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Adaptive Infrastructure

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BladeSystem c-Class

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BladeSystem Matrix

www.hp.com/go/matrix

Industry Standard Servers Technology

Communications

www.hp.com/servers/technology

Insight Dynamics - VSE

www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics

Insight Orchestration

www.hp.com/go/insightorchestration

Insight Recovery

www.hp.com/go/insightrecovery

ProLiant servers

www.hp.com/go/proliant

Virtual Connect architecture

www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/virtualconnect

Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager

www.hp.com/go/vcem

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Section	Page
Abstract	2
Introduction: Challenges to the enterprise data center	2
Power, cooling, and density	2
Density	3
Cooling	3
Power	3
Complexity and management	4
Industry perspective on future data center architectures	5
Foundation requirements	5
Dynamic behavior and optimization	6
Discovery and state information	6
Managing virtual and physical resources	6
Isolation and encapsulation	6
Analysis and optimization	7
Automation	7
Resilience and availability	7
HP Adaptive Infrastructure strategy and portfolio	7
BladeSystem c-Class and Adaptive Infrastructure	8
Standardized IT infrastructure	8
Understanding the Blade c-Class architecture	8
Modularity and scalability	9
Resilience and availability	10
Energy efficiency	11
Virtualization	14
Isolation and encapsulation	15
Flex-10 technology	16
Managing virtual and physical resources	16
Management with Insight Dynamics-VSE	17
HP Insight Dynamics – VSE integrates virtual and physical management	17
Continuous optimization with Insight Dynamics – VSE	18
Automation with Insight Dynamics – VSE	18
Implementing an Adaptive Infrastructure with BladeSystem Matrix	21
Conclusion	21
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