A Secure, Stable, Reliable and High Performance CAD Workstation Environment
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A Secure, Stable,
Reliable and High
Performance CAD
Workstation Environment
WB Lim
Seagate Technology International
[email protected]
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Reasons for Change
MCAD tool migration
NX6 certified hardware
*NX6 is no longer supported on existing Unix platform
Network and software/hardware performance issues
Existing installation faced performance and network bottleneck
Users want familiar Microsoft Windows environment with better
hardware performance
Accessibility
Migration from existing NX-Ideas5 to NX6 is planned
Quick access to workstation anytime and anywhere requirements
Physical and data security
Management concerns over access control and data security
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Existing Infrastructure - Layout
Data Center Services
Control environment with UPS protection
Sun Application Servers – NIS domain, NSF shared, user /home
Network Storage – SAN, NAS
Backup server and Tape Library
LAN
LAN
User Workspace
Cluttered User Workspace
Common Shared Workstations
Desktop PC and CAD Workstation
Tedious to maintain
No physical access control
Existing Workstations Layout
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Existing Infrastructure - Limitations
Without centralized and environmental control
CAD workstations are not resided in centralized Data Center
CAD workstations scattered around user’s desktop occupying lot
of useful workspace
CAD workstations are away from shared network resources
No UPS protection
Access control and Security
CAD workstations are shared with no physical access control
Administration
Tedious administration and maintenance
Difficult to provide users’ data backup and recovery
Uncontrollable and unpredictable downtime
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Existing Software Tools
NX-Ideas5
NX5
Teamcenter Engineering client
ANSYS
FLUENT
Mentor Expedition PCB
Mentor DxDesigner
Mentor HyperLynx
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Existing Software Tools - Upgrade
Process
On UNIX client workstation
Customized upgrade is simply extracting the tar-zipped file
overwriting the previous installation
Can be repeated on all UNIX client workstations
On Microsoft Windows client workstation
Standard Microsoft installation steps
Challenges
Same steps need to be repeated on every client workstation
Might be done by users
Prone to mistakes and errors
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Users - Preferences
A familiar Microsoft Windows personal workstation with
complete installation of NX-Ideas5 locally
Workstation with powerful 2D/3D graphics and video capability
Multi-display with simultaneous multi-workstation access
Able to collaborate real-time securely
Access to workstation remotely without much degrade in
system performance and response
24x7 operation - uninterrupted services with high availability
Management - Expectations
Easy transition and cost control
Reuse existing Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Laptops
Spend less money on workstation upgrade and lower the total cost
of ownership
Data security
Keep classified information securely in data center
Provide better risk protection to engineering intellectual property
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity requirements
Efficient data backup
Quick disaster recovery
High availability - quick fail-over capability
Remote access - work-from-home or work remotely
IT - Requirements
Consolidation, Centralization & Optimization – A lean CAD
workstations infrastructure
Simplifies IT administration and management
Maximizes system performance with scalability
Improves IT efficiency
Improves uptime and response time
Enhances data security
Speed up of deployment and serviceability
Simplifies disaster recovery & improves business continuity
Reduces total IT cost
IT resource and capital – administration and maintenance
Energy
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New Infrastructure - Layout
Network
Storage
HP Blade Enclosure
Array of HP Blade
Workstations
RGS Sender
LAN
User’s Desktop PC
HP Thin Client
Laptop/Notebook
RGS Receiver
RGS Receiver
RGS Receiver
HP Thin Client
Dual Display
HP Chubby Client
4 Screens Display
RGS Receiver
RGS Receiver
New Workstations Layout
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New Infrastructure - Promises
To meet all Users, Management and IT requirements
Availability and Accessibility – access anytime and anywhere from
PC Desktop
Laptop
Thin client
Data security
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
IT Optimization with Consolidation and Centralization
TCO & ROI
Lowering IT administrative overhead
Increasing user satisfaction and productivity
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New Setup - Primary Components
and Services
HP Blade Enclosure
HP Blade Workstation
HP RGS – Remote Graphics Software v5.0
HP RDP – Rapid Deployment Pack
HP SAM – Session Allocation Manager v2.2
Windows ADS – Active Directory Service
Microsoft WSUS – Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0 with ePO – ePolicy
Orchestrator 4.0
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HP Blade Enclosure
Power and cooling
Energy efficiency with multiple thermal sensors
Consumes less power per workstation than traditional workstation
Smaller footprint per workstation
Redundancy network connectivity
Dedicated data network Gb/s ports
Separate Administrator management port
Embedded SAN connectivity
System management
iLO - Integrated Lights Out management system
HP SIM - System Insight Manager
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HP Blade Enclosure vs. Workstation
C3000 Enclosure
SunBlade Workstation 1000
C3000 Fully Populated with HP Blade Workstations
SunBlade Workstation 21000
HP Blade Enclosure vs Workstation
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HP Blade Workstation - Options
Processor x86-based
2 Dual-Core or 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors
Memory
Up to 32 GB of memory supported by 8 slots of PC2-5300 Fully
Buffered DIMMs at 667 MHz.
