Learn about the IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure.The SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution with VMware View running on IBM Flex System simplifies IT manageability and control. It delivers high fidelity user experiences across devices and networks. The features of VMware View that are included in the SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution provide enhanced security, high availability, centralized management and control, and scalability. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/18vDnp6.
Visit the official Scribd Channel of IBM India Smarter Computing at http://bit.ly/VwO86R to get access to more documents.
The document describes IBM's SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution which provides virtual desktop solutions using Citrix XenDesktop running on IBM Flex System hardware. The solution offers robust, cost-effective, and manageable virtual desktops to increase flexibility and productivity while reducing complexity. It supports various platforms and provides tailored solutions from simple to enterprise-wide. Key benefits include simplified administration, enhanced security, improved availability, mobility, and growth support. The solution includes Flex System servers and storage, Citrix XenDesktop software, and integration services. Use cases discussed are in healthcare and education.
The document compares and contrasts XenDesktop and VMware VDI for virtual desktop solutions. It discusses how virtual desktop technology allows centralized management and standardization of desktop images. It also covers the benefits of virtual desktops such as reducing costs, improving security and flexibility, and enhancing productivity compared to traditional desktop management approaches.
The document discusses how client consolidation (virtualization) can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership for PCs. It states that hardware and software costs make up less than 30% of total PC costs, while other non-hardware operation and support costs dominate. Client consolidation through virtualization can lower these total costs by reducing operational and end-user support expenses. Sample pricing information is provided for a virtual desktop infrastructure solution.
Virtual desktops separate a user's workspace from the underlying hardware and operating system. There are several approaches to implementing virtual desktops, including hypervisors, paravirtualizers, and workspace virtualization engines (WVEs). Hypervisors sit close to the hardware and intercept privileged instructions, emulating them to provide isolation. Paravirtualizers also intercept privileged instructions but may require guest operating system modifications. WVEs intercept OS API calls to provide isolation while allowing full desktop functionality with little performance loss. Each approach balances isolation, functionality, and performance differently for virtual desktop deployments.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) virtualizes desktop environments and applications and hosts them on remote servers that users can access over a network from any device. It separates the desktop environment from the client device used to access it. VDI provides a flexible, secure delivery model for desktops and improves efficiency, availability, security, and reduces costs through centralized management and optimized resource utilization. It allows users to access their full desktop environment from any location without being tied to a single device.
On the other hand DeskStream employs client-side desktop virtualization technology to offer an optimized and high performance Dynamic Virtual Desktops (DVDs) by combining the best of centralized IT management and client computing together to deliver truly anywhere, anytime personalized desktop execution on any device resulting in significant cost savings and uncompromised user experience.
Citrix XenDesktop 7 provides a unified framework for virtual desktop and application solutions based on a 5-layer model. The blueprint details architectures for standardized desktops, customizable desktops, and applications. It recommends Machine Creation Services for image delivery and defines policies, personalization settings, and control components to meet requirements for different user groups accessing resources from various locations.
IRJET- A Survey on Virtualization and Attacks on Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM)IRJET Journal
This document discusses virtualization and attacks on virtual machine monitors (VMMs). It begins with an introduction to cloud computing and virtualization. Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a single computer by abstracting physical resources. A VMM or hypervisor manages access to underlying physical resources for virtual machines. There are different types of virtualization including application, desktop, hardware, network, and storage virtualization. The document also discusses the two types of hypervisors - type 1 hypervisors install directly on hardware while type 2 hypervisors run on a host operating system. It concludes by noting that while virtualization improves efficiency, it can also introduce vulnerabilities that attackers may exploit.
The document describes IBM's SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution which provides virtual desktop solutions using Citrix XenDesktop running on IBM Flex System hardware. The solution offers robust, cost-effective, and manageable virtual desktops to increase flexibility and productivity while reducing complexity. It supports various platforms and provides tailored solutions from simple to enterprise-wide. Key benefits include simplified administration, enhanced security, improved availability, mobility, and growth support. The solution includes Flex System servers and storage, Citrix XenDesktop software, and integration services. Use cases discussed are in healthcare and education.
The document compares and contrasts XenDesktop and VMware VDI for virtual desktop solutions. It discusses how virtual desktop technology allows centralized management and standardization of desktop images. It also covers the benefits of virtual desktops such as reducing costs, improving security and flexibility, and enhancing productivity compared to traditional desktop management approaches.
The document discusses how client consolidation (virtualization) can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership for PCs. It states that hardware and software costs make up less than 30% of total PC costs, while other non-hardware operation and support costs dominate. Client consolidation through virtualization can lower these total costs by reducing operational and end-user support expenses. Sample pricing information is provided for a virtual desktop infrastructure solution.
Virtual desktops separate a user's workspace from the underlying hardware and operating system. There are several approaches to implementing virtual desktops, including hypervisors, paravirtualizers, and workspace virtualization engines (WVEs). Hypervisors sit close to the hardware and intercept privileged instructions, emulating them to provide isolation. Paravirtualizers also intercept privileged instructions but may require guest operating system modifications. WVEs intercept OS API calls to provide isolation while allowing full desktop functionality with little performance loss. Each approach balances isolation, functionality, and performance differently for virtual desktop deployments.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) virtualizes desktop environments and applications and hosts them on remote servers that users can access over a network from any device. It separates the desktop environment from the client device used to access it. VDI provides a flexible, secure delivery model for desktops and improves efficiency, availability, security, and reduces costs through centralized management and optimized resource utilization. It allows users to access their full desktop environment from any location without being tied to a single device.
On the other hand DeskStream employs client-side desktop virtualization technology to offer an optimized and high performance Dynamic Virtual Desktops (DVDs) by combining the best of centralized IT management and client computing together to deliver truly anywhere, anytime personalized desktop execution on any device resulting in significant cost savings and uncompromised user experience.
Citrix XenDesktop 7 provides a unified framework for virtual desktop and application solutions based on a 5-layer model. The blueprint details architectures for standardized desktops, customizable desktops, and applications. It recommends Machine Creation Services for image delivery and defines policies, personalization settings, and control components to meet requirements for different user groups accessing resources from various locations.
IRJET- A Survey on Virtualization and Attacks on Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM)IRJET Journal
This document discusses virtualization and attacks on virtual machine monitors (VMMs). It begins with an introduction to cloud computing and virtualization. Virtualization allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on a single computer by abstracting physical resources. A VMM or hypervisor manages access to underlying physical resources for virtual machines. There are different types of virtualization including application, desktop, hardware, network, and storage virtualization. The document also discusses the two types of hypervisors - type 1 hypervisors install directly on hardware while type 2 hypervisors run on a host operating system. It concludes by noting that while virtualization improves efficiency, it can also introduce vulnerabilities that attackers may exploit.
Virtualization is a critical infrastructure-architecture
layer that is required for achieving higher IT-maturity
levels, but several others layers—such as automation, management, and orchestration—are equally important.
The document discusses the need for specialized monitoring of virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) compared to server virtualization. It notes that while server and desktop virtualization both use virtual machines, they have key differences in scale, usage patterns, and monitoring objectives. An effective VDI monitoring solution must monitor all tiers from a user-centric perspective to diagnose problems, plan capacity, and analyze usage. The eG VDI Monitor is presented as a solution designed specifically for these unique VDI monitoring requirements.
PCTY 2012, SmartCloud Control Desk v. Mikkel KoenigIBM Danmark
IBM's SmartCloud Control Desk is a comprehensive IT service management solution that helps reduce costs and minimize service disruptions. It features automated service request handling, efficient change management, and optimized asset lifecycle management across IT and enterprise domains. The solution brings together 10 ITIL processes into a single suite to streamline management. It provides role-based interfaces, applications for different disciplines, and is built on a common platform and services.
