A Microsoft.com webcast of Nov 15, 2005: Simplify Your Windows-based IT Infrastructure with HP BladeSystem Solutions

1. Optimize your IT environment with an HP BladeSystem solution Al Jimenez HP Solutions Engineering, Solution Alliances

3. Who are we? Solutions Al Jimenez, Solutions Engineering Manager - [email_address] Kevin Kenefic, Solutions Engineer - [email_address] Chris Stewart, Solutions Engineer - [email_address] Eddie Martinez, Solutions Engineer - [email_address] Solutions Alliances Engineering in TSG Internal Sharepoint site: http://na.know.hp.com/teams/ess_ms_solutions See the contact list for Microsoft technology responsibilities.

10. HP BladeSystem server family HP ProLiant BL20p BladeSystem Enclosure HP BladeSystem Empty Enclosure w/switches 2 Patch Panels 32 RJ-45 uplinks No switching capability in enclosure 2 GbE2 switches 24 port gigabit switch pair Redundancy High speed backplane Can be deployed & configured via ProLiant Essentials tools 2 Cisco Switch (CGESM) 24 Ports / Gigabit Paired switches TRUE Cisco switch Manageable with Cisco or HP Tools Available Network Options

11. HP BladeSystem server family BL40P 4 – Large cache Intel XEON Processors Expansion optimized Hot plug SCSI Large network capacity BL45P Up to 8 AMD Opteron cores per server 4 gigabit nics Hot plug SCSI High memory capacity BL30p / BL35p 16 servers in 6U space Up to 64 processing cores Dual gigabit nics Boot from SAN or local disk BL20P / BL25P 8 servers in 6U Hot plug SCSI or boot from SAN 4 gigabit NICs Up to 4 processing cores per system BL25p BL20p BL35p ½ height blade BL45p BL40p

12. 5 minute Q&A, 1 or 2 questions

13. Common Blade adoption scenarios IT consolidation Multi-tier enterprise applications Rapidly deploy line of business (LOB) and support applications Scaleable and highly available Consolidate Windows Infrastructure Services Implementing: HP BladeSystem: “the Best Managed Platform” Faster time-to-implement Improve IT Management / Operations for Growth LOB application deployment Solutions Using

17. A consolidation example HP BladeSystem Web Server configuration A representative configuration HP ProLiant BL20p BladeSystem All server blades sharing the same consolidated storage pool Microsoft Web Servers, Adoption Scenario Network switch or patch panel DNS/ DHCP / AD & Management server Firewall Server Web server #1 Web server #2 Web server #3 Web server #4 db server #1 db server #2 Network switch or patch panel

18. 5 minute Q&A, 1 or 2 questions

23. Medium business IT infrastructure On HP BladeSystem & NAS Internet BL20p G3 Firewall / VPN Server MS ISA Server BL20p G3 Messaging Server MS Exchange BL25p Collaboration Server Windows SharePoint Services BL20p G3 Application Server MS Axapta DL380 G4 Storage Server File / Print Server NAS + HP iSCSI Feature Pack BL35p Presentation Servers Citrix MetaFrame XP BL45p Database Server MS SQL Server iSCSI VLAN HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point HP StorageWorks SSL 1016 Tape Autoloader HP StorageWorks MSA30 SCSI SCSI HP ProCurve Switch 2848 BL20p G3 Infrastructure Server Active Directory, DNS, DHCP HP Systems Insight Manager HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Application

24. Medium business IT infrastructure Internet BL20p G3 Firewall / VPN Server MS ISA Server BL20p G3 Messaging Server MS Exchange BL25p Collaboration Server Windows SharePoint Services BL20p G3 Application Server MS Axapta DL380 G4 Storage Server File / Print Server NAS + HP iSCSI Feature Pack BL35p Presentation Servers Citrix MetaFrame XP BL45p Database Server MS SQL Server iSCSI VLAN HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point HP StorageWorks SSL 1016 Tape Autoloader HP StorageWorks MSA30 SCSI SCSI HP ProCurve Switch 2848 BL20p G3 Infrastructure Server Active Directory, DNS, DHCP HP Systems Insight Manager HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Database On HP BladeSystem & NAS

