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Delivering a Microsoft Private Cloud with System Center and Hitachi UCP Director Michael Heffernan

Director of Emerging Technology and Big Data, Asia Pacific, Hitachi Data Systems

Microsoft & Hitachi Alliance

UCP for Microsoft Private Cloud

HDS Solutions – Enabling technologies

Service & Support

Strategic partners since 1989

Microsoft Gold Certified partner

- Joint road maps and development

- Participation in developer programs,

pre-testing, validation and certification

Hitachi Data Systems maintains presence at

Microsoft HQ

- Hitachi equipment for demonstrations, development,

and benchmarking

- Technical personnel, project managers, systems

engineers, and architects

- Alliance management

Joint Partner Business Plan: Defines our partnership strategy

Aligning business relationships and

technologies

Deliver tightly integrated solutions that

are relevant to our customers.

Jointly deliver solutions: Align strategic initiatives

Grow our presence with the Microsoft

Coordinate routes to deliver joint

solutions

Aligning Strategies • Alliance agreement

• Partner business plan

• Product and technology roadmaps

• Cloud visions and strategies

Aligning People • Executive relationships

• Named sponsors

• Field organizations

• HDS and Microsoft service and support

Aligning Resources

• Microsoft Partner Solutions Center

• Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center

• Microsoft Technology Centers

Integrating frameworks

• Optimizing HDS integrations for Microsoft MPIO,

VDS, VSS, RBS and SMI-S frameworks.

• Providing HDS integrations for the Microsoft

System Center Management Suite.

• Integrating with 3rd party solutions and technology

for Microsoft environments.

Aligning roadmaps

• Participating in Microsoft SDK and TAP programs

for key Microsoft technologies.

• Delivering prescriptive guidance for key Microsoft

technologies and environments.

• Aligning long-term technology roadmaps for

ongoing customer investment protection.

Hitachi & Microsoft Integration Teams

Test and

Validation

Microsoft

Windows

Core OS lab

Microsoft

Cluster lab

HDS

Windows

Inter-

operability

lab

Microsoft

Windows

Cluster lab

Microsoft

Exchange

lab

Microsoft

SQL CAT lab

Hitachi

Windows

Logo lab

“Microsoft is committed to delivering comprehensive, efficient and

automated IT solutions with partners like Hitachi Data Systems that

help customers be more agile and reduce IT costs,” said Brad

Anderson, corporate vice president, Management and Services

Division, Microsoft Corporation. “The new Hitachi computing

platform integrates with Microsoft System Center to enable

organizations to have highly virtualized, automated and optimized

environments, with a software infrastructure that’s designed to meet

customers’ mission-critical computing needs.”

Brad Anderson; Corporate Vice President, Management and

Services Division, Microsoft Corporation




Service & Support

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Hitachi Enterprise Grade Storage

- Bolt on to existing HUS-VM or VSP

Hitachi Compute Blade CB500 chassis and blades - Scales from 2 to 128

Hitachi Enterprise Grade Storage

- HUS and HUS - VM

Hitachi Compute Blade CB500 chassis and blades

- Scales from 2 to16

FCOE converged networking

Plan

Build

Deploy

Operate

Total time: varies according to customer

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Plan

Build

Deploy

Operate

Total time: 1 – 3 weeks

Plan

Build

Deploy

Operate

Total time: 2 – 3 days

Plan

Build

Deploy

Operate

IP Switch Configuration

Storage/FC Switch

Configuration

Alert Monitoring

Upgrades Monitor Deploy

Virtual machine management

Configure Upgrades Monitor Deploy



Standalone Servers

Blade Configuration Blade Firmware

Upgrades

IP Switch Firmware

Upgrades

Storage/FC Switch

Firmware Upgrades




Service & Support

Ensuring the

best-in-class

data resilience

and recovery.

Grow

performance

and capacity

without

disruption

Adapt to your

changing

business and

usage needs

over time.