IBM's System Director VMControl is an advanced software module that allows a single administrator to manage virtual workloads across multiple platforms, including Linux, AIX, Windows, VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, PowerVM, and z/VM. It provides automated provisioning of new workloads, image management capabilities, strong integration with networks, resilience for virtual machines and infrastructure, security features, and efficient software license management. VMControl is positioned as the strongest and most advanced cross-platform virtualization management environment currently on the market.
PowerVM is IBM's virtualization technology for its Power Systems servers. It allows consolidating multiple workloads onto a single physical server through logical partitioning. A comparison of PowerVM and x86 virtualization shows that PowerVM achieves higher performance and resource utilization. Industry-standard benchmarks like TPC-C and SAP SD 2-tier show PowerVM maintaining or exceeding native performance levels, while x86 systems see performance decreases with virtualization. PowerVM's tight integration with the Power hardware and firmware delivers benefits like stronger isolation, scalability, and availability compared to software-based x86 virtualization.
Microsoft sccm 2012 seminar ddls sydney 22 nov 2012DDLS
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is a product in Microsoft's System Center suite that can be used for asset management, compliance management, deployment, security, and reporting across hardware, software, and operating systems. It provides a centralized management console and can manage physical, virtual, and mobile clients. DDLS offers training courses on deploying and administering Configuration Manager, including exam preparation for Microsoft certification.
This document discusses desktop virtualization options including device-centric and user-centric approaches. Device-centric options include locally installed applications, virtual application streaming, and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) where the full desktop environment runs in a virtual machine on a remote server. User-centric options allow accessing applications from any device through dynamically streamed software or a virtual desktop. The document recommends a VDI solution from Citrix and Microsoft using XenDesktop and Windows Server for its integrated management, best user experience, and lower total cost of ownership.
Presentation smart computing starts with a virtual desktop strategysolarisyougood
This document discusses IBM and VMware's joint virtual desktop infrastructure solutions. It highlights how the companies have partnered for over a decade on virtualization innovations. It then provides an overview of VMware's Horizon product suite for delivering and managing virtual desktops and applications across devices. The document also presents IBM and VMware's integrated reference architecture approach for desktop virtualization, which provides tested solutions while allowing flexibility. Finally, it shares a case study of a large bank that deployed VMware View to 20,500 users, achieving significant cost reductions and improved manageability.
VDI-in-a-Box 5.2 provides enhancements that allow it to support the latest virtualization technologies, provide tighter integration with Citrix products, and improve the IT experience. Key updates include support for XenServer 6.1, Hyper-V 2012, and vSphere 5.1; optimization for Microsoft Lync; ability to use Windows Server 2012 as a virtual desktop; image export capabilities; integration with Citrix CloudGateway and StoreFront; and touchless upgrades of desktop agents. These updates allow VDI-in-a-Box to stay current and provide a simpler management experience for IT administrators.
Overview: Woolpack private cloud services
Enables Virtual Data Centers (VDCs)
User friendly Web based Graphical user interface for management
Robust functionality and High level of security
Simulation of various hardware configurations
Provision for huge number of Linux/Windows M/c
Management of multiple storage backend
Best in class integrated solution because of strategic Partnerships
Utilization of existing investments virtualization solutions
Low CAPEX, Low OPEX and Very High ROI
Charges only for the service and not the software
The Pros and Cons of Desktop VirtualizationHTS Hosting
The process of virtualization enables the creation of virtual forms of servers, applications, networks and storage. The four main types of virtualization are network virtualization, storage virtualization, application virtualization and desktop virtualization.
Microsoft veröffentlichte vor kurzem das jüngste Update für System Center Configuration Manager - System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. Viele der neuen Updates sind so gut, dass jeder das Upgrade so schnell wie möglich haben möchte. Wally Mead, Microsoft MVP, präsentierte in dieser Preäsentation die neuen Features von Configuration Manager 2012 R2.
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 OverviewAmit Gatenyo
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 focuses on user-centric client management through empowering users, controlling systems, and unifying infrastructure. Key features include improved client health monitoring, settings management across different platforms, support for mobile device management, cross-platform management of Linux and UNIX servers, enhanced software update capabilities, and modernized infrastructure.
The document provides an organizational chart for a servers operations center. It shows that the center has several teams including daily operations for UNIX and Windows, configuration and release management, help desk, application development, database administration, and technical management. It also lists support functions including escalation, change boards, and vendor technical support.
This document discusses IBM's virtual client solution for desktop virtualization. It begins with an agenda that includes an overview of the virtual client solution, challenges of today's desktop infrastructure, benefits of virtual clients, components of IBM's virtual client solution, and reasons to choose IBM. It then covers challenges such as distributed workforces, security issues, and rising management costs that virtual clients can address. Benefits discussed include improved security, reduced complexity, lower total cost of ownership, and increased productivity. Key components are thin clients, network connectivity, virtualization software, datacenter hardware, and management tools. The document highlights power and cost savings potential along with real-world examples.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is still a relatively new technology. Most people are either unaware or have only a brief idea about this emerging technology. This Slide share will provide your 12 points which you must know before implementing VDI Technology in your business.
Microsoft desktop virtualization_offerings - chris_estoninaMicrosoft Singapore
This document discusses desktop virtualization options from Microsoft. It covers Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) using Remote Desktop Services, and alternatives like Remote Desktop Services and App-V. The key benefits of VDI are flexibility, reduced costs, and improved manageability but it has high hardware requirements. Less expensive options include Remote Desktop Services and using other tools like App-V and folder redirection for centralized management without full desktop virtualization.
Smart Style Office for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure247 Invest
Smart Style Office is a virtual desktop infrastructure solution that allows IT administrators to remotely manage desktops running as virtual machines. It offers advantages like simplified management, improved security and data protection, flexibility for users to access desktops from any device, and support for an increasingly mobile workforce. Resellers can offer Smart Style Office to help customers with tasks like desktop migration, securing devices and data, and providing hosted desktops from centralized data centers. The solution involves virtualization software, management tools, backup agents, and thin clients to access virtual desktop environments.
SCCM 2012 focuses on providing a unified management solution through application lifecycle management, simplified administration, and support for a mobile workforce. Key capabilities include unified compliance settings management across platforms, simplified software distribution through application modeling, and targeted management of Windows, UNIX/Linux, and mobile devices. SCCM 2012 also aims to reduce IT complexity through features like role-based administration and tiered primary site structures for improved scale.
On August 24th and 25th, Chris Raschke presented on one of the most notable releases in Microsoft's new System Center 2012 lineup, Configuration Manager 2012.
Download the slide deck (PDF, 1 MB) for a sneak peek at Configuration Manager 2012, including major product themes, migration from 2007, and steps to prepare for 2012. Chris will also show you how SCCM 2012 can ease management and save you money!
For more information on this or other System Center topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
IBM Flex System offers a brand new platform for creating solutions to address emerging market applications, such as Cloud, Big Data, Analytics, and Smarter Planet. In this paper, we described how to create a custom private cloud configuration that uses Flex System. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/18vDnp6.
Visit the official Scribd Channel of IBM India Smarter Computing at http://bit.ly/VwO86R to get access to more documents.
The document discusses several concepts related to virtualization and delivering applications/desktops. It defines key terms like hypervisor, virtual machine manager, and desktop virtualization. It then provides overviews of specific virtualization platforms:
- XenServer allows pooling and sharing of server resources across physical servers.
- vSphere is designed for organizations to virtualize entire datacenters and deliver IT as a service.
