Server Management Software Introduction to Systemwalker ......Visualization of virtual servers impacted by physical hardware faults Unified server management of routine operations

Copyright 2007 FUJITSU LIMITED

Introduction to Systemwalker

Resource CoordinatorVirtual server Edition V13.2

January, 2008Fujitsu Limited

Server Management Software

Copyright 2007 FUJITSU LIMITED1

AgendaAgendaCustomer ConcernsSystemwalker Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition Key PointsSystemwalker Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition functions

Unified administration of physical and virtual serversBlade and SAN connectivity enhancementsCost-effective high availability blade server systemsMeasurement of server fault recoverySeparation of Storage Management Simplifies Server Administration

Platform/Sample ConfigurationsLocal boot management imageSAN connectivity configuration management image

Reference: I/O Virtualization (FC) on PRIMERGY


IT infrastructure

Customer ConcernsCustomer Concerns

A BA B

Physical consolidation

Virtual consolidation

SAN Storage consolidation

Server

VM

OS OS

Scatted Servers

Scatted Servers

Server Integration

PhysicalConsolidation

B

A

Complexity of managing both virtual and physical machinesComplicated configuration of SAN connectivityRisks of compounding problem effects with server consolidation

Customer concerns


Systemwalker Resource CoordinatorVirtual server Edition Key PointsSystemwalker Resource CoordinatorVirtual server Edition Key Points

Unified administration of physical and virtual servers on blade servers

Enables visual server management in cooperation with VMware ESX Server

Blade Server and SAN connectivity enhancementsEnables SAN connectivity virtualization on standard hardware in cooperation with Emulex Corp**Emulex Corp. is a global fiber channel device manufacturer

Cost-effective high-availability blade serversEnables automated recovery with spare server shared by physical and virtual machines in cooperation with VMware HA**VMware’s high availability function

SAN: Storage area network

HardwareBlade Server, Network, Storage

Windows(Physical servers)

Linux(Physical servers)

OS

Administration

SystemwalkerResource Coordinator

Virtual server EditionServerVirtualization

*1:Available soon

Windows Linux Windows

VMware Linux*1Virtual machine

Windows*1Virtual machine


Systemwalker Resource CoordinatorVirtual server Edition Functions

Systemwalker Resource CoordinatorVirtual server Edition Functions


Unified Administration of Physical & Virtual Servers on Blade Servers

Unified Administration of Physical & Virtual Servers on Blade Servers

Unified visualization and management of physical and virtual servers

Visualization of virtual servers impacted by physical hardware faultsUnified server management of routine operations by server administrator, such as server start-up, shut-down, backup, etc.

ServerAdministrator

Physical Server

Visualized management

Virtual server

Physical. Server

Virtual Server


Blade and SAN connectivity enhancementsBlade and SAN connectivity enhancements

Enables Blade server installation and replacement without SAN reconfiguration

Industry-leading virtual SAN connection using industry standard H/WVirtualization developed with Emulex Corp.

Note: Available with PRIMERGY “I/O Virtualization (FC)”

Must Reconfigure both Server & SAN

Must Reconfigure both Server & SAN

Only need to Reconfigure Server

Only need to Reconfigure Server

SANSAN

SANSAN

Full reconfiguration

Server only

I/O Virtualization (FC) +Resource Coordinator Virtual sever Edition

I/O Virtualization (FC) +Resource Coordinator Virtual sever Edition

DISK access path control (Zoning)Connections between Server and disks(LUN masking)

DISK access path control (Zoning)Connections between Server and disks(LUN masking)


Cost-effective/high-availability blade systemsCost-effective/high-availability blade systems

Physical & virtual server recovery from hardware faults in a fewminutes.

