HP Convergedsystem 300 for Virtualization Solution Architecture Delivering Convergence, Performance, Efficiency, and Density

Technical white paper HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization solution architecture Delivering convergence, performance, efficiency, and density

Table of contents

Executive summary ...... 2 Solution overview ...... 4 Design objectives ...... 4 Components ...... 5 Solution hardware and software ...... 6 HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard and Performance hardware configurations...... 6 HP Intelligent Infrastructure ...... 8 HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Servers – 25-drive chassis ...... 9 HP StoreVirtual VSA ...... 9 Networking ...... 10 Management software ...... 14 Management software in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization ...... 14 Services...... 15 Licensing considerations ...... 16 Licensing considerations for HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization ...... 16 Appendix A – Solution hardware configuration ...... 17 Appendix B – HP management software ...... 18 For more information ...... 19

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Executive summary

HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization has been designed to address one of today’s top priorities for IT organizations – deploying applications faster through virtualization but in a way that does not increase IT complexity. At first, virtualization efforts focused on optimization – making the server more efficient. These efforts transitioned into standardizing virtualization across the data center, including management of servers, storage and networking. Now customers are looking to use virtualization technology and all supporting infrastructure as a complete and extremely efficient system. Pre-configured to meet the needs of mid-market customers, HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization offerings can be easily, reliably, and rapidly deployed to support a variety of virtualized application use cases such as general IT infrastructure, decision support, collaboration or business processing. HP takes the complexity out of the virtualization solution, using standard, balanced building blocks of servers, storage, and networking, along with integrated management software and bundled support – all delivered as a single, proven solution with VMware hypervisor support. Much of the hardware and software contained in the solution stack is partner-integrated. Close engineering links between HP and VMware have resulted in application programming interfaces (APIs) and other cross-intellectual property (IP) offerings designed to minimize complexity and simplify management and interaction. HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization delivers a broad range of benefits, including the following:

• Simplified: HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization is an easy-to-order, complete, pre-configured solution that has been designed for rapid implementation with minimal risk. This solution is supported by HP as a single point of contact, thus improving availability. • Optimized: HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization has been performance-tested for typical workloads and is designed from the ground up to interoperate at the highest performance levels with select virtualization platforms. By using HP Converged Infrastructure to provide core building blocks, HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization is also able to offer exceptional power and cooling efficiency, combined with HP integrated management. By leveraging the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, IT management can redeploy resources to more critical business needs. • Flexible: HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization has two pre-defined modular options – whether you are running standard workloads or have a need to support more demanding workloads. The modular design of the solution lets you easily grow the original configuration on an as-needed basis over the lifecycles of your virtualized applications.

HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization has the flexibility and scalability to ensure optimal price/performance for industry standard virtualization environments. It provides two pre-defined options: a standard configuration and a performance configuration, which can be expanded from 3 to 8 servers using the appropriate expansion kits. Your choices include:

• HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard Starter: Uses 3 x HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 servers, each with 2 x Intel® Xeon® E5-2640 v2 processors, 96 GB of memory and 12 x HP 300GB 6G SAS 15K disks. It uses two redundant top of rack HP 2920-48G network switches. • HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard Expansion: Each expansion configuration has 1 x DL380p Gen8 server with the same disk and memory configuration as the Standard starter. These additional servers use the network switches included in the starter kit. • HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance Starter: Uses 3 x ProLiant DL380p Gen8 servers, each with 2 x Intel E5-2680 v2 processors, 192 GB of memory and 16 x HP 300GB 6G SAS 15K disks. It uses two redundant top of rack HP 5900AF-48G network switches. • HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance Expansion: Each expansion configuration has 1 x DL380p Gen8 server with the same disk and memory configuration as the Performance starter. These additional servers use the network switches included in the starter kit.

For both the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard and Performance configurations, a maximum of eight (8) DL380p servers are housed in a single HP Intelligent 42U rack with HP Intelligent Power Distribution Units (iPDUs) as outlined in HP Intelligent Infrastructure or a rack supplied by the customer.

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Figure 1. HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard Starter (3 x DL380p Gen8 servers) plus 5 Standard Expansion kits (5 x DL380p Gen8 servers) configuration.