Note: 32-bit OS limits physical memory space to 4GB
Graphics Adapter - Multi-display hardware accelerated graphics
performance for 2D & 3D
NVIDIA Quadro FX560M or NVIDIA Quadro FX1600M up to 4
display support
Resolution - Max width 7680 pixels (@7680x1200)
Resolution - Max height 7680 pixels (@1200x7680)
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HP RGS – Remote Graphics Software
RGS Sender/Receiver 5.0 or higher
Provides fast capture, compression, and transmission of the
workstation image over the network to users
Note: will only work on HP Blade Systems
Advantages over Windows Remote Desktop Protocol
Multi-display with simultaneous multi-workstation access
Better performance by taking advantage of Blade workstation
hardware and graphics resources
Session recovery
Collaboration
WAN optimization
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HP SAM – Session Allocation
Manager v2.2
Manages the assignment of end user connections to desktop
sessions running on Blade workstations
Features and benefits
Single log in – Allow log in once and connected to multiple Blade
workstations
Static and dynamic resource assignments with auto-failover
Static resources - pre-defined set of Blade workstations
Dynamic resources - pool of available Blade workstations
Follow-me roaming - re-connect users to their previous remote
Blade workstation
Ease of administration
Web interfaces to manage the properties with detailed logging
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HP SAM – Session Allocation
Manager v2.2
HP SAM software components
HP SAM Web Server
Microsoft Windows Web Server - IIS
Microsoft Windows SQL Server 2005 Standard or
Enterprise
SAM client running on any access device
PC with Microsoft Windows XP
HP thin client
Microsoft Windows Active Directory Services
Provides user account and resource management
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HP SAM – Session Allocation
Manager v2.2
SAM Web Server with an associated SQL database
Manages connections between Blade workstations and users
When a user requests a connection to a Blade, the SAM Web
Server accesses the SQL Server database to determine how to
allocate the requested Blade resources to the user
The SQL database stores information such as:
The properties of each Blade resources
The properties of each access clients
Monitor layout ID - number of monitors, layout info as well as
resolutions
The properties HP RGS
On a per user basis, a per user group basis, and a per security group
basis
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HP SAM – Session Allocation
Manager v2.2
Blade Workstation Pool 1
Blade Workstation Pool 2
Role = Designer
Blade Workstation 1
Blade Workstation 2
Role = Administrator
Blade Workstation 3
Blade Workstation 1
Blade Workstation 2
Blade Workstation 3
RGS or RDP
Client1
Client2
Client3
Client4
User
Access
Terminal
1
User
Access
Terminal
2
User
Access
Terminal
3
User
Access
Terminal
4
User Robert
User Tom
HP SAM Configuration
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HP RDP – Rapid Deployment Pack
Automated installation and configuration
Fast and scalable patch/change deployment
Monitor, remote control and troubleshoot Blade workstations
Image management - Support unattended image or script
based deployments
Capture the fine-tuned NX and Teamcenter Engineering client
installation consists of enormous number of special/unique
configuration details being optimized based on this centralized
Blade workstation hardware
IT administrators do not need to worry about user messing up the
pre-configured NX and TcEng installations as each workstation
image is being captured and managed by HP RDP
Last known working environment can be retrieved and re-deployed
in minutes
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Windows Active Directory Service
Users authentication
GPO – Group Policy management
User Profiles management
User roaming profile
User network home space allocation
Home space allocation
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Microsoft WSUS – Windows Server
Update Services 3.0 SP1
To deploy the latest Microsoft product updates or patches to
these Blade workstations running Microsoft Windows
To manage should the updates be deployed automatically or in
a control manner
Note: Auto update feature on each Blade workstations can be
enabled/disabled to receive update from the WSUS server
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McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0
with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise - Anti-virus tool
Protects the Blade workstations installation
McAee ePolicy Orchestrator – Centralized security policy
analysis and enforcement tool
Provides IT administrator a centralized and remotely accessible
component to analyze security profiles on these Blade
workstations
Allows IT administrator to enforce the policies locally on each of
these Blade workstations
Allows IT administrator to deploy updates for McAfee DATs,
engines, service packs, patches, etc.
New setup – Secondary Components
and Services
User Access Client
HP Blade Management Tools
Storage, Backup and Recovery
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User Access Client
Normal PC
Thin Client – HP t5730 (Windows XP Embedded SP2)
Eliminates hard disk or removable media for increased data
security
Single client device at the desk dramatically removes heat and
noise from user workspace
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HP Blade Management Tools
HP RDP – Rapid Deployment Pack
HP iLO 2 - Integrated Lights-Out 2
HP Onboard Administrator
HP SIM - System Insight Manager
Single management interface for monitoring health of entire
Blade workstations infrastructure
Proactive alert of actual or impending component failure
Automatic event handling policies and script execution
Comprehensive utilities for system data collection and
inventory reporting
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Storage, Backup and Recovery
Tiered storage strategy
SAN and network storages simplify backup and data recovery
process
Uses disk and tape when required to meet the Business
Continuity and Disaster Recovery requirements
Data deduplication eases storage requirements and enhances
retention
Improve performance as it is being back up to disk as staging
instead to tapes
Longer retention on disk provides fast recovery without ever going
to tape
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Others to Consider
SAM – Session Allocation Manager
Setting up users with Dynamic or Dedicated resources
Users and Roles
Resources
Windows ADS – Active Directory Service
Roaming profiles
Windows AD on Profiles and Group Policy
Book on Active Directory
O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 3rd edition (19 Jan 2006)
By Joe Richards, Robbie Allen & Alistair Lowe-Norris
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Others to Consider
License management and usage monitoring
SAMsuite/SAMreport -> FLEXnet Manager
http://www.acresso.com/
Data center readiness
Power and cooling consideration
Power distribution management
RDP - Image management strategy
Before and after AD login
Windows clustering requirements
Benefit of Windows cluster for the ANSYS or FLUENT
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Thank You
WB Lim
Seagate Technology International
[email protected]
(65) 6417 7710
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