Our Microsoft solutions provide industry-leading performance,

data availability, and recovery for enterprise platforms.

Mission Critical

Scalable and Predictable

Flexible and cost-effective

Timely and fast to deploy

Utilize Microsoft technologies

faster than any other platform.

Converged Solutions with UCP

Support all key Microsoft

technologies.

Windows Logo, Listed and Certified

Integrate seamlessly with Microsoft

environments.

Offer prescriptive guidance.

Ship tested and validated.

All Hitachi Solutions:

Tight Integrations:

Hitachi UCP Director

Windows Server 2012 R2

o Hyper-V Optimized

VDS, VSS and RBS adapters

System Center 2012 R2

Exchange Server 2013

SQL Server 2012

SharePoint Server 2013

250,000+ Windows-specific interoperability data paths

HDS failover cluster self certification listings.

Windows core OS integrations.

MPIO device-specific modules (DSM)

(HDLM and Windows Inbox DSMs)

VDS hardware providers

VSS hardware providers

RBS hardware providers

ODX support

System Center Suites

SCOM Management Packs

PowerShell script and Commandlets

SCO Integrations

SMI-S v1.5 providers

System Center Suite 2012 R2 SCOM Management Packs, PowerShell Scripts and SCO Integrations

Windows Server 2012 R2

Microsoft Private Cloud

Hyper-V Optimized

Infrastructure-as-a-Service


Larger Cost-Effective Mailboxes

Exchange-as-a-Service

ESRP Listed Solutions

SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2012

Fast Track

Data Warehouse &

Parallel Data Warehouse


Consolidated Environments

Remote Blob Stores (RBS)

Integrated Solutions

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SCOM

Management packs

PowerShell script

integrations SCVMM integrations

Hitachi Data Systems products are tightly integrated with System Center’s

management framework to provide customers with a single interface to view, monitor and manage resources for Windows environments.

System Center Management Suite 2012 R2

Provides integrated

management of

Hitachi hardware

resources for

monitoring alerts and

notifications.

Provides pass-through

control of Hitachi

hardware resources to

the System Center

console.

Provides integrated

access to Hitachi

Storage Cluster multi-

site replication

technology in lock-

step with Hyper-V Live

Migration between

datacenters.

System Center

Orchestrator

Provides integrated

management and

provisioning templates

for automatic

provisioning of virtual

machines.

Infrastructure-as-a-Service Pre-validated by Microsoft Ships Pre-Configured

Using Hitachi Data Systems solutions built on Microsoft Cloud Fast Track,

businesses can quickly deploy private cloud infrastructures with predictable results

and create an avenue for further automation and orchestration.

.

UCP for Microsoft Private Cloud (Fast Track)

Reference

Architectures designed

for Performance and

Scalability

Optimized for Hyper-V

and Microsoft

Applications and

Workloads

Ready to Deploy gets

you up and running in

days

Faster deployment High availability High performance &

lower cost

Hitachi Data Systems Exchange solutions offer the full value of traditional RAID-

protected storage combined with Microsoft Database Availability Groups protection for distributed multi-site environments.

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• Deploy faster using HDS

sizing and configurations

tools.

• HDS sizing tools are based

on Microsoft best

practices.

• HDS RAID-protected

storage, hot-spares, and

multipathing provide higher

availability.

• DAG and LAG copies ensure

business continuity.

HDS dynamic pooling automatically distributes workloads across more

disks for better performance.

Off-load SharePoint

environment libraries

SharePoint index size

reduction Retention policy control

Consolidate SharePoint environments without disruption and improve overall

performance. Optimized with Microsoft Remote Blob Services (RBS) framework for

better SQL database efficiency.

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• By migrating objects to centralized data repositories, multiple copies of content can be eliminated and delta changes in metadata can be tracked to reduce storage requirements.

• Performance is increased by

reducing the SharePoint index

size and managing metadata

redirects to objects.

• This greatly reduces search time

and with eDiscovery, allows the

aggregate of all content across

all SharePoint environments.

