FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 8 and VMware vSphere 7.0 with 4th Generation Cisco UCS

FlashStack Data Center with VMware Horizon 8 and VMware vSphere 7.0 with 4th Generation Cisco UCS   

Deployment Guide for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Built on Cisco UCS B200 M5 and Cisco UCS Manager 4.0 with Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Array, VMware Horizon 8, and VMware vSphere 7.0 Hypervisor PlatformNOTE: Works with document’s Advanced Properties “First Published” property. Click File | Properties | Advanced Properties | Custom.

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Executive Summary

Cisco Validated Designs include systems and solutions that are designed, tested, and documented to facilitate and improve customer deployments. These designs incorporate a wide range of technologies and products into a portfolio of solutions that have been developed to address the business needs of customers. Cisco, Pure and VMware have partnered to deliver this document, which serves as a specific step-by-step guide for implementing this solution. This Cisco Validated Design provides an efficient architectural design that is based on customer requirements. The solution that follows is a validated approach for deploying Cisco, Pure Storage, and VMware technologies as a shared, high performance, resilient, virtual desktop infrastructure.

This document provides a reference architecture and design guide for a 5000 to 6000 seat desktop workload end user computing environment on FlashStack Data Center with 4^th Generation Cisco UCS and Pure Storage® FlashArray//X70 R3 with 100 percent DirectFlash Modules and DirectFlash Software. The solution includes VMware Horizon server-based RDS Windows Sever 2019 sessions, VMware Horizon persistent full clone Microsoft Windows 10 virtual desktops and VMware Horizon non-persistent instant-clone Microsoft Windows 10 virtual desktops on VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 GA hypervisor.

The solution is a predesigned, best-practice data center architecture built on the FlashStack reference architecture. The FlashStack Data Center used in this validation includes Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS), the Cisco Nexus® 9000 family of switches, Cisco MDS 9000 family of Fibre Channel (FC) switches and Pure All-NVMe FlashArray//X system.

This solution is 100 percent virtualized on fifth generation Cisco UCS B200 M5 blade servers, booting VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 GA through FC SAN from the FlashArray//X70 R3 storage array. Where applicable the document provides best practice recommendations and sizing guidelines for customer deployment of this solution.

The solution is fully capable of supporting hardware accelerated graphics workloads. The Cisco UCS B200 M5 server supports up to two NVIDIA P6 cards for high density, high-performance graphics workload support. See our Cisco Graphics White Paper for details about integrating NVIDIA GPU with VMware Horizon.

This solution provides an outstanding virtual desktop end-user experience as measured by the Login VSI 4.1.39.6 Knowledge Worker workload running in benchmark mode, providing a large-scale building block that can be replicated to confidently scale-out to tens of thousands of users.

Solution Overview

Introduction

The current industry trend in data center design is towards shared infrastructures. By using virtualization along with pre-validated IT platforms, enterprise customers have embarked on the journey to the cloud by moving away from application silos and toward shared infrastructure that can be quickly deployed, thereby increasing agility, and reducing costs. Cisco, Pure Storage, and VMware have partnered to deliver this Cisco Validated Design, which uses best of breed storage, server, and network components to serve as the foundation for desktop virtualization workloads, enabling efficient architectural designs that can be quickly and confidently deployed.

Audience

The audience for this document includes, but is not limited to; sales engineers, field consultants, professional services, IT managers, partner engineers, and customers who want to take advantage of an infrastructure built to deliver IT efficiency and enable IT innovation.

Purpose of this Document

This document provides a step-by-step design, configuration, and implementation guide for the Cisco Validated Design for a large-scale VMware Horizon 8 desktop workload solution with Pure Storage FlashArray//X array, Cisco UCS Blade Servers, Cisco Nexus 9000 series Ethernet switches and Cisco MDS 9100 series Multilayer Fibre channel switches.

What’s New in this Release?

This is the VMware Horizon 8 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment Cisco Validated Design with Cisco UCS 5^th generation servers and Pure Storage FlashArray//X Series system.

It incorporates the following features:

●   Cisco UCS B200 M5 blade servers with Intel Xeon® Gold 6230 CPU

●    64GB DDR4-2933-MHz memory

●   Support for the Cisco UCS 4.1(2a) release

●   Support for the latest release of Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 hardware and Purity//FA v6.0.3

●   Introducing FA//File capabilities

●   VMware vSphere 7.0 GA Hypervisor

●   VMware Horizon 8 Server 2019 RDS hosted server sessions

●   VMware Horizon 8 non-persistent Instant Clone Windows 10 virtual machines

●   VMware Horizon 8 persistent Full Clone Windows 10 virtual machines

The data center market segment is shifting toward heavily virtualized private, hybrid and public cloud computing models running on industry-standard systems. These environments require uniform design points that can be repeated for ease of management and scalability.

These factors have led to the need for predesigned computing, networking and storage building blocks optimized to lower the initial design cost, simplify management, and enable horizontal scalability and high levels of utilization.

The use cases include:

●   Enterprise Data Center

●   Service Provider Data Center

●   Large Commercial Data Center

Solution Summary

FlashStack provides a jointly supported solution by Cisco and Pure Storage, providing a carefully validated architecture built on superior compute, world class networking, and the leading innovations in all flash storage. 

The portfolio of validated offerings from FlashStack includes but is not limited to the following:

●   Consistent performance: FlashStack provides higher, more consistent performance than disk-based solutions and delivers a converged infrastructure based on all-flash that provides non-disruptive upgrades and scalability.

●   Cost savings: FlashStack uses less power, cooling, and data center space when compared to legacy disk/hybrid storage. It provides industry-leading storage data reduction and exceptional storage density.

●   Simplicity: FlashStack requires low ongoing maintenance and reduces operational overhead. It also scales simply and smoothly in step with business requirements.

●   Deployment choices: It is available as a custom-built single unit from FlashStack partners, but organizations can also deploy using equipment from multiple sources, including equipment they already own.

●   Unique business model: The Pure Storage Evergreen Storage Model enables companies to keep their storage investments forever, which means no more forklift upgrades and no more downtime.

●   Mission-critical resiliency: FlashStack offers best in class performance by providing active-active resiliency, no single point of failure, and non-disruptive operations, enabling organizations to maximize productivity.

●   Support choices: Focused, high-quality single-number reach for FlashStack support is available from FlashStack Authorized Support Partners. Single-number support is also available directly from Cisco Systems as part of the Cisco Solution Support for Data Center offering. Support for FlashStack components is also available from Cisco, VMware, and Pure Storage individually and leverages TSANet for resolution of support queries between vendors.

This Cisco Validated Design prescribes a defined set of hardware and software that serves as an integrated foundation for both  VMware Horizon Microsoft Windows 10 virtual desktops and  VMware Horizon RDS sessions based on Microsoft Windows Server 2019.

The mixed workload solution includes Pure Storage FlashArray//X®, Cisco Nexus® and MDS networking, the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS®),  VMware Horizon and VMware vSphere® software in a single package. The design is space optimized such that the network, compute, and storage required can be housed in one data center rack. Switch port density enables the networking components to accommodate multiple compute and storage configurations of this kind.

The infrastructure is deployed to provide Fibre Channel-booted hosts with block-level access to shared storage. The reference architecture reinforces the "wire-once" strategy, because as additional storage is added to the architecture, no re-cabling is required from the hosts to the Cisco UCS fabric interconnect.

The combination of technologies from Cisco Systems, Inc., Pure Storage Inc., and VMware Inc. produced a highly efficient, robust, and affordable desktop virtualization solution for a hosted virtual desktop and hosted shared desktop mixed deployment supporting different use cases. Key components of this solution include the following:

●   More power, same size. Cisco UCS B200 M5 half-width blade with dual 20-core 2.1 GHz Intel ® Xeon ® Scalable Family Gold (6230) processors and 768 GB of memory for  VMware Horizon hosts supports more virtual desktop workloads than the previously released generation processors on the same hardware. The Intel 20-core 2.1 GHz Intel ® Xeon ® Gold Scalable Family (6230) processors used in this study provided a balance between increased per-blade capacity and cost.

●   Fault-tolerance with high availability built into the design. The various designs are based on using one Unified Computing System chassis with multiple Cisco UCS B200 M5 blades for virtualized desktop and infrastructure workloads. The design provides N+1 server fault tolerance for hosted virtual desktops, hosted shared desktops and infrastructure services.

●   Stress-tested to the limits during aggressive boot scenario. The servers hosting RDS sessions and VDI shared and statically assigned desktop environment booted and became available within very short time, providing our customers with an extremely fast, reliable cold-start desktop virtualization system.

●   Stress-tested to the limits during simulated login storms. All simulated users logged in and started running workloads up to steady state in 48-minutes without overwhelming the processors, exhausting memory, or exhausting the storage subsystems, providing customers with a desktop virtualization system that can easily handle the most demanding login and startup storms.

●   Ultra-condensed computing for the data center. The rack space required to support the system is less than a single 42U rack, conserving valuable data center floor space.

●   All Virtualized: This Cisco Validated Design (CVD) presents a validated design that is 100 percent virtualized on VMware ESXi 7.0 GA. All of the virtual desktops, user data, profiles, and supporting infrastructure components, including Active Directory, SQL Servers, VMware Horizon components, VDI desktops and RDS servers were hosted as virtual machines. This provides customers with complete flexibility for maintenance and capacity additions because the entire system runs on the FlashStack converged infrastructure with stateless Cisco UCS Blade servers and Pure FC storage.

●   Cisco maintains industry leadership with the new Cisco UCS Manager 4.1(2a) software that simplifies scaling, guarantees consistency, and eases maintenance. Cisco’s ongoing development efforts with Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM), Cisco UCS Central, Cisco UCS Director and Cisco Intersight ensure that customer environments are consistent locally, across Cisco UCS Domains and across the globe, our software suite offers increasingly simplified operational and deployment management, and it continues to widen the span of control for customer organizations’ subject matter experts in compute, storage, and network.

●   Our 25G unified fabric story gets additional validation on Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects as Cisco runs more challenging workload testing, while maintaining unsurpassed user response times.

●   Cisco SAN architectural benefit of the next-generation 32-Gb fabric switches address the requirement for highly scalable, virtualized, intelligent SAN infrastructure in current-generation data center environments.

●   Pure All-NVMe FlashArray//X70 R3 storage array provides industry-leading storage solutions that efficiently handle the most demanding I/O bursts (for example, login storms), profile management, and user data management, deliver simple and flexible business continuance, and help reduce storage cost per desktop.

●   Pure All-NVMe FlashArray//X70 R3 storage array provides a simple to understand storage architecture for hosting all user data components (virtual machines, profiles, user data) on the same storage array.

●   Pure Storage software enables to seamlessly add, upgrade, or remove capacity and/or controllers from the infrastructure to meet the needs of the virtual desktops transparently.

●   Pure Storage Management UI for VMware vSphere hypervisor has deep integrations with vSphere, providing easy-button automation for key storage tasks such as storage repository provisioning, storage resize, directly from vCenter.

●   VMware Horizon 8. VMware Horizon is a modern platform for secure delivery of virtual desktops and apps across the hybrid cloud. VMware’s virtualization heritage provides Horizon unique benefits and best-in-class technologies that enable one-to-many provisioning and streamlined management of images, apps, profiles, and policies for an agile, lightweight, modern approach that speeds, simplifies and reduces costs. Horizon, powered by the Blast Extreme protocol, delivers an immersive, feature rich user experience for end users across devices, locations, media, and network connections. Enabled by enterprise-grade management capabilities and a deep VMware technology ecosystem, Horizon extends the digital workspace to all apps and secure productivity use cases

●   Optimized to achieve the best possible performance and scale. For hosted shared desktop sessions, the best performance was achieved when the number of vCPUs assigned to the VMware 7 RDS virtual machines did not exceed the number of hyper-threaded (logical) cores available on the server. In other words, maximum performance is obtained when not overcommitting the CPU resources for the virtual machines running virtualized RDS systems.

●   Provisioning desktop machines made easy. Remote Desktop Server (RDS) shared virtual machines were setup as Manual farms and VMware Horizon 8, Microsoft Windows 10 virtual machines were created for this solution using VMware pooled desktops.

Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions: Data Center

The Evolving Workplace

Today’s IT departments are facing a rapidly evolving workplace environment. The workforce is becoming increasingly diverse and geographically dispersed, including offshore contractors, distributed call center operations, knowledge and task workers, partners, consultants, and executives connecting from locations around the world at all times.

This workforce is also increasingly mobile, conducting business in traditional offices, conference rooms across the enterprise campus, home offices, on the road, in hotels, and at the local coffee shop. This workforce wants to use a growing array of client computing and mobile devices that they can choose based on personal preference.

These trends are increasing pressure on IT to ensure protection of corporate data and prevent data leakage or loss through any combination of user, endpoint device, and desktop access scenarios (Figure 1).

These challenges are compounded by desktop refresh cycles to accommodate aging PCs and bounded local storage and migration to new operating systems, specifically Microsoft Windows 10 and productivity tools, specifically Microsoft Office 2019.

Figure 1.          Cisco Data Center Partner Collaboration

Some of the key drivers for desktop virtualization are increased data security and reduced TCO through increased control and reduced management costs.

Cisco Desktop Virtualization Focus

Cisco focuses on three key elements to deliver the best desktop virtualization data center infrastructure: simplification, security, and scalability. The software combined with platform modularity provides a simplified, secure, and scalable desktop virtualization platform.

Simplified

Cisco UCS provides a radical new approach to industry-standard computing and provides the core of the data center infrastructure for desktop virtualization. Among the many features and benefits of Cisco UCS are the drastic reduction in the number of servers needed and in the number of cables used per server, and the capability to rapidly deploy or re-provision servers through Cisco UCS service profiles. With fewer servers and cables to manage and with streamlined server and virtual desktop provisioning, operations are significantly simplified. Thousands of desktops can be provisioned in minutes with Cisco UCS Manager Service Profiles and Cisco storage partners’ storage-based cloning. This approach accelerates the time to productivity for end users, improves business agility, and allows IT resources to be allocated to other tasks.

Cisco UCS Manager automates many mundane, error-prone data center operations such as configuration and provisioning of server, network, and storage access infrastructure. In addition, Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and C-Series Rack Servers with large memory footprints enable high desktop density that helps reduce server infrastructure requirements.

Cisco Intersight is Cisco’s systems management platform that delivers intuitive computing through cloud-powered intelligence. This platform offers a more intelligent level of management that enables IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in ways that were not possible with prior generations of tools. This capability empowers organizations to achieve significant savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to deliver applications faster in support of new business initiatives. The advantages of the model-based management of the Cisco UCS® platform plus Cisco Intersight are extended to Cisco UCS servers and Cisco HyperFlex™, including Cisco HyperFlex Edge systems.

Simplification also leads to more successful desktop virtualization implementation. Cisco and its technology partners like VMware Technologies, and Pure Storage have developed integrated, validated architectures, including predefined converged architecture infrastructure packages such as FlashStack. Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions have been tested with VMware vSphere, VMware Horizon.

Secure

Although virtual desktops are inherently more secure than their physical predecessors, they introduce new security challenges. Mission-critical web and application servers using a common infrastructure such as virtual desktops are now at a higher risk for security threats. Inter–virtual machine traffic now poses an important security consideration that IT managers need to address, especially in dynamic environments in which virtual machines, using VMware vMotion, move across the server infrastructure.

Desktop virtualization, therefore, significantly increases the need for virtual machine–level awareness of policy and security, especially given the dynamic and fluid nature of virtual machine mobility across an extended computing infrastructure. The ease with which new virtual desktops can proliferate magnifies the importance of a virtualization-aware network and security infrastructure. Cisco data center infrastructure (Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus Family solutions) for desktop virtualization provides strong data center, network, and desktop security, with comprehensive security from the desktop to the hypervisor. Security is enhanced with segmentation of virtual desktops, virtual machine–aware policies and administration, and network security across the LAN and WAN infrastructure.

Scalable

Growth of a desktop virtualization solution is all but inevitable, so a solution must be able to scale, and scale predictably, with that growth. The Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions built on FlashStack Data Center infrastructure supports high virtual-desktop density (desktops per server), and additional servers and storage scale with near-linear performance. FlashStack Data Center provides a flexible platform for growth and improves business agility. Cisco UCS Manager Service Profiles allow on-demand desktop provisioning and make it just as easy to deploy dozens of desktops as it is to deploy thousands of desktops.

Cisco UCS servers provide near-linear performance and scale. Cisco UCS implements the patented Cisco Extended Memory Technology to offer large memory footprints with fewer sockets (with scalability to up to 3 terabyte (TB) of memory with 2- and 4-socket servers). Using unified fabric technology as a building block, Cisco UCS server aggregate bandwidth can scale to up to 40 Gb per server, and the northbound Cisco UCS fabric interconnect can output 3.82 terabits per second (Tbps) at line rate, helping prevent desktop virtualization I/O and memory bottlenecks. Cisco UCS, with its high-performance, low-latency unified fabric-based networking architecture, supports high volumes of virtual desktop traffic, including high-resolution video and communications traffic. In addition, Cisco storage partner Pure, helps maintain data availability and optimal performance during boot and login storms as part of the Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions. Recent Cisco Validated Designs for end user computing based on FlashStack solutions have demonstrated scalability and performance.

FlashStack data center provides an excellent platform for growth, with transparent scaling of server, network, and storage resources to support desktop virtualization, data center applications, and cloud computing.

Savings and Success

The simplified, secure, scalable Cisco data center infrastructure for desktop virtualization solutions saves time and money compared to alternative approaches. Cisco UCS enables faster payback and ongoing savings (better ROI and lower TCO) and provides the industry’s greatest virtual desktop density per server, reducing both capital expenditures (CapEx) and operating expenses (OpEx). The Cisco UCS architecture and Cisco Unified Fabric also enables much lower network infrastructure costs, with fewer cables per server and fewer ports required. In addition, storage tiering and deduplication technologies decrease storage costs, reducing desktop storage needs by up to 50 percent.

The simplified deployment of Cisco UCS for desktop virtualization accelerates the time to productivity and enhances business agility. IT staff and end users are more productive more quickly, and the business can respond to new opportunities quickly by deploying virtual desktops whenever and wherever they are needed. The high-performance Cisco systems and network deliver a near-native end-user experience, allowing users to be productive anytime and anywhere.

The ultimate measure of desktop virtualization for any organization is its efficiency and effectiveness in both the near term and the long term. The Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solutions are very efficient, allowing rapid deployment, requiring fewer devices and cables, and reducing costs. The solutions are also very effective, providing the services that end users need on their devices of choice while improving IT operations, control, and data security. Success is bolstered through Cisco’s best-in-class partnerships with leaders in virtualization and storage, and through tested and validated designs and services to help customers throughout the solution lifecycle. Long-term success is enabled through the use of Cisco’s scalable, flexible, and secure architecture as the platform for desktop virtualization.

Physical Topology

Compute Connectivity

Each compute chassis in the design is redundantly connected to the managing fabric interconnects with at least two ports per IOM.  Ethernet traffic from the upstream network and Fibre Channel frames coming from the FlashArray are converged within the fabric interconnect to be both Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet and transmitted to the UCS servers through the IOM.  These IOM connections from the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects to the IOMs are automatically configured as port channels by specifying a Chassis/FEX Discovery Policy within UCSM.

Each rack server in the design is redundantly connected to the managing fabric interconnects with at least one port to each FI. Ethernet traffic from the upstream network and Fibre Channel frames coming from the FlashArray are converged within the fabric interconnect to be both Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet and transmitted to the UCS server.

These connections from the 4^th Gen UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect to the 2408 IOM hosted within the chassis are shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2.          Compute Connectivity

The 2408 IOM is shown with 2x25Gbe ports to delivers to the chassis, full population of the 2408 IOM can support 8x25Gbe ports, allowing for an aggregate of 200Gbe to the chassis.

Network Connectivity

The layer 2 network connection to each Fabric Interconnect is implemented as Virtual Port Channels (vPC) from the upstream Nexus Switches. In the switching environment, the vPC provides the following benefits:

●   Allows a single device to use a Port Channel across two upstream devices

●   Eliminates Spanning Tree Protocol blocked ports and use all available uplink bandwidth

●   Provides a loop-free topology

●   Provides fast convergence if either one of the physical links or a device fails

●   Helps ensure high availability of the network

The upstream network switches can connect to the Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects using 10G, 25G, 40G, or 100G port speeds.  In this design, the 100G ports from the 40/100G ports on the 6454 (1/49-54) were used for the virtual port channels.

Figure 3.          Network Connectivity

Fibre Channel Storage Connectivity

The Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 platform is connected through both MDS 9132Ts to their respective Fabric Interconnects in a traditional air-gapped A/B fabric design.  The Fabric Interconnects are configured in N-Port Virtualization (NPV) mode, known as FC end host mode in UCSM. The MDS has N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) enabled.  This allows F-port channels to be used between the Fabric Interconnect and the MDS, providing the following benefits:

●   Increased aggregate bandwidth between the fabric interconnect and the MDS

●   Load balancing across the FC uplinks

●   High availability in the event of a failure of one or more uplinks

Figure 4.          Fibre Channel Storage Connectivity

End-to-End Physical Connectivity

FC End-to-End Data Path

The FC end-to-end path in the design is a traditional air-gapped fabric with identical data path through each fabric as detailed below:

●   Each Cisco UCS Server is equipped with a Cisco UCS VIC 1400 Series adapter

●   In the Cisco B200 M5 server, a VIC 1440 provides 2x25Gbe to IOM A and 2x25Gbe to IOM B through the Cisco UCS Chassis 5108 chassis backplane

●   Each IOM is connected to its respective Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect using a port-channel for 4-8 links  

●   Each Cisco UCS 6454 FI connects to the MDS 9132T for the respective SAN fabric using an F-Port channel

●   The Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 is connected to both MDS 9132T switches to provide redundant paths through both fabrics

Figure 5.          FC End-to-End Data Path

The components of this integrated architecture shown in Figure 5 are:

●   Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX – 10/25/40/100Gbe capable, LAN connectivity to the Cisco UCS compute resources

●   Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect – Unified management of Cisco UCS compute, and the compute’s access to storage and networks

●   Cisco UCS B200 M5 – High powered blade server, optimized for virtual computing

●   Cisco MDS 9132T – 32Gb Fibre Channel connectivity within the architecture, as well as interfacing to resources present in an existing data center

●   Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3

High Scale RDS and VDI Workload Solution Reference Architecture

Figure 6 illustrates the FlashStack System architecture used in this Validated Design to support very high scale mixed desktop user workload. It follows Cisco configuration requirements to deliver highly available and scalable architecture.

Figure 6.          FlashStack Solution Reference Architecture

The reference hardware configuration includes:

●   2 Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX switches

●   2 Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb Fibre Channel switches

●   2 Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects

●   4 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Chassis

●   2 Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers (2 Server hosting Infrastructure virtual machines)

●   30 Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers (for workload)

●   1 Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with All-NVMe DirectFlash Modules

For desktop virtualization, the deployment includes VMware Horizon 8 running on VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 GA.

The design is intended to provide a large-scale building block for VMware Horizon desktops in the following ratios:

●   6000 Random RDS Windows 2019 user sessions with Office 2019 (Full Clones) on 30 UCS Hosts

●   5000 Random Windows 10 Instant Clone Desktops with Office 2019 on 30 UCS Hosts

●   5000 Random Windows 10 Full Clone Desktops with Office 2019 on 30 UCS Hosts

This document guides you through the detailed steps for deploying the base architecture. This procedure explains everything from physical cabling to network, compute, and storage device configurations.

What is FlashStack?

The FlashStack platform, developed by Cisco and Pure Storage, is a flexible, integrated infrastructure solution that delivers pre-validated storage, networking, and server technologies. Cisco and Pure Storage have carefully validated and verified the FlashStack solution architecture and its many use cases while creating a portfolio of detailed documentation, information, and references to assist customers in transforming their data centers to this shared infrastructure model.

FlashStack is a best practice data center architecture that includes the following components:

●   Cisco Unified Computing System

●   Cisco Nexus Switches

●   Cisco MDS Switches

●   Pure Storage FlashArray

Figure 7.          FlashStack Systems Components

As shown in Figure 7, these components are connected and configured according to best practices of both Cisco and Pure Storage and provide the ideal platform for running a variety of enterprise database workloads with confidence. FlashStack can scale up for greater performance and capacity (adding compute, network, or storage resources individually as needed), or it can scale out for environments that require multiple consistent deployments.

The reference architecture covered in this document leverages the Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller with NVMe based DirectFlash modules for Storage, Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server for Compute, Cisco Nexus 9000, and Cisco MDS 9100 Series for the switching element and Cisco Fabric Interconnects 6300 Series for System Management. As shown in Figure 8, FlashStack Architecture can maintain consistency at scale. Each of the component families shown in (Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus, Cisco MDS, Cisco FI and Pure Storage) offers platform and resource options to scale the infrastructure up or down, while supporting the same features and functionality that are required under the configuration and connectivity best practices of FlashStack.

FlashStack Solution Benefits

FlashStack provides a jointly supported solution by Cisco and Pure Storage.  Bringing a carefully validated architecture built on superior compute, world-class networking, and the leading innovations in all flash storage. The portfolio of validated offerings from FlashStack includes but is not limited to the following:

●   Consistent Performance and Scalability

◦     Consistent sub-millisecond latency with 100 percent NVMe enterprise flash storage

◦     Consolidate hundreds of enterprise-class applications in a single rack

◦     Scalability through a design for hundreds of discrete servers and thousands of virtual machines, and the capability to scale I/O bandwidth to match demand without disruption

◦     Repeatable growth through multiple FlashStack CI deployments

●   Operational Simplicity

◦     Fully tested, validated, and documented for rapid deployment

◦     Reduced management complexity

◦     No storage tuning or tiers necessary

◦     3x better data reduction without any performance impact

●   Lowest TCO

◦     Dramatic savings in power, cooling and space with Cisco UCS and 100 percent Flash

◦     Industry leading data reduction

◦     Free FlashArray controller upgrades every three years with Forever Flash™

●   Mission Critical and Enterprise Grade Resiliency

◦     Highly available architecture with no single point of failure

◦     Non-disruptive operations with no downtime

◦     Upgrade and expand without downtime or performance loss

◦     Native data protection: snapshots and replication

Cisco and Pure Storage have also built a robust and experienced support team focused on FlashStack solutions, from customer account and technical sales representatives to professional services and technical support engineers. The support alliance between Pure Storage and Cisco gives customers and channel services partners direct access to technical experts who collaborate with cross vendors and have access to shared lab resources to resolve potential issues.

What’s New in this FlashStack Release

This CVD of the FlashStack release introduces new hardware with the Pure Storage FlashArray//X, that is 100 percent NVMe enterprise class all-flash array along with Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers featuring the Intel Xeon Scalable Family of CPUs. This is the second Oracle RAC Database deployment Cisco Validated Design with Pure Storage. It incorporates the following features:

●   Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Purity//FA 6.0.3

●   Cisco 4^th Gen UCS 6454 with IOM 2408

●   Cisco UCS Manager 4.1(2a)

●   VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 GA Hypervisor

●   VMware Horizon 8

●   VMware DEM Enterprise 10.0

Configuration Guidelines

This Cisco Validated Design provides the details to deploy a highly available 6000/5000/5000 seat RDS/VDI virtual desktop solution with VMware on a FlashStack Data Center architecture. Configuration guidelines are provided that refer the reader to which redundant component is being configured with each step.

Redundancy built-in the entire infrastructure is as follows:

●   Storage Redundancy: FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 0 and Controller 1

●   Switching Redundancy: Cisco Nexus A and Cisco Nexus B

●   SAN Switch redundancy: Cisco MDS A and Cisco MDS B

●   Compute Redundancy: Cisco UCS 6454 FI- A and FI -B

●   Compute Server redundancy: N+1

●   Infrastructure Server redundancy: N+1

Additionally, this document explains the steps to provision multiple Cisco UCS hosts, and these are identified sequentially: Rack-Infra-01, Rack-Infra-02, Rack-WLHost-01, Rack-WLHost -02 and so on. Finally, to indicate that you should include information pertinent to your environment in a given step, <text> appears as part of the command structure.

Solution Components

This section describes the components used in the solution outlined in this solution.

Cisco Unified Computing System

Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM) provides unified, embedded management of all software and hardware components of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) through an intuitive GUI, a CLI, and an XML API. The manager provides a unified management domain with centralized management capabilities and can control multiple chassis and thousands of virtual machines.

Cisco UCS is a next-generation data center platform that unites computing, networking, and storage access. The platform, optimized for virtual environments, is designed using open industry-standard technologies and aims to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase business agility. The system integrates a low-latency; lossless 40 Gigabit Ethernet unified network fabric with enterprise-class, x86-architecture servers. It is an integrated, scalable, multi-chassis platform in which all resources participate in a unified management domain.

Cisco Unified Computing System Components

The main components of Cisco UCS are:

●   Compute: The system is based on an entirely new class of computing system that incorporates blade servers based on Intel® Xeon® Scalable Family processors.

