Table of contents VMware vSphere 6.7 Editions VMware vSphere Editions VMware vSphere essentials Kits Remote Office Branch Office(ROBO)editions Reasons for and against upgrading Why upgrade? Why shouldn't you upgrade? Su Questions Further reading Chapter 2: Designing and Planning a virtualization Infrastructure 51 Planning a virtual infrastructure project Plan-Do-Check-Act(PDCA Waterfall ITIL V3 Improved waterfall 23457 ysical hardware considerations Physical form factor considerations Standard rack servers Blade servers Hyper-converged servers Resource comparison Hyper-converged systems Storage design considerations Standard storage array 65 Software-defined storage Network design considerations Three-tier architecture Access Distribution Core Leaf spine 6768888 Assess 70 Requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks 70 Design Conceptual desig Logical design 73 Physical desig ESXi host Storage Network connectivity Management vCenter server How to provide good documentation 8884 [i]Table of Contents [ ii ] VMware vSphere 6.7 Editions 38 VMware vSphere Editions 39 VMware vSphere Essentials Kits 43 Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) editions 43 Reasons for and against upgrading 44 Why upgrade? 45 Why shouldn't you upgrade? 46 Upgrade paths 47 Summary 48 Questions 48 Further reading 50 Chapter 2: Designing and Planning a Virtualization Infrastructure 51 Planning a virtual infrastructure project 52 Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) 52 Waterfall 53 ITIL v3 54 Improved waterfall 55 Physical hardware considerations 57 Physical form factor considerations 57 Standard rack servers 57 Blade servers 60 Hyper-converged servers 62 Resource comparison 62 Hyper-converged systems 63 Storage design considerations 65 Standard storage arrays 65 Software-defined storage 65 Network design considerations 66 Three-tier architecture 67 Access 67 Distribution 68 Core 68 Leaf spine 68 Assess 69 The design objective 70 Requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks 70 Design 71 Conceptual design 72 Logical design 73 Physical design 75 ESXi host 76 Compute 77 Storage 78 Network connectivity 81 Management 83 vCenter Server 83 How to provide good documentation 84 |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||