HPE SIMPLIVITY – SOFTWARE 4.0.

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RELEASE
Richard Greenwalt

• April 2, 2020
 Linked Clone VDI on Stretch Clusters

Single Replica SimpliVity Datastores

Streamlined SimpliVity Deploy Installer

Management Virtual Appliance

AGENDA
Miscellaneous

Cascade Lake CPU Support for 380 Gen10

Sizing Guidelines

Resources
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HPE SIMPLIVITY 4.0.1 SOFTWARE

Linked clone VDI Streamlined

Single Replica Management
on SimpliVity SimpliVity Deploy Miscellaneous
Datastores Virtual Appliance
Stretch Clusters Installer

– New support for VDI – SimpliVity now – Option to separate – SimpliVity Upgrade – Mixed SimpliVity
deployments with offers the ability to OVC and hypervisor Manager offers new software cluster
SimpliVity nodes in create a datastore image during capability to support
stretch cluster that is not replicated deployment upgrade – Updates to
configuration to another node in – Significantly Management Virtual SimpliVity plugin
the cluster reduces the SW Appliance
– Backup reporting for
– Advantageous to size of the – SimpliVity now has audit and
ephemeral deployment image GUI option to compliance
workloads and – Can save time and convert peer-based
applications that increase installation management
have software success rate federation to
redundancy built-in aggregated
management
federation

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 HPE SIMPLIVITY SOFTWARE

SimpliVity 3.7.8 SimpliVity 3.7.9 SimpliVity 3.7.10 SimpliVity 4.0.0 SimpliVity 4.0.1
March 25, 2019 June 21, 2019 September 13, 2019 January 6, 2020 April 3, 2020
VMware VMware VMware VMware Linked clone VDI on
Expanded Scale More HTML5 capabilities Integrated FW upgrade Centrally Managed Federation SimpliVity stretch clusters
Increased clusters per federation Cluster level upgrade Full HTML5 based feature parity with Role Based Access Control (RBAC) Single Replica Datastores
Heterogeneous cluster support Support for non-uniform SimpliVityFlex client Relaxed Arbiter Requirements
16-node/cluster support – legacy hybrid software Expanded 8+8 node stretch cluster HPE SimpliVity and StoreOnce
Streamlined SimpliVity
Hyper-V scale RapidDR 3.1 deploy installer
HTML5 vSphere plugin – general
management Expanded scale ESXi 6.7 U2 support Hyper-V Upgrade option for
4 nodes/cluster Hyper-V RDR 3.1 support on Hyper-V Management Virtual
VMware Instant Clone support 16 nodes/fed OmniWatch opt-out Appliance
Support vSphere 6.7 for legacy nodes New SCMM capabilities RDR 3.0 support on Hyper-V Mixed SimpliVity software
Hyper-V Support for NIC teaming
cluster new features
Upgrade Manager support Updates to SimpliVity plugin
GUI enhancements Backup reporting for audit and
compliance
Product hardening

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 Linked Clone VDI on Stretch Clusters

Single Replica SimpliVity Datastores

Streamlined SimpliVity Deploy Installer

LINKED CLONE VDI
ON STRETCH Management Virtual Appliance
CLUSTERS
Miscellaneous

Cascade Lake CPU Support for 380 Gen10

Sizing Guidelines

Resources
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VDI CLONES
Full Clone Linked Clone
• Definition • Definition
• Fully independent copy of VM • VM that shares virtual disks with the parent VM
• No files or applications are shared with the parent VM during operation
after creation • Saves disk space
• Benefits • Allows multiple VMs to use the same software
• No continuous connection necessary to parent VM installation
• Best performance • Needs continuous access to the parent VM
• Benefits
• Rapid creation
• Easy to share

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VDI LINKED CLONE STRUCTURE
• Master Image: The Master Image is SimpliVity Node/ESXi Host
the “golden” desktop for a VDI linked
Replica
clone. The master image has all
1
applications that appear on the linked
clone desktops.
• Replica: A replica is cloned from the Linke Linke Linke Linke
master image. For best performance, a d d d d
replica needs to be located on each Clone Clone Clone Clone
ESXi/SimpliVity node.
SimpliVity Node/ESXi Host
Master Replica
Image 2

