Published Date: December 2023

About the Cisco Validated Design Program

The Cisco Validated Design (CVD) program consists of systems and solutions designed, tested, and documented to facilitate faster, more reliable, and more predictable customer deployments. For more information, go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/designzone.

Executive Summary

Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs) consist of 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 our customers.

This document details the design of the FlashStack© Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for VMware Horizon 8 VMware vSphere 8.0 U1 Design Guide, which describes a validated Converged Infrastructure (CI) jointly developed by Cisco and Pure Storage©

The solution covers the deployment of a predesigned, best-practice data center architecture with:

●     VMware Horizon and VMware vSphere.

●     Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) incorporating the Cisco B-Series modular platform.

●     Cisco Nexus 9000 family of switches.

●     Cisco MDS 9000 family of Fibre Channel switches.

●     Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 all flash array supporting Fibre Channel storage access.

Additionally, this FlashStack solution is also delivered as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to eliminate error-prone manual tasks, allowing quicker and more consistent solution deployments. Cisco Intersight cloud platform delivers monitoring, orchestration, workload optimization and lifecycle management capabilities for the FlashStack solution.

When deployed, the architecture presents a robust infrastructure viable for a wide range of application workloads implemented as a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

If you’re interested in understanding the FlashStack design and deployment details, including the configuration of various elements of design and associated best practices, refer to our Cisco Validated Designs for FlashStack, here: Data Center Design Guides - FlashStack Platforms

Solution Overview

This chapter contains the following:

●     Audience

●     Purpose of this Document

●     What’s New in this Release?

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 intended audience for this document includes, but is not limited to IT architects, sales engineers, field consultants, professional services, IT managers, IT engineers, partners, and customers who are interested in learning about and deploying the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

Purpose of this Document

This document provides a step-by-step design, configuration, and implementation guide for the Cisco Validated Design for:

●     Large-scale VMware Horizon 8 VDI.

●     Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Storage array.

●     Cisco UCS X210c M7 Blade Servers running VMware vSphere 8.0 U1.

●     Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Ethernet Switches.

●     Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fibre Channel Switches.

What’s New in this Release?

Highlights for this design include:

●     Support for Cisco UCS 9508 blade server chassis with Cisco UCS X210c M7 compute nodes.

●     Support for Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with Purity //FA version 6.3.14.

●     VMware Horizon 8 2306 (Horizon 8 version-8.10).

●     Support for VMware vSphere 8.0 U1.

●     Support for the Cisco UCS Manager 4.2.

●     Support for VMware vCenter 8.0 U1 to set up and manage the virtual infrastructure as well as integration of the virtual environment with Cisco Intersight software.

●     Support for Cisco Intersight platform to deploy, maintain, and support the FlashStack components.

●     Support for Cisco Intersight Assist virtual appliance to help connect the Pure Storage FlashArray and VMware vCenter with the Cisco Intersight platform.

●     Fully automated solution deployment describing the FlashStack infrastructure and VMware vSphere virtualization and VMware vSphere virtualization.

These factors have led to the need for a 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

Technology Overview

This chapter contains the following:

●     FlashStack

●     Cisco Unified Computing System

●     Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

●     Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards (VICs)

●     Cisco Switches

●     VMware Horizon

●     VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions and Windows 10 Desktops

●     VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 1

●     Red Hat Ansible

●     Cisco Intersight Assist Device Connector for VMware vCenter and Pure Storage FlashArray

●     Pure Storage for VDI

●     Purity for FlashArray

●     Pure1

Cisco and Pure Storage have partnered to deliver several Cisco Validated Designs, which use best-in-class storage, server, and network components to serve as the foundation for virtualized workloads such as Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), enabling efficient architectural designs that you can deploy quickly and confidently.

FlashStack

The FlashStack architecture was jointly developed by Cisco and Pure Storage. All FlashStack components are integrated, al-lowing customers to deploy the solution quickly and economically while eliminating many of the risks associated with researching, designing, building, and deploying similar solutions from the foundation. One of the main benefits of FlashStack is its ability to maintain consistency at scale. Each of the component families shown in Figure 1 (Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus, Cisco MDS, and Pure Storage FlashArray systems) offers platform and resource options to scale up or scale out the infrastructure while supporting the same features and functions.

Figure 1.          FlashStack components

Cisco Unified Computing System

Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) is a next-generation data center platform that integrates computing, networking, storage access, and virtualization resources into a cohesive system designed to reduce total cost of ownership and increase business agility. The system integrates a low-latency, lossless 10-100 Gigabit Ethernet unified network fabric with enterprise-class, x86-architecture servers. The system is an integrated, scalable, multi-chassis platform with a unified management domain for managing all resources.

Cisco Unified Computing System consists of the following subsystems:

●     Compute: The compute piece of the system incorporates servers based on the third-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Servers are available in blade and rack form factor, managed by Cisco UCS Manager.

●     Network: The integrated network fabric in the system provides a low-latency, lossless, 10/25/40/100 Gbps Ethernet fabric. Networks for LAN, SAN and management access are consolidated within the fabric. The unified fabric uses the innovative Single Connect technology to lower costs by reducing the number of network adapters, switches, and cables. This in turn lowers the power and cooling needs of the system.

●     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 virtual environments to support evolving business needs.

●     Storage access: Cisco UCS system provides consolidated access to both SAN storage and Network Attached Storage over the unified fabric. This provides customers with storage choices and investment protection. Also, the server administrators can pre-assign storage-access policies to storage resources, for simplified storage connectivity and management leading to increased productivity.

●     Management: The system uniquely integrates compute, network, and storage access subsystems, enabling it to be managed as a single entity through Cisco UCS Manager software. Cisco UCS Manager increases IT staff productivity by enabling storage, network, and server administrators to collaborate on Service Profiles that define the desired physical configurations and infrastructure policies for applications. Service Profiles increase business agility by enabling IT to automate and provision re-sources in minutes instead of days.

Cisco UCS Differentiators

Cisco Unified Computing System is revolutionizing the way servers are managed in the datacenter. The following are the unique differentiators of Cisco Unified Computing System and Cisco UCS Manager:

●     Embedded Management: In Cisco UCS, the servers are managed by the embedded firmware in the Fabric Interconnects, eliminating the need for any external physical or virtual devices to manage the servers.

●     Unified Fabric: In Cisco UCS, from blade server chassis or rack servers to FI, there is a single Ethernet cable used for LAN, SAN, and management traffic. This converged I/O results in reduced cables, SFPs and adapters – reducing capital and operational expenses of the overall solution.

●     Auto Discovery: By simply inserting the blade server in the chassis or connecting the rack server to the fabric interconnect, discovery and inventory of compute resources occurs automatically without any management intervention. The combination of unified fabric and auto-discovery enables the wire-once architecture of Cisco UCS, where compute capability of Cisco UCS can be extended easily while keeping the existing external connectivity to LAN, SAN, and management networks.

●     Policy Based Resource Classification: Once Cisco UCS Manager discovers a compute resource, it can be automatically classified to a given resource pool based on policies defined. This capability is useful in multi-tenant cloud computing. This CVD showcases the policy-based resource classification of Cisco UCS Manager.

●     Combined Rack and Blade Server Management: Cisco UCS Manager can manage Cisco UCS B-series blade servers and Cisco UCS C-series rack servers under the same Cisco UCS domain. This feature, along with stateless computing makes compute resources truly hardware form factor agnostic.

●     Model based Management Architecture: The Cisco UCS Manager architecture and management database is model based, and data driven. An open XML API is provided to operate on the management model. This enables easy and scalable integration of Cisco UCS Manager with other management systems.

●     Policies, Pools, Templates: The management approach in Cisco UCS Manager is based on defining policies, pools, and templates, instead of cluttered configuration, which enables a simple, loosely coupled, data driven approach in managing compute, network, and storage resources.

●     Loose Referential Integrity: In Cisco UCS Manager, a service profile, port profile or policies can refer to other policies or logical resources with loose referential integrity. A referred policy cannot exist at the time of authoring the referring policy or a referred policy can be deleted even though other policies are referring to it. This provides different subject matter experts to work independently from each other. This provides great flexibility where different experts from different domains, such as network, storage, security, server, and virtualization work together to accomplish a complex task.

●     Policy Resolution: In Cisco UCS Manager, a tree structure of organizational unit hierarchy can be created that mimics the re-al-life tenants and/or organization relationships. Various policies, pools and templates can be defined at different levels of organization hierarchy. A policy referring to another policy by name is resolved in the organizational hierarchy with closest policy match. If no policy with specific name is found in the hierarchy of the root organization, then the special policy named “default” is searched. This policy resolution practice enables automation friendly management APIs and provides great flexibility to owners of different organizations.

●     Service Profiles and Stateless Computing: A service profile is a logical representation of a server, carrying its various identities and policies. This logical server can be assigned to any physical compute resource as far as it meets the resource requirements. Stateless computing enables procurement of a server within minutes, which used to take days in legacy server management systems.

●     Built-in Multi-Tenancy Support: The combination of policies, pools and templates, loose referential integrity, policy resolution in the organizational hierarchy and a service profiles-based approach to compute resources makes Cisco UCS Manager inherently friendly to multi-tenant environments typically observed in private and public clouds.

●     Extended Memory: The enterprise-class Cisco UCS Blade server extends the capabilities of the Cisco Unified Computing System portfolio in a half-width blade form factor. It harnesses the power of the latest Intel Xeon Scalable Series processor family CPUs and Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory (DCPMM) with up to 18TB of RAM (using 256GB DDR4 DIMMs and 512GB DCPMM).

●     Simplified QoS: Even though Fibre Channel and Ethernet are converged in the Cisco UCS fabric, built-in support for QoS and lossless Ethernet makes it seamless. Network Quality of Service (QoS) is simplified in Cisco UCS Manager by representing all system classes in one GUI panel.

Cisco Intersight

Cisco Intersight is a lifecycle management platform for your infrastructure, regardless of where it resides. In your enterprise data center, at the edge, in remote and branch offices, at retail and industrial sites—all these locations present unique management challenges and have typically required separate tools. Cisco Intersight Software as a Service (SaaS) unifies and simplifies your experience of the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS).

Cisco Intersight software delivers a new level of cloud-powered intelligence that supports lifecycle management with continuous improvement. It is tightly integrated with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

Expertise and information flow seamlessly between Cisco Intersight and IT teams, providing global management of Cisco infrastructure, anywhere. Remediation and problem resolution are supported with automated upload of error logs for rapid root-cause analysis.

Figure 2.          Cisco Intersight

●     Automate your infrastructure.

Cisco has a strong track record for management solutions that deliver policy-based automation to daily operations. Intersight SaaS is a natural evolution of our strategies. Cisco designed Cisco UCS to be 100 percent programmable. Cisco Intersight simply moves the control plane from the network into the cloud. Now you can manage your Cisco UCS and infrastructure wherever it resides through a single interface.

●     Deploy your way.

If you need to control how your management data is handled, comply with data locality regulations, or consolidate the number of outbound connections from servers, you can use the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance for an on-premises experience. Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance is continuously updated just like the SaaS version, so regardless of which approach you implement, you never have to worry about whether your management software is up to date.

●     DevOps ready.

If you are implementing DevOps practices, you can use the Cisco Intersight API with either the cloud-based or virtual appliance offering. Through the API you can configure and manage infrastructure as code—you are not merely configuring an abstraction layer; you are managing the real thing. Through the API and support of cloud-based RESTful API, Terraform providers, Microsoft PowerShell scripts, or Python software, you can automate the deployment of settings and software for both physical and virtual layers. Using the API, you can simplify infrastructure lifecycle operations and increase the speed of continuous application delivery.

●     Pervasive simplicity.

Simplify the user experience by managing your infrastructure regardless of where it is installed.

●     Actionable intelligence.

●     Use best practices to enable faster, proactive IT operations.

●     Gain actionable insight for ongoing improvement and problem avoidance.

●     Manage anywhere.

●     Deploy in the data center and at the edge with massive scale.

●     Get visibility into the health and inventory detail for your Intersight Managed environment on-the-go with the Cisco Inter-sight Mobile App.

For more information about Cisco Intersight and the different deployment options, go to: Cisco Intersight – Manage your systems anywhere.

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

The Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect (FI) is a core part of the Cisco Unified Computing System, providing both network connectivity and management capabilities for the system. Depending on the model chosen, the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect offers line-rate, low-latency, lossless 10 Gigabit, 25 Gigabit, 40 Gigabit, or 100 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Fibre Channel connectivity. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects provide the management and communication backbone for the Cisco UCS C-Series, S-Series and HX-Series Rack-Mount Servers, Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS 9500 Series Blade Server Chassis. All servers and chassis, and therefore all blades, attached to the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects become part of a single, highly available management domain. In addition, by supporting unified fabrics, the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects provide both the LAN and SAN connectivity for all servers within its domain.

For networking performance, the Cisco UCS 6536 Series uses a cut-through architecture, supporting deterministic, low latency, line rate 10/25/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 3.82 Tbps of switching capacity, and 320 Gbps bandwidth per Cisco 9508 blade chassis when connected through the IOM 2208/2408 model. 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 the Ethernet fabric from the servers to the uplinks. 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.

Cisco UCS 6536 Fabric Interconnects

The Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects (FIs) provide a single point for connectivity and management for the entire Cisco Unified Computing System. Typically deployed as an active/active pair, the system’s FIs integrate all components into a single, highly available management domain controlled by Cisco Intersight. Cisco UCS FIs provide a single unified fabric for the system, with low-latency, lossless, cut-through switching that supports LAN, SAN, and management traffic using a single set of cables.

Figure 3.          Cisco UCS  6536 Fabric Interconnects

The Cisco UCS 6536 utilized in the current design is a 36-port Fabric Interconnect. This single RU device includes up to 36 10/25/40/100 Gbps Ethernet ports, 16 8/16/32-Gbps Fibre Channel ports via 4 128 Gbps to 4x32 Gbps breakouts on ports 33-36. All 36 ports support breakout cables or QSA interfaces.

Figure 4.          Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X210c M7 features:

●     CPU: Up to 2x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per processor and up to 2.625 MB Level 3 cache per core and up to 112.5 MB per CPU.

●     Memory: Up to 8TB of main memory with 32x 256 GB DDR5-4800 DIMMs.

●     Disk storage: Up to six hot-pluggable, solid-state drives (SSDs), or non-volatile memory express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class redundant array of independent disks (RAIDs) or passthrough controllers, up to two M.2 SATA drives with optional hardware RAID.

●     Optional front mezzanine GPU module: The Cisco UCS front mezzanine GPU module is a passive PCIe Gen 4.0 front mezzanine option with support for up to two U.2 NVMe drives and two HHHL GPUs.

●     mLOM virtual interface cards:

◦          Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15420 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

◦          Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15231 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

●     Optional mezzanine card:

◦          Cisco UCS 5th Gen Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15422 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

◦          Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node.

●     All VIC mezzanine cards also provide I/O connections from the Cisco UCS X210c M7 compute node to the X440p PCIe Node.

●     Security: The server supports an optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Additional security features include a secure boot FPGA and ACT2 anticounterfeit provisions.

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards (VICs)

The Cisco UCS VIC 15000 series is designed for Cisco UCS X-Series M6/M7 Blade Servers, Cisco UCS B-Series M6 Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS C-Series M6/M7 Rack Servers. The adapters are capable of supporting 10/25/40/50/100/200-Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). They incorporate Cisco’s next-generation Converged Network Adapter (CNA) technology and offer a comprehensive feature set, providing investment protection for future feature software releases.

Cisco UCS VIC 15231

The Cisco UCS VIC 15231 (Figure 6) is a 2x100-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE-capable modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for the Cisco UCS X210 Compute Node. The Cisco UCS VIC 15231 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 5.          Cisco UCS VIC 15231

Figure 6.          Cisco UCS VIC 15231

Cisco Switches

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 infra-structure.

◦          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 Giga-bit 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 7.          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 8) 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 9) 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 8.          Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb Fibre Channel Switch

Figure 9.          Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb 16-Port Fibre Channel Port Expansion Module

●     Features

◦          High performance: Cisco 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: Cisco 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 Cisco 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 Cisco 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 Cisco 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 Cisco 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 Cisco 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 Cisco 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 Cisco 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.

VMware Horizon

VMware Horizon is a modern platform for running and delivering virtual desktops and apps across the hybrid cloud. For administrators, this means simple, automated, and secure desktop and app management. For users, it provides a consistent experience across devices and locations.

For more information, go to: VMware Horizon.

VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions and Windows 10 Desktops

The virtual app and desktop solution is designed for an exceptional experience.

Today's employees spend more time than ever working remotely, causing companies to rethink how IT services should be delivered. To modernize infrastructure and maximize efficiency, many are turning to desktop as a service (DaaS) to enhance their physical desktop strategy, or they are updating on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments. Managed in the cloud, these deployments are high-performance virtual instances of desktops and apps that can be delivered from any datacenter or public cloud provider.

DaaS and VDI capabilities provide corporate data protection as well as an easily accessible hybrid work solution for employees. Because all data is stored securely in the cloud or datacenter, rather than on devices, end-users can work securely from anywhere, on any device, and over any network—all with a fully IT-provided experience. IT also gains the benefit of centralized management, so they can scale their environments quickly and easily. By separating endpoints and corporate data, resources stay protected even if the devices are compromised.

As a leading VDI and DaaS provider, VMware provides the capabilities organizations need for deploying virtual apps and desktops to reduce downtime, increase security, and alleviate the many challenges associated with traditional desktop management.

For more information, go to:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon/8-2306/rn/vmware-horizon-8-2306-release-notes/index.html

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/downloads/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_horizon/2306

VMware Horizon 8 2306

VMware Horizon 8 version 2306 includes the following new features and enhancements. This information is grouped by installable component.