●   Network: The system is integrated on a low-latency, lossless, 25-Gbe unified network fabric. This network foundation consolidates LANs, SANs, and high-performance computing (HPC) networks, which are separate networks today. The unified fabric lowers costs by reducing the number of network adapters, switches, and cables needed, and by decreasing the power and cooling requirements.

●   Virtualization: The system unleashes the full potential of virtualization by enhancing the scalability, performance, and operational control of virtual environments. Cisco security, policy enforcement, and diagnostic features are now extended into virtualized environments to better support changing business and IT requirements.

●   Storage access: The system provides consolidated access to local storage, SAN storage, and network-attached storage (NAS) over the unified fabric. With storage access unified, Cisco UCS can access storage over Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and Small Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI) protocols. This capability provides customers with choice for storage access and investment protection. In addition, server administrators can pre-assign storage-access policies for system connectivity to storage resources, simplifying storage connectivity and management and helping increase productivity.

●   Management: Cisco UCS uniquely integrates all system components, enabling the entire solution to be managed as a single entity by Cisco UCS Manager. Cisco UCS Manager has an intuitive GUI, a CLI, and a robust API for managing all system configuration processes and operations.

Figure 8.          Cisco Data Center Overview

Cisco UCS is designed to deliver:

●   Reduced TCO and increased business agility

●   Increased IT staff productivity through just-in-time provisioning and mobility support

●   A cohesive, integrated system that unifies the technology in the data center; the system is managed, serviced, and tested as a whole

●   Scalability through a design for hundreds of discrete servers and thousands of virtual machines and the capability to scale I/O bandwidth to match demand

●   Industry standards supported by a partner ecosystem of industry leaders

Cisco UCS Manager provides unified, embedded management of all software and hardware components of the Cisco Unified Computing System across multiple chassis, rack servers, and thousands of virtual machines. Cisco UCS Manager manages Cisco UCS as a single entity through an intuitive GUI, a CLI, or an XML API for comprehensive access to all Cisco UCS Manager Functions.

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

The Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects are a core part of the Cisco Unified Computing System, providing both network connectivity and management capabilities for the system. The Cisco UCS 6400 Series offer line-rate, low-latency, lossless 10/25/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and Fibre Channel functions.

The Cisco UCS 6400 Series provide the management and communication backbone for the Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers, UCS 5108 B-Series Server Chassis, UCS Managed C-Series Rack Servers, and UCS S-Series Storage Servers. All servers attached to a Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect become part of a single, highly available management domain. In addition, by supporting a unified fabric, Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect provides both the LAN and SAN connectivity for all servers within its domain.

From a networking perspective, the Cisco UCS 6400 Series use a cut-through architecture, supporting deterministic, low-latency, line-rate 10/25/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet ports, switching capacity of 3.82 Tbps for the 6454, 7.42 Tbps for the 64108, and 200 Gbe bandwidth between the Fabric Interconnect 6400 series and the IOM 2408 per 5108 blade chassis, independent of packet size and enabled services. The product family supports Cisco low-latency, lossless 10/25/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet unified network fabric capabilities, which increase the reliability, efficiency, and scalability of Ethernet networks. The fabric interconnect supports multiple traffic classes over a lossless Ethernet fabric from the server through the fabric interconnect. Significant TCO savings come from an FCoE-optimized server design in which Network Interface Cards (NICs), Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), cables, and switches can be consolidated.

Figure 9.           Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect – 6454 Front View

Figure 10.       Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect – 6454 Rear View

Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server

The Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server (Figure 11 and Figure 12) is a density-optimized, half-width blade server that supports two CPU sockets for Intel Xeon processor 6230 Gold series CPUs and up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs. It supports one modular LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) dedicated slot for a Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) and one mezzanine adapter. In additions, the Cisco UCS B200 M5 supports an optional storage module that accommodates up to two SAS or SATA hard disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state disk (SSD) drives. You can install up to eight Cisco UCS B200 M5 servers in a chassis, mixing them with other models of Cisco UCS blade servers in the chassis if desired.

Figure 11.       Cisco UCS B200 M5 Front View

Figure 12.       Cisco UCS B200 M5 Back View

Cisco UCS combines Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and C-Series Rack Servers with networking and storage access into a single converged system with simplified management, greater cost efficiency and agility, and increased visibility and control. The Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server is one of the newest servers in the Cisco UCS portfolio.

The Cisco UCS B200 M5 delivers performance, flexibility, and optimization for data centers and remote sites. This enterprise-class server offers market-leading performance, versatility, and density without compromise for workloads ranging from web infrastructure to distributed databases. The Cisco UCS B200 M5 can quickly deploy stateless physical and virtual workloads with the programmable ease of use of the Cisco UCS Manager software and simplified server access with Cisco® Single Connect technology. Based on the Intel Xeon® processor Gold 6230 product family, it offers up to 3 TB of memory using 128GB DIMMs, up to two disk drives, and up to 320 GB of I/O throughput. The Cisco UCS B200 M5 offers exceptional levels of performance, flexibility, and I/O throughput to run your most demanding applications.

In addition, Cisco UCS has the architectural advantage of not having to power and cool excess switches, NICs, and HBAs in each blade server chassis. With a larger power budget per blade server, it provides uncompromised expandability and capabilities, as in the new Cisco UCS B200 M5 server with its leading memory-slot capacity and drive capacity.

The Cisco UCS B200 M5 provides:

●   Latest Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per socket

●   Up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs for improved performance

●   Intel 3D XPoint-ready support, with built-in support for next-generation nonvolatile memory technology

●   Two GPUs

●   Two Small-Form-Factor (SFF) drives

●   Two Secure Digital (SD) cards or M.2 SATA drives

●   Up to 80 Gbe of I/O throughput

Main Features

The Cisco UCS B200 M5 server is a half-width blade. Up to eight servers can reside in the 6-Rack-Unit (6RU) Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of servers per rack unit of blade chassis in the industry. You can configure the Cisco UCS B200 M5 to meet your local storage requirements without having to buy, power, and cool components that you do not need.

The Cisco UCS B200 M5 provides these main features:

●   Up to two Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs with up to 28 cores per CPU

●   24 DIMM slots for industry-standard DDR4 memory at speeds up to 2666 MHz, with up to 3 TB of total memory when using 128-GB DIMMs

●   Modular LAN On Motherboard (mLOM) card with Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1440 or 1340, a 2-port, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)–capable mLOM mezzanine adapter

●   Optional rear mezzanine VIC with two 40-Gbe unified I/O ports or two sets of 4 x 10-Gbe unified I/O ports, delivering 80 Gbe to the server; adapts to either 10- or 40-Gbe fabric connections

●   Two optional, hot-pluggable, hard-disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), or NVMe 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class RAID or pass-through controllers

●   Cisco FlexStorage local drive storage subsystem, which provides flexible boot and local storage capabilities and allows you to boot from dual, mirrored SD cards

●   Support for up to two optional GPUs

●   Support for up to one rear storage mezzanine card

●   Support for one 16-GB internal flash USB drive

For more information about Cisco UCS B200 M5, see the Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server Specsheet.

Table 1.       Ordering Information

Cisco UCS VIC1440 Converged Network Adapter

The Cisco UCS VIC 1440 (Figure 13) is a single-port 40-Gbe or 4x10-Gbe Ethernet/FCoE capable modular LAN On Motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for the M5 generation of Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers. When used in combination with an optional port expander, the Cisco UCS VIC 1440 capabilities are enabled for two ports of 40-Gbe Ethernet. The Cisco UCS VIC 1440 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

Figure 13.       Cisco UCS VIC 1440

Figure 13 illustrates the Cisco UCS VIC 1440 Virtual Interface Cards Deployed in the Cisco UCS B-Series B200 M5 Blade Servers.

Cisco Switching

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switches

The Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX Switch provides a flexible line-rate Layer 2 and Layer 3 feature set in a compact form factor. Designed with Cisco Cloud Scale technology, it supports highly scalable cloud architectures. With the option to operate in Cisco NX-OS or Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode, it can be deployed across enterprise, service provider, and Web 2.0 data centers.

●   Architectural Flexibility

◦     Includes top-of-rack or middle-of-row fiber-based server access connectivity for traditional and leaf-spine architectures

◦     Leaf node support for Cisco ACI architecture is provided in the roadmap

◦     Increase scale and simplify management through Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender support

●   Feature Rich

◦     Enhanced Cisco NX-OS Software is designed for performance, resiliency, scalability, manageability, and programmability

◦     ACI-ready infrastructure helps users take advantage of automated policy-based systems management

◦     Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) routing provides network services

◦     Rich traffic flow telemetry with line-rate data collection

◦     Real-time buffer utilization per port and per queue, for monitoring traffic micro-bursts and application traffic patterns

●   Highly Available and Efficient Design

◦     High-density, non-blocking architecture

◦     Easily deployed into either a hot-aisle and cold-aisle configuration

◦     Redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays

●   Simplified Operations

◦     Power-On Auto Provisioning (POAP) support allows for simplified software upgrades and configuration file installation

◦     An intelligent API offers switch management through remote procedure calls (RPCs, JSON, or XML) over a HTTP/HTTPS infrastructure

◦     Python Scripting for programmatic access to the switch command-line interface (CLI)

◦     Hot and cold patching, and online diagnostics

●   Investment Protection

A Cisco 40 Gbe bidirectional transceiver allows reuse of an existing 10 Gigabit Ethernet multimode cabling plant for 40 Gigabit Ethernet Support for 1 Gbe and 10 Gbe access connectivity for data centers migrating access switching infrastructure to faster speed. The following is supported:

●   1.8 Tbps of bandwidth in a 1 RU form factor

●   48 fixed 1/10/25-Gbe SFP+ ports

●   6 fixed 40/100-Gbe QSFP+ for uplink connectivity

●   Latency of less than 2 microseconds

●   Front-to-back or back-to-front airflow configurations

●   1+1 redundant hot-swappable 80 Plus Platinum-certified power supplies

●   Hot swappable 3+1 redundant fan trays

Figure 14.       Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX Switch

Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb Fiber Channel Switch

The next-generation Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb 32-Port Fibre Channel Switch (Figure 15) provides high-speed Fibre Channel connectivity from the server rack to the SAN core. It empowers small, midsize, and large enterprises that are rapidly deploying cloud-scale applications using extremely dense virtualized servers, providing the dual benefits of greater bandwidth and consolidation.

Small-scale SAN architectures can be built from the foundation using this low-cost, low-power, non-blocking, line-rate, and low-latency, bi-directional airflow capable, fixed standalone SAN switch connecting both storage and host ports.

Medium-size to large-scale SAN architectures built with SAN core directors can expand 32-Gb connectivity to the server rack using these switches either in switch mode or Network Port Virtualization (NPV) mode.

Additionally, investing in this switch for the lower-speed (4- or 8- or 16-Gb) server rack gives you the option to upgrade to 32-Gb server connectivity in the future using the 32-Gb Host Bus Adapter (HBA) that are available today. The Cisco® MDS 9132T 32-Gb 32-Port Fibre Channel switch also provides unmatched flexibility through a unique port expansion module (Figure 15) that provides a robust cost-effective, field swappable, port upgrade option.

This switch also offers state-of-the-art SAN analytics and telemetry capabilities that have been built into this next-generation hardware platform. This new state-of-the-art technology couples the next-generation port ASIC with a fully dedicated Network Processing Unit designed to complete analytics calculations in real time. The telemetry data extracted from the inspection of the frame headers are calculated on board (within the switch) and, using an industry-leading open format, can be streamed to any analytics-visualization platform. This switch also includes a dedicated 10/100/1000BASE-T telemetry port to maximize data delivery to any telemetry receiver including Cisco Data Center Network Manager.

Figure 15.       Cisco 9132T 32-Gb MDS Fibre Channel Switch

 

Figure 16.       Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb 16-Port Fibre Channel Port Expansion Module

●   Features

◦     High performance: MDS 9132T architecture, with chip-integrated nonblocking arbitration, provides consistent 32-Gb low-latency performance across all traffic conditions for every Fibre Channel port on the switch.

◦     Capital Expenditure (CapEx) savings: The 32-Gb ports allow users to deploy them on existing 16- or 8-Gb transceivers, reducing initial CapEx with an option to upgrade to 32-Gb transceivers and adapters in the future.

◦     High availability: MDS 9132T switches continue to provide the same outstanding availability and reliability as the previous-generation Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches by providing optional redundancy on all major components such as the power supply and fan. Dual power supplies also facilitate redundant power grids.

◦     Pay-as-you-grow: The MDS 9132T Fibre Channel switch provides an option to deploy as few as eight 32-Gb Fibre Channel ports in the entry-level variant, which can grow by 8 ports to 16 ports, and thereafter with a port expansion module with sixteen 32-Gb ports, to up to 32 ports. This approach results in lower initial investment and power consumption for entry-level configurations of up to 16 ports compared to a fully loaded switch. Upgrading through an expansion module also reduces the overhead of managing multiple instances of port activation licenses on the switch. This unique combination of port upgrade options allow four possible configurations of 8 ports, 16 ports, 24 ports and 32 ports.

◦     Next-generation Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC): The MDS 9132T Fibre Channel switch is powered by the same high-performance 32-Gb Cisco ASIC with an integrated network processor that powers the Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 32-Gb Fibre Channel Switching Module. Among all the advanced features that this ASIC enables, one of the most notable is inspection of Fibre Channel and Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) headers at wire speed on every flow in the smallest form-factor Fibre Channel switch without the need for any external taps or appliances. The recorded flows can be analyzed on the switch and also exported using a dedicated 10/100/1000BASE-T port for telemetry and analytics purposes.

◦     Intelligent network services: Slow-drain detection and isolation, VSAN technology, Access Control Lists (ACLs) for hardware-based intelligent frame processing, smartzoning and fabric wide Quality of Service (QoS) enable migration from SAN islands to enterprise-wide storage networks. Traffic encryption is optionally available to meet stringent security requirements.

◦     Sophisticated diagnostics: The MDS 9132T provides intelligent diagnostics tools such as Inter-Switch Link (ISL) diagnostics, read diagnostic parameters, protocol decoding, network analysis tools, and integrated Cisco Call Home capability for greater reliability, faster problem resolution, and reduced service costs.

◦     Virtual machine awareness: The MDS 9132T provides visibility into all virtual machines logged into the fabric. This feature is available through HBAs capable of priority tagging the Virtual Machine Identifier (VMID) on every FC frame. Virtual machine awareness can be extended to intelligent fabric services such as analytics[1] to visualize performance of every flow originating from each virtual machine in the fabric.

◦     Programmable fabric: The MDS 9132T provides powerful Representational State Transfer (REST) and Cisco NX-API capabilities to enable flexible and rapid programming of utilities for the SAN as well as polling point-in-time telemetry data from any external tool.

◦     Single-pane management: The MDS 9132T can be provisioned, managed, monitored, and troubleshot using Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), which currently manages the entire suite of Cisco data center products.

◦     Self-contained advanced anticounterfeiting technology: The MDS 9132T uses on-board hardware that protects the entire system from malicious attacks by securing access to critical components such as the bootloader, system image loader and Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) interface.

Purity for FlashArray

The essential element of every FlashArray is the Purity Operating Environment software. Purity implements advanced data reduction, storage management, and flash management features, enabling organizations to enjoy Tier 1 data services for all workloads, proven 99.9999% availability over multiple years (inclusive of maintenance and generational upgrades), completely non-disruptive operations, 2X better data reduction versus alternative all-flash solutions, and – with FlashArray//X – the power and efficiency of DirectFlash™.

Moreover, Purity includes enterprise-grade data security, modern data protection options, and complete business continuity and global disaster recovery through ActiveCluster multi-site stretch cluster and ActiveDR* for continuous replication with near zero RPO. All these features are included with every array.

FlashArray File Services

Pure Storage acquired Compuverde last year, and they’ve been busy at work integrating this technology into the Purity//FA operating system. They emphasize the “integrating”, because they didn’t just take the existing product, drop it onto a FlashArray system, and run it on top of Purity. Instead, they incorporated key parts of it into Purity to give you the advantages of native files alongside blocks.

The SMB and NFS protocols bring consolidated storage to the Purity//FA operating system, complementing its block capabilities, while the file system offers features like directory snapshots and directory-level performance and space monitoring.  For the purposes of this reference architecture, we will be focusing on using File Services for User Profile management.

Figure 17.       FlashArray//X Specifications

** Effective capacity assumes HA, RAID, and metadata overhead, GB-to-GiB conversion, and includes the benefit of data reduction with always-on inline deduplication, compression, and pattern removal. Average data reduction is calculated at 5-to-1 and does not include thin provisioning or snapshots.

† Array accepts Pure Storage DirectFlash Shelf and/or Pure Storage SAS-based expansion shelf.

Evergreen™ Storage

Customers can deploy storage once and enjoy a subscription to continuous innovation through Pure’s Evergreen Storage ownership model: expand and improve performance, capacity, density, and/or features for 10 years or more – all without downtime, performance impact, or data migrations. Pure has disrupted the industry’s 3-5-year rip-and-replace cycle by engineering compatibility for future technologies right into its products, notably nondisruptive capability to upgrade from //M to //X with NVMe, DirectMemory, and NVMe-oF capability.

Pure1

Pure1®, our cloud-based management, analytics, and support platform, expands the self-managing, plug-n-play design of Pure all-flash arrays with the machine learning predictive analytics and continuous scanning of Pure1 Meta™ to enable an effortless, worry-free data platform.

Pure1 Manage

In the Cloud IT operating model, installing, and deploying management software is an oxymoron: you simply login. Pure1 Manage is SaaS-based, allowing you to manage your array from any browser or from the Pure1 Mobile App – with nothing extra to purchase, deploy, or maintain. From a single dashboard you can manage all your arrays, with full visibility on the health and performance of your storage. 

Pure1 Analyze

Pure1 Analyze delivers true performance forecasting – giving customers complete visibility into the performance and capacity needs of their arrays – now and in the future. Performance forecasting enables intelligent consolidation and unprecedented workload optimization. 

Pure1 Support

Pure combines an ultra-proactive support team with the predictive intelligence of Pure1 Meta to deliver unrivaled support that’s a key component in our proven FlashArray 99.9999% availability. Customers are often surprised and delighted when we fix issues they did not even know existed.

Pure1 META

The foundation of Pure1 services, Pure1 Meta is global intelligence built from a massive collection of storage array health and performance data. By continuously scanning call-home telemetry from Pure’s installed base, Pure1 Meta uses machine learning predictive analytics to help resolve potential issues and optimize workloads. The result is both a white glove customer support experience and breakthrough capabilities like accurate performance forecasting.

Meta is always expanding and refining what it knows about array performance and health, moving the Data Platform toward a future of self-driving storage.

Pure1 VM Analytics

Pure1 helps you narrow down the troubleshooting steps in your virtualized environment. VM Analytics provides you with a visual representation of the IO path from the VM all the way through to the FlashArray. Other tools and features guide you through identifying where an issue might be occurring in order to help eliminate potential candidates for a problem.

VM Analytics doesn’t only help when there’s a problem. The visualization allows you to identify which volumes and arrays particular applications are running on. This brings the whole environment into a more manageable domain. 

Hypervisor

This Cisco Validated Design includes VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 GA.

VMware vSphere 7.0

VMware provides virtualization software. VMware’s enterprise software hypervisors for servers VMware vSphere ESX, vSphere ESXi, and vSphere—are bare-metal hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system. VMware vCenter Server for vSphere provides central management and complete control and visibility into clusters, hosts, virtual machines, storage, networking, and other critical elements of your virtual infrastructure.

vSphere 7 is the latest major vSphere release from VMware. vSphere 7 has been rearchitected with native Kubernetes to enable IT Admins to use vCenter Server® to operate Kubernetes clusters through namespaces. VMware vSphere with Tanzu allows IT Admins to operate with their existing skillset and deliver a self-service access to infrastructure for the Dev Ops teams; while providing observability and troubleshooting for Kubernetes workloads. vSphere 7 provides an enterprise platform for both traditional applications as well as modern applications – so customers and partners can deliver a developer-ready infrastructure, scale without compromise and simplify operations.

Deliver Developer-ready Infrastructure: IT teams can use existing vSphere environments to set up an Enterprise-grade Kubernetes infrastructure at a rapid pace (within one hour), while enabling enterprise-class governance, reliability, and security. After this one-time setup, vSphere with Tanzu enables a simple, fast, and self-service provisioning of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters within a few minutes1. Aligning DevOps teams and IT teams is critical to the success of modern application development; to bring efficiency, scale and security to Kubernetes deployments and operations. vSphere with Tanzu brings agile cloud operations to the IT admin to enable this transition into the role of Cloud Admin or SRE by delivering agility in day-to-day IT operations related to Kubernetes infrastructure.

Scale Without Compromise: vSphere can scale your infrastructure to meet the demands of high-performance applications and memory intensive databases including SAP HANA and Epic Caché Operational Database to name a few. With vSphere 7, a vSphere cluster can now support 50 percent more hosts compared to previous releases.

Simplify Operations: Simplified operations are delivered through key capabilities of vSphere 7 including elastic AI/ML infrastructure for sharing resources, simplified lifecycle management and intrinsic security across your hybrid cloud infrastructure.

The key features and capabilities are as follows:

●   TKG Service2: Run the Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Service directly on vSphere to simplify operation of Kubernetes on-premises by putting cloud native constructs at the IT Admin’s fingertips. TKG allows IT admins to manage consistent, compliant, and conformant Kubernetes, while providing developers self-service access to infrastructure. vSphere with Tanzu enables a simple, fast, and self-service provisioning of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters within a few minutes1

●   Drop-in to Existing Infrastructure2: Quickly deploy Kubernetes workloads on existing infrastructure with enterprise-grade governance, reliability, and security. Leverage existing networking infrastructure (or BYO networking) using vSphere Distributed Switch's (VDS) centralized interface to configure, monitor and administer switching access for VMs and Kubernetes workloads. Deploy existing block and file storage infrastructure (BYO storage) for containerized workloads. Choose your own L4 load balancing solution using HAProxy (commercial support offered directly by HAProxy) for Tanzu Kubernetes clusters.

●   Application focused management2: Kubernetes makes vSphere better by providing DevOps teams (Platform Operators and SREs) with self-service access to infrastructure through Kubernetes APIs. vSphere makes Kubernetes better by empowering IT admins to use vCenter Server skills/tools to operate modern applications, alongside VMs, using namespaces as a unit of management. This is referred to as ‘application focused management’. Using application focused management, IT admins can use vCenter Server to observe and troubleshoot Tanzu Kubernetes clusters alongside VMs, implement role-based access and allocate capacity to developer teams.

●   Monster VMs: Deliver industry leading scale through Monster VMs designed for SAP HANA and Epic Cache Operational Database. Improve performance and scale for Monster VMs to support your large scale up environments. Scale up to 24TB memory and support up to 768 vCPUs through Monster VMs, leaving other hypervisor vendors far behind in the category. Speed-up the ESXi scheduler and co-scheduling logic for large VMs using selective latency sensitivity setting for workloads, removal of bottlenecks in vCPU sleep/wakeup paths and a reduced memory overhead.

●   Cluster scale enhancements: Expand the number of hosts per cluster by 50% to support a total of 96 hosts per cluster, compared to previous releases.

●   vLCM enhancements: Simplify software upgrades, patching, and firmware updates for vSphere, vSAN and NSX-T with a single tool. vLCM will also monitor for desired image compliance continuously and enable simple remediation in the event of any compliance drift. • vSphere Ideas®: Submit feature requests right from the vSphere Client UI, track the status of the feature requests and look at all the other feature requests submitted by other users to vote for them, through the Ideas portal.

●   vCenter connect®: Manage on-premises and off-premises (cloud providers) vCenter Servers in a single interface using the any to any vCenter connect capability

Additional information about VMware vSphere 7 can be found here.

Desktop Broker

This Cisco Validated Design includes VMware Horizon 8 Enterprise edition.

VMware Horizon

VMware Horizon is a modern platform for secure delivery of virtual desktops and apps across the hybrid cloud. Leveraging best-in-class management capabilities and deep integrations with the VMware technology ecosystem, the Horizon platform delivers a modern approach for desktop and app management that extends from on-premises to the hybrid and multi-cloud. The result is fast and simple virtual desktop and application delivery that extends the best digital workspace experience to all applications.

What’s New in VMware Horizon Version 2012

VMware Horizon version 2012 provides the following new features and enhancements.

Horizon Connection Server

●   Cloud Pod Architecture

◦     When you create a global desktop entitlement, you can select Show Machine Alias Name to display the machine alias name set for the assigned users of the machine instead of the machine host name in Horizon Client. See Worksheet for Configuring a Global Entitlement. Additionally, you can configure the Show Machine Alias Name option for instant-clone and manual desktop pools. See Worksheet for Creating an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool and Worksheet for Creating a Manual Desktop Pool.

◦     The --displayMachineAlias option is added to the lmvutil --createGlobalEntitlement and --updateGlobalEntitlement commands. The --disableDisplayMachineAlias option is added to the lmvutil --updateGlobalEntitlement command. See Creating a Global Entitlement and Modifying a Global Entitlement.

●   Published Desktops and Applications

◦     You can enable or disable an application pool in Horizon Console. See Enable or Disable an Application Pool.

◦     You can select VDS 7.0 as an ephemeral port when creating an automated instant-clone farm. See Worksheet for Creating an Automated Instant-Clone Farm.

●   Virtual Desktops

◦     You can set a remote machine power policy when creating a dedicated instant-clone desktop pool. See Power Policies for Desktop Pools.

◦     You can select VDS 7.0 as an ephemeral port when creating instant clones. See Worksheet for Creating an Instant-Clone Desktop Pool.

◦     VMware Update Manager can update ESXi hosts when performing maintenance on instant-clone hosts. See Perform Maintenance on Instant-Clone Hosts.

◦     Horizon Administrators need minimum privileges to manage full clones and instant clones. See Minimum vCenter Server Privileges for Managing Full Clones and Instant Clones.

◦     You can run virtual machines on Hyper-V hypervisor. See Running Virtual Machines on Hyper-V.

●   Horizon Console

◦     You can configure how long an idle Horizon Console session continues before the Connection Server session times out. See Global Settings for Client Sessions.

◦     You can enable the setting Accept logon as current user to allow Connection Server to accept the user identity and credential information that is passed when users select Log in as current user. See Using the Log In as Current User Feature Available with Windows-Based Horizon Client.

◦     You can collect log bundles for troubleshooting connection server, desktop pools, and farms in Horizon Console. See Collect Logs in Horizon Console.

◦     The Monitor Events time period filter option All is removed from Horizon Console.

●   Event Database

◦     Additional columns are added to the event database. After a Connection Server upgrade, you can run DML update scripts to populate the data in these additional columns in the event database. See the VMware Knowledge Base article 80781.

●   Horizon Agent

◦     The drag and drop, file association, and file copy and paste features are no longer dependent on the client drive redirection feature being enabled. See Managing Access to Client Drive Redirection.

◦     Installation of the serial port redirection and scanner redirection features is changed to improve version flexibility when Horizon Client for Windows and Horizon Agent are installed in the same virtual machine.

◦     You can configure media optimization for Microsoft Teams, which supports SILK audio codec. See Configuring Media Optimization for Microsoft Teams.

◦     You can set log levels and generate log files in a Data Collection Tool (DCT) bundle for remote desktop features. See Collecting Logs for Remote Desktop Features and Components.

◦     Internationalization support is added to the VMware Horizon URL Content Redirection extension for all supported browsers.

Horizon Agent for Linux

●   Operating Systems

Horizon Agent for Linux 2012 adds support for the following Linux distributions:

◦     Ubuntu 20.04

◦     Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Workstation 7.9 and 8.3

◦     Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7.8, 7.9, 8.2, and 8.3

◦     CentOS 8.3

◦     SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 15 SP1 and 15 SP2

◦     SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP1 and 15 SP2

●   Configurable X Display Numbers

◦     Two new configuration options in the /etc/vmware/config file, Desktop.displayNumberMax and Desktop.displayNumberMin, let you define the range of X Windows System display numbers to allocate to user sessions. See Setting Options in Configuration Files on a Linux Desktop.

●   Display Scaling

◦     The Display Scaling feature allows Linux remote desktops and published applications to be displayed using a scale factor that matches the client system's display. This feature is turned off by default. You can enable it by configuring the rdeSvc.allowDisplayScaling option in the /etc/vmware/config file. See Setting Options in Configuration Files on a Linux Desktop.

●   DPI Synchronization

◦     The DPI Synchronization feature ensures that the DPI setting in a Linux remote session changes to match the DPI setting of the client system. This feature is enabled by default and configured using the DPISyncEnable option in the /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf file. See Setting Options in Configuration Files on a Linux Desktop.

●   Support for Unicode Input

◦     The RemoteDisplay.allowVMWKeyEvent2Unicode configuration option in the /etc/vmware/config file allows Horizon Agent for Linux to process and display Unicode keyboard input from clients. This feature is enabled by default. See Setting Options in Configuration Files on a Linux Desktop.

