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PRIMERGY BX Blade eXcellence

A rock solid base for Dynamic Infrastructures

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ContentsIntroduction 3Value drivers for blade servers 4PRIMERGY – The power of enterprise 5Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 6Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 8PRIMERGY BX - Hardware Overview 10PRIMERGY BX - Server Blades 11PRIMERGY BX - Storage Blades 12PRIMERGY ServerView Suite 13ServerView Virtual I/O Manager (SV VIOM) 15ServerView Resource Coordinator VE 16ServerView Resource Orchestrator (SV ROR) 17Smooth IT operation right from the start 18

Companies and their business processes highly depend on their IT infrastructures. The demand of computing power increases continuous-ly, similarly to the performance of IT systems which also increases year by year. Due to the increasing demand for computing power, a large number of server rooms have been filled with hardware platforms that are very often underutilized. This makes today’s environment extre-mely complex and difficult to manage, leading to high costs due to personnel-intensive administration on the one hand and excessively required space on the other hand. For the operation of these systems the needed energy for power and cooling emerge as an increasing sha-re of the costs compared to the pure acquisition costs.

For many IT organizations the blade server environment, in combi-nation with virtualization technologies on various levels, is the IT infrastructure of choice to achieve considerable consolidation benefits. It also is the ideal basis for ensuring more flexible usage of server resources. A blade server is simply a smarter way of setting up an IT infrastruc-ture. Due to their design, blades offer compelling advantages such as improved cabling, rapid hardware provisioning, high computing den-sity and increasing management automation. Recent years have wit-nessed a dramatic turning point for blade technology, with enterprise datacenters increasingly adopting them for mainstream deployments. Bringing advantages in price-performance, power and cooling, reduced footprint, and management and control over rack-mounted servers, blades are proving themselves to be the form factor of choice for many large-scale server deployments.

Blade servers are the fastest-growing segment in the IT industry. They are already accounting for nearly 15% of all server shipments and are expected to grow to more than 23% in 2014.

Introduction

Blade servers integrate infrastructure components in a common housing. In addition to the server and storage blades, additional I/O componen-ts such as Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand switches can also be integrated in the blade enclosure. Because of the greater server density, the primary attention initially was focused on server centralization and consolidation. Today companies are recognizing the management advan-tages and cost benefits as value drivers for blade technology.

Simplification and lower total costRack server requires many recurring parts, including cables, fan modules and supporting switches. In comparison to standard rack-mounted servers, the centralized architecture of a blade server with the integrated midplane, consolidates LAN and SAN access and the-reby reduces the number of interconnecting cables and components. Typically, the cost of a single blade is higher than the cost of a single rack-mounted server, but a 30 to 40 percent equipped blade enclosure will be more cost- effective than the equivalent rack-mounted servers. Furthermore blade servers have a smaller footprint than traditional tower or rack servers. Compared to these, blade servers can save up to 50% space.

Lower management costsBlade servers are designed to provide simplified server management and to require reduced operational expenses compared to rack-mounted servers. Blade servers combine server and storage capacity with networking components within a single enclosure and thus create the precondition for an easy management and lower management costs. The centralization of resources makes it easier to deploy servers, simplifies the administration and increases the control over the server.

Improved energy efficiencyBlade servers require less power than rack servers, because the infrastructure components are shared, the power supplies and fan modules have higher efficiencies and the energy management is better integrated. This aspect is of particular importance because the kilowatt-costs have risen over the past several years. Researches indicate that for every 1€ of new server spending, customers spend an additional 0.50€ annually for power and cooling, and if current trends continue, this ratio will reach even higher in the next five years.

Consolidated infrastructure Adding more and more servers in an existing environment incre-ases the complexity within the datacenter. The blade server concept simplifies the cabling of servers. Rack servers have to be connected via various connections to the outside world. Each additional rack server requires additional cables for power, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, KVM, cluster interconnect, etc. Additional blade servers can be integrated without additional cabling into the existing blade enclosure. The savings in cabling can be up to 70% versus rack servers. In addition, the blade concept provides modular upgrade path opportunities, so that new technologies can be integrated into existing environments.

Value drivers for blade servers

The perfect platform for Dynamic InfrastructuresThe Fujitsu PRIMERGY server range helps to keep you ahead of the competition, by reacting quickly to changing business conditions, de-livering high reliability and quality. Based on industry standard Intel® Xeon® processor technology, PRIMERGY servers deliver major advan-ces in energy efficiency, virtualization, and holistic management. By helping organizations to increase operational efficiency and to reduce total cost of ownership, they are the foundation for Dynamic Infrastruc-tures from Fujitsu and the best in class choice for your IT production setup.

Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX Blade ServersThe Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX blade servers satisfy all needs of branch offices, midmarket companies and enterprise data centers, comple-mented with a comprehensive offering of solutions and services. They provide simply a smarter way of setting up an IT infrastructure with more efficiency, flexibility and business continuity. The PRIMERGY BX system family is designed to share components within chassis in order to react quickly and easily to changing business requirements.

Server-, storage-, and connection blades can be added without any ex-tra effort, cabling, or management software. Due to their modular de-sign, the PRIMERGY BX blade servers offer compelling advantages such as their high density, energy-efficiency, as well as the fail-safe and dynamic 24x7 operation. PRIMERGY BX blade servers are the perfect choice for today’s and tomorrow’s solutions, where the key demands are reliability, performance, and connectivity. They are designed from the ground-up for a broad range of applications, ranging from web- or terminal servers up to high-performance databases. And as business requirements grow, PRIMERGY BX blade servers can easily accommo-date the changes in volume, traffic and transactions.

PRIMERGY - The power of enterprise

The Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 is a complete dynamic server infrastructure in a single chassis. The blade server adapts itself dynamically to various IT requirements and thus reduces costs while at the same time increasing IT agility. The PRIMERGY BX900 can house up to 18 server blades in a 10U chassis and thus offers the highest packing density for a large number of applications. Through the use of the Cool-safe™ technology, our patent protected cooling concept, combined with highly efficient power supply units and the embedded ServerView® Power Manager software, it provides a really dynamic power and cooling technology that saves money. Equipped with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 and 7500 series, large memory capacities and state-of-the-art I/O performance, the Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 is optimized for almost all application and virtualization scenarios.Due to its fully redundant design and the combination with ServerView® Resource Coordinator VE, the PRIMERGY BX900 can completely protect itself against any possible failure. With its high scalability and space for up to 18 server blades, 8 connection blades, 6 power supply units and 2 management boards in a 10U high chassis, the PRIMERGY BX900 provides an enormous density. Combined with its ability to interconnect several system enclosures and to stack Ethernet Connection Blades over chassis boundaries, the system allows comprehensive and easy manageability and flexible scaling, and it provides complete investment protection for flexible growth scenarios.

Dynamic Power & Cooling

The Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 is setting new market standards with its significantly reduced energy consumption. The Cool-safe™ cooling concept reduces the load placed on the air conditioning. Big fans and airflow channels cool the processors and memory directly and more quietly. The innovative cooling design cuts temperature by 10°C and thus doubles lifetime of electronic components and prevents from overheating. It does so by keeping always sufficient cool air coming into the system, and moving the hot air out of the system. State-of-the-art, EPA compliant power supply modules with high efficiency levels, up to more than 90%, and innovative server management functions, such as ServerView® Power Manager, provide companies with the opportunity to greatly reduce their power and cooling costs.

FUJITSU PRIMERGY BX900Dynamic Infrastructure in a cube

Dynamic Virtualization

The server blades of the Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 are equipped with processors of the latest Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 and 7500 series as well as high memory expandability with up to 512GB per server blade. Various server boot options, e.g. from local HDDs or Solid State Drives, from a USB Flash module for VMware ESXi or via the network make the PRIMERGY BX900 server blades ideal for every application. The server blades are thus an excellent platform for both virtualized and physical environments. Together with the ServerView® Resour-ce Coordinator VE and Resource Orchestrator, the PRIMERGY BX900 makes a strong contribution towards simplified IT operation: physical and virtual servers are controlled in a standardized way via the same management console.

The integrated onboard 1 or 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers support SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization). SR-IOV defines a method to share a physical function of an I/O port of the NIC without software emulation. This process creates a number of virtual functions per physical port of the I/O device. Each virtual function is directly assigned to a virtual machine, enabling for bypassing the software based virtual switch, thereby achieving near native performance for each virtual machine on a physical server.

