popular E Series (the E for Everything Series) with the introduction of the E665/F/N , our very first VxRail with an AMD processor , and what a ...

VxRail extends flexibility in Healthcare with new EHR best practices

The Healthcare industry is pressured to deliver not only as health providers, but making the infrastructure that operates the healthcare system, secure, scalable, and simple to use. This allows healthcare providers to focus on patients. VxRail has had a great deal of success in the healthcare vertical because its core ...

Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 on Dell VxRail 8.0.100

A more flexible and scalable hybrid cloud platform with simpler upgrades from previous releases The latest release of the co-engineered turnkey hybrid cloud platform is now available, and I wanted to take this great opportunity to discuss its enhancements. Many new features are included in this major release, including support ...

Extending Dell Technologies Cloud Platform Availability for Mission Critical Applications

Reference Architecture Validation Whitepaper Now Available! Many of us here at Dell Technologies regularly have conversations with customers and talk about what we refer to as the “Power of the Portfolio.” What does this mean exactly? It is essentially a reference to the fact that, as Dell Technologies, we have ...

VxRail and SmartDPUs—A Transformative Data Center Pairing

What VMware announced as Project Monterey back in September 2020 has finally come to fruition as the vSphere Distributed Services Engine. While that name may seem like a mouthful, it really does a great job of describing what the product does in just a few words. vSphere Distributed Services Engine ...

A Closer Look at New Features Brought with VxRail 7.0.480

The landscape of VxRail software is ever-evolving. As software releases become available, so too do new features and functions. These new features and functions create a more robust ecosystem, focusing on simplifying regular tasks that appear mundane but are critical to maintaining a secure, up-to-date, and healthy IT environment. VxRail ...

Metered Usage for Azure Stack Infrastructure

Metered Usage for Azure Stack Infrastructure When it comes to building modern applications and adopting a cloud operating model, Azure Stack is an extension of Azure. While the primary focus is the ability to develop and run Azure services in a Hybrid Environment, Microsoft has also brought the Azure economic ...

Dell Hybrid Management: Azure Policies for HCI Compliance and Remediation

Dell Hybrid Management: Azure Policies for HCI Compliance and Remediation Companies that take an “Azure hybrid first” strategy are making a wise and future-proof decision by consolidating the advantages of both worlds— public and private —into a single entity. Sounds like the perfect plan, but a key consideration for these ...

HCI Security Simplified: Protecting Dell VxRail with VMware NSX Security

The challenge Cybersecurity and protection against ransomware attacks are among the top priorities for most customers who have successfully implemented or are going through a digital transformation. According to the ESG’s 2022 Technology Spending Intentions Survey : 69 percent of respondents shared that their spending on cybersecurity will increase in ...

Lifecycle Management for vSAN Ready Nodes and VxRail Clusters: Part 2 – Cloud Foundation Use Cases

In my previous post I explored the customer experience between using vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images (vLCM Images) and VxRail Manager to maintain HCI stack integrity and completing full stack software updates for standard vSphere cluster use cases. It was clear to see that VxRail Manager optimized operational efficiencies while taking ...

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IDC: VxBlock value realized

The Business Value of Modernizing Mission-Critical Applications with Dell EMC VxBlock Systems

Robust IAM Protocols: Guarding AI and Enterprise Assets

In our previous installment of this series, we discussed the importance of cryptography and Trusted Execution environments for a solid Zero Trust foundation. Now, we build on that foundation with Identity and Access Management (IAM) which forms the linchpin of any robust security framework—particularly in AI systems, where the proper ...

VDI Validation Guide—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Describes the integration of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops components for VDI and hosted shared desktops on Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged appliances or vSAN Ready Nodes.

Simplifying Security Deployment and Operations for Dell HCI platforms

This document describes the benefits of implementing security policies in vSphere-based environments using the new VMware NSX plug-in. It also demonstrates how to simplify wizard-assisted processes, deploy distributed firewalls, and deploy and configure secure

Running SUSE Rancher and RKE2 on Dell EMC VxRail

Introduction SUSE Rancher and Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 (RKE2) were deployed on Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) within the Dell Technologies Customer Solution Center. SUSE Rancher allows customers to operate CNCF-Certified Kubernetes clusters from core to cloud to edge. The Dell Technologies Customer Solutions Center has successfully deployed SUSE ...