●   Enhancements to Session Collaboration

◦     Horizon Agent for Linux can now remember the names of users invited to join a collaboration session. The next time a client user begins to type the name of an invitee into the Session Collaboration text box, an auto-completion menu appears with a list of selectable user names.

●   Optimized Window Resizing for Published Applications

◦     New performance enhancements allow client users to resize published application windows without the unwanted artifacts encountered in previous versions of Horizon Agent for Linux. This feature greatly improves the experience of users working in a published application session. Administrators can turn this feature on and off using the rdeSvc.enableOptimizedResize option in the /etc/vmware/config file. This feature is enabled by default. See Setting Options in Configuration Files on a Linux Desktop.

●   Horizon GPO Bundle

◦     The Do not redirect client printer(s) group policy setting stops client printers from being redirected. This setting is provided for the agent and the Windows client. For the agent setting, see VMware Integrated Printing Policy Settings. For the Windows client setting, see VMware Integrated Printing Settings for Client GPOs.

◦     The Do not change default printer group policy setting stops the VMware Integrated Printing feature from changing the default printer in remote sessions. See VMware Integrated Printing Policy Settings.

◦     The Printer Name for RDSH Agents group policy name is changed to Printer Name Schema. This setting now applies to virtual desktops as well as published desktops and published applications. See VMware Integrated Printing Policy Settings.

◦     The Connect all ports automatically group policy setting connects all COM ports automatically, even if no individual group policy settings are enabled. See VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX Template Settings.

◦     The Exclude Automatically Connection Device Family and Exclude Automatically Connection Vid/Pid Device group policy settings enable you to filter the USB devices that are forwarded automatically based on device family or vendor and product ID. For the client group policy settings, see USB Settings for GPOs. For the agent group policy settings, see USB Settings in the Horizon Agent Configuration ADMX Template.

◦     You can optimize redirected USB HID devices with the Include HID Optimization Vid/Pid Device group policy setting. See USB Settings in the Horizon Agent Configuration ADMX Template.

◦     Group policy settings are reorganized in the VMware View Agent Configuration folder Group Policy Management Editor. See VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX Template Settings.

◦     The View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-in Configuration has a new GPO setting Allow NTLM Fallback for Log On As Current User.

◦     In the Idle Time Until Disconnect (VDI) group policy setting, you can specify a minimum timeout value of 1 minute and a maximum timeout value of Never after which a desktop session will disconnect due to user inactivity.

◦     The DPI Synchronization Per Monitor group policy setting adjusts the DPI settings in all monitors to match the client operating system’s DPI setting during a remote session. The DPI Synchronization Per Connection group policy setting has been removed. See VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX Template Settings.

◦     The Allow user to skip Horizon Client update, Automatically check for updates and Update message pop-up group policy settings enable you to customize the Horizon Client for Windows online update feature. See General Settings for Client GPOs.

◦     For the session collaboration feature, you can enable the Include Outlook-formatted URL in clipboard text group policy setting to include a Microsoft Outlook-formatted invitation URL in clipboard invitation text. See VMware View Agent Configuration ADMX Template Settings.

●   Horizon Client

For information about new features in Horizon Client 2012, including HTML Access 2012, see the release notes on the VMware Horizon Client Documentation page.

●   No Longer Supported Features in This Release

The following features are no longer supported in this release:

◦     View Composer - View Composer linked clones and persistent disks are no longer supported.

●   Horizon Cloud Connector

Applicable to VMware Horizon Universal License customers. The Horizon Cloud Connector virtual appliance is a required component for VMware Horizon to support the management of Horizon pods using Horizon Cloud Service.

●   Horizon Deployed on VMware Cloud on AWS

For a list of VMware Horizon features supported on VMware Cloud on AWS, see the VMware Knowledge Base article 58539.

●   Horizon Deployed on Azure VMware Solution

You can select Azure as an installation option to deploy Horizon on Azure VMware Solution (AVS).

Figure 18.       Logical Architecture of VMware Horizon 

VMware Horizon Components and Features

●   Connection Server

The Horizon Connection Server securely brokers and connects users to the Horizon Agent that has been installed in the desktops and RDS Hosts. The Connection Server authenticates users through Active Directory and directs the request to the appropriate and entitled resource.

●   Horizon Agent

The Horizon Agent is installed on the guest OS of target VM or system. This agent allows the machine to be managed by Connection Servers and allows a Horizon Client to form a protocol session to the machine. Machines can be virtual desktops, Remote Desktop Session Hosts (RDS Host), physical desktops PCs.

●   Horizon Client

The Horizon Client is installed on a client device to access a Horizon-managed system that has the Horizon Agent installed. You can optionally use a web browser as an HTML client for devices on which installing client software is not possible.

●   Unified Access Gateway

VMware Unified Access Gateway is a virtual appliance that enables secure remote access from an external network to a variety of internal resources, including Horizon-managed resources. When providing access to internal resources, Unified Access Gateway can be deployed within the corporate DMZ or internal network, and acts as a reverse proxy host for connections to your company’s resources. Unified Access Gateway directs authenticated requests to the appropriate resource and discards any unauthenticated requests. It also can perform the authentication itself, leveraging an additional layer of authentication when enabled.

●   Horizon Console

A web application that is part of the Connection Server, allowing administrators to configure the server, deploy and manage desktops, control user authentication, initiate and examine system and user events, carry out end-user support, and perform analytical activities.

●   VMware Instant Clone Technology

VMware technology that provides single-image management with automation capabilities. You can rapidly create automated pools or farms of instant-clone desktops or RDSH servers from a golden image VM. The technology reduces storage costs and streamlines desktop management by enabling easy updating and patching of hundreds or thousands of images from the golden image VM.

●   RDSH servers

Microsoft Windows Servers that provide published applications and session-based remote desktops to end users.

●   Enrollment Server

Server that delivers True SSO functionality by ensuring a user can single-sign-on to a Horizon resource when launched from Workspace ONE Access™, or through Unified Access Gateway, regardless of the authentication method.

●   Horizon Cloud Connector

The Horizon Cloud Connector is required to use with Horizon subscription licenses, services and management features hosted in the Horizon Cloud Service. The Horizon Cloud Connector is a virtual appliance that connects a Connection Server in a pod with the Horizon Cloud Service. You must have an active My VMware account to purchase a Horizon license from https://my.vmware.com.

●   vSphere

The vSphere product family includes VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter Server®, and it is designed for building and managing virtual infrastructures. The vCenter Server system provides key administrative and operational functions, such as provisioning, cloning, and VM management features, which are essential for VDI.

Architecture and Design Considerations for Desktop Virtualization

There are many reasons to consider a virtual desktop solution such as an ever growing and diverse base of user devices, complexity in management of traditional desktops, security, and even Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to work programs. The first step in designing a virtual desktop solution is to understand the user community and the type of tasks that are required to successfully execute their role. The following user classifications are provided:

●   Knowledge Workers today do not just work in their offices all day – they attend meetings, visit branch offices, work from home, and even coffee shops. These anywhere workers expect access to all of their same applications and data wherever they are.

●   External Contractors are increasingly part of your everyday business. They need access to certain portions of your applications and data, yet administrators still have little control over the devices they use and the locations they work from. Consequently, IT is stuck making trade-offs on the cost of providing these workers a device vs. the security risk of allowing them access from their own devices.

●   Task Workers perform a set of well-defined tasks. These workers access a small set of applications and have limited requirements from their PCs. However, since these workers are interacting with your customers, partners, and employees, they have access to your most critical data.

●   Mobile Workers need access to their virtual desktop from everywhere, regardless of their ability to connect to a network. In addition, these workers expect the ability to personalize their PCs, by installing their own applications and storing their own data, such as photos and music, on these devices.

●   Shared Workstation users are often found in state-of-the-art university and business computer labs, conference rooms or training centers. Shared workstation environments have the constant requirement to re-provision desktops with the latest operating systems and applications as the needs of the organization change, tops the list.

After the user classifications have been identified and the business requirements for each user classification have been defined, it becomes essential to evaluate the types of virtual desktops that are needed based on user requirements. There are essentially five potential desktops environments for each user:

●   Traditional PC: A traditional PC is what typically constitutes a desktop environment: physical device with a locally installed operating system.

●   Remoted Desktop Server Hosted Sessions: A hosted, server-based desktop is a desktop where the user interacts through a delivery protocol. With hosted, server-based desktops, a single installed instance of a server operating system, such as Microsoft Windows Server 2019, is shared by multiple users simultaneously. Each user receives a desktop "session" and works in an isolated memory space. Remoted Desktop Server Hosted Server sessions: A hosted virtual desktop is a virtual desktop running on a virtualization layer (ESX). The user does not work with and sit in front of the desktop, but instead the user interacts through a delivery protocol.

●   Published Applications: Published applications run entirely on the VMware RDS server virtual machines and the user interacts through a delivery protocol. With published applications, a single installed instance of an application, such as Microsoft Office, is shared by multiple users simultaneously. Each user receives an application "session" and works in an isolated memory space.

●   Streamed Applications: Streamed desktops and applications run entirely on the user‘s local client device and are sent from a server on demand. The user interacts with the application or desktop directly, but the resources may only available while they are connected to the network.

●   Local Virtual Desktop: A local virtual desktop is a desktop running entirely on the user‘s local device and continues to operate when disconnected from the network. In this case, the user’s local device is used as a type 1 hypervisor and is synced with the data center when the device is connected to the network.

●   For the purposes of the validation represented in this document, both VMware VDI desktops and VMware RDS server sessions were validated. Each of the sections provides some fundamental design decisions for this environment.

Understanding Applications and Data

When the desktop user groups and sub-groups have been identified, the next task is to catalog group application and data requirements. This can be one of the most time-consuming processes in the VDI planning exercise but is essential for the VDI project’s success. If the applications and data are not identified and co-located, performance will be negatively affected.

The process of analyzing the variety of application and data pairs for an organization will likely be complicated by the inclusion cloud applications, for example, SalesForce.com. This application and data analysis is beyond the scope of this Cisco Validated Design but should not be omitted from the planning process. There are a variety of third-party tools available to assist organizations with this crucial exercise.

Project Planning and Solution Sizing Sample Questions

Now that user groups, their applications and their data requirements are understood, some key project and solution sizing questions may be considered.

General project questions should be addressed at the outset, including:

●   Has a VDI pilot plan been created based on the business analysis of the desktop groups, applications, and data?

●   Is there infrastructure and budget in place to run the pilot program?

●   Are the required skill sets to execute the VDI project available? Can we hire or contract for them?

●   Do we have end user experience performance metrics identified for each desktop sub-group?

●   How will we measure success or failure?

●   What is the future implication of success or failure?

Below is a short, non-exhaustive list of sizing questions that should be addressed for each user sub-group:

●   What is the desktop OS planned? Windows 8 or Windows 10? 

●   32 bit or 64 bit desktop OS?

●   How many virtual desktops will be deployed in the pilot? In production? All Windows 8/10?

●   How much memory per target desktop group desktop?

●   Are there any rich media, Flash, or graphics-intensive workloads?

●   Are there any applications installed? What application delivery methods will be used, Installed, Streamed, Layered, Hosted, or Local?

●   What is the desktop OS planned for RDS Server Roles? Windows server 2016 or Server 2019?

●   Will VMware Horizon Composer or Instant Clones or another method be used for virtual desktop deployment?

●   What is the hypervisor for the solution?

●   What is the storage configuration in the existing environment?

●   Are there sufficient IOPS available for the write-intensive VDI workload?

●   Will there be storage dedicated and tuned for VDI service?

●   Is there a voice component to the desktop?

●   Is there a 3^rd party graphics component?

●   Is anti-virus a part of the image?

●   What is the SQL server version for database? SQL server 2016 or 2019?

●   Is user profile management (for example, non-roaming profile based) part of the solution?

●   What is the fault tolerance, failover, disaster recovery plan?

●   Are there additional desktop sub-group specific questions?

Hypervisor Selection

VMware vSphere has been identified the hypervisor for both RDS Sessions and VDI based desktops:

●   VMware vSphere: VMware vSphere comprises the management infrastructure or virtual center server software and the hypervisor software that virtualizes the hardware resources on the servers. It offers features like Distributed Resource Scheduler, vMotion, high availability, Storage vMotion, VMFS, and a multi-pathing storage layer. More information on vSphere can be obtained at the VMware web site.

 

Storage Considerations

Boot from SAN

When utilizing Cisco UCS Server technology, it is recommended to configure Boot from SAN and store the boot partitions on remote storage, this enabled architects and administrators to take full advantage of the stateless nature of service profiles for hardware flexibility across lifecycle management of server hardware generational changes, Operating Systems/Hypervisors, and overall portability of server identity. Boot from SAN also removes the need to populate local server storage creating more administrative overhead.

Pure Storage FlashArray Considerations

Within Purity, it’s best practice to map Hosts to Host Groups and then Host Groups to Volumes, this ensures the Volume is presented on the same LUN ID to all hosts and allows for simplified management of ESXi Clusters across multiple nodes.

How big should a Volume be? With the Purity Operating Environment, we remove the complexities of aggregates, RAID groups, and so on.  When managing storage, you just create a volume based on the size required, availability and performance are taken care of through RAID-HD and DirectFlash Software.  As an administrator you can create 1 10TB volume or 10 1TB Volumes and their performance/availability will be the same, so instead of creating volumes for availability or performance you can think about recoverability, manageability, and administrative considerations.  For example, what data do I want to present to this application or what data do I want to store together so I can replicate it to another site/system/cloud, and so on.

Port Connectivity

10/25/40Gbe connectivity support – while both 10 and 25 Gbe is provided through 2 onboard NICs on each FlashArray controller, if more interfaces are required or if 40Gbe connectivity is also required, then make sure to provision for additional NICs have been included in the original FlashArray BOM.

16/32Gb Fiber Channel support (N-2 support) – Pure Storage offer up to 32Gb FC support on the latest FlashArray//X series arrays.  Always make sure the correct number of HBAs and the speed of SFPs are included in the original FlashArray BOM.

Oversubscription

To reduce the impact of an outage or maintenance scheduled downtime it Is good practice when designing fabrics to provide oversubscription of bandwidth, this enables a similar performance profile during component failure and protects workloads from being impacted by a reduced number of paths during a component failure or maintenance event. Oversubscription can be achieved by increasing the number of physically cabled connections between storage and compute.  These connections can then be utilized to deliver performance and reduced latency to the underlying workloads running on the solution.

Topology

When configuring your SAN, it’s important to remember that the more hops you have, the more latency you will see. For best performance, the ideal topology is a “Flat Fabric” where the FlashArray is only one hop away from any applications being hosted on it.

VMware Virtual Volumes Considerations

vCenters that are in Enhanced Linked Mode will each be able to communicate with the same FlashArray, however vCenters that are not in Enhanced Linked Mode must use CA-Signed Certificates using the same FlashArray. If multiple vCenters need to use the same FlashArray for vVols, they should be configured in Enhanced Linked Mode.

Ensure that the Config vVol is either part of an existing FlashArray Protection Group, Storage Policy that includes snapshots, or manual snapshots of the Config vVol are taken. This will help with the VM recovery process if the VM is deleted.

There are some FlashArray limits on Volume Connections per Host, Volume Count, and Snapshot Count. For more information about FlashArray limits review the following:  https://support.purestorage.com/FlashArray/PurityFA/General_Troubleshooting/Pure_Storage_FlashArray_Limits

When a Storage Policy is applied to a vVol VM, the volumes associated with that VM are added to the designated protection group when applying the policy to the VM. If replication is part of the policy, be mindful of the amount of VMs using that storage policy and replication group. A large amount of VMs with a high change rate could cause replication to miss its schedule due to increased replication bandwidth and time needed to complete the scheduled snapshot. Pure Storage recommends vVol VMs that have Storage Policies applied be balanced between protection groups.

Storage Best Practices

Pure Storage FlashArray Best Practices for VMware vSphere 7.0

The following Pure Storage best practices for VMware vSphere should be followed as part of a design:

●   FlashArray Volumes are automatically presented to VMware vSphere using the Round Robin Path Selection Policy (PSP) and appropriate vendor Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) for vSphere 7.0.

●   vSphere 7.0 also uses the Latency SATP that was introduced in vSphere 6.7U1 (This replaces the I/O Operations Limit of 1 SATP, which was the default from vSphere 6.5U1).

●   When using iSCSI connected FlashArray volumes, it is recommended to set DelayedAck to false (disabled) and LoginTimeout to 30 seconds. Jumbo Frames are optional when using iSCSI.

●   In vSphere 6.x, if hosts have any VMFS-5 volumes, change EnableBlockDelete to enabled. If it is all VMFS-6, this change is not needed.

●   For VMFS-5, Run UNMAP frequently.

●   For VMFS-6, keep automatic UNMAP enabled.

●   DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedMove, DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedInit, and VMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking should all be enabled.

●   Ensure all ESXi hosts are connected to both FlashArray controllers. A minimum of  two paths to each. Aim for total redundancy.

●   Install VMware tools or Open VM tools whenever possible.

●   Queue depths should be left at the default. Changing queue depths on the ESXi host is a tweak and should only be examined if a performance problem (high latency) is observed.

●   When mounting snapshots, use the ESXi resignature option and avoid force-mounting.

●   Configure Host Groups on the FlashArray identically to clusters in vSphere. For example, if a cluster has four hosts in it, create a corresponding Host Group on the relevant FlashArray with exactly those four hosts—no more, no less.

●   When possible, use Paravirtual SCSI adapters for virtual machines.

●   Atomic Test and Set (ATS) is required on all Pure Storage volumes. This is a default configuration, and no changes should normally be needed.

●   UseATSForHBOnVMFS5 should be enabled. This was introduced in vSphere 5.5 U2 and is enabled by default. It is NOT required though.

For more information about the VMware vSphere Pure Storage FlashArray Best Practices, see:

https://support.purestorage.com/Solutions/VMware_Platform_Guide/001VMwareBestPractices/hhhWeb_Guide%3A_FlashArray_VMware_Best_Practices

Pure Storage FlashArray Best Practices for VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols)

Along with the Pure Storage Best Practices for VMware vSphere, the following should be considered as part of a design that includes the implementation of vVols as part of the solution:

●   Create a Local FlashArray Array Admin user to register the storage provider with vs using the local pureuser account, vvols-admin for example.

●   Use the Round Robin pathing policy (default) for the Protocol Endpoint.

●   Use the Pure Storage Plugin for the vSphere Client to register the FlashArray storage provider and mount the vVols Datastore if possible.

●   If manually registering the storage providers, Register both controllers' storage providers with CT0.ETH0 and CT1.ETH0. It is supported to use Eth1 if a customer certificate is used.

●   If manually mounting the vVol datastore, you will need to connect the protocol endpoint.

●   A single PE should be enough for the design utilizing the default device queue depth for the PE.

●   Keep VM Templates on vVols when deploying new vVol VMs from a template.

●   When resizing a VM’s VMDK that resides on a vVol, complete the task from vSphere Client and not the FlashArray GUI.

●   vCenter Server should not reside on a vVol

●   All ESXi Hosts, vCenter Server and FlashArray should have the same NTP Server synchronization configuration and be configured to send their logs to a syslog target.

For more information about vVols Best practices, refer to the following quick reference:

https://support.purestorage.com/Solutions/VMware_Platform_Guide/Quick_Reference_by_VMware_Product_and_Integration/Virtual_Volumes_Quick_Reference

VMware Horizon Design Fundamentals

Design a Vmware Horizon Environment for a Mixed Workload

With VMware Horizon 8 the method you choose to provide applications or desktops to users depends on the types of applications and desktops you are hosting and available system resources, as well as the types of users and user experience you want to provide.

Table 2.       Designing a VMware Horizon Environment

For the Cisco Validated Design described in this document, a Remote Desktop Server Hosted sessions (RDSH) using RDS based Server OS and VMware Horizon pooled Instant and Full Clone Virtual Machine Desktops using VDI based desktop OS machines were configured and tested.

The mixed workload test case consisted of a combination of all use cases. The following sections discuss design decisions relative to the VMware Horizon deployment, including the CVD test environment.

Deployment Hardware and Software

Products Deployed

The architecture deployed is highly modular. While each customer’s environment might vary in its exact configuration, the reference architecture contained in this document once built, can easily be scaled as requirements, and demands change. This includes scaling both up (adding additional resources within a Cisco UCS Domain) and out (adding additional Cisco UCS Domains and Pure Storage FlashArrays).

The FlashStack Data Center solution includes Cisco networking, Cisco UCS and Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3, which efficiently fit into a single data center rack, including the access layer network switches.

This CVD details the deployment of up to 6000 users for RDSH and 5000 VDI users VMware Horizon desktop workload featuring the following software:

●   VMware vSphere 7.0 GA Hypervisor

●   Microsoft SQL Server 2019

●   Microsoft Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 64-bit virtual machine Operating Systems

●   VMware Horizon 8 Remote Desktops (RDSH) provisioned as Full Clones

●   VMware Horizon 8 Non-Persistent Virtual Desktops (VDI) provisioned as Instant Clones

●   VMware Horizon 8 Persistent Virtual Desktops (VDI) provisioned as Full Clones

●   VMware Dynamic Environment Manger 10.0

Figure 19.       Virtual Desktop Workload Reference Architecture on FlashStack

Figure 19 details the physical hardware and cabling deployed to enable this solution:

●   Two Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Layer 2 Access Switches.

●   Two Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb Fibre Channel Switches.

●   Four Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis with two Cisco UCS-IOM-2408 IO Modules.

●   Two Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers with Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210 2.2-GHz 10-core processors, 384GB 2933MHz RAM, and one Cisco VIC1440 mezzanine card for the hosted infrastructure, providing N+1 server fault tolerance.

●   Thirty Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers with Intel® Xeon® Gold 6230 2.1-GHz 20-core processors, 768GB 2933MHz RAM, and one Cisco VIC1440 mezzanine card, providing N+1 server fault tolerance.

●   Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with dual redundant controllers, with Twenty 1.92TB DirectFlash NVMe drives.

Software Revisions

Table 3 lists the software versions of the primary products installed in the environment.

Table 3.       Software and Firmware Versions

Logical Architecture

The logical architecture of the validated solution which is designed to support up to 6000 users within a single 42u rack containing 32 blades in 4 chassis, with physical redundancy for the blade servers for each workload type is illustrated in Figure 20.

Figure 20.       Logical Architecture Overview

Configuration Guidelines

The VMware Horizon solution described in this document provides details for configuring a fully redundant, highly-available configuration. Configuration guidelines are provided that refer to which redundant component is being configured with each step, whether that be A or B. For example, Nexus A and Nexus B identify the pair of Cisco Nexus switches that are configured. The Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects are configured similarly. 

VLANs

The VLAN configuration recommended for the environment includes a total of six VLANs as outlined in Table 4.

Table 4.       VLANs Configured in this Study

VSANs

Two virtual SANs configured for communications and fault tolerance in this design as outlined in Table 5.

Table 5.       VSANs Configured in this Study

Solution Configuration

This section details the configuration and tuning that was performed on the individual components to produce a complete, validated solution.

Solution Cabling

The following sections detail the physical connectivity configuration of the FlashStack VMware Horizon environment.

The information provided in this section is a reference for cabling the physical equipment in this Cisco Validated Design environment. To simplify cabling requirements, the tables include both local and remote device and port locations.

The tables in this section contain the details for the prescribed and supported configuration of the Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 storage array to the Cisco 6454 Fabric Interconnects through Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb FC switches.

 

Figure 21 shows a cabling diagram for a configuration using the Cisco Nexus 9000, Cisco MDS 9100 Series, and Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 array.

Figure 21.       FlashStack Solution Cabling Diagram

Cisco Unified Computing System Base Configuration

This section details the Cisco UCS configuration that was done as part of the infrastructure build out. The racking, power, and installation of the chassis are described in the Cisco UCS Manager Getting Started Guide and it is beyond the scope of this document. For more information about each step, refer to the following document, Cisco UCS Manager - Configuration Guides.

Cisco UCS Manager Software Version 4.1(2a)

This document assumes you are using Cisco UCS Manager Software version 4.1(2a). To upgrade the Cisco UCS Manager software and the Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect software to a higher version of the firmware,) refer to Cisco UCS Manager Install and Upgrade Guides.

Configure Fabric Interconnects at Console

To configure the fabric Interconnects, follow these steps:

1.    Connect a console cable to the console port on what will become the primary fabric interconnect.

2.    If the fabric interconnect was previously deployed and you want to erase it to redeploy, follow these steps:

a.     Login with the existing user name and password.

#  connect local-mgmt

#  erase config

#  yes (to confirm)

3.    After the fabric interconnect restarts, the out-of-box first time installation prompt appears, type “console” and press Enter.

4.    Follow the Initial Configuration steps as outlined in Cisco UCS Manager Getting Started Guide. When configured, log into UCSM IP Address through Web interface to perform base Cisco UCS configuration.

Configure Fabric Interconnects for a Cluster Setup

To configure the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects, follow these steps:

1.    Verify the following physical connections on the fabric interconnect:

a.     The management Ethernet port (mgmt0) is connected to an external hub, switch, or router

b.    The L1 ports on both fabric interconnects are directly connected to each other

c.     The L2 ports on both fabric interconnects are directly connected to each other

2.    Connect to the console port on the first Fabric Interconnect.

3.    Review the settings on the console. Answer yes to Apply and Save the configuration.

4.    Wait for the login prompt to make sure the configuration has been saved to Fabric Interconnect A.

5.    Connect the console port on the second Fabric Interconnect, configure secondary FI.

Figure 22.       Initial Setup of Cisco UCS Manager on Primary Fabric Interconnect

Figure 23.       Initial Setup of Cisco UCS Manager on Secondary Fabric Interconnect

To log into the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) environment, follow these steps:

1.    Open a web browser and navigate to the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect cluster address configured above.

2.    Click the Launch UCS Manager link to download the Cisco UCS Manager software. If prompted, accept the security certificates.

Figure 24.       Cisco UCS Manager Web Interface

3.    When prompted, enter the user name and password enter the password. Click Log In to login to Cisco UCS Manager.

Figure 25.       Cisco UCS Manager Web Interface after Login

Configure Base Cisco Unified Computing System

The following are the high-level steps involved for a Cisco UCS configuration:

●   Configure Fabric Interconnects for a Cluster Setup

●   Set Fabric Interconnects to Fibre Channel End Host Mode

●   Synchronize Cisco UCS to NTP

●   Configure Fabric Interconnects for Chassis and Blade Discovery

◦     Configure Global Policies

◦     Configure Server Ports

●   Configure LAN and SAN on Cisco UCS Manager

◦     Configure Ethernet LAN Uplink Ports

◦     Create Uplink Port Channels to Cisco Nexus Switches

◦     Configure FC SAN Uplink Ports

◦     Configure VLAN

◦     Configure VSAN

●   Configure IP, UUID, Server, MAC, WWNN and WWPN Pools

◦     IP Pool Creation

◦     UUID Suffix Pool Creation

◦     Server Pool Creation

◦     MAC Pool Creation

●   WWNN and WWPN Pool Creation

●   Set Jumbo Frames in both the Cisco Fabric Interconnect

●   Configure Server BIOS Policy

●   Create Adapter Policy

●   Configure Update Default Maintenance Policy

●   Configure vNIC and vHBA Template

●   Create Server Boot Policy for SAN Boot

Details for each step are discussed in the following sections.

Synchronize Cisco UCSM to NTP

To synchronize the Cisco UCS environment to the NTP server, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, in the navigation pane, click the Admin tab.

2.    Select All > Time zone Management.

3.    In the Properties pane, select the appropriate time zone in the Time zone menu.

4.    Click Save Changes and then click OK.

5.    Click Add NTP Server.

6.    Enter the NTP server IP address and click OK.

7.    Click OK to finish.

8.    Repeat steps 1-7 to configure additional NTP servers.

9.    Click Save Changes.

Figure 26.       Synchronize Cisco UCS Manager to NTP

Configure Fabric Interconnects for Chassis and Blade Discovery

Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects are configured for redundancy. It provides resiliency in case of failures. The first step is to establish connectivity between blades and Fabric Interconnects.

Configure Global Policies

The chassis discovery policy determines how the system reacts when you add a new chassis. We recommend using the platform max value as shown. Using platform max helps ensure that Cisco UCS Manager uses the maximum number of IOM uplinks available.

To configure global policies, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, go to Equipment > Policies (right pane) > Global Policies > Chassis/FEX Discovery Policies. As shown in the screenshot below, for Action select “Platform Max” from the drop-down list and set Link Grouping to Port Channel.

2.    Click Save Changes.

3.    Click OK.

Figure 27.       Cisco UCS Global Policy

Fabric Ports: Discrete versus Port Channel Mode

Figure 28 illustrates the advantage of Discrete Vs Port-Channel mode in UCSM.

