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HP Helion Content Depot positioning

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HP Helion Content Depot is a bundle of reference architectures for different use

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storage), hardware (HP ProLiant servers and HP Networking products), plus

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installation and deployment services and support. Its key features include:
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HP Networking switches, and open software

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 Built-in data center and multi-site replication

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 OpenStack Swift RESTful API for CLI- and GUI-based manageability (GUI
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HP Helion portfolio

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HP Helion Content Depot is one of the integrated and optimized cloud solutions

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within the HP Helion portfolio, along with HP Helion High Performance Computing,

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HP Helion CloudSystem Foundation, and HP Helion CloudSystem Enterprise.

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HP Helion Content Depot solution

opportunities

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HP Helion Content Depot

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OpenStack Swift high level architecture

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The above graphic represents a high-level Swift architecture. The primary

components are the proxy servers and the object servers. The integration with
other components, such as Glance, Cinder, Icinga (open source network and
computer system monitoring application), and Keystone, are also shown. Notice
that Swift always replicates the data objects three ways, to three different
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For a brief explanation of the Swift architecture, view the 3-minute video titled
Operating Swift – Architecture at http://info.swiftstack.com/register-to-view-
operating-swift-architectural-overview (you must register first) or on YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3fTt1e5Bs#t=159). Alternatively, your
instructor might play the video for you or provide an explanation of the Swift
architecture.

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represented by the storage tier. When a client application performs a write

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operation to the Swift system, it comes to a proxy server (which proxy server
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server then sends the request to one or more object servers, depending on the
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configuration:
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Reference architecture storage components

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Reference configuration—Developer (V1.0)

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Reference configuration—Small (V1.1)

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The small configuration provides an ideal environment for conducting functionality

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SL4540 Gen8 servers. To scale out, you can add more proxy servers (proxy
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Reference configuration—Medium (V1.2+)

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The medium configuration delivers a single-rack HP Helion Content Depot

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Reference configuration—Large (future)

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The large configuration delivers a multi-rack scale-out HP Helion Content Depot

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Enterprise-class encryption solution for data at rest

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Many customers require enterprise-class encryption of their data, if stored in the

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Learner activity—Debrief
As a summary activity, write down as many things as you remember about HP
Helion Content Depot from this module:
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Appendix 2

What’s in this module for you?

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Introducing the HP Helion Self-Service HPC

solution

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their usage to more effectively compete in the marketplace. Consider some

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research data points that reflect today’s marketplace and opportunities:

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97% of firms using HPC say they can’t compete or survive without it.1
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broader set of users to increase the competitive agility for the customer
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References:
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“97% of the commercial firms that had adopted HPC said they could no
longer compete or survive without it. The chief benefit cited by these firms is
that HPC enables them to bring more innovative, higher-quality products and
services to the market in shorter time frames.” (IDC “10 Things CIOs Should
Know About High-Performance Computing”, June 2013, Steve Conway.)

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private cloud use about equally represented among the 2013 sites. (IDC

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“Worldwide HPC Public Cloud Computing 2014-2017 Forecast, Chirage

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“59% of HPDA users expect their HPDA workloads to expand by more than

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The HP Helion Self-Service HPC solution is one of the integrated and optimized
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Ease of use and application familiarity

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For engineers, scientists, and analysts, whose product design or data projects

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from the acceleration HPC resources can provide, HP Helion Self-Service HPC
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solution makes HPC resources and job submission as easy as requesting and
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using their familiar application.

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The solution provides a simple self-service web portal and HPC service catalog
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key applications such as ANSYS and the ability to extend to other HPC
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applications needed for specific groups

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the scenes” replication of each service on more agile HPC cloud resources,
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Optimized usage with open, efficient management

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priorities are met so the highest priority workloads are processed first while
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optimizing resource utilization

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application sharing and utilization (future scheduling of license availability,

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and application usage

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Security, scalable performance for HPC workloads

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The HP Helion Self-Service HPC solution also provides secure, scalable

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performance. It provides fast time to value with out-of-the box integration for
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applications, resources, and data in the HPC environment via the self-service

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Options for managing HP Helion Self-Service HPC

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The primary solution components are:

 End-user self-service HPC portal—provides the service catalog and cloud
controller, enabling end users to easily request their application service (with
all needed resources and their setup being automated) and submit their job(s)
for their project. This is provided by HP Cloud Service Automation (CSA),
which integrates with the workflow engine to automate all requests and their

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capability as part of each job submission process. This partner product is

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Additional resources

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Appendix 3

What’s in this module for you?

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Consumer Access Network

CloudSystem 8.1 introduces the consumer access network (CAN), which enables
consumer-oriented, dedicated access to request cloud services.
CAN gives cloud users a separate access point for the CloudSystem portal and
the Enterprise appliance, where other administrative servers are not accessible. In

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this QR code or right-click it and open the hyperlink:

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CloudSystem 8.1 architecture

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CloudSystem 8.1 network architecture

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the CAN network IP address. Looking from the console, the address is assigned to
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CloudSystem 8.1 storage options

Another key benefit unique to CloudSystem 8.1 is the introduction of more flexible
storage options to support hypervisor-presented storage in VMware clustered
environments.
CloudSystem 8.1 supports two types of storage:

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VMFS block storage drivers

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You must select a volume type when creating a volume. The volume type is
necessary to ensure that the volume attaches correctly to a VM.
Like VMFS drivers, VMFS volume types can be managed in the CloudSystem
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Allowed address pairs

Networking in CloudSystem 8.0 had several limitations that have been resolved in
CloudSystem 8.1. An example is that protocols such as Virtual Router
Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)/Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), which
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Setting an allowed address pair that matches the MAC address and IP address of
a port is prevented. Doing this would have no effect because traffic matching the
MAC address and IP address is already allowed to pass through the port.
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 To create an instance using an allowed address pair port, issue the following
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CloudSystem 8.1 adds support for:
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Improved scalability
Although CloudSystem 8.0 supported several hundred attached volumes,
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Upgrades to newer versions of OpenStack services are incorporated into
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Express design

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Creating offerings for Express Checkout

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New user interface design in CSA 4.1

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New topology design versioning

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Using automatic test

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Pre-installed content packs

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IaaS cloud solutions. The IaaS service designs are then published to a service
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Upgrading CloudSystem Foundation

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Syncing deployer.conf

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The upgrade process for CloudSystem Enterprise follows a similar process. First,
confirm that the Foundation upgrade is working properly. While the Enterprise
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Downloading the product

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Download components
 Z7550-01484—CloudSystem Foundation-ESX 8.1
 Z7550-01485—CloudSystem Foundation-ESX 8.1 sig file
 Z7550-01486—CloudSystem Foundation-KVM 8.1

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Online Help in Foundation

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Learning check
Your facilitator will lead a class discussion to capture key insights and challenges
from this section of the module. To prepare for the discussion, answer the following
questions about HP Converged Infrastructure, cloud fundamentals, and reference
architectures. Record your answers here and be prepared to share them with the

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Summary
This module provided an overview of the new features introduced by CloudSystem
8.1, including enhancements to CloudSystem Foundation and CloudSystem
Enterprise. It also explained how to upgrade from CloudSystem 8.0 to 8.1, and
looked at locations for updated documentation.