Test Drive Azure Stack HCI in the Dell Demo Center!

A picture is worth a thousand words, but the value of a good hands-on lab is immeasurable! Our newly minted interactive demo and hands-on lab are published in the Dell Technologies Demo Center : The interactive demo (ITD-0910) offers an immersive look at all Azure Stack HCI management and governance ...

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Protecting VxRail From Unplanned Power Outages: More Choices Available

In my previous blog, Protecting VxRail from Power Disturbances , I described the first API-integrated solution that helps customers preserve data integrity on VxRail if there are unplanned power events. Today, I'm excited to introduce another solution that resulted from our close partnership with Schneider Electric (APC). Why is it ...

100 GbE Networking – Harness the Performance of vSAN Express Storage Architecture

For a few years, 25GbE networking has been the mainstay of rack networking, with 100 GbE reserved for uplinks to spine or aggregation switches. 25 GbE provides a significant leap in bandwidth over 10 GbE, and today carries no outstanding price premium over 10 GbE, making it a clear winner ...

VxRail 8.0.320 - Learn about the latest VxRail software release

Happy New Year, VxRail customers! I hope you had a joyous and restful holiday break. VxRail 8.0.320 is now available, and what better way to ease back into work than to have a quick read about what the latest major VxRail software release has to offer. VxRail 8.0.320 provides support ...

Containing The Future With Dell EMC VxRail

Containing The Future With Dell EMC VxRail: Modern HCI Infrastructure for Running Container Orchestration Platforms The world of containers is here, and it is driving business forward. Developers and infrastructure operators are designing, deploying, and integrating next-generation cloud native applications using a combination of containers and virtual machines (VMs), and ...

Taneja Group: VxBlock Value

The value of Dell EMC storage, data protection, and converged infrastructure for business-critical data and workloads

End-to-End Single-Node Deployment: Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies

This document describes the end-to-end single-node cluster deployment on the Azure Stack HCI operating system.

Plex Systems: Scaling Fast to Meet Explosive Customer Growth

SaaS provider Plex Systems deployed VxBlock 1000 converged infrastructure to ensure 24x7 availability for its application services while scaling for continued double-digit quarterly growth.

Announcing VMware Cloud Foundation 4.0.1 on Dell EMC VxRail 7.0

The l atest Dell Technologies Cloud Platform release introduces new support for vSphere with Kubernetes for entry cloud deployments and more Dell Technologies and VMware a re happy to announce the general availability VCF 4.0.1 on VxRail 7.0. This release offers several enhancements including vSphere with Kubernetes support for entry ...

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2 on VxRail Planning & Prep Guide

This guide is for customers interested in deploying VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail and describes how to plan and prepare for deploying version 5.2.

IT is Building Backend Solutions for Cianbro Construction Projects

Cianbro Construction turns to VxBlock Systems to build IT systems faster

Exploring the customer experience with lifecycle management for vSAN Ready Nodes and VxRail clusters

The difference between VMware vSphere LCM (vLCM) and Dell EMC VxRail LCM is still a trending topic that most HCI customers and prospects want more information about. While we compared the two methods at a high level in our previous blog post , let’s dive into the more technical aspects ...

VDI Validation Guide—VMware Horizon on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Describes the integration of VMware Horizon components for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes and Dell EMC VxRail.

Azure Stack HCI Training Videos

This video series explains different aspects of Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI.

Easing Life Cycle Management with VxRail

This is the second article in a series introducing VxRail concepts. I mentioned in the introduction blog that I previously worked in Technical Support for Dell. That experience really set the stage for me to embrace VxRail because the VxRail approach to life cycle management eases a lot of the ...

Dell EMC Solutions for Azure Stack HCI Furthers Customer Value

As customers address the upgrade cycle of retiring Microsoft Windows Server 2008 into software defined infrastructures using Windows Server 2019, the core tenets of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and hybrid cloud enablement continue to be desired goals. Many customers, however, are unsure how to best leverage their investments in Windows Server ...

Validation Guide—SAP HANA on Dell EMC PowerEdge for VMware vSAN Hyperconverged Infrastructure

This guide provides best-practice design and configuration guidelines for a Dell EMC hyperconverged infrastructure solution for SAP HANA deployment. The solution incorporates Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with VMware vSphere infrastructure and vSAN storage.