Additional details are outlined in Appendix A – Solution hardware configuration. To help you size an appropriate HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, HP offers a range of configurations, listed in Table 1, based on the following design objectives:

• Provide an optimal number of processor cores • Provide appropriate memory for VMs • Sustain an average storage load of 30 – 50 host IOPS1 per VM

Table 1. HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization configurations

Raw Storage Solution Physical servers Physical Memory Network racks cores ports on each server Standard 10.8TB Single 3 48 96 GB per server 8x1Gb Starter Performance 14.4TB Single 3 60 192 GB per server 8x1Gb Starter 2x10Gb

Standard 3.6TB Single 1 16 96 GB per server 8x1Gb Expansion

Performance 4.8TB Single 1 20 192 GB per server 8x1Gb Expansion 2x10Gb

1 Based on random, small-block I/Os with 60% reads/40% writes; varies based on storage model

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To provide further assistance with sizing, the HP Sizer for Server Virtualization can be used to access the HP Sizer for ConvergedSystem 300. The sizer will propose an optimized HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization based on required virtualization characteristics specified by you. This paper outlines the design objectives for HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization and provides detailed information on solution components. Target audience: Chief information officers (CIOs), chief technology officers (CTOs), IT directors, data center managers, and customers wishing to learn more about this virtualization solution from HP. Solution overview

While many data centers are using virtualization, decision-makers may still need to address a broad range of challenges, including the following:

• Time, resources, and effort required to deploy a complete solution • Proliferation of management tools • Security issues • Difficulties scaling

HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization is designed to address these challenges through two precision-tuned converged systems that help deliver the fastest path to agile, efficient virtualized application solutions. Key benefits of ConvergedSystem 300 include the following:

• The simplified ordering process results in a verified bill of materials that includes solution components, factory integration, on-site installation services (including a tailored software configuration), and a minimum of three years of solution-level support that shortens deployment time, saving IT resources. • The inherent flexibility of this solution allows you to deploy and scale your virtualization environment to meet the needs of your particular application workloads. • The standardized architecture optimized for virtualized applications provides reliability and enhanced performance for workloads. • Outstanding storage performance has been achieved by tightly integrating HP StoreVirtual VSA2 into the design. • Management, deployment, and security are simplified across physical and virtual environments reducing organizational risk. • Solution level support from HP improves availability of the solution.

Design objectives This section outlines key design objectives for HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization.

Leadership performance Powered by a range of Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors, HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization is designed to provide the performance required by demanding data centers. Storage scalability and performance have been optimized through tight integration with HP StoreVirtual VSA provided storage.

Realistic sizing While the scalability of an HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization depends on the particular workloads being virtualized, HP considers the storage I/O load on each VM to be particularly significant. Thus, an estimation of the number of typical VMs that can be supported by a particular configuration should take into account the following key considerations:

• Number of logical processor cores: The solution design assumes a minimum of one VM per logical processor core equivalent on each server. With Intel Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, each server in the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard configuration has 32 logical processor core equivalents and each server in the Performance configuration has 40 logical processors core equivalents. • I/O workload: Each VM is typically expected to sustain an average storage load of 30 – 50 host IOPS based on random, small-block I/Os with 60% reads/40% writes. Based on the core density and sustained storage I/O performance delivered by HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, each server can support 32 VMs in the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard configuration

2 HP StoreVirtual VSA software transforms the server’s internal storage into a fully-featured shared storage array.

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or 40 VMs in the Performance configuration. However, in practice, it is unlikely that a particular workload server would be consuming 100% of its storage resources at any one time. Thus, if 50% of storage resources were being consumed on average for the 3 servers in the Starter configuration, it would be able to support 192 VMs in Standard or 240 VMs in Performance.

Note If you need help sizing a particular workload, you can consult HP Services. Alternatively, the HP Sizer for Server Virtualization can be used to access the HP Sizer for HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization. The sizer will propose an optimized HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization solution based on workload characteristics specified by you.