●     This release adds support for the following Linux distributions:

◦          Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Workstation 8.8 and 9.2

◦          Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 8.8 and 9.2

◦          Rocky Linux 8.8 and 9.2

◦          Debian 11.6 and 11.7

●     This release drops support for the following Linux distributions:

◦          RHEL Workstation 8.4

◦          RHEL Server 8.4

●     This release adds support for VMware Horizon Recording. This feature allows administrators to record desktop and application sessions to monitor user behavior for Linux remote desktops and applications.

●     VMware Integrated Printing now supports the ability to add a watermark to printed jobs. Administrators can enable this feature using the printSvc.watermarkEnabled property in /etc/vmware/config.

●     Administrators can store the VMwareBlastServer CA-signed certificate and private key in a BCFKS keystore. Two new configuration options in /etc/vmware/viewagent-custom.conf, SSLCertName and SSLKeyName, can be used to customize the names of the certificate and private key.

●     Horizon Client

◦          For client certificates, Horizon 8 administrators can set the Connection Server enforcement state for Windows Client sessions and specify the minimum desired security setting to restrict client connections.

◦          The Unlock a Desktop with True SSO and Workspace ONE feature is now supported on Horizon Mac and Linux clients.

●     Horizon RESTful APIs

◦          New REST APIs for Application pool, Application icon, Virtual Center summary statistics, UserOrGroupsSummary, Datastore usage, Session statistics, Machines etcetera are available along with existing API updates to create robust automations. For more details, refer to API documentation.

◦          Horizon Agent for Linux now supports Real-Time Audio-Video redirection, which includes both audio-in and webcam redirection of locally connected devices from the client system to the remote session.

◦          VMware Integrated Printing now supports printer redirection from Linux remote desktops to client devices running Horizon Client for Chrome or HTML Access.

◦          Session Collaboration is now supported on the MATE desktop environment.

◦          A vGPU desktop can support a maximum resolution of 3840x2160 on one, two, three, or four monitors configured in any arrangement.

◦          A non-vGPU desktop can support a maximum resolution of 3840x2160 on a single monitor only.

◦          Agent and Agent RDS levels are now supported for Horizon Agent for Linux.

●     Virtual Desktops

◦          Option to create multiple custom compute profiles (CPU, RAM, Cores per Socket) for a single golden image snapshot during desktop pool creation.

◦          VMware Blast now detects the presence of a vGPU system and applies higher quality default settings.

◦          VMware vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) in vSphere 7.0 U3f and later can now be configured to automatically migrate vGPU desktops when entering ESXi host maintenance mode. For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/87277

◦          Forensic quarantine feature that archives the virtual disks of selected dedicated or floating Instant Clone desktops for forensic purposes.

◦          The VMware Blast CPU controller feature is now enabled by default in scale environments.

◦          Removed pop-up for suggesting best practices during creation of an instant clone. The information now appears on the first tab/screen of the creation wizard.

◦          Help Desk administrator roles are now applicable to all access groups, not just to the root access group as with previous releases.

◦          Administrators can encrypt a session recording file into a .bin format so that it cannot be played from the file system.

◦          If using an older Web browser, a message appears when launching the Horizon Console indicating that using a modern browser will provide a better user experience.

◦          Added Support for HW encoding on Intel GPU for Windows:

-       Supports Intel 11th Generation Integrated Graphics and above (Tigerlake+) with a minimum required driver version of: 30.0.101.1660 https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19344/727284/intel-graphics-windows-dch-drivers.html.

◦          VVC-based USB-R is enabled by default for non-desktop (Chrome/HTML Access/Android) Blast clients.

◦          Physical PC (as Unmanaged Pool) now supports Windows 10 Education and Pro (20H2 and later) and Windows 11 Education and Pro (21H2) with the VMware Blast protocol.

◦          Storage Drive Redirection (SDR) is now available as an alternative option to USB or CDR redirection for better I/O performance.

●     Horizon Connection Server

◦          Horizon Connection Server now enables you to configure a customized timeout warning and set the timer for the warning to appear before a user is forcibly disconnected from a remote desktop or published application session. This warning is supported with Horizon Client for Windows 2306 and Horizon Client for Mac 2306 or later.

◦          Windows Hello for Business with certificate authentication is now supported when you Log In as Current User on the Horizon Client for Windows.

◦          Added limited support for Hybrid Azure AD.

●     Horizon Agent

◦          The Horizon Agent Installer now includes a pre-check to confirm that .NET 4.6.2 is installed if Horizon Performance Tracker is selected.

●     Horizon Client

◦          For information about new features in a Horizon client, including HTML Access, review the release notes for that Horizon client.

●     General

◦          The View Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In product name was changed to Horizon Agent Direct-Connection Plug-In in the documentation set.

◦          Customers are automatically enrolled in the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) during installation.

For more information about VMware vSphere and its components, see: https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere.html.

VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 1

VMware vSphere is an enterprise workload platform for holistically managing large collections of infrastructures (resources including CPUs, storage, and networking) as a seamless, versatile, and dynamic operating environment. Unlike traditional operating systems that manage an individual machine, VMware vSphere aggregates the infrastructure of an entire data center to create a single powerhouse with resources that can be allocated quickly and dynamically to any application in need.

Note:      VMware vSphere 8 became generally available in November of 2022.

The VMware vSphere 8 Update 1 release delivered enhanced value in operational efficiency for admins, supercharged performance for higher-end AI/ML workloads, and elevated security across the environment. VMware vSphere 8 Update 1 has now achieved general availability.

For more information about VMware vSphere 8 Update 1 three key areas of enhancements, go to the VMware blog.

VMware vSphere vCenter

VMware vCenter Server provides unified management of all hosts and VMs from a single console and aggregates performance monitoring of clusters, hosts, and VMs. VMware vCenter Server gives administrators deep insight into the status and configuration of compute clusters, hosts, VMs, storage, the guest OS, and other critical components of a virtual infrastructure. VMware vCenter manages the rich set of features available in a VMware vSphere environment.

Red Hat Ansible

Ansible is simple and powerful, allowing users to easily manage various physical devices within FlashStack including the provisioning of Cisco UCS servers, Cisco Nexus switches, Pure Storage FlashArray storage and VMware vSphere. Using Ansible’s Playbook-based automation is easy and integrates into your current provisioning infrastructure.

Cisco Intersight Assist Device Connector for VMware vCenter and Pure Storage FlashArray

Cisco Intersight integrates with VMware vCenter and Pure Storage FlashArray as follows:

●     Cisco Intersight uses the device connector running within Cisco Intersight Assist virtual appliance to communicate with the VMware vCenter.

●     Cisco Intersight uses the device connector running within a Cisco Intersight Assist virtual appliance to integrate with all Pure Storage FlashArray models.

For further information:

https://support.purestorage.com/FlashStack/Cisco_Intersight/Cisco_Intersight_Pure_Storage_Connector_Release_Notes

Figure 10.       Cisco Intersight and vCenter and Pure Storage Integration

The device connector provides a safe way for connected targets to send information and receive control instructions from the Cisco Intersight portal using a secure Internet connection. The integration brings the full value and simplicity of Cisco Intersight infrastructure management service to VMware hypervisor and Pure Storage FlashArray storage environments. The integration architecture enables FlashStack customers to use new management capabilities with no compromise in their existing VMware or Pure Storage FlashArray operations. IT users will be able to manage heterogeneous infrastructure from a centralized Cisco Intersight portal. At the same time, the IT staff can continue to use VMware vCenter and the Pure Storage dashboard for comprehensive analysis, diagnostics, and reporting of virtual and storage environments. The next section addresses the functions that this integration provides.

Pure Storage for VDI

Pure Storage helps organizations—of all sizes and across multiple industries—overcome the most common reasons for disappointing results from a VDI. All-flash storage delivers:

●     Always-on, always fast and always secure VDI, ensuring a consistently superior end-user experience.

●     Efficiency with up to 2x better data-reduction rates, lowering capital and operating costs.

●     Effortless storage management, sharply reducing the demands on IT staff.

●     Evergreen growth and scalability, incorporating non-disruptive upgrades and clearly defined costs known well in advance.

Whether you’re planning a VDI rollout or have already implemented VDI that’s delivering sub-par results, this white paper will provide valuable guidance—citing actual end-user deployments—that clearly illustrates how deploying flash storage can optimize your end user productivity and experience with VDI.

Purity //FA

The essential element of every Pure Storage FlashArray is the Purity //FA Operating Environment software. Purity //FA 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.

Pure Storage FlashArray File Services

Pure Storage FlashArray File Services is a peer of volume services; both utilize the same underlying virtual and physical storage management. Pure Storage FlashArray File Services extends the FlashArray block architecture to deliver the same reliability, performance, security, ease of use, and Evergreen™ longevity for shared file systems. Pure Storage FlashArray File Services adds the ability to host shared file systems such as home directories, project shares, VDI profiles, and so forth. Purity//FA therefore delivers the same performance, resiliency, and data reduction properties for both files and volumes.

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 11.       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 Storage 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 Storage 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 Storage 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.

Energy Savings

The new Pure1 Sustainability Assessment is all about providing transparency in how your Pure Storage all-flash appliances are operating. Choosing Pure Storage as your storage platform is a fantastic first step toward reducing your overall carbon footprint, and the Sustainability Assessment is designed to help you get the most out of it.

Streamline

Elevate your data services experience with Pure1’s built-in AIOps powered by Pure1 Meta. This industry-leading, AI-driven platform for predictive service management ensures a higher level of data availability and performance. You can see all your data service platforms, whether on-premises Pure Storage FlashArray, Cloud Block Store in Azure or Amazon Web Services, or the Portworx® container storage platform from one place.

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.

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.

CloudSnap

Pure portable snapshots provide simple, built-in, local and cloud protection for Pure Storage FlashArrays. Purity Snapshots enable free movement of space-efficient copies between FlashArrays, to FlashBlade, to 3rd party NFS servers, and to the cloud. Pure’s portable snapshot technology encapsulates metadata along with data into the snapshot, making the snapshot portable, so it can be offloaded from a FlashArray to the cloud in a format that is recoverable to any FlashArray.

Benefits

CloudSnap is a self-backup technology built into FlashArray. It does not require the purchase of additional backup software or hardware, nor is there a need to learn and use an additional management interface. CloudSnap is natively managed via Pure Storage FlashArray’s GUI, CLI, and REST interfaces and is integrated with the Pure1 Snapshot Catalog. Since FlashArray connects to AWS via https, data is encrypted in transit and stored in an encrypted format in the S3 bucket using server-side encryption. Since CloudSnap was built from scratch for FlashArray, it is deeply integrated with the Purity Operating Environment, resulting in highly efficient operation. A few examples of the efficiency of CloudSnap:

●     CloudSnap preserves data compression on the wire, and in the S3 bucket, saving network bandwidth and increasing storage space efficiency.

●     CloudSnap preserves data reduction across snapshots of a volume. After offloading the initial baseline snapshot of a volume, it only sends delta changes for subsequent snaps of the same volume. The snapshot differencing engine runs within the Purity Operating Environment in FlashArray and uses a local copy of the previous snapshot to compute the delta changes. Therefore, there is no back and forth network traffic between FlashArray and the cloud to compute deltas between snapshots, further reducing network congestion and data access costs in the cloud.

●     CloudSnap knows which data blocks already exist on FlashArray, so during restores it only pulls back missing data blocks to rebuild the complete snapshot on FlashArray. In addition, CloudSnap uses dedupe preserving restores, so when data is restored from the offload target to FlashArray, it is deduped to save space on FlashArray.

The highly efficient operation of CloudSnap provides the following benefits:

●     Less space is consumed in the S3 bucket

●     Network utilization is minimized

●     Backup windows are much smaller

●     Data retrieval costs from the S3 bucket are lower

Solution Design

This chapter contains the following:

●     Design Considerations for Desktop Virtualization

●     Understanding Applications and Data

●     Project Planning and Solution Sizing Sample Questions

●     Hypervisor Selection

●     Storage Considerations

●     Desktop Virtualization Design Fundamentals

●     VMware Horizon Design Fundamentals

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.

●     Remote 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. Remote 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 be 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.

Note:      For the purposes of the validation represented in this document, both Single-session OS and Multi-session OS VDAs were validated.

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 of 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

The following key project and solution sizing questions should be considered:

●     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 Single-session OS version?

●     32-bit or 64-bit desktop OS?

●     How many virtual desktops will be deployed in the pilot? In production?

●     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 Multi-session OS version?

●     What is a 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 3rd party graphics component?

●     Is anti-virus a part of the image?

●     What is the SQL server version for database?

●     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 8.0 1 has been selected as the hypervisor for this VMware Horizon Virtual Desktops and Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions deployment.

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 website.

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

Make sure Each FlashArray Controller is connected to BOTH storage fabrics (A/B).

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

10/25/40/100 Gbe 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 40/100Gbe connectivity is also required, then make sure additional NICs have been included in the original FlashArray BOM.

16/32Gb Fiber Channel support (N-2 support) – Pure Storage offers up to 32Gb FC support on the latest FlashArray//X 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

Note:      VMware Horizon 8 only supports VVols with full-clone virtual machines. Virtual Volumes datastores are not supported for instant clone desktop pools.

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 this: 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.

Pure Storage FlashArray Best Practices for VMware vSphere 8.0

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 8.0.

●     vSphere 8.0 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.

●     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 in order to achieve 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.

For more information about the VMware vSphere Pure Storage FlashArray Best Practices, go to: 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)

Note:      VMware Horizon 8 only supports VVols with full-clone virtual machines. Virtual Volumes datastores are not supported for instant clone desktop pools.

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.

●     TCP port 8084 must be open and accessible from vCenter Servers and ESXi hosts to the FlashArray that will be used for vVol.

●     The FlashArray Protocol Endpoint object 'pure-protocol-endpoint' must exist. The FlashArray admin must not rename, delete, or otherwise edit the default FlashArray Protocol Endpoint.

For more information about vVols best practices, go to: https://support.purestorage.com/Solutions/VMware_Platform_Guide/Quick_Reference_by_VMware_Product_and_Integration/Virtual_Volumes_Quick_Reference

Desktop Virtualization Design Fundamentals

An ever growing and diverse base of user devices, complexity in management of traditional desktops, security, and even Bring Your Own (BYO) device to work programs are prime reasons for moving to a virtual desktop solution.

VMware Horizon Design Fundamentals

VMware Horizon 8 integrates Remote Desktop Server Hosted sessions users and VDI desktop virtualization technologies into a unified architecture that enables a scalable, simple, efficient, mixed users and manageable solution for delivering Windows applications and desktops as a service.

Users can select applications from an easy-to-use “store” that is accessible from tablets, smartphones, PCs, Macs, and thin clients. VMware Horizon delivers a native touch-optimized experience via PCoIP or Blast Extreme high-definition performance, even over mobile networks.

Several components must be deployed to create a functioning Horizon environment to deliver the VDI. These components refer to as common services and encompass: Domain Controllers, DNS, DHCP, User Profile managers, SQL, vCenters, VMware Horizon View Connection Servers.

Figure 12.       VMware Horizon Design Overview

Horizon VDI Pool and RDSH Servers Pool

Collections of identical Virtual Machines (VMs) or physical computers are managed as a single entity called a Desktop Pool. The VM provisioning relies on VMware Horizon Connection Server, vCenter Server and AD components The Horizon Client then forms a session using PCoIP, Blast, or RDP protocols to a Horizon Agent running in a virtual desktop, RDSH server, or physical computer. In this CVD, virtual machines in the Pools are configured to run either a Windows Server 2019 OS (for RDS Hosted shared sessions using RDP protocol) and a Windows 10 Desktop OS (for pooled VDI desktops using Blast protocol).

Figure 13.       Horizon VDI and RDSH Desktop Delivery Based on Display Protocol (PcoIP/Blast/RDP)

Multiple-Site Configuration

If you have multiple regional sites, you can use any of the Load Balances Tools to direct the user connections to the most appropriate site to deliver the desktops and application to users.

Figure 14 illustrates the logical architecture of the Horizon multisite deployment. Such architecture eliminates any single point of failure that can cause an outage for desktop users.

Figure 14.       Multisite Configuration Overview

Based on the requirement and the number of data centers or remote locations, you can choose any of the available load balancing software to increases security and optimize the user experience.

Note:      Multisite configuration is shown as the example and was not used as part of this CVD testing.

Designing a Virtual Desktop Environment for Different Workloads

With VMware Horizon, 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 1.      Desktop type and user experience

Desktop Type

User Experience

Server OS machines

You want: Inexpensive server-based delivery to minimize the cost of delivering applications to a large number of users, while providing a secure, high-definition user experience.

Your users: Perform well-defined tasks and do not require personalization or offline access to applications. Users may include task workers such as call center operators and retail workers, or users that share workstations.

Application types: Any application.

Desktop OS machines

You want: A client-based application delivery solution that is secure, provides centralized management, and supports a large number of users per host server (or hypervisor), while providing users with applications that display seamlessly in high-definition.

Your users: Are internal, external contractors, third-party collaborators, and other provisional team members. Users do not require off-line access to hosted applications.

Application types: Applications that might not work well with other applications or might interact with the operating system, such as .NET framework. These types of applications are ideal for hosting on virtual machines.

Applications running on older operating systems such as Windows XP or Windows Vista, and older architectures, such as 32-bit or 16-bit. By isolating each application on its own virtual machine, if one machine fails, it does not impact other users.

Remote PC Access

You want: Employees with secure remote access to a physical computer without using a VPN. For example, the user may be accessing their physical desktop PC from home or through a public WIFI hotspot. Depending upon the location, you may want to restrict the ability to print or copy and paste outside of the desktop. This method enables BYO device support without migrating desktop images into the data center.