Figure 28.       Port Channel versus Discrete Mode

Set Fabric Interconnects to Fibre Channel End Host Mode

In order to configure the FC Uplink ports connected to the Cisco UCS MDS 9132T 32-Gb FC switch, set the Fabric Interconnects to the Fibre Channel End Host Mode. Verify that the fabric interconnects are operating in “FC End-Host Mode.”

Configure FC SAN Uplink Ports

To configure Fibre Channel Uplink ports, follow these steps:

1.    Go to Equipment > Fabric Interconnects > Fabric Interconnect A > General tab > Actions pane, click Configure Unified Ports.

2.    Click Yes to confirm in the pop-up window.

3.    Move the slider to the right.

4.    Click OK.

 

5.    Click Yes to apply the changes.

6.    Click OK to proceed.

7.    After the FI reboot, your FC Ports configuration will look like Figure 32.

8.    Repeat steps 1-7 on Fabric Interconnect B.

Figure 29.       FC Uplink Ports on Fabric Interconnect A

Configure Server Ports

Configure the server ports to initiate chassis and blade discovery. To configure server ports, follow these steps:

1.    Go to Equipment > Fabric Interconnects > Fabric Interconnect A > Fixed Module > Ethernet Ports.

2.    Select the ports (for this solution ports are 17-24) which are connected to the Cisco IO Modules of the two B-Series 5108 Chassis.

3.    Right-click and select “Configure as Server Port.”

Figure 30.       Configure Server Port on Cisco UCS Manager Fabric Interconnect for Chassis/Server Discovery

4.    Click Yes to confirm and click OK.

5.    Repeat steps 1-4 to configure the Server Port on Fabric Interconnect B.

When configured, the server port will look like Figure 31 on both Fabric Interconnects.

Figure 31.       Server Ports on Fabric Interconnect A

6.    After configuring Server Ports, acknowledge both the Chassis. Go to Equipment >Chassis > Chassis 1 > General > Actions > select “Acknowledge Chassis”. Similarly, acknowledge the chassis 2-4.

7.    After acknowledging both the chassis, re-acknowledge all the servers placed in the chassis. Go to Equipment > Chassis 1 > Servers > Server 1 > General > Actions > select Server Maintenance > select option “Re-acknowledge” and click OK. Repeat this process to re-acknowledge all eight Servers.

8.    When the acknowledgement of the Servers is completed, verify the Port-channel of Internal LAN. Go to the LAN tab > Internal LAN > Internal Fabric A > Port Channels as shown in Figure 32.

Figure 32.       Internal LAN Port Channels

Configure Ethernet LAN Uplink Ports

To configure network ports that are used to uplink the Fabric Interconnects to the Cisco Nexus switches, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, in the navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.

2.    Select Equipment > Fabric Interconnects > Fabric Interconnect A > Fixed Module.

3.    Expand Ethernet Ports.

4.    Select ports (for this solution ports are 49-50) that are connected to the Nexus switches, right-click them, and select Configure as Network Port.

Figure 33.       Network Uplink Port Configuration on Fabric Interconnect Configuration

5.    Click Yes to confirm ports and click OK.

6.    Verify the Ports connected to Cisco Nexus upstream switches are now configured as network ports.

7.    Repeat steps 1-6 for Fabric Interconnect B. The screenshot below shows the network uplink ports for Fabric A.

Figure 34.       Network Uplink Port on Fabric Interconnect

You have now created two uplink ports on each Fabric Interconnect as shown above. These ports will be used to create Virtual Port Channel in the next section.

Create Uplink Port Channels to Cisco Nexus Switches

In this procedure, two port channels were created one from Fabric A to both Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX switches and one from Fabric B to both Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX switches. To configure the necessary port channels in the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the LAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click LAN > LAN Cloud >Fabric A.

3.    Right-click Port Channels.

4.    Select Create Port Channel.

5.    Enter 11 as the unique ID of the port channel and name of the port channel.

6.    Click Next.

7.    Select Ethernet ports 49-50 for the port channel.

8.    Click Finish.

9.    Click OK.

10.  Repeat steps 1-9 for the Port Channel configuration on FI-B.

Configure VLAN

To configure the necessary virtual local area networks (VLANs) for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the LAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click LAN > LAN Cloud.

3.    Right-click VLANs.

4.    Select Create VLANs.

5.    Enter InBand-Mgmt as the name of the VLAN to be used for Public Network Traffic.

6.    Keep the Common/Global option selected for the scope of the VLAN.

7.    Enter 70 as the ID of the VLAN ID.

8.    Keep the Sharing Type as None.

9.    Click OK.

10.  Repeat steps 1-9 to create required VLANs. Figure 33 shows the VLANs configured for this solution.

Figure 35.       VLANs Configured for this Solution

Configure VSAN

To configure the necessary virtual storage area networks (VSANs) for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the SAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Select SAN > SAN Cloud.

3.    Under VSANs, right-click VSANs.

4.    Select Create VSANs.

5.    Enter the name of the VSAN, such as FlashStack-A.

6.    Select Disabled for FC Zoning

7.    Select Fabric A for the scope of the VSAN:

a.     Enter 100 as VSAN ID and FCoE VLAN ID.

b.    Click OK.

8.    Repeat steps 1-7 to create the VSANs necessary for this solution.

Figure 36 shows VSAN 100 and 101 configured for this solution.

Figure 36.       VSANs Configured for this Solution

Create New Sub-Organization

To configure the necessary Sub-Organization for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Select root > Sub-Organization.

3.    Right-click Sub-Organization.

4.    Enter the name of the Sub-Organization.

5.    Click OK.

Configure IP, UUID, Server, MAC, WWNN, and WWPN Pools

IP Pool Creation

An IP address pool on the out of band management network must be created to facilitate KVM access to each compute node in the Cisco UCS domain. To create a block of IP addresses for server KVM access in the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, in the navigation pane, click the LAN tab.

2.    Click Pools > root > Sub-Organizations > FlashStack-CVD > IP Pools > click Create IP Pool.

3.    Select the option Sequential to assign IP in sequential order then click Next.

4.    Click Add IPv4 Block.

5.    Enter the starting IP address of the block and the number of IP addresses required, and the subnet and gateway information as shown below.

UUID Suffix Pool Creation

To configure the necessary universally unique identifier (UUID) suffix pool for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Pools > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD.

3.    Right-click UUID Suffix Pools and then select Create UUID Suffix Pool.

4.    Enter the name of the UUID name.

5.    Optional: Enter a description for the UUID pool.

6.    Keep the prefix at the derived option and select Sequential in as Assignment Order then click Next.

7.    Click Add to add a block of UUIDs.

8.    Create a starting point UUID as per your environment.

9.    Specify a size for the UUID block that is sufficient to support the available blade or server resources.

Server Pool Creation

To configure the necessary server pool for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Pools > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > right-click Server Pools > Select Create Server Pool.

3.    Enter name of the server pool.

4.    Optional: Enter a description for the server pool then click Next.

5.    Select servers to be used for the deployment and click > to add them to the server pool. In our case we added thirty servers in this server pool.

6.    Click Finish and then click OK.

MAC Pool Creation

To configure the necessary MAC address pools for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the LAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Pools > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack > right-click MAC Pools under the root organization.

3.    Click Create MAC Pool to create the MAC address pool.

4.    Enter name for MAC pool. Select Assignment Order as “Sequential.”

5.    Enter the seed MAC address and provide the number of MAC addresses to be provisioned.

6.    Click OK and then click Finish.

7.    In the confirmation message, click OK.

8.    Create MAC Pool B and assign unique MAC Addresses as shown below.

WWNN and WWPN Pool Creation

To configure the necessary WWNN pools for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the SAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Pools > Root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > WWNN Pools > right-click WWNN Pools > select Create WWNN Pool.

3.    Assign name and Assignment Order as sequential.

4.    Click Next and then click Add to add block of Ports.

5.    Enter Block for WWN and size of WWNN Pool as shown below.

6.    Click OK and then click Finish.

To configure the necessary WWPN pools for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the SAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Select Pools > Root > WWPN Pools > right-click WWPN Pools > select Create WWPN Pool.

3.    Assign name and Assignment Order as sequential.

4.    Click Next and then click Add to add block of Ports.

5.    Enter Block for WWN and size.

6.    Click OK and then click Finish.

7.    Configure the WWPN-B Pool and assign the unique block IDs as shown below.

Set Jumbo Frames in both the Cisco Fabric Interconnect

To configure jumbo frames and enable quality of service in the Cisco UCS fabric, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the LAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Select LAN > LAN Cloud > QoS System Class.

3.    In the right pane, click the General tab.

4.    On the Best Effort row, enter 9216 in the box under the MTU column.

5.    Click Save Changes.

6.    Click OK.

Create Host Firmware Package

Firmware management policies allow the administrator to select the corresponding packages for a given server configuration. These policies often include packages for adapter, BIOS, board controller, FC adapters, host bus adapter (HBA) option ROM, and storage controller properties.

To create a firmware management policy for a given server configuration in the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Select root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Host Firmware Packages.

3.    Right-click Host Firmware Packages.

4.    Select Create Host Firmware Package.

5.    Enter name of the host firmware package.

6.    Leave Simple selected.

7.    Select the version 4.1(2a) for both the Blade Package.

8.    Click OK to create the host firmware package.

Create Server Pool Policy

Create Server Pools Policy

Creating the server pool policy requires you to create the Server Pool Policy and Server Pool Qualification Policy.

To create a Server Pools Policy, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Pools > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Server Pools.

3.    Right-click Server Pools Select Create Server Pools Policy; Enter Policy name.

4.    Select server from left pane to add as pooled server.

Create Server Pool Policy Qualifications

To create a Server Pool Policy Qualification Policy complete following steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Pools > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Server Pool Policy Qualification.

3.    Right-click Server Pools Select Create Server Pool Policy Qualification; Enter Policy name.

4.    Select Chassis/Server Qualification from left pane to add in Qualifications.

5.    Click Add or OK to either Add more servers to existing policy to Finish creation of Policy.

To create a Server Pool Policy, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Pools > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Server Pool Policies.

3.    Right-click Server Pool Policies and Select Create Server Pool Policy; Enter Policy name.

4.    Select Target Pool and Qualification from the drop-down list.

5.    Click OK.

Create Network Control Policy for Cisco Discovery Protocol

To create a network control policy that enables Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) on virtual network ports, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the LAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Policies > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Network Control Policies.

3.    Right-click Network Control Policies.

4.    Click Create Network Control Policy.

5.    Enter policy name.

6.    Select the Enabled option for “CDP.”

7.    Click OK to create the network control policy.

Create Power Control Policy

To create a power control policy for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Policies > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Power Control Policies.

3.    Right-click Power Control Policies.

4.    Click Create Power Control Policy.

5.    Select Fan Speed Policy as “Max Power.”

6.    Enter NoPowerCap as the power control policy name.

7.    Change the power capping setting to No Cap.

8.    Click OK to create the power control policy.

Create Server BIOS Policy

To create a server BIOS policy for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Policies > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > BIOS Policies.

3.    Right-click BIOS Policies.

4.    Click Create BIOS Policy.

5.    Enter B200-M5-BIOS as the BIOS policy name.

6.    Click OK to create policy.”

7.    Leave all BIOS Settings as “Platform Default.”

Configure Maintenance Policy

To update the default Maintenance Policy, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the Servers tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Policies > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Maintenance Policies.

3.    Right-click Maintenance Policies to create a new policy.

4.    Enter name for Maintenance Policy

5.    Change the Reboot Policy to User Ack.

6.    Click Save Changes.

7.    Click OK to accept the change.

Create vNIC Templates

To create multiple virtual network interface card (vNIC) templates for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the LAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Policies > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > vNIC Template.

3.    Right-click vNIC Templates.

4.    Click Create vNIC Template.

5.    Enter name for vNIC template.

6.    Keep Fabric A selected. Do not select the Enable Failover checkbox.

7.    For Redundancy Type, Select “Primary Template.”

8.    Select Updating Template as the Template Type.

9.    Under VLANs, select the checkboxes for desired VLANs to add as part of the vNIC Template.

10.  Set Native-VLAN as the native VLAN.

11.  For MTU, enter 9000.

12.  In the MAC Pool list, select MAC Pool configure for Fabric A.

13.  In the Network Control Policy list, select CDP_Enabled.

14.  Click OK to create the vNIC template.

15.  Repeat steps 1-14 to create a vNIC Template for Fabric B. For Peer redundancy Template Select “vNIC-Template-A” created in the previous step.

16.  Verify that vNIC-Template-A Peer Redundancy Template is set to “vNIC-Template-B.”

Create vHBA Templates

To create multiple virtual host bus adapter (vHBA) templates for the Cisco UCS environment, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, click the SAN tab in the navigation pane.

2.    Click Policies > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > vHBA Template.

3.    Right-click vHBA Templates.

4.    Click Create vHBA Template.

5.    Enter vHBA-A as the vHBA template name.

6.    Keep Fabric A selected.

7.    Select VSAN created for Fabric A from the drop-down list.

8.    Change to Updating Template.

9.    For Max Data Field keep 2048.

10.  Select WWPN Pool for Fabric A (created earlier) for our WWPN Pool.

11.  Leave the remaining fields as is.

12.  Click OK.

13.  Repeat steps 1-12 to create a vHBA Template for Fabric B.

Create Server Boot Policy for SAN Boot

All Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers for the workload and the two Infrastructure servers were set to boot from SAN for this Cisco Validated Design as part of the Service Profile template. The benefits of booting from SAN are numerous; disaster recovery, lower cooling, and power requirements for each server since a local drive is not required, and better performance, to name just a few.

To configure Local disk policy, follow these steps:

1.    Go to tab Servers > Policies > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD > right-click Local Disk Configuration Policy > Enter “SAN-Boot” as the local disk configuration policy name and change the mode to “No Local Storage.”

2.    Click OK to create the policy.

As shown below, the Pure Storage FlashArray have four active FC connections that pair with the Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb switches. Two FC ports are connected to Cisco MDS-A and the other Two FC ports are connected to Cisco MDS-B Switches. All FC ports are 32 Gb/s. The SAN Port CT0.FC0 of Pure Storage FlashArray Controller 0 is connected to Cisco MDS Switch A and SAN port CT0.FC2 is connected to MDS Switch B. The SAN Port CT1.FC0 of Pure Storage FlashArray Controller 1 is connected to Cisco MDS Switch A and SAN port CT1.FC2 connected to MDS Switch B.

Create SAN Policy A

The SAN-A boot policy configures the SAN Primary's primary-target to be port CT0.FC0 on the Pure Storage cluster and SAN Primary's secondary-target to be port CT1.FC0 on the Pure Storage cluster. Similarly, the SAN Secondary’s primary-target should be port CT1.FC2 on the Pure Storage cluster and SAN Secondary's secondary-target should be port CT0.FC2 on the Pure Storage cluster.

Log into the storage controller and verify all the port information is correct. This information can be found in the Pure Storage GUI under System > Connections > Target Ports.

You have to create a SAN Primary (hba0) and a SAN Secondary (hba1) in SAN-A Boot Policy by entering WWPN of Pure Storage FC Ports as explained in the following section.

To create Boot Policies for the Cisco UCS environments, follow these steps:

1.    Go to Cisco UCS Manager and then go to Servers > Policies > root > Sub Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Boot Policies. Right-click and select Create Boot Policy.

2.    Enter SAN-A as the name of the boot policy.

3.    Expand the Local Devices drop-down list and Choose Add CD/DVD.

4.    Expand the vHBAs drop-down list and Choose Add SAN Boot.

5.    In the Add SAN Boot dialog box, for Type select “Primary” and name vHBA as “vHBA0”. Click OK to add SAN Boot.

6.    Select add SAN Boot Target.

7.    Keep 1 as the value for Boot Target LUN. Enter the WWPN for FC port CT0.FC0 of Pure Storage and add SAN Boot Primary Target.

8.    Add a secondary SAN Boot target into same hba0, enter the boot target LUN as 1 and WWPN for FC port CT1.FC0 of Pure Storage, and add SAN Boot Secondary Target.

 

9.    From the vHBA drop-down list and choose Add SAN Boot. In the Add SAN Boot dialog box, enter "vHBA1" in the vHBA field. Click OK to SAN Boot, then choose Add SAN Boot Target.

10.  Keep 1 as the value for the Boot Target LUN. Enter the WWPN for FC port CT1.FC2 of Pure Storage and add SAN Boot Primary Target.

11.  Add a secondary SAN Boot target into same vhba1 and enter the boot target LUN as 1 and WWPN for FC port CT0.FC2 of Pure Storage and add SAN Boot Secondary Target.

12.  Click Save Changes.

13.  After creating the FC boot policy, you can view the boot order in the Cisco UCS Manager GUI. To view the boot order, navigate to Servers > Policies > Boot Policies. Click Boot Policy SAN-Boot-A to view the boot order in the right pane of the Cisco UCS Manager as shown below:

Create SAN Policy B

The SAN-B boot policy configures the SAN Primary's primary-target to be port CT0.FC6 on the Pure Storage cluster and SAN Primary's secondary-target to be port CT1.FC6 on the Pure Storage cluster. Similarly, the SAN Secondary’s primary-target should be port CT1.FC0 on the Pure Storage cluster and SAN Secondary's secondary-target should be port CT0.FC0 on the Pure Storage cluster.

Log into the storage controller and verify all the port information is correct. This information can be found in the Pure Storage GUI under System > Connections > Target Ports.

You have to create SAN Primary (vHBA1) and SAN Secondary (vHBA0) in SAN-B Boot Policy by entering WWPN of Pure Storage FC Ports as explained in the following section.

To create boot policies for the Cisco UCS environments, follow these steps:

1.    Go to Cisco UCS Manager and then go to tab Servers > Policies > root > Sub Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Boot Policies.

2.    Right-click and select Create Boot Policy. Enter SAN-B as the name of the boot policy.

3.    Expand the Local Devices drop-down list and Choose Add CD/DVD. Expand the vHBAs drop-down list and choose Add SAN Boot.

4.    In the Add SAN Boot dialog box, for Type select “Primary” and name vHBA as “vHBA0.” Click OK to add SAN Boot.

5.    Select Add SAN Boot Target to enter WWPN address of storage port. Keep 1 as the value for Boot Target LUN. Enter the WWPN for FC port CT0.FC2 of Pure Storage and add SAN Boot Primary Target.

6.    Add the secondary SAN Boot target into the same hba0; enter boot target LUN as 1 and WWPN for FC port CT0.FC0 of Pure Storage and add SAN Boot Secondary Target.

7.    From the vHBA drop-down list, choose Add SAN Boot. In the Add SAN Boot dialog box, enter "hba1" in the vHBA field. Click OK to SAN Boot, then choose Add SAN Boot Target.

8.    Keep 1 as the value for Boot Target LUN. Enter the WWPN for FC port CT0.FC1 of Pure Storage and Add SAN Boot Primary Target.

9.    Add secondary SAN Boot target into same hba1 and enter boot target LUN as 1 and WWPN for FC port CT1.FC1 of Pure Storage and add SAN Boot Secondary Target.

10.  Click OK.

11.  After creating the FC boot policies, you can view the boot order in the Cisco UCS Manager GUI. To view the boot order, navigate to Servers > Policies > Boot Policies. Click Boot Policy SAN-Boot-B to view the boot order in the right pane of the Cisco UCS Manager as shown below:

Configure and Create a Service Profile Template

Service profile templates enable policy-based server management that helps ensure consistent server resource provisioning suitable to meet predefined workload needs.

You will create two Service Profile templates; the first Service profile template “VDI-CVD01” uses the boot policy “SAN-A” and the second Service profile template “VDI-CVD02” uses the boot policy “SAN-B” to utilize all the FC ports from Pure Storage for high-availability in case any FC links go down.

You will create the first VDI-CVD01 as explained in the following section.

Create Service Profile Template

To create a service profile template, follow these steps:

1.    In the Cisco UCS Manager, go to Servers > Service Profile Templates > root Sub Organization > FlashStack-CVD > and right-click Create Service Profile Template.

2.    Enter the Service Profile Template name, select the UUID Pool that was previously created, and click Next.

3.    Select Local Disk Configuration Policy to SAN-Boot as No Local Storage.

4.    In the networking window, select Expert and click Add to create vNICs. Add one or more vNICs that the server should use to connect to the LAN.

5.    Now there are two vNICs in the create vNIC menu; you provided a name for the first vNIC as “eth0” and the second vNIC as “eth1.”

6.    Select vNIC-Template-A for the vNIC Template and select VMware for the Adapter Policy as shown below.

7.    Select vNIC-Template-B for the vNIC Template, created with the name eth1. Select VMware for the vNIC “eth1” for the Adapter Policy.

8.    When the vNICs are created, you need to create vHBAs. Click Next.

9.    In the SAN Connectivity menu, select Expert to configure as SAN connectivity. Select WWNN (World Wide Node Name) pool, which you previously created. Click Add to add vHBAs.

The following four HBAs were created:

●   vHBA0 using vHBA Template vHBA-A

●   vHBA1 using vHBA Template vHBA-B

●   vHBA2 using vHBA Template vHBA-A

●   vHBA3 using vHBA Template vHBA-B

Figure 37.        vHBA0

Figure 38.       vHBA1

Figure 39.       All vHBAs

10.  Skip zoning. For this FlashStack Configuration, the Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb is used for zoning.

11.  Select the default option Let System Perform Placement in the Placement Selection menu.

12.  For the Server Boot Policy, select SAN-A, which you previously created.

The default setting was retained for the remaining maintenance and assignment policies in the configuration. However, they may vary from site-to-site depending on workloads, best practices, and policies. For example, we created a maintenance policy, BIOS policy, Power Policy, as detailed below.

13.  Select UserAck maintenance policy, which requires user acknowledgement prior rebooting server when making changes to policy or pool configuration tied to a service profile.

14.  Select Server Pool policy to automatically assign service profile to a server that meets the requirement for server qualification based on the pool configuration.

15.  On the same page; you can configure “Host firmware Package Policy” which helps to keep the firmware in sync when associated to server.

16.  On the  Operational Policy page, we configured BIOS policy for B200 M5 blade server, Power Control Policy with “NoPowerCap” for maximum performance and Graphics Card Policy for B200 M5 server configured with NVidia P6 GPU card.

17.  Click Next and then click Finish to create service profile template as “VDI-CVD01.”

Clone Service Profile Template

To clone the Service Profile template, follow these steps:

1.    In the Cisco UCS Manager, go to Servers > Service Profile Templates > root > Sub Organization > FlashStack-CVD > Service Template VDI-CVD01 and right-click Create a Clone as shown below.

2.    Enter name to create Clone from existing Service Profile template. Click OK.

3.    To change boot order from SAN-A to SAN-B for VDI-CVD02, click Cloned Service Profile template > Select Boot Order tab. Click Modify Boot Policy.

4.    From the drop-down list, for the Boot Policy, select SAN-B and click OK.

You have now created the Service Profile template “VDI-CVD01” and “VDI-CVD02” with each having four vHBAs and two vNICs.

Create Service Profiles from Template and Associate to Servers

Create Service Profiles from Template

You will create 16 service profiles from the VDI-CVD01 template and 16 service profiles from the VDI-CVD02 template as explained in the following sections.

For the first 15 workload nodes and infrastructure node 01, you will create 16 service profiles from the template VDI-CVD01. The remaining 15 workload nodes and infrastructure node 02, will require creating another 16 service profiles from the template VDI-CVD02.”

To create first four Service Profiles from Template, follow these steps:

1.    Go to the Servers tab > Service Profiles > root > Sub-Organization > FlashStack-CVD and right-click Create Service Profiles from Template.

2.    Select “VDI-CVD01” for the Service profile template which you created earlier and name the service profile “VDI-HostX.” To create four service profiles, enter 16 for the Number of Instances, as 16 as shown below. This process will create service profiles “VDI-HOST1”, “VDI-HOST2”, …. and “VDI-HOST16.”

3.    Create the remaining four Service Profiles “VDI-HOST17”, “VDI-HOST18”, …. and “VDI-HOST32” from Template “VDI-CVD02.”

When the service profiles are created, the association of Service Profile starts automatically to servers based on the Server Pool Policies.

4.    Rename the Service Profiles on Chassis 3/8 as VDI-Infra01 and Service Profile on Chassis 4/8 as VDI-Infra02. Rename rest as necessary to have VDI-Host1to VDI-Host30.

5.    Service Profile association can be verified in Cisco UCS Manager > Servers > Service Profiles. Different tabs can provide details on Service profile association based on Server Pools Policy, Service Profile Template to which Service Profile is tied to, and so on.

 

Configure Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switches

The following section details the steps for the Nexus 93180YC-FX switch configuration.

Configure Global Settings for Cisco Nexus A and Cisco Nexus B

To set global configuration, follow these steps on both Nexus switches:

1.    Log in as admin user into the Nexus Switch A and run the following commands to set global configurations and jumbo frames in QoS:

conf terminal

policy-map type network-qos jumbo

class type network-qos class-default

mtu 9216

exit

class type network-qos class-fcoe

pause no-drop

mtu 2158

exit

exit

system qos

service-policy type network-qos jumbo

exit

copy running-config startup-config

2.    Log in as admin user into the Nexus Switch B and run the same above commands to set global configurations and jumbo frames in QoS.

Configure VLANs for Cisco Nexus A and Cisco Nexus B Switches

To create the necessary virtual local area networks (VLANs), follow these steps on both Nexus switches. We created VLAN 70, 71, 72, 73 and 76.

1.    Log in as admin user into the Nexus Switch A.

2.    Create VLAN 70:

config terminal

VLAN 70

name InBand-Mgmt

no shutdown

exit

copy running-config startup-config

3.    Log in as admin user into the Nexus Switch B and create VLANs.

Virtual Port Channel (vPC) Summary for Data and Storage Network

In the Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX switch topology, a single vPC feature is enabled to provide HA, faster convergence in the event of a failure, and greater throughput. Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX vPC configurations with the vPC domains and corresponding vPC names and IDs for Oracle Database Servers is listed in Table 6.

Table 6.       vPC Summary

As listed in Table 6, a single vPC domain with Domain ID 70 is created across two Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX member switches to define vPC members to carry specific VLAN network traffic. In this topology, we defined a total number of 3 vPCs:

●   vPC ID 1 is defined as Peer link communication between two Nexus switches in Fabric A and B.

●   vPC IDs 11 and 12 are defined for traffic from Cisco UCS fabric interconnects.

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switch Cabling Details

The following tables list the cabling information.

Table 7.       Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX-A Cabling Information

Table 8.       Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX-B Cabling Information

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 6454 Cabling

The following tables list the FI 6454 cabling information.

Table 9.       Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect (FI) A Cabling Information

Table 10.    Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect (FI) B Cabling Information

Create vPC Peer-Link Between the Two Nexus Switches

To create the vPC Peer-Link, follow these steps:

1.    Log in as “admin” user into the Nexus Switch A.

To create the necessary port channels between devices, follow these steps on both Nexus switches:

config terminal

feature vpc

feature lacp

vpc domain 1

peer-keepalive destination 10.29.164.234 source 10.29.164.233

exit

interface port-channel 70

description VPC peer-link

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed VLAN 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type network

vpc peer-link

exit

interface Ethernet1/53

description vPC-PeerLink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed VLAN 1,70-76

channel-group 70 mode active

no shutdown

exit

interface Ethernet1/54

description vPC-PeerLink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed VLAN 1,70-76

channel-group 70 mode active

no shutdown

exit

copy running-config startup-config

2.    Log in as admin user into the Nexus Switch B and repeat the above steps to configure second Nexus switch.

Create vPC Configuration Between Nexus 93180YC-FX and Fabric Interconnects

Create and configure vPC 11 and 12 for data network between the Nexus switches and fabric interconnects.

To create the necessary port channels between devices, follow these steps on both Nexus switches:

1.    Log in as admin user into Nexus Switch A and enter the following:

config terminal

 

interface port-channel11

description FI-A-Uplink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed VLAN 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

vpc 11

no shutdown

exit

interface port-channel12

description FI-B-Uplink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed VLAN 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

vpc 12

no shutdown

exit

interface Ethernet1/51

description FI-A-Uplink

switch mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

channel-group 11 mode active

no shutdown

exit

interface Ethernet1/52

description FI-B-Uplink

switch mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

channel-group 12 mode active

no shutdown

exit

copy running-config startup-config

2.    Log in as admin user into the Nexus Switch B and complete the following for the second switch configuration:

config Terminal

interface port-channel11

description FI-A-Uplink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed VLAN 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

vpc 11

no shutdown

exit

interface port-channel12

description FI-B-Uplink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed VLAN 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

vpc 12

no shutdown

exit

interface Ethernet1/51

description FI-A-Uplink

switch mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

channel-group 11 mode active

no shutdown

exit

interface Ethernet1/52

description FI-B-Uplink

switch mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

channel-group 12 mode active

no shutdown

exit

copy running-config startup-config

Verify All vPC Status is Up on Both Cisco Nexus Switches

Figure 40 shows the verification of the vPC status on both Cisco Nexus Switches.