Dynamic Availability

Within the PRIMERGY BX900 the ServerView® Resource Coordinator VE (RCVE) can be used to address unplanned downtime scenarios. By automatically triggering server switchover operations when a physical server fails, business applications can be resumed without any admi-nistrator intervention. Compared to manual recovery processes, server recovery time is reduced significantly, thus resulting in faster reaction to server failures. By leveraging this automated server switchover capability, RCVE enables the implementation of a very cost-effective high availability concept.The basic idea is to share one or a few spare servers between many production servers. This N+1 high-availability concept can drastically reduce the number of required non-productive spare systems, thus leading to increased efficiency in server operations. In addition to using RCVE’s auto recovery features for failed servers in unplanned downtime scenarios, the Resource Coordinator can also be used to address planned / maintenance scenarios through its server switchover functionality.

Dynamic Scalability

The design of the PRIMERGY BX900 is optimized for highest scalability and investment protection. The high-density of the system allows performance upgrades through the addition of further PRIMERGY BX900 units. In addition, the system architecture enables Fujitsu to offer two more blades than in a standard 10U server chassis – with a record-taking 18-blade design. Thanks to these extra blades, the Dynamic Cube immediately offers 12 percent more system performance. With space for up to 18 server blades, 8 connection blades, 6 power supply units and 2 management boards in a 10U high chassis, the PRIMERGY BX900 has the highest density in the blade server market.

The Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 blade server is a versatile IT infrastructure in a box. It is ideally suited to medium-sized companies and branch offices, but also – as an extension to the PRIMERGY BX900 – to larger enterprises that don‘t need the computing power of 18 blade servers. The PRIMERGY BX400 simplifies IT operations across the entire lifecycle - no extra resources are needed to manage it. Fewer wires, less power consumption and a much smaller footprint: For businesses looking for a smart, affordable alternative to efficiently support their processes, the PRIMERGY BX400 has to be the IT infrastructure of choice. A modu-lar design makes this blade server infrastructure ideal for use in both offices as well as in data center environments, combining leading-edge technology with impressive I/O flexibility and bandwidth. The PRIMERGY BX400 box is available in two different versions. The rack version integrates effortlessly into industry-standard 19-inch Fujit-su and third-party racks. In addition, low noise levels mean that the free-standing version can sit unobtrusively under the desk in conven-tional offices – and no-one will notice. Both models can be fitted with the same PRIMERGY BX server, storage and connection blades.

The PRIMERGY BX400 gives customers with heavy computing and storage requirements a compact infrastructure that reduces complexity, saves power and increases productivity, leaving more time to focus on the core business. In addition, Fujitsu offers small and medium-sized companies on the basis of the PRIMERGY BX400 a connection to the cloud for quick and easy on-demand access to individually configured server, storage and backup resources.

FUJITSU PRIMERGY BX400Green datacenter in the box

The Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 is a fully-featured blade system built from the ground up as a user-friendly and versatile infrastructure designed for midsized customers including branch offices of larger enterprises. At the same time, it is fully compatible with each component of the PRIMERGY BX blade portfolio. Features built into the PRIMERGY BX400 include the following:

Simplicity itself:The PRIMERGY BX400 is exceptionally user-friendly from start to finish. Easy installation processes and intuitive user interfaces slash the time taken up by daily operating activities and various IT maintenance tasks. To put the blade server into operations it is only necessary to set a few basic parameters – and even these can be set with an ingenious-ly simple wizard on an LCD panel or on the ServerView interface. The Base Configuration Wizard walks you through configuration of the system unit, guiding the user step-by-step through the menu to start the blade server. The ServerView dashboard is an intuitive user interface. Based on an enlarged photographic view of the front and the rear of the chassis, it provides information about the system status and can be used to perform basic administrative tasks. A local service panel displays status information on the LCD screen and provides helpful support during administration, configuration, diagnostics and monitoring.

Kind to the environment – and to your energy bill: Rigorous energy efficiency is reflected in every aspect of the PRIMERGY BX400. It reduces electricity bills, eases the burden on air-conditioning systems and even shrinks your IT-related carbon footprint. Power supply modules with efficiency levels of up to 92% combined with large fans and airflow channels to sharply reduce power consumption and cool the system directly. Holistic power management helps companies better understand thermal effects and utilize power more efficiently through intelligent monitoring and controls. As a result, the PRIMERGY BX400 can be set to work in several modes which function similar to driving parameter programs in modern cars. With its Low Noise Mode, the system reduces power consumption and fan operation so that the unit does not emit more than 45 dB(A) noise. This mode is especially useful in office scenarios where the blade system is to be placed in a corner or under a desk.

