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Le soluzioni Lenovo ThinkAgile in ambito data center

”Hyper Converged Infrastructures” basate su Vmware vSAN e Microsoft S2D

Alessandro MalosioLenovo DCG Technical Sales

17 aprile 2018

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It Began 30 Years Ago, Leading to Next-Gen Leadership

COMPLEXITY

Server Storage Networking

performance / flexibility /

reliability

Software Defined

simplicity / control /

agility

SIMPLICITY

Reliability

Scalability

Performance

Velocity

Value / Volume

Supply chainLenovo Storage

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Agility SimplicityTransformative

Experience

• Planning via Automation tools

• Deployed by industry experts

• Manage via intuitive tools

• Arrives pre integrated

• Onsite deployment and training

• ThinkAgile Advantage - Single

Point of Support

• Hybrid / Private cloud on most

reliable infrastructure

• Scale from single to multiple racks

• 80% faster Time to Value

For the Future Defined Datacenter

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Industry Evolution

Wave1

Converged

Virtualize Server

Acquired as single entity

Faster deployment

Management

Servers

Storage

Networking

Acquired as discrete parts

Hard to deploy

Traditional

Management

Servers

Storage

Networking

Virtualize Server

and Storage

Moves storage

into server

Wave 2

Hyper Converged

Management

Servers

Storage

Networking

++

Software Defined Infrastructure

IT Agility - virtualizes server, storage, network

and public cloud resources

Wave 3

Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI)

So

ftw

are

De

fin

ed

Se

rvic

es Management

Servers

SDS

SDN

+

++

Rapid time-to-deployment

Ease of management

IT Agility

Valu

e

Continuous and dynamic

Applications / Workloads


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Lenovo ThinkAgile model – start small and scale

Software

Defined

Physical

Integrated

Appliances

What:

• Application

• Workload focused

Integrated

Systems

What:

• Enterprise IT

• Private/Hybrid Cloud

Value

• Simple to buy

• Simple to scale

• Time to value

• Single system support

Value

• Simple to buy

• Simple to scale

• Time to value

• Single system support

• Lenovo maintains interop

Hypervisor

Container

Server

HCI Appliance

SDSHypervisor

ContainerSDS

Server

SDN

NFV

Switch

Integrated System

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Lenovo ThinkAgile portfolio and partnerships

ThinkAgile HX Series

ThinkAgile SXN

Nutanix-based HCI

with multi-hypervisor

support

ThinkAgile SX for

Microsoft Azure Stack

Simplified, consistent

hybrid cloud with on

premise Azure Stack

cloud services

ThinkAgile VX Series

vSAN-based HCI

tightly integrated with

vSphere and vCenter

OpenStack reference

design

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• Sold, shipped and supported by

Lenovo as a single unit, pre-

configured, ready to deploy

• Pre-deployment worksheet

• Single point of support from Lenovo

• Uniform, tailored support across the entire

solutions (includes hw & sw)

• Best recipe firmware - kept up-to-date

• Validated SW & FW – best recipe

Backed by industry-leading support

Pre-deployment

Onsite Deployment

Post Deployment

• Best recipe firmware from

factory

• Installation Services

• Deployment Services

• Knowledge transfer

Delivering a white-glove experience

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ThinkAgile Advantage – Single Point of Support

ThinkAgile Advantage

Support Team

Single contact for end-to-

end case management

Scalable & adaptable as

additional products are

added

ThinkAgile Advantage offers our customers a superior, single point of contact support experience

• Proactive solutions-oriented customer experience provides end to end case management owned by Lenovo

• Dedicated Lenovo phone number and case management system

• Proactive E2E support experience with quick access to Lenovo engineering and third-party SW support

Networking

Compute

Storage

SoftwareSimplified warranty

entitlement

Lenovo phone

number tailored to

ThinkAgile

24x7 availability

38 countries

8 languages

Solution-level

support for

ThinkAgile

Lenovo problem

isolation with IBM

parts/onsite support

Improved access to

Lenovo PE &

Development

Optimum customer

experience for

complex solutions


ThinkAgileVX Series


Think Flexible. Think Scalable. ThinkAgile.

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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series powered by VMware vSAN v6.6

Focus on building your business rather than

building your infrastructure.

