1. Deploying VDI on NetApp Storage A Guide for Deploying a 2,000 Seat Heterogeneous Environment on NetApp 3100 and 6000 Series Storage Controllers

2. 2 Deployment Overview VMware View NetApp FAS 3100 HA Cluster 16 Servers with 128GB RAM and 4 Quad Core Processors Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5020 switches 2

3. VM Deployment 3

4. Sample User Breakdown 4

5. Storage Controller Layout 5 Each Disk is 300GB and 15K RPMs 6 Disk Shelves (totaling 84 FC disks; 3 shelves per controller) 2 Quad port 1GB or single port 10GB Ethernet NICs per controller 1 Quad Port Fibre Channel card 4/2/1 per Controller Approximate starting storage required per NetApp controller after deployment: Performance Acceleration Module (PAM) 55GB 1 NFS license per controller

6. Cisco Nexus Network Setup Peer-keepalive Link 7000B 7000A vPC Peer Link Setup a VDC for Storage on the Nexus 7000 Setup the appropriate vPC’s and the vPC Peer Link 5020B 5020A Virtual Interface (VIF) Dynamic Multi-mode (LACP) Active/Active failover Optional: A vPC can also be setup between the Nexus 5020’s 10Gb

7. Disk Configuration 7 84 FC Disks 3 Disks for Aggr 0 per Controller 16 Disks Per Aggregate 2 Parity Disks per Aggregate Seven Spare Disks per Controller

8. NetApp FAS 3100 Controller A 8

9. NetApp FAS 3100 Controller A 9 Total of 8 volumes on Controller A VM Template Volume contains the Gold Image 4 FlexClones of the Gold Volume equaling 1000 VM’s 1 FlexClone® Gold Volume with 250 VMs VSWAP Volume for all VM swap files

10. NetApp FAS 3100 Controller B 10 NetApp Confidential – Internal Use Only

11. NetApp FAS 3100 Controller B 11 NetApp Confidential – Internal Use Only CIFS Share holds user data Total of 9 volumes on Controller A User Data disk for Persistent VM’s 2 FlexClones of the Gold Volume equaling 500 VM’s Linked Clone Parent VM used to build OS Data Disks

12. Storage Deployment Overview 12 RCU 2.1 Controller A Controller B NetApp RCU Clones (500 VM’s) VM Template Volume NetApp RCU Clones (1000 VM’s) Gold Volume Linked Clones Parent VM Gold Volume VSWAP OS Data User Data OS Data Nonpersistent (250 VMs) Persistent (250 VMs)

14. Imports desktops into View Manager

15. Zero Cost Clones

16. Virtual Servers

17. Virtual Desktops

18. Datastores

19. Complete I/O offload

20. Pointer driven, no copies

21. Saves ESX, Network, & storage cycles13

23. Datastore Management

24. Provision

25. Dedupe

26. Resize

27. Destroy14

28. 15 Guides to Use for Setup Best Practice Guide: TR-3705 Deployment Guide: TR-3770 Updated as new versions come out Tested and validated 15

29. 16 Thank You 16