Your users: Employees or contractors that have the option to work from home but need access to specific software or data on their corporate desktops to perform their jobs remotely.

Host: The same as Desktop OS machines.

Application types: Applications that are delivered from an office computer and display seamlessly in high definition on the remote user's device.

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.

Deployment Hardware and Software

This chapter contains the following:

●     Architecture

●     Products Deployed

●     Physical Topology

●     Logical Architecture

●     Configuration Guidelines

Architecture

This FlashStack architecture delivers a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure that is redundant and uses the best practices of Cisco and Pure Storage.

The architecture includes:

●     VMware vSphere 8.0.1 hypervisor installed on the Cisco UCS X210c M7 compute nodes configured for stateless compute design using boot from SAN.

●     Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 provides the storage infrastructure required for VMware vSphere hypervisors and the VDI workload delivered by VMware Horizon 8 2306.

●     Cisco Intersight provides UCS infrastructure management with lifecycle management capabilities.

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).

Products Deployed

The following are the products deployed in this solution:

●     VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 1 hypervisor.

●     VMware vCenter 8.0.1 to set up and manage the virtual infrastructure as well as integration of the virtual environment with Cisco Intersight software.

●     Microsoft SQL Server 2019.

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

●     VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions provisioned as Instant Clone RDS Servers and stored on the Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3.

●     VMware Horizon 8 2306 Non-Persistent Win 10 Virtual Desktops (VDI) provisioned as Instant Clones virtual machines and stored on Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3.

●     VMware Horizon 8 2306 Persistent Win 10 Virtual Desktops (VDI) provisioned as Full Clones virtual machines and stored on Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3.

●     Microsoft Office 2016 for Login VSI End User Measurement Knowledge worker workload test.

●     FSLogix for User Profile Management.

●     Cisco Intersight platform to deploy, maintain, and support the FlashStack components.

●     Cisco Intersight Assist virtual appliance to help connect the Pure Storage FlashArray and VMware vCenter with the Cisco Intersight platform.

Physical Topology

FlashStack VDI with Cisco UCS X210c M7 Modular System is a Fibre Channel (FC) based storage access design. Pure Storage FlashArray and Cisco UCS are connected through Cisco MDS 9132T switches and storage access utilizes the FC network. For VDI IP based file share storage access Pure Storage FlashArray and Cisco UCS are connected through Cisco Nexus C93180YC-FX switches. The physical connectivity details are explained below.

Figure 15.       FlashStack VDI – Physical Topology for FC

Figure 15 details the physical hardware and cabling deployed to enable this solution:

●     Two Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switches in NX-OS Mode.

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

●     One Cisco UCS 9508 Chassis with two Cisco UCS-IOM-2408 25GB IOM Modules.

●     Eight Cisco UCS X210c M7 Blade Servers with Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448 CPU 2.40GHz 32-core processors, 1TB 4800MHz RAM, and one Cisco VIC15231 mezzanine card, providing N+1 server fault tolerance.

●     One Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with dual redundant controllers, 3 RU with Twenty 1.92TB DirectFlash NVMe drives.

Note:      The management components and LoginVSI Test infrastructure are hosted on a separate vSphere cluster and are not a part of the physical topology of this solution.

The Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with dual redundant controllers

One Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 with dual redundant controllers, with 20 1.92TB DirectFlash NVMe drives.

Table 2 lists the software versions of the primary products installed in the environment.

Table 2.      Software and Firmware Versions

Vendor

Product/Component

Version/Build/Code

Cisco

UCS Component Firmware

4.2(3h)

Cisco

UCS X210C M7Compute Node

5.3(1.280052)

Cisco

VIC 15231 (Virtual Interface Card)

5.3(1.280046)

Cisco

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switches

9.3(7a)

Cisco

Cisco MDS 9132T

8.5(1a)

Pure Storage

FlashArray//X70 R3

Purity//FA 6.3.14

VMware

vCenter Server Appliance

8.0.1

VMware

vSphere 8. 0. 1

8.0.1

VMware

VMware Horizon 8 2306 Connection server

8.10.0-21972440

VMware

VMware Horizon 8 2306 Agent

8.10.0-22012512

Cisco

Intersight Assist

1.0.11-759

Microsoft

FSLogix (User Profile Mgmt.)

29.8612.600056

VMware

Tools

12.2.0.21223074

Logical Architecture

The logical architecture of the validated solution which is designed to run desktop and RDSH server VMs supporting up to 2800 users on a single chassis containing 8 blades, with physical redundancy for the blade servers for each workload type and have a separate vSphere cluster to host management services, is illustrated in Figure 16.

Note:      Separating management components and desktops is a best practice for the large environments.

Figure 16.       Logical Architecture Overview

VMware Clusters

Two VMware Clusters in one vCenter datacenter were utilized to support the solution and testing environment:

●     VDI Cluster Flashstack Datacenter with Cisco UCS.

◦          Infrastructure: Infra VMs (vCenter, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL Server, VMware Horizon Connection Servers, VMware Horizon Replica Servers, VMware vSphere, VSMs, and required VMs or plug in VMS so on).

◦          VDI Workload VMs (Windows Server 2019 streamed RDS Server VMs with VMware Horizon for Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions, Windows 10 Streamed with VMware Horizon Instant Cloned (non-persistent) and Full Cloned (persistent) desktops.

●     VSI Launchers and Launcher Cluster.

For Example, the cluster(s) configured for running LoginVSI workload for measuring VDI End User Experience is LVS-Launcher-CLSTR: (The Login VSI infrastructure cluster consists of Login VSI data shares, LVSI Web Servers and LVSI Management Control VMs etc. were connected using the same set of switches and vCenter instance but was hosted on separate local storage. LVS-Launcher-CLSTR configured and used for the purpose of testing the LoginVSI End User Experience measurement for VMware RDSH multi server session and Win 10 VDI users.

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, Cisco Nexus A and Cisco Nexus B identify the pair of Cisco Nexus switches that are configured. The Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects are configured similarly.

Note:      This document is intended to allow the reader to configure the VMware Horizon customer environment as a stand-alone solution.

VLANs

The VLAN configuration recommended for the environment includes a total of six VLANs as outlined in Table 3.

Table 3.      VLANs Configured in this study

VLAN Name

VLAN ID

VLAN Purpose

Default

1

Native VLAN

FS-InBand-Mgmt_70

60

In-Band management interfaces

FS-Infra-Mgmt_71

61

Infrastructure Virtual Machines

FS-VDI_72

64

RDSH, VDI Persistent and Non-Persistent

FS-vMotion_73

63

VMware vMotion

OOB-Mgmt_164

164

Out of Band management interfaces

VSANs

Table 4 lists the two virtual SANs that were configured for communications and fault tolerance in this design.

Table 4.      VSANs Configured in this study

VSAN Name

VSAN ID

VSAN Purpose

VSAN 500

100

VSAN for Primary SAN communication

VSAN 501

101

VSAN for Secondary SAN communication

Solution Configuration

This chapter contains the following:

●     Solution Cabling

Solution Cabling

The following sections detail the physical connectivity configuration of the FlashStack VMware Horizon VDI 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 list the details for the prescribed and supported configuration of the Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 storage array to the Cisco 6536 Fabric Interconnects through Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb FC switches.

Note:      This document assumes that out-of-band management ports are plugged into an existing management infrastructure at the deployment site. These interfaces will be used in various configuration steps.

Note:      Be sure to follow the cabling directions in this section. Failure to do so will result in problems with your deployment.

Figure 17 details the cable connections used in the validation lab for FlashStack topology based on the Cisco UCS 6536 fabric interconnect. Four 32Gb uplinks connect as port-channels to each Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect from the MDS switches, and a total of eight 32Gb links connect the MDS switches to the Pure Storage FlashArray//X R3 controllers, four of these have been used for scsi-fc and the other four to support nvme-fc. Also, the 25Gb links connect the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects to the Cisco Nexus Switches and the Pure Storage FlashArray//X R3 controllers to the Cisco Nexus Switches. Additional 1Gb management connections will be needed for an out-of-band network switch that sits apart from the FlashStack infrastructure. Each Cisco UCS fabric interconnect and Cisco Nexus switch is connected to the out-of-band network switch, and each FlashArray controller has a connection to the out-of-band network switch. Layer 3 network connectivity is required between the Out-of-Band (OOB) and In-Band (IB) Management Subnets.

Figure 17.       FlashStack solution cabling diagram

Configuration and Installation

This chapter contains the following:

●     FlashStack Automated Deployment with Ansible

●     FlashStack Manual Deployment

●     Cisco UCS X210c M7Configuration – Intersight Managed Mode (IMM)

●     Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb FC Switch Configuration

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

●     Configure Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3

●     Install and Configure VMware ESXi 8.0

●     Cisco Intersight Orchestration

●     Pure Storage CloudSnap

FlashStack Automated Deployment with Ansible

This solution offers Ansible Playbooks that are made available from a GitHub repository that customers can access to automate the FlashStack deployment.

GitHub repository is available here: https://github.com/ucs-compute-solutions/FlashStack_IMM_Ansible.

This repository contains Ansible playbooks to configure all the components of FlashStack including:

●     Cisco UCS in Intersight Managed Mode (IMM)

●     Cisco Nexus and MDS Switches

●     Pure Storage FlashArray

●     VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter

Figure 18.       High-Level FlashStack Automation

FlashStack Manual Deployment

Cisco Intersight Managed Mode standardizes policy and operation management for Cisco UCS X210c M7. The compute nodes in Cisco UCS X210c M7are configured using server profiles defined in Cisco Intersight. These server profiles derive all the server characteristics from various policies and templates. At a high level, configuring Cisco UCS using Cisco Intersight Managed Mode consists of the steps shown in Figure 19.

Figure 19.       Configuration Steps for Cisco Intersight Managed Mode

Cisco UCS X210c M7 Configuration – Intersight Managed Mode (IMM)

Procedure 1.       Configure Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects for IMM

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

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

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

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

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

Step 3.      Configure Fabric Interconnect A (FI-A). On the Basic System Configuration Dialog screen, set the management mode to Intersight. All the remaining settings are similar to those for the Cisco UCS Manager managed mode (UCSM-Managed).

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect A

Procedure 1.       Configure the Cisco UCS for use in Intersight Managed Mode

Step 1.      Connect to the console port on the first Cisco UCS fabric interconnect:

Enter the configuration method. (console/gui)? console

Enter the management mode. (ucsm/intersight)? intersight

You have chosen to setup a new Fabric interconnect in “intersight” managed mode. Continue? (y/n): y

Enforce strong password? (y/n) [y]: Enter

Enter the password for "admin": <password>

Confirm the password for "admin": <password>

Enter the switch fabric (A/B) []: A

Enter the system name:  <ucs-cluster-name>

Physical Switch Mgmt0 IP address : <ucsa-mgmt-ip>

Physical Switch Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask : <ucsa-mgmt-mask>

IPv4 address of the default gateway : <ucsa-mgmt-gateway>

Configure the DNS Server IP address? (yes/no) [n]: y

DNS IP address: <dns-server-1-ip>

Configure the default domain name? (yes/no) [n]: y

Default domain name: <ad-dns-domain-name>

<SNIP>

Verify and save the configuration.

Step 2.      After applying the settings, make sure you can ping the fabric interconnect management IP address. When Fabric Interconnect A is correctly set up and is available, Fabric Interconnect B will automatically discover Fabric Interconnect A during its setup process as shown in the next step.

Step 3.      Configure Fabric Interconnect B (FI-B). For the configuration method, choose console. Fabric Interconnect B will detect the presence of Fabric Interconnect A and will prompt you to enter the admin password for Fabric Interconnect A. Provide the management IP address for Fabric Interconnect B and apply the configuration.

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect B

Enter the configuration method. (console/gui) ? console

Installer has detected the presence of a peer Fabric interconnect. This Fabric interconnect will be added to the cluster. Continue (y/n) ? y

Enter the admin password of the peer Fabric interconnect: <password>

Connecting to peer Fabric interconnect... done

Retrieving config from peer Fabric interconnect... done

Peer Fabric interconnect Mgmt0 IPv4 Address: <ucsa-mgmt-ip>

Peer Fabric interconnect Mgmt0 IPv4 Netmask: <ucsa-mgmt-mask>

Peer FI is IPv4 Cluster enabled. Please Provide Local Fabric Interconnect Mgmt0 IPv4 Address

Physical Switch Mgmt0 IP address: <ucsb-mgmt-ip>

Local fabric interconnect model (UCS-FI-6536)

Peer fabric interconnect is compatible with the local fabric interconnect. Continuing with the installer...

Apply and save the configuration (select 'no' if you want to re-enter)? (yes/no): yes

Procedure 2.       Claim a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect in the Cisco Intersight Platform

If you do not already have a Cisco Intersight account, you need to set up a new account in which to claim your Cisco UCS deployment. Start by connecting to https://intersight.com.

All information about Cisco Intersight features, configurations can be accessed in the Cisco Intersight Help Center.

Step 1.      Click Create an account.

Step 2.      Sign in with your Cisco ID.

Step 3.      Read, scroll through, and accept the end-user license agreement. Click Next.

Step 4.      Enter an account name and click Create.

Note:      If you have an existing Cisco Intersight account, connect to https://intersight.com and sign in with your Cisco ID, select the appropriate account.

Note:      In this step, a Cisco Intersight organization is created where all Cisco Intersight managed mode configurations including policies are defined.

Step 5.      Log into the Cisco Intersight portal as a user with account administrator role.

Step 6.      From the Service Selector drop-down list, select System.

Step 7.      Navigate to Settings > General > Resource Groups.

Step 8.      On Resource Groups panel click + Create Resource Group in the top-right corner.

Step 9.      Provide a name for the Resource Group (for example, FlashStack-L151-DMZ).

Step 10.  Click Create.

Step 11.  Navigate to Settings > General > Organizations.

Step 12.  On Organizations panel click + Create Organization in the top-right corner.

Step 13.  Provide a name for the organization (FlashStack).

Step 14.  Select the Resource Group created in the last step (for example, FlashStack-L151-DMZ).

Step 15.  Click Create.

Step 16.  Use the management IP address of Fabric Interconnect A to access the device from a web browser and the previously configured admin password to log into the device.

Step 17.  Under DEVICE CONNECTOR, the current device status will show “Not claimed.” Note, or copy, the Device ID, and Claim Code information for claiming the device in Cisco Intersight.

Step 18.  Navigate to Admin > General > Targets.

Step 19.  On Targets panel click Claim a New Target in the top-right corner.

Step 20.  Select Cisco UCS Domain (Intersight Managed) and click Start.

Step 21.  Enter the Device ID and Claim Code captured from the Cisco UCS FI.

Step 22.  Select the previously created Resource Group and click Claim.

Step 23.  On successfully device claim, Cisco UCS FI should appear as a target in Cisco Intersight.

Configure a Cisco UCS Domain Profile

A Cisco UCS domain profile configures a fabric interconnect pair through reusable policies, allows configuration of the ports and port channels, and configures the VLANs and VSANs in the network. It defines the characteristics of and configured ports on fabric interconnects. The domain-related policies can be attached to the profile either at the time of creation or later. One Cisco UCS domain profile can be assigned to one fabric interconnect domain.

After the Cisco UCS domain profile has been successfully created and deployed, the policies including the port policies are pushed to Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects. Cisco UCS domain profile can easily be cloned to install additional Cisco UCS systems. When cloning the UCS domain profile, the new UCS domains utilize the existing policies for consistent deployment of additional Cisco UCS systems at scale.

Procedure 1.       Create a Domain Profile

Step 1.      From the Service Selector drop-down list, select Infrastructure Service. Navigate to Configure > Profiles, to launch the Profiles Table view.

Step 2.      Navigate UCS Domain Profiles tab and click Create UCS Domain Profile.

Step 3.      On the Create UCS Domain Profile screen, click Start.

Step 4.      On the General page, select the organization created before and enter a name for your profile (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-K4). Optionally, include a short description and tag information to help identify the profile. Tags must be in the key:value format. For example, Org: IT or Site: APJ. Click Next.

Step 5.      On the Domain Assignment page, assign a switch pair to the Domain profile. Click Next.

Note:      You can also click Assign Later and assign a switch pair to the Domain profile at a later time.

Step 6.      On the VLAN & VSAN Configuration page, attach VLAN and VSAN policies for each switch to the UCS Domain Profile.

Note:      In this step, a single VLAN policy is created for both fabric interconnects and two individual VSAN policies are created because the VSAN IDs are unique for each fabric interconnect.

Step 7.      Click Select Policy next to VLAN Configuration under Fabric Interconnect A.

Step 8.      In the pane on the right, click Create New.

Step 9.      Verify correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-VLAN). Click Next.

Step 10.  Click Add VLANs.

Step 11.  Provide a name and VLAN ID for the VLAN from you list (for example, 70, 71, 72,73). Enable Auto Allow On Uplinks. To create the required Multicast policy, click Select Policy under Multicast*.

Step 12.  In the window on the right, click Create New to create a new Multicast Policy.

Step 13.  Provide a Name for the Multicast Policy (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-McastPol). Provide optional Description and click Next.

Step 14.  Leave defaults selected and click Create.

Step 15.  Click Add to add the VLAN.

Step 16.  Add the remaining VLANs from you list by clicking Add VLANs and entering the VLANs one by one. Reuse the previously created multicast policy for all the VLANs.

The VLANs created during this validation are shown below:

Note:      A VSAN policy is only needed when configuring Fibre Channel and can be skipped when configuring IP-only storage access.

Step 17.  Click Select Policy next to VSAN Configuration under Fabric Interconnect A. Click Create New.