25. Medium business IT infrastructure Internet BL20p G3 Firewall / VPN Server MS ISA Server BL20p G3 Messaging Server MS Exchange BL25p Collaboration Server Windows SharePoint Services BL20p G3 Application Server MS Axapta DL380 G4 Storage Server File / Print Server NAS + HP iSCSI Feature Pack BL35p Presentation Servers Citrix MetaFrame XP BL45p Database Server MS SQL Server iSCSI VLAN HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point HP StorageWorks SSL 1016 Tape Autoloader HP StorageWorks MSA30 SCSI SCSI HP ProCurve Switch 2848 BL20p G3 Infrastructure Server Active Directory, DNS, DHCP HP Systems Insight Manager HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Storage On HP BladeSystem & NAS

26. HP BladeSystem Enterprise Architecture Representative diagram Firewall servers, cache servers, load balancer provide a secure and highly available network interface. ProLiant Blade servers provide a highly scalable middle-tier for Intranet/Internet, mail and other line of business servers & application servers Clustered database using multiple ProLiant Blade servers Expandable database storage based on HP StorageWorks EVA & / or SANs Clients Edge of the Network Presentation layer Application Middle-tier servers Backend Database servers Backend storage systems Firewall servers Load balancing servers Other infrastructure servers Intranet/Internet servers Exchange Mail servers Other LOB servers BL switch SQL servers Other database servers Fibre switch StorageWorks EVA Modular SAN Array 1000 StorageWorks EVA Modular SAN Array 1000 ProLiant Essentials integrated blade management Management server(s) Management console Management network segments

27. Boston Marathon 2004 Website Architecture Internet PDC / BDC & servers VPN server HP ProCurve Gb Switch Modular SAN Array 1000 Firewall/Cache servers HP ProCurve Gb Switch 10 Cold Fusion Web Application Servers HP ProCurve Gb Switch Clustered Database Servers ProLiant DL580 Servers Windows Clusters w/ SQL Server Windows 2003 & IIS Storage Works Storage Area Networks Cold Fusion Web Servers Firewall - Microsoft ISA Microsoft Windows Load Balanced Application & System Management HP Insight Manager, agents are installed on all systems

28. Proposed Boston Marathon 2006 Website Architecture PDC / BDC & servers VPN server BL switch Modular SAN Array 1000 Firewall/Cache servers Clustered Database Servers HP BladeSystem Management Suite & HP Insight Manager, agents are installed on all systems Integrity rx4640 Servers Windows Clusters w/ 64 bit SQL Server Windows 2003 & IIS Web Servers Storage Works Storage Area Networks Firewall - Microsoft ISA Application & System Management BL switch BL Switch BL35p ProLiant Blade Servers Integrity rx4640 Servers ProCurve Datacenter Fibre Switch Internet

29. 5 minute Q&A, 1 or 2 questions

34. HP .NET Toolkit for Automated Server Provisioning Start Monitor Performance Issue ? No Yes Alert Query Inventory for free resource Power up the target system Install pre-configured image Update the environment Return to Start HP RDP HP RDP Including Virtual Machine Provisioning. Power cycle Provision Image Asset Inventory HP SIM Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Web Site Streaming Media Pre-configured images on SAN See: www.hp.com/solutions/microsoft/toolkit

35. More Q&A…

37. Quote Slide “ When the network would go down, it was like walking into a hurricane at a cost of $20,000 per hour in lost billable time. Using HP Systems Insight Manager to remotely monitor our network, HP partner Afinety Inc. corrects any issues before our day starts.” Charles Ostrowski, Director, Information Technology, Weston Benshoof

39. HP ActiveAnswers Site www.hp.com/go/activeanswers For more info on sizers see: http://www.hp.com/go/activeanwsers/sizers Reference configurations

40. HP ActiveAnswers Site www.hp.com/go/activeanswers For more info on sizers see: http://www.hp.com/go/activeanwsers/sizers Performance characterization & test results

41. HP ActiveAnswers Site www.hp.com/go/activeanswers For more info on sizers see: http://www.hp.com/go/activeanwsers/sizers White Papers w/best practices methodology

