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Case Study
HPE powers the Ministry
of Petroleum’s data center
network
Objective
Build and implement a data center that is
managed by one vendor
Approach
Hewlett Packard Enterprise acted as a
one-stop shop in creating the entire data
center architecture
Ground level consultative expertise was
provided to guide the customer
IT matters
• Design and implement a standardized
data center
• Deploy an advanced management and
monitoring system—IMC
• Build resiliency in the data center
network—IRF
Business matters
• Significant savings in CAPEX and OPEX
with competitive pricing, simplified
management, and HPE Limited Lifetime
Warranty
• No disruption to business post split
from Aramco
• Scalable and flexible to respond to
business needs
End-to-end data center solutions with
complete network integration
Executive summary
When the Ministry of Petroleum, Saudi Arabia
separated as a dierent entity from
Saudi Aramco Oil Company, it was looking
to build and manage a complete data center.
One of its key priorities was to ensure
that a single vendor would fabricate the
entire data center from servers, storage,
networks, as well as manage the data center.
HPE fitted the role like a glove, with its
capabilities in designing end-to-end data
center architecture and a comprehensive
network management platform,
Intelligent Management Center (IMC).
The result of this partnership was a network
that was simplified, automated, agile, and
cost eective. HPE solutions converged data
center, campus, and branch networks across
physical and virtual networks and wired and
wireless platforms.
Single-vendor management
The Ministry of Petroleum was looking
for a technology partner that would see it
through one of its most challenging periods.
HPE built a standardized network that
was managed from a single-pane-of-glass
network management platform—IMC.
With IMC, the Ministry of Petroleum saw
the tremendous value in how it could
transform data center management—with
its ability to integrate seamlessly and oer
end-to-end management of network access
control, network orchestration, service, and
application monitoring. This resulted in the
Ministry of Petroleum’s decision to award the
contract to HPE. “Our network is managed
with just two consoles—OneView to manage
servers and storage and IMC for everything
else including switches, wireless, BYOD, and
routers”, says Hammami.
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Case study
Ministry of Petroleum
Industry
Public Sector
“We chose HPE and
got more than what
we asked for. We
wanted to
standardize our
infrastructure and
go with a single
vendor to build our
data center and
reduce
management
complexity”.
– Wahid S. Hammami, CIO,
Ministry of Petroleum and
Mineral Resources
Customer at a glance
HPE hardware
• HPE FlexFabric 12500 Series Switches
• HPE FlexFabric 5900 Series Switches
• HPE FlexNetwork 4000 Series
Multi- Services Routers
• HPE FlexNetwork 5500 Series Switches
• Blade 7000
Software
• 3PAR 7400 full suite
• HPE Intelligent Management
Center (IMC)
HPE services
• HPE Technology Consulting Services
Deploying end-to-end
solutions
The Ministry of Petroleum issued an
extensive RFP with its requirement of a
data center and campus network that
could support its needs. Over a period of
six months, HPE showcased trials through
multiple technical workshops, presentations,
and simulated scenarios. This addressed
challenges that the Ministry of Petroleum
could face from systems, storage, networks,
and servers. HPE invested in understanding
what the Ministry of Petroleum’s
requirements were and provided support
from HPE Technology Consulting Services
to help consult, design, and implement
the data center with the right solutions.
The positive outcome of the testing helped
the Ministry of Petroleum see how HPE could
deliver consistent policy enforcement
for security and reliability with an open
standards-based solution that was agile
and simplified.
“HPE Technology Consulting Services
provided fantastic design and implementation
services and their project management team
delivered on time. The whole experience was
great.”
The HPE solution worked as a business
enabler by unifying communications and
providing a quality experience so users
could access tools and applications to
stay productive from anyplace. Another
factor that worked in favor of HPE was
HPE Limited Lifetime Warranty, which
enables businesses to lower their operating
costs. The comprehensive nature of
HPE solutions gave the Ministry of Petroleum
the confidence to award the contract to
HPE over competition.
HPE benefits
One of the priorities of the
Ministry of Petroleum was to create a
multitenant environment and manage
costs as eiciently as possible. With
HPE Multitenant Device Context (MDC)
software, a single physical switch was
partitioned to create four virtual logical
switches. This resulted in lower hardware
costs and better utilization of resources.
IMC provided the Ministry of Petroleum
with a central vantage point of the entire
network, proving how simplified it was
to manage all the devices, while helping
the Ministry of Petroleum stick to a lean
technical team.
The impact of HPE Intelligent Resilient
Framework (IRF) technology simplified
network configuration and operation.
It enabled many physical switches to act
as a single logical switch and deliver high
performance and redundancy in one solution.
HPE provided the Ministry of Petroleum
with a data center that is armed to take on
dynamic growth and an open-standard
network that is simple, scalable, and
automated for virtualized computing.
“We were comfortable investing in the HPE
solution because of the peace of mind that
comes with it being future proof. We are
planning to deploy SDN for our new disaster
recovery site next year. We will deploy
Microsoft® Lync® and will be using the HPE
SDN Network Optimizer application to ensure
the best experience for our users. We will also
implement the HPE SDN Network Protector
application to enhance the security of our
network”, says Hammami.
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“We chose HPE because they were the
only ones who oered us everything we
needed. We did not have a lot of technical
manpower and wanted a centralized solution.
We preferred one large global vendor for our
infrastructure”, says Hammami.
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