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Slide 1: Dell Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Architecture
Slide 2: Compounding effect of your current IT environment inflates the cost of IT Soaring Complexity and OpEx Tools you use   Activities you perform Devices you support 2
Slide 3: Educational Institute Challenges Seasonally Shifting Resource Demands Decentralized Resource Ownership Transient User Base Heavy use of Open Source
Slide 4: Educational Institute Use Cases Dynamic Resource Provisioning Self Service Catalogue and Chargeback Automatic Reclamation of VMs Heterogeneous Hypervisor Support
Slide 5: Dell VIS Self-Service Creator Providing IT users the power to deploy and manage their resources while enabling IT to  respond faster to business requests and improve control over IT environments. Self­service Portal Role­based access for users to  manage their resources  throughout their lifecycle Automatic  Automated, policy­driven  Provisioning delivery of IT compute resources Heterogeneous  Ecosystem Sprawl Control Multi­vendor solution support  across the ecosystem, hardware,  hypervisor, mgmt sw Automatically reclaim  underutilized or abandoned  resources Group­based  Role­based access to resource  deployment within dedicated  Reservations infrastructure pool Workload  Pre­packaged process  automation workflows, tailor  Templates without code changes 5
Slide 6: Tangible Results of VIS Self-Service Creator Users choose and manage  the right­sized resources  for their business reducing  the need to over  provisioning Choice Integration into  heterogeneous ecosystem  and automatically reclaiming  abandoned resources saves  up to 27% of annual IT budget Flexibility Standard workloads and  automated processes  reduces the number of  tasks by 64% and  number of tools by 80% Agility “Self­service provisioning and virtual machine leasing are a central  focus of how we take our private clouds to the next level.  Out of the  box, VIS Creator provides a scalable foundation for simplifying and  optimizing workload creation and lifecycle management.” – Matt Brooks, Sr. Enterprise Architect, Dell IT 6
Slide 7: The Challenges You Face Improve Service Delivery while Lowering Operational Costs • Scale and Rate of Change • Timely Delivery of Systems • Governance & Compliance • VM Sprawl • Multi­Vendor 7
Slide 8: Management challenges solved by VIS Self-Service Creator • Do it yourself IT Timely Delivery Simple interface to request IT workload from a pool of  available resources gets you up an running in minutes • Cut IT setup time by hours Automated process to deploy a virtual machines • Easy Customization Pre­packaged processes can be customized in just  hours without any code changes Allocate and reallocate compute resources dynamically  for immediate delivery of the services your business  needs Automation, governance, and control that allow  companies to deploy virtualization beyond initial plans Scale and Rate of  Change • Rapid allocation of IT resources Governance and  Compliance 8 • Flexibility with control
Slide 9: What is Dell VIS Self-Service Creator VIS Self­Service Creator • Automated Service Delivery Platform for  Virtual Desktops and Servers • Policy­based, Automated Provisioning • Role­based, Self­service portal • Right­sized, on­demand service delivery • Controls VM Sprawl by proactively  limiting consumption and automatically  reclaiming resources • Role­based control • Multi­vendor solution support across the  ecosystem 9
Slide 10: Reduce Tasks by 64% Reduce Tools by 80% * Before 11 tasks, 5 tools With VIS Self-Service Creator 4 tasks, 1 tools 10
Slide 11: Policy Based Self-Service Provisioning • Process automation accelerates service delivery and  reduces operational cost by eliminating: • Multiple tools, multiple people • Manual processing • Service lead times Delegating self­service  empowers users while  enforcing governance 11
Slide 12: Role Based, Self-service Portal • Initiate new resources and  manage existing resources  from  a easy to use web tool  • Custom catalog of  production and development  solutions • Have visibility into costs and  usage of resources 12
Slide 13: Right-sized Resources at the Right Time • Modify resources on the  fly  • Reduce over­provisioning  and unauthorized  resource usage • Ensure resources are  deployed on the proper  tier of infrastructure • Raise visibility of  resource consumption  and associated costs  through cost allocation  and capacity  management  Business Groups A B C CPU Memory Resource Reservations Host or Host Cluster Storage Network Service Tiers Cost Profile Machine Quota 13
Slide 14: Identifying and Reclaiming Inactive VMs Filter based on user defined criteria • Unknown Owner • Turned off, or not logged in • Low utilization Automate corrective actions •Reclamation workflow •Owner notifications •Administrator or Owner actions Monitor Progress •Reclamation efficiency •Cost Savings 14
Slide 15: Role Based Visibility and Controls Control through process not people – Manage access controls for each user, group or service tier – Carve out resources for particular group even in a shared infrastructure – Consistent workflows improves consistency IT Across Infrastructure Access Control Business Groups Capacity Allocation Service Tiers Workflow Policies Process Automation Resource Limits By  business  Requisition group Policies Archive Policies Lease Policies SLA Build Process Approval Policies Allocate Cost Reclaim Policies 15 User Request Approval Provision Manage Retire Archive
Slide 16: Flexibility – Management Across the Ecosystem • Integrates into existing infrastructure – Policies to customize process automation without code changes – Out­of­the­box plug­ins for  the major plays throughout the ecosystems – SDK tool kit to create custom plug­ins VIS Self-Service Creator Extensibility and Ecosystem Integration  Out-of-the box Policy Modification Plug­ins Library Plug­in  SDK Developer’s Toolkit Web Services SQL Access Workflow Customization Workflow Existing Processes Approvals 16 Existing Management Ecosystem Work Order License Management Asset Management CMDB Operational Monitoring Run Books Best  Practices
Slide 17: Extensive support for existing tools Leverage the knowledge  and the tools you  already have – Supports multiple  hypervisors – Supports desktops and  servers – Multiple Image  Deployment options – Integrates with  management ecosystem 17
Slide 18: Dell VIS Self-Service Creator in Practice “Lifecycle management of virtual workloads is one of the most  important elements of evolving and optimizing our private clouds.   VIS Creator gives us on demand, self­service workload  provisioning along with scalable orchestration to contain sprawl  and right­size capacity with workload leasing and reclamation.”  – Matt Brooks, Sr. Enterprise Architect, Dell IT “Self­service provisioning and virtual machine leasing are a central  focus of how we take our private clouds to the next level.  Out of the  box, VIS Creator provides a scalable foundation for simplifying and  optimizing workload creation and lifecycle management.”  – Matt Brooks, Sr. Enterprise Architect, Dell IT   18
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