Architecture overview
Overview of the VxRail Series
The VCE VxRail Series delivers virtualization, compute, and storage in a scalable, easy to manage,
hyper-converged infrastructure appliance.
Your VxRail Appliance is built on Intel Xeon processor-based x86 hardware with the VxRail
™
Manager
software bundle, and support for other value-added software from VCE, EMC, and VMware.
The VxRail Manager software bundle includes the following:
•
VxRail
™
Manager for deployment, configuration, and management
•
VMware vSphere
®
, including ESXi
•
VMware vCenter Server
™
•
VMware Virtual SAN
™
for storage
•
VMware vRealize Log Insight
™
The VxRail Appliance
The VCE VxRail Appliance includes the appliance hardware, VxRail Manager, EMC Secure Remote
Services (ESRS), and access to qualified EMC software products.
Appliance hardware
The VxRail Appliance consists of four nodes in a 2U rackmount chassis. Each node has its own compute
and storage resources.
The following VxRail Appliance models are available:
VxRail Appliance models
Table 1:
VxRail Appliance with Hybrid Nodes
VxRail Appliance with All-flash Nodes
•
VxRail 60
•
VxRail 120
•
VxRail 160
•
VxRail 200
•
VxRail 120F
•
VxRail 160F
•
VxRail 200F
•
VxRail 240F
•
VxRail 280F
A 10GbE switch and a workstation/laptop for the user interface are also required. (The VxRail 60
Appliance can be used with a 1GbE switch.)
VCE VxRail
™
Appliance 3.5 Product Guide
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