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Appendix 4

What’s in this module for you?

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Introducing HP OneView
The IT gap

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 Siloed domain expertise
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 Multiple manual hand-offs

 Difficulty to automate
 Slow, error-prone IT service rollouts
HP OneView solves these challenges with converged management that provides:

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Full access to the HP OneView management capability is available to users and

partners through the REST API and state-change message bus, making this an
extensible architecture.
The REST API is for customers that deploy or manage large scale environments
and require an API. It also provides an easy way to automate integration with
enterprise monitoring, CMDB, service desk applications, and other applications.

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Simplification through convergence

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What’s new in HP OneView 1.1?

Server management enhancements

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Virtual Connect support

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HP BladeSystem ‘non-VC’ environment support

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New: HP OneView – Now with storage automation

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Today’s storage provisioning…

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 Automated SAN zoning and import of Brocade fabrics

• Import of Brocade fabrics for automated zoning
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 Root cause and impact analysis with the new integration into VMware vCenter
Operations (trend changes surface and dashboards allow for deep
investigation into problems and their impact)
 Log analysis that uses the new integration into VMware vCenter Log to
troubleshoot key issues around servers and infrastructure prepopulated filters
on system logs)

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This integration allows these capabilities from the Microsoft System Center
consoles:
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• NEW: Enhanced provisioning uses HP OneView profiles to create or grow
a Hyper-V cluster consistently and reliably

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HP OneView 1.1 licensing

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As a summary activity, in the space provided below, write down as many things as
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What’s new in HP OneView 1.2?

HP OneView 1.2

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 Storage
• Extended automation control for 3PAR StoreServ when importing pre-
existing attached volumes and growing volumes without downtime
• Automated Fibre Channel SAN zoning for the high density, high
performance HP 5900CP switches

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 Server Firmware Inventory

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Data sheet

HP Helion Development
Platform
Quickly develop, deploy, and deliver cloud-native applications

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cloud-native applications with world class developer tools. Based on Cloud Foundry and
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interoperable platform that enables application development and portability across private
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• Optimizing Cloud Foundry for HP Helion OpenStack by tightly integrating with OpenStack services
• Scaling applications with a multitenant architecture and containers
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Benefits of HP Helion Development Platform

• Develop cloud-native applications—HP Helion Development Platform allows developers
to gain quick access to applications, frameworks, and services required for agile development.
With an intuitive console and open APIs, developers can spend more time coding and less
time managing resources. Jumpstart development with best practices, sample code, API
documentation, and community forums—available through HP Helion Developer Network,

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supports languages and frameworks such as Java, Python, Ruby, PHP and Node.js and leverages

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vendor lock-in with an open, interoperable platform, which is based on the industry-leading

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of the cloud underpinnings for developers. An open platform provides IT and developers

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with the ability to move applications from a private or public cloud for testing and production

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without having to make changes to the code. This allows organizations to pick the right cloud

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for the right application. HP Helion Development Platform also provides a common platform

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Architecture specifications
Component Specification
Application Lifecycle Service • Based on Cloud Foundry 2.0
• Handles the automatic configuration of the language runtime, web
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and Cloud Terms
Appendix 6

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Big data A collection of data sets that, because of their size and
complexity, are difficult to process using relational database
management tools and desktop statistics and visualization
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Bill of materials A list of parts needed to create a unit; a list of components or

sub-components, such as part numbers, of an equipment or
a hardware configuration.
Blob store A region of memory that is accessible by both the iLO and the
embedded software environment; management software can
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Capacity planning The analysis of and planning for resource usage by
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Cloud deployment models Define cloud infrastructure location, its ownership,

management, method of access, and access population.
Include public, private, community, and hybrid clouds.

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Cloud Maps HP templates, best practices, workflows, sizers, deployment

scripts, and white papers for creating service catalogs in HP
CloudSystem Matrix. Free and fee-based.
Cloud Service Automation An HP solution composed of automation software tools for
brokering and managing application and infrastructure
services in private and hybrid cloud environments. Available

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general connection requirements.

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Consistency group A group of LUNs that need to be treated the same from the
on

perspective of data consistency.

s
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Converged Enhanced Converges variety of data center traffic by stacking host

ld

Ethernet protocols and consolidating network interfaces. Enables

ho

Ethernet to deliver a "lossless" transport technology with

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congestion management and flow control features. Also

a

called data center bridging.

St
&L

Converged infrastructure An IT environment where server, storage, and networking

resources are standardized, virtualized, organized into, and
C

managed as resource pools.

P
H

Converged Network Adapter A network adapter that combines the functionality of a host
bus adapter (HBA) with a network interface controller (NIC).

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Core The actual data-processing engine within a processor. A

single processor might have multiple cores, and a core might
support multiple execution threads.
Create, read, update, and Basic HTTP methods in the REST API.
delete

d.
Cross-technology logical Logical servers that can be moved back and forth between

te
servers being VC hosted (hosted by a physical server) or VM hosted

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(hosted by a virtual machine).

oh
pr
CRUD See create, read, update, and delete.

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CSA See HP Cloud Service Automation.

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CSP See cloud service provider.

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D

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Data center bridging See Converged Enhanced Ethernet.

tp
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Deduplication Technology similar to audio and video compression that
compresses data files so that a smaller storage volume can

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hold the data. File and backup sets are examined with

w
redundant information (white space) represented rather than

rt
pa
transmitted whole. in
Delivery layer A layer within the HP Cloud Functional Reference
or

Architecture where the provisioning and configuration of

le

services and their components takes place.

ho

Demand layer A layer within the HP Cloud Functional Reference

w

Architecture where the end user interacts with the cloud

in

(accesses and orders services via a self-service portal).

n
io

Demand profile A set of resource-demand readings made at regular intervals

ct

for a period of time. The demand profile of a workload,

du

system, or complex is used when doing capacity planning.

ro

Demand profiles can be based on historical data or computed

ep

as part of a forecast.
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De-provisioning The process of returning a no longer needed resource to the

on

pool of available resources. May include scrubbing of

sensitive data and generation of a final invoice.
s
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Desktop virtualization A VM running a desktop operating system that users access

ld
ho

from multiple locations using a variety of thick and thin

ke

devices. Also called client virtualization.

a

Disaster recovery A set of processes, policies, and procedures necessary to

St

prepare for recovery or continuation of technology

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infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or

C

human-caused disaster. A subset of business continuity.

P
H

Discovery A feature within a management application that finds and

identifies network objects.

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DMA See HP Database and Middleware Automation.

Domain A collection of management elements that can be
interconnected and communicate in a deployed environment.
Domains can be managed through the same manageability
network (directly or indirectly).

d.
E

ite
ib
east west traffic The network traffic that goes between servers in a given data

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center (in the context of the data center LAN), or traffic that

pr
goes between servers in different data centers (in the context

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of the WAN). Can also refer to client-to-client traffic in

on
collaboration tools.

si
EBIPA See Enclosure Bay IP Addressing.

is
m
EFI See Extensible Firmware Interface.

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tp
EG See Enclosure Group.