High availability Designed for high availability, HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization minimizes single points of failure through features that include the following:

• Multiple servers (3 to 8) in a single rack • Dedicated networks to allow the migration of VMs without impacting users • Redundant network switches • Rapid, non-disruptive, online recovery of VM disks, VM file systems, VMs, or individual files via hundreds of space- efficient, application-consistent, point-in-time snapshots

Components HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization delivers the following key components:

• HP Hardware – HP Intelligent Infrastructure for intelligent rack and power infrastructure management – HP 42U rack or rack provided by the customers – HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 servers, with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors – Redundant HP 2920-48G Series switches for the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard or HP 5900AF-48G Series switches for the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance. • HP Management Software – HP Insight Control 7.2 – HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server 7.2.3 – HP StoreVirtual VSA Centralized Management Console • HP Storage Software – HP StoreVirtual VSA 2014 (includes a 10TB license per server) • VMware Software – VMware vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus and vCenter Server • Microsoft Software – Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 for management VMs • HP Services – HP Factory Express services for build and assembly – Delivered fully built – On-site installation and start-up service – Solution-level support services, including selectable HP Care Pack services – Proactive, personalized solution-level support • Options – You can tailor certain solution components to meet your particular needs in Appendix A – Solution hardware configuration.

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Solution hardware and software

The following sections give an overview of the hardware and software components of the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization solution. HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization can satisfy the footprint, compute resource, and storage resource requirements of your particular environment with everything combined in one single-rack.

HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard and Performance hardware configurations This section provides views of the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard and Performance Starter configuration with/without Expansion kits. The diagrams show examples with 5 expansion kits, although each expansion can be added in multiples of one, up to a maximum of five, providing a total of 8 servers.

• HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard Starter (Figure 2) • HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance Starter (Figure 3) • HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard Starter plus 5 Expansion kits (Figure 4) • HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance Starter plus 5 Expansion kits (Figure 5)

Figure 2. Front and back of a single-rack HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard Starter (3 x DL380p Gen8 servers)

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Figure 3. Front and back of a single-rack HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance Starter (3 x DL380p Gen8 servers)

Figure 4. Front and back of a single-rack HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard Starter (3 x DL380p Gen8 servers) plus 5 Standard Expansion kits (5 x DL380p Gen8 servers)

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Figure 5. Front and back of a single-rack HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance Starter (3 x DL380p Gen8 servers) plus 5 Performance Expansion kits (5 x DL380p Gen8 servers)

For more information on solution configuration, refer to Appendix A – Solution hardware configuration. Key hardware components are outlined below.

HP Intelligent Infrastructure HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization servers are housed within HP Intelligent Infrastructure, which provides intelligent rack and power infrastructure management. For example, the HP Intelligent Series Rack family offers next-generation, enterprise-class racks that are designed to meet both the current and future requirements of the demanding data center. These racks offer innovative features such as the following:

• Location discovery intelligence for advanced asset management – Integration with HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) and HP Intelligent Power Distribution Units (iPDUs) helps you identify the U-space, row, and rack location of each server • Unparalleled structural integrity, providing optimal support3 for the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization – in shipment and at your site • Cooling and cable management advances • Wide choice of power and switching options

Innovative iPDUs bring state-of-the-art management and control to rack mount solutions, helping eliminate the over- provisioning of power in the data center. These iPDUs4 deliver the following features:

• Accurate measurement of power; data collection; alerts; and links to HP Insight Control management • Remote monitoring and control using a standard web browser • Intelligent discovery and power monitoring via communications with HP Common Slot Platinum Power Supplies • Identification and auto-mapping of redundant power supplies to reduce the risk of human error

3 Because the racks are being shipped with equipment installed, HP Shock Intelligent Racks are used to provide additional support. 4 The number of iPDUs deployed in HP Converged Systems 300 depends on the particular configuration.

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For full redundancy, power distribution in the HP Intelligent Series Racks used in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization is split into two separate power buses. You can specify 24 A, 32 A, or 40 A single-phase iPDUs, or 24 A, 32 A, 40 A, or 48 A three-phase iPDUs. HP Thermal Logic technology can lower your facility power and cooling costs. Features include:

• Power Regulator auto-throttles processors to reduce energy • Dynamic Power Saver manages the power supply pool • Sea of Sensors actively measures and adjusts cooling • Active Cool Fans offer best-in-class efficiency and acoustics • Platinum Power Supplies provide industry-leading efficiency • Group Dynamic Power Capping dynamically adjusts to changes in the workload

HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) The HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) has been designed for both local and remote administration of HP ProLiant servers and provides the following capabilities:

• Wizards for simple, fast setup and configuration • Highly available and secure access to the HP ProLiant infrastructure • Security roles for server, network, and storage administrators • Automated power and cooling of the HP ProLiant infrastructure • Agent-less device health and status • Thermal Logic power and cooling information and control

HP Insight Control suite See Management software.

