Dell Wyse ThinOS D10D- Manuals

2 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 2 Solution Architecture Overview 2.1 Introduction The Dell Wyse Datacenter Solution leverages a core set of hardware and software components consisting of 5 primary layers: ● Networking Layer ● Compute Server Layer ●...

3 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop In the Shared Tier 1 solution model for the ROBO use case, the compute and management functions are combined across all hosts with shared Tier 1 and Tier 2 defined by their rotational speed. This “cluster in a box” m...

4 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop pooled VDI users in an incredibly efficient, small, and cost effective platform. Additional ToR switching is available if required. 2.2.1.1 Shared Tier 1 Rack – Conceptual Network Architecture All ToR traffic connect...

5 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 3 Hardware Components 3.1 PowerEdge VRTX PowerEdge VRTX by Dell is a design that reduces complexities of deployment in remote and branch offices by combining servers, storage, and networking into a consolidated 5U ch...

7 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 3.2 Network Configuration The VRTX chassis can be configured with either switched (default) or pass-through modules. The switched method, shown below also the Dell Wyse Datacenter solution default, supports up to 8 e...

8 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop Physical cabling representation: Logical representation: 3.3 Server Configuration The PowerEdge M620 is a feature-rich, dual-processor, half-height blade server which offers a blend of density, performance, efficienc...

9 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop Care has been taken to optimize the server platform for Citrix XenDesktop specifically. CPU is very important in VDI environments and is ultimately the key limiting factor in compute hosts in all scenarios. The more ...

10 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop Guidance:  10Gb uplinks to a core or distribution switch are the preferred design choice using the rear 10Gb uplink modules. If 10Gb to a core or distribution switch is unavailable the front 4 x 1Gb SFP ports can b...

11 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop ThinOS, for environments in which security is critical—there’s no attack surface to put your data at risk. Boot up in just seconds and log in securely to almost any network. The T10D delivers a superior Citrix VDI u...

12 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop AMD 1.65 GHz processor and a revolutionary unified engine for an unprecedented user experience. The Z50D eliminates performance constraints for high-end, processing-intensive applications like computer-aided design,...

13 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 3.5.9 Dell Venue 11 Pro Meet the ultimate in productivity, connectivity and collaboration. Enjoy full laptop performance in an ultra-portable tablet that has unmatched flexibility for a business in motion. This dual...

14 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 4 Software Components 4.1 Citrix XenDesktop The solution is based on Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 which provides a complete end-to-end solution delivering Microsoft Windows virtual desktops or server-based hosted shared se...

16 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop Difference vDisk is where all the writes and changes to the desktop are stored. These Identity and Difference vDisks for each desktop are stored on the same data store as their related clone. While traditionally use...

17 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 4.1.3 Citrix Profile Manager Citrix Profile Management is a component of the XenDesktop suite which is used to manage user profiles and minimize many of the issues associated with traditional Windows Roaming profile...

18 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop mechanism to provide a front-end “mask” to the back-end server actually hosting the service or data source. 4.1.6 NetScaler Load Balancing Depending on which management components are to be made highly available, th...

19 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop all additional XenDesktop components be installed in a distributed architecture, one role per server VM. 4.2.2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V ™ is a powerful virtualization t...

21 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop Citrix NetScaler are added to the Dell Wyse Datacenter mgmt. stack at any time and runs on the existing server infrastructure. 4.4 Citrix CloudBridge Citrix CloudBridge provides a unified platform that connects and ...

23 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 5 Solution Architecture for XenDesktop 7 5.1 Hyper-V 5.1.1 Storage Architecture Overview The VRTX chassis contains up to 25 available 2.5” SAS disks to be shared with each server blade in the cluster. Each blade wil...

24 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop User Type vCPU Startup RAM (GB) Dynamic Memory NIC OS + Data vDisk (GB) Min|Max Buffer Weight Enhanced 2 1.5 1GB | 3GB 20% Med 1 40 Professional 2 2 2GB | 4GB 20% Med 1 40 The Management role requirements for the ba...