Linke Linke Linke Linke

d d d d
Clone Clone Clone Clone

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SIMPLIVITY STRETCH CLUSTER

HPE SimpliVity Cluster

Legend

VM deployed in AZ A

Node 1 Node 9 VM deployed in AZ B

Node 2 Node 10 Failed over VM from AZ A

Node 3 Node 11 Failed over VM from AZ B

Node 4 Node 12 Unavailable VM from AZ A

Node 5 Node 13 Unavailable VM from AZ B

Node 6 Node 14

Node 7 Node 15
Network
Node 8 Node 16

8-node 8-node Arbiter

Availability Zone A Availability Zone B

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SIMPLIVITY STRETCH CLUSTER

HPE SimpliVity Cluster

Legend

VM deployed in AZ A

Node 1 Node 9 VM deployed in AZ B

Node 2 Node 10 Failed over VM from AZ A

Node 3 Node 11 Failed over VM from AZ B

Node 4 Node 12 Unavailable VM from AZ A

Node 5 Node 13 Unavailable VM from AZ B

Node 6 Node 14

Node 7 Node 15
Network
Node 8 Node 16

8-node 8-node Arbiter

Availability Zone A Availability Zone B

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HPE SIMPLIVITY INTELLIGENT WORKLOAD OPTIMIZER
• HPE SimpliVity Intelligent Workload Optimizer (IWO) – Integrated in every SimpliVity
federation

• IWO works with SimpliVity Resource Balancer (RB) and VMware Distributed Resource
Scheduler (DRS)

• IWO purpose
• Manage proper utilization of SimpliVity cluster resources
• Enforce data locality

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HPE SIMPLIVITY RESOURCE BALANCER
• The Automatic Resource Balancing feature is available on every HPE SimpliVity system.
It provides value by recognizing resource consumption patterns within an OmniStack
cluster environment, and if a potential issue is detected, it will perform actions that will
address the issue while assuring that the HPE SimpliVity data storage features are still
being utilized in a manner that are as optimal as the conditions allow.
• Automatic Resource Balancer assists with:
• Misaligned backups
• Suboptimal capacity utilization
• Data stored on dissimilar host types
• Write IO load imbalance
• Dire capacity utilization
• Full clone compute imbalance
• Linked clone storage imbalance  New for 4.0.1

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HPE SIMPLIVITY RESOURCE BALANCER
Misaligned Backups

HPE SimpliVity HPE SimpliVity

VM Primary Local VM Primary Local
Location Storage Backup Cluster 1 Location Storage Backup Cluster 1
Location Location Location Location

During lifecycle VM
and primary storage
change BUT local
backups remain on
original host  will
undermine SimpliVity
deduplication efficiency

HPE SimpliVity
VM Primary Local
Location Storage Backup Cluster 1 SimpliVity Resource
Location Location Balancer will evaluate
and realign backups to
achieve higher levels of
storage efficiency

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HPE SIMPLIVITY RESOURCE BALANCER
Suboptimal Capacity Utilization

HPE SimpliVity Cluster 1 HPE SimpliVity Cluster 1

Storage Efficiency Storage Efficiency

Low Med High Low Med High

Resource
Balancer changes
VM location
maximize storage
efficiency

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HPE SIMPLIVITY RESOURCE BALANCER
Data Stored on Dissimilar Host Types

HPE SimpliVity HPE SimpliVity

VM Primary Local VM Primary Local
Location Storage Backup Cluster 1 Location Storage Backup Cluster 1
Location Location Location Location
If VMs local
backup/replica pair is
stored on a dissimilar
node, which could
Legacy SVT Node negatively impact IO Legacy SVT Node
performance, Resource
Legacy SVT Node Balancer moves local Legacy SVT Node
backup to similar
machine type

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HPE SIMPLIVITY RESOURCE BALANCER
Write IO Load Imbalance

HPE SimpliVity Cluster 1 HPE SimpliVity Cluster 1

System IO: Low System IO: Medium

System IO: High Automatic System IO: Medium

System IO: Low Resource System IO: Medium

Balancer changes
System IO: Low VM location to System IO: Low
adjust IO

Legend
VM with low IO
VM with medium
IO
VM with high IO

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RESOURCE BALANCER WITH 4.0.1 SUPPORTS VDI ON STRETCH
CLUSTERS
SimpliVity Node/ESXi Host 1 SimpliVity Node/ESXi Host 4
Replica 1’ Replica 1”
Master Image

