hp flexbranch with vmware vsphere

HP FlexBranch with VMware vSphereSimplify Infrastructure and optimize branch user experienceKowshik BhatGlobal Solution Marketing ManagerMay 2012

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The Need for Change

An agile network is essential

Machine to Machine workload

BYOD

Video

IT as service broker

Apps are changing, IT is changing, Infrastructure has to change

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HP Solves The Problem with Virtual Application NetworksBuilt on HP FlexNetwork

Extend control plane

Characterize applications

Automate orchestration

Deploy applications faster

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Branch Challenges

Limited IT resources on site

Data CenterBranc

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Slow, unstable access to corporate resources and applications

Complex, disparate infrastructure

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LAN-like experience across the distributed enterprise

Introducing the FlexBranch Solution

• Accelerate WAN and cloud access

• Faster media-rich communications

• Converged network and applications

• Virtualize application delivery

• Single pane-of-glass management

• Converged wired & wireless

OPTIMIZED APPLICATION DELIVERY

CONVERGED NETWORK SERVICES

CONVERGED NETWORK MANAGEMENT

HeadquartersBranch

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Deliver New Applications with ease

Virtualization at the Edge - Benefits

• Open platform to deploy application of choice

• Provision applications thousands of sites quickly with

vSphere

Business Agility

Reduce Complexity• Reduced IT footprint with branch-in-a-box

• Pre-installed vSphere on modules

• Single pane of glass remote management

• Lifetime Warranty on platform & module (5 years on

hard disk)

Simple to Deploy

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HP FlexBranch Virtualization Components

HP 5400 zl chassis switch series

• Access LAN switch with Layer 2/3/4 support

• Energy Efficient Ethernet and PoE/PoE+

• 6 or 12 slot modular for scalability

HP Advanced Services zl Module with VMware vSphere

• Single slot module for HP 5400 zl switch chassis

• Performance optimized compute platform with Intel Core 2 Duo processor

• Two 10G direct access links to backplane

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HP FlexBranch Virtualization Components

• Industry Leading Virtualization Platform

• Extensive ecosystem of Virtual Appliances

• Integrated management with VMware vCenter and vCloud Director

VMware vSphere 5 Foundation

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Agility to Deliver New Integrated Services

Full functional VMware vSphere 5

Fast service deliver with off the shelf applications

Integrated IIS/Apache Web Server

Integrated services – AD, DNS, DHCP, Print

Wired & Wireless

LDAP

Distributed Logging & Monitoring

zl Services Module

VMware vSphere 5

MSFT OS

Microsoft applications,

services

Linux OS Linux OS

WAN acceleratio

n

Virtualized Open Platform

Firewall

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Breadth of Solution Portfolio

Firewall

Video-on-demand

IP surveillance

UC&C

WAN acceleration

Core applicationsNetwork visibility

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Single-pane of glass management with the Intelligent Management Center

Managing the FlexBranch

Extended Virtualized management from data center to branch with VMware® vCenter™

Comprehensive remote visibility, configuration, and management

Unified IMC and VMware vCenter Orchestration for Networking and Computing

Data Center

Branch

VMwarevCenter Server

IMC

6085Devices supported

1400+Devices from

Cisco

220Manufacturers

WAN

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Summary

• HP Networking and VMware simplify and optimize application delivery

• Fully integrated solution provides virtualization at the “edge of the network”

• Choice of application with ease of deployment

• Extend proven vSphere capabilities from data center to branch

• Integrated remote management with IMC and vCenter

HP Advanced Services zl Module with VMware vSphere

Visit FlexBranch demo to see it live!

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