Figure 40.       vPC Description for Cisco Nexus Switch A and B

 

Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb FC Switch Configuration

Figure 21 illustrates the cable connectivity between the Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb switch and the Cisco 6454 Fabric Interconnects and Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 storage.

Table 11.    Cisco MDS 9132T-A Cabling Information

Table 12.    Cisco MDS 9132T-B Cabling Information

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 to MDS SAN Fabric Connectivity

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 to MDS A and B Switches using VSAN 100 for Fabric A and VSAN 101 Configured for Fabric B

In this solution, two ports (ports FC1/9 and FC1/10) of MDS Switch A and two ports (ports FC1/9 abd FC1/10) of MDS Switch B are connected to Pure Storage System as listed in Table 13. All ports connected to the Pure Storage Array carry 32 Gb/s FC Traffic.

Table 13.    MDS 9132T 32-Gb switch Port Connection to Pure Storage System

Configure Feature for MDS Switch A and MDS Switch B

To set feature on MDS Switches, follow these steps on both MDS switches:

1.    Log in as admin user into MDS Switch A:

config terminal

feature npiv

feature telnet

switchname FlashStack-MDS-A

copy running-config startup-config

2.    Log in as admin user into MDS Switch B. Repeat the steps above on MDS Switch B.

Configure VSANs for MDS Switch A and MDS Switch B

To create VSANs, follow these steps:

1.    Log in as admin user into MDS Switch A. Create VSAN 100 for Storage Traffic:

config terminal

VSAN database

vsan 100

vsan 100 interface fc 1/9-16

exit

interface fc 1/9-16

switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

switchport trunk mode off

port-license acquire

no shutdown

exit

copy running-config startup-config

2.    Log in as admin user into MDS Switch B. Create VSAN 101 for Storage Traffic:

config terminal

VSAN database

vsan 101

vsan 101 interface fc 1/9-16

exit

interface fc 1/9-16

switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

switchport trunk mode off

port-license acquire

no shutdown

exit

copy running-config startup-config

Add FC Uplink Ports to Corresponding VSAN on Fabric Interconnect

To add the FC Ports to the corresponding VSAN, follow these steps:

1.    In Cisco UCS Manager, in the Equipment tab, select Fabric Interconnects > Fabric Interconnect A > Physical Ports > FC Ports.

2.    From the drop-down list double-click FC Port 1 and select VSAN 100.

Figure 41.       VSAN Assignment on FC Uplink Ports to MDS Switch

3.    Repeat these steps to Add FC Port 1-4 to VSAN 100 on Fabric A and FC Port 1-4 to VSAN 101 on Fabric B.

Create and Configure Fiber Channel Zoning

This procedure sets up the Fibre Channel connections between the Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb switches, the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects, and the Pure Storage FlashArray systems.

To create and configure the fiber channel zoning, follow these steps:

1.    Log into the Cisco UCS Manager and go to Servers > Service Profiles > Sub-Organizations > FlashStack-CVD > VDI-HostX, then click the Storage tab and HBA's tab to get the WWPN of HBA's as shown in the screenshot below. Repeat for all the configured host profiles.

2.    Connect to the Pure Storage System Health and go to the Connections tab and extract the WWPN of FC Ports connected to the Cisco MDS Switches from Array Ports section. We have connected 4 FC ports from Pure Storage System to Cisco MDS Switches. FC ports CT0.FC0, CT1.FC0 are connected to MDS Switch-A and similarly FC ports CT1.FC2, CT0.FC2 are connected to MDS Switch-B.

Create Device Aliases for Fiber Channel Zoning

Cisco MDS Switch A

To configure device aliases and zones for the SAN boot paths as well as the datapaths of MDS switch A, follow these steps:

1.    Log in as admin user and run the following commands:

configure terminal

device-alias database

device-alias name VDI-Host01-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:B5:AA:17:00

device-alias name VDI-Host01-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:B5:AA:17:01

device-alias name X70R3-CT0-FC0 pwwn 52:4A:93:71:56:84:09:00

device-alias name X70R3-CT1-FC0 pwwn 52:4A:93:71:56:84:09:10

exit

device-alias commit

Cisco MDS Switch B

To configure device aliases and zones for the SAN boot paths as well as datapaths of MDS switch B, follow this step:

1.    Log in as admin user and run the following commands:

configure terminal

device-alias database

device-alias name VDI-Host01-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:B5:AA:17:00

device-alias name VDI-Host01-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:B5:AA:17:01

device-alias name X70R3-CT0-FC2 pwwn 52:4A:93:71:56:84:09:02

device-alias name X70R3-CT1-FC2 pwwn 52:4A:93:71:56:84:09:12

exit

device-alias commit

Create Fiber Channel Zoning

Cisco MDS Switch A

To configure zones for the MDS switch A, follow these steps to create a zone for each server service profile:

1.    Log in as admin user and create the zone as shown below:

configure terminal

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost01 vsan 100

    member pwwn 52:4A:93:71:56:84:09:00

    member pwwn 52:4A:93:71:56:84:09:10

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:00

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:01

2.    After the zone for the Cisco UCS service profile has been created, create the zone set and add the created zones as members:

configure terminal

zoneset name FlashStack-VDI-CVD vsan 100

member FlaskStack-VDI-CVD-Host01

3.    Activate the zone set by running following commands:

zoneset activate name FlashStack-VDI-CVD vsan 100

exit

copy running-config startup-config

Cisco MDS Switch B

To configure zones for the MDS switch B, follow these steps to create a zone for each server service profile:

1.    Log in as admin user and create the zone as shown below:

configure terminal

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost01 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:00

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:01

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

2.    After the zone for the Cisco UCS service profile has been created, create the zone set and add the necessary members:

zoneset name FlashStack-VDI-CVD vsan 101

member FlaskStack-VDI-CVD-Host01

3.    Activate the zone set by running following commands:

zoneset activate name FlashStack-VDI-CVD vsan 101

exit

copy running-config startup-config

Configure Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3

The design goal of the reference architecture is to best represent a real-world environment as closely as possible. The approach included the features of Cisco UCS to rapidly deploy stateless servers and use Pure Storage FlashArray’s boot LUNs to provision the ESXi on top of Cisco UCS. Zoning was performed on the Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb switches to enable the initiators discover the targets during boot process.

A Service Profile was created within Cisco UCS Manager to deploy the thirty-two servers quickly with a standard configuration. SAN boot volumes for these servers were hosted on the same Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3. Once the stateless servers were provisioned, following process was performed to enable rapid deployment of thirty-two Blade Servers.

Each Blade Server has dedicated single LUN to install operating system and all the thirty-two Blade Servers configured to boot from SAN. For this solution, we have installed vSphere ESXi 7.0 GA Cisco Custom ISO on this LUNs to create solution.

Using logical servers that are disassociated from the physical hardware removes many limiting constraints around how servers are provisioned. Cisco UCS Service Profiles contain values for a server's property settings, including virtual network interface cards (vNICs), MAC addresses, boot policies, firmware policies, fabric connectivity, external management, and HA information. The service profiles represent all the attributes of a logical server in Cisco UCS model. By abstracting these settings from the physical server into a Cisco Service Profile, the Service Profile can then be deployed to any physical compute hardware within the Cisco UCS domain. Furthermore, Service Profiles can, at any time, be migrated from one physical server to another. Furthermore, Cisco is the only hardware provider to offer a truly unified management platform, with Cisco UCS Service Profiles and hardware abstraction capabilities extending to both blade and rack servers.

In addition to the service profiles, the use of Pure Storage’s FlashArray’s with SAN boot policy provides the following benefits:

●   Scalability - Rapid deployment of new servers to the environment in a very few steps.

●   Manageability - Enables seamless hardware maintenance and upgrades without any restrictions.  This is a huge benefit in comparison to another appliance model like Exadata.

●   Flexibility - Easy to repurpose physical servers for different applications and services as needed.

●   Availability - Hardware failures are not impactful and critical.  In rare case of a server failure, it is easier to associate the logical service profile to another healthy physical server to reduce the impact.

Configure Host, WWNs, and Volume Connectivity with FlashArray Management Tools

Configure Host

Before using a boot volume (LUN) by a Cisco UCS Blade Server, a host representing this blade server must be defined on Pure Storage FlashArray. To set up a host, follow these steps: 

1.    Log into Pure Storage FlashArray Management interface.

2.    Click the Storage tab.

3.    Click the + sign in the Hosts section and select Create Host.

4.    Select Create Multiple to create a Host entries under the Hosts category.

5.    Enter the required information and click Create.

6.    Select one of the newly created hosts, in Host Ports section from the drop-down list select “Configure WWNs.”

7.    Select the list of WWNs that belongs to the host in the next window and click Add.

Configure Volume Connectivity

To configure a volume and volume connectivity, follow these steps:

1.    Click the Storage tab.

2.    Click the + sign in the Volumes section and click Create Volume.

3.    Select Create Multiple to open Create Multiple Volumes wizard.

4.    Provide the common name of the volume, size, choose the size type (KB, MB, GB, TB, PB) and click Create to create volumes.

5.    Select one of the hosts and in Connected Volumes section from the drop-down list select Connect.

6.    In the Connect Volumes to Host wizard select the volume configured for ESXi installation, click Connect.

Configure File Services

FA File services can be activated by Pure Storage Technical Services (Support). Please refer to FA File Services Support Matrix to verify that your hardware offers support for running File Services.

Create Virtual Interface(s)

The VIF provides high-availability network access across 2 physical Ethernet ports per array controller. Each VIF requires 2 physical ports per controller. Any physical ethernet port can be used with the restriction that any port that is in use by management services, a bond, or subnet configuration cannot be part of a VIF. For the maximum number of VIFs supported, please see the FA File Services Limits KB.

To create File Virtual Interface, follow these steps:

1.    Connect to the array via SSH.

2.    Run the following syntax to create the VIF on the array:

purenetwork create vif --subinterfacelist ct0.ethX,ct1.ethX,ct0.ethY,ct1.ethY <name of interface>

Configure and Enable the Virtual Interface for File Services

To configure and enable the virtual interface, follow these steps:

1.    Connect to the array GUI.

2.    Navigate to Settings > Network.

3.    Locate the File VIF in the interface list and click the edit icon.

4.    In the Edit Interface dialog turn on the Enabled option, provide the IP Address, Netmask, and Gateway used by the interface. Click Save.

5.    Scroll to the bottom of the Network tab and click the edit icon for DNS Settings.

6.    In the Edit DNS Settings dialog, enter desired values for Domain and DNS server IPs. Click Save.

Create Active Directory Account for the Array

To create the Active Directory Account, follow these steps:

1.    Navigate to Settings > Access > Active Directory Accounts.

2.    To open the Create Dialog, click the + icon.

3.    Enter the following information:

a.     Name = Array management name for this AD account

b.    Domain = AD domain name

c.     Computer Name = Computer Object name within AD

d.    User = Domain user that can create computer objects and join to the domain.

e.    Password = Users password for the above domain user

4.    Click Create to finalize AD account creation.

Create a File System and Shared Directory

To create a file system and shared directory, follow these steps:

1.    Navigate to Storage > File Systems.

2.    Click the + icon.

3.    In Create File System enter a file system name and click Create.

4.    Navigate to Storage > File Systems > Directories.

5.    Click the + icon.

6.    In Create Directory pop-up dialog enter Select a file system from the drop-down list, enter the desired management name of the directory, and enter the directory path in the file system. (for example, dir or /dir, for sub-level directories /dir/subdir or /dir/subdir/subdir1 can be used). Click Create.

7.    Navigate to Storage > Policies.

8.    Click the + icon.

9.    In the Create Export Policy pop-up choose SMB from the Type drop-down and enter a name for the policy. Click Create.

10.  Select Created Policy and click the + icon.

11.  Complete the Client filter for read-write access and click Add to complete the rule creation.

12.  Attach the export policy(s) to a managed directory. Click the + icon.

13.  Select a managed directory from the drop-down list, enter a share/export name, and click Create.

14.  Verify access to the created share from the Windows client.

Install and Configure VMware ESXi 7.0

This section explains how to install VMware ESXi 7.0 GA in an environment.

There are several methods to install ESXi in a VMware environment. These procedures focus on how to use the built-in keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) console and virtual media features in Cisco UCS Manager to map remote installation media to individual servers and install ESXi on boot logical unit number (LUN). Upon completion of steps outlined here, ESXi hosts will be booted from their corresponding SAN Boot LUNs.

Download Cisco Custom Image for VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0

To download the Cisco Custom Image for VMware ESXi 7.0 GA, from the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 GA page click the “Custom ISOs” tab.

Install VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0

To install VMware vSphere ESXi hypervisor on Cisco UCS Server, follow these steps:

1.    In the Cisco UCS Manager navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.

2.    Under Servers > Service Profiles> VDI-Host1

3.    Right-click on VDI-Host1 and select KVM Console.

4.    Click Activate Virtual Devices and then select CD/DVD.

5.    Mount the ESXi ISO image.

6.    Boot into ESXi installer and follow the prompts to complete installing VMware vSphere ESXi hypervisor.

7.    When selecting a storage device to install ESXi, select Remote LUN provisioned through Pure Storage Administrative console and access through FC connection.

 

Set Up Management Networking for ESXi Hosts

Adding a management network for each VMware host is necessary for managing the host and connection to vCenter Server. Please select the IP address that can communicate with existing or new vCenter Server.

To configure the ESXi host with access to the management network, follow these steps:

1.    After the server has finished rebooting, press F2 to enter in to configuration wizard for ESXi Hypervisor.

2.    Log in as root and enter the corresponding password.

3.    Select the Configure the Management Network option and press Enter.

4.    Select the VLAN (Optional) option and press Enter. Enter the VLAN In-Band management ID and press Enter.

5.    From the Configure Management Network menu, select “IP Configuration” and press Enter.

6.    Select “Set Static IP Address and Network Configuration” option by using the space bar. Enter the IP address to manage the first ESXi host. Enter the subnet mask for the first ESXi host. Enter the default gateway for the first ESXi host. Press Enter to accept the changes to the IP configuration.

7.    IPv6 Configuration is set to automatic.

8.    Select the DNS Configuration option and press Enter.

9.    Enter the IP address of the primary and secondary DNS server. Enter Hostname

10.  Enter DNS Suffixes.

Figure 42.       Sample ESXi Configure Management Network

Update Cisco VIC Drivers for ESXi

When ESXi is installed from Cisco Custom ISO, you might have to update the Cisco VIC drivers for VMware ESXi Hypervisor to match the current Cisco Hardware and Software Interoperability Matrix.

To update the Cisco VIC drivers for ESXi, follow these steps:

1.    Log into your VMware Account to download required drivers for FNIC and NENIC as per the recommendation.

2.    Enable SSH on ESXi to run following commands:

esxcli software vib update -d /path/offline-bundle.zip

VMware Clusters

The following VMware Clusters were configured to support the solution and testing environment:

●   FlashStack-Datacenter: Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with Cisco UCS

●   Infrastructure Cluster: Infrastructure virtual machines (vCenter, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL Server, VMware Connection Servers, and other common services)

●   VDI: Virtual Desktop or RDS Server workload

●   VDI1: Virtual Desktop or RDS Server workload

●   VDI2: Virtual Desktop or RDS Server workload

●   Login VSI Cluster: The Login VSI launcher infrastructure was connected using the same set of switches but hosted on separate SAN storage and servers

Figure 43.       VMware vSphere WebUI Reporting Cluster Configuration for this Validated Design

Build the Virtual Machines and Environment for Workload Testing

Prerequisites

Create all necessary DHCP scopes for the environment and set the Scope Options.

Figure 44.       Example of the DHCP Scopes used in this CVD

Software Infrastructure Configuration

This section explains how to configure the software infrastructure components that comprise this solution.

Install and configure the infrastructure virtual machines by following the process listed in Table 14.

Table 14.    Test Infrastructure Virtual Machine Configuration

 

Prepare the Master Targets

This section provides guidance regarding creating the golden (or master) images for the environment. Virtual machines for the master targets must first be installed with the software components needed to build the golden images. Additionally, all available patches as of August 30, 2019 for the Microsoft operating systems, SQL server and Microsoft Office 2019 were installed.

To prepare the master virtual machines, there are three major steps: installing Operating System and VMware tools, installing application software, and installing the VMware Horizon Agent.

The master target VDI and RDS virtual machines were configured as listed in Table 15.

Table 15.    VDI and RDS Virtual Machines Configurations

VMware Horizon Agent Installation

To install the VMware Horizon Agent, follow these steps:

1.    Download VMware-Horizon-Agent-x86_64-2012-8.1.0-17352461 version.

2.    Click the VMware Horizon Agent installer.

3.    Click Next.

4.    Accept the license agreement and click Next.

5.    Chose Desktop OS Configuration:

6.    During the installation on the Windows 10 select Desktop Mode for the agent installation.

7.    During the installation on the Windows 2019 Server select RDS Mode for the agent installation.

8.    Select the default IPV4 and click Next.

9.    Select the features to install. Click Next to continue.

10.  Enable RDP and click Next to continue.

11.  Click Next to begin Horizon Agent installation on the Master image.

12.  Click Finish to complete the Horizon Agent installation on the Master image.

VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Enterprise (DEM) Setup

To install the VMware DEM on the master image, follow these steps:

1.    Download VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Enterprise 10.0-GA version.

2.    Click the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager installer for your OS architecture.

3.    Click Next.

4.    Read and accept the End User License Agreement and click Next.

5.    Select the destination folder where you want to install the application and click Next.

6.    Select the Custom installation option for VMware Dynamic Environment Manager.

7.    Manually select components to install.

8.    Click Next.

9.    Click Install.

10.  After the installation is complete, click Finish.

Install and Configure VMware Horizon Components

This section details the installation of the VMware Horizon core components. This CVD installs 4 VMware Horizon Connection servers to support Remote Desktop Server Hosted sessions (RDSH), non-persistent virtual desktops (VDI) instant clones, and persistent virtual desktops (VDI) full clones based on the best practices from VMware. For information about sizing limits, see VMware Horizon 2012 Configuration Limits.

VMware Horizon Connection Server Configuration

To configure the VMware View Connection Server, follow these steps:

1.    Download the Horizon Connection server installer from VMware and click Install on the Connection Server Windows Server Image. In this study, we used version Connection Server 8.1.0 Version 2012. For the download, see Download VMware Horizon 8.

2.    Click the Connection Server installer based on your Operating System.

3.    Click Next.

4.    Read and accept the End User License Agreement and click Next.

5.    Select the destination folder where you want to install the application and click Next.

 

6.    Select the Standard Server and IPv4 for the IP protocol version.

7.    Provide the Data Recovery password. Click Next.

8.    Select Configure Windows Firewall automatically. Click Next.

9.    Authorize Domain Admins to be VMware Horizon administrators.

10.  (Optional) Join Customer Experience Program.

11.  Select General from drop-down list. Click Install to begin installation.

12.  After Horizon Connection Server installation is complete, click Finish.

 

Install VMware Horizon Replica Server

To install the VMware Horizon Replica Server, follow these steps:

1.    Click the Connection Server installer based on your Operating System.

2.    Click Next.

 

3.    Read and accept the End User License Agreement and click Next.

 

4.    Select the destination folder where you want to install the application and click Next.

5.    Select the Replica Server and IPv4 for the IP protocol version.

6.    Provide existing Standard View Connection Server’s FQDN or IP address and click Next.

 

7.    Select Configure the Windows Firewall automatically.

8.    Click Install to begin the installation process.

9.    After installation is complete, click Finish.

 

VMware Horizon Desktop Configuration

Management of the desktops, application pools and farms is accomplished in VMware Horizon Console (HTML5) or Horizon Administrator (Flex). We used Horizon Console to administer VMware Horizon environment in this validated design.

To create the VMware Horizon Desktop Initial configuration, follow these steps:

1.    Log into Horizon Console via a web browser using Address or FQDN>/admin/#/login.

2.    In Horizon Console, expand Settings and click Servers.

3.    Select the vCenter Servers tab and click Add.

4.    Provide Server Address (IP or FQDN) and credentials that Horizon will use to login to vCenter, then click Next.

5.    If you see a message regarding an invalid certificate, click View Certificate.

6.    Click Accept.

7.    Select Reclaim VM disk space and Enable Horizon Storage Accelerator with cache size of 1024MB.

8.    Review the information you provided and click Submit.

Create VDI Instant Clone Desktop Pool

To create a VDI Instant Clone Desktop Pool, follow these steps:

1.    In Horizon Console on the left plane, expand Inventory, select Desktops. Click Add.

2.    Select Type of Desktop pool to be created. Click Next

3.    Choose provisioning type for the desktops in the pool (we created Instant Clones and Full Virtual Machines pools in this design). Click Next.

4.    Select the User assignment to be used by the desktop pool. Click Next.

5.    Select the required option for Storage Policy Management. Click Next.

6.    Provide Desktop Pool ID and virtual display name. Click Next.

7.    Provide the naming pattern and the number of desktops to be provisioned. Click Next.

8.    Provide the parent VM, snapshot and host/cluster info, and data store information for the virtual machines to create. Click Next.

9.    Configure the State and Session Type for Desktop Pool Settings. Click Next.

10.  Provide the customizations to be used during the desktop deployment. Click Next.

11.  Select the AD Container for desktops to place in a Domain Controller computer location.

12.  Review all the deployment specifications and click Submit to complete the deployment.

13.  Select Entitle users after this wizard finishes, to enable desktop user group/users to access this pool.

Create VDI Full Clone Desktop Pool

To create a VDI Full Clone Desktop Pool, follow these steps:

1.    Select Type of Desktop pool to be created. Click Next.

 

2.    Choose the provisioning type for the desktops in the pool (we created Instant Clones and Full Virtual Machines pools in this design). Click Next.

3.    Select the User assignment to be used by the desktop pool. Click Next.

4.    On Storage Optimization screen click Next.

5.    Provide the Desktop Pool ID and Display Name. Click Next.

 

6.    Provide the naming pattern and the number of desktops to be provisioned. Click Next.

7.    Provide the parent VM, snapshot and host/cluster info, data store information for the virtual machines to create.

8.    Configure Desktop Pool settings.

 

9.    Provide the customizations to be used during the desktop deployment.

 

10.  Configure Advanced Storage Options. Click Next.

 

11.  Select the VM Customization Specification to be used during deployment. Click Next.

12.  Review all the deployment specifications and click Submit to complete the deployment.

Create RDSH Farm and Pool

It is recommended to create a RDSH Farm first with specifications set for RDS Server VMs and deploying a number of RDS servers required for users.

Create RDS Farm

To create the RDSH Farm and Pool, follow these steps:

1.    Select the FARM when creating the RDS Pool.

2.    Select Type of the Farm. We used Manual Farm of the previously provisioned virtual machines for the RDS desktops in this design. Click Next.

3.    Provide ID and Description for RDS FARM. Select the Display Protocol which is required for users to connect to the RDS Sessions. Click Next.

4.    Select Load Balancing Settings. Click Next.

5.    Select previously created virtual machine to be used as RDS host. Click Next.

 

6.    Review Farm information and click Submit to complete the RDS Farm creation.

Create RDS Pool

When the RDS FARM is created, you need to create an RDS pool to absorb the RDS VMS FARM into the Pool for further managing the RDS pool. To create c RDS pool, follow these steps:

1.    Select type as RDS Desktop Pool.

2.    Provide an ID and Display Name for the Pool. Click Next.

3.    Leave the default settings for the Desktop Pool Settings. Click Next.

  

4.    Select the RDS Farm. Select the farm which was already created for this desktop pool. Click Next.

5.    Review the RDS Pool deployment specifications and click Finish to complete the RDS pool deployment.

  

6.    Select Entitle users after this wizard finishes, to enable desktop user group/users to access this pool.

Configure User Profile Management

Profile management provides an easy, reliable, and high-performance way to manage user personalization settings in virtualized or physical Windows environments. It requires minimal infrastructure and administration and provides users with fast logons and logoffs. A Windows user profile is a collection of folders, files, registry settings, and configuration settings that define the environment for a user who logs on with a particular user account. These settings may be customizable by the user, depending on the administrative configuration. Examples of settings that can be customized are:

●   Desktop settings such as wallpaper and screen saver

●   Shortcuts and Start menu setting

●   Internet Explorer Favorites and Home Page

●   Microsoft Outlook signature

●   Printers

Some user settings and data can be redirected by means of folder redirection. However, if folder redirection is not used these settings are stored within the user profile.

The first stage in planning a profile management deployment is to decide on a set of policy settings that together form a suitable configuration for your environment and users. The automatic configuration feature simplifies some of this decision-making for VMware Horizon desktop deployments. Screenshots of the User Profile Management interfaces that establish policies for this CVD’s RDS and VDI users (for testing purposes) are shown below. Basic profile management policy settings are documented here.

Initial Configuration (Easy Start)

To perform an initial configuration of Dynamic Environment Manager, follow these steps:

1.    Launch the DEM Management Console from the Start Menu.

2.    Enter the path to the DEM configuration share and click OK.

3.    Leave the defaults and click OK.

4.    On Personalization tab of the Management Console, click Easy Start.

5.    Select your Office version and click OK.

6.    When configuration items successfully installed click OK.

7.    Click Personalization tab, click + Create Config File, select Use a Windows Common Setting and click Next.

8.    Select Windows 10 Start Menu – Windows 10 Version 1703 and higher and click Next.

9.    Enter a file name and click Finish to create configuration.

Install and Configure NVIDIA P6 Card

This section focuses on installing and configuring the NVIDIA P6 cards with the Cisco UCS B200 M5 servers to deploy vGPU enabled virtual desktops. 

Physical Installation of P6 Card into Cisco UCS B200 M5 Server

The NVIDIA P6 graphics processing unit (GPU) card provides graphics and computing capabilities to the server. There are two supported versions of the NVIDIA P6 GPU card:

●   UCSB-GPU-P6-F can be installed only in the front mezzanine slot of the server

●   UCSB-GPU-P6-R can be installed only in the rear mezzanine slot (slot 2) of the server.

Figure 45 illustrates the installed NVIDIA P6 GPU in the front and rear mezzanine slots.

Figure 45.       NVIDIA GPU Installed in the Front and Rear Mezzanine Slots

Install an NVIDIA GPU Card in the Front of the Server

Figure 46 illustrates the front NVIDIA P6 GPU (UCSB-GPU-P6-F).

Figure 46.       NVIDIA P6 GPU That Installs in the Front of the Server

Figure 47.       Top-Down View of the NVIDIA P6 GPU for the Front of the Server

To install the NVIDIA GPU, follow these steps:

1.    Position the GPU in the correct orientation to the front of the server (callout 1) as shown in Figure 48.

2.    Install the GPU into the server. Press down on the handles (callout 5) to firmly secure the GPU.

3.    Tighten the thumb screws (callout 3) at the back of the GPU with the standoffs (callout 4) on the motherboard.

4.    Tighten the thumb screws on the legs (callout 2) to the motherboard.

5.    Install the drive blanking panels.

Figure 48.       Installing the NVIDIA GPU in the Front of the Server

Install an NVIDIA GPU Card in the Rear of the Server

If you are installing the UCSB-GPU-P6-R to a server in the field, the option kit comes with the GPU itself (CPU and heatsink), a T-shaped installation wrench, and a custom standoff to support and attach the GPU to the motherboard. Figure 49 shows the three components of the option kit.

Figure 49.       NVIDIA P6 GPU (UCSB-GPU-P6-R) Option Kit

To install an NVIDIA GPU Card in the rear of the server, follow these steps:

1.    Use the T-shaped wrench that comes with the GPU to remove the existing standoff at the back end of the motherboard.

2.    Install the custom standoff in the same location at the back end of the motherboard.

3.    Position the GPU over the connector on the motherboard and align all the captive screws to the standoff posts (callout 1).

4.    Tighten the captive screws (callout 2).

Figure 50.       Installing the NVIDIA P6 GPU in the Rear Mezzanine Slot

Install the NVIDIA VMware VIB Driver

To install the NVIDIA VMware VIB driver, follow these steps:

1.    From the Cisco UCS Manager, verify the GPU card has been properly installed.

2.    Download the NVIDIA GRID GPU driver pack for VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.

3.    Upload the NVIDIA driver (vSphere Installation Bundle [VIB] file) to the /tmp directory on the ESXi host using a tool such as WinSCP. (Shared storage is preferred if you are installing drivers on multiple servers or using the VMware Update Manager.)

