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1 MicroAge Your Trusted Business Technology Partner

2 Optimized Converged Infrastructure Presented by HP and MicroAge April

3 Program Introduction to MicroAge Maria Fiore Business Development Manager MicroAge Topic Charles Langevin Solutions Consultant HP Canada

4 Introduction to MicroAge Presented by Maria Fiore Business Development Manager

MicroAge at a glance Canada s leading network of independently-owned systems integrators and value-added resellers Over 40 locations across Canada, many in

5 MicroAge at a glance Canada s leading network of independently-owned systems integrators and value-added resellers Over 40 locations across Canada, many in operation since 1981 Specializing in multi-vendor turnkey solutions: hardware + software + technical & professional services Vast experience in SME & public sector

6 MicroAge Our vision To be Canada s leading provider of IT products, services and solutions Our mission MicroAge will succeed and prosper by maintaining an unrelenting commitment to customer service excellence, delivering reliable, competitive products, and by working as true business partners with every customer Our values Our values We are committed to service excellence We build and maintain strong relationships with customers and suppliers in the communities we serve We succeed by fostering trust, respect and collaboration amongst our clients, associates and vendor partners

7 Why MicroAge Deep, broad expertise Local presence, national scope Strong relationships Service excellence

8 IT Products, Services & Solutions PRODUCTS IT infrastructure Networking Communications Storage SERVICES Configuration/ integration Maintenance & support Managed services Life cycle management IT staffing SOLUTIONS Security Virtualization Mobility Backup / disaster recovery

Strong Relationships Your trusted business technology partner A customer-driven business model Service-based Collaboration Interaction Strong focus on IT as

9 Strong Relationships Your trusted business technology partner A customer-driven business model Service-based Collaboration Interaction Strong focus on IT as business driver Meeting business goals & objectives Solving business problems Reducing costs, overhead, inefficiencies Great people Experience Attitude Commitment

10 Service Excellence Planning, consulting, design IT asset life cycle management Procurement & system configuration through to disposal e-waste management Managed services Help desk Service desk Remote network monitoring Maintenance & support plans IT staffing

11 2009 Distinguished Award Criteria Survey of 2,200 IT managers across Canada 2,200 IT managers Private & public sector Multiple industry channels Small, medium & large organizations Rank based on number of times MicroAge listed as technology leader

12 Optimized Converged Infrastructure Presented by HP and MicroAge April 29, 2010

13 New HP ProLiant Servers Delivering modular building blocks for Converged Infrastructure April, 2010

Today s Customer IT Challenges Customer Issues

use Difficult and time consuming to scale Customers

Common modular solutions Simple single pane of

14 Today s Customer IT Challenges Customer Issues Overly complex & non-integrated systems High energy use Difficult and time consuming to scale Customers Need Efficient and integrated energy management Common modular solutions Simple single pane of glass management with auto asset movement to meet business needs

15 Elements of a Converged Infrastructure Virtualized Resilient Orchestrated Optimized Modular

HP Is Changing Computing Energy efficiency

protection Common modular platforms, standards

16 HP Is Changing Computing Energy efficiency Accurate monitoring and intelligent control Ease of management Integration, standardization, useful tools Investment protection Common modular platforms, standards based, quality design Powerful virtualization Unified management and virtual I/O

17 Top of industry standards Innovation New HP ProLiant G6 Servers with Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series New March refreshed servers in the industry s broadest portfolio from SMB to scale-out Optimal server available for every application Intelligent Performance Kicks in when you need it, efficiently waiting when you don t. Enhanced security with Intel Trusted Execution Technology providing resistance to malicious software attacks. ML Line Expansion optimized Ideal for SME DL Line Rack optimized for any workload BL Line Density optimized in compact form factor SL Line Scale-out optimized for max cores per rack

Introducing HP ProLiant G7 Servers New March 29 Innovation on top of

rack and scale out optimized servers Greatest consolidation with 12 core

servers benefit from high bandwidth, high-performance memory Broadest AMD

performance, energy and budget needs DL385 G7 Rack optimized for any

18 Introducing HP ProLiant G7 Servers New March 29 Innovation on top of industry standards with AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors 3 new AMD based rack and scale out optimized servers Greatest consolidation with 12 core AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors Multi-core applications and virtual servers benefit from high bandwidth, high-performance memory Broadest AMD Opteron-based portfolio in the industry with more flexibility for performance, energy and budget needs DL385 G7 Rack optimized for any workload DL165 G7 Rack optimized for dense deployments SL165z G7 Scale-out optimized for max cores per rack

exponentially improving cost/efficiency while increasing performance.