• Simplify document creation

and editing with versioning

process controls.

• Support government and

regulatory requirements with

WORM-based retention

policies.

Increased availability Decreased downtime Improved manageability

Using Hitachi Data Systems solutions built on Microsoft Cloud Fast Track,

businesses can quickly deploy private cloud infrastructures with predictable results and create an avenue for further automation and orchestration

SQL Server Fast Track 2012

• Minimize downtime.

• Speed up recovery.

• Achieve the appropriate level of availability as defined by customer service level agreements (SLAs).

• Recover quickly from unplanned

downtime

• Minimize downtime from system

maintenance and operational

procedures in order to ensure the

smooth operation of mission-

critical applications.

• Investigate, monitor, and recover damaged data across the enterprise by using powerful and productive management tools that simplify recovery.

Greater return

on enterprise IT

assets.

Prescriptive

guidance and

turn-key

solutions.

Simplified and

integrated

management.

Executive IT Manager

Architect Admin.

Investment

protection to

support future

business

requirements

Superior datacenter efficiency, manageability and cost savings through:

Agility: To be agile, IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable.

Virtual resource pooling: A transformed datacenter is a virtual one with a large multi-tenant virtual pool of resources providing simplified management that can scale quickly and easy.

Building block solutions: Flexible, application-focused building block solutions plug into the datacenter with predictable results so businesses can deploy quickly, easily, and cost effectively.

Hitachi Solutions are :

Performance: Meet service levels with less hardware through storage resiliency.

Scalability: Grow storage to meet SLAs while maintaining operational efficiency.

Manageability: Monitoring and manage at the solution level vs. individual component, reducing management costs.

Platform Repurpose: Investment protection to support future business requirements.

Environmental Responsibility: More efficient use of resources reduces footprint and carbon emissions.

HDS solutions are tested and integrated with Microsoft technologies, offering prescriptive guidance for key Microsoft environments that enable:

Data resilience: Mission-critical capabilities that ensure best-in-class data resilience and recovery.

Predictable results: Even in a highly dynamic and changing operating environment.

Adaptability: As business or technology requirements evolve.

Prescriptive infrastructure stack: Including compute, network, and storage.

Single point of contact: For infrastructure solutions.

HDS management resources are integrated with Microsoft System Center management technologies, delivering simplified and seamlessly integrated management for Microsoft environments:

Visibility: HDS solutions are made visible to the Microsoft management stack through management packs.

Seamless virtual machine migration: Integration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager allows seamless migration of virtual machines, even over distance.

Thin provisioning: With just-in-time provisioning allows storage to be added as needed for the entire storage pool in a structured and sane manor.

Data striping: Enables the minimization of “hot spots” through the use Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning.

Optimized for Microsoft Environments

Hitachi Data Systems provides prescriptive

guidance specifically for our Microsoft solutions:

Technical guides

Best practices

Reference architectures

Deployment guides and checklists

Pre-sales sizing tools for key Microsoft

applications

This guidance is at: ww.hds.com/go/microsoft

Adapters and Prescriptive

Best Practices

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Deploy Citrix XenDesktop On Microsoft Hyper-V With Hitachi Compute Blade 500 and Hitachi Unified Storage VM Reference Architecture Guide

Hitachi NAS Platform Protection with Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Microsoft Windows Server Enterprise Edition Lab Validation Report

Deploy a High Performance OLTP Solution Using Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for Microsoft® SQL Server® with Hitachi Unified Storage VM and Hitachi Accelerated Flash

Reference ArchitectureGuide

Deploy Microsoft SQL Server 2012 using Microsoft Hyper-V on Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Reference Architecture Guide

Deploy Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 on Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Reference Architecture Guide

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for Microsoft® Private Cloud with Microsoft Hyper-V using Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Reference Architecture Guide

Microsoft SQL Server I/O Reliability Storage System on Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Certification Report

