HP Networking new releases - 25th June 2012

HPN have released a number of new products from the Switches and Network Management categories.

HP 1405 Small Office Switch Series 
The affordable new HP 1405-8 Switch delivers unmanaged plug-and-play set-up, Fast Ethernet performance, and broad compatibility, backed by a 3 Year Warranty.
• Unmanaged, Plug and play out of the box
• Improved green functionality through EEE and idle port detect with power savings modes
• Enhanced traffic prioritization with the use of IEEE 802.1p w/ DiffServ HP 3100 EI Switch Series These Layer 2 Ethernet switches are designed for enterprise networks demanding high security and intelligence.
• Comprehensive security control policies
• High reliability with improved backup redundancy
• Simplified deployment and ease of use
 • Highly expandable and highly reliable
• Diversified management modes and maintenance

HP 3600 EI Switch Series 
The HP 3600 EI Switch Series are Layer 2/3 Fast Ethernet and PoE/PoE+ switches, with advanced features that deliver premium levels of intelligent, resilient performance, security and reliability for robust switching at the enterprise network edge.
• Robust switching at the enterprise network edge
• Advanced Layer 3 and multicast routing
• IRF-automated stack and switching fabric setup
• Integrated and distributed security enforcement
• Enterprise-level nonblocking performance

HP Switch Software K/KA 15.09 
This software update is for HP Switch 8200, 6600, 6200, 5400, 3800, and 3500 series. It contains features that improve interoperability, simplify IP phone deployment, and enhance usability for enterprise customers.
• Improve interoperability with RPVST+
• Simplify IP phone configuration via CDPv2
• Improve usability for Comware users with Compatible CLI
• Add routing capability to existing HP Meshing feature
• Synchronize features in Switch 3800 with other ProVision switches.

IMC Virtual Application Networks Manager
IMC VAN Manager enables IT to provision applications quickly by accelerating VM deployment with a template-based approach for network automation and orchestration of edge connectivity.
• Save quantifiable time by reducing the manpower and operational cost of administering cloud networks
• Supports heterogeneous networks through IMC’s multi-vendor device support
• Reduces provisioning time from weeks to minutes
• Eliminates manual configuration from network edge

IMC Application Performance Manager 
IMC APM allows administrators to visualize and measure the health of business applications and the impact to network performance.
• Monitor performance and health of applications
• Discovers of applications automatically
• Manages fault for monitored applications
• Comprehensive reporting of monitored objects

IMC Service Health Manager 
IMC SHM delivers end-to-end network health monitoring and assurance.
• Model services using a visual perspective
• Includes predefined and custom key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Monitor Network Quality Assurance (NQA) Link
• Features comprehensive SHM reports and network service quality trend analysis
• Includes service level agreement (SLA) module

Extended APIs license 
eAPI license allows organizations integrate third-party applications with IMC’s open and extensible SOA platform.
• Utilizes RESTful implementation for simplified integration
• Over 200 eAPIs are available

HP IMC Remote Site Manager 
IMC RSM securely extends IMC's core platform capability to remote sites by deploying remote agents to provide comprehensive, efficient remote site management.
• Supports firewalled remote networks (NAT or Proxy)
• Discover local networks • Offers remote site service monitoring
• Communicates with agents in a secure fashion via SSL

HP IMC TACACS+ Authentication Manager
IMC TAM provides basic authentication, authorization and accounting functions for network devices or users.
• Supports TACACS+ device identification and authentication
• Flexible authorization policies
• Comprehensive user and log monitoring
• Centralized device user management

HP IMC Intelligent Analysis Reporter 
IMC IAR extends the reporting capabilities within IMC to include customized reporting.
• In-depth data collection of network information
• Provides Simple to use report design tools
• Automates and distribution of reports
• Exports into a variety of formats

IMC User Access Manager 
Supports BYOD phase 1 with Simple Network Access Control and portal for iOS clients.

IMC Endpoint Admission Defense 
Supports IPv6.

IMC Wireless Services Manager 
Includes performance monitoring and graphs and RF predictor support for HP MSM wireless devices.