Smart, flexible and modular – Getting more out of less: The PRIMERGY BX400 offers an optimum combination of up to eight server- and storage blades as well as connection blades in one compact enclosure. Thanks to its small form factor and availability as a rack or floorstand unit, it may be deployed in various environments and scenarios, e.g. as a workgroup server in busy branch offices, as expansion unit for larger blade systems in datacenters, and naturally in server rooms.The server blades combine energy-efficient processors of the latest Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 series, fast DDR3 memory with up to 288 GB per server blade and onboard network controllers for bandwidths of up to 10 GbE. They may also be optionally equipped with local hard drives or SSDs and mezzanine cards for enhanced external connectivity. With the PRIMERGY VSX960 Fujitsu can provide a fully integrated virtual storage solution for the PRIMERGY BX blade servers. The PRIMERGY BX400 in combination with the PRIMERGY VSX is particular suited for midmarket customers that are looking for ways to move to more integrated, shared IT infrastructure solutions to increase the flexibility and speed of the response of IT to the business. The PRIMERGY VSX960 provides an easy-to-use shared storage solution which based on pro-ven DataOntapp-vTM features such as SnapShot and SnapRestore.

Attractively priced and low on running costs: The consolidated design of the PRIMERGY BX400 is more afforda-ble to buy and efficient to own than traditional server, storage and networking solutions. Overall, the system delivers a lower total cost of ownership – for several reasons. Modular upgrade options protect your investment by enabling new technologies to be integrated in existing environments. The PRIMERGY BX400 also has a smaller footprint than traditional tower or rack servers, cutting space requirements. Its rigo-rously user-friendly design likewise sharply reduces wiring costs and the cost of setting up network connections, as well as simplifying both installation and management. Integrated end-to-end energy manage-ment facilitates a clearer understanding of power usage and thermal impact, allowing issues to be resolved before they ever affect cost or performance.

FUJITSU PRIMERGY BX400Tailor-made for midmarket

FUJITSU PRIMERGY BX BLADE SERVER – Hardware overview

Model

Characteristics

Form Factor

Dimensions (H,W,D)

Front Bays

Rear Bays

Midplane

Management Blades

Fan Configuration

Power Supply Configuration

Connection Blade Types

PRIMERGY BX400

Versatile IT infrastructure in a box. Ideally suited for midmarket companies, as well as for branch offices of larger businesses with demanding computing and sto-rage needs, but manageable with existing resources.

6U chassis for 19-inch rack, or floorstand version

267 x 445 x 785 mm

8 half height bays for hot-plug server or storage blades

4x for connection blades4x for PSU modules2x for management blades

High speed midplane with 3 fabrics

1x hot-plug management blade as standard, redun-dant management blades as option

Up to 3 hot-plug, redundant fan modules

Up to 4x hot-plug power supply modules (1x as standard)

FC switch 8 Gb Brocade 14 and 26 port and 26 port Enterprise editionEth switch/IBP 1 Gb 18/6Eth switch/IBP 1 Gb 36/12Eth switch/IBP 1 Gb 36/8+2Eth switch/IBP 10 Gb 18/8Eth Pass-Thru 1/10Gb 18/18IB switch 40 Gb 18/18FC Pass Thru 8 Gb 18 port

PRIMERGY BX900

Complete dynamic server infrastructure in a single chassis for enterprise data centers. Next generation blade server ecosystem designed for constantly chan-ging IT environments.

10U chassis for 19-inch rack

435 x 445 x 778 mm

18 half height or 9 full height bays for hot-plug server or storage blades

8x for connection blades6x for PSU modules2x for management blades

High speed midplane with 4 redundant fabrics

1x hot-plug management blade as standard, redun-dant management blades as option

Up to 6 hot plug, redundant fan modules (3 as stan-dard)

Up to 6x hot-plug power supply modules (3x as standard)

FC switch 8 Gb Brocade 14 and 26 port and 26 port Enterprise editionEth switch/IBP 1 Gb 18/6Eth switch/IBP 1 Gb 36/12Eth switch/IBP 1 Gb 36/8+2Eth switch/IBP 10 Gb 18/8Eth Pass-Thru 1/10Gb 18/18IB switch 40 Gb 18/18FC Pass Thru 8 Gb 18 port

PRIMERGY BX server blades are the reliable workhorses for the PRIMERGY BX900 and PRIMERGY BX400 blade server systems. Available with a wide variety of dual- and quad-socket server blades, they couple highly reliable motherboards with energy-efficient CPUs of the Intel® Xeon® processor 5000 and 7000 sequences, fast DDR3 memory and onboard network controllers with up to 10 GbE. They may also be optionally equip-ped with local hard drives or SSDs and mezzanine cards for enhanced external connectivity. Given this combination of features and options, the PRIMERGY server blades can host various types of applications in both physical and virtualized environments – fast, flexibly, and reliably.