4.    Log in as root to the vSphere console through SSH using a tool such as Putty.

5.    Enter the following command to install the NVIDIA vGPU drivers:

esxcli software vib install --no-sig-check -v /<path>/<filename>.VIB

The command should return output similar to that shown here:

6.    Exit the ESXi host from maintenance mode and reboot the host by using the vSphere Web Client or by entering the following commands:

#esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e false

#reboot

7.    After the host reboots successfully, verify that the kernel module has loaded successfully using the following command:

#esxcli software vib list | grep -i nvidia

The command should return output similar to that shown here:

8.    Confirm GRID GPU detection on the ESXi host. To determine the status of the GPU card’s CPU, the card’s memory, and the amount of disk space remaining on the card, enter the following command:

#nvidia-smi

The command should return output similar to that shown in Figure 51, depending on the card used in your environment.

Figure 51.       VMware ESX SSH Console Report for GPU P6 Card Detection on Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server

 

Configure a Virtual Machine with a vGPU

 To create the virtual machine that you will use as the VDI base image, follow these steps:

1.    Using the vSphere Client, select the ESXi host and click the Configure tab. From the list of options at the left, choose Hardware > Graphics > Host Graphics. Click Edit. Select Shared Direct “Vendor shared passthrough graphics” and click OK. Reboot the system to make the changes effective.

Figure 52.       Edit Host Graphics Settings

2.    Using the vSphere Client, create a new virtual machine. To do this, right-click a host or cluster and choose New Virtual Machine. Work through the New Virtual Machine wizard. Unless another configuration is specified, select the configuration settings appropriate for your environment.

Figure 53.       New Virtual Machine Wizard in VMware vSphere Client

3.    Choose “ESXi 6.0 and later” from the “Compatible with” drop-down list to use the latest features, including the mapping of shared PCI devices, which is required for the vGPU feature.

Figure 54.       Selecting Virtual Machine Hardware Version 17

4.    To customize the hardware of the new virtual machine, add a new PCI device, select the appropriate GPU profile, and reserve all virtual machine memory.

Figure 55.       Adding a PCI Device to the Virtual Machine to attach the GPU Profile

5.    A virtual machine with a vGPU assigned will not start if ECC is enabled. If this is the case, as a workaround disable ECC by entering the following commands:

# nvidia-smi -e 0

6.    Install and configure Microsoft Windows on the virtual machine:

a.     Configure the virtual machine with the appropriate amount of vCPU and RAM according to the GPU profile selected.

b.    Install VMware Tools.

c.     Join the virtual machine to the Microsoft Active Directory domain.

d.    Choose “Allow remote connections to this computer” on the Windows System Properties menu.

e.    Install VMware Horizon Agent with appropriate settings. Enable the remote desktop capability if prompted to do so.

f.      Install Horizon Direct Connection agent.

g.    Optimize the Windows OS. VMware OSOT, the optimization tool, includes customizable templates to enable or disable Windows system services and features using VMware recommendations and best practices across multiple systems. Because most Windows system services are enabled by default, the optimization tool can be used to easily disable unnecessary services and features to improve performance.

h.     Restart the Windows OS when prompted to do so.

Install the GPU Drivers Inside Windows Virtual Machine

To install the GPU drivers, follow these steps:

1.    Copy the Microsoft Windows drivers from the NVIDIA GRID vGPU driver pack downloaded earlier to the master virtual machine.

2.    Copy the 32- or 64-bit NVIDIA Windows driver from the vGPU driver pack to the desktop virtual machine and run setup.exe.

Figure 56.       NVIDIA Driver Pack

3.    Agree to the NVIDIA software license.

Figure 57.       Agreeing to the NVIDIA Software License

4.    Install the graphics drivers using the Express or Custom option. After the installation has completed successfully, restart the virtual machine.

Figure 58.       Selecting the Express or Custom Installation Option

 

Figure 59.       Components Installed During NVIDIA Graphics Driver Custom Installation Process

Figure 60.       Restarting the Virtual Machine

Configure NVIDIA Grid License Server on Virtual Machine

When the License server is properly installed, you must point the master image to the license server so the virtual machines with vGPUs can obtain a license. To do so, follow these steps:

1.    In the Windows Control Panel, double-click the NVidia Control Panel.

2.    In the Control Panel, enter the IP or FQDN of the Grid License Server.  You will receive a result similar to the one shown below.

Cisco Intersight Cloud Based Management

Cisco Intersight is Cisco’s new systems management platform that delivers intuitive computing through cloud-powered intelligence. This platform offers a more intelligent level of management that enables IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in ways that were not possible with prior generations of tools. This capability empowers organizations to achieve significant savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to deliver applications faster, so they can support new business initiates. The advantages of the model-based management of the Cisco UCS platform plus Cisco Intersight are extended to Cisco UCS servers.

The Cisco UCS platform uses model-based management to provision servers and the associated storage and fabric automatically, regardless of form factor. Cisco Intersight works in conjunction with Cisco UCS Manager and the Cisco® Integrated Management Controller (IMC). By simply associating a model-based configuration with a resource through service profiles, your IT staff can consistently align policy, server personality, and workloads. These policies can be created once and used by IT staff with minimal effort to deploy servers. The result is improved productivity and compliance and lower risk of failures due to inconsistent configuration.

Cisco Intersight will be integrated with data center, hybrid cloud platforms, and services to securely deploy and manage infrastructure resources across data center and edge environments. In addition, Cisco will provide future integrations to third-party operations tools to allow customers to use their existing solutions more effectively.

 

Cisco Intersight License

Getting Started with the Cisco Intersight Platform

The Cisco Intersight platform provides an integrated and intuitive management experience for resources in the traditional data center and at the edge. With flexible deployment options to address complex security needs, getting started with the Cisco Intersight platform is quick and easy.

To configure the Cisco Intersight platform, follow these steps:

1.    If you do not already have a Cisco Intersight account, to claim your Cisco UCS system in a new account on Cisco Intersight, connect to https://intersight.com. If you have an existing Cisco Intersight account, connect to https://intersight.com and sign in with your Cisco ID, select the appropriate account, and skip to step 6.

2.    Click Create an account.

3.    Sign in with your Cisco ID.

4.    Read, scroll through, and accept the End User License Agreement and click Next.

5.    Enter an account name and click Create.

6.    Choose ADMIN > Targets. Click Claim a New Target.

7.    Select Cisco UCS Domain (UCSM Managed) and click Start.

8.    Fill in the device ID and claim code and click Claim.

9.    The target will be visible in the list of your available targets.

10.  From the Cisco Intersight window, click the gear icon ()and then click Licensing. If this is a new account, all servers connected to the Cisco UCS domain will appear under the Base license tier. If you have purchased Cisco Intersight licenses and have them in your Cisco Smart Account, click Register and follow the prompts to register this Cisco Intersight account in your Cisco Smart Account. Cisco Intersight also offers a one-time 90-day trial of Premier licensing for new accounts. Click Start Trial and then Start to begin this evaluation. The remainder of this section assumes that you are using Premier licensing.

 

Test Setup, Configuration, and Load Recommendation

In this solution, we tested a single Cisco UCS B200 M5 blade to validate against the performance of one blade and thirty B200 M5 blades across four chassis to illustrate linear scalability for each workload use case studied.

Cisco UCS Test Configuration for Single Blade Scalability

This test case validates Recommended Maximum Workload per host server using VMware Horizon 8 with 224 RDS sessions, 186 VDI Non-Persistent sessions, and 186 VDI Persistent sessions.

Figure 61.       Test Configuration for Single Server Scalability VMware Horizon 8 VDI (Persistent) Full Clones

Figure 62.       Test Configuration for Single Server Scalability VMware Horizon 8 VDI (Non-Persistent) Instant Clones

Figure 63.       Test configuration for Single Server Scalability VMware Horizon 8 RDS Full Clones

Hardware components:

●   Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis

●   2 Cisco UCS 6454 4^th Gen Fabric Interconnects

●   2 (Infrastructure Hosts) Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade servers with Intel Xeon Silver 4210 2.20-GHz 10-core processors, 384GB 2933MHz RAM for all host blades

●   1 (RDS/VDI Host) Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers with Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1-GHz 20-core processors, 768GB 2933MHz RAM for all host blades

●   Cisco VIC 1440 CNA (1 per blade)

●   2 Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Access Switches

●   2 Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb 32-Port Fibre Channel Switches

●   Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with dual redundant controllers, with Twenty 1.92TB DirectFlash NVMe drives

Software components:

●   Cisco UCS firmware 4.1(2a)

●   Pure Storage Purity//FA 6.0.3

●   VMware ESXi 7.0 GA for host blades

●   VMware Horizon 8 VDI Desktops and RDSH Desktops

●   VMware DEM Enterprise 10

●   Microsoft SQL Server 2019

●   Microsoft Windows 10 64 bit (1909), 2vCPU, 3 GB RAM, 40 GB HDD (master)

●   Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (1809), 8vCPU, 32GB RAM, 60 GB vDisk (master)

●   Microsoft Office 2019

●   Login VSI 4.1.39 Knowledge Worker Workload (Benchmark Mode)

Cisco UCS Test Configuration for Cluster Scale Testing

This test case validates three workload clusters of ten blades using VMware Horizon 8 with 2016 RDS sessions, 1674 VDI Non-Persistent sessions, and 1674 VDI Persistent sessions. Server N+1 fault tolerance is factored into this test scenario for each workload and infrastructure cluster.

Figure 64.       Test Configuration for Cluster Scalability VMware Horizon 8 VDI (Persistent) Full Clones

Figure 65.       Test Configuration for Cluster Scalability VMware Horizon 8 VDI (Non-Persistent) Instant Clones

Figure 66.       Test Configuration for Single Server Scalability VMware Horizon 8 RDS Full Clones

Hardware components:

●   Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis

●   2 Cisco UCS 6454 4^th Gen Fabric Interconnects

●   2 (Infrastructure Hosts) Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade servers with Intel Xeon Silver 4210 2.20-GHz 10-core processors, 384GB 2933MHz RAM for all host blades

●   10 (RDS/VDI Host) Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers with Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1-GHz 20-core processors, 768GB 2933MHz RAM for all host blades

●   Cisco VIC 1440 CNA (1 per blade)

●   2 Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Access Switches

●   2 Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb 32-Port Fibre Channel Switches

●   Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with dual redundant controllers, with Twenty 1.92TB DirectFlash NVMe drives

Software components:

●   Cisco UCS firmware 4.1(2a)

●   Pure Storage Purity//FA 6.0.3

●   VMware ESXi 7.0 GA for host blades

●   VMware Horizon 8 VDI Desktops and RDSH Desktops

●   VMware DEM Enterprise 10

●   Microsoft SQL Server 2019

●   Microsoft Windows 10 64 bit (1909), 2vCPU, 3 GB RAM, 40 GB HDD (master)

●   Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (1809), 8vCPU, 32GB RAM, 60 GB vDisk (master)

●   Microsoft Office 2019

●   Login VSI 4.1.39 Knowledge Worker Workload (Benchmark Mode)

Cisco UCS Test Configuration for Full Scale Testing

These test cases validate thirty blades in three clusters of three distinct workloads using VMware Horizon 8 with:

●   6048 Non-Persistent RDS sessions (Full clones).

●   5022 Persistent VDI sessions (Full clones).

●   5022 Non-Persistent VDI sessions (Instant clones).

Server N+1 fault tolerance is factored into this solution for each cluster/workload.

Figure 67.       Test Configuration for Full Scale VMware Horizon 8 VDI (Persistent) Full Clones

Figure 68.       Test Configuration for Full Scale VMware Horizon 8 VDI (Non-Persistent) Instant Clones

Figure 69.       Test Configuration for Full Scale VMware Horizon 8 RDS Full Clones

Test Methodology and Success Criteria

All validation testing was conducted on-site within the Cisco labs in San Jose, California.

The testing results focused on the entire process of the virtual desktop lifecycle by capturing metrics during the desktop boot-up, user logon and virtual desktop acquisition (also referred to as ramp-up,) user workload execution (also referred to as steady state), and user logoff for the RDSH/VDI Session under test.

Test metrics were gathered from the virtual desktop, storage, and load generation software to assess the overall success of an individual test cycle. Each test cycle was not considered passing unless all of the planned test users completed the ramp-up and steady state phases (described below) and unless all metrics were within the permissible thresholds as noted as success criteria.

Three successfully completed test cycles were conducted for each hardware configuration and results were found to be relatively consistent from one test to the next.

You can obtain additional information and a free test license from http://www.loginvsi.com

Test Procedure

The following protocol was used for each test cycle in this study to ensure consistent results.

Pre-Test Setup for Single and Multi-Blade Testing

All virtual machines were shut down utilizing the VMware Horizon Console and vCenter.

All Launchers for the test were shut down. They were then restarted in groups of 10 each minute until the required number of launchers was running with the Login VSI Agent at a “waiting for test to start” state.

All VMware ESXi VDI host blades to be tested were restarted prior to each test cycle.

Test Run Protocol

To simulate severe, real-world environments, Cisco requires the log-on and start-work sequence, known as Ramp Up, to complete in 48 minutes. For testing where the user session count exceeds 1000 users, we will now deem the test run successful with up to 1% session failure rate.

In addition, Cisco requires that the Login VSI Benchmark method is used for all single server and scale testing. This assures that our tests represent real-world scenarios. For each of the three consecutive runs on single server tests, the same process was followed. To do so, follow these steps:

1.    Time 0:00:00 Start PerfMon/Esxtop Logging on the following systems:

a.     Infrastructure and VDI Host Blades used in the test run

b.    vCenter used in the test run

c.     All Infrastructure virtual machines used in test run (AD, SQL, brokers, image mgmt., etc.)

2.    Time 0:00:10 Start Storage Partner Performance Logging on Storage System.

3.    Time 0:05: Boot Virtual Desktops/RDS Virtual Machines using View Connection server.

4.    Time 0:06 First machines boot.

5.    Time 0:30 Single Server or Scale target number of desktop virtual machines booted on 1 or more blades.

6.    Time 0:35 Single Server or Scale target number of desktop virtual machines desktops available on View Connection Server.

7.    Virtual machine settling time.

8.    Time 1:35 Start Login VSI 4.1.x Office Worker Benchmark Mode Test, setting auto-logoff time at 15 minutes, with Single Server or Scale target number of desktop virtual machines utilizing sufficient number of Launchers (at 20-25 sessions/Launcher).

9.    Time 2:23 Single Server or Scale target number of desktop virtual machines desktops launched (48 minute benchmark launch rate).

10.  Time 2:25 All launched sessions must become active. id test run within this window.

11.  Time 2:40 Login VSI Test Ends (based on Auto Logoff 15 minutes period designated above).

a.     Time 2:55 All active sessions logged off.

b.    Time 2:57 All logging terminated; Test complete.

c.     Time 3:15 Copy all log files off to archive; Set virtual desktops to maintenance mode through broker; Shutdown all Windows machines.

d.    Time 3:30 Reboot all hypervisor hosts.

e.    Time 3:45 Ready for the new test sequence.

Success Criteria

Our pass criteria for this testing is as follows:

Cisco will run tests at a session count level that effectively utilizes the blade capacity measured by CPU utilization, memory utilization, storage utilization, and network utilization. We will use Login VSI to launch version 4.1.x Office Worker workloads. The number of launched sessions must equal active sessions within two minutes of the last session launched in a test as observed on the VSI Management console.

The VMware Horizon Console be monitored throughout the steady state to make sure of the following:

●   All running sessions report In Use throughout the steady state

●   No sessions move to unregistered, unavailable or available state at any time during steady state

Within 20 minutes of the end of the test, all sessions on all launchers must have logged out automatically and the Login VSI Agent must have shut down. Stuck sessions define a test failure condition.

Cisco requires three consecutive runs with results within +/-1% variability to pass the Cisco Validated Design performance criteria. For white papers written by partners, two consecutive runs within +/-1% variability are accepted. (All test data from partner run testing must be supplied along with the proposed white paper.)

We will publish Cisco Validated Designs with our recommended workload following the process above and will note that we did not reach a VSImax dynamic in our testing. FlashStack Data Center with Cisco UCS and VMware Horizon 8 on VMware ESXi 7.0 GA Test Results.

The purpose of this testing is to provide the data needed to validate VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Sessions (RDS) and VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop (VDI) instant-clones and VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop (VDI) full-clones models using ESXi and vCenter to virtualize Microsoft Windows 10 desktops and Microsoft Windows Server 2019 sessions on Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Servers using the Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 storage system.

The information contained in this section provides data points that a customer may reference in designing their own implementations. These validation results are an example of what is possible under the specific environment conditions outlined here, and do not represent the full characterization of VMware products.

Four test sequences, each containing three consecutive test runs generating the same result, were performed to establish single blade performance and multi-blade, linear scalability.

VSImax 4.1.x Description

The philosophy behind Login VSI is different from conventional benchmarks. In general, most system benchmarks are steady state benchmarks. These benchmarks execute one or multiple processes, and the measured execution time is the outcome of the test. Simply put: the faster the execution time or the bigger the throughput, the faster the system is according to the benchmark.

Login VSI is different in approach. Login VSI is not primarily designed to be a steady state benchmark (however, if needed, Login VSI can act like one). Login VSI was designed to perform benchmarks for RDSH or VDI workloads through system saturation. Login VSI loads the system with simulated user workloads using well known desktop applications like Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Adobe PDF reader. By gradually increasing the amount of simulated users, the system will eventually be saturated. Once the system is saturated, the response time of the applications will increase significantly. This latency in application response times show a clear indication whether the system is (close to being) overloaded. As a result, by nearly overloading a system it is possible to find out what its true maximum user capacity is.

After a test is performed, the response times can be analyzed to calculate the maximum active session/desktop capacity. Within Login VSI this is calculated as VSImax. When the system is coming closer to its saturation point, response times will rise. When reviewing the average response time, it will be clear the response times escalate at saturation point.

This VSImax is the “Virtual Session Index (VSI)”. With Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Terminal Services (RDS) workloads this is valid and useful information. This index simplifies comparisons and makes it possible to understand the true impact of configuration changes on hypervisor host or guest level.

Server-Side Response Time Measurements

It is important to understand why specific Login VSI design choices have been made. An important design choice is to execute the workload directly on the target system within the session instead of using remote sessions. The scripts simulating the workloads are performed by an engine that executes workload scripts on every target system and are initiated at logon within the simulated user’s desktop session context.

An alternative to the Login VSI method would be to generate user actions client side through the remoting protocol. These methods are always specific to a product and vendor dependent. More importantly, some protocols simply do not have a method to script user actions client side.

For Login VSI, the choice has been made to execute the scripts completely server side. This is the only practical and platform independent solution, for a benchmark like Login VSI.

Calculating VSImax v4.1.x

The simulated desktop workload is scripted in a 48 minute loop when a simulated Login VSI user is logged on, performing generic Office worker activities. After the loop is finished it will restart automatically. Within each loop, the response times of sixteen specific operations are measured in a regular interval: sixteen times in within each loop. The response times of these five operations are used to determine VSImax.

The five operations from which the response times are measured are:

●   Notepad File Open (NFO)

Loading and initiating VSINotepad.exe and opening the openfile dialog. This operation is handled by the OS and by the VSINotepad.exe itself through execution. This operation seems almost instant from an end-user’s point of view.

●   Notepad Start Load (NSLD)

Loading and initiating VSINotepad.exe and opening a file. This operation is also handled by the OS and by the VSINotepad.exe itself through execution. This operation seems almost instant from an end-user’s point of view.

●   Zip High Compression (ZHC)

This action copy's a random file and compresses it (with 7zip) with high compression enabled. The compression will very briefly spike CPU and disk IO.

●   Zip Low Compression (ZLC)

This action copy's a random file and compresses it (with 7zip) with low compression enabled. The compression will very briefly disk IO and creates some load on the CPU.

●   CPU

Calculates a large array of random data and spikes the CPU for a short period of time.

These measured operations within Login VSI do hit considerably different subsystems such as CPU (user and kernel), Memory, Disk, the OS in general, the application itself, print, GDI, and so on. These operations are specifically short by nature. When such operations become consistently long: the system is saturated because of excessive queuing on any kind of resource. As a result, the average response times will then escalate. This effect is clearly visible to end-users. If such operations consistently consume multiple seconds the user will regard the system as slow and unresponsive.

Figure 70.       Sample of a VSI Max Response Time Graph, Representing a Normal Test

Figure 71.       Sample of a VSI Test Response Time Graph with a Performance Issue

When the test is finished, VSImax can be calculated. When the system is not saturated, and it could complete the full test without exceeding the average response time latency threshold, VSImax is not reached and the amount of sessions ran successfully.

The response times are very different per measurement type, for instance Zip with compression can be around 2800 ms, while the Zip action without compression can only take 75ms. These response times of these actions are weighted before they are added to the total. This ensures that each activity has an equal impact on the total response time.

In comparison to previous VSImax models, this weighting much better represents system performance. All actions have very similar weight in the VSImax total. The following weighting of the response times is applied.

The following actions are part of the VSImax v4.1.x calculation and are weighted as follows (US notation):

●   Notepad File Open (NFO): 0.75

●   Notepad Start Load (NSLD): 0.2

●   Zip High Compression (ZHC): 0.125

●   Zip Low Compression (ZLC): 0.2

●   CPU: 0.75

This weighting is applied on the baseline and normal Login VSI response times.

With the introduction of Login VSI 4.1.x, we also created a new method to calculate the basephase of an environment. With the new workloads (Taskworker, Powerworker, and so on) enabling 'basephase' for a more reliable baseline has become obsolete. The calculation is explained below. In total the 15 lowest VSI response time samples are taken from the entire test; the lowest 2 samples are removed. and the 13 remaining samples are averaged. The result is the Baseline. To summarize:

●   Take the lowest 15 samples of the complete test

●   From those 15 samples remove the lowest 2

●   Average the 13 results that are left is the baseline

The VSImax average response time in Login VSI 4.1.x is calculated on the number of active users that are logged on the system.

Always a 5 Login VSI response time samples are averaged + 40 percent of the number of “active” sessions. For example, if the active sessions are 60, then latest 5 + 24 (=40 percent of 60) = 31 response time measurement is used for the average calculation.

To remove noise (accidental spikes) from the calculation, the top 5 percent, and bottom 5 percent of the VSI response time samples are removed from the average calculation, with a minimum of 1 top and 1 bottom sample. As a result, with 60 active users, the last 31 VSI response time sample are taken. From those 31 samples, the top 2 samples are removed, and the lowest 2 results are removed (5 percent of 31 = 1.55, rounded to 2). At 60 users the average is then calculated over the 27 remaining results.

VSImax v4.1.x is reached when the VSIbase + a 1000 ms latency threshold is not reached by the average VSI response time result. Depending on the tested system, VSImax response time can grow 2 - 3x the baseline average. In end-user computing, a 3x increase in response time in comparison to the baseline is typically regarded as the maximum performance degradation to be considered acceptable.

In VSImax v4.1.x this latency threshold is fixed to 1000ms, this allows better and fairer comparisons between two different systems, especially when they have different baseline results. Ultimately, in VSImax v4.1.x, the performance of the system is not decided by the total average response time, but by the latency is has under load. For all systems, this is now 1000ms (weighted).

The threshold for the total response time is: average weighted baseline response time + 1000ms.

When the system has a weighted baseline response time average of 1500ms, the maximum average response time may not be greater than 2500ms (1500+1000). If the average baseline is 3000 the maximum average response time may not be greater than 4000ms (3000+1000).

When the threshold is not exceeded by the average VSI response time during the test, VSImax is not hit, and the number of sessions ran successfully. This approach is fundamentally different in comparison to previous VSImax methods, as it was always required to saturate the system beyond VSImax threshold.

Lastly, VSImax v4.1.x is now always reported with the average baseline VSI response time result. For example: “The VSImax v4.1.x was 125 with a baseline of 1526ms”. This helps considerably in the comparison of systems and gives a more complete understanding of the system. The baseline performance helps to understand the best performance the system can give to an individual user. VSImax indicates what the total user capacity is for the system. These two are not automatically connected and related:

When a server with a very fast dual core CPU, running at 3.6 GHz, is compared to a 10 core CPU, running at 2,26 GHz, the dual core machine will give and individual user better performance than the 10 core machine. This is indicated by the baseline VSI response time. The lower this score is, the better performance an individual user can expect.

However, the server with the slower 10 core CPU will easily have a larger capacity than the faster dual core system. This is indicated by VSImax v4.1.x, and the higher VSImax is, the larger overall user capacity can be expected.

With Login VSI 4.1.x a new VSImax method is introduced: VSImax v4.1.x. This methodology gives much better insight into system performance and scales to extremely large systems.

Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload

For both the VMware Horizon 8 Virtual Desktop and VMware Horizon 8 Remote Desktop Service Hosts (RDSH)  use cases, a recommended maximum workload was determined by the Login VSI Knowledge Worker Workload in VSI Benchmark Mode end user experience measurements and blade server operating parameters.

This recommended maximum workload approach allows you to determine the server N+1 fault tolerance load the blade can successfully support in the event of a server outage for maintenance or upgrade.

Our recommendation is that the Login VSI Average Response and VSI Index Average should not exceed the Baseline plus 2000 milliseconds to ensure that end user experience is outstanding. Additionally, during steady state, the processor utilization should average no more than 90-95 percent.

Table 16.    Phases of Test Runs

Test Results

Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload Testing

This section shows the key performance metrics that were captured on the Cisco UCS host blades during the single server testing to determine the Recommended Maximum Workload per host server. The single server testing comprised of following three tests:

●   186 VDI Persistent sessions.

●   186 VDI Non-Persistent sessions

●   224 RDSH sessions

Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload for RDS with 224 Users

The recommended maximum workload for a Cisco UCS B200 M5 blade server with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.10-GHz 20-core processors, 768GB 2933MHz RAM is 224 RDS Windows Server 2019 sessions. Each dedicated blade server ran 8 Windows Server 2019 Virtual Machines. Each virtual server was configured with 10 vCPUs and 32GB RAM.

LoginVSI data is as follows:

Figure 72.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | Horizon 8 RDS | VSI Score

Performance data for the server running the workload is as follows:

Figure 73.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | Horizon 8 RDS | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 74.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | Horizon 8 RDS | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 75.       Single Server | Horizon 8 RDS | Host Network Utilization

Performance data for the RDS Virtual Machine running the workload is as follows:

Figure 76.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | Horizon 8 RDS | Virtual Machine CPU Utilization

 

Figure 77.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | Horizon 8 RDS | Virtual Machine Memory Utilization

 

Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload for VDI Non-Persistent with 186 Users

The recommended maximum workload for a Cisco UCS B200 M5 blade server with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.10-GHz 20-core processors, 768GB 2933MHz RAM is 186 Windows 10 64-bit VDI non-persistent instant clone virtual machines with 2 vCPU and 3.5 GB RAM.

Login VSI performance data is as follows:

Figure 78.       Single Server | Horizon 8 VDI-NP | VSI Score

Performance data for the server running the workload is as follows:

Figure 79.       Single Server | Horizon 8 VDI-NP | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 80.       Single Server | Horizon 8 VDI-NP | Host Memory Utilization

 

Figure 81.       Single Server | Horizon 8 VDI-NP | Host Network Utilization

 

Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload for VDI Persistent with 186 Users

The recommended maximum workload for a Cisco UCS B200 M5 blade server with dual Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.10-GHz 20-core processors, 768GB 2933MHz RAM is 186 Windows 10 64-bit VDI persistent virtual machines with 2 vCPU and 3.5GB RAM.

Login VSI performance data is as follows:

Figure 82.       Single Server | Horizon 8 VDI-P | VSI Score

Performance data for the server running the workload is as follows:

Figure 83.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | Horizon 8 VDI-P | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 84.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | Horizon 8 VDI-P | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 85.       Single Server | Horizon 8 VDI-P | Host Network Utilization

Cluster Recommended Maximum Workload Testing

This section shows the key performance metrics that were captured on the Cisco UCS host blades during the cluster testing to determine the per host server workload in the N+1 environment. The cluster testing comprised of three tests: 2016 RDS sessions, 1674 VDI Non-Persistent sessions, and 1674 VDI Persistent sessions.

Cluster Workload Testing with 2016 RDS Users

The cluster testing was comprised of 2016 RDS sessions using 10 workload blades.

As per the Cisco Test Protocol for VDI solutions, all sessions were launched within 48 minutes (using the official Knowledge Worker Workload in VSI Benchmark Mode) and all launched sessions became active within two minutes subsequent to the last logged in session.

The configured system efficiently and effectively delivered the following results:

Figure 86.       Ten Node Cluster | 2016 RDS Users | VSI Score

Performance data for the server running the workload is as follows:

Figure 87.       Cluster | 2016 RDS Users | 10 RDS Hosts | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 88.       Cluster | 2016 RDS Users | 10 RDS Hosts | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 89.       Cluster | 2016 RDS Users | 10 RDS Hosts | Host System Uplink Network Utilization

Cluster Workload Testing with 1674 Non-Persistent Desktop Users

The cluster testing comprised of 1674 VDI non-persistent desktop sessions using 10 workload blades.

The workload for the test is 1674 VDI non-persistent desktop users. To achieve the target, sessions were launched against all workload clusters concurrently. As per the Cisco Test Protocol for VDI solutions, all sessions were launched within 48 minutes (using the official Knowledge Worker Workload in VSI Benchmark Mode) and all launched sessions became active within two minutes subsequent to the last logged in session.