Ready to go, tested and

qualified by Lenovo

Built on ThinkSystem

#1 in reliability

Lenovo ThinkAgile Advantage

Support you can count on

White glove Professional ServicesFlexible configurations #1 customer satisfaction

11vSAN is to storage what vSphere was to compute

Runs on x86 servers

Pools SSDs/HDDs into a shared datastore

Delivers enterprise-grade scale and performance

Managed through per-VM storage policies

Deeply integrated with the VMware stack

vSAN Storage

vSphere vSAN

Managed by vCenter

VMware vSAN Delivers a Native vSphere Architecture


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VMware Virtual SAN 6.6


• Software-defined storage optimized for VMs

• Embedded in the hypervisor

• Supports hybrid and all-flash configurations

• Native Encryption (new in 6.6)

• Delivers enterprise-level scalability and

performance

• Managed through per-VM storage policies

• Deeply integrated with the VMware stack

• Host / Node Minimums

• 2 Node minimum (ROBO)

• 3 Nodes minimum for Enterprise

• 4 Nodes minimum for advanced features

Overview

Virtual SAN Datastore

…

vSphere + Virtual SAN

VM VM VMVM VM VM

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Lenovo VMware Solutions

ThinkAgile VX Series Appliance

Focus on your business

not on infrastructure

- Lenovo Tested, Qualified, Proven

Built and tested by Lenovo with only vSAN

certified components

- Lenovo Delivered, Installed, Configured

Professional Services leave you with a

hyperconverged solution that is ready to go

- Lenovo ThinkAgile Advantage

Backed by a direct line to 2nd level support

that won’t hand you off

vSAN and VCF

Ready Nodes

Build Your Own

- Use Lenovo/VMware certified

HW configurations

- Integration done by customer

- Self installed and maintained

Lenovo VCF / SDDCReference Architecture


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Offering Overview – VX vSAN Solution (current)

Lenovo

ThinkAgile VX

vSAN Appliance

FEATURE VX3320 VX5520 VX7520

Form Factor 1U 2U

Processor Up to 2x Intel® Xeon® Platinum processors, up to 165W

Memory Up to 1.5TB in 24x slots, up to 64GB 2666MHz TruDDR4

Drive Bays 10x 2.5” (SFF) 14x 3.5” (LFF) 24x 2.5” (SFF)

Number of Disk

Groups1x or 2x 1x or 2x 1x to 4x

Cache Options1x or 2x

400GB |800GB | 1600GB

1x or 2x

400GB | 800GB | 1600GB

Up to 4x

400GB | 800GB | 1600GB

HDD OptionsUp to 8x

1.2TB | 1.8TB | 2.4TB

Up to 12x

2TB | 4TB | 6TB | 8TB | 10TB

Up to 20x

1.2TB | 1.8TB |2.4TB

SDD Options1.6TB | 3.84TB | 7.68TB |

15.36TB

1.6TB | 3.84TB | 7.68TB |

15.36TBHW Systems

ManagementLenovo XClarity

SW Systems

ManagementVMware vCenter and Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter

Licence Options

VMware vSphere 6 Standard, Enterprise or Enterprise Plus with Operations

Management

VMware vSAN Standard, Advanced, Enterprise

3- or 5-year support subscription

Warranty

Support

3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite service, next business day 9x5

[optional service upgrades]

Support Lenovo ThinkAgile Advantage

VX3320

VX5520

VX7520


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Offering Overview – VX vSAN Solution (new)

Lenovo

ThinkAgile VX

vSAN Appliance

FEATURE VX2320 VX3520-G VX3720

Form Factor 1U 2U 2U4N

Processor

(up to)

Intel® Xeon® Scalable

3.7GHz / 165W


3.7GHz / 125W


3.7GHz / 165W

Memory Up to 1.5TB in 24x slots, up to 64GB 2666MHz TruDDR4 Up to 1TB RAM

Drive Bays 4x 3.5” (LFF) 16x 2.5” (SFF) 6x 2.5” (SFF) per node

Number of Disk

Groups1x 1x to 4x 1x to 3x

Cache Options 400GB | 800GB | 1600GB 400GB | 800GB | 1600GB 400GB | 800GB | 1600GB

HDD Options 2TB | 4TB | 6TB | 8TB | 10TB 900GB | 1.2TB | 1.8TB | 2.4TB

SDD Options 1.6TB | 3.84TB | 7.68TB | 15.36TB

HW Systems

ManagementLenovo XClarity

GPU Support n/a2x NVIDIA Tesla

M10 or M60n/a

SW Systems

ManagementVMware vCenter and Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter

Licence OptionsVMware vSphere 6 Standard, Enterprise or Ent Plus w/Opse Management

VMware vSAN Standard, Advanced, Enterprise 3- or 5-year support subscription

Warranty

Support

3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite service, next business day 9x5

[optional service upgrades]

Support Lenovo ThinkAgile Advantage

VX2320

VX3720

VX3520-G


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Key Messages – for VMware Admin

EASY TO BUILD, EASY TO INSTALL

- Factory tested, Qualified and proven by Lenovo

- White glove Professional Services installation

EASY TO MANAGE

- Manage HW within vCenter

- Rolling Firmware Upgrades within vCenter

- #1 in Server Reliability

EASY TO SCALE

- Scale by adding disk groups

- Scale by adding nodes

- Predictable costs


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Key Messages – for VMware Admin

NEVER HAVE TO LOOK AT VMware HCL AGAIN

- Lenovo certifies firmware and drivers prior to release

- We only ship certified firmware levels on VX

- We only release certified firmware for VX to the Web

FAMILIAR PANE OF GLASS FOR MANAGEMENT

- XClarity Integrates into vCenter

- vCenter Admins use a familiar interface to manage HW and firmware updates

- XClarity vCenter Integrator Firmware Updates


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ThinkAgile VX Software Offering

Lenovo XClarity Controller Advanced

Lenovo XClarity Administrator Pro

Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter

+

vSphere

Standard, Ent Plus and Ent Plus w/ OPS

3 & 5 Year Subscription

vSAN

Standard, Advance, Enterprise, Desktop &

ROBO, 3 & 5 Year Subscription+1. HCI Kit Advanced : vSphere 6 Ent Plus + vSAN 6 Adv - 3 & 5 Year Subscription

2. HCI Kit Enterprise : vSphere 6 w/ Ops Ent Plus + vSAN 6 Ent - 3 & 5 Year Subscription

3. HCI Acceleration Kit : vSphere 6 Standard + vSAN 6 Standard 3 & 5 Year Subscription

Either

Or 1 of


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Lenovo VMware Solutions

ThinkAgile VX Series Appliance

Focus on your business

not on infrastructure

- Lenovo Tested, Qualified, Proven

Built and tested by Lenovo with only vSAN

certified components

- Lenovo Delivered, Installed, Configured

Professional Services leave you with a

hyperconverged solution that is ready to go

- Lenovo ThinkAgile Advantage

Backed by a direct line to 2nd level support

that won’t hand you off

vSAN and VCF

Ready Nodes

Build Your Own

- Use Lenovo/VMware certified

HW configurations

- Integration done by customer

- Self installed and maintained

Lenovo VCF / SDDCReference Architecture



vSAN ReadyNodes vs ThinkAgile VX

Get a box of ingredients

ReadyNodes

Get a meal

Lenovo ThinkAgile VX

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Lenovo vSAN solutionsHardware Management


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XClarity Reduces Management Complexity and Cost

SIMPLIFY hardware systems management

ACCELERATE system provisioning

INTEGRATE systems into software environments

Asset Management

Configuration Management

Firmware Management

OS & Hypervisor Installation

Event Management

Energy Management


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Lenovo XClarity Administrator and Integrators

Wizard-based, reusable configuration patterns streamline provisioning

Each pattern can be used to define multiple target systems

Ensure optimal system performance with pre-populated UEFI settings tuned for specific workloads

Define Physical Systems

with PatternsManage Firmware Levels

with Policies

Create and apply firmware compliance policies on target Compute, Storage, and Networking

Quickly update firmware on target systems without creating a policy (new)

Apply updates to one or more systems

Eliminate maintenance windows for physical hosts in vSphere clusters with advanced automation

Consolidate virtual and physical infrastructure management using your familiar console- Discovery & Monitoring

- Firmware updates &

Configurations

Eliminate downtime in vSphere clusters

- Automate rolling reboots & firmware updates

- Automate evacuation of VMs from impacted hosts based on user-defined events

Optional Add-On- VMware vRealize Automation

- VMware vRealize Orchestrator

- VMware vRealize Log Insight

Lenovo XClarity Integrator

for VMware vCenter


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Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter - Overview


