HPE P19779-B21 Product Data Sheet

QuickSpecs

HPE vSAN Ready Node Solution

Overview

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HPE vSAN Ready Node Solutions

VMware vSAN™ is a software-defined storage product that pools direct-attached storage devices across a VMware vSphere server
virtualization cluster to
Hewlett Packard Enterprise supports, certifies, and offers VMware vSAN Ready Node™ configurations based on HPE ProLiant servers.
These easy

380 Gen10 servers and are certified

under the HPE vSAN Ready Node specification.

Each configurable bundle is optimized for either virtualization, data management and processing, accelerated infrastructure, or data
warehousing to provide ideal performance
VMware software from Hewlett Packard Enterprise includes either one, three, or five years of unlimited, 24x7 installation, configuration,
and troubleshooting support.
A complete list of supported and certified ProLiant servers is available either in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise support matrix
at
Or

What's New

At A Glance

HPE vSAN

s provide customers with the fastest path to optimized workloads, delivered on platforms that provide broad

scalability and flexibility for each unique environment. The end

end solutions are covered by HPE Proactive Care support and can

be sourced entirely from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, inclusive of VMware software licenses. Key features and benefits include

offering is optimized to provide ideal performance on the following workloads:

The HPE ProLiant DL325 offering is optimized for heavily virtualized and/or web infrastructure

on to increase output in media streaming or web

The HPE ProLiant DL360 offering provides a solution to data storage aimed at

h disk throughput and low latency, this solution will be a great

generation

end 2D/3D visualization or virtual desktop

The HPE ProLiant DL380 24SFF offering provides the storage needed to assist with heavy

ytics processing environments. Optimized for capacity with additional

and performance; however, each has

n

hour 24x7 Proactive Care Service as base support, with

level support experience is designed to
accelerate time to resolution and is delivered by an HPE Center of Excellence capable of supporting the complete solution,
including the HPE hardware, software, VMware software, and Microsoft software. HPE solution support experts are well

pects of the offering. Customers also have the ability to select from various service level options such as HPE

6-Hour Call-to-Repair Hardware Support, or options for defective media retention.

create a distributed, shared data store.

-to-order configurable bundles are built on HPE ProLiant DL325, DL360 and DL

based on the customer’s workload.

http://www.hpe.com/servers/vmwarecert
in the VMware hardware compatibility list (HCL) at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php.

• HPE DL325 Gen10 CTO vSAN FIO Ready Node

• HPE DL360 Gen10 CTO vSAN FIO Ready Node

• HPE DL380 8SFF Gen10 CTO vSAN FIO Ready Node

• HPE DL380 24SFF Gen10 CTO vSAN FIO Ready Node

Ready Node

-to-

• Optimized solutions – Each vSAN Ready Node

- Virtualization –

• Custom and scalable build- All nodes default to a configuration optimized for both cost

• Factory built -The hardware is assembled and configured in the HPE factory using extensively tested configuratio

• Solution-level support - Hewlett Packard Enterprise offers its HPE 4-

environments, making this solution ideal as a computing power add­serving services or manage IT infrastructure.

- Data management and processing –

optimizing data management and analytics. With hig
addition for a variety of storage structures.

- Accelerated Infrastructure – The HPE ProLiant DL380 8SFF offering comes graphics-ready to optimize next-

compute performance via dedicated coprocessors. A great addition for high­infrastructures.

- Data warehousing –

collaboration and data intensive or large anal
expansions slots available, this server is geared to handle a wide range of storage requirements.

a full suite of options to upgrade. The customer can tailor each server to fit their specific environment.

guidelines.

options for Proactive Care Advanced as well as DataCenter Care. This solution-

versed in all as

:

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HPE vSAN Ready Node Solution

Standard Features

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HPE Web Sites

http://downloads.vmware.com

Licensing

processor license. You must have the same number of licenses as processors installed

essor

boundaries within these licenses. To view the licenses for which you are entitled, log in to your VMware portal.