- Hyper-V exists as a standalone product or Windows role for creating virtual machines on a single physical computer.
- XenDesktop is a desktop virtualization solution that delivers Windows desktops, applications, and data from the datacenter to any device.
Virtualization is a critical infrastructure-architecture
layer that is required for achieving higher IT-maturity
levels, but several others layers—such as automation, management, and orchestration—are equally important.
The document discusses the need for specialized monitoring of virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) compared to server virtualization. It notes that while server and desktop virtualization both use virtual machines, they have key differences in scale, usage patterns, and monitoring objectives. An effective VDI monitoring solution must monitor all tiers from a user-centric perspective to diagnose problems, plan capacity, and analyze usage. The eG VDI Monitor is presented as a solution designed specifically for these unique VDI monitoring requirements.
PCTY 2012, SmartCloud Control Desk v. Mikkel KoenigIBM Danmark
IBM's SmartCloud Control Desk is a comprehensive IT service management solution that helps reduce costs and minimize service disruptions. It features automated service request handling, efficient change management, and optimized asset lifecycle management across IT and enterprise domains. The solution brings together 10 ITIL processes into a single suite to streamline management. It provides role-based interfaces, applications for different disciplines, and is built on a common platform and services.
IBM's System Director VMControl is an advanced software module that allows a single administrator to manage virtual workloads across multiple platforms, including Linux, AIX, Windows, VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, PowerVM, and z/VM. It provides automated provisioning of new workloads, image management capabilities, strong integration with networks, resilience for virtual machines and infrastructure, security features, and efficient software license management. VMControl is positioned as the strongest and most advanced cross-platform virtualization management environment currently on the market.
PowerVM is IBM's virtualization technology for its Power Systems servers. It allows consolidating multiple workloads onto a single physical server through logical partitioning. A comparison of PowerVM and x86 virtualization shows that PowerVM achieves higher performance and resource utilization. Industry-standard benchmarks like TPC-C and SAP SD 2-tier show PowerVM maintaining or exceeding native performance levels, while x86 systems see performance decreases with virtualization. PowerVM's tight integration with the Power hardware and firmware delivers benefits like stronger isolation, scalability, and availability compared to software-based x86 virtualization.
Microsoft sccm 2012 seminar ddls sydney 22 nov 2012DDLS
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is a product in Microsoft's System Center suite that can be used for asset management, compliance management, deployment, security, and reporting across hardware, software, and operating systems. It provides a centralized management console and can manage physical, virtual, and mobile clients. DDLS offers training courses on deploying and administering Configuration Manager, including exam preparation for Microsoft certification.
This document discusses desktop virtualization options including device-centric and user-centric approaches. Device-centric options include locally installed applications, virtual application streaming, and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) where the full desktop environment runs in a virtual machine on a remote server. User-centric options allow accessing applications from any device through dynamically streamed software or a virtual desktop. The document recommends a VDI solution from Citrix and Microsoft using XenDesktop and Windows Server for its integrated management, best user experience, and lower total cost of ownership.
Presentation smart computing starts with a virtual desktop strategysolarisyougood
This document discusses IBM and VMware's joint virtual desktop infrastructure solutions. It highlights how the companies have partnered for over a decade on virtualization innovations. It then provides an overview of VMware's Horizon product suite for delivering and managing virtual desktops and applications across devices. The document also presents IBM and VMware's integrated reference architecture approach for desktop virtualization, which provides tested solutions while allowing flexibility. Finally, it shares a case study of a large bank that deployed VMware View to 20,500 users, achieving significant cost reductions and improved manageability.
VDI-in-a-Box 5.2 provides enhancements that allow it to support the latest virtualization technologies, provide tighter integration with Citrix products, and improve the IT experience. Key updates include support for XenServer 6.1, Hyper-V 2012, and vSphere 5.1; optimization for Microsoft Lync; ability to use Windows Server 2012 as a virtual desktop; image export capabilities; integration with Citrix CloudGateway and StoreFront; and touchless upgrades of desktop agents. These updates allow VDI-in-a-Box to stay current and provide a simpler management experience for IT administrators.
Overview: Woolpack private cloud services
Enables Virtual Data Centers (VDCs)
User friendly Web based Graphical user interface for management
Robust functionality and High level of security
Simulation of various hardware configurations
Provision for huge number of Linux/Windows M/c
Management of multiple storage backend
Best in class integrated solution because of strategic Partnerships
Utilization of existing investments virtualization solutions
Low CAPEX, Low OPEX and Very High ROI
Charges only for the service and not the software
The Pros and Cons of Desktop VirtualizationHTS Hosting
The process of virtualization enables the creation of virtual forms of servers, applications, networks and storage. The four main types of virtualization are network virtualization, storage virtualization, application virtualization and desktop virtualization.
Microsoft veröffentlichte vor kurzem das jüngste Update für System Center Configuration Manager - System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. Viele der neuen Updates sind so gut, dass jeder das Upgrade so schnell wie möglich haben möchte. Wally Mead, Microsoft MVP, präsentierte in dieser Preäsentation die neuen Features von Configuration Manager 2012 R2.
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 OverviewAmit Gatenyo
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 focuses on user-centric client management through empowering users, controlling systems, and unifying infrastructure. Key features include improved client health monitoring, settings management across different platforms, support for mobile device management, cross-platform management of Linux and UNIX servers, enhanced software update capabilities, and modernized infrastructure.
The document provides an organizational chart for a servers operations center. It shows that the center has several teams including daily operations for UNIX and Windows, configuration and release management, help desk, application development, database administration, and technical management. It also lists support functions including escalation, change boards, and vendor technical support.
This document discusses IBM's virtual client solution for desktop virtualization. It begins with an agenda that includes an overview of the virtual client solution, challenges of today's desktop infrastructure, benefits of virtual clients, components of IBM's virtual client solution, and reasons to choose IBM. It then covers challenges such as distributed workforces, security issues, and rising management costs that virtual clients can address. Benefits discussed include improved security, reduced complexity, lower total cost of ownership, and increased productivity. Key components are thin clients, network connectivity, virtualization software, datacenter hardware, and management tools. The document highlights power and cost savings potential along with real-world examples.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is still a relatively new technology. Most people are either unaware or have only a brief idea about this emerging technology. This Slide share will provide your 12 points which you must know before implementing VDI Technology in your business.
Microsoft desktop virtualization_offerings - chris_estoninaMicrosoft Singapore
This document discusses desktop virtualization options from Microsoft. It covers Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) using Remote Desktop Services, and alternatives like Remote Desktop Services and App-V. The key benefits of VDI are flexibility, reduced costs, and improved manageability but it has high hardware requirements. Less expensive options include Remote Desktop Services and using other tools like App-V and folder redirection for centralized management without full desktop virtualization.
Smart Style Office for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure247 Invest
Smart Style Office is a virtual desktop infrastructure solution that allows IT administrators to remotely manage desktops running as virtual machines. It offers advantages like simplified management, improved security and data protection, flexibility for users to access desktops from any device, and support for an increasingly mobile workforce. Resellers can offer Smart Style Office to help customers with tasks like desktop migration, securing devices and data, and providing hosted desktops from centralized data centers. The solution involves virtualization software, management tools, backup agents, and thin clients to access virtual desktop environments.
SCCM 2012 focuses on providing a unified management solution through application lifecycle management, simplified administration, and support for a mobile workforce. Key capabilities include unified compliance settings management across platforms, simplified software distribution through application modeling, and targeted management of Windows, UNIX/Linux, and mobile devices. SCCM 2012 also aims to reduce IT complexity through features like role-based administration and tiered primary site structures for improved scale.