Master Image
Linked Linked Linked Linked Linked Linked
Clone Clone Clone1’ Clone Clone Clone1’
1’ 1’ 1” 1”
SimpliVity Node/ESXi Host 2 SimpliVity Node/ESXi Host 5
Replica 2’ Replica 2”

Linked Linked Linked Linked Linked Linked

Clone Clone Clone1’ Clone Clone Clone1’
2’ 2’ 2” 2”

SimpliVity Node/ESXi Host 3 SimpliVity Node/ESXi Host 6

Replica 3’ Replica 3”

Linked Linked Linked Linked Linked Linked

Clone Clone Clone1’ Clone Clone Clone1’
3’ 3’ 3” 3”
3-node Availability Zone A 3-node Availability Zone B

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RESOURCE BALANCER WITH 4.0.1 SUPPORTS VDI ON STRETCH
CLUSTERS
• Resource Balancer with 4.0.1 is stretch cluster aware and places VDI linked
clones and the corresponding replicas on the same SimpliVity host

• No DSR is required for linked clone VDI deployments on HPE SimpliVity

stretch clusters

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 Linked Clone VDI on Stretch Clusters

Single Replica SimpliVity Datastores

Streamlined SimpliVity Deploy Installer

SINGLE REPLICA
SIMPLIVITY Management Virtual Appliance
DATASTORES
Miscellaneous

Cascade Lake CPU Support for 380 Gen10

Sizing Guidelines

Resources
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SINGLE REPLICA DATASTORES - CUSTOMER BENEFITS
• Ephemeral workloads
• Customer does not require HA of storage (ephemeral – create as needed i.e. containers or
floating VDI desktop)
• If VM is lost, there is no need for backup
• Once workload is completed – delete VM
• Persistent storage is not embedded inside the workload
• Efficiently accommodate application that is capable of providing protections
of their own
• Microsoft Exchange – Database Availability Group (DAG)
• Microsoft SQL – Always On Availability Group (AG)
• Backups must be application aware

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SINGLE REPLICA SIMPLIVITY DATASTORES
• Prior to 4.0.1, all SimpliVity datastores automatically saved two copies of
every virtual machine
• Challenge: redundant HA copies are not always needed
• SimpliVity software 4.0.1 enables the creation of single-replica datastore
• CLI ONLY in 4.0.1
• Single Replica datastores MVI1 for 4.0.1 for specific use cases
• All VMs located on single-replica datastore do NOT have redundant HA
copy
• Benefit: improved storage utilization for specific applications

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SINGLE REPLICA SIMPLIVITY DATASTORES - CAVEATS
• With single replica datastores:
• Data Unavailability (DU) if a node with the single replica temporarily fails, is
shut down, or undergoes an upgrade
• Data Unavailability (DU) if an Availability Zone with the node containing a
single replica fails
• Data Loss (DL) if a node with the singe replica permanently fails or is removed

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SINGLE REPLICA SIMPLIVITY DATASTORES - CAVEATS
• Cannot change the number of copies associated with a datastore
• Normal datastores remain dual-replica
• Single-replica datastores remain single-replica
• Cannot create local backups from a single-replica VM
• Both manual and policy-based local backups are prohibited
• Remote backups are allowed
• Cannot move a dual-replica VM onto a single-replica datastore
• However users can move a single-replica VM onto a dual-replica datastore
• Cannot manage or view single-replica datastores using the GUI or REST
interfaces

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SINGLE REPLICA SIMPLIVITY DATASTORES – CONFIGURATION
• Command to create a new single-replica datastore
• svt-datastore-create --single-replica
• New column displaced when a single datastore is present
• svt-datastore-show

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SINGLE REPLICA SIMPLIVITY DATASTORES – MANAGEMENT
• svt-vm-show: presents N/A as storage HA attribute of single-replica VMs
• svt-vm-show --single-replica: only displays single-replica VMs in a given
cluster

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SINGLE REPLICA SIMPLIVITY DATASTORES – MANAGEMENT
• Automatically, attempt to remove a node with single-replica VMs generates error
• Use –lose-single-replica option to acknowledge DU of single-replica VMs and remote the
node

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SINGLE REPLICA SIMPLIVITY DATASTORES – MANAGEMENT
• Users can stretch a cluster with single-replica VMs
• Single-replica VMs fail when the Availability Zone housing them fails