IMC IPSec VPN Manager 
Supports templates, management and provisioning for Dynamic Virtual Private Network.

If you have any questions with regards to these new products or need any help with anything related to HP networking, servers or storage then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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NEW Release: AMD Opteron based Gen8 Servers

The first AMD Gen8 platforms have been released with the BL465c and DL385p server based on AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series processors.

BL465c Gen8 - Unique blend of core density and a broad memory footprint in a half-height form factor, delivering price and performance leadership for virtualized and high-performance computing environments.

DL385p Gen8 - The HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 Server is built to protect your investment and extend server life with reliability, accessibility, and serviceability features. New features include: Up to two AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processors: and 2x the cores for more virtual machines per box for better virtualization.

If you wish to know more then please click the below PDF's

DL385p Gen8

BL465c Gen8

If you have any questions with regards to these server or need any help with HP servers or storage then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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June 2012 - HP Server, Storage and Networking offers.

In order for you to have your own copy of this months offers, We offer them in a easy downloadable PDF for you.

For June, many of HP's fantastic Storage and Networking promotions have been extended!

The month HP are celebrating the success of the iconic HP ProLiant MicroServer and have increased our cash back offer by a further £10! There is also a half price Care Pack offer on the HP ProLiant ML110 G7 powered by up to an Intel® Xeon® E3 processor.

Please click the image above to open the PDF for more details.

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HP SMB Blueprints - Accessible Competitive Flexible

HP have launched a great new program called SMB Blueprints which includes some major discounts over Storage, servers, networking and support..

So what is HP's offering in this new Program?

"Office in a box” 
Who are the target customer?
Small start ups looking for their first IT estate or established SMBs looking for an office refresh.

What’s the value proposition?
All a customer needs for a scalable, fast, value focused IT estate that can support virtualisation.

What’s in the bundle?
P2000 with 7.2TB of high performance disk, 2x DL380 G7s, necessary connectivity, 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus. 3 bundles with different connectivity: SAS, i-SCSI or Fibre Channel.

“Virtualisation Starter Kits” 
Who are the target customer? Small start ups to medium sized established businesses looking for a highly available and scalable virtualisation solution.

What’s the value proposition? A preconfigured bundle to deliver highly available storage, servers and networking regardless of the customer size.

What’s in the bundle?
Small Tower: 2x ML350G6s with 9.6TB storage, 2x P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Licenses, 2x HP Networking 2910AL switches with 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus.

Small Rack: 2x DL380G7s with 9.6TB storage, 2x P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Licenses, 2x HP Networking 2910AL switches with 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus.

Medium Rack: 2x DL380G7s with 7.2TB P4300 storage, 2x HP Networking 2910AL switches with 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus. Large Rack: 2x DL380G7s with 14.4TB P4500 storage, 2x HP Networking 2910AL switches with 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus.

“NAS Bundles”
Who are the target customer? Small businesses looking for file storage or to add file storage to an existing SAN.

What’s the value proposition? Micro-NAS-Server: Preconfigured Proliant MicroServer with Windows Server Operating System – Windows File Serving at an unbeatable price. X3000 NAS Gateways: Add easily clustered NAS File services to SANs that effortlessly integrate in to windows environments. X5000 Clustered NAS: High available file serving straight out of the box that delivers the best possible performance and scale.

What’s in the bundle?
Micro-NAS-Server: Proliant MicroServer with 4TB of Storage, DVD drive and Windows Server 2008 Foundation.

X5000 48TB: X5520 cluster with 16x 3TB drives and 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus.

X5000 120TB: X5520 cluster with 40x 3TB drives and 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus.

X3800 NAS Gateways for Fibre SANs: 2x X3800 NAS Gateways in a cluster, dual fibre channel connections, memory upgrade, processor upgrade with 3yr 24x7 4hr Support Plus.

X3800sb BLADE NAS Gateways for Fibre SANs: 2x X3800sb BLADE NAS Gateways in a cluster, dual fibre channel connections, memory upgrade, processor upgrade with 3yr 24x7 4hr Support Plus.

“D2D Bundles” 
Who are the target customer? Small businesses looking for deduplicated backup storage to accelerate backup, restore and to easily move data off site.

