This document discusses enabling cloud providers with converged infrastructure. It begins with HP's vision of converged infrastructure combining servers, storage, networking, power and cooling managed as a single system. It then discusses how HP is changing the rules of networking by driving simpler and more application-centric infrastructure. The remainder of the document focuses on next generation data center networking including large layer 2 solutions, intelligent resilient frameworks (IRF), and opportunities for service providers in hybrid cloud delivery models.