Step 18.  Verify correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-VSAN-A). Click Next.

Step 19.  Click Add VSAN.

Step 20.  Provide a name (for example, VSAN-A), VSAN ID (for example, 500), and associated Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) VLAN ID (for example, 500) for VSAN A.

Step 21.  Set VLAN Scope as Uplink.

Step 22.  Click Add.

Step 23.  Click Create to finish creating VSAN policy for fabric A.

Step 24.  Repeat steps 7 - 23 for fabric interconnect B assigning the VLAN policy created previously and creating a new VSAN policy for VSAN-B. Name the policy to identify the SAN-B configuration (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-VSAN-B) and use appropriate VSAN and FCoE VLAN (for example, 501).

Step 25.  Verify that a common VLAN policy and two unique VSAN policies are associated with the two fabric interconnects. Click Next.

Step 26.  On the Ports Configuration page, attach port policies for each switch to the UCS Domain Profile.

Note:      Use two separate port policies for the fabric interconnects. Using separate policies provide flexibility when port configuration (port numbers or speed) differs between the two FIs. When configuring Fibre Channel, two port policies are required because each fabric interconnect uses unique Fibre Channel VSAN ID.

Step 27.  Click Select Policy for Fabric Interconnect A.

Step 28.  Click Create New.

Step 29.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-K4-FI-A). Click Next.

Step 30.  Move the slider to set up unified ports. In this deployment, the first four ports were selected as Fibre Channel ports. Click Next.

Step 31.  On the breakout Options page click Next.

Note:      No Ethernet/Fibre Channel breakouts were used in this validation.

Step 32.  Select the ports that need to be configured as server ports by clicking the ports in the graphics (or select from the list below the graphic). When all ports are selected, click Configure.

Step 33.  From the drop-down list, select Server as the role. Click Save.

Step 34.  Configure the Ethernet uplink port channel by selecting the Port Channel in the main pane and then clicking Create Port Channel.

Step 35.  Select Ethernet Uplink Port Channel as the role, provide a port-channel ID (for example, 11).

Note:      You can create the Ethernet Network Group, Flow Control, Link Aggregation or Link control policy for defining disjoint Layer-2 domain or fine tune port-channel parameters. These policies were not used in this deployment and system default values were utilized.

Step 36.  Scroll down and select uplink ports from the list of available ports (for example, port 49 and 50).

Step 37.  Click Save.

Step 38.  Repeat steps 27 - 37 to create the port policy for Fabric Interconnect B. Use the following values for various parameters:

●     Name of the port policy: FS-L152-DMZ-K4-FI-B

●     Ethernet port-Channel ID: 12

Step 39.  When the port configuration for both fabric interconnects is complete and looks good, click Next.

Step 40.  Under UCS domain configuration, additional policies can be configured to setup NTP, Syslog, DNS settings, SNMP, QoS and UCS operating mode (end host or switch mode). For this deployment, System QoS will be configured.

Step 41.  Click Select Policy next to System QoS* and click Create New to define the System QOS policy.

Step 42.  Verify correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-QosPol). Click Next.

Step 43.  Change the MTU for Best Effort class to 9216. Keep the rest default selections. Click Create.

Step 44.  Click Next.

Step 45.  From the UCS domain profile Summary view, verify all the settings including the fabric interconnect settings, by expanding the settings and make sure that the configuration is correct. Click Deploy.

The system will take some time to validate and configure the settings on the fabric interconnects. Log into the console servers to see when the Cisco UCS fabric interconnects have finished configuration and are successfully rebooted.

When the Cisco UCS domain profile has been successfully deployed, the Cisco UCS chassis and the blades should be successfully discovered.

It takes a while to discover the blades for the first time. Cisco Intersight provides an ability to view the progress in the Requests page:

Step 46.  From the Service Selector drop-down list, select Infrastructure Service. Navigate to Configure > Profiles, select UCS Domain Profiles, verify that the domain profile has been successfully deployed.

Step 47.  From the Service Selector drop-down list, select Infrastructure Service. Navigate to Operate > Chassis, verify that the chassis has been discovered.

Step 48.  From the Service Selector drop-down list, select Infrastructure Service. Navigate to Operate > Servers, verify that the servers have been successfully discovered.

Configure Cisco UCS Chassis Profile

Cisco UCS Chassis profile in Cisco Intersight allows you to configure various parameters for the chassis, including:

●     IMC Access Policy: IP configuration for the in-band chassis connectivity. This setting is independent of Server IP connectivity and only applies to communication to and from chassis.

●     SNMP Policy, and SNMP trap settings.

●     Power Policy to enable power management and power supply redundancy mode.

●     Thermal Policy to control the speed of FANs (only applicable to Cisco UCS 9508).

A chassis policy can be assigned to any number of chassis profiles to provide a configuration baseline for a chassis. In this deployment, chassis profile was created and attached to the chassis with the settings shown in Figure 20.

Figure 20.       Chassis policy detail

Configure Server Profiles

Configure Server Profile Template

In the Cisco Intersight platform, a server profile enables resource management by simplifying policy alignment and server configuration. The server profiles are derived from a server profile template. The server profile template and its associated policies can be created using the server profile template wizard. After creating server profile template, you can derive multiple consistent server profiles from the template.

Note:      The server profile captured in this deployment guide supports both Cisco UCS X210c M7blade servers and Cisco UCS X210c M7compute nodes.

Procedure 1.       Create vNIC and vHBA Placement for the Server Profile Template

In this deployment, four vNICs and two vHBAs are configured. These devices are manually placed as listed in Table 5.

Table 5.      vHBA and vNIC placement for FC connected storage

vNIC/vHBA Name

Slot

Switch ID

PCI Order

vHBA-A

MLOM

A

0

vHBA-B

MLOM

B

1

01-vSwitch0-A

MLOM

A

2

02-vSwitch0-B

MLOM

B

3

03-VDS0-A

MLOM

A

4

04-VDS0-B

MLOM

B

5

Note:      Two vHBAs (vHBA-A and vHBA-B) are configured to support FC boot from SAN.

Step 1.      Log into the Cisco Intersight portal as a user with account administrator role.

Step 2.      Navigate to Configure > Templates and click Create UCS Server Profile Template.

Step 3.      Select the organization from the drop-down list. Provide a name for the server profile template (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-K4-X210c M7) for FI-Attached UCS Server. Click Next.

Step 4.      Click Select Pool under UUID Pool and then click Create New.

Step 5.      Verify correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the UUID Pool (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-UUID-Pool). Provide an optional Description and click Next.

Step 6.      Provide a UUID Prefix (for example, a random prefix of A11A14B6-B193-49C7 was used). Add a UUID block of appropriate size. Click Create.

Step 7.      Click Select Policy next to BIOS and in the pane on the right, click Create New.

Step 8.      Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-M6-BIOS-Perf).

Step 9.      Click Next.

Step 10.  On the Policy Details screen, select appropriate values for the BIOS settings. Click Create.

Note:      In this deployment, the BIOS values were selected based on recommendations in the performance tuning guide for Cisco UCS M6 BIOS: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/servers-unified-computing/ucs-b-series-blade-servers/performance-tuning-guide-ucs-m6-servers.html.

Table 6.      FS-L151-DMZ-M6-BIOS-Perf token values

BIOS Token

Value

Intel Directed IO

Intel VT for Directed IO

enabled

Memory

Memory RAS Configuration

maximum-performance

Power And Performance

Core Performance Boost

Auto

Enhanced CPU Performance

Auto

LLC Deadline

disabled

UPI Link Enablement

1

UPI Power Management

enabled

Processor

Altitude

auto

Boot Performance Mode

Max Performance

Core Multiprocessing

all

CPU Performance

enterprise

Power Technology

performance

Direct Cache Access Support

enabled

DRAM Clock Throttling

Performance

Enhanced Intel Speedstep(R) Technology

enabled

Execute Disable Bit

enabled

IMC Interleaving

1-way Interleave

Intel HyperThreading Tech

Enabled

Intel Turbo Boost Tech

enabled

Intel(R) VT

enabled

DCU IP Prefetcher

enabled

Processor C1E

disabled

Processor C3 Report

disabled

Processor C6 Report

disabled

CPU C State

disabled

Sub Numa Clustering

enabled

DCU Streamer Prefetch

enabled

Step 11.  Click Select Policy next to Boot Order and then click Create New.

Step 12.  Verify correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-BootPol). Click Next.

Step 13.  For Configured Boot Mode, select Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).

Step 14.  Turn on Enable Secure Boot.

Step 15.  Click Add Boot Device drop-down list and select Virtual Media.

Step 16.  Provide a device name (for example, vKVM-DVD) and then, for the subtype, select KVM Mapped DVD.

For Fibre Channel SAN boot, four connected FC ports on Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 controllers will be added as boot options. The four FC ports are as follows:

●     CT0.FC0, CT1.FC0 are connected to SAN-A

●     CT1.FC2, CT0.FC2 are connected to SAN-B

Figure 21.       Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3

Step 17.  From the Add Boot Device drop-down list, select SAN Boot (Repeat steps for all 4 FC ports)

Step 18.  Provide the Device Name: CT0FC0 and the Logical Unit Number (LUN) value (for example, 1).

Step 19.  Provide an interface name vHBA-A. This value is important and should match the vHBA name.

Note:      vHBA-A is used to access CT0.FC0, CT1.FC0 and vHBA-B is used to access CT1.FC2, CT0.FC2.

Step 20.  Add the appropriate World Wide Port Name (WWPN) as the Target WWPN (for example, 52:4A:93:71:56:84:09:00).

Step 21.  Provide bootloader name as BOOTX64.EFI.

Step 22.  Provide bootloader name as \EFI\BOOT.

Step 23.  Verify the order of the boot policies and adjust the boot order as necessary using the arrows next to delete icon. Click Create.

Step 24.  Click Select Policy next to Power and in the pane on the right, click Create New.

Step 25.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, UCS-PWR). Click Next.

Step 26.  Enable Power Profiling and select High from the Power Priority drop-down list. Click Create.

Step 27.  Click Select Policy next to Virtual Media and in the pane on the right, click Create New (Optional)

Step 28.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-Vmedia-Pol). Click Next.

Step 29.  Disable Lower Power USB and click Create.

Step 30.  Click Next to go to Management Configuration.

Step 31.  Click Select Policy next to IMC Access and then click Create New.

Step 32.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-IMCAPol). Click Next.

Note:      You can select in-band management access to the compute node using an in-band management VLAN (for example, VLAN 60) or out-of-band management access via the Mgmt0 interfaces of the FIs. KVM Policies like SNMP, vMedia and Syslog are currently not supported via Out-Of-Band and will require an In-Band IP to be configured.

Step 33.  Click UCS Server (FI-Attached). Enable In-Band Configuration and type VLAN Id designated for the In-Band management (for example, 70).

Step 34.  Under IP Pool, click Select IP Pool and then click Create New.

Step 35.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L152-DMZ-ICMA-IP-Pool). Click Next.

Step 36.  Select Configure IPv4 Pool and provide the information to define a pool for KVM IP address assignment including an IP Block.

Note:      The management IP pool subnet should be accessible from the host that is trying to open the KVM connection. In the example shown here, the hosts trying to open a KVM connection would need to be able to route to 10.10.70.0/24 subnet.

Step 37.  Click Select Policy next to IPMI Over LAN and then click Create New.

Step 38.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, Enable-IPMIoLAN). Click Next.

Step 39.  Turn on Enable IPMI Over LAN.

Step 40.  From the Privilege Level drop-down list, select admin.

Step 41.  Click Create.

Step 42.  Click Select Policy next to Local User and the, in the pane on the right, click Create New.

Step 43.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy.

Step 44.  Verify that UCS Server (FI-Attached) is selected.

Step 45.  Verify that Enforce Strong Password is selected.

Step 46.  Click Add New User and then click + next to the New User.

Step 47.  Provide the username (for example, fpadmin), choose a role for example, admin), and provide a password.

Note:      The username and password combination defined here will be used to log into KVMs. The typical Cisco UCS admin username and password combination cannot be used for KVM access.

Step 48.  Click Create to finish configuring the user.

Step 49.  Click Create to finish configuring local user policy.

Step 50.  Click Next to move to Storage Configuration.

Step 51.  Click Next on the Storage Configuration screen. No configuration is needed in the local storage system.

Step 52.  Click Select Policy next to LAN Connectivity and then click Create New.

Note:      LAN connectivity policy defines the connections and network communication resources between the server and the LAN. This policy uses pools to assign MAC addresses to servers and to identify the vNICs that the servers use to communicate with the network. For consistent vNIC placement, manual vNIC placement is utilized.

The FC boot from SAN hosts uses 4 vNICs configured as listed in Table 7.

Table 7.      vNICs for LAN Connectivity

vNIC

Slot ID

Switch ID

PCI Order

VLANs

vSwitch0-A

MLOM

A

2

FS-InBand-Mgmt_70

vSwitch0-B

MLOM

B

3

FS-InBand-Mgmt_70

VDS0-A

MLOM

A

4

FS-VDI_72, FS-vMotion_73

VDS0-B

MLOM

B

5

FS-VDI_72, FS-vMotion_73

Note:      The PCI order 0 and 1 will be used in the SAN Connectivity policy to create vHBA-A and vHBA-B.

Step 53.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-LAN-Conn-Pol). Click Next.

Step 54.  Under vNIC Configuration, select Manual vNICs Placement.

Step 55.  Click Add vNIC.

Step 56.  Click Select Pool under MAC Address Pool and then click Create New.

Note:      When creating the first vNIC, the MAC address pool has not been defined yet, therefore a new MAC address pool will need to be created. Two separate MAC address pools are configured for each Fabric. MAC-Pool-A will be reused for all Fabric-A vNICs, and MAC-Pool-B will be reused for all Fabric-B vNICs.

Table 8.      MAC Address Pools

Pool Name

Starting MAC Address

Size

vNICs

FS-L151-DMZ-MAC-Pool-A

00:25: B5:04:0A:00

256*

vSwitch0-A, VDS0-A

FS-L151-DMZ-MAC-Pool-B

00:25: B5:04:0B:00

256*

vSwitch0-B, VDS0-B

Step 57.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the pool from Table 8 depending on the vNIC being created (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-MAC-Pool-A for Fabric A).

Step 58.  Click Next.

Step 59.  Provide the starting MAC address from Table 8 (for example, 00:25:B5:04:0A:00) and the size of the MAC address pool (for example, 256). Click Create to finish creating the MAC address pool.

Step 60.  From the Add vNIC window, provide vNIC Name, Slot ID, Switch ID, and PCI Order information from Table 7.

Step 61.  For Consistent Device Naming (CDN), from the drop-down list, select vNIC Name.

Step 62.  Verify that Failover is disabled because the failover will be provided by attaching multiple NICs to the VMware vSwitch and VDS.

Step 63.  Click Select Policy under Ethernet Network Group Policy and then click Create New.

Note:      The Ethernet Network Group policies will be created and reused on applicable vNICs as explained below. The Ethernet Network Group policy defines the VLANs allowed for a particular vNIC, therefore multiple network group policies will be defined for this deployment as listed in Table 9.

Table 9.      Ethernet Group Policy Values

Group Policy Name

Native VLAN

Apply to vNICs

VLANs

FS-L151-DMZ-vSwitch0-NetGrp-Pol

Native-VLAN (1)

vSwitch0-A, vSwitch0-B

FS-InBand-Mgmt_70

FS-L151-DMZ-vSwitch1-NetGrp-Pol

Native-VLAN (1)

VDS0-A, VDS0-B

FS-VDI_72, FS-vMotion_73

Step 64.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy from Table 9 (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-vSwitch0-NetGrp-Pol). Click Next.

Step 65.  Enter the allowed VLANs from Table 7 (for example, 70) and the native VLAN ID from Table 9 (for example, 1). Click Create.

Note:      When ethernet group policies are shared between two vNICs, the ethernet group policy only needs to be defined for the first vNIC. For subsequent vNIC policy mapping, just click Select Policy and pick the previously defined ethernet group policy from the list on the right.

Step 66.  Click Select Policy under Ethernet Network Control Policy and then click Create New.

Note:      The Ethernet Network Control Policy is used to enable Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for the vNICs. A single policy will be created and reused for all the vNICs.

Step 67.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-NetCtrl-Pol).

Step 68.  Click Next.

Step 69.  Enable Cisco Discovery Protocol and both Enable Transmit and Enable Receive under LLDP. Click Create.

Step 70.  Click Select Policy under Ethernet QoS and click Create New.

Note:      The Ethernet QoS policy is used to enable jumbo maximum transmission units (MTUs) for all the vNICs. A single policy will be created and reused for all the vNICs.

Step 71.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-QOS).

Step 72.  Click Next.

Step 73.  Change the MTU Bytes value to 9000. Click Create.

Step 74.  Click Select Policy under Ethernet Adapter and then click Create New.

Note:      The ethernet adapter policy is used to set the interrupts and the send and receive queues. The values are set according to the best-practices guidance for the operating system in use. Cisco Intersight provides default VMware Ethernet Adapter policy for typical VMware deployments. Optionally, you can configure a tweaked ethernet adapter policy for additional hardware receive queues handled by multiple CPUs in scenarios where there is a lot of vMotion traffic and multiple flows. In this deployment, a modified ethernet adapter policy, FS-L151-DMZ-EthAdapt-VMware-HiTraffic, is created and attached to the VDS0-A and VDS0-B interfaces which handle vMotion.

Table 10.   Ethernet Adapter Policy association to vNICs

Policy Name

vNICS

FS-L151-DMZ-EthAdapt-VMware

vSwitch0-A, vSwitch0-B

FS-L151-DMZ-EthAdapt-VMware-HiTraffic

VDS0-A, VDS0-B,

Step 75.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-EthAdapt-VMware).