The configured system efficiently and effectively delivered the following results:

Figure 90.       Cluster | 1674 VDI-NP Users | VSI Score

Figure 91.       Cluster | 1674 VDI-NP Users | Non-Persistent Hosts | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 92.       Cluster | 1674 VDI-NP Users | Non-Persistent Hosts | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 93.       Cluster | 1674 VDI-NP Users | Non-Persistent Hosts | Host Network Utilization

Cluster Workload Testing with 1674 Persistent Desktop Users

This section describes the key performance metrics that were captured on the Cisco UCS, Pure Storage FlashArray array, and Infrastructure virtual machines during the persistent desktop testing. The cluster testing with comprised of 1674 VDI Persistent desktop sessions using 10 workload blades.

The workload for the test is 1674 VDI persistent desktop users. To achieve the target, sessions were launched against all workload clusters concurrently. As per the Cisco Test Protocol for VDI solutions, all sessions were launched within 48 minutes (using the official Knowledge Worker Workload in VSI Benchmark Mode) and all launched sessions became active within two minutes subsequent to the last logged in session.

The configured system efficiently and effectively delivered the following results:

Figure 94.       Cluster | 1674 VDI-P Users | VSI Score

Figure 95.       Cluster | 1674 VDI-P Users | Persistent Hosts | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 96.       Cluster | 1674 VDI-P Users | Persistent Hosts | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 97.       Cluster | 1800 VDI-P Users | Persistent Hosts | Host Network Utilization

Full Scale Workload Testing

This section describes the key performance metrics that were captured on the Cisco UCS, during the full-scale testing. Full Scale testing Was done with following Workloads using 30 Hosts (configured in three 10 Host Pools) for workload and 2 hosts for Infrastructure VMs:

●   RDS Test -6048 sessions

●   VDI Non-Persistent Desktop test- 5022 users

●   VDI Persistent Desktop test- 5022 users

To achieve the target, sessions were launched against each workload set at a time. As per the Cisco Test Protocol for VDI solutions, all sessions were launched within 48 minutes (using the official Knowledge Worker Workload in VSI Benchmark Mode) and all launched sessions became active within two minutes subsequent to the last logged in session.

Full Scale Workload Testing with 6048 RDS Users

This section describes the key performance metrics that were captured on the Cisco UCS and Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 array, during the RDS full-scale testing with 6048 Desktop Sessions using 30 blades (configured in three 10 Host Pools).

The RDS workload for the solution is 6048 users. To achieve the target, sessions were launched against all workload clusters concurrently. As per the Cisco Test Protocol for VDI solutions, all sessions were launched within 48 minutes (using the official Knowledge Worker Workload in VSI Benchmark Mode) and all launched sessions became active within two minutes subsequent to the last logged in session.

Figure 98.       Full Scale 6048 RDS Sessions Test – Workload Distribution

The configured system efficiently and effectively delivered the following results:

 

Figure 99.       Full Scale | 6048 Users | Win 2019 RDSH | VSI Score

Figure 100.   Full Scale | 6048 Users | Win 2019 RDS Hosts| Host CPU Utilization

Figure 101.   Full Scale | 6048 Users | Win 2019 RDS Hosts | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 102.   Full Scale | 6048 Users | Win 2019 RDS Hosts | Host Network Utilization

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Storage System Graph for 6048 Users RDS Workload Test

Figure 103.   Full Scale | 6048 Users | Win 2019 RDS Hosts | Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System Latency Chart

Figure 104.   Full Scale | 6048 Users | Win 2019 RDS Hosts | Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System IOPS Chart

Figure 105.   Full Scale | 6048 Users | Win 2019 RDS Hosts | Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System Bandwidth Chart

Figure 106.   Full Scale | 6048 Users | Win 2019 RDS Hosts | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Performance Chart

Full Scale Workload Testing with 5022 VDI Non-Persistent Users

This section describes the key performance metrics that were captured on the Cisco UCS and Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 array during the persistent desktop full-scale testing with 5022 VDI Non-Persistent desktops using 30 blades (configured in three 10 Host Pools).

The workload for the test is 5022 Non-Persistent VDI users. To achieve the target, sessions were launched against all workload clusters concurrently. As per the Cisco Test Protocol for VDI solutions, all sessions were launched within 48 minutes (using the official Knowledge Worker Workload in VSI Benchmark Mode) and all launched sessions became active within two minutes subsequent to the last logged in session.

Figure 107.   Full Scale 5022 User Non-Persistent VDI Test – Workload Distribution

The configured system efficiently and effectively delivered the following results:

Figure 108.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | Win10 Non-Persistent Desktop | VSI Score

Figure 109.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Non-Persistent VM Hosts | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 110.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Non-Persistent Hosts | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 111.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Non-Persistent Hosts | Host Network Utilization

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Storage System Graph for 5500 Non-Persistent Workload Test

Figure 112.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Non-Persistent VM Hosts | Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System Latency Chart

Figure 113.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Non-Persistent VM Hosts |   FlashArray//X70 R3 System IOPS Chart

Figure 114.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Non-Persistent VM Hosts | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Bandwidth Chart

Figure 115.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Non-Persistent VM Hosts |  FlashArray//X70 R3  Performance Chart

Full Scale Workload Testing with 5022 VDI Persistent Users

This section describes the key performance metrics that were captured on the Cisco UCS and Pure Storage FlashArray during the persistent desktop full-scale testing with 5022 VDI Persistent desktops using 30 blades (configured in three 10 Host Pools).

The workload for the test is 5022 persistent VDI users. To achieve the target, sessions were launched against all workload clusters concurrently. As per the Cisco Test Protocol for VDI solutions, all sessions were launched within 48 minutes (using the official Knowledge Worker Workload in VSI Benchmark Mode) and all launched sessions became active within two minutes subsequent to the last logged in session.

Figure 116.   Full Scale VDI Persistent Test – Workload Distribution

The configured system efficiently and effectively delivered the following results:

Figure 117.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | Win10 Persistent Desktop | VSI Score

Figure 118.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Persistent VM Host | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 119.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Persistent VM Hosts | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 120.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI Persistent VM Hosts | Host Network Utilization

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Storage System Graph for 5022 Users Persistent Desktop Workload Test

Figure 121.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI-Persistent VM Hosts | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Latency Chart

Figure 122.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI-Persistent VM Hosts | FlashArray//X70 R3 System IOPS Chart

Figure 123.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI-Persistent VM Hosts | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Bandwidth Chart

Figure 124.   Full Scale | 5022 Users | VDI-Persistent VM Hosts | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Performance Chart

Summary

FlashStack delivers a platform for Enterprise End User Computing deployments and cloud data centers using Cisco UCS Blade and Rack Servers, Cisco Fabric Interconnects, Cisco Nexus 9000 switches, Cisco MDS 9100 Fibre Channel switches and Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Storage Array. FlashStack is designed and validated using compute, network and storage best practices and high availability to reduce deployment time, project risk and IT costs while maintaining scalability and flexibility for addressing a multitude of IT initiatives. This CVD validates the design, performance, management, scalability, and resilience that FlashStack provides to customers wishing to deploy enterprise-class VDI and RDS.

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About the Author

Vadim Lebedev, Technical Marketing Engineer, Desktop Virtualization and Graphics Solutions, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Vadim Lebedev for the last 5 years is a member of the Cisco’s Computing Systems Product Group team focusing on design, testing, and solutions validation, technical content creation, and performance testing/benchmarking. He has years of experience in server and desktop virtualization. Vadim is a subject matter expert on Desktop/Server virtualization, Cisco HyperFlex, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Nexus Switching, and NVIDIA Graphics.

Acknowledgements

For their support and contribution to the design, validation, and creation of this Cisco Validated Design, we would like to acknowledge the following for their contribution and expertise that resulted in developing this document:

●   Keith Hageman, Technical Marketing Performance Engineer, Pure Storage, Inc.

●   Craig Waters, Technical Director Solutions Architecture/Product Management, Pure Storage, Inc.

References

This section provides links to additional information for each partner’s solution component of this document.

Cisco UCS B-Series Servers

●   http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/index.html

●   https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/b200m5-specsheet.pdf

●   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/datasheet-listing.html

●   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b200-m5-blade-server/model.html

●   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/hw/blade-servers/B200M5.pdf

Cisco UCS Manager Configuration Guides

●   http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html

●   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-release-notes-list.html

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards

●   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/interfaces-modules/unified-computing-system-adapters/datasheet-c78-741130.html

Cisco Nexus Switching References

●   http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/datasheet-c78-736967.html

●   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-93180yc-fx-switch/index.html

Cisco MDS 9000 Service Switch References

●   http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/storage-networking/mds-9000-series-multilayer-switches/index.html

●   http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/storage-networking/product-listing.html

●   https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/storage-networking/mds-9132T 32-Gb-16g-multilayer-fabric-switch/datasheet-c78-731523.html

VMware References

●   https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/index.html

●     https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon/index.html

Login VSI Documentation

●   https://www.loginvsi.com/documentation/Main_Page

●   https://www.loginvsi.com/documentation/Start_your_first_test

Pure Storage Reference Documents

●   https://www.flashstack.com/

●   https://www.purestorage.com/content/dam/purestorage/pdf/datasheets/ps_ds_flasharray_03.pdf

●   https://www.purestorage.com

●   https://www.purestorage.com/products/evergreen-subscriptions.html

●   https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/infrastructure/vdi.html

●   https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/infrastructure/vdi-calculator.html

Appendix

Ethernet Network Configuration

The following section provides a detailed procedure for configuring the Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches used in this study.

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-A Configuration

version 7.0(3)I7(2)

switchname AAD17-NX9K-A

class-map type network-qos class-fcoe

match qos-group 1

class-map type network-qos class-all-flood

match qos-group 2

class-map type network-qos class-ip-multicast

match qos-group 2

policy-map type network-qos jumbo

  class type network-qos class-fcoe

    mtu 2158

  class type network-qos class-default

    mtu 9216

install feature-set fcoe-npv

vdc AAD17-NX9K-A id 1

  allow feature-set fcoe-npv

  limit-resource vlan minimum 16 maximum 4094

  limit-resource vrf minimum 2 maximum 4096

  limit-resource port-channel minimum 0 maximum 511

  limit-resource u4route-mem minimum 248 maximum 248

  limit-resource u6route-mem minimum 96 maximum 96

  limit-resource m4route-mem minimum 58 maximum 58

  limit-resource m6route-mem minimum 8 maximum 8

feature-set fcoe-npv

 

feature telnet

cfs eth distribute

feature interface-vlan

feature hsrp

feature lacp

feature dhcp

feature vpc

feature lldp

 

no password strength-check

username admin password 5 $5$d3vc8gvD$hmf.YoRRPcqZ2dDGV2IaVKYZsPSPls8E9bpUzMciMZ0  role network-admin

ip domain-lookup

system default switchport

class-map type qos match-all class-fcoe

policy-map type qos jumbo

  class class-default

    set qos-group 0

system qos

  service-policy type network-qos jumbo

copp profile lenient

snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0xc9a73d344387b8db2dc0f3fc624240ac priv 0xc9a73d344387b8db2dc0f3fc624240ac localizedkey

snmp-server host 10.24.66.169 traps version 2c public udp-port 1165

snmp-server host 10.24.72.119 traps version 2c public udp-port 1163

rmon event 1 description FATAL(1) owner PMON@FATAL

rmon event 2 description CRITICAL(2) owner PMON@CRITICAL

rmon event 3 description ERROR(3) owner PMON@ERROR

rmon event 4 description WARNING(4) owner PMON@WARNING

rmon event 5 description INFORMATION(5) owner PMON@INFO

ntp server 10.10.70.2 use-vrf default

ntp peer 10.10.70.3 use-vrf default

ntp server 72.163.32.44 use-vrf management

ntp logging

ntp master 8

 

vlan 1,70-76

vlan 70

  name InBand-Mgmt-SP

vlan 71

  name Infra-Mgmt-SP

vlan 72

  name VM-Network-SP

vlan 73

  name vMotion-SP

vlan 74

  name Storage_A-SP

vlan 75

  name Storage_B-SP

vlan 76

  name Launcher-SP

 

service dhcp

ip dhcp relay

ip dhcp relay information option

ipv6 dhcp relay

vrf context management

  ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.29.164.1

hardware access-list tcam region ing-racl 1536

hardware access-list tcam region ing-redirect 256

vpc domain 70

  role priority 1000

  peer-keepalive destination 10.29.164.234 source 10.29.164.233

 

 

interface Vlan1

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.29.164.241/24

 

interface Vlan70

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.70.2/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 70

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.70.1

 

interface Vlan71

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.71.2/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 71

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.71.1

 

interface Vlan72

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.72.0.2/19

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 72

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.72.0.1

  ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.11

  ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.12

 

interface Vlan73

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.73.2/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 73

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.73.1

 

interface Vlan74

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.74.2/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 74

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.74.1

 

interface Vlan75

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.75.2/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 75

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.75.1

 

interface Vlan76

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.76.2/23

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 76

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.76.1

  ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.11

  ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.12

 

interface port-channel10

 

interface port-channel11

  description FI-Uplink-D17

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 11

 

interface port-channel12

  description FI-Uplink-D17

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 12

 

interface port-channel13

  description FI-Uplink-D16

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 13

 

interface port-channel14

  description FI-Uplink-D16

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 14

 

interface port-channel70

  description vPC-PeerLink

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type network

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc peer-link

 

interface port-channel101

  description to PureStorage ethernet port eth2

  shutdown

  switchport access vlan 72

  spanning-tree port type edge

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 101

 

interface Ethernet1/1

 

interface Ethernet1/2

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

 

interface Ethernet1/3

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 13 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/4

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 13 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/5

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 14 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/6

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 14 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/7

 

interface Ethernet1/8

 

interface Ethernet1/9

 

interface Ethernet1/10

 

interface Ethernet1/11

 

interface Ethernet1/12

 

interface Ethernet1/13

 

interface Ethernet1/14

 

interface Ethernet1/15

 

interface Ethernet1/16

 

interface Ethernet1/17

 

interface Ethernet1/18

 

interface Ethernet1/19

 

interface Ethernet1/20

 

interface Ethernet1/21

 

interface Ethernet1/22

 

interface Ethernet1/23

 

interface Ethernet1/24

 

interface Ethernet1/25

 

interface Ethernet1/26

 

interface Ethernet1/27

 

interface Ethernet1/28

 

interface Ethernet1/29

 

interface Ethernet1/30

 

interface Ethernet1/31

 

interface Ethernet1/32

 

interface Ethernet1/33

  switchport access vlan 71

  spanning-tree port type edge

 

interface Ethernet1/34

  switchport access vlan 71

  spanning-tree port type edge

 

interface Ethernet1/35

 

interface Ethernet1/36

 

interface Ethernet1/37

 

interface Ethernet1/38

 

interface Ethernet1/39

 

interface Ethernet1/40

 

interface Ethernet1/41

 

interface Ethernet1/42

 

interface Ethernet1/43

 

interface Ethernet1/44

 

interface Ethernet1/45

 

interface Ethernet1/46

 

interface Ethernet1/47

 

interface Ethernet1/48

 

interface Ethernet1/49

 

interface Ethernet1/50

 

interface Ethernet1/51

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 11 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/52

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 12 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/53

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  channel-group 70 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/54

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  channel-group 70 mode active

 

interface mgmt0

  vrf member management

  ip address 10.29.164.233/24

line console

line vty

boot nxos bootflash:/nxos.7.0.3.I7.2.bin

no system default switchport shutdown

Cisco Nexus 93180YC -B Configuration

version 7.0(3)I7(2)

switchname AAD17-NX9K-B

class-map type network-qos class-fcoe

match qos-group 1

class-map type network-qos class-all-flood

match qos-group 2

class-map type network-qos class-ip-multicast

match qos-group 2

policy-map type network-qos jumbo

  class type network-qos class-fcoe

    mtu 2158

  class type network-qos class-default

    mtu 9216

install feature-set fcoe-npv

vdc AAD17-NX9K-B id 1

  allow feature-set fcoe-npv

  limit-resource vlan minimum 16 maximum 4094

  limit-resource vrf minimum 2 maximum 4096

  limit-resource port-channel minimum 0 maximum 511

  limit-resource u4route-mem minimum 248 maximum 248

  limit-resource u6route-mem minimum 96 maximum 96

  limit-resource m4route-mem minimum 58 maximum 58

  limit-resource m6route-mem minimum 8 maximum 8

feature-set fcoe-npv

 

feature telnet

cfs eth distribute

feature interface-vlan

feature hsrp

feature lacp

feature dhcp

feature vpc

feature lldp

 

no password strength-check

username admin password 5 $5$/48.OHa8$g6pOMLIwrzqxJesMYoP5CNphujBksPPRjn4I3iFfOp.  role network-admin

ip domain-lookup

system default switchport

class-map type qos match-all class-fcoe

policy-map type qos jumbo

  class class-default

    set qos-group 0

system qos

  service-policy type network-qos jumbo

copp profile lenient

snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0x6d450e3d5a3927ddee1dadd30e5f616f priv 0x6d450e3d5a3927ddee1dadd30e5f616f localizedkey

snmp-server host 10.24.66.169 traps version 2c public udp-port 1166

snmp-server host 10.24.72.119 traps version 2c public udp-port 1164

rmon event 1 description FATAL(1) owner PMON@FATAL

rmon event 2 description CRITICAL(2) owner PMON@CRITICAL

rmon event 3 description ERROR(3) owner PMON@ERROR

rmon event 4 description WARNING(4) owner PMON@WARNING

rmon event 5 description INFORMATION(5) owner PMON@INFO

ntp peer 10.10.70.2 use-vrf default

ntp server 10.10.70.3 use-vrf default

ntp server 72.163.32.44 use-vrf management

ntp logging

ntp master 8

 

vlan 1,70-76

vlan 70

  name InBand-Mgmt-SP

vlan 71

  name Infra-Mgmt-SP

vlan 72

  name VM-Network-SP

vlan 73

  name vMotion-SP

vlan 74

  name Storage_A-SP

vlan 75

  name Storage_B-SP

vlan 76

  name Launcher-SP

 

service dhcp

ip dhcp relay

ip dhcp relay information option

ipv6 dhcp relay

vrf context management

  ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.29.164.1

hardware access-list tcam region ing-racl 1536

hardware access-list tcam region ing-redirect 256

vpc domain 70

  role priority 2000

  peer-keepalive destination 10.29.164.233 source 10.29.164.234

 

 

interface Vlan1

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.29.164.240/24

 

interface Vlan70

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.70.3/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 70

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.70.1

 

interface Vlan71

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.71.3/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 71

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.71.1

 

interface Vlan72

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.72.0.2/19

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 72

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.72.0.1

  ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.11

  ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.12

 

interface Vlan73

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.73.3/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 73

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.73.1

 

interface Vlan74

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.74.3/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 74

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.74.1

 

interface Vlan75

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.75.3/24

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 75

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.75.1

 

interface Vlan76

  no shutdown

  ip address 10.10.76.3/23

  hsrp version 2

  hsrp 76

    preempt

    priority 110

    ip 10.10.76.1

  ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.11

  ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.12

 

interface port-channel10

 

interface port-channel11

  description FI-Uplink-D17

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 11

 

interface port-channel12

  description FI-Uplink-D17

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 12

 

interface port-channel13

  description FI-Uplink-D16

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 13

 

interface port-channel14

  description FI-Uplink-D16

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type edge trunk

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 14

 

interface port-channel70

  description vPC-PeerLink

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  spanning-tree port type network

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc peer-link

 

interface port-channel101

  description to PureStorage ethernet port eth2

  shutdown

  switchport access vlan 72

  mtu 9216

  service-policy type qos input jumbo

  vpc 101

 

interface Ethernet1/1

  switchport access vlan 70

  speed 1000

 

interface Ethernet1/2

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

 

interface Ethernet1/3

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 13 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/4

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 13 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/5

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 14 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/6

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 14 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/7

 

interface Ethernet1/8

 

interface Ethernet1/9

 

interface Ethernet1/10

 

interface Ethernet1/11

 

interface Ethernet1/12

 

interface Ethernet1/13

 

interface Ethernet1/14

 

interface Ethernet1/15

 

interface Ethernet1/16

 

interface Ethernet1/17

 

interface Ethernet1/18

 

interface Ethernet1/19

 

interface Ethernet1/20

 

interface Ethernet1/21

 

interface Ethernet1/22

 

interface Ethernet1/23

 

interface Ethernet1/24

 

interface Ethernet1/25

 

interface Ethernet1/26

 

interface Ethernet1/27

 

interface Ethernet1/28

 

interface Ethernet1/29

 

interface Ethernet1/30

 

interface Ethernet1/31

 

interface Ethernet1/32

 

interface Ethernet1/33

  switchport access vlan 71

  spanning-tree port type edge

 

interface Ethernet1/34

  switchport access vlan 71

  spanning-tree port type edge

 

interface Ethernet1/35

 

interface Ethernet1/36

 

interface Ethernet1/37

 

interface Ethernet1/38

 

interface Ethernet1/39

 

interface Ethernet1/40

 

interface Ethernet1/41

 

interface Ethernet1/42

 

interface Ethernet1/43

 

interface Ethernet1/44

 

interface Ethernet1/45

 

interface Ethernet1/46

 

interface Ethernet1/47

 

interface Ethernet1/48

 

interface Ethernet1/49

 

interface Ethernet1/50

 

interface Ethernet1/51

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 11 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/52

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  mtu 9216

  channel-group 12 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/53

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  channel-group 70 mode active

 

interface Ethernet1/54

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76

  channel-group 70 mode active

 

interface mgmt0

  vrf member management

  ip address 10.29.164.234/24

line console

line vty

boot nxos bootflash:/nxos.7.0.3.I7.2.bin

no system default switchport shutdown

Fibre Channel Network Configuration

The following section provides a detailed procedure for configuring the Cisco MDS 9100 Switches used in this study.

Cisco MDS 9132T-A Configuration

version 8.3(1)

power redundancy-mode redundant

feature npiv

feature fport-channel-trunk

role name default-role

  description This is a system defined role and applies to all users.

  rule 5 permit show feature environment

  rule 4 permit show feature hardware

  rule 3 permit show feature module

  rule 2 permit show feature snmp

  rule 1 permit show feature system

no password strength-check

username admin password 5 $5$Dcs72Ao/$8lHyVrotTm4skqb/84BC793tgdly/yWf9IoMx2OEg6C  role network-admin

ip domain-lookup

ip name-server 10.10.61.30

ip host ADD16-MDS-A  10.29.164.238

aaa group server radius radius

snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0x616758aed4f07bab2d24f3d594ebd649 priv 0x616758aed4f07bab2d24f3d594ebd649 localizedkey

snmp-server host 10.24.30.91 traps version 2c public udp-port 1163

snmp-server host 10.24.46.67 traps version 2c public udp-port 1163

snmp-server host 10.24.66.169 traps version 2c public udp-port 1163

snmp-server host 10.24.72.119 traps version 2c public udp-port 1165

rmon event 1 log trap public description FATAL(1) owner PMON@FATAL

rmon event 2 log trap public description CRITICAL(2) owner PMON@CRITICAL

rmon event 3 log trap public description ERROR(3) owner PMON@ERROR

rmon event 4 log trap public description WARNING(4) owner PMON@WARNING

rmon event 5 log trap public description INFORMATION(5) owner PMON@INFO

ntp server 10.81.254.131

ntp server 10.81.254.202

vsan database

  vsan 100 name "FlashStack-VCC-CVD-Fabric-A"

device-alias database

  device-alias name X70R3-CT0-FC0 pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

  device-alias name X70R3-CT1-FC0 pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

  device-alias name VCC-Infra01-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1e

  device-alias name VCC-Infra01-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1f

  device-alias name VCC-Infra02-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3e

  device-alias name VCC-Infra02-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3f

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost01-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:00

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost01-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:01

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost02-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:02

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost02-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:03

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost03-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:04

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost03-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:05

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost04-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:06

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost04-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:07

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost05-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:08

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost05-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:09

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost06-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0a

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost06-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0b

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost07-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0c

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost07-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0d

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost08-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0e

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost08-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0f

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost09-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:10

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost09-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:11

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost10-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:12

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost10-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:13

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost11-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:14

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost11-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:15

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost12-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:16

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost12-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:17

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost13-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:18

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost13-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:19

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost14-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1a

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost14-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1b

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost15-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1c

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost15-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1d

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost16-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:20

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost16-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:21

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost17-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:22

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost17-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:23

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost18-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:24

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost18-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:25

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost19-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:26

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost19-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:27

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost20-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:28

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost20-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:29

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost21-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2a

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost21-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2b

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost22-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2c

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost22-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2d

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost23-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2e

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost23-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2f

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost24-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:30

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost24-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:31

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost25-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:32

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost25-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:33

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost26-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:34

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost26-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:35

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost27-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:36

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost27-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:37

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost28-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:38

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost28-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:39

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost29-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3a

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost29-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3b

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost30-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3c

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost30-HBA2 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3d

 

device-alias commit

 

fcdomain fcid database

  vsan 100 wwn 20:03:00:de:fb:92:8d:00 fcid 0x300000 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:02 fcid 0x300020 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT0-FC2]

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:17 fcid 0x300040 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:06 fcid 0x300041 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT0-FC8]

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:07 fcid 0x300042 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:16 fcid 0x300043 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT1-FC8]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3e fcid 0x300060 dynamic

    !          [VCC-Infra02-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:07 fcid 0x300061 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost04-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:06 fcid 0x300062 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost04-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3a fcid 0x300063 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost29-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:29 fcid 0x300064 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost20-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:13 fcid 0x300065 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost10-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1c fcid 0x300066 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost15-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:32 fcid 0x300067 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost25-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:17 fcid 0x300068 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost12-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2e fcid 0x300069 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost23-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1f fcid 0x30006a dynamic

    !          [VCC-Infra01-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1b fcid 0x30006b dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost14-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1a fcid 0x30006c dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost14-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0a fcid 0x30006d dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost06-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:34 fcid 0x30006e dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost26-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:19 fcid 0x30006f dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost13-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:36 fcid 0x300070 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost27-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:01 fcid 0x300071 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost01-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:12 fcid 0x300072 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost10-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:16 fcid 0x300073 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost12-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2b fcid 0x300074 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost21-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:25 fcid 0x300075 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost18-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:27 fcid 0x300076 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost19-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3d fcid 0x300077 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost30-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:15 fcid 0x300078 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost11-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:38 fcid 0x300079 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost28-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:23 fcid 0x30007a dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost17-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:00 fcid 0x30007b dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost01-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:04 fcid 0x30007c dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost03-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:03 fcid 0x30007d dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost02-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0f fcid 0x30007e dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost08-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1d fcid 0x30007f dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost15-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:31 fcid 0x300080 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost24-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:30 fcid 0x300081 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost24-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:02 fcid 0x300082 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost02-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:08 fcid 0x300083 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost05-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:26 fcid 0x300084 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost19-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:22 fcid 0x300085 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost17-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2c fcid 0x300086 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost22-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:33 fcid 0x300087 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost25-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:21 fcid 0x300088 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost16-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2d fcid 0x300089 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost22-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:24 fcid 0x30008a dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost18-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3f fcid 0x30008b dynamic

    !          [VCC-Infra02-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:39 fcid 0x30008c dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost28-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3c fcid 0x30008d dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost30-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:14 fcid 0x30008e dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost11-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:11 fcid 0x30008f dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost09-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:10 fcid 0x300090 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost09-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:05 fcid 0x300091 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost03-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0e fcid 0x300092 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost08-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0d fcid 0x300093 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost07-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0c fcid 0x300094 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost07-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1e fcid 0x300095 dynamic

    !          [VCC-Infra01-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0b fcid 0x300096 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost06-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:28 fcid 0x300097 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost20-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:37 fcid 0x300098 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost27-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3b fcid 0x300099 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost29-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:09 fcid 0x30009a dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost05-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2a fcid 0x30009b dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost21-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2f fcid 0x30009c dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost23-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:20 fcid 0x30009d dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost16-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:35 fcid 0x30009e dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost26-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:18 fcid 0x30009f dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost13-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:02:00:de:fb:92:8d:00 fcid 0x3000a0 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 20:04:00:de:fb:92:8d:00 fcid 0x3000c0 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 20:01:00:de:fb:92:8d:00 fcid 0x3000e0 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:00 fcid 0x300044 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT0-FC0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:01:00:3a:9c:0e:33:20 fcid 0x3000e1 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 20:02:00:3a:9c:0e:33:20 fcid 0x3000a1 dynamic

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    !          [X70-CT1-FC0]

