SmartCloud Entry Proof of Technology IBM Systems & Technology Group

Smarter Computing Design Center, Montpellier

IBM SmartCloud Entry for

System x proof of technology This balanced, expandable and cost effective solution,

simplifies the quick deployment of a first Cloud platform. It

enables to accommodate major software of the market for

resources provisioning and automation, such as IBM

SmartCloud Entry.

Developed by the three infrastructure leaders, This solution is

the key element of a private Cloud. With hosting and storage

capacity for about fifty virtual machines on VMware vSphere, it

can be expanded as required or juxtaposed to a second

configuration of the same type.

Standards and simplicity for a progressive

implementation

This solution is for private Cloud operators, who think about

load growth flexible and gradual; while benefiting from the

beginning from a high efficiency level of their infrastructure.

The investment, reasonable at the beginning, paves the way

for all the functional or in capacity developments, depending

on the pace and profile of needs.

Open to the Cloud management software

The virtualization platform integrated to the pack– VMware

vSphere 4.1.1 with VMware vCenter – accommodate many

offers of the market. IBM recommends IBM Smart Cloud

Entry– x86 Edition for its ease of use.

IBM SmartCloud Entry – x86 Edition

Software solution transforming your virtualized platform from

“ready for Cloud” to “operational Cloud” in record time. The

users can save and size themselves a work environment

through a Web interface.

On its side, the It department has a productivity tool to

monitor this environment, improve the efficiency and usage of

resources and keep control on the private cloud. Approvals,

measures, invoicing per user or projects through a unique

interface, IBM Smart Cloud Entry helps the administrator and

standardizes the images and the virtual machines.

Developed on an Open Source platform. Run the API REST and

VMware vCenter.

Solution Strengths

• First step to implement an operational,

safe and at lower costs « Infrastructure-

as-a-Service »

• Lighten the teams load faced to a quick

growth of their storage or hosting needs

• Free choice of the software of Cloud

management

• Tools and assistance for the sizing and

the balancing of charges

• Build on standard offers, proposed and

installed by our specialized resellers

SmartCloud Entry Proof of Technology IBM Systems & Technology Group

Smarter Computing Design Center, Montpellier

The Montpellier Cloud Center developed a special bootcamp to enable business partner on the

installation, configuration and utilisation of the SmartCloud Entry.

_ Objective: This 1,5 days bootcamp aims at enable an IT specialist or Architect to install and configure a

Private Cloud Solution (Infrastructure as a Service) based on the IBM Smart Cloud Entry. The attendees will

have the opportunity to install the IBM Smart Cloud Entry management software and use this solution to

deploy services in a Private cloud. We will start the session with the overview of the IBM SmartCloud portfolio

and will go through all the steps of implementing a quick IaaS solution with the SmartCloud Entry.

Click here to have more information about the SmartCloud Entry offering

_ Audience: IT Specialists, IT Administrators, IT Architects.

_ Duration: 1,5 day

_ Pre-requisites: Understand virtualizations concepts, Basic knowledge of the VMware hypervisor.

_ Logistic: Each session is limited to 10 virtual environments (up to 2 students per environments). The

bootcamp can be performed in Montpellier or in another education room with an openVPN access.

Sample Agenda of a Proof of Technology

� DAY 1 pm

– Welcome, Round table, Bootcamp objectives (30’)

– Understand IBM SmartCloud Offerings (45’)

– Presentation of the SmartCloud Entry solution (45’)

• Including the architecture and softwares stack

– Labs: Infrastructure Configuration (120’)

• overview of the storage configuration

• Installation and configuration of the hypervisor vCenter 4.1

� DAY 2 am

– Labs: Infrastructure Configuration continues (60’)

– SmartCloud Entry Installation overview and Labs (60’)

– SmartCloud Entry Configuration (60’)

� Day 2 pm

– Use case run based on the standard configuration (120’)

• Management of a project, approvals, access, metering, billing

• Creation of Appliances, Service Catalog managmement

• Workload deployment, Cloud Management

– Wrap up and questions (30’)

SmartCloud Entry Proof of Technology IBM Systems & Technology Group

Smarter Computing Design Center, Montpellier

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IBM Ready Pack

for Cloud Hardware configurations and capacities

Number of VMs

supported 50 VMs, with 2Go of vRAM for example.

3 hosts servers for

Cloud

• IBM System x3650 M3 servers

with processors Intel Xeon 6C E5645

80W, 2.40GHz/1333MHz/12MB cache

• Memory of 48Go ECC DDR3

1333MHz

• 2 drives of 146 Go Raid 1

• 2 SAS HBA cards 6Gb/s

• 2 Dual Ports 1Gb Ethernet

An expandable storage

array

• Storage array IBM System Storage

DS3524 with a dual controller

• 2Go of Cache per controller

• 4 connexions SAS 6GB/s per controller

• 24 HDD 300 Go, 2.5”,

10K

2 switches

Ethernet network

Switches Ethernet originally

Juniper, 24 Ports 1Gb IBM EX2200

Virtualization platform

VMware vSphere and

vCenter.

With 3 years support

24/24 7/7

1 licence VMware vSphere 5.0 Essentials Plus

for 3 servers bi-processors.

Including the agents vCenter, 8-way vSMP,

VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning

VMware vCenter Update Manager.

VMware HA

VMware Data Recovery

VMware vMotion