Important HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization includes HP Insight Control licenses.

HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Servers – 25-drive chassis The DL380p Gen8 servers used in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization deliver unprecedented performance, enhanced flexibility, and simplified management. The Gen8 revision of DL380 packs in more performance than its G7 predecessor with a 33% increase in memory DIMM count, Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors, including support for 135 W processors, faster I/O slots, and an enhanced HP Smart Array Controller that HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization has configured with 2GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) standard to improve disk performance. For more information on the server configurations used in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, refer to Appendix A – Solution hardware configuration.

Enhancing performance, efficiency, and security with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors Powering HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, the Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processor family can significantly boost server performance by delivering more cores, larger cache, and higher memory capacity, along with features like Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (which can enable multiple threads on a single physical core) and Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 (which can accelerate performance when you need it, while otherwise enhancing efficiency). In addition, Intel Integrated I/O merges the processor and I/O controller, helping to enhance data throughput. Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager provides a smart way to optimize power and cooling in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, allowing you to precisely monitor and dynamically cap power consumption.

HP StoreVirtual VSA HP StoreVirtual VSA provides storage that speeds up provisioning, lowers latency, simplifies overall management, and reduces the total price of the solution. HP StoreVirtual VSA transforms the server’s internal or direct-attached storage into a fully-featured shared storage array without the cost and complexity associated with dedicated storage. StoreVirtual VSA is a virtual storage appliance optimized for VMware vSphere environments. It creates a virtual array within the application server and scales as storage needs evolve.

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The ability to use internal storage within your environment greatly increases storage utilization, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with dedicated external storage. The unique scale-out architecture offers the ability to add storage capacity on-the-fly without compromising performance. Its built-in high availability and disaster recovery features ensure business continuity for the entire virtual environment. A straightforward and simple management console allows the administrator to manage all HP StoreVirtual products, physical and virtual, regardless of their physical location. HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization provides industry-leading HP StoreVirtual VSA storage, which has been designed for virtualization. The HP StoreVirtual VSA software accelerates the convergence of servers and storage to bring you:

• Agility – through seamless data mobility across heterogeneous hardware and hypervisor • Efficiency and cost reduction – by leveraging existing hardware resources • Simplicity – as you eliminate complex dedicated storage administration • Scalable – Grow on demand to meet new virtualization challenges

Storage choices HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization includes storage as part of the solution. Table 2 compares the key features.

Table 2. HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization feature comparison and storage, with maximum values provided

Standard Starter Standard Starter plus five Performance Starter Performance Starter plus five Standard Expansion kits Performance Expansion kits

User environment Single-rack solution. Small to Single-rack solution. Mid to large- Single-rack solution. Small to Single-rack solution. Mid to large- mid-size production size production environments mid-size production size production environments environments or any size test and that want to support additional environments or any size test and that want to support additional development environments – workloads. development environments demanding workloads. simply, efficiently, and flexibly which require extra demanding with significant room for workloads, increased network expansion throughput – simply, efficiently, and flexibly with significant room for expansion Number of 3 8 3 8 physical servers Number of disks 36 96 48 128 Raw Storage 10.8 TB 28.8 TB 14.4 TB 38.4 TB

Networking Whichever HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization is used, network traffic is contained within the rack and the redundant HP 2920-48G or HP 5900AF-48G switch infrastructure, providing high-speed, low-latency connections. The following networks have been implemented in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization:

• Virtualization servers – Management network – Isolates network traffic for management and provides access to management VMs – Production VMs – Isolates network traffic from the other networks for production VMs and provides a link to the customer’s data center – vMotion/FT – Allows production VMs to be migrated between vSphere 5.1 hosts using the vMotion feature – iSCSI-Network – Isolates iSCSI traffic for HP StoreVirtual VSA storage

Note As part of the traffic isolation scheme, HP uses VLANs based on VMware’s best practices.

