Magicflex provides an analysis software solution that enhances connectivity and manageability between blade servers, LANs, and SANs through HP Virtual Connect, helping to prevent costly downtime incidents. The software offers preventive, ongoing, and root cause analysis, and has successfully resolved issues for clients in government and transportation sectors. Notably, downtime can cost enterprises between $140,000 and $540,000 per hour, highlighting the importance of reliable system performance.

1. BusinesstoVirtual Partner EMEA for MagicFleX
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MagicFlex Analysis Software - Overview

2. SAN
(Storage Area
Network)
LAN
(Local Area
Network)
Blade
Servers &
System
Data Center Arena

3. HP Virtual
Connect
SAN
(Storage Area
Network)
LAN
(Local Area
Network)
Blade
Servers &
System
Data Center Arena & HP Virtual Connect

4. HP Virtual Connect Advantage
A combined hardware and software
server edge virtualization solution.
Provides a manageable, configurable
connection between the Blade
Servers, LAN and SAN.
Allows administrators to add,
remove, or change servers
without requiring corresponding
changes to the LAN or SAN.
HP
Virtual
Connect

5. HP Virtual Connect - Challenges
When logical or physical failures
occur:
Troubleshooting is conducted
manually
Root cause analysis may take
hours or even days
Lack of clarity as to which
administrator (SAN, LAN, Servers)
can solve the incident
HP
Virtual
Connect
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6. Data Center Cost of downtime incidents
Downtime costs enterprises between
$140,000 – $540,000 per hour
• Avaya, 2014:
• http://www.avaya.com/usa/about-avaya/newsroom/news-releases/2014/pr-140305/
• Gartner, 2014:
• http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew-lerner/2014/07/16/the-cost-of-downtime/
• Aberdeen, 2013:
• http://www.aberdeen.com/research/8623/ai-downtime-disaster-recovery/content.aspx
• Rackspace, 2013:
• http://www.rackspace.com/blog/how-downtime-impacts-the-bottom-line-2014-infographic/

7. MagicFlex + HP Virtual Connect
√√ √
MagicFlex

8. MagicFlex Smart Analysis
HP Virtual
Connect
COLLECT ANALYZE
SAN
LAN
Blade
Server
Preventive
Analysis
Ongoing
Analysis
Root
Cause
Analysis
Actionable
Recommendations
MAGICFLEX
VIRTUAL
APPLIANCE
HP
OneView

9. BusinesstoVirtual Partner EMEA for MagicFleX
Tel. +39 0692938926 – Fax +39 0623327669
Mail: sales@businesstovirtual.com
www.businesstovirtual.com
THE PRODUCT

10. MagicFlex – Product Architecture
API
OneView API
OA
VCM
CLI
Ethernet
CLI
SAN
SNMP
SMTP
MagicFlex
Virtual
Appliance
SSH SSH
SOAP
HTTP

11. MagicFlex Analysis Software Ltd.
Dashboard

12. Summary

13. Port Alerts

14. Analysis Alerts - Duplicate MAC

15. Analysis Alerts – Network Misconfiguration

16. Performance

17. Tools - Address Ranges

18. Tools – Show log

19. Tools - Show Config & Compare

20. Customer Story - Government Ministry
• Environment
NetApp Storage connected to Vmware ESXi on
BL460 Gen8 Through FlexFabric
• symptoms
A lot of resets and disconnections in the
FlexFabric to San Switch Connection.
• Resolution
Update Firmware and Drivers According to the
Compatibility Matrix
After 3 weeks of troubleshooting, MagicFlex had been installed and fixed the problem within 2 hours

21. Customer Story – Transportation
Company
• Environment
3Par Storage connected to Vmware ESXi on
BL460 Gen8 Through FlexFabric and Brocade
SAN switch.
• symptoms
Many Disconnections in the FlexFabric to San
Switch Connection.
• Resolution
Broken Fiber Cable
After 2 weeks of performance and downtime issues
MagicFlex had been installed and fixed the problem within 1 hour

22. Statistics & Trends

23. Phase II
Road M.A.P – MagicFlex Analysis
Platform
Phase III
Brocade
HP
Cisco
Cisco
HP
LAN
Servers
SAN
M.A.P
Cisco
HP
IBM
Brocade
Cisco
HP
Cisco
SAN LAN
SERVERS

24. BusinesstoVirtual Partner EMEA for MagicFleX
Tel. +39 0692938926 – Fax +39 0623327669
Mail: sales@businesstovirtual.com
www.businesstovirtual.com
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