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Lenovo XClarity Integrator for VMware vCenter - Inventory


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Lenovo XClarity Administrator - FW upd/compliance policy


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Lenovo XClarity Administrator – Vmware Integrator


VMware vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator

• Abstract infrastructure resources and transform them into services

• Deliver infrastructure faster through repeatable, scalable execution of tasks across software and hardware domains

vCenter

Virtualization Management

vRealize Automation

Service Blueprints

vRealize Orchestrator

Workflows

• Blueprints to help create and manage pools of resources, such

as provisioning end-to-end hosts and clusters

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Lenovo XClarity Administrator – Vmware Integrator


VMware vRealize Log Insight

• Collect, trend, and analyze data center events to provide real-time answers to problems related to systems, services, and applications

• Graph and visualize hardware event data to generate insights

• Configure alerts when specific conditions occur

• Query event data to build reports

• Visualize event quantity and priority, and the number

of hardware events requiring intervention

• Identify which systems surface the most events

• Find out who is accessing XClarity

• Discover unauthorized users trying to access XClarity

vRealize Log Insight


ThinkAgileSX for Microsoft Azure Stack

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Lenovo and Microsoft History of Innovation

1st to market with S2D and

Azure Stack – the only

working demo at Microsoft

Ignite 2016

20Over 20 years of joint

technical collaboration and

innovation that matters

7TP3 TAP Azure Stack

customers, and more than

40 single node early

adopter customers1

1st

1. As of Feb-2018

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Ignite Transformation with

Simplified, Consistent Hybrid Cloud

• Rack-scale, pre-integrated turnkey solution ready to deploy in hours

• On-premises Azure cloud services

• Enriched lifecycle management

Increased IT Agility

• Ships up to 2x faster than alternative solutions

• No disruption to tenant availability or experience

• Professional installation

Transformative Support

• Lenovo has co-innovated with Microsoft for more than 20 years

• Lenovo was 1st to market with Azure Stack demos and is working with over 40 early Azure Stack customers

• Reduce support time with single point of contact

SX for Microsoft Azure Stack

Azure Stack

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ThinkAgile SX - Pre Integrated Hybrid Cloud solution

• All hardware is purchased as Single part

number

• Single point of contact for support (L1 – L3)

• Scale from 4 to 12 nodes per rack

• Fully integrated and validated solutions

shipped from Lenovo manufacturing

• Scalable and configurable based on

workload needs

• Server: Lenovo SR650

• Storage: Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct

(S2D)

• Networking: Lenovo 25G & 1G TOR

switches

• Management: XClarity Pro

Networking

Compute

Storage

Software

Hybrid Cloud

Azure StackAzure

Public Cloud

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Lenovo ThinkAgile (Skylake) SXM4400, SXM6400

Product

definition • 25U or 42U Racks

• 4-12 Nodes

Per Node: System Maximum:

• 2x 18-28 cores 672 cores

• 384GB -1,536GB mem. 18TB

• 40TB, 60TB (SSD Cache) 720TB Raw

Target

environment• Medium/Large Enterprises

• Large SI/MSP

• Smaller MSPs

• End user customers

• Microsoft collaborative applications

• Test/Development - DevOps

Value

proposition• Easy and fast ordering (3 Weeks, order to ship)

• Fully integrated and validated solution

• Rapid, services led, deployment

• Single Point of Support

• Simplified Lifecycle Management

• On-Premises Hybrid Cloud

• Lower TCO vs traditional infrastructure2018 Lenovo internal. All rights reserved


Front and rear views of the ThinkAgile SXM 25U


Front and rear views of the ThinkAgile SXM 42U


Hyperconverged NodesBase model Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 for ThinkAgile SXM (7X06CTOAWW)

Quantity 4 to 12

Processor Two processors of the Intel Xeon Scalable Family:

Memory 24 DIMM sockets with support for 24x 16 GB or 32 GB TruDDR4 RDIMMs or 64 GB TruDDR4 LRDMMs

Memory capacity Up to 1,536 GB with 24x 64 GB LRDIMMs.

Drive bays 14x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap.