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Elasticity Ability to dynamically expand or contract a computing

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resource based on demand.

w
Enclosure A chassis that contains multiple server blades and

rt
pa
interconnect devices. in
Enclosure Bay IP Addressing Automatically assigns IP addresses for the iLO processors
or

that are bridged through the HP BladeSystem Onboard

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Administrator and to the interconnect module management

ho

ports.
w

Enclosure Group Defines the desired physical configuration of a physical

in

enclosure resource within the HP OneView appliance. An

n
io

enclosure must belong to a signle enclosure group.

ct

End User License Agreement A contract between the software licensor and the purchaser,
du

establishing the purchaser's right to use the software.

ro
ep

End-of-row network design A network design where each server in the individual racks is
.R

connected to a common EoR aggregation switch directly,

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without connecting to individual ToR switches in each rack.

on

Endpoint Within a Fibre Channel SAN, devices providing or consuming

s

storage are known as endpoints and are identified by a World

er

Wide Name (WWN).

ld
ho

EoR network design See end-of-row network design.

ke

EULA See End User License Agreement.

a
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Extensible Firmware Specification that defines the software interface between an

&L

Interface operating system and the platform firmware. Unified EFI

C

(UEFI) supersedes the original EFI specification by Intel and

P

replaces the BIOS firmware interface.

H

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F
Fabric Fibre Channel network composed of one or more
interconnected Fibre Channel switches.
Failover The operation that takes place when a primary service
(network, storage, or CPU) fails and the application continues

d.
operation on a secondary unit.

te
i
ib
FCoE See Fibre Channel over Ethernet.

oh
Fibre Channel A network technology primarily used for storage networks.

pr
Fibre Channel over Ethernet An encapsulation of Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet

is
networks. This allows Fibre Channel to use 10Gbps or

on
higher-speed Ethernet networks while preserving the Fibre

si
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Channel protocol.

m
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File storage Specific folder in a fixed logical order; file path, name, and

tp
date. File storage is easy to copy, delete, and move data

ou
around. You can restore single VMs, databases, or groups of
VMs and databases. Very little technical knowledge is

ith
required – everyone knows how to manage shares and

w
mountpoints, and there is a less complex infrastructure, no

rt
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HBA, and so forth.
in
Firmware baseline A specification of the firmware set to be used for the profile or
or

an environment.
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FlexBranch Technology that converges network functionality with

ho

services, enabling branch office employees to enjoy the

w

same fast and reliable access to data and applications as

in

those at the main office.

n
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FlexCampus An infrastructure for mid-size or enterprise campus LANs;

ct

unifies wired and wireless networks to deliver media-

du

optimized, secure, and identity-based access.

ro
ep

FlexFabric Solution that provides the network infrastructure for the data
.R

center; simplifies data center infrastructure with converged

network, computer, and storage resources across both virtual
ly
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and physical environments to accommodate cloud computing

models.
s
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FlexManagement A layer across the other three building blocks of the HP

ld
ho

FlexNetwork; which enables management of all network

ke

segments through a single-console management application,

HP Intelligent Management Center (HP IMC).
a
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FlexNetwork The fabric of the HP CI, seamlessly connecting users,

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applications, and data, delivering simplicity with a unified,

C

consistent, standards-based architecture from applications to

P

users; consists of FlexFabric, FlexCampus, FlexBranch, and

H

FlexManagement.

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FlexNIC An abstraction of a portion of Virtual Connect Flex-10 and

FlexFabric adapter connections, which are presented to the
operating system as standard NICs. Each FlexNIC has a
unique MAC address and supports port aggregation, failover,
and VLAN tagging.
Forecast A prediction of system utilization and workload demand

d.
te
profiles for some future time.

i
ib
Forecast data range A time interval specifying the set of historical data to use for

oh
generating a forecast.

pr
Forecast model A combination of a forecast data range and a set of annual

is
projected growth rates that are used to estimate future

on
utilization.

si
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Glance An OpenStack Image service that provides discovery,

tp
registration, and delivery services for disk and server images.

ou
Stored images can be used as templates or to store and

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catalog an unlimited number of backups.

w
Guest OS The operating system that is running on a virtual machine.

rt
pa
H in
or

HA See high availability.

le

HBA See host bus adapter.

ho

Headroom In general, the amount of a computing resource that is

w

available on a system after all requirements for applications

in

on the system are accounted for.

n
io

Heat An OpenStack Orchestration service that orchestrates

ct
du

multiple composite cloud applications using templates.

ro

High availability System design approach and associated service

ep

implementation that ensures a pre-arranged level of

.R

operational performance will be met during a contractual

ly

measurement period.
on

Horizon An OpenStack Dashboard component that provides

s
er

administrators and users a graphical interface to access,

ld

provision, and automate cloud-based resources. It allows for

ho

third party products and services, such as billing, monitoring,

ke

and additional tools.

a
St

Host A system or partition that is running an instance of an

operating system.
&L
C

Host bus adapter A circuit board or integrated circuit adapter that provides
P

input/output processing and physical connectivity between a

H

server and a storage device.

Host name The name of a system or partition that is running an
operating system instance.

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Host OS The operating system that is running on the host machine.

Hosted community cloud The community cloud infrastructure resides in the data center
of the third-party cloud provider.
Hosted private cloud Single-tenant, private cloud infrastructure created and
operated by a third-party cloud provider and located on the

d.
provider's premises.

te
i
ib
Hosting The process of making services available via a network.

oh
HP 3PAR Persistent Ports A tier 1 resiliency feature available on all HP 3PAR StoreServ

pr
systems; provides non-disruptive online software upgrades

is
without relying on multi-pathing software to initiate failover.

on
HP 3PAR StoreServ A family of modern storage systems from HP that are

si
is
autonomic, efficient, and federated.

m
HP ActiveAnswers An online portal that provides various tools to help you

er
tp
configure, size, use, and analyze performance of HP
products and solutions.

ou
ith
HP ADM See HP Application Deployment Manager.

w
HP Aggregation Platform for An HP Software offering that serves as the single point of

rt
pa
SaaS access for applications (SaaS); enables operators to create a
SaaS marketplace portal where customers discover SaaS
in
products and bundles, run trials, subscribe to services, and
or

consume them.
le
ho

HP AP4SaaS See HP Aggregation Platform for SaaS.

w

HP Application Deployment An HP Software offering that enables full application stack

in

Manager management and full application lifecycle management.

n
io

HP Autonomy An HP market-leading software company that helps

ct

organizations understand the meaning buried in their

du

information. It has developed a unique meaning-based

ro

technology that makes sense of and processes unstructured

ep

human information.
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HP CI-CM See HP Converged Infrastructure Capability Model.

ly
on

HP CloudSystem A complete, packaged, integrated, open platform from HP for

s

private, public, and hybrid clouds. Part of HP Converged

er

Systems.
ld
ho

HP CloudSystem Enterprise An HP CloudSystem offering for private or hybrid clouds

ke

using IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS service models. Supports third-

a

party hardware and provides full lifecycle management and

St

advanced application provisioning.

&L

HP CloudSystem Foundation A foundational cloud offering from HP that provides the

C

essentials to deliver Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) while

P
H

leveraging HP Cloud OS and includes these OpenStack

service offerings: Nova, Cinder, Neutron, Keystone, Glance,
and Horizon.