What’s the value proposition? StoreOnce D2D allows fast deduplication of backup data, with only unique data replicated to keep bandwidth cost low. As data is stored on disk; backups are available for fast restore.

What’s in the bundle? 
Small D2D bundle: 2x D2D2502i 1.5TB useable StoreOnce appliances with replication license, 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus and HP hardware installation.

Medium D2D bundle: 2x D2D2504i 3TB useable StoreOnce appliances with replication license, 3yrs 24x7 4hr Support Plus and HP hardware installation.

General Terms and Conditions
This promotion is effective from 22nd May - 31st July 2012 inclusive. This promotion is valid for all product numbers listed in the Promotional Product Price List only. There is a sell-out cap in place of 5 units on each product line or bundle, per reseller, per distributor each month. Deals with a quantity higher than 5 units on any single product line or bundle will require verification and authorisation from HP. Any high quantity deals on single lines or bundles that have not been verified and approved by HP may be exempt from the rebate claim made. Rebates are only valid for sales out from LSP/CDPs made within the dates of the promotion (as above). This promotion may only be used in conjunction with other HP promotions when listed in the qualifying products section of the other HP promotion. HP reserves the right to validate all claims and request any additional information as required. This includes requesting paper copies of all related invoices. The partner account manager remains the primary point of contact for all communications on this promotion. HP reserves the right to cancel or amend this promotion, with immediate effect. This includes part numbers, pricing and quantities.

If you have any questions with regards to these offers or need any help with HP servers or storage then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team 

HP takes 1st place for Increased Performance & Automation with new ProLiant Gen8 Servers and VMware

HP has released new Gen8 virtualisation benchmarks and shows examples of  their innovative Gen8 automation technologies with their new ProLiant Gen8 servers.

• HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 - #1 virtualisation performance on 2-Processor VMmark V2 benchmark http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA4-1452ENW.pdf 

• VMware vSphere from HP- Decrease capital and operational costs through server consolidation and energy efficiency http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmwar /index.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN 

• Groundbreaking benchmark with HP VirtualSystem for VMware http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/partners/vmware-hpvirtualsystem-SAPbenchmark.html

Vittorio Viargeno, Vice President, End-User Computing at VMware makes the comment "HP ProLiant servers have long-standing success as a proven platform for VMware cloud infrastructure. With the improvements now seen in VDI user density when running VMware View™ with HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP is showcasing ProLiant servers as a powerful platform for desktop virtualisation as well.”

With these fantastic benchmarks and details of how you can decrease operational costs through HP Gen8 server automation, it makes sense to consider making the change to Gen8 for your hardware refresh. If you need help with providing a solution for Gen8 then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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HP are offering an additional £50 discount across all HP Top Value Servers..

As of today you can get an amazing £50 discount across all HP ProLiant Top Value Servers (excluding Microserver).

The £50 discount will also run in conjunction with the IceBreaker discounts where applicable, making the Ice Breakers even more competitive than ever before:

This offer will run until the 25th May.
There is a maximum of 50 units per Top value line per reseller and All qualifying orders must ship within the promotional period.

If you have any questions with regards to this promo or need any help with HP servers or storage then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

HP ISS Fact of the week by Paul Kember (HP) - ProLiant Gen8 ROI Tool

Please click the above Image or go to  http://alinean.austin.hp.com/roianalyst/AuthenticateLogin.do

1. Click on “New User Access" and a login & password will be sent to you.
2. Scroll down the list of ROI tools to the Servers section and select "ProLiant ROI Calculator".
3. Select customer’s existing ProLiant G2 – G6 servers to be refreshed, from drop-down menu. Input quantity.
4. Select proposed ProLiant Gen8 (or G7 where server line has not yet rolled to Gen8).
5. Tool estimates # of Gen8 servers needed based on performance. Change quantity if desired.
6. Click on "Create a Report".

If you have any questions or need any help with HP servers or storage then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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NEWS : HP 42u racks now EOL (AF001A & AF002A)

Old 10k Series Rack

HP have discontinued two 42u Racks namely the AF001A and AF002A from their 10kG2 Series Rack range.

