Michael Macica
Solutions Architect, HP SLED
Technology Solutions Group, Hewlett-Packard
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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice

2 17 April 2020

Built one server at a time
Line of business selects application
Get purchase approvals Order server
Project planning meetings
And more meetings
Server delivery unpack
Change control approvals
Move to production environment inventory
Move to test center server network storage facilities
Build process
Re-cable and move into production
• Many people
• Many manual steps
• Many weeks
• Human error

Provisioned when needed
Line of business selects application
Verify resource allocation
(self-service portal)
Choose infrastructure application template
(right size?, right app?)
Tool determines available resources and when
Push “go”
Workflow starts automatically
A full application infrastructure up and running!
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• Less people
A few automated steps
Integrated information
Same functionality for virtual and physical servers – no compromises!

delivers Infrastructure as a Service
Enabling a shared services model
Service Portal
Service
Catalog
Service
Requester Service
Compliance
Supply Portal
Service
Supplier
Service
Template s
Inventory

Pools of virtual resources: compute, storage, fabric
ERP CRM
Database
Data
Warehouse
Mail and Messaging
File, Print, Infrastructure
Rack or enclosure-level integration, purchase, and installation
OS and hypervisors supported equally
Resource pool
One managed domain across
1000 physical and virtual servers
Built with proven BladeSystem,
Virtual Connect, Insight and
Storageworks technologies

VC Flex-10: 75% fewer NICs, cables and switches
Traditional Server
Server
Flex-10 Enabled Server
Server
Each 10Gb Server connection supports to 4 FlexNIC’s
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
1Gb LOM Dual NIC Quad NIC 10Gb Flex LOM
No mezzanine cards needed for up to 8 NIC connections
8 Managed Switches
1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch
1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch
1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch
1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch
2 VC Flex-10 Modules
10Gb Flex-10 10Gb Flex-10
Cut 8 switches to 2 VC Flex-10 modules for 8 NICs
NIC speed can be adjusted from 100Mb to 10Gb
3 to 4x decrease in the number of NICs and switches

VMWare Best practice Network Configuration
NIC 1
Console
NIC 2 vmKernel
NIC 3 vm network
NIC 4
Console
NIC 5 vmKernel
NIC 6 vm networks
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Traditional
1Gb technolog y
1Gb 1Gb 1Gb 1Gb
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Virtual
Connect 1Gb 1Gb 8Gb 1Gb
Flex-10
Virtual Connect compared to traditional 1Gb technology:
55% less expensive
1Gb
1Gb
• 40% less power (up to 240W per enclosure)
• 3.3 times higher total bandwidth
• 100 times more flexibility to allocate bandwidth across networks
• Up to 10 times higher bandwidth per link
• Open support for standard fabrics
1Gb
8Gb
Comparisons are for 6 NIC configurations comparing Virtual Connect Flex10 to Cisco 3120 1/10Gb switches

