Fujitsu Siemens Computers Extends Datacenter Virtualization
Architecture
New software release of PRIMERGY BladeFrame powered by
Egenera unleashes dynamic reprovisioning for hundreds of computing
resources
Munich, June 26, 2006 —Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider,
introduced today PAN Manager™ 5.0, the fifth-generation
software release for the PRIMERGY BladeFrame system powered by
Egenera. Whereas the former version was designed to manage the
resources within one PRIMERGY BladeFrame system – up to 24
Processing Blade™ modules - PAN Manager 5.0 now enables
multiple PRIMERGY BladeFrame systems to be managed as a single pool
of assets in order to further enhance operational simplicity,
extend failover to a broader set of computing resources, and lower
total cost of ownership. PAN Manager software release 5.0 is
available immediately and will ship with new PRIMERGY BladeFrame EX
systems.
The advanced PAN (Processing Area Network) architecture
combines diskless Processing Blade™ (pBlade™) modules;
a high-speed fabric; and software that virtualizes compute, storage
and networking resources. The virtualization of datacenter
resources means that servers are no longer tied to specific
operating systems or applications, and can be easily shared and
automatically repurposed based on business priorities and
service-level agreements. By turning servers from fixed resources
into dynamic assets, enterprises can dramatically reduce the number
of servers they need, use a single server as backup for many
servers, and reduce datacenter complexity by up to 80 percent.
Simplified Management, Lower TCO, Failover Granularity
The major innovations in the latest release of PAN Manager
software center on simplified manageability, lowered costs and an
increasingly granular level of failover or expansion within
customers’ datacenters. Among the major new and enhanced
features in the PAN Manager software release 5.0 are:
•
BladeFarms: BladeFarms extend the PAN to encompass several
PRIMERGY BladeFrame EX systems creating a dramatically expanded
pool of resources which can be managed by a single management
console. Servers can now fail over to any of the Processing Blades
within the BladeFarm. This capability extends the N+1 failover
model to improve the flexibility and efficiency of failover pools
and reduces the total cost of providing failover resources. In
addition, clustered applications can draw additional processing
resources from any Processing Blade in the BladeFarm.
•
Named Pools: PRIMERGY BladeFrame systems allow customers to
mix-and-match a variety of different Processing Blades within a
single system or within a BladeFarm (e.g. 32-bit/64-bit;
two-socket/four-socket, single core/dual core,
AMD®/Intel®). Named pools enable customers to easily
create computing pools of specific types of assets within the PAN
based on business and application requirements – providing
greater choice, flexibility and granularity to maximize the
efficient use of computing resources. For example, if a
customer’s Oracle® database runs best on dual-core
four-socket blades, customers can draw from a like PRIMERGY
BladeFrame blade in a named pool anywhere within the PAN.
•
Warm pBlades: Engineered for cost-effective high
availability and rapid failover, “warm pBlades” are
powered-up and paused in a “warm” state awaiting PAN
Manager software to initiate an operating system boot –
cutting total failover time in half. This gives customers an
additional option in terms of failover, allowing them to choose
different levels of availability needed for particular
applications.
•
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Improvements:
PAN Manager software release 5.0 features numerous RAS
improvements, including expanded HBA status and performance data,
disk performance data, and internal connection monitoring and
status values for each connection.
•
Virtual Tape Support: As virtualization technologies
continue to expand to new areas within the datacenter, the PAN
architecture will be extended to encompass these new offerings. PAN
Manager software release 5.0 now includes support for virtual tape
for high-performance back-up. With an increasing number of
customers running large database applications on PRIMERGY
BladeFrame platforms, there has been a corresponding need for rapid
backup.
“All enterprises want to achieve a much more dynamic,
reliable and less complex datacenter with lower costs. Our
customers tell us that Fujitsu Siemens Computers is clearly ahead
of the competition in providing a computing architecture that
delivers on this vision of the next-generation datacenter,”
said Jens-Peter Seick, Vice President Enterprise Server Business,
Fujitsu Siemens Computers. “The fifth-generation PAN Manager
software extends our lead by providing customers with a flexible,
yet simple, platform for running mission-critical applications in
their datacenters.”
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About Fujitsu Siemens Computers:
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT provider
with a strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and Dynamic Data
Center products, services and solutions. With a platform and
services portfolio of exceptional depth, our offering extends from
handhelds through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure
solutions and services offerings. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a
presence in all key markets across Europe, the Middle East and
Africa, with the services division extending coverage up to 170
countries worldwide. Leveraging the strengths, innovation and
global reach of our joint shareholders, Fujitsu Limited and Siemens
AG, we make sure we meet the needs of customers: large
corporations, small and medium enterprises and private users. To
meet international standards for corporate social responsibility,
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a member of the United Nations Global
Compact.
For further information about Fujitsu Siemens Computers,
please visit:
www.fujitsu-siemens.com
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