Contents
For this objective I used one document and my own thinking (right or wrong remains to be seen)
- VMware vSphere 5.0 Licensing, Pricing and Packaging White Paper
Objective 1.5 – Identify vSphere Architecture and Solutions
Knowledge
Identify available vSphere editions and features
- VMware vSphere Editions
|
Standard |
Enterprise |
Enterprise Plus |
|
| Entitlements per CPU License vRam EntitlementvCPU/VM |
32GB8 Way | 64GB8 Way | 96GB8 Way |
| Features Hypervisor |
x |
x |
x |
| High Availability Data Recovery vMotion |
x |
x |
x |
| Virtual Serial Port Concentrator Hot Add vShield Zones Fault Tolerance |
x |
x |
|
| Storage APIs for Array Integration Storage vMotion Distributed Resource Scheduler Distributed Power Management |
x |
x |
|
| Distributed Switch I/O Controls (Storage and Network) Host Profiles |
x |
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| Auto Deploy Policy Driven Storage Storage DRS |
x |
- Two additional version of vSphere are available:
- VMware vSphere Hypervisor – Free version of the hypervisor that consists of a subset of the functionality and has maximum RAM allocation of 32GB
- VMware vSphere Desktop – Used for licensing vSphere in VDI deployments. Provides all Enterprise Plus features.
- Acceleration Kits
|
Essentials |
Essentials Plus |
Standard AK |
Enterprise AK |
Enterprise Plus AK |
|
| Includes |
6 CPUs |
6 CPUs |
8 CPUs |
6 CPUs |
6 CPUs |
| Entitlements per CPU LicensevRAM EntitlementvCPU/VM | 32GB 192GB Max 8 Way |
32GB 192GB Max 8 Way |
32GB 256GB Max 8 Way |
64GB 384GB Max 8 Way |
96GB 576GB Max 8 Way |
| Features Hypervisor |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| High Availability Data Recovery vMotion |
x |
x |
x |
x |
|
| Virtual Serial Port Concentrator Hot Add vShield Zones Fault Tolerance |
x |
x |
|||
| Storage API for Array Integration Storage vMotion Distributed Resource Scheduler Distributed Power Management |
x x |
x x |
|||
| Distributed Switch I/O Contorls (Storage and Network) Host Profiles |
x x |
||||
| Auto Deploy Policy Driven Storage Storage DRS |
x |
For further information read pages 6 thru 8 of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Licensing, Pricing and Packaging white paper
Explain ESXi and vCenter Server architectures
- In a VMware vSphere deployment if you want to take full advantage of the features available to you vCenter Server most be used. vCenter Server is the single point that allows you to centrally manage your connected ESXi hosts as well as deploy new virtual machines at the basic level. As you move up through the vSphere licensed editions vCenter Server allows for the use of vMotion, Fault Tolerance, DRS, etc. Without it, you are just connecting directly to an ESXi host and managing them in a singular fashion and without the more advanced features outlined above.
Explain Private/Public/Hybrid cloud concepts
- Private Cloud – Datacenter virtualization that is managed by and running on internal assets
- Public Cloud – Datacenter virtualization that is managed by and running on 3rd party equipment housed in there facility. Compute resources are accessed via the Internet
- Hybrid Cloud – A combination of both Private and Public clouds. You may have pieces of your business running on internal compute resources, but for DR/BC you may leverage a 3rd party facility accessed via the Inernet
Determine appropriate vSphere edition based on customer requirements
- For the exam (and in your career) beware of what features are available based on the different vSphere editions (host profiles only with Enterprise Plus, etc). Also with the changes in licensing know the vRAM entitlements (and maximums for Acceleration Kits) for each vSphere edition.
Tools
- VMware vSphere Basics guide
- vCenter Server and Host Management guide
Hi Jason,
Standard edition does not include the following capabilities:
Storage APIs for Array Integration
Storage vMotion
Distributed Resource Scheduler
Distributed Power Management
Source: vsphere_pricing.pdf
Jastreb,
Thanks for catching that. Post has been updated.
-Jason
Under vSphere Versions, Standard does not include:
• Virtual Serial Port Concentrator
• Hot Add
• vShield Zones
• Fault Tolerance
Need Enterprise for these, source is P6 of http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf
Miles,
Thanks for the catch. I have updated the chart accordingly.
-Jason