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SINGLE REPLICA SIMPLIVITY DATASTORES – MANAGEMENT
• Users cannot take a local backup from a single-replica VM
• Local backup policies do not apply to single-replica VMs

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SINGLE REPLICA DATASTORES – VMWARE DRS AFFINITY RULES
• VMware assigns affinity
rules to single replica
datastore

• SimpliVity IWO works

with VMware DRS to
locate VMs on machines
with single replica
datastores

• Assigns affinity to single

host

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 Linked Clone VDI on Stretch Clusters

Single Replica SimpliVity Datastores

Streamlined SimpliVity Deploy Installer

STREAMLINED
SIMPLIVITY DEPLOY Management Virtual Appliance
INSTALLER
Miscellaneous

Cascade Lake CPU Support for 380 Gen10

Sizing Guidelines

Resources
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REDUCED SIMPLIVITY DEPLOYMENT SIZE
• New optional deployment method with 4.0.1 significantly reduces the
Deployment Installer (DI) Image size
• SimpliVity 4.0.0 size: ~9GB
– Includes both VMware and Hyper-V hypervisors
• SimpliVity 4.0.1 size: ~800MB
– Manually copy only hypervisor required and OVC files to Windows user’s download directory
(usually C:/Users/username/Downloads)
• Would need DI if node is locked and needs factory reset
• Important for users who deploy SimpliVity through iLO virtual appliance
in ROBO environment
• Smaller files size means faster load times over network
• Eliminates need for user to be physically present at remote site to plug in
USB key
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REDUCED SIMPLIVITY DEPLOYMENT SIZE

• SimpliVity 4.0.1 Full Deployment Installer ~9GB

• SimpliVity 4.0.1 “tiny” Deployment Installer ~800MB

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MANUALLY COPY FILES TO DOWNLOAD FOLDER

• Copy zip file with three software packages to download folder

• Deploy-installer
• SimpliVity-OmniCube-Image-4.0.1.xxx-release.ova
• hypervisorImage-xxxxxxxx.1-hp.tar

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ILO: BOOT TO VIRTUAL USB MEDIA FOR FACTORY RESET

• Connect to SimpliVity iLO

• Reset node
• F11  Boot menu
• Select Virtual Drives  Image File  “…
usb-tiny.”
• Reboot machine
• F11  Boot menu
• Select Internal Virtual USB drive
• Reboot machine
• iLO shows system in “Waiting to be
discovered” state

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 Linked Clone VDI on Stretch Clusters

Single Replica SimpliVity Datastores

Streamlined SimpliVity Deploy Installer

MANAGEMENT Management Virtual Appliance

VIRTUAL APPLIANCE
Miscellaneous

Cascade Lake CPU Support for 380 Gen10

Sizing Guidelines

Resources
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EXPANDING THE SCALE AND IMPROVING THE MANAGEABILITY
The motivation for Centrally Managed Federations

1. In a distributed system, peer-to-peer communication at large scale can overwhelm a node.

2. Centrally managed communication provides higher scale expansion and better stability.
3. SimpliVity federation accommodates the reliable hub in centrally managed communication
model.

What is the best way to manage a very large scale SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure?
Centrally Managed Federation visions:
1. Increase scale to meet the Hypervisor Manager’s maximum scale.
2. Optimize communication within a federation across network topologies and geographic locations.
3. Optimize the efficiency of management and monitoring of participating nodes within a centrally managed
federation.

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CENTRALLY MANAGED HPE SIMPLIVITY FEDERATION RELEASE 4.0.0
Value proposition for Centrally Managed Federation
Peer-managed HPE SimpliVity Federation (no MVA) Centrally-managed HPE SimpliVity Federation (w/ MVA)
• No Management Virtual Appliance Virtual Machine • With Virtual Management Appliance Virtual
• Requires 3 vCenters to support 96 nodes Machine
HPE SimpliVity Cluster • Supports 96 nodes with a single vCenter
HPE SimpliVity Cluster
HPE SimpliVity Node
HPE SimpliVity Node

Management Virtual
Appliance VM

VMware VMware
vCenter vCenter VMware
vCenter

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MANAGEMENT VIRTUAL APPLIANCE – UPGRADE
• HPE SimpliVity Upgrade Manager for software 4.0.1 also includes the option to
upgrade the HPE SimpliVity Management Virtual Appliance
• Prior to SimpliVity software 4.0.1, users had to use CLI to upgrade HPE SimpliVity
Management Virtual Appliance
HPE SimpliVity Cluster
HPE SimpliVity Node

