Designing the FlexPod Solution

Module 1: FlexPod Solution Overview
- Changes and challenges to Data Management
- Introduction to FlexPod solutions
- FlexPod datacenter architectures
- FlexPod workloads Module 2: Designing a FlexPod Solution
- FlexPod design principles
- Design methodology
- FlexPod sizing and design tools Module 3: FlexPod Components
- Compute layer
- Network layer
- Storage layer
- FlexPod management Module 4: Analysis of Validated FlexPod Designs
- FlexPod datacenter with vSphere 6.5U1 CVD
- FlexPod datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on Linux VM on VMware and Hyper-V
- FlexPod Express with VMware vSphere 6.7U1 and NetApp AFF A220 with Direct-Attached IP-Based storage
- FlexPod datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 with Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 for 5000 seats
- FlexPod datacenter with VMware 6.5 U1 and Cisco ACI 3.1
Appendix:
- VDI project planning and solution sizing questions Labs:
- Extracting customer requirements and challenges
- Select appropriate hardware based on workload variables
- Explore workloads and capacity with FlexPod components
- Select appropriate hardware based on workload variable