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HP Converged Infrastructure A method for organizations to develop their own roadmap for
Capability Model transitioning to a converged infrastructure and to cloud; uses
a realistic and structured approach based on business and IT
objectives and quantitative metrics.
HP ConvergedSystems Turnkey systems from HP that integrate hardware, software,
and services. Tested, integrated, optimized and scalable for

d.
te
virtualization, cloud, and next-generation applications.

i
ib
HP Data Center Smart Grid Technology within HP Converged Infrastructure that collects

oh
and communicates thousands of measurements across IT

pr
systems to make the data center less complex, more flexible,

is
and cost-effective. Includes a central component called HP

on
Thermal Logic.

si
is
HP Database and An HP Software offering that automates manual, repetitive

m
Middleware Automation administrative tasks with databases and application servers.

er
tp
HP DMA See HP Database and Middleware Automation.

ou
HP EcoPOD A turnkey data center solution from HP that offers such high

ith
efficiency that it can scale to almost any capacity in a small

w
space.

rt
pa
HP IMC See HP Intelligent Management Center.
in
HP Insight Control System management software capable of managing a wide
or

variety of systems, including HP servers, clusters, desktops,

workstations, and portables.
le
ho

HP Insight Online A web-based, personalized IT and support dashboard;

w

provides the information you need to monitor HP devices in

in

your IT environment from anywhere, at any time, and at no

n

additional cost.
io
ct

HP integrated Lights-Out A management processor that virtualizes system controls,

du

enables remote management, simplifies server setup, and

ro

engages in health monitoring and power and thermal control

ep

of HP servers.
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HP Intelligent Management A centralized network management platform from HP that

ly
on

Center allows you to manage both physical and virtual networks;

supports both HP and third-party network devices.
s
er

HP Intelligent Provisioning HP technology that configures HP ProLiant Gen8 and later

ld
ho

servers and deploys "off-the-shelf" and HP branded versions

of leading server operating systems; replaces HP SmartStart.
ake

HP Network Automation An HP Software offering that automates the complete

St

operational lifecycle of network devices, from provisioning to

&L

policy-based change management, compliance, and security

C

administration.
P
H

HP OneView A converged infrastructure, software-defined management

platform providing a single integrated view of the IT
infrastructure, a software-based approach to lifecycle
management, and an open development environment.

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HP OO See HP Operations Orchestration.

HP Operations Orchestration An HP software solution that automates datacenter tasks and
processes using workflows. Part of HP CloudSystem
Enterprise and HP CloudSystem Service Provider.
HP SA See HP Server Automation.

d.
te
HP SAVA See HP Server Automation Virtual Appliance.

i
ib
HP Server Automation HP software that provides complete lifecycle management for

oh
physical and virtual servers and applications - from

pr
establishing a baseline to provisioning, patching,

is
configuration management, and compliance assurance.

on
HP Server Automation Virtual Part of the HP Cloud Automation Solutions, HP Server

si
is
Appliance Automation Standard aka HP Server Automation Virtual

m
Appliance (SAVA) is a single HP Server Automation core

er
packaged as a virtual machine.

tp
HP SiteScope An agentless HP solution that helps ensure the availability

ou
and performance of distributed IT infrastructure and

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application components.

w
rt
HP Smart Update Manager A technology included in many HP systems software

pa
maintenance and management products for installing and
in
updating firmware and system software components on HP
or

ProLiant and HP Integrity servers, enclosures, and options.

le

HP SUM See HP Smart Update Manager.

ho

HP Thermal Logic HP technology that enables administrators to dynamically

w

track and control power limits based on workload demands

in

within the chassis, and reclaim over-provisioned power and

n
io

cooling capacity without impacting performance.

ct
du

HP UCMDB See HP Universal Configuration Management Database.

ro

HP Universal Configuration An HP Software offering that stores, controls, and manages

ep

Management Database software and infrastructure components along with

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associated relationships and dependencies.

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on

HP Virtual Connect HP hardware virtualization product, primarily for server

blades.
s
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HP Virtual Connect Centralizes network connection management and workload

ld

Enterprise Manager mobility for HP CloudSystem Matrix servers that use Virtual
ho

Connect to access local area networks LANs), storage area

ke

networks (SANs), and converged network environments.

a
St

HP Virtual Connect Manager An embedded software utility, used for smaller Virtual
&L

Connect configurations, that defines and manages server

C

connection profiles for each server blade installed in the

P

enclosure.
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HP ConvergedSystem for A complete, packaged, and integrated solution from HP that

Virtualization is tuned for virtual application environments and provides
simplified deployment, management, and security of physical
and virtual resources. Part of HP ConvergedSystems.
Hybrid cloud The cloud infrastructure contains two or more clouds (private,
community, or public) that remain separate but are bound

d.
te
together by technology that enables data and application

i
ib
portability (that is, bursting in CloudSystem Matrix).

oh
Hybrid cloud delivery A cloud delivery model where the normal computing

pr
demands are met using an in-house private cloud and

is
demand spikes are met by using resources from public cloud

on
providers.

si
is
Hyper-threading Intel technology that enables certain processors to create a

m
second virtual core that allows additional efficiencies of

er
processing. This is not a true multi-core processor, but it adds

tp
performance benefits.

ou
Hypervisor A virtualization software layer that distributes the physical

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server resources among multiple virtual machines.

w
rt
I
IaaS See Infrastructure as a Service.pa
in
or

iLO See HP integrated Lights-Out.

le

IMC See HP Intelligent Management Center.

ho
w

Infrastructure as a Service Cloud service model providing processing, storage, network,

in

or other fundamental computing resources to the consumer.

n
io

Infrastructure layer A layer within the HP Cloud Functional Reference

ct

Architecture that provides the physical resources, such as

du

servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling.

ro

Infrastructure service A running configuration of infrastructure resources that is

ep

designed to run a business application such as a multi-tier

.R

web application. Infrastructure resources include server

ly

blades, virtual machines, SAN disks, networks, and IP

on

addresses.
s
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Integrity VM A soft partitioning virtualization product that allows you to

ld

install and run multiple systems (virtual machines) on the

ho

same physical host system (Integrity server or nPartition).

ke

The Integrity server or nPartition acts as a VM host for the

a

virtual machines.
St
&L

Intelligent PDU See Intelligent Power Distribution Unit.

C
P
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Intelligent power discovery HP technology that enables customers to capture power data
across racks and rows of servers to identify and eliminate
areas of waste, extend the life of the data center, and ensure
uptime by eliminating human error during power planning and
provisioning.
Intelligent Power Distribution A PDU that can be automatically discovered and controlled.

d.
te
Unit

i
ib
Intelligent Provisioning See HP Intelligent Provisioning.

oh
pr
Intelligent Resilient An HP virtualization technology for HP Comware switches
Framework that transforms multiple physical network devices into a

is
single logical device.

on
si
Interconnect module A hardware module that enables communication between the

is
server hardware in the enclosure and the data center

m
networks.

er
tp
Internet Group Management Communications protocol used on IP networks to establish

ou
Protocol multicast group memberships.