Management Virtual Management Virtual

Appliance VM 4.0.0 Appliance VM 4.0.1

VMware
SimpliVity 4.0.1 VMware
vCenter Upgrade vCenter
Manager
upgrades the
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MANAGEMENT VIRTUAL APPLIANCE – DEPLOY
• New GUI option on HPE SimpliVity home page in 4.0.1 that provides ability to convert
peer-managed to centrally-managed HPE SimpliVity federations
• Customer benefit easy ability to deploy MVA
• Multi-step wizard supports single vCenter and linked-mode vCenters

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MANAGEMENT VIRTUAL APPLIANCE – DEPLOY (CONTINUED)
• Menu with step-by-step process to convert existing peer-managed federation to new
centrally-managed federation with MVA

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 Linked Clone VDI on Stretch Clusters

Single Replica SimpliVity Datastores

Streamlined SimpliVity Deploy Installer

Management Virtual Appliance

MISCELLANEOUS
Miscellaneous

Cascade Lake CPU Support for 380 Gen10

Sizing Guidelines

Resources
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RULES FOR UPGRADING AND DEPLOYING SIMPLIVITY CLUSTERS
• Upgrade
• Need every cluster in the federation to run SimpliVity 3.7.9 or newer software to support
mixed clusters within a federation
• Users can upgrade and commit individual clusters to higher SimpliVity software revisions
• Deploy
• Need every cluster in the federation to run SimpliVity 3.7.9 or newer software to support
mixed clusters within a federation
• Before deploying a cluster with a new software revision, there already must be at least
one cluster in the federation running the identical revision of software as the new cluster
• For additional rules, please reference the HPE SimpliVity 4.0.1
Interoperability Guide located on support.hpe.com

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MIXED OMNISTACK FEDERATION INTEROPERABILITY - UPGRADE
Example 1: Supported 3.7.9 SimpliVity Software Upgrade for Individual Clusters

Cluster 1: Running Cluster 1: Running

3.7.9 3.7.9

Cluster 2: Running 3.7.9 allows upgrades to Cluster 2: Running

3.7.9 individual clusters in a 4.0.0
federation

HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1

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MIXED OMNISTACK FEDERATION INTEROPERABILITY -
DEPLOYMENT
Example 2: Supported 3.7.9 SimpliVity Deployment

Cluster 1: Running Cluster 1: Running

3.7.9 3.7.9

SimpliVity supports deploying

a new cluster with 3.7.9 Cluster 3: Running
software if existing clusters are 3.7.9
already running 3.7.9

Cluster 2: Running Cluster 2: Running

3.7.9 3.7.9

HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1

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MIXED OMNISTACK FEDERATION INTEROPERABILITY -
DEPLOYMENT
Example 3: Non-Supported 4.0.0 SimpliVity Deployment

Cluster 1: Running
3.7.9

SimpliVity does NOT support

deploying a new cluster to a
higher software revision than is
already in the federation
Cluster 1: Running
3.7.9

XCluster 3: Running
4.0.0

Cluster 2: Running Cluster 2: Running

3.7.9 3.7.9

HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1

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 MIXED OMNISTACK FEDERATION INTEROPERABILITY -
DEPLOYMENT
Example 4: Supported 4.0.0 SimpliVity Deployment

Cluster 1 Running Cluster 1 Running Cluster 1: Running

3.7.9 3.7.9 3.7.9

Deploy new
cluster with 4.0.0 Cluster 3: Running
4.0.0

Cluster 2 Running Upgrade single Cluster 2 Running Cluster 2: Running

3.7.9 cluster to 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0

HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1

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 MIXED OMNISTACK FEDERATION INTEROPERABILITY -
DEPLOYMENT
Example 5: Supported 3.7.9 SimpliVity Deployment

Cluster 1 Running Cluster 1 Running Cluster 1: Running

3.7.9 3.7.9 3.7.9

Deploy new
cluster with 3.7.9 Cluster 3: Running
3.7.9

Cluster 2 Running Upgrade single Cluster 2 Running Cluster 2: Running

3.7.9 cluster to 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0

HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1

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 MIXED OMNISTACK FEDERATION INTEROPERABILITY -
DEPLOYMENT
Example 6: Non-Supported 4.0.1 SimpliVity Deployment

