©2010VMwareInc.AllrightsreservedvSphere4.1–What’sNewTechnicalOverviewQ320102vSphere4.1What’sNewTechnicalOverview–Agenda•Introduction–vSphere4.1FeaturesandThemes•Storage–StorageI/OControl,vStorageAPIsforArrayIntegration(VAAI),PerformanceReporting,iSCSIOffloadenhancements•Network–NetworkI/OControl,LoadBasedTeaming,IPv6,Performance•MemoryCompression–ANewLevelofHierarchyforOvercommit•ESXi–NewDeploymentMethods,TechSupportModeEnhancements•AvailabilityandResourceManagement-HighAvailability(HA),FaultTolerance(FT),vMotion,DistributedResourceScheduler(DRS),andDistributedPowerManagementEnhancements•Management–vCenterServer&PlatformEnhancements•SLESforVMwarevSphere•Appendix(APIsandScriptAutomationforvSphere)3AreYouReadyfor4.1?4WhatisthevSphere4.1ReleaseAllAbout?vSphere4.1delivers:DramaticexpansionandscalefortheplatformNewcapabilitiesforthemostefficientaggregationofalldatacenterresourcesintoanelasticpoolofcomputingpowerAdditionalKeyFocusAreas:TheCloud(PrivateandPublic)ESXiHypervisorArchitectureAllverticalmarkets(SMBtotheEnterprise)VMwarevSphereMarketLeadingVirtualizationPlatform5DrivingCustomerstoESXiwithvSphere4.14.1EnhancementsforESXiNewDeploymentOptionsCentralizedupdatingof3rdpartycodewithUpdateManagerImprovedLocalAuthenticationforActiveDirectoryEasierCLIoptionsforTroubleshootingBetterControloverLocalActivityWhatDoesThisAllMean?RecommendthatallvSphere4.1deploymentsusetheESXihypervisorvSphere4.1isthelastreleasewiththeESXhypervisor(sometimesknownas“ESXclassic”)VisitESXiandESXInfoCenterformoredetailsESXi-EstablishingtheGoldStandardinHypervisors66EnhancedvCenterScalabilityvSphere4vSphere4.1RatioVMsperhost3203201xHostspercluster32321xVMspercluster128030003xHostsperVC30010003xRegisteredVMsperVC4500150003x+Powered-OnVMsperVC3000100003xConcurrentVIClients301204xHostsperDC1005005xVMsperDC250050002x7Introducing…TheBestPlatformforCloudInfrastructures8VMwarevSphere4.1:What’sNew?ApplicationServicesInfrastructureServicesScalabilityVMwarevSphere4.1Security•ADIntegration(host)•MoreVMs(percluster,DC)•MoreHosts(perVC,DC)•HADiagnosticsAndHealthcheck•vMotionSpeedandScaleAvailabilityvNetworkvStorage•NetworkI/OControl•LoadBasedTeaming•IPv6NIST•Performance+•StorageI/OControl•MorePerformanceMetrics•APIsforArrayIntegration•MemoryCompression•HostAffinityvComputevCenterServer(64-bit)•UpdateManagerEnhancements•VirtualSerialPortConcentrator9vCenterServerMUSTbehostedon64-bitWindowsOS•32-bitOSNOTsupportedasahostOSwithvCentervSphere4.1Whythechange?•Scalabilityisrestrictedbythex8632bitvirtualaddressspaceandmovingto64bitwilleliminatethisproblem•ReducesdevandQAcyclesandresources(fastertimetomarket)TwoOptions1.vCenterServerinavirtualmachinerunning64-bitWindowsOS2.vCenterServerinstallona64-bitWindowsOSBestPractice–UseOption1vCenterServer–Migrationto64-bit10Storage11StorageFeatureSummaryStorageI/OControlvStorageAPIforArrayIntegrationNewPerformanceMonitoringStatisticsiSCSIEnhancements8GBHBASupport12StorageI/OControl13TheI/OSharingProblemWhatyouseedatastoreonlinestoredataminingMicrosoftExchangeWhatyouwanttoseedatastoreonlinestoredataminingMicrosoftExchange•LowpriorityVMcanlimitI/ObandwidthforhighpriorityVMs•StorageI/OallocationshouldbeinlinewithVMpriorities14Solution:StorageI/OControl(SIOC)32GHz16GBDatastoreACPUshares:HighMemoryshares:HighonlinestoreMicrosoftExchangedataminingCPUshares:LowMemoryshares:LowCPUshares:HighMemoryshares:HighI/Oshares:HighI/Oshares:LowI/Oshares:High15SettingI/OControls16EnablingStorageI/OControlStorageI/OControlEnabled17ViewingConfigurationSettings18AllocateI/OResourcesSharestranslateintoESXI/Oqueueslots•VMswithmoresharesareallowedtosendmoreI/O’satatime•Slotassignmentisdynamic,basedonVMsharesandcurrentload•Total#ofslotsavailableisdynamic,basedonlevelofcongestionI/O’sinflightSTORAGEARRAYdataminingonlinestoreMicrosoftExchange1950%devicequeuedepth240VMA1000SharesVMB1000SharesVMC1000Shares50%StorageArrayQueueESXServerESXServer25%50%50%devicequeuedepth240120VMA1000SharesVMB1000SharesVMC1000Shares50%ESXServerESXServerdevicequeuedepth240100%25%100%33%33%33%WithStorageI/OControlActualDiskResourcesutilizedbyeachVMAreinthecorrectratioevenacrossESXHostsWithoutSIOC–LatencyisUnboundedStorageQueueThrottledWithoutStorageI/OControlActualDiskResourcesutilizedbyeachVMarenotinthecorrectratioWithSIOC–LatencyisControlledStorageCongestedStorageControlledStorageArrayQueueSIOCwithDefaultDiskShares20100%75%devicequeuedepth240VMA1500SharesVMB500SharesVMC500Shares25%StorageArrayQueueESXServerESXServer38%50%75%devicequeuedepth24060VMA1500SharesVMB500SharesVMC500Shares25%ESXServerESXServerdevicequeuedepth24012%100%60%20%20%WithStorageIOControlActualDiskResourcesutilizedbyeachVMAreinthecorrectratioevenacrossESXHostsWithoutSIOC–LatencyisUnboundedStorageQueueThrottledWithoutStorageIOControlActualDiskResourcesutilizedbyeachVMarenotinthecorrectratioWithSIOC–LatencyisControlledStorageCongestedStorageControlledStorageArrayQueueSIOCwithVaryingDiskShares21CaseStudy:InaDatacenterVirtualMachinesHostCPUMemory(GB)DiskShares#ofDS2Users112850036212850036322875