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12 fcid 0x300022 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10 fcid 0x300045 dynamic

    !          [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02 fcid 0x300046 dynamic

  vsan 100 wwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00 fcid 0x300023 dynamic

    !          [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:40 fcid 0x3000e2 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost70-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:41 fcid 0x3000a2 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost70-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:44 fcid 0x3000e3 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost72-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:45 fcid 0x3000a3 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost72-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4e fcid 0x3000e4 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost73-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4f fcid 0x3000a4 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost73-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:42 fcid 0x3000e5 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost71-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:43 fcid 0x3000a5 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost71-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:46 fcid 0x3000e6 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost74-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:47 fcid 0x3000a6 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost74-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:48 fcid 0x3000e7 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost75-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:49 fcid 0x3000a7 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost75-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4a fcid 0x3000e8 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost76-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4b fcid 0x3000a8 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost76-HBA2]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4c fcid 0x3000e9 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost77-HBA0]

  vsan 100 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4d fcid 0x3000a9 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost77-HBA2]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost01-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:01

    !           [VCC-WLHost01-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:02

    !           [VCC-WLHost02-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:03

    !           [VCC-WLHost02-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost03 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:04

    !           [VCC-WLHost03-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:05

    !           [VCC-WLHost03-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost04 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:06

    !           [VCC-WLHost04-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:07

    !           [VCC-WLHost04-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost05 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:08

    !           [VCC-WLHost05-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:09

    !           [VCC-WLHost05-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost06 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0a

    !           [VCC-WLHost06-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0b

    !           [VCC-WLHost06-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost07 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0c

    !           [VCC-WLHost07-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0d

    !           [VCC-WLHost07-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost08 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0e

    !           [VCC-WLHost08-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:0f

    !           [VCC-WLHost08-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost09 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:10

    !           [VCC-WLHost09-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:11

    !           [VCC-WLHost09-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost10 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:12

    !           [VCC-WLHost10-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:13

    !           [VCC-WLHost10-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost11 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:14

    !           [VCC-WLHost11-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:15

    !           [VCC-WLHost11-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost12 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:16

    !           [VCC-WLHost12-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:17

    !           [VCC-WLHost12-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost13 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:18

    !           [VCC-WLHost13-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:19

    !           [VCC-WLHost13-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1a

    !           [VCC-WLHost14-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1b

    !           [VCC-WLHost14-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost15 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1c

    !           [VCC-WLHost15-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1d

    !           [VCC-WLHost15-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra01 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1e

    !           [VCC-Infra01-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:1f

    !           [VCC-Infra01-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost16 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:20

    !           [VCC-WLHost16-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:21

    !           [VCC-WLHost16-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost17 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:22

    !           [VCC-WLHost17-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:23

    !           [VCC-WLHost17-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost18 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:24

    !           [VCC-WLHost18-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:25

    !           [VCC-WLHost18-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost19 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:26

    !           [VCC-WLHost19-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:27

    !           [VCC-WLHost19-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost20 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:28

    !           [VCC-WLHost20-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:29

    !           [VCC-WLHost20-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost21 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2a

    !           [VCC-WLHost21-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2b

    !           [VCC-WLHost21-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost22 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2c

    !           [VCC-WLHost22-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2d

    !           [VCC-WLHost22-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost23 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2e

    !           [VCC-WLHost23-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:2f

    !           [VCC-WLHost23-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost24 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:30

    !           [VCC-WLHost24-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:31

    !           [VCC-WLHost24-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost25 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:32

    !           [VCC-WLHost25-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:33

    !           [VCC-WLHost25-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost26 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:34

    !           [VCC-WLHost26-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:35

    !           [VCC-WLHost26-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost27-HBA0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost28-HBA0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost30-HBA0]

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    !           [VCC-WLHost30-HBA2]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [AMD-VMHost70-HBA0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [AMD-VMHost72-HBA0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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!Full Zone Database Section for vsan 100

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost07-HBA0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost08-HBA0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost23-HBA0]

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    !           [VCC-WLHost23-HBA2]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost24-HBA0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

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    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

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    !           [VCC-WLHost26-HBA2]

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    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost27 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:36

    !           [VCC-WLHost27-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:37

    !           [VCC-WLHost27-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost28 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:38

    !           [VCC-WLHost28-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:39

    !           [VCC-WLHost28-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost29 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3a

    !           [VCC-WLHost29-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3b

    !           [VCC-WLHost29-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost30 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3c

    !           [VCC-WLHost30-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3d

    !           [VCC-WLHost30-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra02 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3e

    !           [VCC-Infra02-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:3f

    !           [VCC-Infra02-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:40

    !           [AMD-VMHost70-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:41

    !           [AMD-VMHost70-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:42

    !           [AMD-VMHost71-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:43

    !           [AMD-VMHost71-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost72 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:44

    !           [AMD-VMHost72-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:45

    !           [AMD-VMHost72-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost73 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4e

    !           [AMD-VMHost73-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4f

    !           [AMD-VMHost73-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost74 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:46

    !           [AMD-VMHost74-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:47

    !           [AMD-VMHost74-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost75 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:48

    !           [AMD-VMHost75-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:49

    !           [AMD-VMHost75-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost76 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4a

    !           [AMD-VMHost76-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4b

    !           [AMD-VMHost76-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost77 vsan 100

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4c

    !           [AMD-VMHost77-HBA0]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:aa:17:4d

    !           [AMD-VMHost77-HBA2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC0]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:10

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC0]

 

zoneset name FlashStack-VCC-CVD vsan 100

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost01

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost02

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost03

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost04

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost05

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost06

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost07

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost08

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost09

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost10

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost11

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost12

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost13

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost14

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost15

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra01

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost16

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost17

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost18

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost19

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost20

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost21

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost22

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost23

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost24

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost25

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost26

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost27

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost28

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost29

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost30

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra02

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost72

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost73

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost74

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost75

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost76

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost77

 

interface mgmt0

  ip address 10.29.164.238 255.255.255.0

vsan database

  vsan 400 interface fc1/1

  vsan 400 interface fc1/2

  vsan 400 interface fc1/3

  vsan 400 interface fc1/4

  vsan 400 interface fc1/5

  vsan 400 interface fc1/6

  vsan 400 interface fc1/7

  vsan 400 interface fc1/8

  vsan 100 interface fc1/9

  vsan 100 interface fc1/10

  vsan 100 interface fc1/11

  vsan 100 interface fc1/12

  vsan 100 interface fc1/13

  vsan 100 interface fc1/14

  vsan 100 interface fc1/15

  vsan 100 interface fc1/16

clock timezone PST 0 0

clock summer-time PDT 2 Sun Mar 02:00 1 Sun Nov 02:00 60

switchname ADD16-MDS-A

cli alias name autozone source sys/autozone.py

line console

line vty

boot kickstart bootflash:/m9100-s6ek9-kickstart-mz.8.3.1.bin

boot system bootflash:/m9100-s6ek9-mz.8.3.1.bin

interface fc1/4

  switchport speed auto

interface fc1/1

interface fc1/2

interface fc1/3

interface fc1/5

interface fc1/6

interface fc1/7

interface fc1/8

interface fc1/9

interface fc1/10

interface fc1/11

interface fc1/12

interface fc1/13

interface fc1/14

interface fc1/15

interface fc1/16

interface fc1/4

 

interface fc1/1

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/2

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/3

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/4

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/5

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/6

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/7

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/8

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/9

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/10

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/11

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/12

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/13

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/14

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/15

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/16

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 100

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

ip default-gateway 10.29.164.1

Cisco MDS 9132T-B Configuration

version 8.3(1)

power redundancy-mode redundant

feature npiv

feature fport-channel-trunk

role name default-role

  description This is a system defined role and applies to all users.

  rule 5 permit show feature environment

  rule 4 permit show feature hardware

  rule 3 permit show feature module

  rule 2 permit show feature snmp

  rule 1 permit show feature system

no password strength-check

username admin password 5 $5$1qs42bIH$hp2kMO3FA/4Zzg6EekVHWpA8lA7Mc/kBsFZVU8q1uU7  role network-admin

ip domain-lookup

ip host ADD16-MDS-B  10.29.164.239

aaa group server radius radius              

snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0x6fa97f514b0cdf3638e31dfd0bd19c71 priv 0x6fa97f514b0cdf3638e31dfd0bd19c71 localizedkey

snmp-server host 10.155.160.97 traps version 2c public udp-port 1164

snmp-server host 10.24.66.169 traps version 2c public udp-port 1164

snmp-server host 10.24.72.119 traps version 2c public udp-port 1166

snmp-server host 10.29.164.250 traps version 2c public udp-port 1163

rmon event 1 log trap public description FATAL(1) owner PMON@FATAL

rmon event 2 log trap public description CRITICAL(2) owner PMON@CRITICAL

rmon event 3 log trap public description ERROR(3) owner PMON@ERROR

rmon event 4 log trap public description WARNING(4) owner PMON@WARNING

rmon event 5 log trap public description INFORMATION(5) owner PMON@INFO

ntp server 10.81.254.131

ntp server 10.81.254.202

vsan database

  vsan 101 name "FlashStack-VCC-CVD-Fabric-B"

device-alias database

  device-alias name X70R3-CT0-FC2 pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

  device-alias name X70R3-CT1-FC2 pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

  device-alias name VCC-Infra01-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1e

  device-alias name VCC-Infra01-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1f

  device-alias name VCC-Infra02-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3e

  device-alias name VCC-Infra02-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3f

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost01-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:00

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost01-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:01

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost02-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:02

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost02-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:03

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost03-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:04

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost03-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:05

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost04-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:06

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost04-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:07

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost05-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:08

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost05-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:09

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost06-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0a

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost06-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0b

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost07-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0c

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost07-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0d

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost08-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0e

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost08-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0f

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost09-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:10

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost09-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:11

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost10-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:12

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost10-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:13

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost11-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:14

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost11-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:15

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost12-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:16

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost12-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:17

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost13-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:18

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost13-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:19

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost14-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1a

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost14-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1b

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost15-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1c

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost15-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1d

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost16-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:20

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost16-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:21

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost17-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:22

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost17-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:23

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost18-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:24

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost18-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:25

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost19-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:26

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost19-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:27

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost20-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:28

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost20-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:29

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost21-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2a

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost21-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2b

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost22-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2c

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost22-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2d

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost23-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2e

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost23-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2f

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost24-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:30

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost24-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:31

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost25-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:32

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost25-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:33

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost26-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:34

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost26-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:35

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost27-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:36

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost27-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:37

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost28-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:38

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost28-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:39

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost29-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3a

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost29-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3b

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost30-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3c

  device-alias name VCC-WLHost30-HBA3 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3d

 

device-alias commit

 

fcdomain fcid database

  vsan 101 wwn 20:03:00:de:fb:90:a4:40 fcid 0xc40000 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:17 fcid 0xc40020 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT1-FC9]

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:07 fcid 0xc40040 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT0-FC9]

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:16 fcid 0xc40021 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:13 fcid 0xc40041 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT1-FC3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3e fcid 0xc40060 dynamic

    !          [VCC-Infra02-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:07 fcid 0xc40061 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost04-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3c fcid 0xc40062 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost30-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:11 fcid 0xc40063 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost09-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:01 fcid 0xc40064 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost01-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:00 fcid 0xc40065 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost01-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:13 fcid 0xc40066 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost10-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:04 fcid 0xc40067 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost03-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:17 fcid 0xc40068 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost12-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:16 fcid 0xc40069 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost12-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:30 fcid 0xc4006a dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost24-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:21 fcid 0xc4006b dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost16-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1f fcid 0xc4006c dynamic

    !          [VCC-Infra01-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1a fcid 0xc4006d dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost14-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3f fcid 0xc4006e dynamic

    !          [VCC-Infra02-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0a fcid 0xc4006f dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost06-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:38 fcid 0xc40070 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost28-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:19 fcid 0xc40071 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost13-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:22 fcid 0xc40072 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost17-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2f fcid 0xc40073 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost23-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1b fcid 0xc40074 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost14-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3b fcid 0xc40075 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost29-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2a fcid 0xc40076 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost21-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:29 fcid 0xc40077 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost20-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1c fcid 0xc40078 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost15-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0b fcid 0xc40079 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost06-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0d fcid 0xc4007a dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost07-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:37 fcid 0xc4007b dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost27-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:31 fcid 0xc4007c dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost24-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:08 fcid 0xc4007d dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost05-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:10 fcid 0xc4007e dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost09-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:34 fcid 0xc4007f dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost26-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:25 fcid 0xc40080 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost18-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3d fcid 0xc40081 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost30-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:15 fcid 0xc40082 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost11-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:23 fcid 0xc40083 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost17-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3a fcid 0xc40084 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost29-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:28 fcid 0xc40085 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost20-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:32 fcid 0xc40086 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost25-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0f fcid 0xc40087 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost08-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0c fcid 0xc40088 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost07-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2e fcid 0xc40089 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost23-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:03 fcid 0xc4008a dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost02-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:02 fcid 0xc4008b dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost02-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2b fcid 0xc4008c dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost21-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:35 fcid 0xc4008d dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost26-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2c fcid 0xc4008e dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost22-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:27 fcid 0xc4008f dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost19-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:18 fcid 0xc40090 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost13-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:14 fcid 0xc40091 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost11-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0e fcid 0xc40092 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost08-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1e fcid 0xc40093 dynamic

    !          [VCC-Infra01-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:06 fcid 0xc40094 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost04-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:09 fcid 0xc40095 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost05-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:26 fcid 0xc40096 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost19-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:24 fcid 0xc40097 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost18-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:20 fcid 0xc40098 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost16-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1d fcid 0xc40099 dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost15-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:33 fcid 0xc4009a dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost25-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:36 fcid 0xc4009b dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost27-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:39 fcid 0xc4009c dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost28-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2d fcid 0xc4009d dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost22-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:12 fcid 0xc4009e dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost10-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:05 fcid 0xc4009f dynamic

    !          [VCC-WLHost03-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:02:00:de:fb:90:a4:40 fcid 0xc400a0 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 20:01:00:de:fb:90:a4:40 fcid 0xc400c0 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 20:04:00:de:fb:90:a4:40 fcid 0xc400e0 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:00 fcid 0xc40022 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:12 fcid 0xc40042 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:11 fcid 0xc40023 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT1-FC1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:01:00:3a:9c:a4:fd:20 fcid 0xc400c1 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 20:02:00:3a:9c:a4:fd:20 fcid 0xc400a1 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 20:03:00:3a:9c:a4:fd:20 fcid 0xc40100 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 20:04:00:3a:9c:a4:fd:20 fcid 0xc400e1 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:75:dd:91:0a:01 fcid 0xc40043 dynamic

    !          [X70-CT0-FC1]

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02 fcid 0xc40044 dynamic

    !          [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:00 fcid 0xc40024 dynamic

  vsan 101 wwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12 fcid 0xc40045 dynamic

    !          [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:40 fcid 0xc400c2 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost70-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:41 fcid 0xc400a2 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost70-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:44 fcid 0xc400c3 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost72-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:45 fcid 0xc400a3 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost72-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4e fcid 0xc400c4 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost73-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4f fcid 0xc400a4 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost73-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:42 fcid 0xc400c5 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost71-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:43 fcid 0xc400a5 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost71-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:46 fcid 0xc400c6 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost74-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:47 fcid 0xc400a6 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost74-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:48 fcid 0xc400c7 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost75-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:49 fcid 0xc400a7 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost75-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4a fcid 0xc400c8 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost76-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4b fcid 0xc400a8 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost76-HBA3]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4c fcid 0xc400c9 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost77-HBA1]

  vsan 101 wwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4d fcid 0xc400a9 dynamic

    !          [AMD-VMHost77-HBA3]

 

!Active Zone Database Section for vsan 101

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost01 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:00

    !           [VCC-WLHost01-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:01

    !           [VCC-WLHost01-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost02 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:02

    !           [VCC-WLHost02-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:03

    !           [VCC-WLHost02-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost03 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:04

    !           [VCC-WLHost03-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:05

    !           [VCC-WLHost03-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost04 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:06

    !           [VCC-WLHost04-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:07

    !           [VCC-WLHost04-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost05 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:08

    !           [VCC-WLHost05-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:09

    !           [VCC-WLHost05-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost06 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0a

    !           [VCC-WLHost06-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0b

    !           [VCC-WLHost06-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost07 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0c

    !           [VCC-WLHost07-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0d

    !           [VCC-WLHost07-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost08 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0e

    !           [VCC-WLHost08-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0f

    !           [VCC-WLHost08-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost09 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:10

    !           [VCC-WLHost09-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:11

    !           [VCC-WLHost09-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost10 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:12

    !           [VCC-WLHost10-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:13

    !           [VCC-WLHost10-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost11 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:14

    !           [VCC-WLHost11-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:15

    !           [VCC-WLHost11-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost12 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:16

    !           [VCC-WLHost12-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:17

    !           [VCC-WLHost12-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost13 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:18

    !           [VCC-WLHost13-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:19

    !           [VCC-WLHost13-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost14 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1a

    !           [VCC-WLHost14-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1b

    !           [VCC-WLHost14-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost15 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1c

    !           [VCC-WLHost15-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1d

    !           [VCC-WLHost15-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra01 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1e

    !           [VCC-Infra01-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1f

    !           [VCC-Infra01-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost16 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:20

    !           [VCC-WLHost16-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:21

    !           [VCC-WLHost16-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost17 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:22

    !           [VCC-WLHost17-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:23

    !           [VCC-WLHost17-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost18 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:24

    !           [VCC-WLHost18-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:25

    !           [VCC-WLHost18-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost19 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:26

    !           [VCC-WLHost19-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:27

    !           [VCC-WLHost19-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost20 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:28

    !           [VCC-WLHost20-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:29

    !           [VCC-WLHost20-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost21 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2a

    !           [VCC-WLHost21-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2b

    !           [VCC-WLHost21-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost22 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2c

    !           [VCC-WLHost22-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2d

    !           [VCC-WLHost22-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost23 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2e

    !           [VCC-WLHost23-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2f

    !           [VCC-WLHost23-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost24 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:30

    !           [VCC-WLHost24-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:31

    !           [VCC-WLHost24-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost25 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:32

    !           [VCC-WLHost25-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:33

    !           [VCC-WLHost25-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost26 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:34

    !           [VCC-WLHost26-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:35

    !           [VCC-WLHost26-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost27 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:36

    !           [VCC-WLHost27-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:37

    !           [VCC-WLHost27-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost28 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:38

    !           [VCC-WLHost28-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:39

    !           [VCC-WLHost28-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost29 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3a

    !           [VCC-WLHost29-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3b

    !           [VCC-WLHost29-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost30 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3c

    !           [VCC-WLHost30-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3d

    !           [VCC-WLHost30-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra02 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3e

    !           [VCC-Infra02-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3f

    !           [VCC-Infra02-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:40

    !           [AMD-VMHost70-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:41

    !           [AMD-VMHost70-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:42

    !           [AMD-VMHost71-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:43

    !           [AMD-VMHost71-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost72 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:44

    !           [AMD-VMHost72-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:45

    !           [AMD-VMHost72-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost73 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4e

    !           [AMD-VMHost73-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4f

    !           [AMD-VMHost73-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost74 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:46

    !           [AMD-VMHost74-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:47

    !           [AMD-VMHost74-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost75 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:48

    !           [AMD-VMHost75-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:49

    !           [AMD-VMHost75-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost76 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4a

    !           [AMD-VMHost76-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4b

    !           [AMD-VMHost76-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost77 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4c

    !           [AMD-VMHost77-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4d

    !           [AMD-VMHost77-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zoneset name FlashStack-VCC-CVD vsan 101

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost01

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost02

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost03

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost04

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost05

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost06

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost07

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost08

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost09

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost10

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost11

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost12

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost13

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost14

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost15

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra01

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost16

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost17

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost18

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost19

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost20

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost21

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost22

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost23

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost24

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost25

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost26

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost27

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost28

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost29

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost30

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra02

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost72

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost73

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost74

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost75

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost76

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost77

 

zoneset activate name FlashStack-VCC-CVD vsan 101

do clear zone database vsan 101

!Full Zone Database Section for vsan 101

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    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:00

    !           [VCC-WLHost01-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:01

    !           [VCC-WLHost01-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost02 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:02

    !           [VCC-WLHost02-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:03

    !           [VCC-WLHost02-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost03 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:04

    !           [VCC-WLHost03-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:05

    !           [VCC-WLHost03-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost04 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:06

    !           [VCC-WLHost04-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:07

    !           [VCC-WLHost04-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost05 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:08

    !           [VCC-WLHost05-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:09

    !           [VCC-WLHost05-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost06 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0a

    !           [VCC-WLHost06-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0b

    !           [VCC-WLHost06-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost07 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0c

    !           [VCC-WLHost07-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0d

    !           [VCC-WLHost07-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost08 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0e

    !           [VCC-WLHost08-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:0f

    !           [VCC-WLHost08-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost09 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:10

    !           [VCC-WLHost09-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:11

    !           [VCC-WLHost09-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost10 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:12

    !           [VCC-WLHost10-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:13

    !           [VCC-WLHost10-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost11 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:14

    !           [VCC-WLHost11-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:15

    !           [VCC-WLHost11-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost12 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:16

    !           [VCC-WLHost12-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:17

    !           [VCC-WLHost12-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost13 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:18

    !           [VCC-WLHost13-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:19

    !           [VCC-WLHost13-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost14 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1a

    !           [VCC-WLHost14-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1b

    !           [VCC-WLHost14-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost15 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1c

    !           [VCC-WLHost15-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1d

    !           [VCC-WLHost15-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra01 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1e

    !           [VCC-Infra01-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:1f

    !           [VCC-Infra01-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost16 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:20

    !           [VCC-WLHost16-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:21

    !           [VCC-WLHost16-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost17 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:22

    !           [VCC-WLHost17-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:23

    !           [VCC-WLHost17-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost18 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:24

    !           [VCC-WLHost18-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:25

    !           [VCC-WLHost18-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost19 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:26

    !           [VCC-WLHost19-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:27

    !           [VCC-WLHost19-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost20 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:28

    !           [VCC-WLHost20-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:29

    !           [VCC-WLHost20-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost21 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2a

    !           [VCC-WLHost21-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2b

    !           [VCC-WLHost21-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost22 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2c

    !           [VCC-WLHost22-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2d

    !           [VCC-WLHost22-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost23 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2e

    !           [VCC-WLHost23-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:2f

    !           [VCC-WLHost23-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost24 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:30

    !           [VCC-WLHost24-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:31

    !           [VCC-WLHost24-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost25 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:32

    !           [VCC-WLHost25-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:33

    !           [VCC-WLHost25-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost26 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:34

    !           [VCC-WLHost26-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:35

    !           [VCC-WLHost26-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost27 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:36

    !           [VCC-WLHost27-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:37

    !           [VCC-WLHost27-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost28 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:38

    !           [VCC-WLHost28-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:39

    !           [VCC-WLHost28-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost29 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3a

    !           [VCC-WLHost29-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3b

    !           [VCC-WLHost29-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost30 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3c

    !           [VCC-WLHost30-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3d

    !           [VCC-WLHost30-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra02 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3e

    !           [VCC-Infra02-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:3f

    !           [VCC-Infra02-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:40

    !           [AMD-VMHost70-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:41

    !           [AMD-VMHost70-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:42

    !           [AMD-VMHost71-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:43

    !           [AMD-VMHost71-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost72 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:44

    !           [AMD-VMHost72-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:45

    !           [AMD-VMHost72-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost73 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4e

    !           [AMD-VMHost73-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4f

    !           [AMD-VMHost73-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost74 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:46

    !           [AMD-VMHost74-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:47

    !           [AMD-VMHost74-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost75 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:48

    !           [AMD-VMHost75-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:49

    !           [AMD-VMHost75-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost76 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4a

    !           [AMD-VMHost76-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4b

    !           [AMD-VMHost76-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zone name FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost77 vsan 101

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4c

    !           [AMD-VMHost77-HBA1]

    member pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:4d

    !           [AMD-VMHost77-HBA3]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:02

    !           [X70R3-CT0-FC2]

    member pwwn 52:4a:93:71:56:84:09:12

    !           [X70R3-CT1-FC2]

 

zoneset name FlashStack-VCC-CVD vsan 101

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost01

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost02

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost03

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost04

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost05

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost06

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost07

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost08

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost09

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost10

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost11

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost12

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost13

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost14

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost15

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra01

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost16

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost17

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost18

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost19

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost20

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost21

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost22

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost23

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost24

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost25

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost26

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost27

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost28

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost29

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-WLHost30

    member FlaskStack-VCC-CVD-Infra02

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost72

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost73

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost74

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost75

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost76

    member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost77

 

 

 

interface mgmt0

  ip address 10.29.164.239 255.255.255.0

vsan database

  vsan 101 interface fc1/9

  vsan 101 interface fc1/10

  vsan 101 interface fc1/11

  vsan 101 interface fc1/12

  vsan 101 interface fc1/13

  vsan 101 interface fc1/14

  vsan 101 interface fc1/15

  vsan 101 interface fc1/16

clock timezone PST 0 0

clock summer-time PDT 2 Sun Mar 02:00 1 Sun Nov 02:00 60

switchname ADD16-MDS-B

cli alias name autozone source sys/autozone.py

line console

line vty

boot kickstart bootflash:/m9100-s6ek9-kickstart-mz.8.3.1.bin

boot system bootflash:/m9100-s6ek9-mz.8.3.1.bin

interface fc1/1

interface fc1/2

interface fc1/3

interface fc1/4

interface fc1/5

interface fc1/6

interface fc1/7

interface fc1/8

interface fc1/9

interface fc1/10

interface fc1/11

interface fc1/12

interface fc1/13

interface fc1/14

interface fc1/15

interface fc1/16

 

interface fc1/1

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/2

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/3

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/4

 no port-license

 

interface fc1/5

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/6

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/7

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/8

  no port-license

 

interface fc1/9

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/10

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/11

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/12

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/13

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/14

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/15

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

 

interface fc1/16

  switchport trunk allowed vsan 101

  switchport trunk mode off

  port-license acquire

  no shutdown

ip default-gateway 10.29.164.1

Full Scale Server Performance Chart with Boot and LoginVSI Knowledge Worker Workload Test

This section provides a detailed performance chart for ESXi 7.0 GA installed on Cisco UCS B200 M5 Blade Server as part of the workload test with VMware Horizon 8 deployed on Pure Storage FlashArray //70 R3 system running LoginVSI v4.1.39 based knowledge worker workload part of the FlashStack reference architecture defined here.

The charts below are defined in the set of 30 hosts in the single performance chart.

VDI Server Performance Monitor Data for One Sample Test: 5022 Users VDI Non-Persistent (Instant Clones) Scale Testing

Figure 125.   Full Scale | 5022 Non-Persistent Users| VDI Host | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 126.   Full Scale | 5022 Non-Persistent Users| VDI Host | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 127.   Full Scale | 5022 Non-Persistent Users| VDI Host | Host Network Utilization | Received

Figure 128.   Full Scale | 5022 Non-Persistent Users| VDI Host | Host Network Utilization | Transmitted

VDI Server Performance Monitor Data for One Sample Test: 5022 Users VDI Persistent (Full Clones) Scale Testing

Figure 129.   Full Scale | 5022 Persistent Users| VDI Host | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 130.   Full Scale | 5022 Persistent Users| VDI Host | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 131.   Full Scale | 5022 Persistent Users| VDI Host | Host Network Utilization | Received

Figure 132.   Full Scale | 5022 Persistent Users| VDI Host | Host Network Utilization | Transmitted

VDI Server Performance Monitor Data for One Sample Test: 6048 Users RDS Scale Testing

Figure 133.   Full Scale | 6048 RDS Users| VDI Host | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 134.   Full Scale | 6048 RDS Users| VDI Host | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 135.   Full Scale | 6048 RDS Users| VDI Host | Host Network Utilization | Received

Figure 136.   Full Scale | 6048 RDS Users| VDI Host | Host Network Utilization | Transmitted

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