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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 - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 2
Infrastructure. While storage and networking architectures are important considerations in the Adaptive Infrastructure strategy, they are not the focus of this paper. This brief is written with the assumption that the reader is familiar with HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem architectures. If not - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 3
problems to be recognized. A focus on density in the late 1990's led to the emergence of 1U rack-mount servers such as the HP ProLiant DL360 and DL160 servers center cooling strategies", http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01153741/c01153741.pdf for more details. 3 Belady, C., - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 4
management cost associated with servers, storage, and networking hardware (Figure 2). Figure 2. Cost of server hardware in relation to total management costs Source: IDC Technical Brief Sponsored by HP, Next-Generation Technology for Virtual I/O and Blade Servers, Doc Number 215119, November 2008 4 - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 5
with storage and network elements is one of the major trends of the last half-decade, and a data center architecture must embrace the concept of virtualization of all physical resources.5 Support for server virtualization can take many forms, from building servers that efficiently support the latest - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 6
content than the capabilities in the foundational layer, and require more integration between the disciplines of server, storage, and network engineering/management. Server, storage, and networking hardware should be engineered with the end state of a dynamic infrastructure in mind. The physical - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 7
analysis tools to optimize behavior against a number of objective functions, particularly performance ( applications or services which span a distributed suite of server, storage, and network resources. production resources at a remote site. HP Adaptive Infrastructure strategy and portfolio The HP - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 8
about current products, see www.hp.com/go/bladesystem. Understanding the Blade c-Class architecture The BladeSystem consists of several core components (Figure 4): • The enclosure - An HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure accommodates server blades, storage blades, I/O option blades, interconnect - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 9
• Server blades - BladeSystem c-Class supports ProLiant server blades using AMD or Intel x86 processors, Integrity IA-64 server blades, and StorageWorks storage blades. The portfolio of server blades range from extreme density-optimized blades to mainstream enterprise blades and specialized - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 10
blades such as the ProLiant BL2x220c, up to 32 server blades - each with 2 processors and up to 32 GB of memory for the G5 product - can be housed in a c7000 enclosure. The BladeSystem c-class HP network 6 Aggregate backplane bandwidth calculation: 160 Gb/s (half-height server blade) x 16 blades - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 11
second Onboard Administrator in the c7000 enclosure provides complete redundancy for these services. ProLiant server blades and BladeSystem enclosures include enterprise-class technologies that support reliability, serviceability, and availability: • Hot-plug disk drives - SAS, SATA, and in the - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 12
power and cooling Power Optimized HP ProLiant Servers Efficiency designed in, not added on Low Power Options: processors, memory, SSD drives up to half the power consumption Energy savings from the component to the data center The complexity of this power/heat problem led HP to focus on these - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 13
the c-Class Onboard number of Active Cool fans depending on how many and what type of server blades are installed. Instant Thermal Monitoring If the enclosure's thermal load increases, the Onboard Administrator instructs ProLiant servers with policy-based power management to control processor - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 14
All ProLiant c-Class server blades include the unique Virtual Connect technology that abstracts and partitions the server-to-network I/O connections, and some server blades have been specifically designed for virtual machine deployments with capabilities for large memory footprints, large networking - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 15
with the BladeSystem c-Class architecture. HP Virtual Connect virtualizes the connections between the HP BladeSystem and data center LANs and SANs, allowing administrators to pool and share Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections and make server changes transparent to the networks (Figure 7). Virtual - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 16
server network traffic across backup, virtual machine migration, management console, and production application channels. For more information about Flex-10 technology, see the technology brief "HP Flex-10 technology" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01608922/c01608922.pdf - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 17
productivity HP Adaptive Infrastructure has been to integrate virtual and physical server server hardware. • Runtime entitlements - Description of resources needed at runtime, including memory, number ProLiant c-Class server blade. Because the physical and virtual servers section) as part of a complex - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 18
of either physical or virtual servers, presented in a convenient one-to-five star rating system with supporting details. The objective function separate self-service provisoning portal for deployment. The HP Insight Orchestration utility allows administrators to integrate logical server planning, - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 19
Figure 9. HP Insight Orchestration enables the visual design of standardized infrastructure services. After the complete infrastructure template has been designed, it can be easily placed into the deployment portal for activation by authorized users (Figure 10). Upon activation, the service is - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 20
class of service. • Enforcement of internal standards - Because new service . HP Insight Recovery uses the Continuous Access capabilities of HP storage server level for physical and virtual environments. This means that any application can take advantage of HP Insight Recovery's benefits within an HP - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 21
Matrix will support third-party SANs as well, including onsite integration, but it is the customer's responsibility to configure the LUNs in advance. • Bundled factory and onsite services for installation, configuration and setup of virtual machines and storage area networks Customers now - HP ProLiant BL25p | Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSyste - Page 22
BladeSystem c-Class BladeSystem Matrix Industry Standard Servers Technology Communications Insight Dynamics - VSE Insight Orchestration Insight Recovery ProLiant servers Virtual Connect architecture Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Web address www.hp.com/go/ai www.hp.com/go/bladesystem www.hp.com
Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the
HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
Technology brief
Abstract
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Introduction: Challenges to the enterprise data center
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Power, cooling, and density
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Density
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Cooling
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Power
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Complexity and management
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Industry perspective on future data center architectures
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Foundation requirements
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Dynamic behavior and optimization
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Discovery and state information
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Managing virtual and physical resources
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Isolation and encapsulation
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Analysis and optimization
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Automation
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Resilience and availability
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HP Adaptive Infrastructure strategy and portfolio
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BladeSystem c-Class and Adaptive Infrastructure
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Standardized IT infrastructure
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Understanding the Blade c-Class architecture
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Modularity and scalability
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Resilience and availability
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Energy efficiency
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Virtualization
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Isolation and encapsulation
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Flex-10 technology
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Managing virtual and physical resources
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Management with Insight Dynamics-VSE
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HP Insight Dynamics – VSE integrates virtual and physical management
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Continuous optimization with Insight Dynamics – VSE
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Automation with Insight Dynamics – VSE
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Implementing an Adaptive Infrastructure with BladeSystem Matrix
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Conclusion
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For more information
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Call to action
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