SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11Product Overview

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What Do You Need to Deliver IT as a Service?

SLAs andbusiness continuity

Resource utilization and

efficiency

Security and compliance

And, affordable, no vendor lock-in.

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Ensure SLAs andBusiness Continuity

Reliability, Accessibility, Serviceability (RAS)

• Swap over NFS• Built-in open source multipath I/O • CPU/memory hot plugging

Horizontal and Vertical Scalability

• Large capacity and faster system interconnect (OFED / InfiniBand)

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension

• Clustering solution including Cluster Filesystem

• Load-balancing

• Host-based mirroring

• Geo Clustering

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Example:Scaling-up Capacity

Handles huge amounts of data with massive computing power:

• 4096 Logical CPU• 64 TiB RAM • Benchmarks are certified on www.suse.com/partners/ihv/yes

Supports the latest Intel CPUs with better performance and more power savings

• Ivy Bridge v2• Haswell

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Improve ResourceUtilization and Efficiency

Local System Management

• YaST: user friendly GUI• AutoYaST: automated setup and configuration• ZYpp: the fastest package and patch management

Hybrid System Management (with SUSE Manager)

• SUSE Manager Management Pack for Microsoft System Center: Manage Linux and Windows servers via the same console

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Improve ResourceUtilization and Efficiency

Cross Platform Virtualization

• Optimized for vSphere and Hyper-V• Include Xen and KVM open source hypervisors• Linux Containers: highly efficient, low overhead OS virtualization

Interoperability

• Investment protection: works well with Windows, UNIX and Linux• Leading in IPv6 (USGv6) certification

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Example: Snapshot and Rollback

• Travel back in time, compare snapshots and rollback to a known state

• Btrfs: next generationLinux file system with easy operation and fault tolerant operation

• Snapper: powerful snapshot tool with efficient management capabilities

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Security and Standards Compliance

Security

• Open source software nature: openness, transparency and traceability

• Key features like AppArmor and UEFI Secure Boot help minimize malicious attacks

Standards Compliance

• CGL4.0, Common Criteria Certificate, FIPS 140-2

Resources

• www.suse.com/support/security/mission

• www.suse.com/security/certificates

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Example: UEFI Secure Boot

• Enhances security, reducing potential malicious attacks from system boot stage

• The first enterprise Linux integrating the UEFI secure boot mechanism (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Service Pack 3)

• For more information visit www.suse.com/communities/conversations/uefi-secure-boot-overview

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Example: Security and Certifications

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Summary: Key Features and Benefits

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Large Ecosystem, More Choices

Available on Five Different Architectures

• Intel64/AMD64, IA-32, IBM POWER, IBM System z and Itanium

More Applications, More Hardware• 11,400+ ISV applications• 13,500+ hardware devices certified and supported

Most Up-to-date Drivers and Comprehensive Tools

• The SUSE SolidDriver Program: deploy necessary third-party kernel drivers with confidence

• SDK: IDE and popular programming languages• Resource:

‒ www.suse.com/susepsc/home‒ www.suse.com/yessearch/search.jsp‒ http://drivers.suse.com

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SUSE® Linux Enterprise ServerLifecycle and Code Streams

13-year Lifecycle 5-year Lifecycle per Service Pack10 years general support

3 years Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS)

2 years general support

3 years LTSS

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What's New and What's Coming

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 (July 2013)

• Latest Intel CPUs: Ivy Bridge v2 and Haswell• 4096 CPU and 64 TiB RAM support• OFED 1.5.4, InfiniBand, iSCSI Target (LIO) • UEFI Secure Boot

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (2H 2014)

• Snapshot and Rollback for the full system, including Kernel.• Migrate processes to more reliable CPU/memory• Open vSwitch• KVM and Xen• SAMBA 4

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UNIX Performance at a Linux Price

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Competitive Comparison with RHEL

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The Burton Corporation

• Company operates 24/7

• Company requires the flexibility to react quickly to changes in the marketplace.