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Network connectivity is achieved using the following components:

• Ethernet NICs per DL380p server – 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR FIO Adapter and 1 x HP Ethernet 1 Gb 4-port 331T Adapter – 1 x HP NC552SFP 10GbE 2-port Svr Adapter for the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance only • Network switches – Redundant HP 2920-48G switches for the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard – Redundant HP 5900AF-48G switches for the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance

Figures 6 and 7 present simplified overviews of the Ethernet network configurations for HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization systems.

Figure 6. Ethernet network configuration for an HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Standard

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Figure 7. Ethernet network configuration for an HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization Performance

More information on individual switches is provided below.

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Network switches

HP 5900AF-48G switches The HP 5900 Switch Series is a family of high-density, ultra-low- latency, top-of-rack (ToR) switches that is part of the HP FlexNetwork architecture's HP FlexFabric solution. Ideally suited for deployment at the server access layer of large enterprise data centers, the HP 5900 Switch Series is also powerful enough for deployment at the data center core layer of medium-sized enterprises. With the increase in virtualized applications and server-to-server traffic, customers now require ToR switch innovations that will meet their needs for higher- performance server connectivity, convergence of Ethernet and storage traffic, the capability to handle virtual environments, and ultra-low-latency all in a single device. Key features include:

• Ultra-deep packet buffering • HP Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) for virtualization and two-tier architecture • Cut-through with ultra-low-latency and wire speed • High 1/10GbE ToR port density with 40 GbE uplinks • IPv6 support in ToR with full L2/L3 features • Convergence ready with DCB, FCoE, and TRILL

These switches are used to create a fully redundant active-active network design that can maximize throughput while isolating traffic.

HP 2920-48G switches The HP 2920 Switch Series provides high-density 1 GbE, ultra-deep packet buffering, top-of-rack (ToR) switches. Each switch has four dual-personality ports for 10/100/1000 or SFP connectivity. In addition, the 2920 switch series supports up to four optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet (SFP+ and/or 10GBASE-T) ports, as well as a two- port stacking module. These options provide you with flexible and easy-to-deploy uplinks and stacking. Together with static and RIP routing, robust security and management, enterprise-class features, free lifetime warranty, and free software updates, the HP 2920 Switch Series is a cost- effective, scalable solution for customers who are building high- performance networks. These switches can be deployed at the enterprise edge, in remote branch offices, and in converged networks.

Key features include:

• High-performance Gigabit Ethernet access switch • Four optional 10GbE (SFP+ and/or 10GBASE-T) ports • Stacking capability with a total of four switches • Layer 2 and Layer 3 plus static and RIP routing, PoE and PoE+ support • Lifetime Warranty, sFlow, ACLs and rate limiting

These switches are used to create a fully redundant active-active network design that can maximize throughput while isolating traffic.

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Management software

HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization provides holistic management for both virtual and physical environments.

Management software in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization A virtualized management software stack is pre-configured on two Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 VMs that reside on shared HP StoreVirtual VSA storage. Table 3 outlines the management VMs in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization solution.

Table 3. Management VMs in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization solution

VM name Application vCPUs vRAM Storage vNICs vCenter-DNS VMware vCenter Server – DNS 2 32GB 120GB 2 HP StoreVirtual VSA Centralized HP-IM-DHCP Management Console – DHCP – 2 32GB 120GB 2 HP Insight Control

HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization features tight integration between solution hardware, the management stack, and the virtualization layer. For example, HP Insight Control is integrated with vSphere 5.1 and HP StoreVirtual VSA storage is integrated with vCenter Server and vSphere 5.1.

Components The management solution includes HP Insight Control, HP StoreVirtual VSA Centralized Management Console, VMware vCenter Server, and management plug-ins for vCenter Server.

HP Insight Control Insight Control delivers deep insight, precise control, and ongoing optimization to unlock the potential of HP Converged Infrastructure. This management software also provides comprehensive proactive health management, remote control, and patch management, as well as rapid server deployment, VM management, and power management in one easy-to-install package. For more information refer to Appendix B – HP management software.