Cluster 1 Running
3.7.9
Cluster 1 Running
3.7.9

Deploy new
cluster with 4.0.1
Cluster 1: Running
3.7.9

X
Cluster 3: Running
4.0.1

Cluster 2 Running Upgrade single Cluster 2 Running Cluster 2: Running

3.7.9 cluster to 4.0.0 4.0.0 4.0.0

HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1

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 MIXED OMNISTACK FEDERATION INTEROPERABILITY -
DEPLOYMENT
Example 7: Non-Supported 4.0.0 SimpliVity Deployment

Cluster 1 Running
3.7.9
Cluster 1 Running
3.7.9

Deploy new
cluster with 4.0.0
Cluster 1: Running
3.7.9

X
Cluster 3: Running
4.0.0

Cluster 2 Running Upgrade single Cluster 2 Running Cluster 2: Running

3.7.9 cluster to 4.0.1 4.0.1 4.0.1

HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1

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 MIXED OMNISTACK FEDERATION INTEROPERABILITY -
DEPLOYMENT
Example 8: Supported SimpliVity Deployment into Legacy Federation

Legacy SVT Legacy SVT

Node Node
Legacy SVT Legacy SVT
Node Node
Legacy SVT Purchase new Cluster 3 New HPE Legacy SVT
Node Node
Legacy SVT HPE SVT Gen10 Shipped Legacy SVT
Node SimpliVity with 4.0.0 Node
Cluster 1: Legacy Cluster 1: Legacy
hardware running cluster
hardware running
3.7.10 Use factory reset 3.7.10
to change
Legacy SVT software to 3.7.10 Legacy SVT
Node Node
Legacy SVT Legacy SVT Cluster 3: Running
Node Node 3.7.10
Legacy SVT Legacy SVT
Node Node
Legacy SVT Legacy SVT
Node Node
Cluster 2: Legacy Cluster 2: Legacy
hardware running Deploy new hardware running
3.7.10 Cluster 3 New HPE cluster with 3.7.10
SVT Gen10 running 3.7.10
HPE SimpliVity Federation 1 3.7.10 HPE SimpliVity Federation 1

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BACKUP REPORTING FOR AUDIT & COMPLIANCE
• New capability enables Simplivity users to generate backup reports manually for specific clusters and time
intervals
• Delivered in .csv file
• Includes the following fields
• VM name
• Backup name
• VM backup creation time
• VM backup sent completion time
• VM backup state
• Backup location

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BACKUP REPORTING FOR AUDIT & COMPLIANCE

• Right-click cluster

• Select All HPE SimpliVity Actions

• Click on Generate Backup Report

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BACKUP REPORTING FOR AUDIT & COMPLIANCE

• Select Cluster

• Select start and end date

• Click on Generate

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NEW SIMPLIVITY GUI ENHANCEMENTS
• New menu displaying non-HA compliant VMs
• Gives user quick summary of VMs without Select start and end date

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NEW RELAXED VMWARE VCENTER PATCH INTEROPERABILITY
RULES
• Only versions listed in the SimpliVity Interoperability document are verified for operation with
OmniStack software.
• Customers are strongly advised to upgrade only to versions listed
• A customer may upgrade vCenter to an unlisted patch version only when the vCenter major and
minor versions are already listed in this document. Unlisted major or minor version updates are
not supported.
• For example, if vCenter Server 6.5 Update 3e is the latest supported 6.5 version in this document, and VMware
releases patch version 6.5 Update 3g to fix a security issue, it is acceptable to upgrade to Update 3g before HPE
updates the document.
– However, if VMware releases a new minor version 6.5 Update 4 and HPE has not yet added Update 4 to this document, a
vCenter upgrade to 6.5 Update 4 would not be supported.
• Customer must accept that new/unlisted patch versions have not yet been qualified by HPE SimpliVity.
• DSR approval is required to run on an unsupported version if it is not a patch to an existing
supported update.
• Customers on an unlisted vCenter patch version should upgrade to a supported/listed version in this
guide at the earliest opportunity.
• For additional information, please see: https://www.hpe.com/info/simplivity-interop-doc
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SIMPLIVITY 380 GEN10 SUPPORT FOR INTEL CASCADE LAKE
PROCESSORS
• HPE SimpliVity hardware Platforms supported – can be configured in OCA
• New: HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 (hardware accelerated) – New for March 2020
• HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G
• HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H LFF
• HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SFF
• Cascade Lake Processors available in 12 to 28 core CPUs

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SIMPLIVITY CONFIGURATION GUIDELINES

Remember that the values covered in the following slides

• are guidelines and not limits, please submit a DSR for exceptions.
• are not a function of storage capacity but the number of objects.

Compute nodes are NOT supported on stretch clusters, submit a DSR for exceptions

with 4.0.1, compute nodes ARE supported on stretch clusters - but must follow current sizing
guidelines

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Effective with software 4.0.1 release

Server • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H LFF SimpliVity 325 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G
• SimpliVity 2600 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SFF
Cluster
SimpliVity Nodes 16 16 16
Compute Nodes** 2:1 (Intel) NA 1:1 (AMD)
380H SFF 1:1 (Intel only)
Stretch Cluster
SimpliVity Servers 16 node (8+8) DSR only 16 node (8+8)
with Compute Nodes DSR only  Supported DSR only DSR only  Supported
Federation
SimpliVity Nodes 96 Max 24 out of 96 nodes 96
Total # of Clusters 48 48 48
VMs
per Node 180 60 120
Max # of VMs per cluster 1440 1440 1440
Per Federation 5760 5760 5760
**Compute nodes must be balanced with the same number of compute nodes in each site,
we also recommend a 1 to 1 or 2 to 1 mapping of compute nodes to SimpliVity servers.
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Effective with software 4.0.1 release
Server • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SimpliVity 325 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G LFF
• SimpliVity 2600 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SFF
Backups
Total per Federation 750K 750K 750K

Total concurrent local 100 100 100

Total concurrent inbound 100 100 100
per node
Total concurrent outbound 50 50 50
per node
Backup Policies
Rules per Policy 16 16 16
Total policies per 128 128 128
Federation
Data Stores
Total per Cluster 16 16 16
Total per Federation 128 128 128
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Effective with software 4.0.1 release
Server • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SimpliVity 325 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G LFF
• SimpliVity 2600 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SFF
Latency
Optimal for storage <2ms <2ms <2ms
network (stretched
cluster) RTT
Max for management 300ms 300ms 300ms
network (WAN)
Arbiter latency RTT <50ms <50ms <50ms
Clones
(concurrent cloning 8 8 8
operations per vCenter)

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Effective with software 4.0.1 release
Server • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SimpliVity 325 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G LFF
• SimpliVity 2600 Gen10 • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H
SFF
Cluster
SimpliVity Nodes 16 N/A 16

Compute Nodes 1:1 (Intel) N/A 1:1 (AMD)

Stretch Cluster
SimpliVity Servers DSR only  16 node (8+8) DSR only DSR only  16 node (8+8)

with Compute Nodes DSR only  Supported DSR only DSR only  Supported

Federation
SimpliVity Nodes 96 N/A 96
Total # of Clusters 48 N/A 48

VMs
per Node N/A N/A N/A
Max # of VMs per cluster 2000 N/A 2000
Per Federation 4000 N/A 4000
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Effective with software 4.0.1 release
Server • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SimpliVity 325 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G LFF
• SimpliVity 2600 Gen10 • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H
SFF
Backups
Total per Federation 750K N/A 750K

Total concurrent local 100 N/A 100

Total concurrent inbound 100 N/A 100
per node
Total concurrent outbound 50 N/A 50
per node
Backup Policies
Rules per Policy 16 N/A 16
Total policies per 128 N/A 128
Federation
Data Stores
Total per Cluster 16 N/A 16
Total per Federation 128 N/A 128
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Effective with software 4.0.1 release
Server • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H SimpliVity 325 Gen10
• SimpliVity 380 Gen10 G LFF
• SimpliVity 2600 Gen10 • SimpliVity 380 Gen10 H
SFF
Latency
Optimal for storage DSR only  <2ms N/A DSR only  <2ms
network (stretched
cluster) RTT
Max for management 300ms N/A 300ms
network (WAN)
Arbiter latency RTT <50ms N/A <50ms

Clones
(concurrent cloning 8 N/A 8
operations per vCenter)

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Management Virtual Appliance

