{"id":643143,"date":"2013-02-20T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/?p=91666"},"modified":"2013-02-20T10:00:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T15:00:41","slug":"hp-strengthens-bladesystem-converged-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/643143","title":{"rendered":"HP Strengthens BladeSystem Converged Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HP this week announced significant enhancements to its BladeSystem c-Class portfolio. (Photo: HP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At the 2013 HP Global Partner conference<\/strong><\/a> in Las Vegas this week, HP<\/strong> announced several new innovations in converged infrastructure. \u00a0The event conversation can be followed on Twitter hashtag #HPGPC.<\/a><\/p>\n

HP BladeSystem c7000<\/strong><\/p>\n

HP announced significant enhancements to its BladeSystem c-Class portfolio, with three new components, including the BladeSystem c7000 Platinum enclosure, a new HP ProLiant WS460c Generation 8 Server blade and major enhancements to its HP Virtual Connect product family.\u00a0The new HP BladeSystem c7000 Platinum enclosure\u00a0improves efficiencies, simplifies management and optimizes power while remaining\u00a0compatible with previous generations of HP blade servers and interconnects. It features the new SX1018 HP Ethernet switch, with 40Gb downlinks to each blade server. It includes HP SmartMemory, a Three Rank (3R) 24GB Registered DIMM, which enables a 25 percent increase in speed over previous generations. The c7000 also features location and power discovery tools to allow customers to track server locations remotely from a central console.<\/p>\n

HP Virtual Connect 4.0<\/a> was introduced, as a network management tool to simplify connectivity, enable troubleshooting and boost network reliability. It extends comprehensive integration with existing enterprise networking environments. It features real-time network flow monitoring, and enhanced quality of service (QoS). A new HP ProLiant WS460c Gen8 workstation server blade can support virtualized client solutions with high-density 3-D graphics and eight GPUs per blade. Enabling four times more users per workstation, the WS460c can reduce costs by up to 60 percent per user compared to previous generations.<\/p>\n

“Adopting a virtualized platform can be a daunting task as many organizations lack the\u00a0scalable infrastructure required to grow their businesses,\u201d said Chuck Smith, vice president\u00a0and general manager, Blades to Cloud Business Unit, Industry Standard Servers and \u00a0Software, HP. \u201cThe additions to the HP BladeSystem portfolio provides built in flexibility to\u00a0accommodate future technology innovations. HP has elevated our blade offerings and allows customers to prepare their current infrastructure for virtualization while providing\u00a0our channel partners with new revenue opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

HP StoreVirtual Storage Systems<\/strong><\/p>\n

HP announced<\/a> new StoreVirtual systems based on ProLiant Gen8 technology and LeftHand OS 10. The new systems include reliability and availability enhancements optimized for virtualization projects. \u00a0Anew channel-only midrange storage solution was also announced, that combines HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage and HP StoreOnce Backup functionality to deliver primary block-and-file storage with information protection in a single system.<\/p>\n

New StoreVirtual 4530 and 4730 storage systems feature 10 times greater memory, four times larger cache and 10 gigabit iSCSI native connectivity on all models. With 3TB drives the new systems deliver 50 percent more density than its predecessor.\u00a0HP StoreVirtual Storage features all-inclusive software licensing, expansive enterprise class storage features and low deployment cost.<\/p>\n

Unified wired and wireless BYOD solution<\/strong><\/p>\n

HP\u00a0announced<\/a> new unified wired and wireless\u00a0solutions that deliver a simple, scalable and secure network supporting bring-yourown-device (BYOD) initiatives while creating incremental.\u00a0<\/em>The offerings also enable partners to leverage the HP FlexNetwork architecture to\u00a0better support their clients\u2019 BYOD essentials with new device on-boarding and\u00a0provisioning functionalities through a single management application and automated\u00a0security with software-defined networks (SDN) technology, while being supported by\u00a0mobility connectivity services.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrganizations are struggling to deploy BYOD solutions within a complex, legacy\u00a0infrastructure that spans two separate networks and management applications,\u201d said\u00a0Bethany Mayer, senior vice president and general manager, Networking, HP. \u201cHP\u2019s\u00a0complete unified BYOD solution is the first to solve this issue and\u2014combined with HP\u2019s\u00a0comprehensive training, programs and services\u2014will create new, profitable\u00a0opportunities for partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

To double network scalability over legacy infrastructure, the new OpenFlow-enabled HP 2920 Switch Series speeds data transfer by up to 45 percent, while increasing performance by up to 100 percent.\u00a0Additionally, the new HP 830 Unified\/WLAN Switch eliminates the need to purchase up to 50 percent of traditional network access devices, including separate switches and controllers, while supporting up to 1,000 wireless devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HP this week announced significant enhancements to its BladeSystem c-Class portfolio. (Photo: HP) At the 2013 HP Global Partner conference in Las Vegas this week, HP announced several new innovations in converged infrastructure. \u00a0The event conversation can be followed on Twitter hashtag #HPGPC. HP BladeSystem c7000 HP announced significant enhancements to its BladeSystem c-Class portfolio, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}