Use Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 to Deploy 20,000 User Mailboxes with Microsoft Exchange 2010 using Microsoft Hyper-V Reference Architecture Guide

Deploy 4,000 User Mailboxes with Microsoft Exchange 2013 on Microsoft Private Cloud using Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Reference Architecture Guide

Protect Microsoft Private Cloud Applications with Data Protection Manager 2012 SP1 Lab Validation Report

Run Multiple Microsoft Applications Simultaneously with Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for VMware vSphere Reference Architecture Guide

Hitachi Infrastructure Adapter for Microsoft® System Center Operations Manager with Hitachi Unified Storage VM, Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, and Hitachi Compute Blade

500 Lab Validation Report

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for Microsoft® Private Cloud using Hitachi Unified Storage VM, Hitachi Compute Blade 500, and Microsoft Hyper-V® Reference

Architecture Guide

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for Enterprise Level Data Warehousing on Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 and Hitachi Unified Storage 150

Reference Architecture Guide

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for Microsoft Private Cloud v3 Management Reference Architecture Guide

Disaster Recovery on Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for VMware Horizon View using Hitachi NAS Platform 3090 with Hitachi Unified Storage VM Reference

Architecture Guide

Deploy Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for VMware Horizon View with Heavy Power User Workloads using Hitachi NAS Platform with Hitachi Unified Storage VM

Reference Architecture Guide

Managing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Content with Hitachi Data Discovery for Microsoft SharePoint and the Hitachi NAS Platform

Microsoft® SQL Server® Always on I/O Reliability Storage System on Hitachi Unified Storage 100 Family Certification Report

Microsoft® SQL Server® Always on I/O Reliability Storage System on Hitachi Unified Storage VM Certification Report

Microsoft® SQL Server® Always on I/O Reliability Storage System on Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Certification Report

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 using Hitachi Unified Storage 150 and Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Reference Architecture Guide

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for Microsoft® SQL Server 2012, Medium Size, Implementation Guide

Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 for Medium Level Data Warehousing on Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 and Hitachi Unified Storage 150

Reference Architecture




Service & Support

Global

Account

Teams

Building HDS/MS

field delivery

campaigns

Global

Channel

Partners

Investing in system

integrators and

enterprise channel

partners

Using what we

sell

Deploying at HDS

and Microsoft IT

datacenters

Global Solution Services support Microsoft environments:

Providing assessment, implementation and support services for Microsoft

environments.

Providing architectural design services prior to, during, and post

implementation.

Providing industry leading storage consultants.

Providing proven methodologies for data migration and storage consolidation.

Providing management services of HDS infrastructure in Microsoft

environments.

Enabling solutions through their entire life cycle.

Decommissioning 3rd party storage with HDS virtualization technology.

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ISV

MSP

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DISTY

MOB

DCP

SI

UCP Architecture

Exchange / SharePoint

Online Backup

Virtual Desktop

Secure File Share & Sync

(HCPAW)

Public/Private

On/Off Premise

Virtual Server Tiered Storage

Cloud Gateway (HDI)

Secure Object Store

PRIVATE CLOUD

PUBLIC CLOUD

Cloud Partner Program

UCP Architecture

Blades 500 with

VMware vSphere / MS

System Center / Citrix

Xen Server

HUS VM storage

Brocade networking

CR 210 management

server(s)

Compute As A Service Storage As A Service Network As A Service

System Center

Operation Manager

PowerShell UCP DIRECTOR RESTful API and CLI

System Center

Orchestrator Windows Azure Pack

System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Private Cloud

Private Cloud Public Cloud

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HCP

Replication

Storage

Replication 3rd Platform

Partner Cloud

HDS and Microsoft support our

Customers

Providing ongoing TAM support between HDS and Microsoft.

Providing ongoing HDS / Microsoft CritSit escalation support and management.

Maintaining ongoing Microsoft Gold Certified Partnership participation.

Maintaining Microsoft MSDN and TechNet subscription services.

Maintaining close alignment with Microsoft business and technology groups.

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