Dell, VMware Collaborates to Deliver VMware NSX Solutions for Software-Defined Data Center
Dell and VMware, Inc. have announced the
companies are extending a longstanding relationship to deliver solutions that
will accelerate adoption of network virtualization and open networking in the
software-defined data center.
The expanded relationship includes a
range of new networking solutions for midmarket, large enterprise and service
provider customers, backed by a joint go-to-market initiative, validated
reference architecture and a global reseller agreement.
Dell and VMware are working with Cumulus
Networks® to deliver the VMware NSX network virtualization platform with
Cumulus® Linux® on Dell Networking switches.
Additionally, Dell is delivering a fully-tested and validated converged
infrastructure solution for midmarket customers that include VMware NSX.
Global organizations are adopting the
software-defined data center as an open, agile, secure and efficient
architecture to simplify IT and transition to the hybrid cloud,” said Raghu
Raghuram, Executive Vice President, SDDC Division, VMware. “The
software-defined data center enables open innovation at speeds that cannot be
matched in the hardware-defined world. As partners, VMware and Dell are
committed to advancing networking in the SDDC, and are collaborating to make
the next-generation of advanced network virtualization available to our mutual
customers.”
“For network virtualization to reach
broadly into all addressable enterprise markets – from the largest enterprises
to mid-size companies – it is essential that a strong vendor ecosystem deliver
complete solutions that can be easily procured, deployed, managed, and
supported,” said Brad Casemore, Research Director, Datacenter Networks, IDC.
“Dell, VMware, and Cumulus Networks clearly see significant opportunity to
provide a wide range of architectural options, from network disaggregation to
converged infrastructure.”
VMware NSX is on the Dell price list, and
is currently available directly from Dell and Dell channel partners for
purchase and deployment. Dell and VMware have partnered to train the Dell
field, with thousands of representatives already completing initial VMware NSX
training. Dell and VMware have also completed validated reference architecture
for the combined Dell and VMware networking solution.
Dell, VMware and Cumulus Networks are
delivering a pre-configured solution, available from Dell, that combines VMware
NSX with Cumulus Linux on Dell Networking switches. This combined solution will
help enterprises and service providers achieve holistic management and
provisioning of the complete data center networking environment, physical and
virtual, and accelerate deployment of new applications while simplifying IT
operations.
The joint ventures expect customers to achieve significant benefits
such as transition rigid, proprietary networking solutions to flexible, open,
simple and agile networking with compelling economics; speed network and
service provisioning time to accelerate application deployment time; leverage
network virtualization, isolation and segmentation to Implement application and
client multi-tenancy; connect physical
workloads with virtual networks; improve performance and quality-of-service by
automatically detecting and isolating application-specific flows (known in
networking as elephant and mice flows and deliver micro-segmentation to embed
security into data center constructs.
Companies with limited IT staff and
budget are looking for simple, integrated and validated architectures. Dell and
VMware have teamed to provide a converged infrastructure solution to meet these
requirements.
The solution features the VMware NSX
network virtualization platform running on top of reliable Dell servers,
networking, and storage infrastructure. Dell’s converged infrastructure
includes the Dell PowerEdge M1000e server blade chassis, the Dell Networking
10/40GbE MXL blade switch, S4810 Top of Rack switch and S6000 fabric switches,
as well as Dell Storage iSCSI arrays. The solution is tested, validated and
supported by Dell, providing customers a single trusted partner that can streamline
procurement and services. To simplify deployment, Dell and VMware deliver
validated reference architecture.
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