FUJITSU PRIMERGY BX BLADE SERVER -Server blade overview

Model

Characteristics

Type

Max. number per BX400 system unit

Max. number per BX900 system unit

Processors

Memory capacity

Hard disks (hot-plug)

Ethernet controller onboard

Mezzanine cards

PRIMERGY BX920 S2

Universal dual socket server blade with high computing and I/O performance in a small form factor

Dual Socketserver blade

8

18

Intel® Xeon®processor5500/5600 series

2 GB – 144 GB,9 DIMM (DDR3)

max. 2 xHDD SAS 2.5-inch146 / 300 / 450 /600 GBHDD SATA 2.5-inch160 / 320 / 500 GBSSD SATA 2.5-inch32 / 64 GB

4 x Gbit Ethernet

2 x PCIe Gen2 x8(Quad 1Gbit Eth,Dual 10Gbit Eth,Dual 10Gbit CNA,Dual 8Gbit FC,Dual 40Gbit IB, SAS RAID w. cache + BBU)

PRIMERGY BX922 S2

Future-oriented server blade with all the prere-quisites for virtualization environments

Dual Socketserver blade

8

18

Intel® Xeon®processor5500/5600 series

2 GB – 192 GB,12 DIMM (DDR3)

max. 2 xHDD SATA 2.5-inch160 / 320 GB,(non hot-plug)SSD SATA 2.5-inch32 / 64 GB,(non hot-plug)

4 x Gbit Ethernet

2 x PCIe Gen2 x8(Quad 1Gbit Eth,Dual 10Gbit Eth,Dual 10Gbit CNA,Dual 8Gbit FC ,Dual 40Gbit IB)

PRIMERGY BX924 S2

Server blade with virtuali-zation fitness at all levels, be it compute power or I/O throughput

Dual Socketserver blade

8

18

Intel® Xeon®processor5500/5600 series

2 GB – 288 GB,18 DIMM (DDR3)

max. 2 xSSD SATA 2.5-inch32 / 64 GB,(non hot-plug)

2 x10 Gbit Ethernet

2 x PCIe Gen2 x8(Quad 1Gbit Eth,Dual 10Gbit Eth,Dual 10Gbit CNA,Dual 8Gbit FC ,Dual 40Gbit IB)

PRIMERGY BX960 S1

Dynamics paired withhigh scaling

Quad Socketserver blade

-

9

Intel® Xeon®processor7500 series

8 GB – 512 GB,32 DIMM (DDR3)

max. 2 xSSD SATA 2.5-inch32 / 64 GB,(non hot-plug)

4 x10 Gbit Ethernet

4 x PCIe Gen2 x8(Quad 1Gbit Eth,Dual 10Gbit Eth,Dual 10Gbit CNA,Dual 8Gbit FC ,

PRIMERGY SX storage blades are designed for installation into the PRIMERGY BX system units, together with the PRIMERGY server blades. The introduction of storage blades disks and tapes for all PRIMERGY blade servers offers an easy and cost effective consolidation opportunity, i.e. for a transition from rack or tower servers to high density blade server architecture. Usage of tape drive equipped storage blades offers an easy and fast way to backup system data locally. It is often essential to have local access to large amounts of data where smaller workgroups locally have to work on and create very large models. Operations within confined environments such as file servers or for smaller databases are popular usage cases for disk-based storage blades.

Use the NetApp Data ONTAP-vTM software to turn the PRIMERGY SX960 into an NAS/SAN inside the PRIMERGY BX enclosure. The PRIMERGY VSX960 is a flexible solution which provides a shared storage device to all processing server blades. This virtual storage solution consists of a sto-rage control blade with an installed hypervisor plus the Data ONTAP-vTM software from NetApp and a PRIMERGY SX960 storage blade to provide the shared storage capacity. The PRIMERGY VSX960 is fully integrated into the ServerView® Appliance and supports up to 10 hard disks in a RAID array. An easy onside customer installation process is guaranteed with the ServerView® Installation Manager. VSX storage solution supports iSCSI, CIFS and NFS protocol and is based on Data ONTAP-vTM features such as SnapShot, FlexVol, SnapRestore and FilerView.