Step 76.  Click Select Default Configuration under Ethernet Adapter Default Configuration.

Step 77.  From the list, select VMware. Click Next.

Step 78.  For the FS-L151-DMZ-EthAdapt-VMware policy, click Create and skip the rest of the steps in this section.

Step 79.  For the optional FS-L151-DMZ-EthAdapt-VMware-HiTraffic policy used for VDS interfaces, make the following modifications to the policy:

●     Increase Interrupts to 11

●     Increase Receive Queue Count to 8

●     Increase Completion Queue Count to 9

●     Enable Receive Side Scaling

Step 80.  Click Create.

Step 81.  Click Create to finish creating the vNIC.

Step 82.  Repeat the vNIC creation steps for the rest of vNICs. Verify all four vNICs were successfully created. Click Create.

Step 83.  Click Select Policy next to SAN Connectivity and then click Create New.

Note:      A SAN connectivity policy determines the network storage resources and the connections between the server and the storage device on the network. This policy enables customers to configure the vHBAs that the servers use to communicate with the SAN.

Table 11.   vHBA for boot from FC SAN

vNIC/vHBA Name

Slot

Switch ID

PCI Order

vHBA-A

MLOM

A

0

vHBA-B

MLOM

B

1

Step 84.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-FC-SAN-Conn-Pol).

Step 85.  Select Manual vHBAs Placement.

Step 86.  Select Pool under WWNN.

Note:      The WWNN address pools have not been defined yet therefore a new WWNN address pool has to be defined.

Step 87.  Click Select Pool under WWNN Pool and then click Create New.

Step 88.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-WWN-Pool).

Step 89.  Click Next.

Step 90.  Provide the starting WWNN block address and the size of the pool. Click Create.

Note:      As a best practice, additional information should always be coded into the WWNN address pool for troubleshooting. For example, in the address 20:00:00:25:B5:23:00:00, 23 is the rack ID.

Step 91.  Click Add vHBA.

Step 92.  Enter vHBA-A for the Name and select fc-initiator from the drop-down list.

Note:      The WWPN address pool has not been defined yet therefore a WWPN address pool for Fabric A will be defined.

Step 93.  Click Select Pool under WWPN Address Pool and then click Create New.

Step 94.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-WWPN-Pool-A).

Step 95.  Provide the starting WWPN block address for SAN A and the size. Click Create.

Step 96.  Provide the Switch ID (for example, A) and PCI Order (for example, 0) from Table 11.

Step 97.  Click Select Policy under Fibre Channel Network and then click Create New.

Note:      A Fibre Channel network policy governs the VSAN configuration for the virtual interfaces. In this deployment, VSAN 100 will be used for vHBA-A and VSAN 101 will be used for vHBA-B.

Step 98.  Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-K4-FCN-A). Click Next.

Step 99.  For the scope, select UCS Server (FI-Attached).

Step 100.                           Under VSAN ID, provide the VSAN information (for example, 100).

Step 101.                           Click Create.

Step 102.                           Click Select Policy under Fibre Channel QoS and then click Create New.

Note:      The Fibre Channel QoS policy assigns a system class to the outgoing traffic for a vHBA. This system class determines the quality of service for the outgoing traffic. The Fibre Channel QoS policy used in this deployment uses default values and will be shared by all vHBAs.

Step 103.                           Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-FCQOS-Pol). Click Next.

Step 104.                           For the scope, select UCS Server (FI-Attached).

Note:      Do not change the default values on the Policy Details screen.

Step 105.                           Click Create.

Step 106.                           Click Select Policy under Fibre Channel Adapter and then click Create New.

Note:      A Fibre Channel adapter policy governs the host-side behavior of the adapter, including the way that the adapter handles traffic. This validation uses the default values for the adapter policy, and the policy will be shared by all the vHBAs.

Step 107.                           Verify the correct organization is selected from the drop-down list and provide a name for the policy (for example, FS-L151-DMZ-FC-Adapter-Pol).

Step 108.                           For the scope, select UCS Server (FI-Attached).

Note:      Do not change the default values on the Policy Details screen.

Step 109.                           Click Create.

Step 110.                           Click Add to create vHBA-A.

Step 111.                           Create the vHBA-B using the same steps from above using pools and Fibre Channel Network policy for SAN-B.

Step 112.                           Verify both vHBAs are added to the SAN connectivity policy.

Step 113.                           When the LAN connectivity policy and SAN connectivity policy are created and assigned, click Next to move to the Summary screen.

Step 114.                           From the Server profile template Summary screen, click Derive Profiles.

Note:      This action can also be performed later by navigating to Templates, clicking “…” next to the template name and selecting Derive Profiles.

Step 115.                           Under the Server Assignment, select Assign Now and select Cisco UCS X210c M7Nodes. You can select one or more servers depending on the number of profiles to be deployed. Click Next.

Cisco Intersight will fill the default information for the number of servers selected.

Step 116.                           Adjust the Prefix and number as needed. Click Next.

Step 117.                           Verify the information and click Derive to create the Server Profiles.

Configure Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switches

This section details the steps for the Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX switch configuration.

Procedure 1.       Configure Global Settings for Cisco Nexus A and Cisco Nexus B

Step 1.      Log in as admin user into the Cisco 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

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

Procedure 2.       Configure VLANs for Cisco Nexus A and Cisco Nexus B Switches

Note:      For this solution, we created VLAN 70, 71, 72, 73 and 76.

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

Step 2.      Create VLAN 70:

config terminal

VLAN 70

name InBand-Mgmt

no shutdown

exit

copy running-config startup-config

Step 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 12.

Table 12.   vPC Summary

vPC Domain

vPC Name

vPC ID

vPC Domain

50

Peer-Link

1

50

50

vPC Port-Channel to FI-A

11

50

50

vPC Port-Channel to FI-B

12

50

As listed in Table 12, a single vPC domain with Domain ID 50 is created across two Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX member switches to define vPC members to carry specific VLAN network traffic. In this topology, a total number of 3 vPCs were defined:

●     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 13.   Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX-A Cabling Information

Local Device

Local Port

Connection

Remote Device

Remote Port

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switch A

Eth1/51

100Gbe

Cisco UCS fabric interconnect B

Eth1/49

Eth1/52

100Gbe

Cisco UCS fabric interconnect A

Eth1/49

Eth1/1

25Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX B

Eth1/1

Eth1/2

25Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX B

Eth1/2

Eth1/3

25Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX B

Eth1/3

Eth1/4

25Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX B

Eth1/4

MGMT0

1Gbe

Gbe management switch

Any

Table 14.   Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX-B Cabling Information

Local Device

Local Port

Connection

Remote Device

Remote Port

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switch B

Eth1/51

100Gbe

Cisco UCS fabric interconnect B

Eth1/50

Eth1/52

100Gbe

Cisco UCS fabric interconnect A

Eth1/50

Eth1/1

25Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX A

Eth1/1

Eth1/2

25Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX A

Eth1/2

Eth1/3

25Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX A

Eth1/3

Eth1/4

25Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX A

Eth1/4

MGMT0

1Gbe

Gbe management switch

Any

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 6536 Cabling

The following tables list the FI 6536 cabling information.

Table 15.   Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect (FI) A Cabling Information

Local Device

Local Port

Connection

Remote Device

Remote Port

Cisco UCS FI-6536-A

FC 1/1

32G FC

Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb-A

FC 1/13

FC 1/2

32G FC

Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb-A

FC 1/14

Eth1/11-14

25Gbe

UCS 9508 Chassis IFM-A

Chassis 1

Intelligent Fabric

Module 1 Port1-2

Eth1/49

100Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX

Switch A

Eth1/52

Eth1/50

100Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Switch B

Eth1/52

Mgmt 0

1Gbe

Management Switch

Any

L1

1Gbe

Cisco UCS FI - A

L1

L2

1Gbe

Cisco UCS FI - B

L2

Table 16.   Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect (FI) B Cabling Information

Local Device

Local Port

Connection

Remote Device

Remote Port

Cisco UCS FI-6536-B

FC 1/1

32Gb FC

Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb-B

FC 1/13

FC 1/2

32Gb FC

Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb-B

FC 1/14

Eth1/17-18

25Gbe

UCS 9508 Chassis

IFM-B Chassis 1

Intelligent Fabric

Module 1 Port1-2

Eth1/49

100Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX

Switch A

Eth1/51

Eth1/50

100Gbe

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX

Switch B

Eth1/51

Mgmt 0

1Gbe

Management Switch

Any

L1

1Gbe

Cisco UCS FI - A

L1

L2

1Gbe

Cisco UCS FI - B

L2

Procedure 1.       Create vPC Peer-Link Between the Two Cisco Nexus Switches

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

Note:      For vPC 1 as Peer-link, we used interfaces 53-54 for Peer-Link. You may choose the appropriate number of ports for your needs.

Step 2.      Create the necessary port channels between devices by running these commands on both Cisco Nexus switches:

config terminal

feature vpc

feature lacp

vpc domain 50

peer-keepalive destination 173.37.52.104 source 173.37.52.103

exit

interface port-channel 10

description VPC peer-link

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed VLAN 1,70-76

spanning-tree port type network

vpc peer-link

interface Ethernet1/1

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

no shutdown

exit

interface Ethernet1/2

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

no shutdown

exit

interface Ethernet1/3

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

no shutdown

exit

interface Ethernet1/4

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

no shutdown

exit

copy running-config startup-config

Step 3.      Log in as admin user into the Nexus Switch B and repeat the above steps to configure second Cisco Nexus switch.

Step 4.      Make sure to change the peer-keepalive destination and source IP address appropriately for Cisco Nexus Switch B.

Procedure 2.       Create vPC Configuration Between Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX and Cisco Fabric Interconnects

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

Note:      Create the necessary port channels between devices, by running the following commands on both Cisco Nexus switches.

Step 1.      Log in as admin user into Cisco 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

Step 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 22 shows the verification of the vPC status on both Cisco Nexus Switches.

Figure 22.       vPC Description for Cisco Nexus Switch A and B

Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb FC Switch Configuration

Figure 17 illustrates the cable connectivity between the Cisco MDS 9132T 32-Gb switch and the Cisco 6536 Fabric Interconnects and Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 storage.

Note:      We used two 32Gb FC connections from each fabric interconnect to each MDS switch and two 32Gb FC connections from each Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 array controller to each MDS switch.

Table 17.   Cisco MDS 9132T-A Cabling Information

Local Device

Local Port

Connection

Remote Device

Remote Port

Cisco MDS 9132T-A

FC1/9

32Gb FC

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 0

CT0.FC0

FC1/10

32Gb FC

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 1

CT1.FC0

FC1/13

32Gb FC

Cisco 6536 Fabric Interconnect-A

FC1/1

FC1/14

32Gb FC

Cisco 6536 Fabric Interconnect-A

FC1/2

Table 18.   Cisco MDS 9132T-B Cabling Information

Local Device

Local Port

Connection

Remote Device

Remote Port

Cisco MDS 9132T-B

FC1/9

32Gb FC

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 0

CT0.FC2

FC1/10

32Gb FC

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 1

CT1.FC2

FC1/13

32Gb FC

Cisco 6536 Fabric Interconnect-B

FC1/1

FC1/14

32Gb FC

Cisco 6536 Fabric Interconnect-B

FC1/2

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 and FC1/10) of MDS Switch B are connected to Pure Storage System as listed in Table 19. All ports connected to the Pure Storage Array carry 32 Gb/s FC Traffic.

Table 19.   MDS 9132T 32-Gb switch Port Connection to Pure Storage System

Local Device

Local Port

Connection

Remote Device

Remote Port

Cisco MDS 9132T-A

FC1/9

32Gb FC

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 0

CT0.FC0

FC1/10

32Gb FC

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 1

CT1.FC0

Cisco MDS 9132T-B

FC1/9

32Gb FC

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 0

CT0.FC2

FC1/10

32Gb FC

Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 Controller 1

CT1.FC2

Procedure 1.       Configure Features and name for MDS Switch A and MDS Switch B

Follow these steps on both MDS switches.

Step 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

Step 2.      Log in as admin user into MDS Switch B. Repeat step 1 on MDS Switch B.

Procedure 2.       Configure VSANs for MDS Switch A and MDS Switch B

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

config terminal

VSAN database

vsan 100

exit

zone smart-zoning enable vsan 100

vsan database

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

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

config terminal

VSAN database

vsan 101

exit

zone smart-zoning enable vsan 101

vsan database

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

Procedure 3.       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.

Note:      Before you configure the zoning details, decide how many paths are needed for each LUN and extract the WWPN numbers for each of the HBAs from each server. We used 2 HBAs for each Server. One of the HBAs (HBA-A) is connected to MDS Switch-A and other HBAs (HBA-B) is connected to MDS Switch-B.

Step 1.      Log into the Cisco Intersight portal as a user with account administrator role.

Step 2.      From the Service Selector drop-down list, choose Infrastructure Service.

Step 3.      Navigate to Configure > Pools. Filter WWPN type pools.

Step 4.      Select Usage tab and collect the WWPNs and profiles to which they are assigned.

Step 5.      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.

Note:      We 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.

Procedure 4.       Create Device Aliases for Fiber Channel Zoning for SAN Boot Paths and Datapaths on Cisco MDS Switch A

Step 1.      Log in as admin user and run the following commands from the global configuration mode:

configure terminal

device-alias mode enhanced

device-alias database

device-alias name Host-FCP-1-HBA0 pwwn 20:00:00:25:B5:AA:17:00

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

Procedure 5.       Create Device Aliases for Fiber Channel Zoning for SAN Boot Paths and Datapaths on Cisco MDS Switch B

Step 1.      Log in as admin user and run the following commands from the global configuration mode:

configure terminal

device-alias mode enhanced

device-alias database

device-alias name Host-FCP-1-HBA1 pwwn 20:00:00:25:b5:bb:17:00

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

Procedure 6.       Create Fiber Channel Zoning for Cisco MDS Switch A for each Service Profile

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

configure terminal

zone name FlashStack-Fabric-A vsan 100

member device-alias X70R3-CT0-FC0 target

member device-alias X70R3-CT1-FC0 target

member device-alias Host-FCP-1-HBA0 init

Step 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 VDI-Fabric-A vsan 100

member FlashStack-Fabric-A

Step 3.      Activate the zone set by running following commands:

zoneset activate name VDI-Fabric-A vsan 100

exit

copy running-config startup-config

Procedure 7.       Create Fiber Channel Zoning for Cisco MDS Switch B for each Service Profile

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

configure terminal zone name FlashStack-Fabric-B vsan 101

member device-alias X70R3-CT0-FC2 target

member device-alias X70R3-CT1-FC2 target

member device-alias Host-FCP-1-HBA1 init

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

zoneset name VDI-Fabric-B vsan 101

member FlashStack-Fabric-B

Step 3.      Activate the zone set by running following commands:

zoneset activate name VDI-Fabric-B 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 to discover the targets during the 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, the 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 installed VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 Update 1 Cisco Custom ISO on these LUNs.

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. 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, using Pure Storage FlashArray with SAN boot policy provides the following benefits:

●     Scalability - Rapid deployment of new servers to the environment in a 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 the 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

Procedure 1.       Configure Host

Note:      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.

Step 1.      Log into Pure Storage FlashArray Management interface.

Step 2.      Click the Storage tab.

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

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

Step 5.      Enter the required information and click Create.

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

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

Note:      Make sure the zoning has been setup to include the WWNs details of the initiators along with the target, without which the SAN boot will not work.

Note:      WWNs will appear only if the appropriate FC connections were made, and the zones were setup on the underlying FC switch.

Note:      Alternatively, the WWN can be added manually by clicking the + in the Selected WWNs section and manually inputting the blade’s WWNs.

Procedure 2.       Configure Volume Connectivity

Step 1.      Click the Storage tab.

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

Step 3.      Click Create Multiple to open Create Multiple Volumes wizard.

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

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

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

Note:      Make sure the SAN Boot Volumes has the LUN ID “1” since this is important while configuring Boot from SAN. You will also configure the LUN ID as “1” when configuring Boot from SAN policy in Cisco UCS Manager.

Note:      More LUNs can be connected by adding a connection to existing or new volume(s) to an existing node.

Configure File Services

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

Currently all FA File services activations require Pure Storage Product Management approval. Customers can work with their local account representatives to obtain approval to activate File Services.

For additional information on FA File Services setup and configuration see:

●     FA File Services Quick Start Guide

●     FA File Services Best Practices

Procedure 1.       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.

Note:      VIFs are created by CLI over SSH, configured and enabled using the Management Console. An account with administrator privileges is required.

Step 1.      Connect to the array via SSH.

Step 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>

Procedure 2.       Configure and Enable the Virtual Interface for File Services

Step 1.      Connect to the array GUI.

Step 2.      Navigate to Settings > Network.

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

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

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

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

Note:      More than one DNS server can be configured with the caveat that all DNS servers must have a record for Directory Service servers such as LDAP or Microsoft Active Directory.

Procedure 3.       Create Active Directory Account for the Array

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

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

Enter the following information:

●     Name = Array management name for this AD account

●     Domain = AD domain name

●     Computer Name = Computer Object name within AD

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

●     Password = Users password for the above domain user

Step 3.      Click Create to finalize AD account creation.

Procedure 4.       Create a File System and Shared Directory

Step 1.      Navigate to Storage > File Systems.

Step 2.      Click the + icon.

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

Step 4.      Navigate to Storage > File Systems > Directories.

Step 5.      Click the + icon.

Step 6.      In Create Directory, 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.

Note:      Polices for exports/shares/snapshots can only be attached to managed directories at the file system root or 1 level deep (/ and /dir in the example above). Space and performance metrics can be seen at all levels of managed directories.

