Focus on innovationHPE ConvergedSystem 700

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Designed for simplicityFully integrated offering built to modernize data centers—delivering fast time-to-value and increased business agility for superior TCO.

Time for transformation

The rise of the digital enterprise is reshaping today’s business. Your company’s success will be determined by your ability to transform traditional business processes to meet the new expectations of consumers and customers. Your lines of business (LOBs) will expect you to:

•Provide faster access to business data

•Streamline management of data center components

•Function like a true cloud service provider

•Enable a mobile and more productive workplace

Considering these challenges, you need a proven solution that can:

•Support your demanding workloads effectively—including virtualization, cloud, and workplace productivity

•Scale and flex to meet your changing needs

•Help you get out of the business of designing and maintaining infrastructure, enabling you to become a service provider to your LOBs

•Enable your people to focus on innovation and deliver new applications faster

When you choose HPE ConvergedSystem 700 powered by HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers with Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v4 processors, you can meet all these goals, all at once.

Take the fast path

To ease and accelerate your transformation from a traditional business to a digital enterprise, Hewlett Packard Enterprise offers HPE ConvergedSystem 700—an industry-leading compute infrastructure backed by a single converged management platform.

Purpose-built HPE ConvergedSystem 700 is optimized to meet your virtualization, hybrid cloud, and workplace productivity needs. Open, flexible, and scalable, HPE ConvergedSystem 700 ships with factory-integrated server, storage, networking, and management components—all pre-configured to deliver speed and simplicity. The system also includes integrated lifecycle management compliance, all the way to the workload level, as well as solution-level support with single-vendor accountability and HPE-backed reliability.

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Enabling you to transform your traditional business to meet the new demandsWhen you choose HPE ConvergedSystem 700, you benefit from a system that is:

Fast—Purpose-built to deliver the fastest time-to-value

• Delivers virtualization, cloud, or workplace productivity services faster

• Offers an option to factory-integrate with HPE Helion CloudSystem

Simple—Total systems experience and one-vendor accountability for end-to-end lifecycle services

• Easy to deploy and manage, with solution-level support

• Integrated lifecycle management—from deployment to consumption

Efficient—Well-designed ConvergedSystem boosts operational efficiency, resulting in reduced total cost of ownership (TCO)

• 40% lower TCO1

• Generates staff savings of up to 217% more than alternative integrated systems2

1, 2 “Analyzing the Economic Value of HPE ConvergedSystem 700 for Virtualization in an Enterprise Environment,” ESG white paper, December 2014.

Purpose-built for virtualization, cloud, and workplace productivity

To help remove the complexity inherent in today’s IT environments, Hewlett Packard Enterprise completes all the pre-configuration, testing, and validation in the HPE factory. This way, you receive a purpose-built and optimized platform for virtualization, cloud, and workplace productivity. Completing this up-front work removes significant complexity—enabling you to deploy your new system in weeks, not months.

Optimized for virtualizationDelivered as an integrated system, HPE ConvergedSystem 700 supports both VMware® and Microsoft® virtualization environments. The optimized system serves as an ideal infrastructure for building your hybrid cloud, deploying a workplace productivity solution, or supporting any other virtualized workloads in your environment.

HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Servers with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 processors provide a performance boost, reduce power consumption, and increase the number of cores—all enhancements that support virtualization.

Optimized for hybrid cloudPurpose-built for cloud, HPE ConvergedSystem 700 offers the option to factory integrate HPE Helion CloudSystem. This powerful solution enables cloud economics and agility for on-premises IT—all operating within a software-defined environment. HPE ConvergedSystem 700 creates a fully curated OpenStack® technology-based cloud-in-a-box.

By creating dynamic pools of resources, HPE ConvergedSystem 700 enables faster delivery of cloud services. And because it is HPE factory pre-integrated with HPE Helion CloudSystem software, HPE ConvergedSystem 700 offers out-of-the-box capabilities such as an easy-to-use self-service portal and a customizable service catalog that lets you automate, orchestrate, and control your applications. In fact, you can standardize and automate multi-tier cloud services and publish them to the service catalog—enabling you to deliver predictable outcomes. And that means you can better manage costs and risks.

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22%Using HPE ConvergedSystem 700 with HPE Helion CloudSystem, you can reduce deployment time by up to 22%.3

3 HPE internal testing, based on the HPE factory experience.

What’s new with HPE ConvergedSystem 700 integrated with HPE Helion CloudSystem? Designed to unify hybrid IT resources, this pre-integrated hardware and software solution instantiates a private cloud within hours and has the capability to bring your hybrid cloud management under a single pane of glass.