• IT department needs to provide consistent uptime; problematic in the past.

• Previous HP-UX platform required expensive and time consuming administration.

• UNIX upgrade was cost prohibitive.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP is certified by SAP

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server can run mission-critical systems reliably.

• Migrated all mission-critical systems to Dell hardware running SUSE Linux Enterprise.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is extremely scalable.

● Reduced overall, server-related costs by 80%, compared to previous proprietary solution

● Achieved 99.999% uptime

● Reduced power consumption by 30%

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Office Depot

• The company runs applications on various platforms like UNIX, Linux, Windows and AS/400. It needs to standardize its IT environment.

• The company needs security and stability for its global business that operates 24/7.

• The company needs an open platform that would provide flexibility to deliver applications without huge costs.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to support several mission-critical workloads including database, middle-ware and ERP applications.

• Create virtual servers running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on top of Vmware to increase server utilization.

● Simplified IT environment by implementing an open platform solution.

● Reduced hardware costs and total cost of ownership.

● Consolidated servers with virtualization.

● Achieved 100-percent ROI on Linux investment in first year.

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Ciclum Farma

• Maintain profit margin by tight control using SAP ERP applications, which require a reliable and high performance platform.

• Protect critical workloads against the risk of downtime and to increase the overall service availability.

• Tight rein on operation cost

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server that is fully validated and certified by SAP.

• KVM virtualization technology that's provided by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to preserve existing system architecture while using more efficient physical infrastructure.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension to ensure virtualized SAP environment.

● Reduced IT operating costs by 50 percent through virtualization.

● Delivered 100 percent uptime for mission-critical SAP applications in nine months since the solution has gone live.

● Provided a flexible, reliable platform for supporting core business services.

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Sony Italia

• Need a more compact and efficient physical infrastructure and preserve old system architecture.

• Reduce costs including operation cost and license cost.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with built-in Xen virtualization technology consolidates smaller systems into a few large servers.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension provides powerful clustering tools to make sure the virtualization environments are highly available.

● Consolidated 12 physical servers to virtual machines running on two physical servers.

● Saved an estimated 60 percent on server acquisition costs.

● Reduced TCO by cutting power and cooling requirements.

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Teradata

• MP-RAS, Teradata's own version of UNIX, could not meet the scalability, security and maturity and flexibility requirements from its customers

• Maintain security and function updates.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was chosen to drive the performance Teradata and its customers required.

• Replace MP-RAS and Windows to reduce costs and support only one code stream.

● Process big data without any issues – securely, reliably and fast.

● Provide faster, better service.

● Lower costs.

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Delta Lloyd

• To keep management and support costs to a minimum, Delta Lloyd decided to standardize on a single Linux distribution across the whole organization.

• The team wanted to upgrade to the latest version of IBM WebSphere Application Server.

• Its application vendor no longer supported on IBM AIX platform and Linux was the preferred operating system.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was installed on more than 75 servers to run WebSphere and other applications for production environments.

• Run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Vmware vSphere for development and non-production systems for flexibility and agility.

● Simplified Linux management by standardizing on a single distribution.

● Reduced software licensing and support costs by porting a major application from IBM AIX to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

● Reduced infrastructure costs by moving from proprietary hardware to commodity x86 processor-based servers.

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China Telecom

• “UNIX technologies are mature and reliable, but they are also relatively expensive.”

• Reduce dependence on individual suppliers as much as possible.

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was installed on a number of different x86-based servers from IBM, HP and Dell.

● Increased flexibility and reduced reliance on individual vendors.

● Reduced costs compared to proprietary UNIX operating systems.

● Provided high levels of security and stability.

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Subscription Pricing

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Positioning Statement

To modern enterprises that need affordable IT infrastructure to guarantee SLAs, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 is a highly reliable, scalable and secure server operating system. It allows you to maximize resource utilization with more choices and eliminates vendor lock-in risk, helping you to succeed.