Step 7.      Navigate to Storage > Policies.

Step 8.      Click the + icon.

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

Step 10.  Click Created Policy and click the + icon.

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

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

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

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

Install and Configure VMware ESXi 8.0

This section explains how to install VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 1 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 8.0 1

To download the Cisco Custom Image for VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 1, from the page click the Custom ISOs tab.

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/get-download?downloadGroup=ESXI800

Procedure 1.       Install VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 U1

Step 1.      From the Service Selector drop-down list, select Infrastructure Service. Navigate to Operate > Servers.

Step 2.      Right-click on the … icon for the server being access and select Launch vKVM.

Step 3.      Click Boot Device and then select vKVM Mapped vDVD.

Step 4.      Browse to the ESXi iso image file. Click Map Drive to mount the ESXi ISO image.

Step 5.      Boot into ESXi installer and follow the prompts to complete installing VMware vSphere ESXi hypervisor.

Step 6.      When selecting a storage device to install ESXi, select Remote LUN provisioned through Pure Storage Administrative console and access through FC connection.

Procedure 2.       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. Select the IP address that can communicate with existing or new vCenter Server.

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

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

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

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

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

Step 6.      Select the 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.

Note:      IPv6 Configuration is set to automatic.

Step 7.      Select the DNS Configuration option and press Enter.

Step 8.      Enter the IP address of the primary and secondary DNS server. Enter Hostname

Step 9.      Enter DNS Suffixes.

Note:      Since the IP address is assigned manually, the DNS information must also be entered manually.

Note:      The steps provided vary based on the configuration. Please make the necessary changes according to your configuration.

Figure 23.       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.

Additionally, Cisco Intersight incorporates an HCL check.

Figure 24.       Servers HCL Status in Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Services

In this Cisco Validated Design, the following drivers were used (VMware-ESXi-8.0.1-20513097-Custom-Cisco-4.2.2-a):

●     Cisco-nenic- 1.0.45.0

●     Cisco-nfnic- 5.0.0.40

Note:      For additional information on how to update Cisco VIC drivers on ESXi refer to the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card Drivers for ESX Installation Guide.

VMware Clusters

The VMware vSphere Client was configured to support the solution and testing environment as follows:

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

●     Cluster: FlashStack-VDI - Single-session/Multi-session OS VDA workload.

●     Infrastructure: Infrastructure virtual machines (vCenter, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL Server,) VMware Horizon Connection Server and Horizon Replica Servers, Login VSI launcher infrastructure and work web servers were connected using the same set of switches but hosted on separate VMware cluster.

Figure 25.       VMware vSphere WebUI Reporting Cluster Configuration for this Validated Design

Cisco Intersight Orchestration

Cisco Intersight Assist helps you add endpoint devices to Cisco Intersight. FlashStack environment includes multiple devices that do not connect directly with Cisco Intersight. Any device that is supported by Cisco Intersight, but does not connect directly with it, will need a connection mechanism. Cisco Intersight Assist provides that connection mechanism, and helps you add devices into Cisco Intersight.

Cisco Intersight Assist is available within the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance, which is distributed as a deployable virtual machine contained within an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file format. You can install the appliance on an ESXi server. For more information, see the Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance Getting Started Guide.

After claiming Cisco Intersight Assist into Cisco Intersight, you can claim endpoint devices using the Claim Through Intersight Assist option.

Procedure 1.       Configure Cisco Intersight Assist Virtual Appliance

Step 1.      To install Cisco Intersight Assist from an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) in your VMware FlashStack-Management Cluster, first download the latest release of the OVA from: .

Step 2.      https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286319499/type/286323047/release/1.0.9-630

Step 3.      To set up the DNS entries for the Cisco Intersight Assist hostname as specified under Before you Begin, go to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/Intersight/cisco-intersight-assist-getting-started-guide/m-installing-cisco-intersight-assist.html.

Step 4.      From Hosts and Clusters in the VMware vCenter HTML5 client, right-click the FlashStack-Management cluster and click Deploy OVF Template.

Step 5.      Specify a URL or browse to the intersight-appliance-installer-vsphere-1.0.9-342.ova file. Click NEXT.

Step 6.      Name the Cisco Intersight Assist VM and choose the location. Click NEXT.

Step 7.      Select the FlashStack-Management cluster and click NEXT.

Step 8.      Review details and click NEXT.

Step 9.      Select a deployment configuration (Tiny recommended) and click NEXT.

Step 10.  Select the appropriate datastore for storage and select the Thin Provision virtual disk format. Click NEXT.

Step 11.  Select IB-MGMT Network for the VM Network. Click NEXT.

Step 12.  Fill in all values to customize the template. Click NEXT.

Step 13.  Review the deployment information and click FINISH to deploy the appliance.

Step 14.  Once the OVA deployment is complete, right-click the Cisco Intersight Assist VM and click Edit Settings.

Step 15.  Expand CPU and adjust the Cores per Socket so that 2 Sockets are shown. Click OK.

Step 16.  Right-click the Cisco Intersight Assist VM and choose Open Remote Console.

Step 17.  Power on the VM.

Step 18.  When you see the login prompt, close the Remote Console, and connect to https://intersight-assist-fqdn.

Note:      It may take a few minutes for https://intersight-assist-fqdn to respond.

Step 19.  Navigate the security prompts and select Intersight Assist. Click Proceed.

Step 20.  From Cisco Intersight, click ADMIN > Devices. Click Claim a New Device. Copy and paste the Device ID and Claim Code shown in the Cisco Intersight Assist web interface to the Cisco Intersight Device Claim Direct Claim window. In Cisco Intersight, click Claim.

Step 21.  In the Cisco Intersight Assist web interface, click Continue.

Note:      The Cisco Intersight Assist software will now be downloaded and installed into the Cisco Intersight Assist VM. This can take up to an hour to complete.

Note:      The Cisco Intersight Assist VM will reboot during the software download process. It will be necessary to refresh the Web Browser after the reboot is complete to follow the status of the download process.

Step 22.  When the software download is complete, navigate the security prompts and a Cisco Intersight Assist login screen will appear. Log into Cisco Intersight Assist with the admin user and the password supplied in the OVA installation. Check the Cisco Intersight Assist status and log out of Intersight Assist.

Procedure 2.       Claim Intersight Assist into Cisco Intersight

Step 1.      To claim the Intersight assist appliance, from the Service Selector drop-down list, select System.

Step 2.      From Cisco Intersight, click ADMIN > Targets. Click Claim a New Target. In the Select Target Type window, select Cisco Intersight Assist under Platform Services and click Start.

Step 3.      Fill in the Intersight Assist information and click Claim.

After a few minutes, Cisco Intersight Assist will appear in the Targets list.

Procedure 3.       Claim vCenter in Cisco Intersight

Step 1.      To claim the vCenter, from Cisco Intersight, click ADMIN > Targets. Click Claim a New Target. In the Select Target Type window, select VMware vCenter under Hypervisor and click Start.

Step 2.      In the VMware vCenter window, make sure the Intersight Assist is correctly selected, fill in the vCenter information, and click Claim.

Step 3.      After a few minutes, the VMware vCenter will appear in the Devices list. It also can be viewed by clicking Intersight Assist in the Devices list.

Step 4.      Detailed information obtained from the vCenter can now be viewed by clicking Virtualization from the Infrastructure service > Operate menu.

Procedure 4.       Claim Pure Storage FlashArray//X in Cisco Intersight

Note:      Claiming a Pure Storage FlashArray also requires the use of an Intersight Assist virtual machine.

Step 1.      To claim the vCenter, from Cisco Intersight, click ADMIN > Targets. Click Claim a New Target. In the Select Target Type window, select Pure Storage FlashArray under Storage and click Start.

Step 2.      Enter FlashArray Hostname/ IP address and credentials and click Claim.

Procedure 5.       FC Host Registration using Cisco Intersight

Step 1.      From Cloud Orchestration service, select Configure > Workflows.

Step 2.      Select New Storage Host. Click Execute.

Step 3.      Select the appropriate Organization (default by default).

Step 4.      Select the appropriate Pure Storage device.

Step 5.      Enter the name of the Host name and WWNs for ESX host. Click Execute.

The workflow can be monitored and rolled back.

Procedure 6.       Verify Cisco UCS Server HCL Status using Cisco Intersight

Step 1.      From the Infrastructure Service click Operate >Servers, HCL Status field will provide the status overview.

Step 2.      Select a server and click the HCL tab to view validation details.

Pure Storage CloudSnap

Pure Storage introduced its portable snapshot technology for the first time with the Snap-to-NFS feature in Purity//FA 5.1. This feature enables the FlashArray to transfer snapshots to Pure FlashBlade and other NFS servers, allowing for rapid restoration on-premises and the consolidation of siloed workloads. The technology has now been extended to include data protection in the cloud, with the AWS S3 object-based cloud storage service being the first replication target to be added. This new feature, called CloudSnap, allows FlashArray to directly transfer snapshots to an S3 bucket without the need for extra backup software or a cloud gateway. Essentially, CloudSnap acts as a built-in "self-backup to cloud" feature for FlashArray.

Configure Pure Storage CloudSnap

Procedure 1.       Create an S3 Bucket in the Customer’s AWS Account

Step 1.      Log in to the AWS management console and go to S3. From the AWS S3 console dashboard, select Create Bucket.

Step 2.      Select Default encryption.

Step 3.      Click Create bucket.

Step 4.      From the AWS IAM console click Add users.

Step 5.      Provide a username and click Install.

Step 6.      Attach the appropriate access policy and click Next.

●     OPTION 1, THE SIMPLE METHOD – USING AN EXISTING AWS MANAGED POLICY.

The easier option is to use AWS’s pre-configured policy called AmazonS3FullAccess. This AWS policy grants the IAM user (Pure Storage FlashArray) full access to all S3 buckets in the customer’s AWS account.

●     OPTION 2, THE MORE RESTRICTIVE METHOD – CREATING A CUSTOMER MANAGED POLICY.

This option is for users who want to create a customer managed policy which would allow the IAM user

(Pure FlashArray) full access to only the specific S3 bucket that will be used by CloudSnap to store offloaded data from FlashArray.

Step 7.      Review the information and click Create user.

Step 8.      Create a key for the array access.

Procedure 2.       Configure Offload on the FlashArray//X R3

Step 1.      From the Pure Storage FlashArray Management interface, go to Settings > Software > App Catalog. Select Offload and click Install.

Step 2.      Wait for the application to finish installation.

Step 3.      In the ssh array session, create the virtual offload interface.

Step 4.      Configure the offload interface with the appropriate customer environment IP information.

Step 5.      From the Pure Storage FlashArray Management interface, go to Settings > Software > Installed Apps. Select Offload and click Enable App.

Step 6.      From the Pure Storage FlashArray Management interface, go to Storage > Array. Next to Offload Targets, click +.

Step 7.      Provide the Connection details and click Connect.

Step 8.      Select the newly added target.

Step 9.      From the Pure Storage FlashArray Management interface, go to Protection > Protection Groups. Select Source Protection Groups and click Create.

Step 10.  Enter a Name and click Create.

Step 11.  From the Pure Storage FlashArray Management interface, go to Protection > Protection Groups. Select Target and click Add.

Step 12.  Add the offload target.

Step 13.  Start protecting your volumes (such as Full Clones Desktops) to AWS.

Build the Virtual Machines and Environment for Workload Testing

This chapter contains the following:

●     Prerequisites

●     Software Infrastructure Configuration

●     Prepare the Master Targets

●     Install and Configure VMware Horizon

Prerequisites

Create the necessary DHCP scopes for the environment and set the scope options.

Figure 26.       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 20.

Table 20.   Test Infrastructure Virtual Machine Configuration

Configuration

Microsoft Active Directory DCs Virtual Machine

vCenter Server Appliance Virtual Machine

Operating system

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

VCSA – SUSE Linux

Virtual CPU amount

4

16

Memory amount

8 GB

32 GB

Network

VMXNET3 k23-Infra-Mgmt-71

VMXNET3 k23-Infra-Mgmt-71

Disk-1 (OS) size

40 GB

698.84 GB (across 13 VMDKs)

Disk-2 size

Configuration

Microsoft SQL Server Virtual Machine

VMware Horizon Connection Server Virtual Machine

Operating system

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Virtual CPU amount

6

4

Memory amount

24GB

8 GB

Network

VMXNET3 FS-Infra-Mgmt_71

VMXNET3 FS-Infra-Mgmt_71

Disk-1 (OS) size

40 GB

40

Disk-2 size

100 GB SQL Databases\Logs

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 security patches as of October 2022 for the Microsoft operating systems and Microsoft Office 2016 were installed.

The single-session OS and multi-session OS master target virtual machines were configured as detailed in Table 21.

Table 21.   Single-session OS and Multi-session OS Virtual Machines Configurations

Configuration

Single-session OS Virtual Machine

Mutli-session OS Virtual Machine

Operating system

Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit 21H2 (19044.2006)

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard 1809 (17763.3469)

Virtual CPU amount

2

8

Memory amount

4 GB reserve for all guest memory

32 GB reserve for all guest memory

Network

VMXNET3

FS-VDI_64

VMXNET3

FS-VDI_64

vDisk size

48 GB

60 GB

Additional software used for testing

Microsoft Office 2016

Office Update applied

Login VSI 4.1.40.1 Target Software (Knowledge Worker Workload)

Microsoft Office 2016

Office Update applied

Login VSI 4.1.40.1 Target Software (Knowledge Worker Workload)

Additional Configuration

Configure DHCP

Add to domain

Install VMWare tools

Install .Net 3.5

Activate Office

Install Horizon Agent

Install FSLogix

Configure DHCP

Add to domain

Install VMWare tools

Install .Net 3.5

Activate Office

Install Horizon Agent

Install FSLogix

Procedure 1.       Prepare the Master Virtual Machines

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

Note:      For this CVD, the images contain the basics needed to run the Login VSI workload.

Step 1.      During the VMware Horizon Agent installation, select IPv4 for the network protocol.

Step 2.      On the Custom Setup screen, leave the defaults preparing the Instant clone master image. Deselect the VMware Horizon Instant Clone option for the Full clone master image.

Step 3.      Enable the remote Desktop Protocol.

Step 4.      During the VMware Horizon Agent installation on the Windows server select RDS Mode.

The final step is to 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. Since most Windows system services are enabled by default, the optimization tool can be used to easily disable unnecessary services and features to improve performance.

Note:      In this CVD, the Windows OS Optimization Tool for VMware Horizon. Version 1.0 (2203) was used.

OSOT Template: Default optimization template for Windows 10 (1809-21H2) and Windows 11 (21H2) or Server 2019 and Server 2022.

To successfully run the Login VSI knowledge worker workload the ‘Disable animation in web pages – Machine Policy’ option in Default Template under Programs -> Internet Explorer was disabled.

Install and Configure FSLogix

FSLogix, a Microsoft tool, was used to manage user profiles in this validated design.

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. Profile management in VDI environments is an integral part of the user experience.

FSLogix allows you to:

●     Roam user data between remote computing session hosts.

●     Minimize sign in times for virtual desktop environments.

●     Optimize file IO between host/client and remote profile store.

●     Provide a local profile experience, eliminating the need for roaming profiles.

●     Simplify the management of applications and 'Gold Images'.

More information about the tool can be found here.

Procedure 1.       FSLogix Apps Installation

Step 1.      Download the FSLogix file here.

Step 2.      Run FSLogixAppSetup.exe on VDI master image (32 bit or 64 bit depending on your environment).

Step 3.      Click OK to proceed with default installation folder.

Step 4.      Review and accept the license agreement.

Step 5.      Click Install.

Step 6.      Reboot.

Procedure 2.       Configure Profile Container Group Policy

Step 1.      Copy "fslogix.admx" to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions, and "fslogix.adml" to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US on Active Directory Domain Controllers.

Step 2.      Create FSLogix GPO and apply to the desktops OU:

●     Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > FSLogix > Profile Containers.

●     Configure the following settings:

●     Enabled – Enabled

●     VHD location – Enabled, with the path set to \\<FileServer>\<Profiles Directory>

Note:      Consider enabling and configuring FSLogix logging as well as limiting the size of the profiles and excluding additional directories.

Figure 27.       Example of FSLogix  Policy

Install and Configure VMware Horizon

Procedure 1.       Configure VMware Horizon Connection Server

Step 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 Horizon 8 2306 build 8.10-22012512.exe.

Step 2.      Click Next.

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

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

Step 5.      Select the Standard Server and IPv4 for the IP protocol version.

Step 6.      Provide the data recovery details.

Step 7.      Select Configure Windows Firewall automatically. Click Next.

Step 8.      Authorize Domain Admins to be VMware Horizon administrators.

Step 9.      (Optional) Join Customer Experience Program.

Step 10.  Click Install to begin installation.

Step 11.  Click Next.

Step 12.  Select General for the type of the type of installation. Click Install.

Step 13.  After Horizon Connection Server installation is complete, click Finish.

Procedure 2.       Install VMware Horizon Replica Server

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

Step 2.      Click Next.

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

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

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

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

Step 7.      Select Configure the Windows Firewall automatically.

Step 8.      Click Install to begin the installation process.

Step 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.

Note:      VMware recommends using Horizon Console, an HTML5 based interface with enhanced security, capabilities, and performance.

Procedure 1.       Configure VMware Horizon Desktop

Step 1.      Log into Horizon Console 2306 via a web browser using Address or FQDN>/admin/#/login.

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

Step 3.      Select the vCenter Settings tab and click Add.

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

Step 5.      If you receive a message stating an invalid certificate, click View Certificate.

Step 6.      Click Accept.

Step 7.      Keep the defaults, select Reclaim VM disk space and Enable Horizon Storage Accelerator with cache size of 1024MB. Click Next.