This is to make way for HP's new Intelligent racks the BW903A (Pallet) and BW904A (Shock).

The HP Intelligent Series Rack also offers many improvements over the HP Rack 10000 G2 Series racks:

• 6 castors supports highest dynamic load up to 3000lbs, 
• Front door with updated design to provide the maximum airflow 
• Front and rear door handles and lock bars for improved security 
• Side panels come in 3 parts for easier manageability and mounting 
• Cable management accessories and cable management bracket in every Intelligent Series rack. 
• Three year limited warranty, parts only (3/0/0)

If you wish to know more about the new Rack solutions from HP please have a look at the quickspecs, or contact us for more information.

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AMD Powered ProLiant servers, a good alternative...

As many of you know HP have a range of servers which use AMD Processors.
There are many reasons why you should consider an AMD based server.

The newer AMD processors boast a brand new 16-core architecture for the next generation of scalable business critical applications, these processors feature an innovative design that drives more core density and greater throughput with up to 160% more cores than the competition.

AMD Processors also have Greater Efficiency in what AMD are calling "C6 Power State" This is when a core is halted and its workload is then exported to system memory, the voltage needed to run this core is then removed therefore saving power. In times where efficiency is paramount this technology really saves you money.

Greater Scalability - AMD Turbo CORE Technology - Allows processors to independently boost their clock speed to respond to the need for more application performance. The industry’s best full-core boost - up to 500 MHz.

AMD is also traditionally cheaper than their competition, this means that the power vs pounds trade off is better with AMD. 

The Current ProLiant range of AMD based servers is as follows,

BL465 G7 - For use in the C3000/C7000 Blade Chassis.
BL685 G7 - For use in the C3000/C7000 Blade Chassis.
DL165 G7 - 1u Standalone Rack server
DL385 G7 - 2u Standalone Rack server
DL585 G7 - 4u Standalone Rack server
SL335s G7 -HP ProLiant SL Scalable System
SL165s G7 - HP ProLiant SL Scalable System
SL165z G7 - HP ProLiant SL Scalable System
HP Microsever - Single Small footprint Tower server

As you can see there is a HP AMD based solution for every type of enviroment, 
Please click on the links above to find out more information on the ranges of HP AMD based servers.

If you are interested in building a solution around HP AMD ProLiant servers or need more information on the range of servers then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

May 2012 - HP Server, Storage and Networking offers.

In order for you to have your own copy of this months offers, We offer them in a easy downloadable PDF for you.

Claim HP Insight Control for free when purchased with a qualifying New HP ProLiant Gen8 Server such as the HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 server.

Half Price HP P2000 G3 MSA’s PLUS 50% off additional HP HDD’s and claim a £140 cash back when you purchase a qualifying HP switch with a HP Gigabit Transceiver.

Please click the image above to open the PDF for more details.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

HP ISS Fact of the week by Paul Kember (HP)

If you have any questions or need any help with HP servers or storage then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team

Westcoast Event : The Importance of Education Expo – 25th April 2012

Westcoast are holding their second multi-vendor education event on 25th April 2012 focused around ‘The Importance of Education’. The event will be held at the British Library, London Kings Cross, and is expected to attract over 200 resellers who will have the chance to engage with key vendors as well as a selection of end users.

After the success of the 2011 education event in Oxford, Westcoast is excited about holding an even bigger and better show, in order to help resellers grow their education business. Resellers will have the opportunity to engage with education vendors and Westcoast, allow attendees to view the latest product technologies, and discover the latest marketing offerings available from vendors. In addition, those who attend will also have the chance to book 1 to 1 sessions with key speakers, from Westcoast, Samsung, Toshiba, Apple, HP and Microsoft.


Key Highlights

• Understand which solutions are right for your education customers
• Oportunities to learn from various vendor and end user speakers
• See new and emerging technologies in the vendor village
• Think differently and keep your business ahead of the rest
• Book 1-2-1 vendor sessions
• Specific for sales people and key business decision makers

View the agenda and register at www.westcoast.co.uk/education

If you have any questions or need any help with HP servers or storage for your educational customers then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Technical ISS Solutions Team