Automated recovery of hardware faults without administrator intervention.No need to purchase additional software or develop programs1 spare server can be shared by both physical & virtual servers in co-operation with VMware HAStandby Spare server unpowered (power saving mode)

1. Fault detection1. Fault detection

2. Server stop2. Server stop

4. Network configuration4. Network configuration

5. Restart server5. Restart server

3. Server configuration3. Server configuration

Recovery flow

PRIMERGY BX620 S4

Automated

VMware HASystemwalker Resource CoordinatorVirtual server Edition

Spare Server

App App App

VMwareESX

app app

VMwareESX

app app

*Function designed by VMware Inc. and Fujitsu


Measurement of server fault recoveryMeasurement of server fault recovery

Fault recovery time reduced by 93%

(Actual measurement may differ depending on specific configuration)

Recovery ： 0 op / 7min(HBA address rename configuration 3min,OS boot 4min)

0 operations/ 7min.

Design sheet update ： 1op / 20min

LUN selection ： 2op / 4min

44 operations / 102min

FC switch zoning ： 7op / 8min

Storage affinity configuration ： 9op / 11min

Network configuration ： 9op / 11minStorage configuration ： 1op / 3min

FC switch configuration ： 1op / 3min

Access path update ： 1op / 1min

OS boot ： 1op / 4min

Design sheet update ： 1op / 20min

W/ Resource CoordinatorVirtual server Edition

w/o Resource Coordinator

Automatedreconfiguration

Network configuration ： 9 op / 11minStorage configuration ： 1op / 3min

FC Switch configuration ： 1op / 3min


Separation of Storage Management Simplifies Server Administration

Server Addition (2nd server onwards)

Server Addition (2nd server onwards)Initial Introduction (1st server)Initial Introduction (1

st server)

Setup storage

Mount server

Install OS

Setup netw

ork

Install applications

※１ Additional storage can be setup beforehand using SAN IO virtualization option

Setup storage

※１

Mount server

Install OS

Setup netw

ork

Installing MW

&

server application

Create m

aster image

Setup storage

Mount server

Install OS

Setup netw

ork


Mount server

Deliver

master im

age


Before

introductionA

fter introduction

Automated server addition without storage reconfiguration.


Platform/Sample ConfigurationsPlatform/Sample Configurations


Local boot management imageLocal boot management image

Management Client

Management Server

Management LAN

Management LAN

Managed Server

Managed Server

RC VEManager RC VE

Client （for free）

WindowsWindowsWindowsWindows

PRIMERGY

PRIMERGYBX620S4

Management Blade

Switch Blade

RC VE Agent

RC VEAgent

RC VEAgent

VMwareESX ServerVMware

ESX ServerWindowsWindows LinuxLinux

RC VEAgent

Spare ServerSpare ServerSpare Server

RC VE : Systemwalker Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition

operation Server

operation operation ServerServer

operation Server


operation Server



SAN Connectivity Configuration Management ImageSAN Connectivity Configuration Management Image

RC VEManager

RC VEClient （for free）

WindowsWindows WindowsWindows

PRIMERGY

PRIMERGY BX620S4

RC VEAgent

VMwareESX Server

VMwareESX ServerWindowsWindows LinuxLinux

Spare ServerSpare Server

HBA address renameConfiguration Service

RC VEClient （for free）Windows

Windows

FC Switch Blade

ETERNUS

System disk

RC VE : Systemwalker Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition

Storage Management by ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser

Management Server Management Client

Managed Server

Managed Server

Management Blade

Switch Blade

System disk

System disk

Management LAN

Management LAN

RC VEAgent

RC VEAgent

RC VEAgent

operation Server


operation Server


operation Server



Fiber Channelswitch blade（4Gbps）

Fiber channelexpansion board

BX620 S4Server Blade

Available with standard hardware

Reference: I/O Virtualization (FC) on PRIMERGY

An optional product enabling WWN on Fiber Channel (FC) Enables SAN connectivity virtualization between blade servers and storage via

Systemwalker Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition

SAN

EmulexHBA

EmulexHBA

Virtualization

Systemwalker Resource CoordinatorVirtual server Edition

Automated virtual WWN management

I/O Virtualization (FC)

Enables virtual WWN

WWN1 - WWN20


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