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ftServer – for an ALWAYS ON world

Stratus takes the RISK out of running virtualization

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technology trends. the Virtualization Wave - Industry 4.0 & IIOT

the Virtualization Wave heading towards a totally Virtualized World


Source: Piper Jaffray and Garner report, November 2014: A Look at Virtual and Physical Servers

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percentage of workloads running in VMs

adoption of Virtualization by Industrial Automation

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Virtualization is the foundation of a modern IT infrastructure!

Legacy OS Support

Server consolidation

Virtualization benefits

Virtual Image Templates

Thin Clients

consolidation will automatically increase Risk

Virtualization Layer

View

OS

Hist

OS

Batch

OS

VM1 VM2 VM3

“If you put all your eggs in one basket make sure you use a strong

basket or you’ll end up with a mess.”

Batch

OS

Server 3

View

OS

Server 1

Hist

OS

Server 2

Server

• 2 and more servers

• External storage (SAN)

• Redundant switches

• vCenter Server

• Multiple Licenses

• VMware Essentials Plus

License

VMware HA Configuration

OS

View

OS

Hist

OS

View

OS

Batch

vCenter Server

VMware ESXiVMware ESXi

OS

Batch

OS

Hist

VMware ESXi

99.95% Availabilitydowntime risk 4 hours / year

clustering to increase availability.. typical VMware HA (High Availability) hardware

• 2 and more servers

• External storage (SAN)

• Redundant switches

• vCenter Server

• Multiple Licenses

• VMware Essentials Plus

License

• design time

• 15-16 engineering days• required specialty

certifications / experience

• CCNA - Cisco• VCP - VMware• Storage

experienced engineers

• final approval from IT

• fabrication / test time

• 7-8 days

• Requires trained technician

• support

• multi-vendor

• technical Skill Set

VMware HA Configuration

OS

View

OS

Hist

OS

View

OS

Batch

vCenter Server

VMware ESXiVMware ESXi

OS

Batch

OS

Hist

VMware ESXi

clustering to increase availability.. typical VMware HA (High Availability) hardware

99.95% Availabilitydowntime risk 4 hours / year

All-inclusive end-to-end solution provides worry free operations with integrated hardware, software and service

Intel® Xeon-based servers running Windows®, Linux® and VMware®

Maximum uptime availability and application performance

> 99,999+%

downtime risk < 5 min / year

ftServer. The Right Choice for You

Stratus takes the RISK out of running virtualization

Virtualization Layer

View

OS

Hist

OS

Batch

OS

VM1 VM2 VM3

Continuous Availability –

less than five minutes of downtime risk per year

Batch

OS

Server 3

View

OS

Server 1

Hist

OS

Server 2

99.999+% Continuous Availability

Continuous Availability

Operational Simplicity

Serviceability

Stratus® ftServer - complete hardware, software and service solution


Operationally simple platform that will keep your software applications up and running with no downtime or data loss

Continuous Availability




Embedded I/O

PCICPU

Chipset

Memory

Automated Uptime

LayerFault Detection &

Isolation

Embedded I/O

PCICPU

Chipset

Memory

Continuous Availability = Always-On Processing Environments


Automated Uptime


Isolation

Lo

cks

tep

pe

d C

PU

sM

ult

i-p

ath

I/O

• Purpose build to provide availability

unachievable by standard servers

• Provides Always-On Processing

• Manage like single x86 server

• Ideal for mission-critical apps in the

data center or remote sites

Duplex Hardware Components





What your OSs, Applications, and Users see

Single Software Image

Embedded I/O

PCICPU

Chipset

Memory



Automated Uptime


Isolation

Transparent fault toleranceSystem is managed just like a stand-alone system

standard Operating Systems differentiated by superior availability


• > 99.999+% availability across fleet

• Choice of operating system

• Automatic availability; no application modification

• Red Hat®

Enterprise

Linux®

• Red Hat

Certified

Hardware

Catalog

• VMware®

vSphere™

• Global

Alliance

Partner

• Microsoft®

Windows

Server™

• Microsoft

Hardware

Compatibility

List

Industry-standard ftServer® platform

Serviceability




notification options. Stratus & OPC Server for IA environments

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OPC DA

Gateway

(if required)

HMI/Alarm

Stratus 24/7

Customer Assistance

Center

Call

Home

Local EmailOPC UA

Notification O

ptions

viewable component in an

Industrial Automation HMI

OPC UA is a configurable option

Hot-pluggable components are

EASY to replace

System synchronizes with

replacement component

Normal processing continues throughout process!

System automatically orders

CORRECT replacement part

Component fails. System

ISOLATES fault and notifies

Stratus that a CPU has failed

Serviceability. ActiveService™ architecture


Next Day Delivery Service

System Monitoring & Diagnostics

Call Home Functionality

Active ServiceNetwork

Worldwide 24/7 Coverage

Dedicated Availability Experts

In-Depth System Health Reporting

Support Services

Professional Services

Managed Services

Educational Services

Remote Availability Management & Service

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Serviceability. ActiveService™ by Stratus

in summary..

• Operational Simplicity

• Highest Availability >99,999+%

• fully redundant hardware

• plug-and-play

• hot-swappable components

• no failover & no data loss

• Single System - Single License

• 7x24 proactive monitoring Services

• long solution life – 8+ years

Product Specifications2800 4800 6800

Processors 1-socket 2-socket

Core per processor Eight-core Twelve-core

Core / Threads (total) 8 / 16 12 / 24 24 / 48

Maximum System Memory 64 GB 256 GB512 GB M, L

1 TB V

Embedded Ports 12 Gb SAS, 4 x USB 2.0, 4 x USB 3.0, 2 x COMM, VGA, DVD R/W

Ethernet ports2 x 1 GbE

1 x VTM 1 GbE

2 x 1 GbE

2 x 10 GbE

1 x VTM 1 GbE

PCI Slots 2 x PCIe x4 Gen 32 x PCIe x4 Gen 3

2 x PCIe x8 Gen 3

Disk Slots

8 x 2.5” SAS Disks:

300GB - 600GB @15krpm HDD;

1.2TB @10krpm HDD;

400GB - 800GB SSD;

Form Factor 4U Rack

Opt Embedded Slots Not Available 2 x PCIe x8 Gen 3 Included Standard

Note: All I/O options

specified in logical

count, physical count

is 2 times numbers

specified

ftServer family. small – medium – large

Active Directory FactoryTalk Directory Primary HMI Secondary HMI

Asset Centre Historian VantagePoint Batch

Engineering Workstations

Operator Workstations

modernization example..

Active Directory FactoryTalk Directory Primary HMI Secondary HMI

Asset Centre Historian VantagePoint Batch




Active Directory

FactoryTalk Directory

Primary HMI

Secondary HMI

HistorianVantagePoint

Batch



Asset Centre


Leverage low cost thin client PC’s


enter the quantity of each application that will run on the server

recommended ftServer model

recommended memory

recommended storage

MS W2K8/12 Licenses needed

Rockwell Automation sizing estimator tool for Virtual environments

Thank You

Giacomo GhidiniStratus Technologies ItaliaMilanofiori – Strada 6 Palazzo P120089 Rozzano Tel 02 528263.1

[email protected]

http://www.stratus.com/

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