On August 24th and 25th, Chris Raschke presented on one of the most notable releases in Microsoft's new System Center 2012 lineup, Configuration Manager 2012.
Download the slide deck (PDF, 1 MB) for a sneak peek at Configuration Manager 2012, including major product themes, migration from 2007, and steps to prepare for 2012. Chris will also show you how SCCM 2012 can ease management and save you money!
For more information on this or other System Center topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
IBM Flex System offers a brand new platform for creating solutions to address emerging market applications, such as Cloud, Big Data, Analytics, and Smarter Planet. In this paper, we described how to create a custom private cloud configuration that uses Flex System. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/18vDnp6.
Visit the official Scribd Channel of IBM India Smarter Computing at http://bit.ly/VwO86R to get access to more documents.
The document discusses several concepts related to virtualization and delivering applications/desktops. It defines key terms like hypervisor, virtual machine manager, and desktop virtualization. It then provides overviews of specific virtualization platforms:
- XenServer allows pooling and sharing of server resources across physical servers.
- vSphere is designed for organizations to virtualize entire datacenters and deliver IT as a service.
- Hyper-V exists as a standalone product or Windows role for creating virtual machines on a single physical computer.
- XenDesktop is a desktop virtualization solution that delivers Windows desktops, applications, and data from the datacenter to any device.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) allows users to access a virtualized desktop hosted on a remote server over the internet. It provides flexibility for remote access and centralized management. Implementing VDI involves sizing server infrastructure, determining networking needs, and deploying virtual desktops on a hypervisor. Major vendors like VMware and Citrix provide VDI solutions consisting of client software, virtual desktop agents, connection servers, and administrative consoles.
The document discusses Vblock Powered Solution for VMware View, which provides a pre-integrated converged infrastructure from Cisco, EMC, and VMware to enable virtual desktop deployments. It offers modular growth, rapid provisioning and decommissioning of desktops, simplified management, self-curing architecture to ensure performance, and support for thousands of desktops on a single Vblock infrastructure package. The solution aims to address the high costs of traditional desktop deployments and deliver desktops as a managed service through a centralized, private "desktop cloud" infrastructure.
IBM SmartCloud™ Entry is a robust cloud software offering that takes your virtualized environment from cloud-ready to cloud. Users can request and provision an environment quickly through an easy-to-use web-based interface. IT managers can monitor and manage this environment for improved efficiency and utilization of the data center.
The document discusses IBM's BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud offering which provides a turnkey virtualization platform. It includes pre-loaded IBM BladeCenter servers, networking, storage, and management software. The solution allows customers to rapidly deploy a virtualized environment with improved efficiency and scalability. It also serves as a foundation for customers to evolve their infrastructure to cloud computing models over time.
Overview of the WebSphere branded appliance family and general use case information. This document covers DataPower, Cast Iron, Workload Deployer and Caching Technologies
IBM Flex System Manager is a systems management appliance that provides a single interface for managing servers, storage, and networking across IBM Flex System chassis. It allows for seamless multichassis management through automated discovery of resources, monitoring and problem detection, hardware inventory management, and virtualization management. Licensing is required for IBM Flex System Manager and provides different levels of functionality, such as basic virtual machine management, advanced image management and pooling, or fabric provisioning for network management.
IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure (SDI) is IBM’s answer to end-user virtualization and integration needs. It offers robust virtual desktop solutions, infrastructure, and services designed to make the deployment of virtual desktops easier as is based on a reference architecture approach. As such, IBM SDI supports a wide range of hardware, hypervisors and software platforms from multiple vendors, providing a high degree of flexibility and customization choices. IBM SDI helps offer a more cost-effective, manageable, virtual desktop environment for a wide range of customer sizes, user types and industry segments. For more information on IBM Systems, visit http://ibm.co/RKEeMO.
Visit http://on.fb.me/LT4gdu to 'Like' the official Facebook page of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Technical overview in relation to the IBM SmartCloud offering (Private Cloud - IaaS) for IBM i customers: the reference architecture leverages IBM PowerVM virtualisation and IBM VMControl virtualisation and automation management capabilities. Self service portal, VM provisioning, metering and billing are provided by IBM SmartCloud Entry.
The document discusses the benefits of virtual desktops including improved data security, simplified data backup, simplified disaster recovery, reduced time to deployment, simplified PC maintenance, and flexibility of access. It notes that virtual desktops can enable thinner clients, move computational requirements to the datacenter, and allow access from anywhere there is authorized connectivity.
Learn about IBM Flex System: A Solid Foundation for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. IBM builds, tests, and publishes reference configurations and performance metrics to provide clients with guidelines for sizing their Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 environments. This document highlights the IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node and IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node and how they can be used as the foundation for your Exchange 2010 infrastructure. For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/J7Zb1v.
Visit http://on.fb.me/LT4gdu to 'Like' the official Facebook page of IBM India Smarter Computing.
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IBM Flex System NAS solutions with Windows Storage Server 2012 provide highly available and scalable network attached storage. The solutions include IBM Flex System servers, storage, and networking combined with Windows Storage Server 2012. This allows for deploying either a unified storage server with local storage or a highly available unified NAS gateway with shared storage. The solutions deliver file sharing, block storage, and infrastructure services to heterogeneous environments while improving performance, availability, manageability and reducing costs.
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The document discusses Microsoft virtualization technologies including Hyper-V, System Center VMM, and Terminal Services. It outlines key benefits such as increased utilization, availability, manageability, security, and cost reductions. It also provides examples of how these technologies can help address scenarios like server consolidation, business continuity, and remote worker efficiency.
What is desktop virtualization and how does it workTemok IT Services
Desktop virtualization allows creating and storing different user desktop instances on a single host, living in a data center or the cloud. It is achieved by using a hypervisor (virtual machine monitor), which lives on top of the host server hardware to run and allows virtual desktops to use the computing power of the basic server hardware.
Read more: https://www.temok.com/blog/desktop-virtualization/
ASZ-3034 Build a WebSphere Linux Cloud on System z: From Roll-Your-Own to Pre...WASdev Community
Do you need the most reliable, secure, and cost-effective on-premise cloud platform? Look no further: a cloud based on WebSphere and Linux on System z is the answer. This presentation traces the evolution of successful server consolidation to Linux on System z, from brute-force physical moves to virtual topology to sophisticated workload placement. We'll cover techniques and considerations to ensure a rich, dense, enterprise environment. The material is derived from interactions with our enterprise mainframe customers running world-class data centers.
We will briefly describe the new Enterprise Cloud System that unites leading IBM software, storage, and server technologies into one simple, flexible, and secure factory-integrated solution.
We will show examples of System z based cloud environments which provide everything you expect from System z: extreme reliability, secure, geo-dispersed, high performance clouds. We will describe application development and deployment patterns that both help and hurt in a virtualized cloud environment. From the admin perspective we will explore heap and GC tuning, idle server tuning, and stacking options. We will also present a very effective performance tuning approach for large scale virtualized environments.
We also present WebSphere Liberty profile performance in a virtualized environment, relative to a traditional WebSphere application server.
Unifying Windows Client and Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Deployments with...Jeff Fisher
The document discusses how workspace automation can unify desktop virtualization and client management by providing a consistent user experience across delivery methods. It summarizes RES Software's Dynamic Desktop Studio product, which sits above various Microsoft delivery architectures to manage profiles and applications centrally. The product aims to simplify management and enhance security and productivity compared to managing delivery methods individually.