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iPDU See Intelligent Power Distribution Unit.

w
rt
IRF See Intelligent Resilient Framework.
iSCSI
pa
See Internet Small Computer System Interface.
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or

J
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K
ho
w

Keystone An OpenStack Identity service that provides a central

in

directory of users mapped to the OpenStack services they

n

access. It acts as a common authentication system across

io

the cloud operating system and can integrate with directory

ct
du

services such as LDAP.

ro

L
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LACP See Link Aggregation Control Protocol.

ly

LAMP stack A solution stack that is composed entirely of free and open-
on

source software, suitable for building highly available

s

dynamic web sites; LAMP = Linux (operating system),

er

Apache HTTP Server (web server), MySQL (database), and

ld
ho

PHP/Perl/Python (scripting).
ke

LAN on motherboard Typically, a chip or chipset embedded on a PC system board

a

to handle network connections; less expensive than the

St

traditional network interface cards; also frees up a PCI slot.

&L

Lease period The duration, or lifetime, of an infrastructure service. It is set

C

or changed by the user.

P
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LI See logical interconnect.

LIG See logical interconnect group.
Link Aggregation Control A method to control the bundling of several physical Ethernet
Protocol ports together to form a single logical channel; allows a
network device to negotiate an automatic bundling of links by

d.
sending LACP packets to the peer.

ite
ib
Linux Preboot Environment A Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) that uses a Linux

oh
image.

pr
LinuxPE See Linux Preboot Environment.

is
Logical disk A partition or logical disk that may contain a file system or

on
database or be used by a volume manager or hypervisor to

si
is
present higher order volumes. Volumes are backed up by

m
capacity that has been carved from lower level capacity.

er
tp
Logical interconnect An HP OneView construct that represents available
networks, uplink sets, and stacking links for a set of physical

ou
interconnects in a single enclosure.

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w
Logical interconnect group Within HP OneView, it acts as a recipe for creating a logical

rt
interconnect representing available networks, uplink sets,

pa
stacking links, and interconnect settings for a set of physical
in
interconnects in a single enclosure.
or

Logical resource template A logical resource offering, describing a service that can be
le

obtained from the resource self-service interface.

ho

Logical unit The entity within a SCSI target that executes I/O commands.
w

Each logical unit exported by an array controller corresponds

in

to a volume.
n
io
ct

Logical unit number An address used in the SCSI protocol to access an array
du

within a target; refers to a volume that has been presented to

ro

one or more initiators.

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Logical volume The storage medium that is associated with a logical disk. It
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typically resides on one or more hard drives.

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LOM See LAN on motherboard.

s

LUN See logical unit number.

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LV See logical volume.

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M
a ke

MAC address See Media Access Control address.

St
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Management LAN A LAN dedicated to the communications necessary for

managing systems. Typically of moderate bandwidth
C

(10/100Mbps) and secured.

P
H

Management network See management LAN.

Management protocol A set of protocols, such as WBEM, HTTP, or SNMP, used to
establish communication with discovered systems.

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Media Access Control A unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for

address communications on the physical network segment.
MIB See Management Information Base.
Monitoring The process of collecting server, storage, network, and
application availability and performance data across the

d.
physical and virtual infrastructure.

te
i
ib
MPIO See Multipath I/O.

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Multipath I/O A fault-tolerance and performance enhancement technique

pr
whereby there is more than one physical path between the

is
CPU in a computer system and its mass storage devices

on
through the buses, controllers, switches, and bridge devices

si
connecting them.

is
m
Multi-tenancy Software architecture where a single instance of the software

er
runs on a server and serves multiple clients (organizations or

tp
tenants); each client organization receives its own

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customized virtual application instance.

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Multithreading The ability of an application and operating system to allow

w
parallel computing by dividing processing between multiple

rt
pa
processors or cores.
in
N
or

Network Medium for interconnecting a specific set of server links;

le

typically relates to a single L2 broadcast domain; may map to

ho

a specific Ethernet VLAN, a multi-tenant network, or a

w

specific IP subnet.
in
n

Network set A specific set of networks within a single domain that can be
io

used together.
ct
du

Network Time Protocol Network protocol for time synchronization between devices.
ro

Network virtualization Takes physical network devices and adds an abstraction

ep

layer that brings these devices into a single network resource

.R

pool from which virtual networks can be provisioned.

ly
on

Neutron An OpenStack Networking component is a system for

managing networks and IP addresses. It ensures the network
s
er

will not be the bottleneck or limiting factor in cloud

ld

deployments and provides users real self-service.

ho
ke

North-south traffic The client server network traffic that goes between users in a
a

branch office and the data center that hosts the application
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that they are accessing.

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Nova An OpenStack Compute component that is a cloud

C

computing fabric controller (the main part of an IaaS system).

P
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nPartition A partition in a cell-based server that consists of one or more

cells and one or more I/O components. Each nPartition
operates independently of other nPartitions and either runs a
single instance of an OS or is further divided into virtual
partitions.
NTP See Network Time Protocol.

d.
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O

i
ib
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OA See Onboard Administrator.

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Object storage Object storage is a storage solution based on each user

is
account being present one or more flat namespaces

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(buckets) into which the system can store, and retrieve

si
objects/files. There is no hierarchal namespace.

is
m
Onboard Administrator Central point (single management processor) for controlling

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an entire BladeSystem enclosure; offers configuration, power,

tp
and administrative control over the rack, its associated

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blades, iLOs, network switches, and storage components.

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On-site community cloud The community cloud infrastructure resides in the data

w
centers of one or more of the community members.

rt
pa
On-site hosted private cloud Private cloud infrastructure owned by the organization and
in
residing on the organization's premises, but managed by a
or

third-party cloud provider.

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On-site private cloud Private cloud infrastructure owned and operated by an

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organization and located on the organization's premises.

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OO See HP Operations Orchestration.

n
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Open network Fibre Channel networks that do not have zones.

ct

OpenFlow A protocol that is a developing standard that structures

du

communication between the control and data planes (or

ro

forwarding, infrastructure layers) of supported network

ep

devices; centralizes control of those devices, and simplifies

.R

network management.
ly
on

OpenSSH A set of network connectivity tools providing encrypted

communication sessions over a computer network using
s
er

SSH.
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ho

OpenStack An open source cloud platform project founded by IaaS

ke

provider Rackspace and NASA. Now supported by

a

technology companies such as HP, Intel, Cisco, AT&T, and

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Dell.
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Orchestration The execution of pre-defined workflows used during

C

provisioning and management of cloud services.

P
H

Overprovisioning Over-allocation of resources to have enough capacity for

peak demands.

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PaaS See Platform as a Service.
Partition 1. A subset of server hardware that includes core, memory,
and I/O resources on which an operating system can be run.
2. A resource partition that runs within a single operating

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system.

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PDR See Power Distribution Rack.

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PDU See Power Distribution Unit.

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Peak The highest utilization value in the selected time interval.

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on
Peer Motion HP 3PAR software that allows you to balance workloads

si
across multiple arrays in the same location or across

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geographies; shift workloads between systems dynamically

m
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without affecting application performance or availability.

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Physical capacity The maximum amount of storage available on an array or

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pool, as constrained by the physical structure of the device.

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Physical resource group A collection of similar physical resources that allows for

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indicating common desired settings across the members of

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the group. Each group has group settings to describe the
common desired settings.
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Physical server A single instance of a physical server that is physically

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attached to one or more interconnect modules and may have

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a server profile assigned to it.