25 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop Please refer to this Citrix document for more information: LINK The following article details the step-by-step mirror configuration: LINK Additional resources can be found in TechNet: LINK1 and LINK2 5.1.3 Virtual N...

26 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop Per host Hyper-V switch/ teaming configuration: 5.1.3.1 Virtual Networking HA As discussed in section 3.2.1 above, additional bandwidth and redundancy can be achieved by adding NICs to both the VRTX chassis as well ...

27 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 5.2 vSphere 5.2.1 Compute + Management Server Infrastructure The Dell Wyse Datacenter ROBO solution using VRTX consists of 2 or 4 nodes, clustered, sharing both management and VDI session hosting responsibilities ac...

31 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 5.3 XenDesktop on VRTX Communication Flow Win dows Master Image Delivery Contro lle r (MCS) SSL File Se rver Citrix Ne tScale r Licen se Server Sto reFr ont Internet/ LAN U se r D at a ( SMB ) LD A P MCS Machine Cat...

32 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 6 Solution Performance and Testing For a full explanation of the Dell Wyse Solution Engineering Performance Analysis and Characterization process, please refer to section 7 of the core solution Reference Architectur...

33 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 6.1.3 VMware vCenter VMware vCenter has been used for VMware vSphere-based solutions to gather key data (CPU, Memory and Network usage) from each of the desktop hosts during each test run. This data was exported to ...

35 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 6.2.2 Dell Wyse Datacenter Workloads and Profiles It’s important to understand user workloads and profiles when designing a desktop virtualization solution in order to understand the density numbers that the solutio...

36 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop  For multi-host / full solution testing, users are logged in over a period of 1-hour, to replicate the normal login storm in an enterprise environment.  All desktops are pre-booted in advance of logins commencing....

37 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop In the following table, the Tier 1 IOPS data is measured during steady-state in order to better approximate real-world usage. Tier 1 Read/Write Average Ratio Tier 1 Read/Write Max Ratio Tier 1 IOPS Average Tier 1 IO...

40 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 6.3.3.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Test Results Validation was performed using DVS standard testing methodology using LoginVSI 4 load generation tool for VDI benchmarking that simulates production user workloads...

41 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop Tier2 Latency appears to have been driven by activity on the file share management VM that was attached to the Tier2 pass-through disk to host the user profiles. This was especially heavy during the Logoff phase, bu...

42 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 19 :0 8 19 :1 5 19 :2 2 19 :2 9 19 :3 6 19 :4 3 19 :5 0 19 :5 7 20 :0 4 20 :1 1 20 :1 8 20 :2 5 20 :3 2 20 :3 9 20 :4 6 20 :5 3 21 :0 0 21 :0 7 21 :1 4 21 :2 1 21 :2 8 21 :3 5 21 :4 2 21 :4 9 2...

43 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 19 :0 8 19 :15 19 :2 2 19 :2 9 19 :3 6 19 :4 3 19 :5 0 19 :5 7 20 :0 4 20 :1 1 20 :1 8 20 :2 5 20 :3 2 20 :3 9 20 :4 6 20 :5 3 21 :0 0 21 :0 7 21 :1 4 21 :2 1 21 :2 8 21 :3 5 21 :4 2 ...

44 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 19 :0 8 19 :1 4 19 :2 0 19 :2 6 19 :3 2 19 :3 8 19 :4 4 19 :5 0 19 :5 6 20 :0 2 20 :0 8 20 :1 4 20 :2 0 20 :2 6 20 :3 2 20 :38 20 :4 4 20 :5 0 20 :5 6 21 :0 2 21 :08 21 :1 4 21 :2 0 21 ...

48 Dell Wyse Datacenter – Reference Architecture for Dell VRTX and Citrix XenDesktop 6.3.4.3 MCS Professional User Workload (340 users) These graphs show per-blade CPU, memory, and network results with total IOPS and Latency for Tier1, and Tier2, plus IOPS for Tier2PTD the pass-through disk. 0 20 40...

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