Dell DVS Reference Architecture for Windows Server 2012 v1.5

Table of Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of this document ....................................................................... 1 1.2 Scope ................................................................................................ 1

2 Solution Architecture Overview .......................................................... 2 2.1 Physical Architecture Overview................................................................. 2 2.2 Layouts and Breakpoints......................................................................... 2 2.3 Local Tier 1 – Solution Layers .................................................................. 3 2.4 Dell DVS 10-Seat Trial Kit ........................................................................ 4 2.5 Local Tier 1 – 50 User/ Pilot .................................................................... 4 2.6 Local Tier 1 – Combined ........................................................................ 5 2.7 Local Tier 1 – Base ................................................................................ 6 2.7.1 Fully Expanded ............................................................................... 7 2.7.2 High Availability.............................................................................. 8 2.7.3 Solution Density Summary ................................................................ 9 2.8 Cabling Diagrams ................................................................................. 9 2.8.1 Local Tier 1 – Network Architecture .................................................... 9 2.8.2 Local Tier 1 Cabling ...................................................................... 10

3 Hardware Components ................................................................... 11 3.1 Network ........................................................................................... 3.1.1 Force10 S55 (ToR Switch)................................................................ 3.1.1.1 Force10 S55 Stacking ............................................................... 3.2 Servers ............................................................................................ 3.2.1 Local Tier 1 Rack .......................................................................... 3.3 Equallogic Storage .............................................................................. 3.3.1 PS4100E .................................................................................... 3.4 Dell Wyse End Points ........................................................................... 3.4.1 Display Choices for Dell Wyse Endpoints ............................................ 3.4.2 Dell Wyse R10L ............................................................................ 3.4.3 Dell Wyse D90D7 ......................................................................... 3.4.4 Dell Wyse Z90D7 ......................................................................... 3.4.5 Dell Wyse X90m7 .........................................................................

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4 Solution Architecture for Microsoft Remote Desktop Services .................. 18 4.1 Overview .......................................................................................... 4.1.1 RDS Options................................................................................ 4.2 Compute Server Infrastructure ............................................................... 4.3 Management Server Infrastructure .......................................................... 4.4 Storage Architecture ........................................................................... 4.4.1 Local Tier 1 ................................................................................. 4.4.2 Shared Tier 2............................................................................... 4.4.3 Virtual Hard D