VIRTUALIZATION FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION · Stratus Technologies 4 n! Patented, time-tested technologies for over 34 years n! 560 employees n! Global sales and support n! Highest

Frank Hill, Director Business Development

VIRTUALIZATION FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

April 2015

© 2013 Stratus Technologies Bermuda Ltd. Stratus Technologies Confidential

Today’s Technology Waves Change Everything

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Ø   Virtualization Ø   Thin clients Ø   Mobile computing Ø   The internet of things Ø   Big data

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Industrial Applications Must Not Stop

Unsafe Operations

Lost or Non-complaint

Production Lost Revenue

$$$$

Lost Transactions

Lost Customers

Business Stalls

Failure Occurs

When it stops, who’s there to fix it? Stratus Technologies Confidential

Stratus Technologies

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n   Patented, time-tested technologies for over 34 yearsn   560 employeesn   Global sales and supportn   Highest customer retentionn   Always-on Culturen   Manufacturing has grown into

our largest industry segment!

Delivers the highest uptime for server based applications using patented

technologies combined with proactive availability management and

monitoring services to provide Always - On processing

Stratus Technologies = 99.999%+ Uptime = ALWAYS-ON

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Companies around the World Depend on Stratus

Always-on processing environment for their critical applications!

Stratus Industrial Automation Experience

n   Manufacturing is our largest and fastest growing industry

n   Stratus industrial application partnerships

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The Virtualization Wave

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

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80%

90%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

2% 5%

10%

18%

27%

38%

49%

58%

65%

72%

77%

81% 84%

86%

Percentage of x86-Architecture Workloads Running in VMs

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Source: Jeffries report dated 10/5/11, referencing Gartner report (3/4/11: Virtual Machines Will Slow in the Enterprise, Grow in the Cloud)

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Legacy OS Support

Server consolidation

Virtualization Benefits

Lifecycle Management

Thin Clients

•   Reusing VMs to simplify deployment •   Software upgrades •   Disaster recovery •   Future hardware upgrades •   Test environments

Consolidation With Virtualization Increases Risk

Virtualization Layer

App 1

OS

App2

OS

App3

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.”

App3

OS

Server 3

App 1

OS

Server 1

App2

OS

Server 2

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Server

Typical VMware HA (High Availability) Architecture

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•   Three servers

•   External storage (SAN)

•   Redundant switches

•   vCenter Server

•   Multiple Licenses

•   VMware Essentials Plus License ($4,000)

VMware HA Configuration

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

vCenter Server

VMware ESXi VMware ESXi

OS

APP

OS

APP

VMware ESXi

Challenges with clusters: 1)   Design time

•   15-16 engineering days •   Required specialty

certifications / experience Ø   CCNA - Cisco Ø   VCP - VMware Ø   Storage experienced

engineers

•   Approval from IT

2)   Fabrication/test time •   7-8 days •   Requires trained technician

3)   Support •   Multi-vendor •   Technical Skill Set

VMware HA Configuration Hardware FT Configuration

Fault-Tolerant Hardware Option

 vCenter Server

 Multiple Licenses

 Second server

 Redundant switches

 External storage

 VMware Essentials Plus License ($4,000)

You don’t need:

VMware vSphere

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n   Simple

n   Lower Cost

n   Higher Availability

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

OS

APP

Stratus Fault-Tolerant Servers

n   Fully redundant hardware

n   Plug-and-play

n   Operational simplicity

n   No failover time

n   No data loss

n   Hot-swappable components

n   Single System - Single License

n   24/7/365 support service

n   Typical configurations cost$18,000 to $60,000

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Hot-pluggable components are

EASY to replace

System synchronizes with

replacement component

Normal processing continues throughout process!

System automatically orders

CORRECT replacement part

Next Day Delivery Service

Component fails. System

ISOLATES fault and notifies

Stratus that a CPU has failed

ActiveService™ Architecture:Automatic Availability

Product Specifications 2710

Low-end system 4710

Mid-tier system 6410

High-end system

Processors 1-socket 1-socket 2-socket

Core per processor Six-core Ten-core Ten-core

Memory Slots 8 DIMM Slots 8 DIMM Slots 16 DIMM Slots

Maximum System Memory 64 GB 256 GB 512 GB

Embedded Ports 6 Gb SAS, 4 x USB 2.0 (3 rear, 1 front), 2 x COMM, VGA, DVD R/W (front)

Ethernet ports 2 x 1 GbE 1 x VTM 1 GbE

2 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 2 2 x PCIe x4 Gen 2 2 x PCIe x4 Gen 2 2 x PCIe x8 Gen 2

Disk Slots 8 x 2.5” HDD/SSD SAS Disks

Form Factor 4U Rack

Optional Embedded Slots/ GbE Ports

Not Available 2 x PCIe x8 Gen 2 2 x 10 GbE

Included Standard

Note: All I/O options specified in logical count, physical count is 2 times numbers specified

ftServer 2710 Configuration

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•   Single 6-core (6 processors)

•   Hyper-Threading

•   (1) MS Windows Server License (for 2 VMs) with 5 CAL

•   32 GB Memory

•   2.7 TB usable mirrored storage

•   2 Ethernet Ports

•   Keyboard

•   On-site Jumpstart training and installation

•   Platform Support level of recurring services


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•   Single 10-core (10 processors)


•   (3) MS Windows Server License (for 6 VMs) with 15 CAL $3,822


•   3 TB usable mirrored storage


•   Keyboard




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•   Dual 10-core (20 processors)


•   MS Datacenter License (unlimited VMs) with 15 CAL $7,736


•   3.9 TB usable mirrored storage


•   Keyboard



System Example

AOS 1 Historian Information Server Galaxy Repository

AOS 2

I/O Server Intelligence Workflow

Operator Workstations

System Example

AOS 1 Historian Information Server Galaxy Repository

AOS 2 I/O Server

Intelligence Workflow

Operator Workstations

Pinellas County, Florida USA - Water Treatment Plants

Site Control Room

Wireless Remote Control Vehicles

Human Machine Interface Clients

HMI Historian SCADA Data Analyst

Maintenance Calibration

Programmable Logic Controllers

Programmable Logic Controllers

VMware vSphere

Wonderware Water Treatment Solution

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Stratus Contact: Frank Hill Director BD & Channel Team Lead Manufacturing, Utilities, O&G +1 267-261-3733 [email protected]

§   ftServers replaced four Dell servers in 80 compressing stations

§   Each ftServer hosts 5 VMs including FactoryTalk® View and Historian

§   Eliminated downtime, lowered costs, and simplified support §   http://www.stratus.com/Library/Resources/Columbia-Pipeline-Video-Case-Study

Uptime = Operational Simplicity

Example: NiSource - Columbia Pipeline Group

Stratus® ftServer® systems VMware vSphere™ virtualization Platform support services FactoryTalk® Software

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Columbia Pipeline Group delivers over 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas per year of natural gas to across 16 USA states through 15,000 miles of natural gas pipeline and 37 storage fields

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