License Activation and Software Download Instructions

ement

ivery, you will receive an email from Hewlett Packard

and login with your Hewlett Packard Enterprise Passport to generate your Partner Activation

. You will receive an email from Hewlett Packard Enterprise with various activation codes, including your PAC, for your

n%20Instructions.pdf

Supported Media for vSphere 6

imaged

• HPE flash devices are listed under the Hardware Specs below

Entitlement Mappings

http://www.vmware.com/go/vsphere

Downgrade Information

to currently supported products. Downgrades and entitlements for valid subscriptions will be available in

your profile in the VMware license portal. VMware vSphere supported products are listed in the VMware lifecycle matrix

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2006975

Alliance page: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/alliance/vmware.html
Support Matrix: http://www.hpe.com/servers/vmwarecert

License activation instructions:
https://hpe.sharepoint.com/teams/Team_VMware/Shared%20Documents/Licensing/c04430317_VMware%20Activation%20
Instructions.pdf

VMware from Hewlett Packard Enterprise:
https://buy.hpe.com/b2c/us/en/software/virtualization-software/vmware-virtualization-software/vmware-vsphere­software-series/vmware-vsphere-software/p/4010459

VMware websites
https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/product/vmware-product-guide.pdf
https://vsansizer.vmware.com/login?src=%2Fhome
https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

Download software at

VMware server products are available on a per­in your system. Note that VMware solution bundles (i.e. Essentials products) and acceleration kits have specific server and proc

Retrieve your entitlement order number from the Entitlement Certificate. If you have opted for physical delivery, your entitl
certificate will be part of your shipment. If you have opted for electronic del
Enterprise with a link for retrieving your entitlement certificate.
Visit MyEnterpriseLicense.hpe.com
Code (PAC)
VMware products.
Visit http://vmware.com/code/hp to register your PAC and generate your serial number.
Visit http://downloads.vmware.com to download your VMware software and follow the prompts to install your VMware product.
Visithttps://hpe.sharepoint.com/teams/Team_VMware/Shared%20Documents/Licensing/c04430317_VMware%20Activatio

for License Activation Instructions.

Acquire your choice of Hewlett Packard Enterprise supported and qualified media. Please note that all devices will need to be
for vSphere 6

• Any HPE hard drive

For complete details on upgrades and entitlements, visit

vSphere downgradeable

and review the Upgrade Center.

https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/support/product-lifecycle-matrix.pdf

For more information on how to downgrade license keys in the VMware portal visit

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HPE vSAN Ready Node Solution

Configuration Information

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How to order

Customers can purchase VMware vSAN

Hewlett Packard

Enterprise authorized resellers

Virtualization

HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Sever for VMware vSAN FIO Ready Node Tracking

P17504-B21

Data Management and Processing

HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Sever for VMware vSAN FIO Ready Node Tracking

P17393-B21

Accelerated Infrastructure

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Sever for VMware vSAN FIO Ready Node Tracking

P17481-B21

Data Warehouse

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Sever for VMware vSAN FIO Ready Node Tracking

P17481-B21

Installation, Startup, and Support Services

customers maintain their software (SW)/firmware (FW) at the latest recommended recipe level. HPE publishes a SW/FW

re

e

ngly recommends that customer utilize our existing SW/FW updated services to ensure that an update does not

unnecessarily impact your business model.

Ready Nodes directly from Hewlett Packard Enterprise or through

HPE VMware SW/FW Update Service

To ensure optimal solution performance and quick time to resolution for support issues, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends
that all
recipe twice a year with prescribed versions for all FW and SW elements. At a minimum, a system should be maintained at no mo
than N-2 versions.

For those customers with the appropriate hardware (HW)/SW capabilities, HPE publishes a thorough update guide with each recip
release that authorized customers can download from the HPE Support Center and use to perform their own updates.

HPE stro