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Opening Slide. HP ProLiant Virtual Platforms powered by Citrix XenServer. Customer Presentation 31 March 2008. Proprietary non-disclosure reminder.

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  1. Opening Slide

  2. HP ProLiant Virtual Platforms powered by Citrix XenServer Customer Presentation 31 March 2008

  3. Proprietary non-disclosure reminder • The information contained in this presentation is proprietary to Hewlett-Packard Company and is offered in confidence, subject to the terms and conditions of aNon-Disclosure Agreement • HP makes no warranties regarding the accuracy of this information. HP does not warrant or represent that it will introduce any product to which the information relates. It is presented for evaluation by the recipient and to assist HP on defining product direction

  4. Citrix XenServer Citrix XenServer offers a high performance, scalable platform for Windows and Linux server virtualization. XenServer delivers an open, proven and supported solution for server virtualization.

  5. Citrix XenServer HP Select Edition ProLiant Virtual Platforms with integrated XenServer HP Select Edition provides a simpler deployment and management environment for cost-saving server consolidation. • Simple & efficient management using HP ProLiant Virtual Console • First time wizard based setup with default options…just 10 Minutes to install and config of host • Quad screen view eases management of virtual machines • Simple local VM config and management • GUI based, no command line needed • Affordable • Low cost base hypervisor and enterprise upgrade • Architected to leverage ‘virtualization-ready’ processors • Leverages hardware-assist virtualization from Intel and AMD for optimal performance and prevent unsafe operations in virtualized environments • Support peace of mind • Microsoft has agreed to provide best effort to support their premier-level customers running Windows as a guest OS on Citrix XenServer products

  6. Citrix XenServer v4.1 HP Select Edition ProLiant Virtual Platforms powered by XenServer provides a simpler deployment and management environment for cost-saving server consolidation. • HP Select Edition base hypervisor • XenServer hypervisor and HP ProLiant Virtual Console delivered on a USB key installed in internal USB port • Unlimited virtual machines supported • No memory limitations • Sold factory installed or as a stand alone option • 1:1 host management via HP ProLiant Virtual Console (local or remote) • Additional HP capabilities • ProLiant Virtual Console accesses and manages virtual machines • Integrated into HP firmware tool: HP System Update Manager • Preinstalled HP Systems Insight Manager agents Internal USB Port

  7. EnterpriseEdition Citrix XenServer Family • Live Migration • Resource pools • $3000 per server • Multiple Servers • XenCenter UI • $900 per server StandardEdition ExpressEdition HP Select Edition has a feature set ‘between’ the Express and Standard Editions • Single server • Free download * Prices for 2 CPU socket servers

  8. Citrix XenServer offerings

  9. HP Integrated Citrix XenServer Featuring ProLiant Virtual Console – Exclusive to HP • Create unlimited number of VMs • Full remote capability per VM • View up to 9 VMs at once • Install Wizard for easy setup

  10. HP ProLiant Virtual Console • Designed as an out of box administration console for small virtualization environments • Easy to use tool to administer the integrated hypervisor without having to install a separate management console • Wizard based setup with default settings or for customized settings • Provides a single local host view of the hypervisor environment. • Integrates and leverages HP ProLiant server management tools for optimum efficiency and reliability • iLO or local console for local host server management • iLO virtual KVM for remote management of host • HP management agents pre-installed • Quad virtual machine view shows up to four virtual machines at a time • HP PVC is compatible with XenCenter management tools • Consistent management view whether changes to the environment are initiated from HP PVC or from XenCenter

  11. Configuration using ProLiant Virtual Console • Choose optional default settings for fastest installation and configuration • Accepting default settings results in a defined password and four virtual machines • Create 4 VMs • Set VM default size is 1 CPU with 256MB memory • Enable SNMP agents for the host ProLiant • Enable System Management Home Page for the host ProLiant • From here, the guest OS can be installed using several methods • HP RDP, local CD, iLO virtual media • Or choose optional custom config….

  12. Custom host configuration with ProLiant Virtual Console • Host configuration • Host configuration • Compatible with XenCenter management tools • Virtual machine configuration • Set password for the administrative account or create of additional access accounts • Network configuration • Configure initial and newly added network interfaces • Includes static vs. DHCP addressing, network masks and routing, and DNS and NTP configuration • Storage configuration • Configure additional storage into the host environment • Includes the configuration of the physical volumes, adding those volumes into a new volume group, etc.

