Dell DVS Simplified Appliance Tower Reference Guide - Page 2

Contents 1 Executive Summary 1 2 Introduction 2 2.1 Introducing the DVS Simplified Appliance 2 2.2 Value Proposition 2 2.3 "Why Dell 3 2.4 Feature Overview 4 2.4.1 Design Principles 4 2.4.2 Architecture Scalability 4 2.5 Ideal Deployments 5 2.6 When is DVS Simplified Appliance Right for Me 6 2.7 New Features 7 2.8 Dell ProSupport and Professional Services Overview 8 2.9 Desktop Virtualization Solutions Overview 9 3 Solution Architecture 12 3.1 Architecture Overview 12 3.1.1 Simplified Appliance Form Factor Options 12 3.1.2 Hypervisor Platform Options 12 3.1.3 Appliance Scale Configuration Options 12 3.1.4 Appliance User Loads 13 3.2 VDI-in-a-box Core Components 13 4 Hardware Components 15 4.1 The Simplified Appliances 15 4.1.1 PowerEdge R720 Rack-Based Solution 15 4.1.2 PowerEdge T620 Tower-Based Solution 16 4.2 Storage 16 4.2.1 Disk Space Requirement by Workload 17 4.2.2 Drive IOPS Requirement by Workload 19 4.2.3 Persistent and Non-Persistent Desktops Defined 20 4.2.4 Persistent vs. Non-Persistent Desktop Characteristics 21 4.2.5 Persistent vs. Shared Image Disk Space Planning 21 4.3 Dell Wyse Xenith 2 and Xenith Pro Zero Clients 23 5 Software Components 24 5.1 Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 24 5.2 The DVS Simplified Hypervisors 27 5.2.1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Hyper-V Role 27 5.2.2 Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 27 5.3 Microsoft Licensing with DVS Simplified 28 5.3.1 Microsoft Windows Licensing 28 5.3.2 Microsoft Office Licensing 28 5.4 Citrix Desktop Receiver 28 5.5 Citrix XenCenter 29 5.6 Citrix TCP/UDP Port Communication 29 5.7 Citrix Desktop Receiver 30 5.8 Virtual Desktop Antivirus 30 5.9 Windows Active Directory Integration 30 5.10 Network Architecture 31 ii Dell DVS Simplified Appliance Reference Architecture