VxBlock System 1000 with Isilon for VDI

The VxBlock 1000 combines industry-leading technologies – including powerful Dell EMC storage and data protection options, Cisco UCS blade and rack servers, Cisco LAN and SAN networking, and VMware virtualization – into one fully integrated system.

VxRail 8.0.240: The next leap for VxRail with Intel 5th Generation Xeon Scalable processors

Another month, another VxRail release! We’re after hitting the height of summer and with temperatures soaring, Dell has launched their latest VxRail hardware release with VxRail 8.0.240, expanding out the existing VxRail 16th Generation portfolio with the latest generation of Intel Xeon scalable processors. As we all know, the technology ...

Secure Cloud: Check! Flexible Cloud Networking: Check! Powerful Cloud Hardware: Check!

Dell Technologies and VMware are happy to announce the availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.3.0 on VxRail 7.0.202. This new release provides several security-related enhancements, including FIPS 140-2 support, password auto-rotation support, SDDC Manager secure API authentication, data protection enhancements, and more. VxRail-specific enhancements include support for the more powerful, ...

Evaluator Group: Cost Comparison, On-Premises versus the Public Cloud for VDI

TCO Analysis Comparing AWS WorkSpaces and a VDI solution using Dell EMC VxBlock System 1000 with VMware Horizon

Benefits of Dell HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server

This white paper describes the benefits of the preconfigured, validated, and scalable Dell HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server.

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Reaching the Summit, The Next Chapter of VxBlock History

You stand atop a great mountain looking over all you have done to reach the summit. The air is thin and only a few have ever attempted to join you at these hallowed heights of success. This is the reality of VxBlock and indeed the converged infrastructure market. As it ...

VxRail Cluster Integrity and Resilience

This is the fourth article in a series introducing VxRail concepts. Maintaining cluster integrity is an important task to ensure normal business operations. Some readers might not have a great understanding of what cluster integrity means, so let’s quickly define what we’re discussing. Cluster integrity describes a state where a ...

The New Dell Server on the vSAN Block: Dell vSAN Ready Node T350

2021 has been a great year for hyperconverged (HCI) systems. VMware has continued its lead in the HCI marketplace. According to IDC VMware holds an excellent position to define the future of HCI and its relevance in new market opportunities such as 5G, retail, and Edge. In a market where ...

Analytical Consulting Engine (ACE)

VxRail plays its ACE, now generally available November 2019 VxRail ACE (Analytical Consulting Engine), the new Artificial Intelligence infused component of the VxRail HCI System Software, was announced just a few months ago at Dell Technologies World and has been in global early access. Over 500 customers leveraged the early ...

Elastic Stack on Dell EMC VxRail

This white paper highlights the best practices for deploying the Elastic Stack on Dell EMC VxRail.

Recovering Clusters Faster: VxRail Serviceability

This is the fifth article in a series introducing VxRail concepts. Every tool or piece of equipment out there requires maintenance of some kind. That’s as true for the cars we drive as it is for the servers, storage, and switches that power our data centers. However, a lot of ...

Protect Your Data Wherever it Lives: A Data-First Strategy for Fully Integrated VxBlock Systems

This white paper describes how customers can use a variety of flexible Dell EMC data protection options, such as backup, replication, business continuity, and security, to protect their environments in the data center and the cloud.

VxRail Interactive Journey – new whiteboard video on SaaS multi-cluster management

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is August 2, 2021. As promised, we’re constantly refreshing content on the VxRail Interactive Journey. For those not familiar with the awesomeness of the VxRail Interactive Journey, you can check out this short blog ...

VxRail and Intel® AMX, Bringing AI Everywhere

We have seen exponential growth and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across nearly every sector in recent years, with many implementing their AI strategies as soon as possible to tap into the benefits and efficiencies AI has to offer. With our VxRail platforms, we have been supporting fully integrated and ...

Unleashing Power and Efficiency: The New Dell VxRail AMD Platforms

In the ever-evolving landscape of data centers, the demand for powerful, scalable, and efficient solutions is ceaseless. Enter Dell Technologies’ newest VxRail AMD platforms: the VE-6615 and VP-7625. Based on the latest generation PowerEdge R6615 and R7625, these VxRail platforms leverage the latest in hardware innovation to optimize the way ...