You can gain more flexibility, more visibility, and more freedom with the latest release of HPE Helion CloudSystem 10—featuring proven innovations in cloud infrastructure, application platforms, management, and hardware. With HPE Helion CloudSystem 10, your business will benefit from:

• Enhanced networking, storage, servers, lifecycle management, and security features

• Powerful tools to build and deploy apps across multiple clouds

• Faster, easier, and more flexible IT infrastructure management

• Updated marketplace and service design

In addition, the robust HPE CloudSystem 700 integrated with HPE Helion CloudSystem enables you to support multiple cloud deployment models for your line-of-business apps, as well as develop cloud-native apps and deploy them at scale across your enterprise.

The best use cases for HPE Helion CloudSystem running on HPE ConvergedSystem 700 include:

Implementing rapid infrastructure provisioning:• Development/testing

• Infrastructure-as-a-Service for production apps

• Web services

Deploying traditional applications to cloud:• Database-as-a-Service

• SAP®, Oracle, Microsoft

• Custom applications

Brokering and managing multiple clouds:• Multi-geo cloud federation

• IT service broker

• Integration with public cloud services

Top-rated cloud softwareRated the number one private cloud by Synergy Research Group,4 HPE Helion CloudSystem has a proven record of accomplishment. Based on open source technology (for example, OpenStack and Cloud Foundry®), HPE Helion CloudSystem helps you avoid single-vendor lock-in by supporting VMware vSphere®, VMware® ESXi™, and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors.

Optimized for workplace productivityYour workforce is moving away from the traditional PC environment and going mobile. Your people want the flexibility of working anywhere, at any time, using their own devices.

HPE ConvergedSystem 700 can help you meet these demands by tapping into the power of a workplace productivity environment (for example, virtual desktop infrastructure [VDI]). With HPE ConvergedSystem 700 and VDI, you can revolutionize productivity, streamline workforce management, and provide an accelerated graphics experience that is on par with dedicated PCs and workstations.

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4 Synergy Research Group, Cloud Infrastructure Market Share, 3Q 2016.

5 “Analyzing the Economic Value of HPE ConvergedSystem 700 for Virtualization in an Enterprise Environment,” ESG white paper, December 2014.

Boosting performance and capacityThe HPE ConvergedSystem 700 now offers increased server performance and storage capabilities. The HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 processors provides a performance boost, reduces power consumption, and increases the number of cores—all enhancements that support virtualization. A single-rack configuration using SAN-switched storage is now available, which reduces the solution’s footprint—saving valuable data center space.

HPE ConvergedSystem 700 can improve user productivity by up to

197%,as compared to systems built by a customer’s present mode of operation.5

Whether you choose HPE ConvergedSystem 700 for Citrix® XenDesktop® or HPE ConvergedSystem 700 for VMware® Horizon™, you receive a fully tested and validated blueprint that defines the optimal configuration for supporting thousands of virtual desktop and application users on a single integrated system. Both systems offer:

•An excellent user experience—Provided by an integrated system that includes HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers, HPE 3PAR StoreServ all-flash storage, networking, rack, and power in a single system

•Flexibility—Offering the broadest selection and highest density-accelerated graphics options with HPE ProLiant WS460c Gen9 Graphics Server Blades

•Remote desktop capabilities—For securely and reliably delivering desktops and applications to end users through a unified workspace across virtual data centers

•Choice—An open and flexible architecture that supports either HPE or Cisco top-of-rack switches

•A path to composable infrastructure with HPE OneView—Simplifying management across administrators, equipment, and processes, as well as integrating with VMware® vCenter™ to create a single management console

Automated managementBuilt into every HPE ConvergedSystem 700 offering, HPE OneView delivers a single integrated platform designed from the ground up for converged management. With HPE OneView, you can work smarter—with greater visibility and control—enabling you to fully capitalize on the benefits of a converged infrastructure.

Through software-defined intelligence, HPE OneView brings a new level of automation to infrastructure management by taking a template-driven approach to provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure. Designed with a modern, standards-based API and supported by a large and growing partner ecosystem, HPE OneView also makes it easy to integrate powerful infrastructure automation into existing IT tools and processes. Delivered as a fully integrated offering, HPE ConvergedSystem 700 running HPE OneView helps you:

•Deploy infrastructure faster—Template-based automation enables IT generalists to rapidly and reliably provision resources in response to application owner requirements.

•Simplify operations—Agentless monitoring, online firmware updates, and a new Global Dashboard deliver streamlined lifecycle operations at scale.

•Increase productivity—The unified API gives developers and ISVs the power to unify infrastructure automation with application and IT service delivery.

You can also take advantage of HPE OneView plug-ins for either VMware vCenter or Microsoft System Center to simplify managing the virtual infrastructure from a single management.