  13. Custom VM configuration with ProLiant Virtual Console • Virtual machine configuration • Guest ‘storage’ config • Managing virtual disks (add, remove, set size) • Guest ‘network’ config • Manage virtual network interfaces assigned to guest VMs • Map vNIC to a host ‘network’ • Optional QoS limit for vNIC • Guest console access • Via server KVM as well as iLO • Guest performance metrics and logging • CPU, memory, network I/O, disk I/O

  14. HP Server Support of Citrix XenServer • HP support for integrated HP Select Edition & Enterprise Edition • HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server (3/31) • HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Blade (3/31) • HP ProLiant ML370 G5 Server (3/31) • HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server (3/31) • HP ProLiant DL385 G5 Server (3/31) • HP ProLiant BL685c G5 Server Blade (3/31) • HP ProLiant BL680c G5 Server Blade (3/31) • HP ProLiant DL580 G5 Server (3/31) • HP ProLiant DL585 G5 Server (3/31) • HP ProLiant BL465 G5 Server Blade (3/31) • HP ProLiant DL385 G5 Server (3/31)

  15. Target applications • Server consolidation • Reduce capital expenditures by consolidation many physical servers onto one virtual system • Bring benefits of virtualization to Citrix implementations • Best way to virtualize Presentation Server • Delivers flexibility and consolidation to Presentation Server • Perfect for test and development environments • Optimized for 64bit applications • XenServer runs natively in 64bit

  16. Easy to scale from HP Select to Enterprise Edition

  17. Upgrade to Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition • An upgrade license key allows the HP Select Edition to join a resource pool. • Two ways to upgrade to Enterprise Edition from integrated HP Select Edition: • Upgrade at time of purchase • Or after purchase, simply apply a license key to upgrade the server

  18. Reference Configurations, HP Select Edition • Local storage: • 8 drive bay capacity ML350 2P, up to 16GB memory • Direct Attached • MSA 50: 10 drive bays • MSA 70: 25 drives bays • Network Attached • AiO1200: 12 drives bays • AiO 400: 4 drive bays DL380/385 2P, up to 32GB memory • Local storage: • 6 drive bay capacity • Network attached storage: Storageworks AiOB600c • 8 drive bays BL460/465c 2P, up to 32GB memory • Direct attached storage: • C3000 all-in-one blade enclosure with SB40c storage blade • 6 drive bays • Sizing guidelines • 2-6 GB of memory per CPU core • 4-6 VMs per Core

  19. Citrix XenServer lifecycle management with HP SUM • HP Smart Update Manager integration • Same tool used to update system firmware • Entire image is replaced • Redundant patch environment • Target patch location is to USB key partition, which maintains existing image in case of failure • Patch can also be applied via Remote CLI

  20. HP ProLiant Essentials support Citrix XenServer • Virtual Machine Management Pack 3.5 • Coming late March 2008 • Extends HP Systems Insight Manager to manage VMs • Unified physical and virtual management • Heterogeneous VM control • Integrated HP Select Edition of Citrix XenServer • Citrix XenServer 4.0 • VMware 3i, VI3, and Server • Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and 2005 R2 • VM control functions • Start, Stop, Pause, Suspend, Copy, Move, Templates, Backups • Provides VM guest to host association in HP SIM for XenServer • Performance monitoring of VM guests and hosts

  21. HP Server Migration Pack supports Citrix XenServer • One tool supports physicaland virtual migration needs • Physical to ProLiant (P2P) • Virtual to ProLiant (V2P) • Physical to Virtual (P2V) • Virtual to Virtual (V2V) • Supports VMs from VMwareand Microsoft • Runs standalone or integrates with HP SIM • Supports concurrent migrations • Integrated hypervisor support for VMware 3i and Citrix XenServer coming in SMP Universal 3.5 in late March 2008

  22. Customer Case Study: KBC Clearing Leading Belgium/Netherlands based European financial services institution leveragesvirtualization for a critical data center relocation • Had not implemented server virtualization • Goal was to consolidate servers and increase utilization • 40 physical servers relocated to a new data center and consolidated to 4 HP ProLiant servers • Performance, ease of use, affordability and industry support were key criteria in selecting XenServer

  23. Customer Case Study: Bechtel One of the world’s largest and most successful global infrastructure construction firm chooses XenServer • Virtualization savvy, they have 300+ VM’s in production from competing virtualization vendors • 30% of servers are virtualized, targeting 70% • Want increased server utilization & rapid server provisioning and decommissioning • Chose XenServer on HP BladeSystem servers for higher performance and price

  24. HP offering • HP Select Edition 2P/4P; perpetual license • Two socket XenServer XenEnterprise; perpetual license • Four socket XenServer XenEnterprise; perpetual license • Two socket upgrade from HP Select Edition to XenEnterprise; perpetual license Note: All products above include HP ProLiant Virtual Console

  25. Citrix XenServer architecture • Runtime binary translation • Device emulation • Heavyweight hypervisor – drivers included • Designed for hardware assist • Fast “enlightened” I/O • Lightweight hypervisors – native drivers

  26. Closing Slide

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