Virtualize Demanding Applications with a Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI

Break through performance barriers If your organization is on the road to infrastructure modernization, chances are good that your underlying legacy virtualization clusters are being stretched to their limits. This could mean suboptimal performance and resiliency, which can make it difficult to scale clusters and meet service-level agreements (SLAs). In ...

Running VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid

This solution provides general design and deployment guidelines for running VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ for Kubernetes on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid™. It is showcased in this paper running on Dell EMC VxRail.

VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes

This tech note describes the various configurations of vSAN Ready Nodes available for PowerEdge AMD-based servers. Dell PowerEdge vSAN Ready Nodes are pre-configured, validated, and certified to reduce deployment challenges.

E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Scalable Networking: Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies

This end-to-end deployment and operations guide focuses on deploying a scalable hyperconverged infrastructure solution using PowerShell, that is built on validated and certified Dell AX nodes with Azure Stack HCI operating systems.

Our fastest and biggest launch ever! - We’ve also made it simpler

With this hardware launch, we at VxRail are refreshing our mainline platforms. Our “everything” E Series, our performance-focused P Series, and our virtualization-accelerated V Series. You’ve probably already guessed that these nodes are faster and bigger. This is always the case with new hardware in the tech industry, thanks to ...

vSAN Ready Nodes Solution Brief: Build Your Hybrid Cloud with a Truly Flexible Foundation

Build your hybrid cloud with a truly flexible foundation. Modernize your infrastructure simply with Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes built on PowerEdge servers.

Switch Configurations - iWARP (Legacy Qlogic cards only) Reference Guide

This guide consists of switch configurations for iWARP-based deployments for Dell AX Solutions for Microsoft.

Design Guide - Consuming PowerFlex Block Storage from Dell Solutions for Azure Local

This design guide outlines the Dell solutions for Azure Local integration with Dell PowerFlex software-defined storage.

Dell EMC VxBlock 1000: Some history and What’s New

First for the “some history” part! Converged Infrastructure (CI) is not a new concept – it’s been with us for more than 10 years. Hey, one could even consider that we were the “inventors” of CI back in the days when we publicly announced it on November 03, 2009 ( ...

Dell EMC XC Series and Toshiba SSDs

This infographic provides a high-level overview of XC Series powered by Toshiba SSDs.

VDI Deployment Guide—VMware Horizon 7 for VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Provides instructions for deploying VMware Horizon 7 components for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure appliances or Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes in a VMware vSphere environment.

Update to VxRail 7.0.100 and Unleash the Performance Within It

What could be better than faster storage? How about faster storage, more capacity, and better durability? Last week at Dell Technologies we released VxRail 7.0.100. This release brings support for the latest versions of VMware vSphere and vSAN 7.0 Update 1. Typically, in an update release we will see a ...

Deploying VMware Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations on Dell VxRail: Now for the Multicloud

VMware Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations (TKO) on Dell VxRail is a jointly validated Dell and VMware reference architecture solution designed to streamline Kubernetes use for the enterprise. The latest version has been extended to showcase multicloud application deployment and operations use cases. Read on for more details. VMware Tanzu and ...

VDI Deployment Guide—Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp on VxRail and vSAN Ready Nodes

Provides instructions for deploying Citrix XenDesktop core components for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and XenApp for hosted shared desktops on Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged appliances or vSAN Ready Nodes in a VMware vSphere environment.

Introducing VMware NSX-T into Dell EMC VxBlock 1000

This white paper describes how Dell EMC VxBlock 1000 provides an ideal platform for a multi-cloud enabled software defined network architecture, and how the NSX-T architecture will evolve to meet the needs of the multi-cloud landscape.

Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies: Designed for extreme resilient performance

Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (Azure Stack HCI) is a fully productized HCI solution based on our flexible AX node family as the foundation. Before I get into some exciting performance test results, let me set the stage. Azure Stack HCI combines the software-defined compute, storage, ...

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Dell VxRail and Dell PowerStore: Better Together

This document describes the benefits of using Dell VxRail and Dell PowerStore together, and how they interoperate. It covers a range of use cases for how Dell VxRail and Dell PowerStore can be combined for maximum business flexibility, continuity, and scaling.