HP ProLiant BL490c G6
Intel “Nehalem” Xeon 5500 Quad Core CPUs
Processor
Memory
Internal Storage
Networking
Mezzanine Slots
Additional Features
Management
Density
BL490c G6
Up to two quad-core Intel Nehalem-EP Series processors
Registered or Unbuffered DDR3
18 DIMM Sockets
144 GB max
2 Non-Hot Plug SSDs
HP Embedded SATA Controller
2 integrated Multifunction 10Gb ports with
Flex-10 Support
2 PCIe x8 mezzanine expansion slots
Internal USB 2.0 connector
Internal SD Card slot
TPM 1.2 module support
Integrated Lights Out 2 Standard Blade Edition
Power Meter, Power Regulator, Power Capping
16 server blades in 10U enclosure
8 server blades in 6U enclosure
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c7000 Enclosure – rear view
Onboard Administrator
• Remote administration view
• Robust, multi-enclosure control
Active Cool fans
• Adaptive flow for maximum power efficiency, air movement & acoustics
Interconnect bays
• 8 bays; up to 4 redundant I/O fabrics
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Up to 94% reduction in cables
Ethernet, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SAS,
IB
• Enclosure Mid-plane aggregate
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Choice of single-phase or three-phase enclosures
AC redundant mode or power supply redundant mode
Best performance per watt
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Continuously analyze and optimize your infrastructure
• Bring the flexibility of virtualization to physical servers
• Real-time capacity planning for servers and power
• Control physical and virtual resources in the same way
Building on the value of
HP Systems Insight Manager,
Insight Control and
Virtual Server Environment
Addressing key data center issues: cost, speed, quality and energy
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Wire-once, modular infrastructure
(HP Blades)
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Virtual fabric to add and change on-the-fly
(Virtual Connect)
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Software to continuously analyze and optimize
(Insight Control)
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Collaboration with industry leaders
(VMware,
Microsoft, others)
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Logical server
Image
Configuration requirements
Unique IDs
Server Server
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HP Logical Server technology
A server profile that is easily created and freely moved across physical and virtual machines
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Logical servers can be:
Active physical servers
Active virtual machines
Offline templates
Virtual Fabric
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HP Insight Dynamics – VSE
Capacity planning functionality overview
Measure utilization for
CPU, memory, network, disk & power
Collects more than a thousand data points per server per day
• Eliminate guesswork and months of tedious capacity planning and research
• Make better decisions faster, matching your business priorities
New Smart Solver technology for consolidation or re-balancing
New 5-Star rating system for best-fit placement
Data collected remains onsite
Create inventories and reports
Most advanced real-time capacity planning tool based on unique HP labs technology
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HP Insight Dynamics
– VSE with Orchestration
Rapidly
Provision via self-service portal
Visually
Design best practice infrastructures
Efficiently
Operate unified physical & virtual environment
Easily Integrate with existing IT processes and technologies
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with Orchestration
Capabilities Summary
IT Teams
Templates, Workflows, Automation
Consistency and Standardization
Design Provision Operate
• Visually design infrastructure service templates
• Publish bestpractice templates to self-service portal
• Optimize through energy-aware capacity planning , placement, control
• Store, copy, share templates across Dev,
• Select approved template and provision from
• Manage & recover physical and virtual environments
Test,
Production, DR resource pool
Integrate with existing IT processes and technologies
• Deep integration with HP Software automation technology
• Support for industry leading virtualization environments
Systems Insight Manager & Insight Control
Virtual Connect/VCEM
IT Systems
Network
Server, Network, Storage
Storage Servers virtual machines
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Power and cooling: What matters? All of it!
HP delivering from the chip to chiller
Data Center & Facilities
• Data Center Monitoring and control
•Modular Cooling System
•Power Distribution Rack
•Three Phase UPS
Energy Savings
Blades are one key element
Manageability Tools
•Insight Power Manager and iLO 2
•Virtualization
•Dynamic Capacity Management
•Thin Provisioning & Data de-duplication
Enclosures
•BladeSystem
•Thermal Logic
•PARSEC enclosure cooling
•Active Cool Fans
Servers
•Energy Optimized Servers
•Small Form Factor Drives
•Efficient Power Supplies
•Low Power Processors
•Low Power Memory
“Chip to Chiller”
Services
•Thermal Zone Mapping, Data Center Assessments, Data Center Site Preparation
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General Industry DC cooling Best Practices
1. Hot aisle/cold aisle
2. Eliminate gaps in rows
3. Use longer rows
4. Use blanking panels
5. Orient AC units perpendicular to hot aisles
6. Use 0.8m to 1.0m high floors
7. Seal cable cutouts
8. Use high/low density areas matching airflow requirements.
9. Deploy power efficient platforms
10. Enable server power management features
Results in…
• Lower server temperatures
• Better system reliability
• Better uptime
• Extends life of current data center
• Maximizes server density
• Increased reliability of your servers
• Lower energy usage
• Lower TCO
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HP Datacenter Environmental Edge is a Datacenter
Environmental Visualization Solution with
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Wireless Rack level temperature and humidity sensors every 3rd rack
6 External and 2 internal sensors per rack,
Air pressure sensors every 500 ft2/50 m2,
Other optional sensors as needed,
(i.e. KWH, Chilled water flow)
Graphical visualization interface providing Datacenter temperature, humidity & air pressure
Services required
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Hardware and Software installation
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System commissioning
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Post deployment support.
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Conventional Room Control and Sensing
Room Level
Temperature Sense
Points
Blower &
Motor
T
T
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AC Unit
CW supply
Chilled Valve
Room Chilled
Water Supply
− Conventional control is a carry over from room level comfort cooling,
− Conventional control regulates the return air temperature to a given setpoint. Typically this is 68-72 °F.
− Conventional control results in very cold air being supplied to the room ~ 55 °F on average due to mixing in the room.
− Fans are typically fixed speed running continuously at 100%
− Individual Air Handlers are self controlled and not coordinated.
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© 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice