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Office Based Presales Technical Bulletin
Technical Information for the HPE Community in EMEA
February 2016
HPE Office Based Presales Technical Bulletin Technical Information for the HPE Community in EMEA
Contents Enterprise Group News
HPE Servers 4
HPE Storage 5
HPE Networking 7
Alliance Partner News 8
Frequently Asked Questions
HPE Servers 11
HPE Storage 12
HPE Networking 13
About HPE Office Based Presales EMEA 15
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Enterprise Group News HP Converged Infrastructure solutions simplify your data center, making it more energy and space-efficient while being less expensive to operate. Find out how we help transform your legacy infrastructure to achieve tomorrow's goals through IT convergence.
HPE Servers IDC White Paper: Superdome X: Performance, Scalability, Reliability, and Flexibility for Modernizing SAP Environments A huge amount of SAP runs on UNIX today. Customers not yet ready for HANA can "modernise the core" by moving to industry standard compute with Linux, and keeping their current database. Converged Systems, now Hybrid IT, and our SAP Alliance team are implementing a program and in support of this we have a new white paper from IDC. IDC says they "took an in-depth look at Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE's) Integrity Superdome X, and we believe that this platform may be the answer for the following SAP customer segments: those migrating from a Unix platform, those migrating from a smaller standard x86 system, and those contemplating a large, greenfield SAP implementation on x86." Read more (PDF File)
Apollo 4510 receives ITPro Recommended in a 5/5 Stars Review Big Data needs big solutions and HPE’s latest Apollo 4500 family offers a choice of rack servers aimed at bulk file and object storage or analytics workloads. In this exclusive review, we look at the Apollo 4510 which also targets applications such as web and cloud storage services, hosted backup, content delivery and data archiving. Read more Scality Strengthens Partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for Software-Defined File and Object Storage Scality announced an enhanced partnership between Scality and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) designed to accelerate the adoption of software-defined object and file storage with enterprises and service providers who are struggling to overcome the problems of data storage at massive scale. The enhanced partnership includes a commitment to integrate engineering strategies and deepen go-to-market collaboration with new sales resources, marketing investment, and other business development programs. This builds on the October 2014 announcement where Hewlett Packard began packaging Scality RING software with its Apollo 4000 and ProLiant servers. As part of today’s announcement, Hewlett Packard Ventures completed a strategic equity investment in Scality, as an addition to Series D. Read more Cloud and Big Data: The Real Stars of DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 3
Until recently, having two furry characters hug on screen at DreamWorks Animation—whose latest film, Kung Fu Panda 3, was released January 29—often became a roadblock in the studio’s creative process. Why? It takes a ton of CPUs to create an animated scene where two furry characters physically intertwined. Creators of 2006’s “Over the Hedge,” for instance, had to limit the number of hugs the characters exchanged because of CGI limitations in the hardware and software at the time. But that was then. Today, DreamWorks Animation is
tapping into much faster and more efficient compute capabilities through a managed private cloud that globally connects DreamWorks Animation’s artists from Shanghai, China to Glendale, California with zero down time and advanced servers that increase render efficiency to about 200,000 jobs per day. That’s an important development too, since the first two films focused on just one panda, and Kung Fu Panda 3 tells a story that revolves around an entire village of pandas who like to hug and, of course, kung fu fight. Read more
HPE Storage The #1 MSA 1040 now offers hybrid flash performance Enables support of SSDs on the MSA 1040 via a free firmware upgrade. Advanced Virtualization features enable thin provisioning, wide-striping, sub-LUN tiering and read cache technologies to take advantage of Flash for $350. Help customers with even the tightest of budgets take advantage of Flash acceleration and respond to changing workloads.
Partner Portal Announcement Page Link to News Page
Partner Portal HPE MSA Resource Kit Link to Kit
New Demartek Whitepaper series shows how a small hybrid MSA delivers application acceleration and improved latencies on three workloads:
Exchange SQL SMB Virtualization
StoreEasy 1650 Expanded stores bulk file data at a low price New ultra-dense, capacity-optimized 2U NAS appliance that seamlessly scales within its single enclosure to 28 LFF drives & 224TB Consumes 80% less rack space and is 82% simpler from fewer components than the comparable NetApp FAS – all at a low price Ideal for bulk user data, data preservation including compliance with iTernity iCAS, and data protection with Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Partner Portal Announcement Page Link to News Page
Partner Portal HPE StoreEasy Resource Kit Link to Kit
ChalkTalk – HPE StoreEasy for file and application storage made easy
SPOCK is now a whole lot easier! SPOCK debuts a new easy to use interface. At the SPOCK homepage, simply select the storage elements in your target configuration and get the storage interoperability information you need, right there. Requires HPE Passport login. For SPOCK feedback and support, click on “Feedback” on the left-bottom corner at SPOCK site. R3T StoreVista now includes Automatic Report Scheduling
Would you like to be able to instantly visualize configuration and performance information for your customer base? You can do that today with the R3T StoreVista tool which allows you to create more than 400 charts for any 3PAR StoreServ system that calls home to HPE’s database. It can be used for many purposes—anything from capacity planning, to determining the configuration for a specific hardware upgrade, to deep dive technical analysis for problem solving. A new feature of StoreVista now allows you to create a schedule to have a StoreServ report automatically delivered right to your inbox! Scheduling a report with capacity, configuration, performance, or health-check details is easy - just use the new “StoreVista Report Requestor” which is available here. To access StoreVista, you first need to ask your customer to add your email list to the list of authorized recipients for an individual array. You can find instructions for this process and for using the report generator here.
NinjaSTARS sizer now includes more granular blocks and sizes and read ratios You now have the ability to more closely align your customer’s applications with the HPE 3PAR StoreServ sizing capabilities of NinjaSTARS. The latest version, v2.8.05, contains more granular block sizes (Random access 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 128K, and 256K) plus Read/Write mix ratios from 0 to 100% in 10% increments. Download v2.8.04 from the following link and then update it to v2.8.05 when prompted.
Updated HPE 3PAR Adaptive Optimization white paper now available A new version of the AO white paper is now available. It includes additional elaboration on the AO algorithms, enhancements with 3PAR OS 3.2.2, tips for sizing for AO when Region IO Density data is not available, 2-tier SSD+NL, and an overview of the StartAO output which includes information that can help you understand AO. You can download the white paper here.
Updated HPE Flash Advisor Toolset White Paper and Blog A new version of the HPE Flash Advisor Toolset whitepaper is now available. This version was created with 3PAR OS 3.2.2 and the SSMC interface which for the first time unifies all three estimation tools (AO, Deduplication, and AFC) under a single 3PAR management interface. This makes for an easier and quicker analysis of the real-time benefits of adding flash to an existing 3PAR array. Also check out this recent Around the Storage Block blog entry which discusses the advantages of adding flash to an existing 3PAR system—and includes a short commercial for 3PAR Flash Advisor.
3PAR StoreServ Thursday Each Thursday, 3PAR team members highlight 3PAR news and announcements as part of our 3PAR Thursday blog series. 3PAR Thursday is featured on the Around the Storage Block Blog, an HPE blog dedicated to HPE Storage. In case you missed it, here are the posts from the past month:
Rev up performance with 3PAR Flash Accelerator for Oracle and VMAX environments
The HPE 3PAR StoreServ “Special Sauce” ChalkTalks
All-flash please, but hold the disruption
New FREE web portal maximizes your HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage investment
Dream big! Enter and compete to win one of 2 flash storage arrays
Accelerating Object Storage and File Access with HPE and Scality
Take a break from Netflix and binge watch HPE Discover videos New customer case studies Toyota Industries supports growth strategy with revamped storage Skylark builds a private cloud to support its nationwide operations Clayton Utz achieves information security and data protection goals with HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage Missed the TekTalk on Expanded green zone for 3PAR File Persona? Replay today! Find out all about the latest release of the 3PAR File Persona including its increased scalability. Be empowered to engage in opportunities for the expanded green zone of workforce productivity, business application, and data management solutions. Accelerate your sales cycles with the new 3PAR StoreServ Converged File and Block Starter Kit.
HPE Networking HPE Aruba in the news Super Bowl 50 Wi-Fi Provider Aruba Networks: Don’t Expect Another Network Issues (CRN) Aruba Networks is bringing a "SWAT team" of its most experienced engineers to Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., this coming Sunday to make sure the network is prepared to handle 70,000 spectators. Read the whole article in the link above. Super Bowl 50: Inside the network built to handle record web traffic (Network World) Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, is expected to drive a record amount of web traffic. Here's how the network will try to keep up. Read the whole article in the link above.
Army command posts get secure gigabit Wi-Fi (GCN)
Setting up and tearing down the wired networks that support battle systems and communications can take hours when Army command stations relocate. Wireless capability speeds that configuration, improves troop mobility and provides greater flexibility for commanders. So as part of the Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1, the Army’s tactical communications network backbone, the Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve Tactical Units around the globe, they will be establishing 802.11ac wireless infrastructures to better adapt to changing conditions in battle or in disaster relief. Read the whole article in the link above.
Alliance Partner News
In-flight Encryption and Compression In-flight encryption provides security for frames while they are in flight between two switches. In-flight compression provides better bandwidth use on the ISLs, especially over long distance. The in-flight encryption and compression features allow frames to be encrypted or compressed at the egress point of an ISL between two Brocade switches, and then to be decrypted or decompressed at the ingress point of the ISL. Frames are never left in an encrypted or compressed state when delivered to an end device. These features use port-based encryption and compression. You can enable the in-flight encryption and compression features for both E_Ports and EX_Ports on a per-port basis. By default, these features are initially disabled for all ports on a switch.
NOTE: No license is required to configure and enable in-flight encryption or compression. Both ends of the ISL must terminate in 16 Gbps-capable FC ports. Encryption and compression can be enabled at the same time, or you can enable either encryption or compression selectively. The following image shows an example of 16 Gbps links connecting three Brocade switches. One link is configured with encryption and compression, one with just encryption, and one with just compression.
Supported ports for in-flight encryption and compression The in-flight encryption and compression features are supported only on E_Ports and EX_Ports, and only on the Brocade 6510 and 6520 switches, and 7840 extension switches, 16 Gbps Blade Server SAN I/O Modules, and the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family. The ports can run at any speed, but must be 16 Gbps-capable. Encryption and compression are also compatible with the following features:
E_Ports or EX_Ports with trunking, QoS, or long distance features enabled. Flow control modes: R_RDY, VC_RDY, and EXT_VC_RDY. XISL ports in VF mode. FCP data frames and non-FCP data frames except ELS and BLS frames.
FCP data frames are of Type = 0x8. For encryption, R_CTL = 0x1 and R_CTL = 0x4 are supported. For compression, only R_CTL = 0x1 is supported. Non-FCP data frames are of Type = 0x8. Non-FCP frames with ELS/BLS (R_CTL == 0x2 || R_CTL == 0x8) are not supported. In-flight encryption and compression restrictions
Ports must be 16 Gbps-capable, although port speed can be any configurable value. The number of ports that can be configured is dynamic based on port speed. Refer to Table 1 for
specific details about the number of ports supported for encryption and compression. The devices at either end of the ISL must run Fabric OS 7.0.0 or later software. Only E_Ports, EX_Ports, and XISL ports (in VF mode) support encryption or compression. ICL ports do
not support encryption or compression. In-flight encryption is not FIPS certified. In a configuration with two switches with multiple ISLs connecting them, an encrypted and non-
encrypted pair of links between two chassis is not allowed to work concurrently. Also, the transition from non-encrypted to encrypted ISLs between the two switches is disruptive.
The payload size of a frame is restricted to 2048 bytes. Port mirroring through any encryption-enabled or compression-enabled port is not supported.
Bandwidth and port limits for in-flight encryption and compression Fabric OS supports up to 32Gbps of data encryption and 32Gbps of data compression per 16 Gbps capable FC platform. This limits the number of ports that can have these features enabled at any one time. The port speed affects the number of supported ports. The slower the speed, the more ports are supported. In general, at 16 Gbps, the number of supported ports is 2 per ASIC or trunk.
The table 1 shows some examples of how port speed affects the number of supported ports for different implementations. Table 1: Number of ports supported for in-flight encryption and compression at various port speeds (examples)
Availability considerations for encryption and compression To provide redundancy in the event of encryption or compression port failures, you should connect each ISL or trunk group to different ASICs on the peer switch. For FC16-32 or FC16-48 or FC16-64 blades, if the two ports configured for encryption or compression within the same ASIC are not configured for trunking, it is recommended to connect each ISL to a different ASIC on the peer switch. Similarly, configure the two ports on the other ASIC of the blade. If the ports are configured for trunking, it is recommended to connect each trunk group to different ASICs on the peer switch. For Brocade 6510 and 6520 switches, and 16 Gbps Blade Server SAN I/O Modules, if the two ports are not configured for trunking, it is recommended that you connect each ISL to different ASICs on the peer switch. NOTE: If any port with encryption enabled encounters rare error conditions that require error recovery to be performed on the encryption engine within that ASIC, all encryption or compression-enabled ports on that ASIC go offline. Virtual Fabrics considerations for encryption and compression The E_Ports and EX_Ports in the user-created logical switch, base switch, or default switch, and the EX_Ports on base switches can support encryption and compression, with some exceptions. You can configure encryption on XISL ports, but not on LISL ports. However, frames from the LISL ports are implicitly encrypted or compressed as they pass through encryption- or compression-enabled XISL ports. You cannot move a port from one logical switch to another logical switch if in-flight encryption or compression is enabled on the port. You must disable the encryption and compression configurations before moving the port, and then enable encryption and compression after the port has moved. In-flight compression on long-distance ports When configuring in-flight compression on long-distance ports, it is recommended to configure the long-distance ports with double the number of buffers. Configure the port to use the long-distance LS mode and specify the number of buffers to allocate to the port. You can see what the average compression ratio and the average frame size values are and adjust the allocated credit accordingly using the portEncCompShow and portBufferShow commands. You can then use the portBufferCalc command to estimate the assigned credit value to optimize performance.
Enterprise Group
Frequently Asked Questions
HPE Servers
Is it possible to HP-UX in an ISS server like the DL380 Gen9? No, HP-UX microcode is compiled only for PA-RISC and Itanium (IA64) architectures, and ProLiant servers use x86_64 (Intel Xeon, AMD). They are two totally different and incompatible architectures. If your customer needs an HP-UX server with similar characteristics in terms of memory, socket and storage scalability, then you may want to propose an rx2800 i4 If you need to run UNIX on top of a ProLiant server, you may need to choose a different OS vendor. For instance, Solaris 11 is a UNIX Operating System is supported with DL380 Gen9 (See HPE Servers Support & Certification Matrices). I am aware that it is not possible to mix G1 and G5 Proliant server with Gen9 servers in the same enclosure due to Virtual Connect Firmware limitations, however, what happens if there are not Virtual Connects installed in the enclosure? G1 and G5 ProLiant Blade servers are not supported with Gen9 Servers regarless the use of Virtual Connects in the enclosure. This can be confirmed with the Compatibility with HP BladeSystem c7000 and c3000 Enclosures and Firmware:
Is there any way to present the drives to the OS directly when using an HPE Smart Array controller in Gen9 servers? Yes, Gen9 Smart Array controllers can work in HBA Mode, it exposes the drives to the OS:
HPE Smart Storage Administrator User Guide Is it possible to have a dedicated iLO port in the DL80 Gen9 or DL60 Gen9? No, those server do no have the possibility to have a dedicated iLO port. You can have a dedicated port in the DL160 Gen9 or DL180 gen9 by ordering the “Dedicated iLO Management Port Kit”.
Is it compulsory to use ESKM in order to use HP Secure Encryption? No, ESKM is used to manage and store the encryption keys of large HP Secure Encryption deployments, it is not necessary to store the keys in the ESKM if the customer wants to use another system to store the keys.
Is it possible to use a trial version of HP OneView? Yes, it casn be downloaded here. HPE OneView Advanced management software licenses provide a 60-day free trial use. Once the HPE OneView management appliance is set up, you can add and use supported servers for the next 60 days
HPE Storage We have offered a D2600 as expansion to existing P2000 G3 and MSA 2040 systems. Is this enclosure supported in this case? No, the D2600 is not supported as expansion with any of the MSA family of SAN arrays (including P2000 G3). The drives used in D2600 are different from the ones used in the MSA in the first place. Then, there is an MSA own LFF expansion for both MSA 2040 and P2000 G3 available: HP MSA 2040 ES LFF Disk Enclosure M0S96A.
Is it possible to do auto-tiering between 10k sas and 15k SAS drives on the MSA 2040? No. On the MSA 2040 10k and 15k drives are considered the same tier (standard). For more information please see the HP MSA 1040/2040 SMU Reference Guide.
Do I really need the HPE MSA 2040 Perf Auto Tiering license if I populate the MSA with SSDs only? You will need the license even though all the drives are SSDs. However, this is only true if you want to configure the SSDs as virtual storage. If the SSDs in an MSA 2040 are configured as linear storage (the legacy mode), the license is not required.
How often do patches come out for the Storevirtual VSA and where to get them? Minor patches for the StoreVirtual VSA and Lefthand OS in general come out based on the actual need for fixes. For information about the patches and their download please see the Central Management Console.
Are all MSA 2040 supported SSDs fit for use as Read Cache? Yes, you can use any of the supported SSDs. Up to two SSDs per pool can be used as Read Cache. Please note that each pool can utilize a maximum of 4TB for Read Cache.
Could the HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8000 2-port 10Gb iSCSI/FCoE Adapter be configured for use with the 3PAR Remote Copy software over Ethernet IP ? On HPE 3PAR StoreServ8000 series, Remote Copy over IP (RCIP) is only available through the dedicated 1Gb RCIP port embedded on the controller node; 3PAR StoreServ 20000 series instead will provide the 10Gb option to be used for RCIP via built-in ports. Does the HPE XP7 Three Data Center High Availability Suite include Continuous Access software or the licenses must be ordered separately? The HPE XP7 Three Data Center High Availability Suite is a bundle that includes both Continuous Access and High Availability software, there`s no need to order separate licenses. For customers having Continuous Access Suite or High Availability software already in place, both the HPE XP7 Continuous Access to Three Data Center High Availability and HPE XP7 High Availability to Three Data Center High Availability upgrade licenses allow migrating to advanced DR solutions. The HPE XP7 Three Data Center High Availability Suite requires a base license plus LTUs based on the total used capacity of the XP7 volumes to be configured for 3DC HA solution. Do HPE provide a solution for using 3PAR Peer Persistence software for Hosts having IBM AIX OS? Yes, HPE provides 3PAR Peer Persistence for IBM AIX bundles that include AntemetA 3PAR Peer Peer Persistence software. The software, required for implementing 3PAR Peer Persistence for IBM AIX, fully integrates with 3PAR Remote Copy allowing IBM AIX hosts to benefit from the advanced Peer Persistence High-Availability features between two data centers. The HPE 3PAR Peer Persistence for IBM AIX software requires a minimum 3PAR OS 3.2.1MU3 and IBM AIX 6.1/7.1 versions and FC Host Connectivity protocol, more details available on the HP 3PAR StoreServ – Peer Persistence Support Matrix on SPOCK. Do 3PAR StoreServ8000 and 20000 series support direct attach to Host servers without using SAN switches? The support for direct connection to the host and 3PAR StoreServ 8000 and 20000 series has been introduced with 3PAR OS 3.2.2 MU2 version. This is currently supported for Windows Server OS, VMware and RHEL, the interoperability details and requirements regarding HBAs and Operating Systems are available on SPOCK.
HPE Networking Can the VLAN learning mode be changed on the Comware platforms? Supporting Independent VLAN Learning or Shared VLAN learning is platform dependent and cannot be changed from the CLI. Can the existing 3800 switches and the new 3810 be mixed in the same stack? No. Our 3810´s Stacking module works only with other 3810 switches. Could you confirm about maximum number of 802.1X users on 1920 switches? And the maximums per port? The maximum number of concurrent 802.1X users on the port is 256. The same max is for the whole switch. What is the Part Number for the IMC 7.2 eAPI license for IMC Standard? With IMC 7.2, the eAPI license is included for free in the base IMC Standard license. Can we ask if MACsec is supported on LACP links for either Comware or ArubaOS switches? A: On ArubaOS switches, supported only manual-trunk ports are supported. On Comware series MACsec is not supported on an aggregate interface, but it is supported on the member ports of the aggregate interface. On HSR routers, do we support SyncE and 1588v2 for the MPU ports? SyncE is supported, while 1588v2 is not supported. On 5700 Series Switches, how many queues can be created per physical port with a possibility to limit the port speed with a step of 64Kbps? It’s possible to create 8 QoS queues per port with the possibility of traffic policing on each of them. Can the VLAN learning mode be changed on the Comware platforms? A: Supporting Independent VLAN Learning or Shared VLAN learning is platform dependent and cannot be changed from CLI.
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About HPE Office Based Presales EMEA
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