This document provides an overview of virtualization and cloud computing technologies. It defines virtualization as using software to allow multiple operating systems to run on a single hardware host. A hypervisor manages shared access to the physical resources. The document outlines the history of virtualization and describes popular virtualization platforms like Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, and cloud services from Amazon Web Services, Google Apps, and Windows Azure. Benefits of cloud computing include reduced costs, increased storage, flexibility, and mobility. Public, private and hybrid cloud models are discussed along with case studies of major cloud providers.
This IBM Redpaper provides a brief overview of OpenStack and a basic familiarity of its usage with the IBM XIV Storage System Gen3. The illustration scenario that is presented uses the OpenStack Folsom release implementation IaaS with Ubuntu Linux servers and the IBM Storage Driver for OpenStack. For more information on IBM Storage Systems, visit http://ibm.co/LIg7gk.
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Learn how all flash needs end to end Storage efficiency. For more information on IBM FlashSystem, visit http://ibm.co/10KodHl.
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Learn about vSphere Storage API for Array Integration on the IBM Storwize family. IBM Storwize V7000 Unified combines the block storage capabilities of Storwize V7000 with file storage capabilities into a single system for greater ease of management and efficiency. For more information on IBM Storage Systems, visit http://ibm.co/LIg7gk.
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Learn about IBM FlashSystem 840 and its complete product specification in this Redbook. FlashSystem 840 provides scalable performance for the most demanding enterprise class applications. IBM FlashSystem 840 accelerates response times with IBM MicroLatency to enable faster decision making. For more information on IBM FlashSystem, visit http://ibm.co/10KodHl.
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Learn about the IBM System x3250 M5,.The x3250 M5 offers the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, increase energy availability, and contribute to a green environment, energy-efficient planar components help lower operational costs. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210746104/IBM-System-x3250-M5
This Redbook talks about the product specification of IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4. The NeXtScale nx360 M4 server provides a dense, flexible solution with a low total cost of ownership (TCO). The half-wide, dual-socket NeXtScale nx360 M4 server is designed for data centers that require high performance but are constrained by floor space. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210745680/IBM-NeXtScale-nx360-M4
The IBM System x3650 M4 HD is a (1) 2-socket 2U rack-optimized server that supports up to 32 internal drives and features an innovative design for optimal performance, uptime, and dense storage. It offers (2) excellent reliability, availability, and serviceability for improved business environments. The server is (3) designed for easy deployment, integration, service, and management.
Here are the product specification for IBM System x3300 M4. This product can be managed remotely.The x3300 M4 server contains IBM IMM2, which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and an alerting function. The IMM2 lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem, records the error in the event log, and alerts you to the problem. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M4. IBM System x iDataPlex is an innovative data center solution that maximizes performance and optimizes energy and space efficiency. The iDataPlex solution provides customers with outstanding energy and cooling efficiency, multi-rack level manageability, complete flexibility in configuration, and minimal deployment effort. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210744055/IBM-System-x-iDataPlex-dx360-M4
The IBM System x3500 M4 server provides powerful and scalable performance for business applications in an energy efficient tower or rack design. It features the latest Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 or E5-2600 processors with up to 24 cores, 768GB RAM, 32 hard drives, and 8 PCIe slots. Comprehensive systems management tools and redundant components help ensure high availability, while its small footprint and 80 Plus Platinum power supplies reduce data center costs.
Learn about system specification for IBM System x3550 M4. The x3550 M4 offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs. Improves productivity by offering superior system performance with up to 12-core processors, up to 30 MB of L3 cache, and up to two 8 GT/s QPI interconnect links. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
Learn about IBM System x3650 M4. The x3650 M4 is an outstanding 2U two-socket business-critical server, offering improved performance and pay-as-you grow flexibility along with new features that improve server management capability. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210741926/IBM-System-x3650-M4
Learn about the product specification of IBM System x3500 M3. System x3500 M3 has an energy-efficient design which works in conjunction with the IMM to govern fan rotation based on the readings that it delivers. This saves money under normal conditions because the fans do not have to spin at high speed. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210741626/IBM-System-x3500-M3
Learn about IBM System x3400 M3. The x3400 M3 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce costs, x3400 M3 has the ability to grow with your application requirements with these features. Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3400 M3. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about IBM System 3250 M3 which is a single-socket server that offers new levels of performance and flexibility
to help you respond quickly to changing business demands. Cost-effective and compact, it is well suited to small to mid-sized businesses, as well as large enterprises. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210740347/IBM-System-x3250-M3
Learn about IBM System x3200 M3 and its specifications. The System x3200 M3 features easy installation and management with a rich set of options for hard disk drives and memory. The efficient design helps to save energy and provide a better work environment with less heat and noise. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210739508/IBM-System-x3200-M3
Learn about the configuration of IBM PowerVC. IBM PowerVC is built on OpenStack that controls large pools of server, storage, and networking resources throughout a data center. IBM Power Virtualization Center provides security services that support a secure environment. Installation requires just 20 minutes to get a virtual machine up and running. For more information on Power Systems, visit http://ibm.co/Lx6hfc.
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Learn about Ibm POWER7 Virtualization Performance. PowerVM Lx86 is a cross-platform virtualization solution that enables the running of a wide range of x86 Linux applications on Power Systems platforms within a Linux on Power partition without modifications or recompilation of the workloads. For more information on Power Systems, visit http://ibm.co/Lx6hfc.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210734237/A-Comparison-of-PowerVM-and-Vmware-Virtualization-Performance
This reference architecture document describes deploying the VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite on the IBM PureFlex System hardware platform. Key points:
- The vCloud Suite software provides components for managing and delivering cloud services, while the IBM PureFlex System provides an integrated hardware platform in a single chassis.
- The reference architecture focuses on installing the vCloud Suite management components as virtual machines on an ESXi host to manage consumer resources.
- The IBM PureFlex System provides servers, networking, and storage in a single chassis that can then be easily scaled out. This standardized deployment accelerates provisioning of cloud infrastructure.
- Deployment considerations cover systems management using IBM Flex System Manager, server, networking, storage configurations
Learn how x6: The sixth generation of EXA Technology is fast, agile and Resilient for Emerging Workloads from Alex Yost. Vice President, IBM PureSystems and System x
IBM Systems and Technology Group. x6 drives cloud and big data for enterprises by achieving insight faster thereby outperforming competitors. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
Project Management Semester Long Project - Acuityjpupo2018
Acuity is an innovative learning app designed to transform the way you engage with knowledge. Powered by AI technology, Acuity takes complex topics and distills them into concise, interactive summaries that are easy to read & understand. Whether you're exploring the depths of quantum mechanics or seeking insight into historical events, Acuity provides the key information you need without the burden of lengthy texts.
GraphRAG for Life Science to increase LLM accuracyTomaz Bratanic
GraphRAG for life science domain, where you retriever information from biomedical knowledge graphs using LLMs to increase the accuracy and performance of generated answers
OpenID AuthZEN Interop Read Out - AuthorizationDavid Brossard
During Identiverse 2024 and EIC 2024, members of the OpenID AuthZEN WG got together and demoed their authorization endpoints conforming to the AuthZEN API
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAU
IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure: VMware View on IBM Flex System
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IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure: VMware View
on IBM Flex System
IBM Redbooks Solution Guide
The IBM® SmartCloud™ Desktop Infrastructure offers robust, cost-effective, and manageable virtual
desktop solutions for a wide range of clients, user types, and industry segments. These solutions can help
to increase business flexibility and staff productivity, reduce IT complexity, and simplify security and
compliance. Based on a reference architecture approach, this infrastructure supports various hardware,
software, and hypervisor platforms. Figure 1 illustrates the SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure offering.
Figure 1. The IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure offering
The SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution with VMware View running on IBM Flex System™
simplifies IT manageability and control. It delivers high fidelity user experiences across devices and
networks. The features of VMware View that are included in the SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure
solution provide enhanced security, high availability, centralized management and control, and scalability.