FUJITSU PRIMERGY BX BLADE SERVER -Storage blade overview

Model

Characteristics

Type

Max. number per BX400 system unit

Max. number per BX900 system unit

Hard disk (hot-plug) / Tape drives

PRIMERGY SX910 S1

Easy and fast data backup

Storage blade tape

4

6

max. 1 x SAS 3Gb/sLTO3HH Ultrium, 400 GB, 60 MB/sLTO4HH Ultrium, 800 GB, 120 MB/sLTO5HH Ultrium, 1500 GB, 140 MB/s

PRIMERGY SX940 S1

For easy and cost effective storageconsolidation

Storage blade disk

4

6

max. 4 xHDD SAS 2.5-inch 73 / 146 / 300 GBHDD SATA 2.5-inch 160 / 320 / 500 GBSSD SATA 2.5-inch 32 / 64 GB

PRIMERGY SX960 S1

For easy and cost effective direct atta-ched and shared storage solutions

Storage blade disk

2

2

max. 10 xHDD SAS 2.5-inch 73 / 146 / 300 GBHDD SATA 2.5-inch 160 / 320 / 500 GBSSD SATA 2.5-inch 32 / 64 GB

The PRIMERGY ServerView® Suite covers all the functionality which is necessary for a fail-safe and flexible server operation. It improves end-user productivity with intelligent and innovative system management solutions. The software suite delivers optimized deployment, permanent status monitoring, extensive control and analysis features as well as improved maintenance and service quality. High level of energy-efficient server operation is ensured by state-of-the-art power monitoring and control functions.

Deploy ServerView® Installation Manager enables error-free configuration and unattended installation of operating systems and management software. This can be done either locally via media or remotely, as well as for multiple servers in parallel using PXE boot and a deploy-ment server. To reduce administration costs when deploying server farms, ServerView® Deployment Manager can install a large number of servers in parallel or rapidly multiply a server installation to a single server or groups of servers. Automated and time-controlled cloning uses centrally held boot images in an own image repository database for highest flexibility.

Control ServerView® Operations Manager monitors and analyzes physical and virtual servers and the associated infrastructure components as storage extension units in the network. Its continuous health control via 24x7 monitoring increases the availability of the IT infrastructure. Down-times can be reduced to a minimum or even be avoided. ServerView® Power Manager improves the efficiency of IT operations and generates high energy savings by extensively monitoring and ma-naging the power consumption of PRIMERGY servers. All the functions can be accessed either via the Operations Manager or the PRIMERGY’s onboard management.

Server ManagementPRIMERGY SERVERVIEW SUITE

Dynamize The ServerView® Suite also covers revolutionary management solutions which dramatically reduce complexity, improve flexibility and provide uniform management for both physical and virtual server environ-ments. Previously complex and time-consuming data center tasks are carried out much more easily and in minutes versus hours or days. Proven and mature solutions here are ServerView® Virtual-IO Mana-ger, ServerView® Resource Coordinator VE and ServerView® Resource Orchestrator.

Integrate ServerView® Integration Packs enable seamless and easy integration of PRIMERGY servers in enterprise management systems – including those from other vendors.

Maintain ServerView® Suite offers powerful tools and functions for failure prevention, trouble shooting and fast recovery. ServerView® Remote Management for PRIMERGY BX servers provides extensive remote control, enabling to fully control and analyze the servers irrespective of their system status. ServerView® Update Management updates the server configuration with regard to BIOS, firmware, OS drivers and ServerView management software. Depending on the requirements it supports updating a single server via media or centrally, as well as automated remote updating of many servers in parallel - with minimal interruption of IT production. ServerView® Asset Manager helps to run systems more safely. It compares inventory data to identify configurati-on changes and possible problems.

Traditional I/O infrastructureEach server I/O adapter comes with a pre-assigned default physical network address (WWN or MAC) used to identify servers on SAN or LAN. This makes it necessary to reconfigure network settings when perfor-ming server deployment, maintenance and recovery tasks. Reconfigu-ration of the network settings normally involves many manual steps like re-cabling, and it requires the assistance of network and storage administrators. Depending on the coordination between the admin teams, network reconfiguration processes can considerably slowdown server admin tasks.