19 Latest generation ProLiant: modular building block The time to refresh is now, efficiency and cost savings can t be beaten Next generation HP ProLiant servers continue to revolutionize traditional server economics by exponentially improving cost/efficiency while increasing performance. Dramatic efficiencies in compute and power & cooling Comprehensive infrastructure virtualization Best-in-class management tools Return on Investment in 2 months

Maximum Computing Efficiency - Deliver maximum computing

CONSOLIDATION* Optimize space and reduce physical server

performance within same power envelope 95% LESS MAINTENANCE*

*20:1 consolidation, 97% power savings and 95% reduction in

G6 servers to G4 23:1 consolidation, 96% power savings and 96%

20 Maximum Computing Efficiency - Deliver maximum computing efficiency with the latest ProLiant Server technology 20:1 CONSOLIDATION* Optimize space and reduce physical server footprint by 95% 97% LESS ENERGY* Get dramatically more performance within same power envelope 95% LESS MAINTENANCE* Slash lifecycle costs of software licensing and server management *20:1 consolidation, 97% power savings and 95% reduction in licensing costs comparing Intel Xeon Series 5600 based ProLiant G6 servers to G4 23:1 consolidation, 96% power savings and 96% reduction in licensing costs comparing AMD Opteron 6100 Series based ProLiant G7 servers to 2006 G4 MicroAge

21 Only HP: Optimized Data Center Capacity Optimized data center capacity with Insight Control power management Accurately measure power usage Safe Confidently protect circuits Safely cap power consumption Reliable Built into the hardware independent of OS Lower power usage through regulation Compatible Supports any OS or hyper visor Helps customers avoid building out a new data center

Only HP: Optimized Efficiency with Sea Sensors 32 smart sensors manage temperature across the server Automated fan regulation based on server activity

22 Only HP: Optimized Efficiency with Sea Sensors 32 smart sensors manage temperature across the server Automated fan regulation based on server activity Automated adjustment of I/O and memory slots Key component in industry s first Energy Star qualified servers Minimizes power and prevents under/over cooling

c7000 Enclosure Front View Server blades 2x features, 2x the density 10U 8-16 blades Storage blades A new paradigm for bladed storage solutions Onboard

23 c7000 Enclosure Front View Server blades 2x features, 2x the density 10U 8-16 blades Storage blades A new paradigm for bladed storage solutions Onboard Administrator HP Insight Display Simple set-up delivered out of the box Integrated power Simplified configuration and greater efficiency Same flexibility, capacity and redundancy

c7000 Enclosure Rear View Active Cool fans Adaptive flow for maximum power efficiency, air movement & acoustics Interconnect bays 8 bays; up to 4 redundant I/O fabrics Up to 94% reduction in cables

24 c7000 Enclosure Rear View Active Cool fans Adaptive flow for maximum power efficiency, air movement & acoustics Interconnect bays 8 bays; up to 4 redundant I/O fabrics Up to 94% reduction in cables Ethernet, Fibre Channel, iscsi, SAS, IB Onboard Administrator Remote administration view Robust, multi-enclosure control PARSEC architecture Parallel, redundant and scalable cooling and airflow design Power management Choice of single-phase or three-phase enclosures AC redundant mode or power supply redundant mode Best performance per watt

25 c3000 Chassis

BL460c G6 BL460c G7 Comparison BL460c G6 BL460c G7 Processors Memory Storage Two 4 or 6-Core Intel Xeon 5500, 5600 Series 192GB, 12 Sockets DDR3 800/1066/1333MHz LV DIMMs @ 1333Mhz Two 2.

26 BL460c G6 BL460c G7 Comparison BL460c G6 BL460c G7 Processors Memory Storage Two 4 or 6-Core Intel Xeon 5500, 5600 Series 192GB, 12 Sockets DDR3 800/1066/1333MHz LV 1333Mhz Two 2.5 hot plug SATA/SAS/SSD bays Smart Array P410i, RAID 0/1; optional 256MB and 512MB BBWC; optional 512MB and 1GB FBWC Optional SB40c Storage Expansion Blade Two 6-Core Intel Xeon 5600 Series 192GB, 12 Sockets DDR3 800/1066/1333MHz LV 1333Mhz Two 2.5 hot plug SATA/SAS/SSD bays Smart Array P410i, RAID 0/1; 256MB and 512MB BBWC optional 1GB cache Flash Back Write Cache Optional SB40c Storage Expansion Blade Networking Two 10GbE Flex-10 ports (NC532i) Two 10GbE CNA ports (NC552i) I/O Slots Two x8 PCIe gen2 mezzanine slots Two x8 PCIe gen2 mezzanine slots Integrated Management Additional Features ilo2 Onboard Administrator Insight Foundation Internal USB and SD ports TPM 1.2 module support ilo3 Onboard Administrator Insight Foundation Internal USB and SD ports TPM 1.2 module support Density 16 blades in 10U; 8 blades in 6U 16 blades in 10U; 48 blades in 6U

