HP BladeSystem – “the virtualisation platform”
Peter Mansell
BladeSystem Business Manager
Technology for better business outcomes
© 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
Customers budgets down but we
need to sell more…
10-20%
acquisition
Blades – can
reduce energy
costs by 69%
80-90%
services, operations, people
and training expenses
Deploying HP
management tools can
reduce downtime by
77%, deployment time
by 65%
Standard
management
platform
Source: Giga Information Group, IdeaByte RIB-032001-00062
Creating a savings report
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Create your own blade savings report
www.hp.com/go/bladesystem
• Public sector organisation, Urban.
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48 x DL360 quad core VS. 48 x BL460C quad core with
virtual connect
You save = £446,307 or 57.2% over 5 years
What’s new with HP
BladeSystem
Transforming Server Economics
Introducing HP ProLiant: The Next Generation
ProLiant
G6 Servers
Spend less for power
Maximize virtualization potential
Make every dollar count
Design Focal Points:
Power efficiency
Infrastructure management
Performance (including Intel® Xeon® Processor
5500 Series servers)
HP Confidential NDA required
See the difference
ProLiant G6 gives you the best return for your budget
G6 Savings vs. G4
New HP G6
Lower Operating Costs
$18,000/yr
Power/Cooling Savings
G6 savings vs. G5
Lower Operating Costs
Featuring
Intel Xeon 5500
$3,850/yr
Power/Cooling Savings
Lower Software Costs
Lower Software Costs
$31,200/yr
$8,800/yr
OS licensing Savings
OS licensing Savings
2005
42 servers
2007
14 servers
(single-core)
(dual-core)
10700 W
Rapid Payback
2009
3 servers
Rapid Payback
3 month
(quad-core)
12 month
ROI from G4
450 W
ROI from G5
2630 W
*Source: Based on HP internal estimates
HP Confidential NDA required
Switch and Virtual Connect?
What’s the difference?
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Server
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LAN
Server
Server
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SAN
Virtual Connect
Part of server system
Managed with servers
Layer between servers and
network, so network
doesn’t see server changes
Allows flexibility and control
of system resources
Ideal for virtualization
environments
Server
Server
Server
Server
Server
Virtual Connect
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Switch
Part of LAN or SAN network
Managed from network
Server directly connected, so
any server change impacts
network
LAN
SAN
Flex10 for HP Virtual Connect
Map Flex10 NICs to any vNet
NIC
Server
Blade
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC
Flex10 (port 1)
NIC
NIC
NIC
Flex10 (port 2)
Flex10 LOM or Mezz Card
For each NIC (PF), VC sets:
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bandwidth (0.1 to 10 Gb/s)
• NIC type (regular or iSCSI)
• Priority
• MAC address
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vNet 1
vNet 2
vNet 3
vNet connection
vNet 4
10Gb VC-Enet Module
HP Confidential – NDA Required
HP BladeSystem Matrix:
A cloud infrastructure in a box
Applies the economics, scalability
and response time of cloud computing
to traditional data center applications
HP BladeSystem c-Class Portfolio
Enclosures
A Full Range of 2P and 4P Blades
Workstation
Blades
Server Blades
Unified Management
Choice of Power
Storage
Blades
Services
Assessment
Implementation
Support
Interconnect choices for LAN, SAN, and Scale-Out Clusters
Virtual
Connect
LAN
Ethernet NICs
SAN
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HP Confidential – NDA Required
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Fibre Channel
InfiniBand
4X DDR
Summary and customer
case studies
BladeSystem - delivering customer benefits
•87 percent reduction in power consumption
•HP Systems Insight Manager can spot problems with the hardware before they become
catastrophic and it can switch virtual servers from malfunctioning systems to working blades.”
“Implementing a virtualised HP BladeSystem is not just about technology – it’s about good
business. When you add all the advantages together you’ve got a fantastic business case and a
great return on investment.
“The whole package of HP blade servers, HP Insight Manager and power management coupled
with HP’s other software tools has proved to be an excellent solution. UEA now has close to 50
HP ProLiant c-Class server blades
•280 physical servers consolidated onto 30 physical servers hosting a projected 400 VM’s
•75 percent reduction in data center energy consumption, US$90,000 annual energy savings ,
170 metric tons of CO2 saved per year
•Approximately 80 stand-alone servers have been replaced with approximately 14 servers,
•DC floor space has been reduced, leading to rental costs lowered by £115,000 per year.
•HP Virtual Connect for the HP BladeSystem. This software dramatically simplifies Ethernet
cabling and allows administrators to add or replace servers without having to reconfigure the
cabling.
•The new infrastructure with its HP BladeSystem boosts computing power and provides a
highly available, high-performance publishing system.
•An HP StorageWorks EVA6100 provides secure data storage and shared storage.
•HP Virtual Connect simplifies and virtualises the Storage Area Network (SAN).
Why HP BladeSystem and VMware
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The number 1 blade platform – 2008 – 68% share
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More certified VMware platforms than any other vendor
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VMware installation and support services
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Flexibility and choice— The widest choice on the market
− Nine server blades
− Storage offerings – DAS, NAS / ISCSI SAN + Tape back-up
− Other options - Workstation blade / PCI expansion blade
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Partnership with industry leading companies - www.hp.com/go/solutionblocks
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Reduce costs—with HP BladeSystem your customers can save up to
− 69% reduction in energy costs
− HP BladeSystem costs up to 90% less to deploy;
− Reduces facilities costs by around 25%
− Capital costs by 36%
− Reduce cables by up to 98%—reducing maintenance and complexity
Tools and Resources
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Promotions and offers
− Free enclosure – www.hp.com/uk/freebladeenclosure
− Trade in http://h41201.www4.hp.com/tradein/welcome.asp
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Useful information / web sites
− www.hp.com/go/bladesystem
− www.hp.com/go/vmware
− www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol
− www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics
− www.hp.com/go/tryessentials
Questions
Peter Mansell
Peter.mansell@hp.com