HP StoreVirtual VSA Centralized Management Console HP StoreVirtual VSA Centralized Management Console provides a centralized place to administer the HP StoreVirtual storage on the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization solution.

VMware vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server provides centralized control and visibility at every level of the virtualized infrastructure. In HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, these capabilities are extended to the physical environment and storage by management plug-ins from HP.

HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server To extend the capabilities of vCenter to the physical environment, HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization includes HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server, a plug-in that integrates seamlessly with vCenter Server to provide deep insight into the physical infrastructure (servers, storage, networking, power and cooling). This plug-in includes modules for storage and server management that create additional tabs in vCenter Server, allowing you to clearly view and control the relationships between VMs, datastores, and storage arrays, while providing the ability to provision VMs and datastores. The close integration between vCenter Server and Insight Control creates a holistic, single pane of glass management solution that can provide deep insight and complete control of the virtual infrastructure. In addition to the management software listed above, the solution includes VMware vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus and HP StoreVirtual VSA 2014 software. A full list of the installed software is outlined in the Components section.

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Services

HP provides one-stop support for the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, including factory integration, installation, support, and consulting. This section outlines services that are available for HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization:

Factory Express Factory Express services are utilized by all HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization. Benefits include:

• Business Agility – Broad portfolio – Faster technology transactions – Smoother solution deployment – Faster return on IT investment • Managing Costs – Save time, money and resources – Collaborate with HP experts – One-touch efficiency • Mitigating Risk – Predictable hassle-free experience – Efficiency and quality • Increase performance and quality – Innovation based on standards – Our factory is your factory

Support services Support offerings for HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization include the following:

• HP Proactive Care HP Proactive Care is designed to keep your systems stable and optimized in order to achieve a high level of appliance availability. This offering provides a superior call experience,5 with end-to-end case management, advanced technical expertise, and proactive service management. You can customize reaction time by selecting one of the following: – Six-hour call-to-repair (CTR) – 24 x 7, with four-hour onsite response • HP Proactive Care with Personalized Support Option (recommended by HP) To enhance your Proactive Care experience, you can add the Personalized Support option, whereby an assigned account services manager (ASM) provides personalized support along with operational and technical advice intended to help you meet your IT objectives. Work is guided through an agreed support plan and reviewed twice a year to enable alignment and proper focus on current and emerging issues. • HP Critical Service HP Critical Service uses ITIL best practices to minimize downtime and maximize availability for your mission-critical applications. Mission-critical services keep your solution available 24x7, while CTR reactive support with access to the Global Mission Critical Solution Center enables quick resolution whenever unforeseeable problems crop up.

For more information on these support offerings, refer to your Account Manager or Reseller.

5 HP Proactive Care leverages industry-leading remote support technology for real-time monitoring, alerts to diagnose and fix issues early, call logging for reactive support, and to help avoid downtime. This also facilitates analysis, which HP utilizes to deliver proactive reports, analysis, and recommendations, as well as proactive health-check reporting on your infrastructure.

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Licensing considerations

The following are important licensing considerations for VMware.

Licensing considerations for HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization

IMPORTANT If you elect not to purchase VMware licenses through HP, you must provide your own Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) licenses when your HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization is being installed.

VMware licenses If you include VMware licenses with your HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization, HP will provide the minimum number of vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus licenses needed to comply with VMware’s software licensing requirements (that is, one license per physical processor). If VMware licenses are included in your HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization order, HP also provides support. However, if you omit the VMware licenses, support is not provided.

IMPORTANT If you do not order VMware licenses from HP, your solution-level support experiences change through the exclusion of HP support for the VMware portion of the HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization.

For more information on vSphere 5.1 licensing, refer to VMware vSphere 5 Licensing, Pricing and Packaging.

Microsoft licenses for Management VMs As with vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus, Microsoft operating systems also have licensing requirements that factor in virtualization. The HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization management infrastructure utilizes VMs based on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise; the solution includes the Microsoft licenses required to support two VMs. The management VMs in this HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization solution are outlined in Table 3.

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Appendix A – Solution hardware configuration

Table A-1 outlines the hardware configurations deployed in HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization.