I/O virtualizationI/O virtualization technology puts an abstraction layer between the servers and the external networks.Instead of using default Media Access Control (MAC) addresses for Network Interface Controllers (NICs), and default World Wide Names (WWNs) for Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), virtual customer-defined addresses are used because they can be flexibly assigned to specific server blades. Although the hardware ships with default MAC addres-ses and WWNs, I/O virtualization resets these addresses prior to the boot sequence so that only the virtual addresses are used during operation. I/O virtualization lets server administrators add, maintain or failover servers without affecting complex network settings.

I/O virtualization with VIOMVIOM is an I/O virtualization technology specifically designed for blade server environments. VIOM uses a special server profile to store blade-specific information like I/O addresses, I/O connections or even boot parameters. Each server profile is stored in a central repository and serves as a pointer to a boot image, enabling administrators to run an application by simply assigning a profile to a server blade. As each profile can be moved not only within the same blade chassis, but also across hundreds of server blades residing in different chassis, VIOM pa-ves the way for substantial improvements in scalability and flexibility.In combination with the Intelligent Blade Panel (IBP) it is not only possible to keep MAC addresses constant, but also to keep the network path to a specific uplink. This is particularly useful in configurations where many customers, who reside in separate physical or virtual networks, should be operated within the same blade chassis. If a blade is moved or exchanged, IBP makes sure that the new blade will be connected to the correct customer network segment. The VIOM approach goes far beyond virtualization of WWN and MAC addresses of a server. In addition to WWN and MAC addresses, a VIOM server profile can contain other parameters like BIOS settings, also making it possible to keep those settings constant in server switchover or failover scenarios. The ultimate goal is to virtualize as many server parameters as possible to have a stateless blade, offering maximum flexibility for assigning server resources to applications.

SERVERVIEW VIRTUAL I/O MANAGER (SV VIOM)Simplified management of I/O addresses

Uniform ManagementServer virtualization is a key enabler for building dynamic IT infrastruc-tures and many experts share the vision of a completely virtualized IT infrastructure. But despite the rapid growth rates of server virtua-lization products, the percentage of x86 server workloads running in virtual machines today is still low. This means that mixed operation of physical and virtual servers will be a long-term reality in most data centers. As a result, there will be a need for management tools that can handle the management of both physical and virtual environ-ments. RCVE addresses the management challenges in a heteroge-neous physical and virtual server environment by integrating the administration of physical and virtual servers as much as possible. Using a single console, RCVE provides visualization of server resource states and common basic operations on physical and virtual servers. For managing mixed hypervisor environments, RCVE has a uniform interface for common administrative tasks like start, stop, reboot or live migration operations for all supported hypervisor products. RCVE shows the virtual resources and their relationships to physical systems on a single console. In PRIMERGY blade server environments this inclu-des the monitoring of physical and virtual network connections. This enables server administrators with limited networking skills to easily confirm the network configuration.

ServerView Resource Coordinator (RCVE)

Simplified Lifecycle ManagementRCVE enables fully-automated server deployment for entire server farms through integrated cloning and remote system image distri-bution capabilities. Furthermore, RCVE makes it possible to create system image backups, which are centrally managed on the admin server. Leveraging the integrated fully-automated server deployment capabilities, RCVE also simplifies and speeds up hardware maintenance by easy and automated restoration of system images after hardware components have been replaced. Server downtime due to mainte-nance tasks can now be reduced to a minimum.

Cost-Effective High AvailabilityIf a server fails, ServerView Resource Coordinator VE automatically starts a spare system to prevent downtime. In this way, a large number of production servers in a pool can be protected by one or a few sub-stitute servers (N:1 failover). The spare servers can be jointly used in mixed, physical and virtual environments. Furthermore, the high avai-lability function complements and can be combined with, the existing high availability functions offered by the hypervisor vendors.

SERVERVIEW RESOURCE COORDINATOR VEEASY High Availability and Operations

With ServerView® Resource Orchestrator (ROR), Fujitsu offers a next-generation system management software that enables IT organiza-tions to deliver IT infrastructure resources faster while at the same time lowering the barriers for users to gain access to IT resources. Automation of provisioning processes helps to streamline infrastruc-ture administration workflows with a positive impact on operational data center costs. A logical server concept hides the complexity of the underlying physical infrastructure. It also provides users with an inter-face from which they can request server resources easily and efficiently. ROR serves as a key building block for companies moving forward on their way to implementing more dynamic resource management in order to integrate and run their infrastructure in a cloud computing environment.