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Physical server type Defines the unique physical configuration of a physical server
in

resources within the HP OneView appliance; includes details

n

such as the base server model (SKU), LOMs, mezzanine

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cards and their location, storage, memory, and CPU

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configuration.
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Platform as a Service Cloud service model providing development platform for

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consumer-developed or acquired applications created with

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programming languages or tools from the provider.

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PoC See Proof of Concept.

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Policy A collection of rules and settings that control compute

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resources.
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Power distribution rack A data center power distribution rack that improves power
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management by moving power distribution to the row level. It

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decentralizes power, improves cable management,

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decreases diagnostic time for problems, and saves

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installation costs.
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Power Distribution Unit Rack device that distributes conditioned AC or DC power

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within a rack.

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PR group See physical resource group.

Preboot eXecution An environment to boot computers using a network interface
Environment independently of data storage devices (such as hard disks) or
installed operating systems.
Private cloud The cloud infrastructure is operated solelely for a single

d.
organization. Can be owned or operated by that organization

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or by a third party. Can be on or off premises.

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Private multi-tenant cloud See virtual private cloud.

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Proof of Concept Realization of a certain method or ideas to demonstrate its

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feasibility, or a demonstration in principle, whose purpose is

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to verify that some concept or theory has the potential of

si
being used. A PoC is usually small and may or may not be

is
complete.

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Provisioning The process of deploying an operating system, application, or

tp
service from a template.

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Public cloud The cloud infrastructure is made available to general public

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or a large industry and is owned and operated by the

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organization selling cloud services.

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PXE See Preboot eXecution Environment.
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QoS See Quality of Service.

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Quality of Service A combination of qualitative and quantitative factors such as

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uptime, response time, and available bandwidth, that

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collectively describe how well a system performs.

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Rack A set of components cabled together to communicate

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between themselves. A rack is a container for an enclosure.

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RAID See redundant array of independent disks.

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RBAC See role-based access control.

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RBSU See ROM-Based Setup Utility.

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Redundant Array of A RAID volume consists of more than one drive, but appears
ld

Independent Disks to the operating system to be a single logical disk. RAID

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improves performance by disk striping, which involves

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partitioning each drive's storage space into units and placing

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those on multiple disks.

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Redundant SAN The duplication of components to prevent failure of the SAN

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solution.
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Reference architecture Provides a template solution, common vocabulary, structures

H

and elements, and relationships for an architecture for a

particular domain.

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Relative headroom The percentage by which the demand on a resource can

grow before the utilization limit sets for the resource are
exceeded.
Representational State An architectural style consisting of a coordinated set of
Transfer constraints applied to components, connectors, and data
elements within a distributed hypermedia system.

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Resource manager A generic term representing an architectural pattern used in

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the CI management architecture. Components implementing

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the resource manager pattern have the responsibility of

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implementing services from a group of resources.

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REST See Representational State Transfer.

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Return on investment A measure of how much a company earns for each dollar (or

is
monetary unit) of investment it makes.

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ROI See return on investment.

tp
Role-based access control An approach of restricting system access to authorized users

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where an administrator allocates specific levels of access to

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people in different roles.

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ROM-Based Setup Utility A configuration utility embedded in the system ROM of HP

pa
ProLiant Gen2 and later servers. Pressing F9 from the
in
startup sequence starts this utility and allows for configuration
or

of system parameters.
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SA See HP Server Automation.

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SaaS See Software as a Service.

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SAN See storage area network.

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SAP HANA The SAP AG implementation of in-memory database

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technology.
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SAVA See HP Server Automation Virtual Appliance.

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Scalability Ability to expand a computing resource to match the current

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workload.
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SCMB See State Change Message Bus.

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SDG See Service Delivery Guide.

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SDN See Software Defined Networking.

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SDP See Solution Demo Portal.

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Secure HTTP An extension to the HTTP protocol that supports sending

data securely over the web.
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Secure Shell A program to log into another system over a network and
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execute commands on that system. It also enables you to

move files from one system to another, and provides
authentication and secure communication over insecure
channels.

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Secure Sockets Layer A standard protocol layer that lies between HTTP and TCP
and provides privacy and message integrity between a client
and server. A common usage is to provide authentication of
the server, so clients can be assured of communication with
that server.
Self-service Ability of cloud consumers to peruse, configure, and

d.
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provision, via self-service portals, their own IT resources

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without any interaction with the cloud provider.

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Server blade Typically a very dense server system containing

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microprocessor, memory, and network connections, that can

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be easily inserted into a rack-mountable enclosure to share

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power supplies, fans, switches, and other components with

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other server blades.

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Server hardware type Defines the physical configuration for server hardware and

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the settings that are available to server profiles to be

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assigned to that type of server hardware.

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Server profile A description of a server including its identity (serial number

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and UUID), hardware requirements (CPU, memory, and so

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forth), configuration settings and connections to data center

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pa
networks and fabrics in a manner independent of the
underlying hardware.
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Server profile template A type of server profile that cannot be instantiated directly but
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can be used to generate an instantiable server profile.

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Server template See server profile template.

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Server virtualization A single physical server hosts a numbers of VMs, each with
an operating system, and includes virtualized devices such
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as hard drives, NICs, optical drives, and printers.

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Service aggregation Cloud broker combines two or more cloud provider services
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into a new service that better satisfies a customer need.

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Service catalog A list of services that the cloud provider offers to the client.
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Service Delivery Guide An HP Technical Services (TS) document that defines the
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scope, steps, components, and tools for a successful delivery

of services.
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Service intermediation Cloud broker injects a value-added service between the

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cloud provider and the cloud consumer.

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Service level agreement Contract between a consumer of computing resources and

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the provider of those resources. Includes the minimum level

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of service, particularly in terms of availability.

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Service Pack for ProLiant A comprehensive collection of firmware and system software
C

components, all tested together as a single solution stack

P
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that include drivers, agents, utilities, and firmware packages

for HP ProLiant servers, controllers, storage, server blades,
and enclosures.

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Service template A design blueprint specifying the requirements for an

infrastructure service with servers, storage, and networks.
Contains customization points that use workflows during
execution of a request.
Serviceguard Specialized software for protecting mission-critical
applications from a variety of hardware and software failures.

d.
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With Serviceguard, multiple servers and server partitions are

i
ib
organized into an enterprise cluster that delivers highly

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available application services.

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Serviceguard cluster A networked grouping of HP Integrity servers having

is
sufficient redundancy of software and hardware that a single

on
point of failure will not significantly disrupt service.

si
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Simple Network One management protocol supported by HP Systems Insight

m
Management Protocol Manager (HP SIM). Traditional management protocol used

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extensively by networking systems and most servers.

tp
Simple Object Access A lightweight protocol for exchange of information in a

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Protocol decentralized, distributed environment.

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Simulation A mock situation (scenario) that allows you to experiment

rt
with various capacity-planning solutions.
Single Point of Connectivity
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An HP portal for obtaining detailed information about
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Knowledge supported HP storage product configurations. SPOCK is
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located at: http://h20272.www2.hp.com

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Single Sign-On Ability to log in once with a single set of credentials and gain
w

access to multiple systems without having to log in to each

in

individually.
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SLA See service level agreement.

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SNMP See Simple Network Management Protocol.

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SNMP trap Asynchronous event generated by an SNMP agent that the

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system uses to communicate a fault.