Ethernet or 1x SFP+ module (X1) Port Number & Status Indicators Indicates whether a data center link (green), stacking

27 HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 MidPlane: 16x 10GBASE-KR Ethernet Connects to one (1Gb or 10Gb) NIC in each HH blade 2x 10Gb Ethernet Cross-link between adjacent VC-Enet modules Mgmt Interfaces to Onboard Administrator (Enet & I2C) 1x 10GBASE-CX4 Ethernet or 1x SFP+ module (X1) Port Number & Status Indicators Indicates whether a data center link (green), stacking link (amber), or highlighted port (blue). 5x SFP+ modules (X2-6) (1GbE or 10GbE) 2x Crosslinks (midplane) or 2x SFP+ module (X7-8)

28 Network connections with traditional server blades 1Gb LOM Dual NIC Quad NIC 8 connections require 8 interconnect modules (Speeds are fixed at 1Gb/s or 10Gb/s)

29 Simplifying Blade Server Interconnect Traditional Server Server Next Generation Flex- 10 Server Server Each 10Gb Server connection supports up to (4) 2.5Gb NIC s E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 1Gb LOM Dual NIC Quad NIC 10Gb LOM Interconnect Modules 1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch 1Gb Switch Interconnect Modules 10Gb Flex-10 10Gb Flex-10 Threefold increase in server network connections Threefold decrease in the number of I/O modules required Fine tune network speeds based on application needs Add server ports without adding more switches NIC speed settings can be adjusted in 100Mb increments from 100Mb to 10Gb.

30 Support more virtual servers with less switches 8 connections require Flex-10 controller 2 interconnect modules Each Virtual Connect Flex-10 controller includes 8 physical, FlexNICs to create 4 redundant connections vnet 1 vnet 2 vnet 3 vnet 4

connection In 100Mb increments from 100Mb to 10Gb ( So

31 Precise control over bandwidth per NIC connection Virtual Connect Flex-10 Fine-tune the speed of each network connection In 100Mb increments from 100Mb to 10Gb ( So you can optimize and prioritize ) performance for each VM channel

32 Network convergence - role in I/O virtualization What is a converged network? A single network capable of transmitting both Ethernet and storage traffic What is required to converge Fibre Channel? Encapsulate FC frames into Ethernet Frames Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Enhance Ethernet to ensure reliability in congested networks Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) a.k.a. lossless Ethernet

33 HP D2200sb Storage Blade Twelve hot plug SAS drives in a half height form factor P410i Smart Array controller onboard with 1GB FBWC Expand local storage capacity PCIe x4 to adjacent server DAS and SAN Use as DAS to adjacent server Or as part of a LeftHand SAN shared storage solution New!

HP D2200sb Storage Blade Front panel LED indications LEFT LED Solid green drive installed and member of a RAID volume Green flicker drive activity Green blink (1 Hz) drive rebuilding RIGHT LED Off

34 HP D2200sb Storage Blade Front panel LED indications LEFT LED Solid green drive installed and member of a RAID volume Green flicker drive activity Green blink (1 Hz) drive rebuilding RIGHT LED Off drive not failed Solid amber drive failed Blinking amber drive in predictive failure state Pull handle to gain access to hot plug drives while unit is running Low profile latch to remove the D2200sb unit from the enclosure

35 ProLiant: Best managed server with Insight Control ilo Advanced functionality Includes Systems Insight Manager and Insight Remote Support Reduce ProLiant and BladeSystem operational expenses $48,300 per 100 users over 3 years

Why Customers Will Win Innovation that Solves Customer Challenges Breakthrough Economic Value Customer Intimacy Innovating on top of industry

line Reusable design approach/delivery $50B global supply chain Proven market leading TCO and ROI solutions Common modular platforms for lower

36 Why Customers Will Win Innovation that Solves Customer Challenges Breakthrough Economic Value Customer Intimacy Innovating on top of industry standards & focused on top customer challenges Rapid reuse of innovations across HP s Enterprise Servers Storage and Networking (ESSN) product line Reusable design approach/delivery $50B global supply chain Proven market leading TCO and ROI solutions Common modular platforms for lower part count, spares and training requirements 187,000 channel partners 179 countries = global RTM reach Customer voted #1 or #2 in ALL markets

37 Converged Infrastructure Advantage Why HP Proliant? 20 years of proven x86 market leadership % x-86 revenue market share 1 - (2X IBM and 1.9X Dell) - #1 for 54 consecutive quarters Continued innovation from server to infrastructure to application - Integrated management - Power and cooling - Modular design Continued innovation to drive business value - 20:1 consolidation ratio - 27x performance per watt increase - 2 month pay-back 1 IDC Q409 WW Quarterly Server Tracker

38 Questions

39 Thank You

IBM BladeCenter S Competitive Summary

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