45. Transition Slide Start of backup slides

46. BladeSystem anatomy – network Patch Panels 32 RJ-45 uplinks No switching capability in enclosure

47. BladeSystem anatomy – network GbE2 24 port gigabit switch pair Redundancy High speed backplane Can be deployed and configured via ProLiant Essentials tools

48. BladeSystem anatomy – network Cisco Switch (CGESM) Gigabit Paired switches TRUE Cisco switch Manageable with Cisco or HP Tools 24 Ports

49. BladeSystem Anatomy – Servers BL30p / BL35p 16 servers in 6U space Up to 64 processing cores Dual gigabit nics Boot from SAN or local disk BL35p ½ height blade server BL30p ½ height blade server

50. BladeSystem anatomy – servers BL25p blade sever BL20p blade server BL20P / BL25P 8 servers in 6U Hot plug SCSI or boot from SAN 4 gigabit NICs Up to 4 processing cores per system

51. BladeSystem anatomy – servers BL40p blade server BL40P 4 – Large cache Intel XEON Processors Expansion optimized Hot plug SCSI Large network capacity

52. BladeSystem anatomy – servers BL45p blade server BL45P Up to 8 AMD Opteron cores per server 4 gigabit nics Hot plug SCSI High memory capacity

53. BladeSystem anatomy - fibre Patch panel 2 Fibre passes through enclosure 16 uplinks

54. BladeSystem anatomy – fibre Integrated GbE2/Cisco Fibre Passes through switch 16 uplink ports in rear of enclosure

55. BladeSystem anatomy – fibre McData Switch Zero rack footprint Cable/SFP Reduction Integrates into McData fabric 8 internal / 2 external ports

56. BladeSystem anatomy – fibre Brocade Switch Zero rack footprint Cable / SFP reduction Integrates into Brocade fabric 8 internal / 4 external ports

57. BladeSystem anatomy – power 3U Power Options Single phase, 3 phase or facilities DC power Redundancy for multiple cabinets Power distributed with various options to suit need

58. BladeSystem anatomy – power 1U power Power for single enclosure 2, 4 or 6 power bars Provides redundancy and small footprint Ideal for remote locations or SMB markets

59. Scalability, when do you scale up, when do you scale out? Scale Up Data Resource Servers Scale Out Web & Application Servers Scalability - Total Throughput Availability - Fault Tolerance One Server Array of Servers 2 Proc 1 Proc 4 Proc 4 Proc 1 Proc 2 Proc Scalable & Highly Available Scale out Scale up

60. Example ecommerce site Access Clients ProLiant Servers Windows Clusters w/ SQL Server Windows 2000 & IIS ProLiant Storage Works, Storage Area Networks and Storage Management Software Commerce Server and Application Center Internet ProLiant BL20p Marketing, Admin Server, UPM & Data Warehouse Transactions Catalog & Search ProLiant DL580 Switch Switch MOM Management Console & Integration & Deployment Sever Wireless iPAQ Access Monitor Management Console Firewall Microsoft ISA Management LAN Segment VPN ProLiant BL20p ProLiant BL20p ProLiant BL20p Dialup ProLiant BL20p ISA Firewall ProLiant BL20p ProLiant BL20p ProLiant BL20p Switch Microsoft Windows Load Balanced BizTalk Server for TPE & backend biz integration ProLiant DL580 ProLiant DL580 Modular SAN Array 1000 Modular SAN Array 1000 Active-Active Cluster

61. Medium Business IT Infrastructure on HP BladeSystem & NAS Internet BL20p G3 Firewall / VPN Server MS ISA Server BL20p G3 Messaging Server MS Exchange BL25p Collaboration Server Windows SharePoint Services BL20p G3 Application Server MS Axapta DL380 G4 Storage Server File / Print Server NAS + HP iSCSI Feature Pack BL35p Presentation Servers Citrix MetaFrame XP BL45p Database Server MS SQL Server iSCSI VLAN HP ProCurve Wireless Access Point HP StorageWorks SSL 1016 Tape Autoloader HP StorageWorks MSA30 SCSI SCSI HP ProCurve Switch 2848 BL20p G3 Infrastructure Server Active Directory, DNS, DHCP HP Systems Insight Manager HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack Infrastructure Application Storage Database