Table A-1. HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization hardware configurations

Component Quantity Description

HP ConvergedSystem 300 3 servers HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 25 SFF server, each with: for Virtualization • 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (2.0GHz/8-core/20MB/95W) Standard Starter • 96 GB RAM • HP Smart Array P420i controller and 2GB FBWC • 12 x HP 300GB 6G SAS 15K 2.5in SC ENT HDD • 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR FIO Adapter • 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter • 2 x HP 750W CS Platinum power supply HP ConvergedSystem 300 Up to 5, 1 server per HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 25 SFF server, each with: for Virtualization expansion • 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 (2.0GHz/8-core/20MB/95W) Standard Expansion • 96 GB RAM • HP Smart Array P420i controller with 2 GB FBWC • 12 x HP 300GB 6G SAS 15K 2.5in SC ENT HDD • 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR FIO Adapter • 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter • 2 x HP 750W CS Platinum power supply HP ConvergedSystem 300 3 servers HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 25 SFF server, each with: for Virtualization • 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (2.8GHz/10-core/25MB/115W) Performance Starter • 192 GB RAM • HP Smart Array P420i controller with 2 GB FBWC • 16 x HP 300GB 6G SAS 15K 2.5in SC ENT HDD • 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR FIO Adapter • 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter • 1 x HP NC552SFP 10GbE 2-port Svr Adapter • 2 x HP 750W CS Platinum power supply HP ConvergedSystem 300 Up to 5, 1 server per HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 25 SFF server, each with: for Virtualization expansion • 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 (2.8GHz/10-core/25MB/115W) Performance Expansion • 192 GB RAM • HP Smart Array P420i controller with 2 GB FBWC • 16 x HP 300GB 6G SAS 15K 2.5in SC ENT HDD • 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR FIO Adapter • 1 x HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter • 1 x HP NC552SFP 10GbE 2-port Svr Adapter • 2 x HP 750W CS Platinum power supply Infrastructure 1 HP i–Series rack – 42U rack Network switches Standard 2 x HP 2920-48G Switches Performance 2 x HP 5900AF-48G Switches

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Appendix B – HP management software

This appendix outlines the key capabilities of HP Insight Control.

HP Insight Control Insight Control delivers deep insight, precise control, and ongoing optimization to unlock the potential of HP Converged Infrastructure. This management software also provides comprehensive proactive health management, remote control, patch management as well as rapid server deployment, VM management, and power management in one easy-to-install package. Insight Control includes the following components:

• HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) • Performance management • Power management • Remote management – HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) Advanced • Server provisioning • Storage provisioning • Server migration • VM management

For example, the remote management component provides comprehensive lights-out remote management capabilities for HP ProLiant servers, with features that include:

• High-performance virtual keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) for routine and emergency remote administration • Remote access to server power control and event logs • Virtual media for the simple deployment and updating of remote servers • Single-server power measurement and regulation

The power management component is an integrated power monitoring and management application that offers centralized monitoring and control of data center power consumption and thermal output. Efficient, effective tools are provided to increase the capacity of your data center by reducing the power and cooling requirements of HP ProLiant servers based on their actual workloads, delivering performance when you need it and cost savings when you do not. In addition, Insight Control detects, analyzes, and explains hardware bottlenecks on HP ProLiant servers. For example, you can receive proactive notifications of impending bottlenecks or debug existing performance issues. Performance information can be provided as part of an interactive display or logged to a database for later analysis or reporting. Insight Control also offers a complete deployment solution for HP servers, automating the process for deploying6 and provisioning server software, which, in turn, helps you adapt quickly and easily to changing business demands. The deployment component includes the ProLiant Integration Module (PIM), which provides the following optimizations for HP servers:

• Scripting toolkit • Configuration jobs for leading operating systems • Sample unattended files • Support packs that include software drivers, management agents, and important documentation

Insight Control makes it easy to upgrade or replace your existing server, or implement virtualization. For example, you can automatically replicate a well-functioning but under-performing or over-provisioned server to HP ConvergedSystem 300 for Virtualization – accurately and affordably. For more information on creating a well-run infrastructure, refer to HP Insight Control.

6 Deployment can be achieved via scripting or imaging.

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