Did you know?
The hosted virtual desktop (HVD) approach is the most common form of implementing a virtualized user
desktop environment. With HVDs, all applications and data that the user interacts with are stored centrally
and securely in the data center. These applications never leave the data center boundaries. This setup
makes management and administration much easier and gives users access to data and applications
from anywhere and at anytime.
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2. Business value
Several key factors drive virtual desktops in today’s business climate:
Data security and compliance concerns
Complexity and costs of managing existing desktop environments
An increasingly mobile workforce
The changing ownership of end-point devices with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs
The need for rapid recovery from theft, failure, and disasters
IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure offers the following advantages:
Simplifies desktop administration, support, and management
Enhances security and compliance management
Improves availability and reliability
Enables users to work anytime, anywhere quickly and easily regardless of location or device
Better supports growth initiatives for mobility and flexible work locations
Solution overview
The IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution with VMware View on IBM Flex System includes the
following components:
User access devices
Virtual infrastructure software
VMware View
Hardware platform
Desktop PCs
Thin clients
Notebooks
Other handheld mobile devices
IBM Flex System
IBM System Storage®
Integration services
Assess and plan
Design
Implement
Operate and manage
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3. Figure 2 shows the functional components of the SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution.
Figure 2. Functional components of the SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution
The SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution consists of three functional layers:
User access layer
The user access layer is a user entry point into the virtual infrastructure. This layer includes traditional
desktop PCs, thin clients, notebooks, and other handheld mobile devices.
Virtual infrastructure services layer
The virtual infrastructure services layer provides the secure, compliant, and highly available desktop
environment to the user. The user access layer interacts with the virtual infrastructure layer through
display protocols. The RDP and PCoIP display protocols are available in VMware View solution.
Storage services layer
The storage services layer stores a user persona, profiles, gold master images, and actual virtual
desktop images. The storage protocol is an interface between virtual infrastructure services and
storage services. The storage protocols include Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File
System (CIFS), iSCSI, and Fibre Channel.
The virtual infrastructure services layer has the following key functional components:
Hypervisor
The hypervisor provides a virtualized environment for running virtual machines (VMs) with the
desktop operating systems in them. These VMs are called hosted virtual desktops.
Hosted virtual desktops
A HVD is a VM that runs a user desktop operating system and applications.
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Connection broker
The connection broker is the point of contact for client access devices that request the virtual
desktops. The connection broker manages the authentication function and ensures that only valid
users are allowed access to the infrastructure. After authentication, connection broker directs the
clients to their assigned desktops. If the virtual desktop is unavailable, the connection broker works
with the management and provisioning services to have the VM ready and available.
Management and provisioning services
The management and provisioning services allow the centralized management of the virtual
infrastructure, providing a single console to manage multiple tasks. These services provide image
management, lifecycle management, and monitoring for hosted VMs.
High availability services
High availability (HA) services ensure that the VM is up and running even if a critical software or
hardware failure occurs. HA can be a part of connection broker functionality for stateless HVDs or a
separate failover service for dedicated HVDs.
A dedicated (or persistent) HVD is assigned permanently to the specific user (similar to a traditional
desktop PC). Users log in to the same virtual desktop image every time they connect. All changes that
they make and each application that they install are saved when the user logs off. The dedicated desktop
model is best for users who need the ability to install more applications, store data locally, and retain the
ability to work offline.
A stateless (pooled or non-persistent) HVD is allocated temporarily to the user. After the user logs off,
changes to the image are discarded (reset). Then, the desktop becomes available for the next user or a
new desktop is created for the next user session. A persistent user experience (the ability to personalize
the desktop and save data) is achieved through user profile management, folder redirection, and similar
approaches. Specific individual applications can be provided to nonpersistent desktops by using
application virtualization technologies, if required.
Functional layers and components are supported by a hardware infrastructure platform that must provide
the following features:
Sufficient computing power to support demanding workloads
Scalability to satisfy future growth requirements
Reliability to support business continuity and 24x7 operations
High-speed low-latency networking for better user experience
Cost-efficient storage to handle large amounts of VM and user data
Centralized management of combined physical and virtual infrastructure from a single user interface
to simplify and automate deployment, maintenance, and support tasks
IBM Flex System is a future-proof, integrated platform that satisfies these requirements.
IBM Flex System platform
IBM Flex System is an integrated platform that delivers custom-tuned, client-specific configurations for
optimum flexibility. IBM Flex System combines compute nodes, networking, storage, and management
into a complete data center building block that is built for future-proof, heterogeneous data centers with
flexibility and open choice of architectures, hypervisors, and environments.
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5. Figure 3 shows the IBM Flex System.
Figure 3. IBM Flex System
IBM Flex System offers the following unique capabilities that make this platform an exceptional choice for
deployment of the SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution:
Compute nodes
Compute nodes provide sufficient processing capacity for the most demanding SmartCloud Desktop
Infrastructure deployments. IBM Flex System x240 is a dual-socket Intel Xeon processor E5-2600
product family-based compute node. It supports the most powerful 135 W Intel Xeon processor
E5-2690, up to 768 GB of memory, and up to 16 physical I/O connections to provide scalable,
high-density HVD deployments.
Networking
SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure requires sufficient network bandwidth and efficient traffic
management to host as many VMs as possible to ensure that all computing resources are not
underused. IBM Flex System networking, when integrated into a chassis, can help to reduce
communication latency and provide the required bandwidth with 10 Gb Ethernet LAN connectivity that
has 40 Gb uplinks and 8 Gb or 16 Gb FC SAN connectivity. Virtual Fabric Adapters offer virtual
network interface card (NIC) capability to allow up to 32 logical ports on a single compute node, with
controllable bandwidth allocation to manage traffic prioritization. In addition, the integrated design
simplifies the overall infrastructure to save costs and make scalability and management tasks easier.
Management
IBM Flex System Manager™ is a systems management appliance that drives efficiency and cost
savings in the data center. Flex System Manager provides a pre-integrated and virtualized
management environment across servers, storage, and networking that is easily managed from a
single interface. A single focus point for seamless multichassis management provides an instant and
resource-oriented view of chassis and chassis resources for IBM System x® and IBM Power
Systems™ compute nodes. You can reduce the number of interfaces, steps, and clicks it takes to
manage IT resources. You can intelligently manage and deploy workloads based on resource
availability and predefined policies. And you can manage events and alerts to increase system
availability and reduce downtime in addition to reducing operational costs.
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Storage
As a virtualized storage system that provides block volumes and file volumes, IBM Storwize® V7000
Unified complements virtual desktop environments. The system offers robust enterprise-class storage
capabilities, which include thin provisioning, automated tiering, internal and external virtualization,
clustering, replication, multiprotocol support, and a next-generation graphical user interface (GUI).
These features can be applied in virtual desktop environments in applications, for example, that
optimize storage capacity and performance or that simplify desktop user profile management and
backup. The Storwize V7000 Unified is flexible enough to support entry virtual desktop environments,
but can also be scaled to support enterprise virtual desktop environments.
The N series systems provide powerful virtualization and thin provisioning capabilities to help you
maximize storage utilization and minimize the use of power, cooling, and floor space. At the same
time, you can improve staff productivity with an integrated suite of application-aware manageability
software that offers policy-based automation to otherwise manual tasks, improving storage efficiency.