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Getting the deep insights you needBy tightly integrating HPE OneView with VMware vSphere, VMware® vCenter™ Operations Manager™, and Microsoft System Center, you receive deeper insights about your end-to-end HPE ConvergedSystem 700 environment. You also benefit from converged management of the system’s physical and virtual components—all from a single pane of glass.

An added benefit is the HPE OneView integration with HPE Virtualization Performance Viewer (vPV), which supports deep-dive analytics for more complete system management.

Simplified deployment of popular applications with HPE reference architecturesFully tested and validated, these “blueprints for success” are built on decades of HPE technical expertise and independent software vendor best practices. HPE reference architectures are tuned to help achieve the optimal performance of a specific application—helping you to reduce provisioning time, cost, and errors when deploying new applications.

HPE reference architectures are performance-assured for specific applications, including:

•Microsoft SQL Server

•Microsoft SharePoint

• Backup, Recovery and Archive (BURA) with HPE StoreOnce and HPE Data Protector or Commvault

Looking for more flexibility?

HPE Converged Architecture 700While a pre-built system is the right choice for many organizations, others want more flexibility when selecting their solution’s hardware components. If greater flexibility is a must-have feature for your virtualized, cloud, or workplace productivity environment, HPE Converged Architecture 700 enables you to deploy your solution on your terms. Work with the qualified HPE channel partner of your choice to deploy this flexible solution, which protects the investments you’ve already made in HPE components and integrates them within your existing IT environment.

Run with confidence

HPE Advisory, Professional, and Operational ServicesAt every point along your journey to the digital enterprise, you can count on the experts at Hewlett Packard Enterprise to deliver the services you need, when you need them:

•Advisory—Envision and define your strategy

•Professional—Design and implement

•Operational—Simplify hybrid IT operations

•Flexibility—Pay as you go with rapid scalability with HPE Flexible Capacity

HPE Technology ServicesIncluding HPE Proactive Care with HPE ConvergedSystem 700 helps prevent problems through continuous scanning, dashboard reporting, and personalized consultation. This service helps resolve issues faster with one-stop support from HPE Centers of Excellence—offering automatic problem reporting, call logging, and parts dispatch. In fact, HPE Proactive Care prevents issues to provide up to 77% less downtime and solve problems faster with near 100% diagnostic accuracy.6

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Game-changing technology To deliver greater performance, HPE ConvergedSystem 700 now supports:

• HPE OneView 3.0—Bringing a new level of automation to infrastructure management by taking a template-driven approach to provisioning, updating, and integrating compute, storage, and networking infrastructure.

• HPE Helion CloudSystem 10—Extensive cloud ecosystem, integrated by design and ready to be deployed as either its own private cloud or integrated with your existing cloud, virtualized, and traditional resources.

• HPE FlexFabric 5940 switch—Meeting the requirements for higher performance server connectivity, convergence of Ethernet and storage traffic, handling virtual environments, and low latency.

• Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches—For customers standardized on Cisco networking technology; delivering high performance and density, low latency, and power efficiency in compact form factors.

6 IDC White Paper | The Business Value of Connected Support from HPE Document #254594 © 2015 IDC

Benefits of HPE Proactive Care:

•End-to-end case ownership and accountability for the support delivery process

•System-level compliance monitoring

•Pre-tested, system-level updates

•Firmware and software revision assessment and update recommendations

•A personalized dashboard providing a single consolidated view of your system

Flexible financing optionsHPE Financial Services can help you capitalize on new opportunities by delivering flexible investment and asset management solutions. You can build inherent flexibility into your acquisition strategy to allow for refresh, expansion, or replacement, depending on your needs, not the age (or depreciation schedule) of the technology.

Consumption–based ITHPE Flexible Capacity is a service from HPE that provides the capacity you need in your data center, so you don’t have to guess whether you can take on the next project, business opportunity, or new customer. It is a consumption-based IT model, with payments based on metered usage and services tailored to the way you operate. Flexible Capacity enables the agility and economics of a public cloud experience with the security and performance benefits of on-premises IT.

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Capitalize on the digital enterprise

Ease your transformation with HPE ConvergedSystem 700As you look forward to transforming and modernizing to a digital enterprise, remember that Hewlett Packard Enterprise can help you get there. Through workload-optimized solutions such as HPE ConvergedSystem 700, your IT can become a service provider—enabling your organization to quickly adapt to your market and your customers’ needs.

A purpose-built system for designing, building, and managing a diverse infrastructure, HPE ConvergedSystem 700:

•Reduces risk, improves total cost of ownership, and increases operational efficiency

•Enables predictable business outcomes by providing out-of-the-box automated services

•Provides an excellent customer experience from deployment through the entire lifecycle

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