Step 8.      Review the information you provided and click Submit.

Step 9.      In Horizon Console, expand Settings and click Domains.

Step 10.  Select the Instant Clone Engine Domain Accounts tab and click Add.

Step 11.  Provide a domain name and credentials that Horizon will use to login to AD during Instant Clone management tasks, then click OK.

Procedure 2.       Create VDI Instant Clone Desktop Pool

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

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

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

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

Note:      We used the Floating assignment for the Instance clone pool.

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

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

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

Note:      In this Cisco Validate Design, we used:

Single Server pool – 350

Cluster pool – 2200

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

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

Step 10.  Configure the Remote Display Protocol. Click Next.

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

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

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

Procedure 3.       Create VDI Full Clone Desktop Pool

Step 1.      Select Type of Desktop pool to be created. Click Next.

Step 2.      Select the provisioning type for the desktops in the pool (we created Instant Clones and Full Virtual Machines pools in this design). Click Next.

Step 3.      Select the User assignment to be used by the desktop pool, we used Dedicated assignment for Full Cone pool. Click Next.

Step 4.      On Storage Optimization screen click Next.

Step 5.      Provide the Desktop Pool ID and Display Name. Click Next.

Step 6.      Provide the naming pattern and the number of desktops to be provisioned. Click Next.

Note:      In this validated design for VDI pools we used:

Single Server pool –350

Cluster pool – 2200

Step 7.      Provide the parent VM, snapshot and host/cluster info, data store information for the virtual machines to create.

Note:      A single datastore was used per 8 host pools.

Step 8.      Configure Desktop Pool settings.

Step 9.      Provide the customizations to remote display protocol to be used by the desktops in the pool.

Note:      We used the defaults in this deployment.

Note:      For Advanced Storage Options, we used defaults in this deployment.

Step 10.  Click Next.

Step 11.  Select the VM Customization Specification to be used during deployment. Click Next.

The following VM Customization Specifications were used:

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

Note:      The automated pool creation will add AD computer accounts to Computers OU. Move this account according to your policies, in our case the machine accounts were moved to Login VSI OU.

Procedure 4.       Create RDSH Farm and Pool

Step 1.      Select the FARM when creating the RDS Pool.

Note:      You can entitle the user access at the RDS Pool level for RDS users/groups who can access the RDS VMs.

Step 2.      Select Type of the Farm. We used Automated Farm the RDS desktops in this design. Click Next.

Step 3.      Select the provisioning type and vCenter Server for the desktops in the pool. Click Next.

Step 4.      On Storage Optimization screen, click Next.

Step 5.      Provide the ID and Description for RDS FARM. Select the Display Protocol which is required for users to connect to the RDS Sessions. Click Next.

Step 6.      Select Load Balancing Settings. Click Next.

Step 7.      Provide naming pattern and a number of virtual machines to create. Click Next.

Step 8.      Select the previously created golden image to be used as RDS host. Select datastore where RDS hosts will be deployed. Click Next.

Step 9.      Select the AD Container for desktops to place in a Domain Controller computer location.

Step 10.  Review the Farm information and click Submit to complete the RDS Farm creation.

Procedure 5.       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.

Step 1.      Select type as RDS Desktop Pool.

Step 2.      Provide an ID and Display Name for the Pool. Click Next.

Step 3.      Leave the default settings for the Desktop Pool Settings. Click Next.

Step 4.      Select the RDS Farm. Select the farm which was already created for this desktop pool. Click Next.

Step 5.      Review the RDS Pool deployment specifications and click Next to complete the RDS pool deployment.

Step 6.      Select Entitle users after this wizard finishes, to enable desktop user group/users to access this pool.

Test Setup, Configuration, and Load Recommendation

This chapter contains the following:

●     Cisco UCS Test Configuration for Single Blade Scalability

●     Cisco UCS Test Configuration for Full Scale Testing

●     Test Methodology and Success Criteria

We tested a single Cisco UCS X210c M7Compute Node to validate against the performance of one server and eight Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Nodes as a cluster on a single chassis to illustrate linear scalability for each workload use case tested.

Cisco UCS Test Configuration for Single Blade Scalability

This test case validates Recommended Maximum Workload per host server using VMware Horizon 8 2306 with 400 Multi Server VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions.

Figure 28.       Test Configuration for Single Server Scalability VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-session

Figure 29.       Test configuration for Single Server Scalability VMware Horizon 8 2306 Instant Clone and Full Clone (Persistent) independent tests for Single-session OS machine VDAs

Hardware components:

●     Cisco UCS 9508 Chassis.

●     2 Cisco UCS 6536 5th Gen Fabric Interconnects.

●     1 Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node Servers with Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448 CPU 2.40GHz 32-core processors, 1TB 4800MHz RAM for all host blades.

●     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 20 1.92TB DirectFlash NVMe drives.

Software components:

●     Cisco UCS firmware 4.2(3h).

●     Pure Storage Purity//FA 6.3.14.

●     ESXi 8.0 Update 1 for host blades.

●     VMware Horizon 8 2306.

●     Microsoft SQL Server 2019.

●     Microsoft Windows 10 64 bit (1909), 2vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB HDD (master).

●     Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (1809), 4vCPU, 24GB RAM, 100 GB vDisk (master).

●     Microsoft Office 2019 32-bit.

●     FSLogix 29.8612.600056

●     Login VSI 4.1.40 Knowledge Worker Workload (Benchmark Mode).

Cisco UCS Test Configuration for Full Scale Testing

These test cases validate eight blades in a cluster hosting three distinct workloads using VMware Horizon 8.10 or VMware 2306 with:

●     2800 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) sessions Instant-clone RDS VMs

●     2200 VMware Horizon VDI-Non persistent Instant clone Single-session OS sessions

●     2200 VMware Horizon VDI-Persistent Full Clone Single-session OS sessions

Note:      Server N+1 fault tolerance is factored into this solution for each cluster/workload.

Figure 30.       Test Configuration for Full Scale / Cluster Test VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-session OS machines

Figure 31.       Test Configuration for Full Scale VMware Horizon 8 2306 Instant Clone (non-persistent) single-session Win 10 OS machines

Figure 32.       Test Configuration for Full Scale VMware Horizon 8 2306 Full Clone (Persistent) single-session Win 10 OS machines

Hardware components:

●     Cisco UCS 9508 Chassis.

●     2 Cisco UCS 6536 4th Gen Fabric Interconnects.

●     8 Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node Servers with Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448 CPU 2.40GHz 32-core processors, 1TB 4800MHz RAM for all host blades.

●     Cisco VIC 15231 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 20 1.92TB DirectFlash NVMe drives.

Software components:

●     Cisco UCS firmware 4.2(3h).

●     Pure Storage Purity//FA 6.3.14.

●     ESXi 8.0 Update 1 for host blades.

●     VMware Horizon 8 2306.

●     Microsoft SQL Server 2019.

●     Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit (1909), 2vCPU, 3 GB RAM, 40/100 GB (full clone) HDD (master).

●     Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (1809), 8vCPU, 32GB RAM, 100 GB vDisk (master).

●     Microsoft Office 2019 32-bit.

●     FSLogix 29.8612.600056

●     Login VSI 4.1.40 Knowledge Worker Workload (Benchmark Mode).

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

This chapter contains the following:

●     Pre-Test Setup for Single and Multi-Blade Testing

●     Test Run Protocol

●     Success Criteria

●     VSImax 4.1.x Description

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.

Additionally, Cisco requires that the Login VSI Benchmark method be 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 system:

●     Infrastructure and VDI Host Blades used in the test run

2.    vCenter used in the test run.

3.    All Infrastructure virtual machines used in test run (AD, SQL, brokers, image mgmt., and so on)

4.    Time 0:00:10 Start Storage Partner Performance Logging on Storage System.

5.    Time 0:05: Boot Virtual Desktops/RDS Virtual Machines using View Connection server.

6.    The boot rate should be around 10-12 virtual machines per minute per server.

7.    Time 0:06 First machines boot.

8.    Time 0:30 Single Server or Scale target number of desktop virtual machines booted on 1 or more blades.

9.    No more than 30 minutes for boot up of all virtual desktops is allowed.

10.  Time 0:35 Single Server or Scale target number of desktop virtual machines desktops available on View Connection Server.

11.  Virtual machine settling time.

12.  No more than 60 Minutes of rest time is allowed after the last desktop is registered on the XD Studio or available in View Connection Server dashboard. Typically, a 30-45-minute rest period is sufficient.

13.  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).

14.  Time 2:23 Single Server or Scale target number of desktop virtual machines desktops launched (48-minute benchmark launch rate).

15.  Time 2:25 All launched sessions must become active. id test run within this window.

16.  Time 2:40 Login VSI Test Ends (based on Auto Logoff 15 minutes period designated above).

17.  Time 2:55 All active sessions logged off.

18.  Time 2:57 All logging terminated; Test complete.

19.  Time 3:15 Copy all log files off to archive; Set virtual desktops to maintenance mode through broker; Shutdown all Windows machines.

20.  Time 3:30 Reboot all hypervisor hosts.

21.  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 2306 on VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 1 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 X210c M7 Compute Node 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 HSD 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 number 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 is its true maximum user capacity.

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 33.       Sample of a VSI Max Response Time Graph, Representing a Normal Test

Figure 34.       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 number 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 2306 Virtual Desktop and VMware Horizon 8 2306 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.

Note:      Memory should never be oversubscribed for Desktop Virtualization workloads.

Table 22.   Phases of Test Runs

Test Phase

Description

Boot

Start all RDS and VDI virtual machines at the same time

Idle

The rest time after the last desktop is registered on the XD Studio. (typically, a 30-45 minute, <60 min)

Logon

The Login VSI phase of the test is where sessions are launched and start executing the workload over a 48 minutes duration

Steady state

The steady state phase is where all users are logged in and performing various workload tasks such as using Microsoft Office, Web browsing, PDF printing, playing videos, and compressing files (typically for the 15-minute duration)

Logoff

Sessions finish executing the Login VSI workload and logoff

Test Results

This chapter contains the following:

●     Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload Testing

●     Full Scale Workload Testing

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:

●     400 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Instant clone multi session OS RDS sessions (Random)

●     350 VMware Horizon VDI non-persistent Instant clone single OS sessions (Random)

●     350 VMware Horizon VDI persistent full clone single OS sessions (Static)

Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload for Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions with 400 Users

The recommended maximum workload for a Cisco UCS X210c M7 blade server with dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448 CPU 2.40GHz 32-core processors, 2TB 4800MHz RAM is 400 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions with 8 vCPU and 24 GB RAM.

Login VSI performance data is shown below:

Figure 35.       Single Server | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) sessions multi-session OS machines | VSI Score

Performance data for the server running the workload is shown below:

Figure 36.       Single Server | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions Multi-session OS machines | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 37.       Single Server | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) sessions multi-session OS machines | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 38.       Single Server | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) sessions multi-session OS machines | Host Network Utilization

Figure 39.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) sessions multi-session OS machines | RDS Server Total % User Time

Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload for VMware Horizon non-persistent Instant Clone Win10 virtual machines single-session with 350 Users

The recommended maximum workload for a Cisco UCS X210c M7 blade server with dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448 CPU 2.40GHz 32-core processors, 2TB 4800MHz RAM is 350 Windows 10 64-bit VDI non-persistent VMware Instant Clone virtual machines with 2 vCPU and 4GB RAM.

Login VSI performance data is as shown below:

Figure 40.       Single Server | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Non-Persistent Instant Clone Single-session OS machines | VSI Score

Performance data for the server running the workload is shown below:

Figure 41.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | VMware Horizon 8 Horizon Non-Persistent Instant Clone single-session OS machines | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 42.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon Non-Persistent Instant Clone single-session OS machines | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 43.       Single Server | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon Non-Persistent Instant Clone single-session OS machines | Host Network Utilization

Single-Server Recommended Maximum Workload for VMware Horizon Full Clone Persistent Win 10 virtual machine single-session OS dedicated with 240 Users.

The recommended maximum workload for a Cisco UCS X210c M7 blade server with dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448 CPU 2.40GHz 32-core processors, 2TB 4800MHz RAM is 350 Windows 10 64-bit VDI persistent VMware Horizon Full Clone virtual machines with 2 vCPU and 4GB RAM.

LoginVSI data is shown below:

Figure 44.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Persistent Win 10 Single OS Full Clone virtual machines | VSI Score

Performance data for the server running the workload is shown below:

Figure 45.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload VMware Horizon 8 2306 Persistent Win 10 Single OS Full Clone virtual machines | Host CPU Utilization

Figure 46.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Persistent Win 10 Single OS Full Clone virtual machines | Host Memory Utilization

Figure 47.       Single Server | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Persistent Win 10 Single OS Full Clone virtual machines | 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 eight Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node Servers, configured in a single ESXi Host Pool, and designed to support single Host failure (N+1 Fault tolerance):

●     2800 VMware Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Multi OS Server sessions

●     2200 VMware Horizon Instant Clone (Non-persistent) Single-session OS Win 10 sessions.

●     2200 VMware Horizon Full Clone (Persistent) Single-session OS Win 10 sessions.

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 Recommended Maximum Workload Testing for VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 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 full-scale testing with 2800 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions using 8 blades in a single pool.

The workload for the test is 2800 RDSH Multi OS Server Session users. To achieve the target, sessions were launched against all workload hosts 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 48.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | VSI Score

Figure 49.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | Host CPU Utilization (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 50.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users multi-session OS machine | Host Memory Utilization (for 8 hosts in Cluster)

Figure 51.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users multi-session OS sessions | Host Network Utilization (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 52.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) sessions multi-session OS machines | RDS Server Total % User Time

Figure 53.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions Multi-session OS machines | RDS Server Total % User Time

Figure 54.       Single Server Recommended Maximum Workload | VMware Horizon 8 2306 VMware Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) Sessions Multi-session OS machines | RDS Server Total % User Time

Figure 55.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System Latency Chart

Figure 56.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System Latency Chart

Figure 57.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System IOPS Chart

Figure 58.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System IOPS Chart

Figure 59.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Bandwidth Chart

Figure 60.    Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Bandwidth Chart

Figure 61.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Remote Desktop Server Hosted (RDSH) multi-OS sessions for 2800 RDS users | FlashArray//X70 R3 Performance Chart

Figure 62.       Full Scale | 2800 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Non-persistent Single-session OS machine VDAs | FlashArray//X70 R3 volume data optimization

Figure 63.       2800 Users RDSH 3 Tests End User Experience VSI Charts Comparison

Full Scale Recommended Maximum Workload Testing for non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 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 2200 non-persistent, single-session Win 10 OS machines using 8 blades in a single pool.

The workload for the test is 2200 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.

The configured system efficiently and effectively delivered the following results:

Figure 64.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | VSI Score

Figure 65.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | Host CPU Utilization (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 66.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | Host Memory Utilization (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 67.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | Host Network Utilization (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 68.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | Disk Adapter Mbytes Read/Written (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 69.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Persistent Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Latency Chart

Figure 70.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Persistent Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Latency Chart

Figure 71.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Bandwidth Chart

Figure 72.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Bandwidth Chart

Figure 73.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System IOPS Chart

Figure 74.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System IOPS Chart

Figure 75.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Performance Chart

Figure 76.       Login VSI 2200 Users Instant Clone VDI Test 4 repeated tests

Figure 77.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 non-persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone OS virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 volume data optimization

Full Scale Recommended Maximum Workload for VMware Horizon Persistent Clone Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 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 single-session Win 10 OS full-scale testing with 2200 Desktop Sessions using 8 blades configured in single Host Pool.

The single-session OS workload for the solution is 2200 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 78.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon Non-persistent Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users| VSI Score

Figure 79.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon Non-persistent Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users| Host CPU Utilization (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 80.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon persistent Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users | Host Memory Utilization (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 81.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon persistent Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users | Host Network Utilization (for 8 hosts in cluster)

Figure 82.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon persistent Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users | Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System Latency Chart

Figure 83.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon persistent Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users | Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System IOPS Chart

Figure 84.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon persistent Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users| Pure Storage FlashArray//X70 R3 System Bandwidth Chart

Figure 85.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon persistent Win 10 single-session Instant Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 System Performance Chart

Figure 86.       Full Scale | 2200 Users | VMware Horizon 8 2306 Horizon persistent Win 10 single-session Full Clone virtual machines with 2200 Users | FlashArray//X70 R3 volume data optimization

Figure 87.       2200 Users VDI Persistent 4 tests comparison

Summary

FlashStack is a powerful and reliable platform that has been specifically developed for enterprise end-user computing deployments and cloud data centers. It utilizes a range of innovative technologies, including 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, to provide customers with a comprehensive solution that is designed and validated using best practices for compute, network, and storage.

With the introduction of Cisco UCS X210c M7 Series modular platform and Cisco Intersight, FlashStack now offers even more benefits to its users. These technologies enhance the ability to provide complete visibility and orchestration across all elements of the FlashStack datacenter, enabling users to modernize their infrastructure and operations. This means that users can achieve higher levels of efficiency, scalability, and flexibility while also reducing deployment time, project risk, and IT costs.

FlashStack has been validated using industry-standard benchmarks to ensure that it meets the highest standards of performance, management, scalability, and resilience. This makes it the ideal choice for customers who are looking to deploy enterprise-class VDI and other IT initiatives. With its powerful combination of hardware and software, FlashStack is capable of meeting the demands of the most complex and demanding IT environments, ensuring that users can focus on their core business objectives without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure.

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About the Author

Ramesh Guduru, Technical Marketing Engineer, Desktop Virtualization and Graphics Solutions, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Ramesh Guduru is a member of the Cisco’s Computing Systems Product Group team focusing on design, testing, and solutions validation, technical content creation, performance testing/benchmarking and end user computing. He has years of experience in VMware products, Microsoft Server and Desktop Virtualization, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) in converged and hyper converged environments.