In summary, because of its integrated capabilities, IBM Flex System in a SmartCloud Desktop
Infrastructure solution can help to achieve the following advantages:
Better VM density due to large memory and I/O capacity support
Lower communication latency due to integrated switching capabilities for a better user experience
Simplified deployment and management of both physical and virtual infrastructures due to integrated
design and IBM Flex System Manager capabilities
Solution architecture
IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure with VMware View simplifies desktop and application
management and increases security and control. VMware View delivers a personalized high fidelity
experience for users across sessions and devices. It also enables higher availability and agility of desktop
services that are unmatched by traditional PCs, while reducing the total cost of desktop ownership. Users
can enjoy new levels of productivity and the freedom to access desktops from more devices and locations
with IT greater policy control.
The following VMware View features provide a familiar experience for the user:
Take advantage of multiple monitor support for RDP and PCoIP, where with PCoIP, you can adjust
the display resolution and rotation separately for each monitor.
Print from a virtual desktop (in a Microsoft Windows environment) to any local or networked printer.
Access USB devices and other peripheral devices that are connected to the local device that displays
your virtual desktop.
Manage profiles by using View Persona Management to preserve user profiles and data between
sessions and to dynamically synchronize them to a remote CIFS share at configurable intervals. View
Persona Management can work with or without Windows roaming profiles.
VMware View offers several levels of security features, including the following features:
Two-factor authentication, such as RSA SecurID or RADIUS, or smart cards
Pre-created Active Directory accounts to provision View desktops in environments that have
read-only access policies for Active Directory
SSL tunneling to ensure that all connections are encrypted
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7. The following VMware View features provide centralized administration and management:
Microsoft Active Directory
Web-based administrative console
Use of a template, or master image, to quickly create and provision pools of desktops virtual desktops
updates and patches
Scalability features depend on the VMware virtualization platform to manage both desktops and servers:
You can integrate with VMware vCenter to achieve cost-effective densities, high levels of availability,
and advanced resource allocation control for your virtual desktops.
You can use View Composer to quickly create desktop images that share virtual disks with a master
image. By using linked clones in this way, you conserve disk space and simplify the management of
patches and updates to the operating system.
Figure 4 shows the components of the VMware View on IBM Flex System solution.
Figure 4. Components of the VMware View on IBM Flex System solution
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8. The core hardware component of the solution is IBM Flex System with integrated x86 compute nodes,
LAN switches and management appliance, and the external storage system:
IBM Flex System x240 compute nodes
The x240 compute nodes contain embedded VMware ESXi hypervisor to host VMs that are used for
virtual desktops and for management and provisioning tasks. The x240 compute nodes are combined
into three groups: stateless HVD pool, dedicated HVD cluster, and management cluster.
Stateless HVD pool nodes are configured with local solid-state drive (SSD) storage that hosts VM
files. The nodes use NFS storage to get local VM images from the repository. High availability is
provided by the connection broker (View Connection Server). That is, if a VM or node failure occurs,
the connection broker redirects the user to another available virtual desktop.
The nodes in a dedicated cluster are configured with no local storage. All VM files are placed onto an
external NFS-based shared storage. High availability is provided by failing over the VM to another
compute node with the VMware High Availability feature.
The nodes in management cluster host VMs are running controlling instances, such as connection
broker, centralized management tools, and database for storing control information. These nodes are
connected to an external NFS storage, such as IBM System Storage N series, that stores VM files.
Also VMware HA provides high availability for management VMs.
LAN switches
The IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch provides a redundant, high-speed,
low-latency 10-Gb Ethernet network and NFS storage connectivity for the compute nodes.
IBM Flex System Manager
IBM Flex System Manager is a systems management appliance that drives efficiency and cost
savings in the data center. Flex System Manager provides a pre-integrated and virtualized
management environment across servers, storage, and networking that is easily managed from a
single interface.
IBM System Storage N series
IBM System Storage N series storage systems provide primary and auxiliary storage for midsize
enterprises, consolidating all of their fragmented application-based storage and unstructured data into
one single-code system. Easily managed and expandable, this platform can help IT generalists
increase their effectiveness. These systems offer integrated data access, intelligent management
software, and data protection capabilities.
The VMware View core services have the following software components:
View Client
View Client is client software to access View virtual desktops. View Client can run on a tablet; on a
Windows, Linux, or Mac PC or notebook; on a thin client; and on other devices.
View Agent
View Agent communicates with View Client to provide features such as connection monitoring, virtual
printing, View Persona Management, access to locally connected USB devices, and single sign-on
(SSO) capabilities.
View Connection Server
View Connection Server is a software service that acts as a broker for client connections. View
Connection Server authenticates users through Windows Active Directory and directs the request to
the appropriate VM.
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9.
VMware vCenter
VMware vCenter service acts as a central administrator for VMware ESX/ESXi servers that are
connected on a network. vCenter Server provides the central point for configuring, provisioning, and
managing VMs in the data center.
View Composer
View Composer can create a pool of linked clones from a specified parent VM. Each linked clone acts
similar to an independent desktop, with a unique host name and IP address, yet the linked clone
requires less storage because it shares a base image with the parent.
Users can access their personalized virtual desktop from a company notebook, their home PC, a thin
client device, a Mac, or a tablet. From tablets and from Mac, Linux, and Windows notebooks and PCs,
users open View Client to see their View desktop. Thin client devices use View Thin Client software. They
can be configured so that the only application that users can start directly on the device is View Thin
Client.
Usage scenarios
In the healthcare industry, staff are constantly on the move, but need fast, security-rich access to patients’
electronic medical records that are in compliance with data privacy regulations. By combining SSO
capabilities with a virtual desktop infrastructure, healthcare staff can access multiple systems and
applications to obtain medical records or images with a single, more secure sign-on.
In the education industry, a virtual desktop infrastructure can help schools to extend the lifecycle of
existing PCs, in addition to allowing the schools to adopt new technology. Students can receive the same
quality of education, regardless of the availability of hardware, device, or location. At the same time, IT
staff can reduce the time, cost, and complexity that are associated with maintenance, upgrades,
provisioning, reimaging, and repairing the school’s technology assets.
For the public sector, local, state, and federal agencies must extend support to an ever-increasing
collection of personal devices and do so under stringent security measures. A virtual desktop can give
personnel the anytime, anywhere access they need to maintain productivity. It can also provide the
centralized security and control that are necessary to help maintain extreme data confidentiality. Agencies
can also expedite provisioning and upgrades to multiple devices at a sustainable level of cost and effort.
Integration
IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure enables easy integration with optional security and endpoint
management technologies, including the following technologies:
IBM Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On offers streamlined user access with
automated sign-on and sign-off plus a single password for all applications. This technology can
reduce help desk costs, improve productivity, and strengthen security for virtualized desktops.
IBM Tivoli® Endpoint Manager combines endpoint and security management into a single solution.
With this solution, your team can see and manage physical and virtual endpoints, such as servers,
desktops, roaming notebooks, and specialized equipment such as point-of-sale devices, automated
teller machines (ATMs), and self-service kiosks.
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10. IBM SmartCloud Desktop Services
Transitioning to a virtualized environment from traditional desktops can be a time-consuming effort, often
requiring specialized skills that are not readily available in-house. You must carefully manage
implementations to support many users, applications, and complementary software to help provide the
security and management functions that are necessary to succeed.
By using time-proven methods, proprietary tools, and extensive expertise that are developed through
real-world client implementations, IBM SmartCloud Desktop Services can accelerate your transition to a
less complex, virtualized desktop environment. Robust services, which include assessment and planning,
design and implementation, and operation and management, in addition to a phased delivery approach,
help to speed your return on investment and reduce the risk of business disruption. Through these
services, a broader range of users, from power users to disconnected users, can have faster, more
security-rich access to resources, helping to improve their productivity and increasing business flexibility.
