Data Center

Consolidation and
Virtualization

Michael Macica
Solutions Architect, HP SLED
Technology Solutions Group, Hewlett-Packard

2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice

Dynamic
Business
Climate

August 2, 2016

Hard-Wired
Data
Center

Yesterdays infrastructure
Built one server at a time

Line of business Get purchase

selects application approvals

Project planning
meetings

Order server

And more
meetings

servernetworkstoragefacilities

Server delivery

Change control
approvals

unpack

Move to
production
environment

inventory

Move to
test center

Re-cable and
move into
production

Build process

Many people

Many manual steps

Many weeks

Human error

Todays integrated infrastructure

Provisioned when needed

Line of business
selects application

Push go

Verify resource
allocation
(self-service portal)

Choose infrastructure
application template
(right size?, right
app?)

Workflow starts
automatically
A full
application
infrastructure
up and
running!

Tool determines
available resources
and when

Less people

A few automated steps

Integrated information

Same functionality for virtual and

physical servers no compromises!

BladeSystem Matrix

deliversa shared
Infrastructure
as
Enabling
services model

a Service

Service
Portal

Service
Catalog

Service
Requester

Service
Compliance

Supply Portal

Service
Templat
es

Service
Supplier
Inventory

HP BladeSystem Matrix

Converged pools of infrastructure

ERP

CRM

Data
Warehouse

Database
Mail and Messaging
File, Print, Infrastructure

Resource
pool

Pools of virtual resources:

compute, storage, fabric
Rack or enclosure-level
integration, purchase, and
installation
OS and hypervisors
supported equally
One managed domain across
1000 physical and virtual
servers
Built with proven BladeSystem,
Virtual Connect, Insight and
Storageworks technologies

Today: leading edge consolidation

VC Flex-10: 75% fewer NICs, cables and
switches
Traditional Server

Flex-10 Enabled
Server
Server

Server
E

1Gb LOM Dual NIC

Quad NIC

E E E E

Each 10Gb Server

connection supports to 4
FlexNICs

E E E E

10Gb Flex
LOM

No mezzanine cards needed for up to 8 NIC connections

8 Managed Switches
1Gb
1Gb
1Gb
1Gb

Switch
Switch
Switch
Switch

1Gb
1Gb
1Gb
1Gb

Switch
Switch
Switch
Switch

2 VC Flex-10 Modules
10Gb Flex-10 10Gb Flex-10
NIC speed can be adjusted
from 100Mb to 10Gb

Cut 8 switches to 2 VC Flex-10 modules for 8 NICs

3 to 4x decrease in the number of NICs and switches

Flex-10 is just a better way to

connect servers to networks
VMWare Best practice Network Configuration
NIC 1
NIC 2
NIC 3
NIC 4
NIC 5
Console vmKernel
vm
Console vmKern
network
el
Tradition
al 1Gb
technolo
gy
Virtual
Connect
Flex-10

NIC 6
vm
networks

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

8Gb

1Gb

1Gb

8Gb

Virtual Connect compared to traditional 1Gb technology:

55% less expensive

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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

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
BL490c G6
Processor

Up to two quad-core Intel Nehalem-EP Series processors

Memory

Registered or Unbuffered DDR3

18 DIMM Sockets
144 GB max

Internal Storage

2 Non-Hot Plug SSDs

HP Embedded SATA Controller

Networking

2 integrated Multifunction 10Gb ports with

Flex-10 Support

Mezzanine Slots

2 PCIe x8 mezzanine expansion slots

Additional
Features

Internal USB 2.0 connector

Internal SD Card slot
TPM 1.2 module support

Management

Integrated Lights Out 2 Standard Blade Edition

Power Meter, Power Regulator, Power Capping

Density

16 server blades in 10U enclosure

8 server blades in 6U enclosure
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c7000 Enclosure rear view

Active Cool fans
Adaptive flow for maximum
power efficiency, air movement &
acoustics
Interconnect bays

8 bays; up to 4 redundant I/O

fabrics

Up to 94% reduction in cables

Ethernet, Fibre Channel, iSCSI,

SAS, IB

Enclosure Mid-plane aggregate

Power
management
bandwidth capacity of 5Tbs
Choice of single-phase or
three-phase enclosures

AC redundant mode or
power supply redundant mode

Best performance per watt

Onboard Administrator

Remote administration view

Robust, multi-enclosure control

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HP Insight Dynamics VSE

Continuously analyze and optimize your
infrastructure
Bring

the flexibility of
virtualization to
physicalservers

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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HP Insight Dynamics VSE

Building blocks of the solution
1.

Wire-once,
modular
infrastructure
(HP Blades)

2.

Virtual fabric to
addand change
on-the-fly
(Virtual Connect)

3.

Software to
continuously
analyze and
optimize
(Insight
Control)

4.

Collaboration
with industry
leaders
(VMware,
Microsoft,
others)
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ID-VSE brings flexibility of

virtualization to physical servers
HP Logical Server
technology

Logical server
Image

Configuration
requirements
Unique IDs

A server profile that is

easilycreated and freely
moved across physical
and virtual machines

Logical servers can be:

Server

Server

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

Eliminate
guesswork and
months of tedious
capacity planning
and research

Make better
decisions faster,
matching your
business priorities

Collects more than

a thousand data
points per server
per day
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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Introducing HP Insight
Dynamics VSE with
Orchestration
Rapidly

Provision
via self-service
portal

Visually
Design

Efficiently
Operate

best practice
infrastructures

unified physical &

virtual
environment

Easily Integrate with existing IT processes and

technologies
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ID-VSE with Orchestration

Capabilities Summary

Templates, Workflows, Automation

Consistency and Standardization

IT Teams

Provision

Design
Visually design
infrastructure
service
templates

Publish bestpractice
templates to
self-service
portal

Operate

IT Systems

Optimize
through energyaware capacity
planning ,
placement,
control

Store, copy,
Select approved
share
Manage &
templates
template and
recover physical
across Dev,
provision from
virtual
Test,
Integrate - with existing
resource
IT processes
pool
andand
technologies
environments
Production, DR
Deep integration with HP Software automation technology
Support for industry leading virtualization environments
Systems Insight Manager & Insight Control
Virtual Connect/VCEM

Server, Network, Storage

Network

Storage

Servers

virtual
machines
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Power and cooling: What matters? All

of
HPit!
delivering from the chip to chiller
Data Center & Facilities

Energy Savings

Data Center Monitoring and

control
Modular Cooling System
Power Distribution Rack
Three Phase UPS

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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Datacenter Environmental Edge

HP Datacenter Environmental Edge is a Datacenter
Environmental Visualization Solution with

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

providingDatacenter temperature,
humidity& air pressure

Services required
Hardware and Software installation
System commissioning
Post deployment support.

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Conventional Room Control and

Sensing
Room Level
Temperature Sense
Points

Blower &
Motor

TAC

Unit

CW supply
Air and
Movers
control
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 68-72F.
Conventional control results in very cold air being supplied to the
room ~ 55F 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.
NDA Required - Do NOT Distribute

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HP Datacenter Environmental
Edge Key Monitoring Points

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Data Center
Consolidation and
Virtualization

Thank you!

2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice