This Dell™ | VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Virtualization Reference Architecture white paper describes validated architectures for Dell | VMware™ virtual infrastructures. The Virtualization RA is intended to provide customers with an example basis to consider, evaluate, and select the Dell virtualization solution components that best fit their requirements. This white paper is not intended to be an exhaustive study of specific architectures for every environment. For a complete evaluation of your datacenter's virtualization requirements, please contact your Dell Sales representative.