Transcript A Secure, Stable, Reliable and High Performance CAD Workstation Environment

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