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Better understand the component requirements for the solution.
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Better understand the recommended software and features that are part of the solution.
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Leverage design guidance to architect the solution to fit a particular set of business cases.
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Better understand the design considerations related to fault tolerance, performance, and scalability when
architecting the solution.
The HPE Converged Architecture 700 with Nimble Storage is intended for midsize businesses, large
enterprises, and IT service providers who are looking for and understand the value from the combination of
consolidation, efficiency, and consistency enabled by the solution.
Business Need
One of the biggest challenges for IT is to provide a wide variety of software services with appropriate service
levels and performance for the applications and services that customers need. New workloads and business
demands are forcing customers to reevaluate the way they buy and manage infrastructure.
Rather than do-it-yourself systems or integrated systems assembled from components that are provided by
multiple vendors, customers want pre-engineered systems and support from a single vendor. They need
repeatable and flexible building blocks that are tuned to handle unpredictable workloads. These systems
must deliver fast time-to-value and must include software-defined management of servers, storage, and
networking that automates all layers of the data center and streamlines routine tasks.
The HPE Converged Architecture 700 with Nimble Storage combines industry-leading HPE x86 servers,
storage arrays from Nimble Storage, HPE 5940 Series network switches, and a validated management
software stack to provide a highly available, scalable, and high-performing virtualization platform from one
vendor, HPE. These components are configured according to HPE best practices, providing a prescriptively
defined foundation onto which IT workloads can be deployed.
Terms and Abbreviations
The following terms and abbreviations appear frequently in this deployment guide. You can use the definitions
in this list as a quick reference for how the terms apply to the HPE Converged Architecture 700 with Nimble
Storage.
bridge aggregation
The HPE name for link aggregation. Link aggregation combines multiple network interface connections on
a network device to increase throughput beyond the level that a single connection can sustain. It also provides
redundancy if a link fails.
HPE Insight Control server provisioning (ICsp)
A virtual appliance that is used to install and configure HP ProLiant servers. ICsp uses resources such as
OS build plans and scripts to run deployment jobs.
HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)
The proprietary HPE embedded server management technology that provides out-of-band management
capabilities.
HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)
A technology in HPE Comware-based switches that converges up to nine network devices into a single fabric
(on both the management and control planes) through physical IRF ports. The configuration of all devices
that participate in the IRF configuration is managed through a single IP address, and all network switches
in the IRF configuration look like one device to the network components.
HPE OneView
A powerful converged management appliance that simplifies the deployment and management of converged
infrastructure services. HPE OneView is an appliance virtual machine (VM) that runs on the VMware
management server cluster.
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