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Sizing Guidelines

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WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION
• Public site @ https://www.hpe.com/SimpliVity
• Seismic @ https://hpe.seismic.com -->Go to DocCenter  Select the Sales Briefcase tile  Select HPE SimpliVity
• PSNow @ https://psnow.ext.hpe.com/#/tiles/search/search?t=SimpliVity
• Customer Stories @ https://upshotstories.com/companies/hpe-simplivity
• QuickSpecs @ https://h41370.www4.hpe.com/quickspecs/overview.html
• HPE Demonstration Portal @ https://hpedemoportal.ext.hpe.com/search/SimpliVity
• HPE Proposal Web @ https://proposalweb.ext.hpe.com and search on HPE SimpliVity
• HPE Reference Architectures / Reference Configurations: https://www.hpe.com/info/ra
• The HPE Support Center @ https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home/signin
• Search for HPE SimpliVity to find: product documentation, software and software licensing, security bulletins, etc.

• HPE TekTalk Portal @ http://vshow.on24.com/vshow/HPETekTalks/registration/15455

• Tech Pro Community Forums
• HPE SimpliVity Technical Team: https://www.yammer.com/hpe.com/#/threads/inGroup?type=in_group&feedId=12039761
• HPE SimpliVity Performance Sizing: https://www.yammer.com/hpe.com/#/threads/inGroup?type=in_group&feedId=12594330
• Partner: https://www.yammer.com/presalesone/#/threads/inGroup?type=in_group&feedId=15800289&view=unviewed

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HPE SimpliVity role-based curriculum: My Learning
TekTalk Portal: http://vshow.on24.com/vshow/HPETekTalks/registration/15455
Awareness  HPE SimpliVity: 8 reasons why customer are choosing HPE (3 min video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGKno99n1s
 Real Business Impact with HPE SimpliVity - Gold Customer Pitch (35 min video): HPE and Partner
Competency TekTalks
 HPE SimpliVity Under the Hood TekTalk
 HPE SimpliVity 380 XL configuration - Presales Training
 HPE: h
 ttps://hpe.sabacloud.com/Saba/Web_spf/HPE/common/ledetail/01117425
 Partner: https://hpe-external.sabacloud.com/Saba/Web_spf/HPE/common/ledetail/01117426
 HPE SimpliVity for Hyper-V
 Introducing the SimpliVity 2600 – Offering Software Optimized HPE SimpliVity Technology for VDI Workloads
 Virtually Everything You want to know about HPE SimpliVity and VDI
 HPE SimpliVity – Expanding Configurations and Capabilities
 HPE SimpliVity – Updates with software version 3.7.7
 HPE SimpliVity – Updates and 3.7.8 Software Advancements
 Introducing the New Software Optimized HPE SimpliVity 380 Gen10 and SimpliVity 3.7.9 Software
 Announcing the HPE SimpliVity 380 Backup and Archive Node
 HPE SimpliVity 380 Backup and Archive Node – Deep Dive
 InfoSight for HPE SimpliVity - AI for the HCI TekTalk
 Introducing HPE SimpliVity 325 Platform based on AMD EPYC Processors
 HPE SimpliVity – New SimpliVity 380 Software Optimized Storage Size and Interoperability
 HPE SimpliVity 4.0.0 Software Release
 HPE SimpliVity with HPE StoreOnce: Introducing Air Gapped Backups to Secondary Storage
 HPE SimpliVity – New Storage Sizes for Software-Optimized Solutions plus Support for Cascade Lake Processors
 APRIL 2020  HPE SimpliVity - Introducing SimpliVity Software 4.0.1 and Cascade Lake Processor
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TekTalk Portal: http://vshow.on24.com/vshow/HPETekTalks/registration/15455
Competency Sizing
• Sizing Guidelines and Best Practices for HPE SimpliVity 380
• Leveraging Lanamark One 2018 R2 to Accelerate HPE SimpliVity Sizing
• An overview for preparing and understanding SimpliVity Performance Sizing for Storage Capacity

TekTalk on Point recordings

• NEW HPE SimpliVity Business Value Calculator (also known as the SimpliVity TCO Tool) [25 min]
• HPE SimpliVity – Integration with Aruba Switches [15 min]
• HPE SimpliVity – New 3.7.10 Software Release [15 min]
Solutions  HPE SimpliVity with Composable Fabric
 HPE SimpliVity and Citrix simplify hybrid cloud workspaces  https://youtu.be/He7iTRM7Lyo

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