Resource OrchestrationThe foundation for effective resource orchestration is ROR’s ability to automatically provision a physical or virtual server from shared pools of infrastructure resources (physical and virtual servers, storage, network, OS images). For management of the individual resource pools, ROR not only provides interfaces to Fujitsu’s own management platforms, it also can integrate with management products from technology partners.ROR enables collective management of resources in “resource groups” allowing a clear separation of resources belonging to different users groups. This enables multi-tenant management in larger scale envi-ronments, where a huge amount of resources have to be managed. Moreover, user and role-based management capabilities allow IT organizations to enforce enterprise-specific security policies.

Resource AbstractionIn order to give IT user’s easier and more dynamic access to server re-sources, ROR introduces a logical server concept, which hides the com-plexity of the underlying IT infrastructure. A logical server is an abstract server definition, which describes all parameters required to setup a physical or virtual server, including storage and network settings. ROR manages the complete life-cycle of logical servers.

Advantages Compared To Traditional Provisioning■ Deliver system resources to applications much faster and speed- up roll-out processes■ Time savings of up to 90%■ Increase utilization of invested hardware■ Increase quality of service■ Improve consistency and compliance of your system configuration through standardization and automation■ Increase agility through fast adaptation of your IT infrastructure to changing business needs■ Build an SLA-based IT operation with a high level of service orientation

SERVERVIEW RESOURCE ORCHESTRATOR (SV ROR)Automating resource provisioning

Maintenance and Support ServicesIn addition to cutting-edge products and solution, Fujitsu delivers world-wide maintenance and support services for heterogeneous in-frastructures out of one hand: From integrating new technologies in IT infrastructure, to providing fast and uncomplicated support proactively. This ensures smooth IT operation right from the start while internal IT specialists can concentrate on their core business. Depending on the best fit for the customer’s situation, our specialists propose standar-dized service offers or design and realize customized service solutions.

Server Integration ServicesFujitsu offers efficient consultation packages for existing infrastruc-ture environments at a fixed price. This has been made possible by systematically analyzing a large number of successfully implemented consultation projects. The solution methods used have been standar-dized and combined with the experience of the comprehensive product and solution skills provided by the Fujitsu group. The result: first-class consultation and analysis packages quickly provide customers with specific information and suggested improvements for the infrastructure involved.

Managed InfrastructuresManaged Data Center provides services for the dynamic infrastructures from Fujitsu, as well as for typical heterogeneous multivendor envi-ronments. From analysis and planning to organization, operation and maintenance, the service covers all IT infrastructure components of the data center including virtualization, automation and integration. A fair and transparent invoicing model is applied on either a performance or „pay-as-you-go“ basis.

Infrastructure-as-a-ServiceInfrastructure-as-a-Service for Servers enables our customers to get quick and easy on-demand access to individually configured server ca-pacity hosted in the Fujitsu datacenters. It can either be provided as a plain virtual server, virtual and dedicated server with operating system or server with middleware and application services. The service is paid per usage on a monthly base.Infrastructure-as-a-Service for Storage enables our customers to get quick and easy on-demand access to individually configured storage capacity hosted in the Fujitsu datacenters. It will be provided in diffe-rent defined classes with clear SLAs. The service is paid per usage and monthly without any pre-invest and with fixed costs thereby becoming variable.

Services Smooth IT operation right from the start

The Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX Blade Servers satisfy all needs of midmarket companies, branch offices and enterprise data centers, complemented with a comprehensive offering of solutions and services. They provide simply smarter way of setting up an IT infrastructure with more efficien-cy, flexibility and business continuity. Due to their modular design, the PRIMERGY BX blade servers offer compelling advantages such as their high density, energy-efficiency, overall easy-to-use approach, as well as the fail-safe and dynamic twenty-four-seven operation.

The Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 is a dynamic server infrastructure in a single blade cube. By using the PRIMERGY BX900, customers can adapt dynamically to different IT usage scenarios, increasing the agility while reducing costs.

The new PRIMERGY BX400 is a fully-featured blade system built from the ground up as a user-friendly and versatile infrastructure designed for midsized customers with large computing and storage require-ments, including branch offices. Energy-efficient, cost-sensitive, easy to install and manage; the new PRIMERGY BX400 helps businesses increase productivity via greater IT efficiency and drive down costs for storage and computing requirements.

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