Intel® ESAA Solution Guide: VMware vCloud Director* 1.5 for vSphere ESXi* 5.0 - Intel® Server Board S5500BC

This Intel® ESAA Cloud Solution Guide expands on the Intel® Cloud Builders VMware vCloud Director* 1.5 Reference Architecture, including hardware and software requirements. VMware vCloud Director enables customers to build secure, multitenant hybrid clouds by pooling infrastructure resources into virtual datacenters, and enables those resources to be consumed by users on-demand. vCloud Director pools datacenter resources, including compute, storage and network, along with their relevant policies into virtual data centers. Fully encapsulated multitier virtual machine services are delivered as vApps, using the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). End users and their associated policies are captured in organizations. With programmatic and policy-based pooling of infrastructure, users and services, VMware vCloud Director enforces policy intelligently and creates unprecedented flexibility and portability. By building secure and cost-effective hybrid clouds with vSphere and VMware vCloud Director, IT organizations can become true service providers for the businesses they support, driving agility and efficiency with confidence and control.

The Intel® Server Board S5500BC is a cost–effective, feature–rich server board that grows with your business. The Intel® Server Board S5500BC has flexible scalability and expandability in I/O, memory, LAN and storage which is designed for deploying web, email or print servers, or business applications. Ideal for remote or branch offices seeking enterprise class manageability, the Intel Server Board S5500BC supports up to two Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 or 5600 series, and can be used in rack or pedestal configurations.