Ramesh is a subject matter expert on Desktop and Server virtualization, Cisco HyperFlex, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Nexus Switching, and NVIDIA/AMD 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:

●     Vijay Kulari, Sr Solutions Architect, Pure Storage, Inc.

●     Craig Waters, Technical Director, Pure Storage, Inc.

Appendix

This appendix contains the following:

●     Appendix A – Switch Configuration

●     Appendix B – Cisco UCS Best Practices for VDI

●     Appendix C – References used in this guide

Appendix A – Switch Configurations

Cisco Nexus 93180YC-A Configuration

version 9.3(3) Bios:version 05.39

switchname K23-N9K-A

policy-map type network-qos jumbo

class type network-qos class-default

mtu 9216

vdc K23-N9K-A id 1

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 telnet

feature nxapi

feature bash-shell

cfs eth distribute

feature interface-vlan

feature hsrp

feature lacp

feature dhcp

feature vpc

feature telemetry

no password strength-check

username admin password 5 $5$0BAB7aa4$v07pyr7xw1f5WpD2wZc3qmG3Flb04Wa62aNgxg82hUA  role network-admin

ip domain-lookup

system default switchport

ip access-list acl1

10 permit ip 10.10.71.0/24 any

ip access-list acl_oob

10 permit ip 10.10.71.0/24 any

system qos

service-policy type network-qos jumbo

copp profile lenient

snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0x83fa863523d7d94fe06388d7669f62f5 priv 0x83fa863523d7d94fe06388d7669f62f5 localizedkey

snmp-server host 173.37.52.102 traps version 2c public udp-port 1163

snmp-server host 192.168.24.30 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 10.10.50.252 use-vrf default

ntp peer 10.10.50.253 use-vrf default

ntp server 171.68.38.65 use-vrf default

ntp logging

ntp master 8

vlan 1,50-56,70-76

vlan 50

name Inband-Mgmt-C1

vlan 51

name Infra-Mgmt-C1

vlan 52

name StorageIP-C1

vlan 53

name vMotion-C1

vlan 54

name VM-Data-C1

vlan 55

name Launcher-C1

vlan 56

name Launcher-Mgmt-C1

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 0.0.0.0/0 173.37.52.1

hardware access-list tcam region ing-racl 1536

hardware access-list tcam region nat 256

vpc domain 50

role priority 10

peer-keepalive destination 173.37.52.104 source 173.37.52.103

delay restore 150

auto-recovery

interface Vlan1

no shutdown

interface Vlan50

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.50.252/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 50

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.50.1

interface Vlan51

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.51.252/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 51

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.51.1

interface Vlan52

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.52.2/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 52

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.52.1

interface Vlan53

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.53.2/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 53

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.53.1

interface Vlan54

no shutdown

ip address 10.54.0.2/19

hsrp version 2

hsrp 54

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.54.0.1

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.11

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.12

interface Vlan55

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.55.2/23

hsrp version 2

hsrp 55

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.55.1

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.51.11

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.51.12

interface Vlan56

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.56.2/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 56

preempt

ip 10.10.56.1

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.51.11

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.51.12

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

description VPC-PeerLink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type network

vpc peer-link

interface port-channel11

description FI-Uplink-K22-B

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

vpc 11

interface port-channel12

description FI-Uplink-K22-B

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

vpc 12

interface port-channel49

description FI-Uplink-K23

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

vpc 49

interface port-channel50

description FI-Uplink-K23

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

vpc 50

interface Ethernet1/1

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

interface Ethernet1/2

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

interface Ethernet1/3

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

interface Ethernet1/4

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

interface Ethernet1/5

interface Ethernet1/6

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

description VLAN 30 access JH

switchport access vlan 30

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,30-36,60-68,132

speed 1000

interface Ethernet1/46

interface Ethernet1/47

switchport access vlan 50

spanning-tree port type edge

interface Ethernet1/48

interface Ethernet1/49

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

mtu 9216

channel-group 49 mode active

interface Ethernet1/50

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

mtu 9216

channel-group 50 mode active

interface Ethernet1/51

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

channel-group 11 mode active

interface Ethernet1/52

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

channel-group 12 mode active

interface Ethernet1/53

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,30-36,50-56,60-68,70-76,132

interface Ethernet1/54

interface mgmt0

vrf member management

ip address 173.37.52.103/23

line console

line vty

boot nxos bootflash:/nxos.9.3.3.bin

no system default switchport shutdown

telemetry

certificate /bootflash/home/admin/telemetry-cert.pem localhost

destination-profile

use-nodeid timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f

destination-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-0

ip address 10.10.71.20 port 443 protocol HTTP encoding JSON

sensor-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-0

data-source NX-API

path "show system resources all-modules" depth 0

sensor-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-1

data-source NX-API

path "show module" depth 0

sensor-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-2

data-source NX-API

path "show environment power" depth 0

sensor-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-3

data-source NX-API

path "show interface fc regex *" depth 0

sensor-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-4

data-source DME

path sys/ch depth 1 query-condition query-target=subtree&target-subtree-class=eqptSensor

sensor-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-5

data-source DME

path sys/ch query-condition query-target=subtree&target-subtree-class=eqptSupC

sensor-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-6

data-source DME

path sys/ch query-condition query-target=subtree&target-subtree-class=eqptFt

sensor-group timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-7

data-source DME

path sys/intf depth 0 query-condition query-target=subtree&target-subtree-class=ethpmPhysIf filter-condition updated(ethpmPhysIf.operSt)

subscription 2643

dst-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-0

snsr-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-0 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-1 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-2 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-3 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-4 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-5 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-6 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640142e96f72612d3459249f-7 sample-interval 0

Cisco Nexus 93180YC -B Configuration

version 9.3(3) Bios:version 05.39

switchname K23-N9K-B

policy-map type network-qos jumbo

class type network-qos class-default

mtu 9216

vdc K23-N9K-B id 1

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 telnet

feature nxapi

feature bash-shell

cfs eth distribute

feature interface-vlan

feature hsrp

feature lacp

feature dhcp

feature vpc

feature telemetry

no password strength-check

username admin password 5 $5$5TxyL6Rl$7U4nS.UfzkPgXl5mVqiuHoPLHyAZgnNAiKyz7aEVK05  role network-admin

ip domain-lookup

system default switchport

system qos

service-policy type network-qos jumbo

copp profile lenient

snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5 0x57cdc0fb04a0dd922046cb694508c9b7 priv 0x57cdc0fb04a0dd922046cb694508c9b7 localizedkey

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 171.68.38.65 use-vrf default

vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

vlan 50

name Inband-Mgmt-C1

vlan 51

name Infra-Mgmt-C1

vlan 52

name StorageIP-C1

vlan 53

name vMotion-C1

vlan 54

name VM-Data-C1

vlan 55

name Launcher-C1

vlan 56

name Launcher-Mgmt-C1

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

vlan 132

name OOB-Mgmt

service dhcp

ip dhcp relay

ip dhcp relay information option

ipv6 dhcp relay

vrf context management

ip route 0.0.0.0/0 173.37.52.1

vpc domain 50

role priority 10

peer-keepalive destination 173.37.52.103 source 173.37.52.104

delay restore 150

auto-recovery

interface Vlan1

no shutdown

interface Vlan50

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.50.253/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 50

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.50.1

interface Vlan51

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.51.253/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 51

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.51.1

interface Vlan52

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.52.3/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 52

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.52.1

interface Vlan53

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.53.3/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 53

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.53.1

interface Vlan54

no shutdown

ip address 10.54.0.3/19

hsrp version 2

hsrp 54

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.54.0.1

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.11

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.71.12

interface Vlan55

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.55.3/23

hsrp version 2

hsrp 55

preempt

priority 110

ip 10.10.55.1

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.51.11

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.51.12

interface Vlan56

no shutdown

ip address 10.10.56.3/24

hsrp version 2

hsrp 56

preempt

ip 10.10.56.1

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.51.11

ip dhcp relay address 10.10.51.12

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 10.72.0.3/19

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

description VPC-PeerLink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type network

vpc peer-link

interface port-channel11

description FI-Uplink-K22-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

vpc 11

interface port-channel12

description FI-Uplink-K22-B

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

vpc 12

interface port-channel49

description FI-Uplink-K23-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

vpc 49

interface port-channel50

description FI-Uplink-K23-B

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

vpc 50

interface Ethernet1/1

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

interface Ethernet1/2

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

interface Ethernet1/3

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

interface Ethernet1/4

description VPC to K23-N9K-A

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

channel-group 10 mode active

interface Ethernet1/5

interface Ethernet1/6

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

description K23-HXVDIJH

switchport access vlan 70

spanning-tree port type edge

interface Ethernet1/47

interface Ethernet1/48

interface Ethernet1/49

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

mtu 9216

channel-group 49 mode active

interface Ethernet1/50

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

mtu 9216

channel-group 50 mode active

interface Ethernet1/51

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

channel-group 11 mode active

interface Ethernet1/52

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,50-56,70-76,132

spanning-tree port type edge trunk

mtu 9216

channel-group 12 mode active

interface Ethernet1/53

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk allowed vlan 1,30-36,50-56,60-68,70-76,132

interface Ethernet1/54

interface mgmt0

vrf member management

ip address 173.37.52.104/23

line console

line vty

boot nxos bootflash:/nxos.9.3.3.bin

no system default switchport shutdown

telemetry

certificate /bootflash/home/admin/telemetry-cert.pem localhost

destination-profile

use-nodeid timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3

destination-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-0

ip address 10.10.71.20 port 443 protocol HTTP encoding JSON

sensor-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-0

data-source NX-API

path "show system resources all-modules" depth 0

sensor-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-1

data-source NX-API

path "show module" depth 0

sensor-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-2

data-source NX-API

path "show environment power" depth 0

sensor-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-3

data-source NX-API

path "show interface fc regex *" depth 0

sensor-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-4

data-source DME

path sys/ch depth 1 query-condition query-target=subtree&target-subtree-class=eqptSensor

sensor-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-5

data-source DME

path sys/ch query-condition query-target=subtree&target-subtree-class=eqptSupC

sensor-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-6

data-source DME

path sys/ch query-condition query-target=subtree&target-subtree-class=eqptFt

sensor-group timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-7

data-source DME

path sys/intf depth 0 query-condition query-target=subtree&target-subtree-class=ethpmPhysIf filter-condition updated(ethpmPhysIf.operSt)

subscription 1565

dst-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-0

snsr-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-0 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-1 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-2 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-3 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-4 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-5 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-6 sample-interval 300000

snsr-grp timba-640143f86f72612d345931c3-7 sample-interval 0

Cisco MDS 9132T-A Configuration

version 8.4(2d)

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 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]

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!           [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-Infra02

member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70

member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71

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 8.4(2d)

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 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

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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-Infra02

member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70

member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71

zoneset activate name FlashStack-VCC-CVD vsan 101

do clear zone database vsan 101

!Full 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-Infra02

member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost70

member FlaskStack-AMD-VMHost71

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

Appendix B - Cisco UCS Best Practices for VDI

This appendix summarizes the settings we use to ensure VDI workloads run efficiently in Cisco UCS environments. These settings work for all VDI brokers and apply to all Windows VDI workloads.

Power Policy:

●     Chassis/Server Power Policy for best performance

◦          Power Profiling - Disabled

◦          Power Priority - High

◦          Power Restore - Always Off

◦          Power Redundancy - N+1

◦          Power Save Mode - Disabled

◦          Dynamic Power Rebalancing - Enabled

◦          Extended Power Capacity - Enabled

◦          Power Allocation (Watts) - 0

BIOS settings for AMD Processors (all other settings are platform-default):

BIOS settings for Intel Processors:

●     High perf (CVD Settings.  All BIOS settings are platform-default except for the following)

◦          Processor C1E – disabled

◦          Processor C6 Report – disabled

◦          Processor EPP Enable – Enabled

◦          EPP Profile – Performance

◦          Intel VT for Directed IO – enabled

◦          Memory RAS Configuration – maximum-performance

◦          Core Performance Boost – Auto

◦          Enhanced CPU Performance – Auto

◦          LLC Dead Line – disabled

◦          UPI Power Management – enabled

◦          Altitude – auto

◦          Boot Performance Mode – Max Performance

◦          Core Multi Processing – all

◦          CPU Performance – enterprise

◦          Power Technology – performance

◦          Direct Cache Access Support – enabled

◦          DRAM Clock Throttling – Performance

◦          Enhanced Intel Speedstep ® Technology – enabled

◦          Execute Disable Bit – enabled

◦          IMC Interleaving – 1-way interleave

◦          Intel HyperThreading Tech – enabled

◦          Intel Turbo Boost Tech – enabled

◦          Intel ® VT – enabled

◦          DCU IP Prefetcher – enabled

◦          Processor C3 Report – disabled

◦          CPU C State – disabled

◦          Sub NUMA Clustering – enabled

◦          DCU Streamer Prefetch – enabled

Note:      All settings combined with the ESXi Power Management setting set to ‘High Performance’ will give the best results for VDI on Cisco UCS.

●     Sustainability (If power savings required.  All other settings are platform-default)

◦          Processor C1E – Enabled

◦          Processor C6 Report – Enabled

◦          Optimized Power Mode – Enabled

Note:      All settings with the ESXi Power Management setting set to ‘Balanced’ will provide significant power savings on the host.  Performance may be impacted, but these settings have been thoroughly validated to show acceptable performance levels.

Networking:

●     Four vNICS (two for normal traffic and two for High traffic)

◦          VMware Default Traffic Settings

-       Enable Virtual Extensible LAN - Off

-       Enable Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation - Off

-       Enable Accelerated Receive Flow Steering - Off

-       Enable Precision Time Protocol - Off

-       Enable Advanced Filter - Off

-       Enable Interrupt Scaling - Off

-       Enable GENEVE Offload - Off

RoCE Settings

-       Enable RDMA over Converged Ethernet - Off

Interrupt Settings

-       Interrupts - 11

-       Interrupt Mode - MSIx

-       Interrupt Timer, us - 125

-       Interrupt Coalescing Type - Min

Receive

-       Receive Queue Count - 8

-       Receive Ring Size - 4096

Transmit

-       Transmit Queue Count - 1

-       Transmit Ring Size - 4096

Completion

-       Completion Queue Count - 9

-       Completion Ring Size - 1

-       Uplink Failback Timeout (seconds) - 5

TCP Offload

-       Enable Tx Checksum Offload - On

-       Enable Rx Checksum Offload - On

-       Enable Large Send Offload - On

-       Enable Large Receive Offload - On

Receive Side Scaling

-       Enable Receive Side Scaling - On

-       Enable IPv4 Hash - On

-       Enable IPv6 Extensions Hash - Off

-       Enable IPv6 Hash - On

-       Enable TCP and IPv4 Hash - Off

-       Enable TCP and IPv6 Extensions Hash - Off

-       Enable TCP and IPv6 Hash - Off

-       Enable UDP and IPv4 Hash - Off

-       Enable UDP and IPv6 Hash - Off

◦          VMware High Traffic Settings

-       Enable Virtual Extensible LAN - Off

-       Enable Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation - Off

-       Enable Accelerated Receive Flow Steering - Off

-       Enable Precision Time Protocol - Off

-       Enable Advanced Filter - Off

-       Enable Interrupt Scaling - Off

-       Enable GENEVE Offload - Off

RoCE Settings

-       Enable RDMA over Converged Ethernet - Off

Interrupt Settings

-       Interrupts - 8

-       Interrupt Mode - MSIx

-       Interrupt Timer, us - 125

-       Interrupt Coalescing Type - Min

Receive

-       Receive Queue Count - 8

-       Receive Ring Size - 4096

Transmit

-       Transmit Queue Count - 1

-       Transmit Ring Size - 4096

Completion

-       Completion Queue Count - 5

-       Completion Ring Size - 1

-       Uplink Failback Timeout (seconds) - 5

TCP Offload

-       Enable Tx Checksum Offload - On

-       Enable Rx Checksum Offload - On

-       Enable Large Send Offload - On

-       Enable Large Receive Offload - On

Receive Side Scaling

-       Enable Receive Side Scaling - On

-       Enable IPv4 Hash - On

-       Enable IPv6 Extensions Hash - Off

-       Enable IPv6 Hash - On

-       Enable TCP and IPv4 Hash - On

-       Enable TCP and IPv6 Extensions Hash - Off

-       Enable TCP and IPv6 Hash - On

-       Enable UDP and IPv4 Hash - Off

-       Enable UDP and IPv6 Hash - Off

Appendix C – References used in this guide

This section provides links to additional information for each partner’s solution component of this document.

●     Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node Data Sheet - Cisco

●     Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis Data Sheet

Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System At-a-Glance

●     Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node Spec Sheet

●     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/interfaces-modules/unified-computing-system-adapters/index.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-9100-series-multilayer-fabric-switches/datasheet-c78-739613.html

●     Cisco Intersight References

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/intersight/index.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/intersight/intersight-ds.html

●     FlashStack Cisco Design Guides

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/design-zone/data-center-design-guides/data-center-design-guides-all.html#FlashStack

●     Microsoft References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/fslogix/

●     VMware References

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/index.html

●     Login VSI Documentation

https://www.loginvsi.com/resources/

●     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

https://support.purestorage.com/FlashArray/PurityFA/FlashArray_File_Services/001_Getting_Started/001_FA_File_Services_Quick_Start_Guide

https://support.purestorage.com/FlashArray/PurityFA/FlashArray_File_Services/001_Getting_Started/002_FA_File_Services_Requirements_and_Best_Practices

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