HP ProLiant Gen8 ServersThe World’s Most Self-Sufficient Servers

Making the Cloud Self-Sufficient

HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers extend HP's portfolio as part of Project Voyager, HP's multiyear transformation plan for the server market.

The e-Series portfolio — the new 1-socket HP ProLiant DL320e and ML310e ProLiant Gen8 servers — is ideally suited for entry-level workloads.

The new 4-socket ProLiant BL660c and DL560 Gen8 servers are density-optimized to deliver increased compute power in less space.

Making the Cloud Self-Sufficient

fast return on investment – the 4-

socket servers provide ROI within 3

months

end-to-end virtualization

and provide a foundation for

creating private and hybrid clouds

All four servers enable:

Who needs self-sufficient servers? IT does, and for several good reasons.

Most important:

Manual server operations are dragging IT down, making it harder to implement private and hybrid clouds.

Who needs self-sufficient servers? A recent HP study found:

manual operations cost companies

$24 million over three years

57% of server outages are tied to human error

manual facility optimization drives up

energy costs to

$29 million over three years

unplanned downtime costs clients about

$10 millionan hour

HP’s ProLiant Gen8 servers lift IT up with automation that boosts productivity and saves

money.SOURCE: HP ProLiant Gen8 Spiceworks Webinar_7-31-12_Rebranded

• Provision a server remotely using HP iLO Management Engine• "Recommended Install" for quick one-click installation• Three seconds to start-up screen• 45% fewer steps• 3x faster system deployment• Faster resolution for install issues, which minimizes or

eliminates downtime

HP Intelligent Provisioning makes the servers ready to deploy and update without the need for HP discs or downloads. The software is now embedded on a flash chip on ProLiant Gen8 servers and Gen8 server blades. Intelligent Provisioning includes all the configuration utilities you are accustomed to with SmartStart, plus many new ones.

HP ProLiant Gen8 servers are different right out of the box.

Get up and running – FAST

Troubleshooting becomes trouble-free ... ... with HP Active Health System, a 24/7 mission control for your server.

HP Active Health System is an essential component of the HP iLO Management Engine. It wraps diagnostics, tools and scanners into a single interface. Using Active Health System, IT gains access to nearly 1,700 system parameters – up from about 420 parameters that were monitored previously. Up to a year’s worth of data can be exported and uploaded to HP Service, giving users a much higher level of HP support.

IT gets

4xas much

information

5xfaster.

Active Health = Deep AnalysisThe Active Health System delivers maximum uptime

through :

All logs are stored on the server and stay there, and only information about system items is collected. You can also turn off any monitoring at any time via iLO. This keeps your cloud up and running – and keeps end users satisfied.

Automatedmonitoring

Diagnostics Alerting

Security is paramount.

HP Agentless Management

Outages and system issues are discovered and mitigated faster with Agentless Management.

HP’s iLO also supports Inventory and Configuration, Health Status, SNMP Alerting, Pre-Failure Alerting, Redundancy Status and Alerting, and SNMP Data Collection.

IT no longer has to load and manage agents so there’s no performance impact. The system is continuously running diagnostics to minimize downtime.

Everything runs from and is embedded in iLO.

• CPUs• Memory• Temperature Sensors• Fans• Power Supplies• Smart Array controllers (including cache modules) • Both logical and physical drives (internal to the

server) that are connected to the SmartArray controller

Covered subsystems include:

Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiencies mean lower heating and cooling costs• HP PlatinumPlus Power Supplies

For instance, Solid State Optimized storage provides a dynamic balance of performance and capacity using less energy and less space (88% energy savings, 75% space savings).

• 3D Sea of Sensors

• HP Intelligent Series rack

• Support for Low Voltage SmartMemory

System Maintenance gets an overhaul ...... with HP Smart Update Manager 5.0

This breakthrough system maintenance tool gives IT one-click simplicity that systematically updates servers and blade infrastructures at the scale of the data center.

It provides comprehensive information on available updates, criticality, and interdependencies, and simplifies the firmware and software update process.

The Smart Update Manager provides best-in-class reporting and HP-validated service packs that are customizable for your baseline, guiding you through repository definition, device discovery, analysis, and updates.

3xfaster update

process

93%less downtime

during online updates

69%less operatortime required

during updates

The result:

The smart, independent choice?

HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers

• Intel Xeon E3 and E5 series processors

• High-performance HP SmartMemory

• HP FlexibleNetwork Adapters, including FlexibleLOM modules

• HP ProLiant Smart Storage options

• Industry-leading power management software

• The most advanced firmware and system software management update process available