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SOAP See Simple Object Access Protocol.

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Software as a Service Cloud service model providing access to applications hosted

on the cloud infrastructure.
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Software Defined Networking An approach to networking, where the network administrators

ld

manage network services through abstraction of lower level

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functionality; abstracts the control plane, presenting you with

ke

a single, simple interface for interacting with the network

a
St

dynamically.
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Solution Demo Portal A portal from HP that provides a central location for
C

demonstrations, webinars, and supporting collateral that

P

showcase how HP technologies lead, innovate, and

H

transform enterprise business; include live and pre-recorded

demonstrations.

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SPOCK See Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge.

SPP See Service Pack for ProLiant.
SRD See Shared resource domain.
SSH See Secure Shell.

d.
SSL See Secure Sockets Layer.

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SSO See Single Sign-On.

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State Change Message Bus An interface that uses asynchronous messaging to notify

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subscribers of changes to managed resources, both logical

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and physical.

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Storage area network A network (or subnetwork) that connects data storage

si
devices with associated data servers. A storage area network

is
m
is typically part of an overall network of computing resources.

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Storage federation Technology that enables online, non-disruptive movement of

tp
storage volumes between arrays.

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Storage virtualization Takes physical storage devices and adds an abstraction layer

w
that brings these devices into a single storage resource pool

rt
from which virtual disks are provisioned.

pa
Subscribed capacity The amount of storage within a storage pool that has been
in
promised to clients. Thinly provisioned volumes may
or

contribute more to the subscribed capacity of the pool of

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which they are a member than they contribute to the

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committed capacity.
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Supply layer A layer within the HP Cloud Functional Reference

in

Architecture where the resources (typically virtualized) are

n
io

defined, created, configured, and monitored.

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Swift An OpenStack Object Storage component that is a scalable

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redundant storage system. Objects and files are written to

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multiple disks throughout servers in the data center, with the

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OpenStack software responsible for data replication and

integrity.
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Switch group A collection of interconnect modules that may have similar

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attributes, such as network membership, uplink configuration,

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or basic module settings.

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Tenant array Servers hosting users' application workloads, as opposed to

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servers running monitoring and/or management software.

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Thermal Logic See HP Thermal Logic.

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Time-to-value A measure of how long it takes a resource to begin providing

P
H

a direct benefit to a business.

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Top-of-Rack network design A network design where a network switch is placed on every
rack and all computing devices within the rack connect to it.
These network switches can be connected to aggregation
switches using a few cables.
ToR network design See Top-of-Rack network design.

d.
U

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UC&C See Unified Communication and Collaboration.

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UCMDB See HP Universal Configuration Management Database.

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UI See User Interface.

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Unified Communication and Merging voice, video, messaging, presence, and data across

si
Collaboration a single, unified network; integrates telephony, audio

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conferencing, email and voice messaging, web and video

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collaboration, and other communications into a seamless

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communications platform.

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Uniform Resource Identifier A string of characters used to identify a name of a web

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resource; a particular view of a physical or logical resource or

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some metadata.

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URI See Uniform Resource Identifier.
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User interface A system through which users interact with a computer.
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Utilization limits The limits set on the usage of system resources such as
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CPU, memory, or network I/O by an application. Utilization

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limits are expressed as a percent of the system capacity and

w

the amount of time an application is allowed to exceed this

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limit.
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VAN See Virtual Application Network.

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VC See HP Virtual Connect.

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VCEM See HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager.

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vCenter See VMware Virtual Center.

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VCM See HP Virtual Connect Manager.

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vCPU Virtual CPU. A single-core virtual processor in a virtual

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machine.
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VCSU See Virtual Connect Support Utility.

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VDI See Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

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Vdisk See virtual disk.

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VG See volume group.

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Virtual Application Network A framework that enables network agility and accelerates
application and service delivery in the data center; automates
network operations using Software Defined Networking
(SDN) technology.
Virtual Connect Support Windows-based command line utility that enables
Utility administrators to upgrade Virtual Connect - Ethernet and

d.
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Virtual Connect - Fibre Channel firmware, and to perform

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ib
other maintenance tasks remotely on both the BladeSystem

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c7000 and c3000 enclosures.

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure An infrastructure that places user desktops in the data center

is
and replaces user PCs with thin clients; reduces the need for

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desktop support resources and lowers desktop PC capital

si
expenditures.

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Virtual device An emulation of a physical device. This emulation, used as a

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device by an Integrity VM virtual machine, effectively maps a

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virtual device to an entity (for example, backing store) on the

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VM host.

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Virtual disk A virtual logical disk or volume in storage virtualization

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applications.

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Virtual local area network A standard that enables network administrators to group end
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users by logical function rather than by physical location.
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Created on switches to segment networks into smaller

broadcast domains, enhance network security, and simplify
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network management.
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Virtual machine A software simulation of a fully operational computer that can

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have its own operating system, storage, and applications.

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Virtual private cloud Single-tenant, private cloud infrastructure hosted in a multi-

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tenant, public cloud environmnent. Also called private multi-

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tenant cloud.
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Virtual resource pools Within the HP Converged Infrastructure, provide a common

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modular infrastructure of virtualized compute, memory,

storage, and network resources.
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VLAN See virtual local area network.

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VM See virtual machine.

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VM host A server running HP Integrity Virtual Machines, VMware ESX,

VMware ESXi, or Microsoft Hyper-V that provides multiple
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virtual machines, each running its own instance of an

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operating system.
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VM hosted logical server A logical server running on a virtual machine under the
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control of a hypervisor.
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VMware Virtual Center VMware enterprise-level virtualization management product.

Volume A logical drive provided by a storage pool that can be
presented to a host system.

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vPars An HP software product that provides virtual partitions.

vPars monitor The program that manages the assignment of resources to
virtual partitions in a vPars-enabled system. To enable virtual
partitions, the vPars monitor must be booted in place of a
normal HP-UX kernel.

d.
VPC See Virtual private cloud.

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WAIK See Windows Automation Installation Kit.

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WBEM See Web-based enterprise management.

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Web-based enterprise An industry initiative providing management of systems,

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management networks, users, and applications across multi-vendor

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environments. It simplifies system management and provides

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uniform access to data. A Distributed Management Task

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Force (DMTF) standard.

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What-if scenario A configuration of systems and workloads that is different

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from the current configuration. Capacity-planning simulations

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are run using what-if scenarios as experiments before

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making any actual configuration changes.
Windows Automation
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A collection of tools and technologies from Microsoft
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Installation Kit designed to help deploy Microsoft Windows operating system
or

images to target computers or virtual hard disks.

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Windows Management An API in the Windows operating system that enables

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Instrumentation management and control of systems in a network.

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Wizard A sequential series of pages that transforms a complex task

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into simple steps and guides you through them. The wizard
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makes sure that you provide all required information and do

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not omit any steps.

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WMI See Windows Management Instrumentation.

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Workflow A set of actions, such as approvals, manual steps, or

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notifications, that execute alongside the service templates.

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Workload A collection of processes in a stand-alone server, nPartition

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compartment, virtual partition compartment, or virtual

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machine compartment.
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World Wide ID or World A unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel device.

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Wide Name
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WWID See World Wide ID or World Wide Name.