VxBlock Central Software Value Card

Next-generation CI management solution that further simplifies your VxBlock experience

Building on VxRail HCI System Software: the advantages of multi-cluster active management capabilities

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is September 29, 2020. The signs of autumn are all around us, from the total takeover of pumpkin-spiced everything to the beautiful fall foliage worthy of Bob Ross’s inspiration. Like the amount of change ...

Announcing General Availability of VCF 3.10.0.1 on VxRail 4.7.511

Improved automated lifecycle management and new hardware options Today (7/2), Dell Technologies is announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10.0.1 on VxRail 4.7.511. Why we are releasing 3.10.0.1? Because we’ve been notified about an upcoming important patch for the Cloud Foundation version 3.10 from VMware, and we wanted to ...

VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Architecture Guide

This guide introduces the architecture of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) on VxRail solution. It describes the different components within the solution and also acts as an aid to selecting the configuration needed for your business requirements.

Technical Preview: XC Series with Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 Support

This document provides an overview of Hyper-V 2016 features on XC Series.

Take Advantage of the Latest Enhancements to VxRail Life Cycle Management

Note : This blog has been re-published for visibility. The original publish date for this blog is June 27, 2023. Providing the best life cycle management experience for HCI is not easy, nor is it a one-time job for which we can pat ourselves on the back and move on ...

Wikibon: Modernizing High-Value Traditional Apps: Dell EMC VxBlock 1000 Platform

Wikibon recently reviewed the VxBlock 1000 with its VxBlock Central software as an example of an enterprise hardware platform that is being enhanced specifically to bring the cloud operations experience to HVTAs

Preparing for the Metaverse with NVIDIA Omniverse and Dell Technologies

Initially published on March 21, 2022 at: https://infohub.delltechnologies.com/p/preparing-for-the-metaverse-with-nvidia-omniverse-and-dell-technologies/ As technology evolves, it can sometimes seem like creativity leads to complexity. In the case of 3D graphics creation, teams with a broad range of skills must come together. Each of the team members — from artists, designers, and animators to engineers ...

Meet Deployment Needs as Varied as the Autumn Leaves with VxRail

Meet Deployment Needs as Varied as the Autumn Leaves with VxRail As we dive into the midst of the autumn season, the trees’ leaves all tint into a million hues of autumnal glee. Those of us in the US have the Thanksgiving holiday to look forward to. I’m certainly looking ...

Lincoln Investment: Fueling Business Growth and Modernization

Lincoln Investment met multiple business challenges, including explosive growth and the need for 24x7 production and full disaster recovery, by deploying VxBlock converged infrastructure, VMAX storage, and Dell EMC Data Domain and Avamar data protection.

Oracle RAC on VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail

This paper describes the configuration and validation of VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC VxRail HCI for operating and managing the Oracle RAC database in a fully integrated SDDC environment.

Latest Security Enhancements for VxRail– April 2022

Dell VxRail: Comprehensive Security by Design VxRail is the only co-engineered, fully integrated, pre-configured, and pre-tested VMware hyperconverged integrated system that is optimized for VMware vSAN. This has been the case since VxRail was launched over six years ago in February of 2016. VxRail is a truly remarkable “Better Together” ...

Microsoft SQL Server Big Data Clusters on Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on Dell EMC VxRail

A recently created reference architecture , running Microsoft SQL Server Big Data Clusters (BDC) on Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) on Dell EMC VxRail, demonstrates a fast and simple way to get started with big data workloads running on Kubernetes. It also shows how the containerized workloads ran using VxRail. SQL ...

Protecting Workloads with Dell EMC VxRail and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery

Using both Dell EMC VxRail and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery provides a disaster recovery as a service solution for protecting on-premises workloads. The solution yields outstanding performance and is easy to update and maintain.

Moving Through the VxRail Cluster Life Cycle

This is the third article in a series introducing VxRail concepts. The last entry in this series discussed Continuously Validated States and the benefits that come with having new cluster states tested before they ever arrive or are implemented. This article is about movement. More specifically, movement to new cluster ...

2023 Updates for Azure Stack HCI and Hub (Part I)

The first half of 2023 has been quite prolific for the Dell Azure Stack HCI ecosystem, providing many important incremental updates in the platform. This article summarizes the most relevant changes inside the program. Azure Stack HCI Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI delivers a fully productized, validated, ...

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