Figure 5 illustrates the services approach.
Figure 5. IBM SmartCloud Desktop Services
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11. Reference design
The VMware View on IBM Flex System solution has the following key building blocks:
Compute nodes that support stateless and dedicated HVD pools
Compute nodes cluster that runs management and provisioning tasks
Integrated management appliance
External shared storage system
Table 1 shows the building blocks of the VMware View on IBM Flex System solution that are used in
small, medium, and large deployments, with a 50/50 split between stateless and dedicated HVDs. The
actual number of users or virtual desktops per node depends on the user type and memory, CPU, and
storage requirements for those VMs.
Table 1. Building blocks of the VMware View on IBM Flex System solution
Number of elements in a building block
Building block
Small
Medium
Large
Element type and configuration
Stateless HVD server pool
(N+1 redundancy)
2
4
8
x240 compute node
2x Intel Xeon processor
E5-2680
256 GB memory
2x 200 GB SATA SSDs
4x 10 Gb Ethernet ports
1x Embedded ESXi hypervisor
Dedicated HVD server pool
(N+1 redundancy)
2
4
8
x240 compute node
2x Intel Xeon processor
E5-2680
256 GB memory
4x 10 Gb Ethernet ports
1x Embedded ESXi hypervisor
Management cluster
(N+N redundancy)
2
2
2
x240 compute node
2x Intel Xeon processor
E5-2680
128 GB memory
4x 10 Gb Ethernet ports
1x Embedded ESXi hypervisor
Management appliance
1
1
1
IBM Flex System Manager
External shared storage
1
1
1
IBM System Storage N series
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12. Figure 6 shows the components of IBM Flex System that are used in a typical medium-sized reference
design of the IBM SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution, with a 50/50 split between stateless and
dedicated HVDs.
Figure 6. SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure solution reference configuration with IBM Flex System
Table 2 highlights the details of the reference configuration of the SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure with
IBM Flex System solution that is shown in Figure 6.
Table 2. Reference configuration of SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure with IBM Flex System (Part 1)
Diagram
reference
Description
1x Enterprise Chassis with installed infrastructure components
2x EN4093 10Gb Scalable switches with activated Upgrade 1 (28 internal ports, 12 external ports) and
optical SW SFP+ transceivers (not shown in Figure 6)
2x Chassis Management Modules (not shown in Figure 6)
4x x240 compute nodes for stateless HVDs (N+1 redundancy)
2x Intel Xeon processor E5-2680
256 GB memory
2x 200 GB SATA SSDs
4x 10 Gb Ethernet ports on CN4054 Virtual Fabric Adapter
1x Embedded ESXi hypervisor on a USB key
4x x240 compute nodes for dedicated HVDs (N+1 redundancy)
2x Intel Xeon processor E5-2680
256 GB memory
4x 10 Gb Ethernet ports on CN4054 Virtual Fabric Adapter
1x Embedded ESXi hypervisor on a USB key
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13. Table 2. Reference configuration of SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure with IBM Flex System (Part 2)
Diagram
reference
Description
2x x240 compute nodes for management cluster
2x Intel Xeon processor E5-2680
128 GB memory
4x 10 Gb Ethernet ports on CN4054 Virtual Fabric Adapter
1x Embedded ESXi hypervisor on a USB key
1x IBM Flex System Manager management appliance
1x IBM System Storage N series external shared storage
Ordering information
Table 3 shows the part numbers and quantities for ordering the reference configuration in Figure 6.
Table 3. Ordering information for SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure with IBM Flex System (Part 1)
Diagram
reference
Description
Part
number
Qty
IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis with 2x2500W PSU, Rackable
8721A1x*
1
IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis 2500W Power Module
43W9049
4
IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis 80mm Fan Module Pair
43W9078
2
IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module
68Y7030
1
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch
49Y4270
2
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch (Upgrade 1)
49Y4798
2
IBM SFP+ SR Transceiver
46C3447
4
IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (Intel Xeon processor E5-2680)
8737M1x*
4
Intel Xeon 8C Processor Model E5-2680 130W 2.7GHz/1600MHz/20MB
81Y5188
4
16GB (1x16GB, 2Rx4, 1.5V) PC3-12800 CL11 ECC DDR3 1600MHz LP RDIMM
00D4968
64
IBM 200GB SATA 2.5in MLC HS SSD
43W7718
8
IBM Flex System x240 USB Enablement Kit
49Y8119
4
IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
90Y3554
4
IBM USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 1
41Y8307
4
Chassis with installed infrastructure components
Compute nodes for stateless HVDs (N+1 redundancy)
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14. Table 3. Ordering information for SmartCloud Desktop Infrastructure with IBM Flex System (Part 2)
Diagram
reference
Description
Part
number
Qty
IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (Intel Xeon processor E5-2680)
8737M1x*
4
Intel Xeon 8C Processor Model E5-2680 130W 2.7GHz/1600MHz/20MB
81Y5188
4
16GB (1x16GB, 2Rx4, 1.5V) PC3-12800 CL11 ECC DDR3 1600MHz LP RDIMM
00D4968
64
IBM Flex System x240 USB Enablement Kit
49Y8119
4
IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
90Y3554
4
IBM USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 1
41Y8307
4
IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node (Intel Xeon processor E5-2680)
8737M1x*
2
Intel Xeon 8C Processor Model E5-2680 130W 2.7GHz/1600MHz/20MB
81Y5188
2
16GB (1x16GB, 2Rx4, 1.5V) PC3-12800 CL11 ECC DDR3 1600MHz LP RDIMM
00D4968
16
IBM Flex System x240 USB Enablement Kit
49Y8119
2
IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
90Y3554
2
IBM USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 1
41Y8307
2
IBM Flex System Manager Node with embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric, Xeon 8C
E5-2650 95W 2.0GHz/1600MHz/20MB, 8x4GB, 1TB HS 2.5in SATA, 2x200GB
1.8in SATA SSD
8731A1x*
1
IBM Flex System Manager Per Managed Chassis with 3 Year SW S&S
90Y4222**
1
Varies
1
Compute nodes for dedicated HVDs (N+1 redundancy)
Compute nodes for management cluster
Management appliance
External shared storage
IBM System Storage N series
*The x in the part number represents a country-specific letter. For example, the EMEA part number is 8731A1G, and
the US part number is 8731A1U. Ask your local IBM representative for specific details.
** Part number 90Y4222 is used for ordering the Features on Demand entitlement license in the United States,
Canada, Asia Pacific, and Japan. Part number 95Y1174 is used for ordering the Features on Demand entitlement
license in Latin America and Europe/Middle East/Africa.
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15. Related information
For more information, see the following documents:
IBM Flex System Manager Sales Manual
http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sm/1/897/ENUS5641-F01
IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node Sales Manual
http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sm/1/897/ENUS8737-_h01
IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Sales Manual
http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_sm/1/897/ENUS7893-_h01
IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Product Guide, TIPS0863
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0863.html
IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch Product Guide, TIPS0864
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0864.html
IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node Product Guide, TIPS0860
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0860.html
IBM Flex System Manager Product Guide, TIPS0862
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0862.html
IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter Product Guide, TIPS0868
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0868.html
IBM Flex System Products and Technology, SG24-7984
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247984.html
Implementing Systems Management of IBM PureFlex System, SG24-8060
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248060.html
xREF - IBM System x Reference Sheets
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/xref
IBM Redbooks Product Guides for IBM Flex System servers and options
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/puresystems
IBM Flex System Information Center
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp
IBM System x Configuration and Options Guide
http://www.ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog
IBM System x Support Portal
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal
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