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WWN See World Wide ID or World Wide Name.

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Zone Within a Fibre Channel SAN, a zone is a subset of the

endpoints on a network. Endpoints may only communicate
with other endpoints that are in the same zone. Endpoints
may be in multiple zones.
Zoned network Fibre Channel network that has zones.

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Appendix 7

Module 1—Review of the Navigating the

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Journey to Cloud course

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Module 1 review: Converged Infrastructure and Cloud

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Fundamentals assessment questions

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1. Which characteristics must an IT infrastructure have to be the right foundation

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for a company to move toward cloud? (Select two.)

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a. It must become a service broker.

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b. It must be virtualized and automated.*

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c. It must provide a self-service infrastructure.

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d. It must enable self-service applications with full lifecycle management.

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e. It must be standardized and consolidated.*
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c. Delivered via network/Internet technologies*

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d. No single point of failure

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f. Access to unlimited resources

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b. Computer infrastructure, typically virtualized, is delivered as a service.

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c. Commercially available software applications are delivered as a service.

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d. Cloud assets are owned and operated by the provider.

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4. What is the main feature of orchestration?

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a. It plays a part in the process of provisioning and managing infrastructure

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and is the execution of a pre-defined workflow.*

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b. Server, storage, network and application availability, and performance

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data are collected across physical and virtual infrastructures.

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c. Resources are returned to the pool of available resources when no longer

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required.
d. Resources are sourced from internal and external providers.

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Modules 2 and 3 review:

The HP Journey to the Cloud assessment questions
The HP View of the Future with OpenStack and HP Helion
assessment questions

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1. HP CloudSystem Foundation is best suited for which type of an environment?

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a. Virtualization and automation environments

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b. Starter Infrastructure as a Service*

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c. Advanced Infrastructure as a Service

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d. Platform as a Service

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2. HP ConvergedSystems are used in which path to infrastructure convergence

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and cloud?

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a. Conventional

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b. Customized

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d. Fast-track*
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3. Which HP ConvergedSystems form a base of flexible and fixed HP

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CloudSystem configurations? (Select two.)

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b. HP ConvergedSystem 300
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e. HP ConvergedSystem 700x*
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4. HP Helion OpenStack Community is a free-to-license and free-to-download

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OpenStack distribution from HP.

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 False
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Module 4 review: HP CloudSystem 8 Foundation

Assessment questions
1. Which OpenStack projects does HP CloudSystem Foundation contain?
(Select four.)

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a. Nova*

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b. Swift

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c. Cinder*

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d. Glance*

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f. Horizon*

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2. Which HP Helion Cloud storage type replicates data across three physically

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separated availability zones for maximum availability and durability?

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a. HP Cloud Object Storage*

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b. HP Cloud Block Storage

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c. On-Instance Storage via HP Cloud Compute in
d. HP Helion RAID Storage
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Module 5 review: HP CloudSystem 8 Enterprise

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Assessment questions
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1. Which capabilities does HP CloudSystem Enterprise provide above and

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beyond HP CloudSystem Foundation? (Select four.)

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2. What are the three CSA portal types available with HP CloudSystem
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Enterprise?
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Service design portal

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Service management portal

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Self-service portal

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3. Which HP CloudSystem Enterprise interface is shown in the following

graphic?

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a. CSA Admin Console

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Module 6 review: Moving Forward on the Journey to the

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Cloud Assessment questions

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1. Software as a Service (SaaS) applications should be implemented in which

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type of a cloud deployment model?

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d. Community cloud
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system against another.

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3. What are the stages that a customer environment needs to pass to be ready
for cloud?
Standardization and consolidation
Virtualization and automation
4. What do the following statements describe?

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• Provide template solutions for architecture for particular domains

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a. HP Cloud Maps

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b. HP ConvergedSystems

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c. HP reference architectures*

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d. HP application templates for Helion

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Which HP solution meets these customer requirements?

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Module 7 review: Strengths of HP Converged Infrastructure

and Cloud Solutions Assessment questions
1. Which competitive offering competes with HP ConvergedSystem for
Virtualization?

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a. ExaLogic Elastic Cloud from Oracle

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network, compute, and cloud controller nodes.

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OpenStack services
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API network—supports the standard CRUD operations

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3. Which OpenStack component provides the Nova, Keystone, Glance, Cinder,

Swift, and Dashboard services?
a. Network node
b. Compute node
c. Cloud controller*

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distributed, API-accessible storage platform that can be integrated directly into

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applications or used for backup, archiving and data retention.

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devices to be exposed and connected to compute instances for expanded
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storage, better performance and integration with enterprise storage platforms.

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Module 3—HP Reference Architectures

HP reference architectures
1. List three building blocks of the HP Converged Infrastructure reference
architecture.

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HP FlexFabric

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Virtual Resource Pools

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HP Data Center Smart Grid

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CloudSystem built on HP Converged System 700x small, medium, and large

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Hadoop reference architectures

1. Name the three distributions of Apache Hadoop for which HP offers reference
architectures
Cloudera

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Module 4—HP Helion OpenStack Architecture

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Common HP Helion architecture

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HP CloudSystem 8 Foundation-specific features

1. HP CloudSystem Foundation is a platform that manages Foundation and
Enterprise appliances.
 True*

d.
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managed in CloudSystem Foundation.

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Add a Provider Network

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Module 5—Implementing the plan

First steps for moving forward
1. HP OneView is available as a virtual and physical appliance.

d.
 True*

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 False

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2. Which common data center tasks are the elements that comprise OneView?

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Dashboard capacity and health at your fingertips

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Map View for visualizing relationships between devices

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Activity feed to receive alerts and messages instantly

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practices, and addresses key architectural and transitional issues?

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3. The HP SLA covers failures of a single instance in a single Availability Zone.

 True*
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processes, and tools. Which stage of the CI-CM has this company achieved?

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technical solutions for upgrades and add-ons.

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Module 7—Converged Infrastructure tools

1. Which management features/tools is OneView replacing? (Select three.)
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Module 8—HP CloudSystem 8 Enterprise

HP CloudSystem 8 Enterprise
1. What is the relationship between HP CloudSystem 8 Foundation and
HP CloudSystem 8 Enterprise?

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a. CloudSystem Foundation provides the design and provisioning capability

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for CloudSystem Enterprise

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b. CloudSystem Foundation provides the Marketplace Portal for services

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designed in CloudSystem Enterprise Topology Designer

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OpenStack functionality for CloudSystem Enterprise*

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d. CloudSystem Foundation supports Cloud Service Automation, and

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Module 9—Planning and Designing a Proposal

Preparing a proposal for an HP Converged Infrastructure
1. What are the steps you need to take to develop a proposal for a converged
infrastructure or cloud solution for your customer?

d.
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View the big picture

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Gather requirements

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2. List three nontechnical considerations you should take into account when

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planning a customer solution.

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updated, and upgraded independently.

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licenses within a single cloud.

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4. What is contained within the HP CID? (Select all that apply)

a. Bill of materials*
b. Pricing
c. Site survey checklist*

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d. Software licenses

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HP Helion OpenStack provides an open, extensible, and highly resilient enterprise-
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HP Helion Development Platform. Enhancements in the HP Helion OpenStack 1.1
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