Internal storage Boot volume

2x M.2 5100 480GB 6Gb SATA NHS SSDs in a RAID-1 drive group

Storage Spaces Direct:

4x 800GB Performance 12Gb SAS HS 3.5" SSDs + 10x 4TB 7.2K 6Gb NL SATA 3.5" HS 512n HDDs; or

4x 1.6TB Performance 12Gb SAS HS 3.5" SSDs + 10x 6TB 7.2K 6Gb NL SATA 3.5" HS 512e HDDs

Storage controller 1x M.2 Kit with Mirroring for boot volume.

1x 430-16i HBA (12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA) for Storage Spaces Direct.

Network interfaces One dual-port 25 GbE SFP28 adapter (Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx) connected to network switches with two SFP28 DAC cable included.

1x 1 GbE dedicated XCC management port (RJ-45) connected to management network switch with one UTP Category 5E cable included.

I/O expansion

slots

Four slots:

Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (for the network adapter)

Slot 7: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for the 430-16i HBA)

Management

features

Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise proactive platform alerts, light path diagnostics, Lenovo XClarity Administrator with Pro license.


Base model Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 for ThinkAgile SXM (7X06CTOAWW)

Quantity 4 to 12

Processor Two processors of the Intel Xeon Scalable Family:

Memory 24 DIMM sockets with support for 24x 16 GB or 32 GB TruDDR4 RDIMMs or 64 GB TruDDR4 LRDMMs

Memory capacity Up to 1,536 GB with 24x 64 GB LRDIMMs.

Drive bays 14x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap.

Internal storage Boot volume

2x M.2 5100 480GB 6Gb SATA NHS SSDs in a RAID-1 drive group

Storage Spaces Direct:

4x 800GB Performance 12Gb SAS HS 3.5" SSDs + 10x 4TB 7.2K 6Gb NL SATA 3.5" HS 512n HDDs; or

4x 1.6TB Performance 12Gb SAS HS 3.5" SSDs + 10x 6TB 7.2K 6Gb NL SATA 3.5" HS 512e HDDs

Storage controller 1x M.2 Kit with Mirroring for boot volume.

1x 430-16i HBA (12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA) for Storage Spaces Direct.

Network interfaces One dual-port 25 GbE SFP28 adapter (Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx) connected to network switches with two SFP28 DAC cable included.

1x 1 GbE dedicated XCC management port (RJ-45) connected to management network switch with one UTP Category 5E cable included.

I/O expansion

slots

Four slots:

Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (for the network adapter)

Slot 7: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for the 430-16i HBA)

Management

features

Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) Enterprise proactive platform alerts, light path diagnostics, Lenovo XClarity Administrator with Pro license.

Hyperconverged Nodes


Lenovo S2D solutionsHardware Management

402018 Lenovo. All rights reserved.

Family of foundation software

for data centers who put a

premium on IT efficiency,

integration and automation

Standardize, simplify, and automate infrastructure processes

Ramp up delivery times of infrastructure

and services

Reduce risk of error with integration into other management

automation stacks


• Consolidate virtual and physical infrastructure management using your familiar console

– Discovery

– Monitoring

– Firmware updates

– Configurations

• Eliminate downtime in Hyper-V clusters

– Automate rolling reboots & firmware updates

– Automate evacuation of VMs from impacted hosts based on user-defined events

• Advisory PRO tips for existing and predictive hardware problems

Physical Host Physical Host Physical Host

Windows Server Hyper-V

VM VM VM VM VM VM

Virtual Machine Manager

XClarity Integrator for

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)



Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)

• Monitor physical system health and events

• Correlate events across domains

• Monitor power utilization of systems running Windows

• Monitor overall system power usage, and generate alerts when consumption rises above thresholds

• Enable Power Capping and set the maximum power consumption wattage

• Remote power on and off of systems

• Hardware Management Software Configuration Advisor detects the presence of hardware MP software dependencies and makes configuration recommendations

Operations Manager

• Inventory and monitoring

• Event correlation

• Platform alert handling

• Power capping



Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)• Deployment Pack

– Automate end-to-end server deployment including drivers

– Scriptable server configuration for WinPE (Windows Pre-Installation Environment)

• System Updates

– Acquire, view, and expire firmware updates and device drivers through Windows Server Update Services

– Select individual firmware and driver updates from the website, or complete UpdateXpressSystem Packs (UXSPs)

– Handle System Enablement Pack (SEP) to maintain server currency

• Configuration

– Create user-defined configuration packs for physical servers

– Capture existing physical server settings and generate related configuration pack

– View compliance results

Configuration Manager

• End-to-end deployment including drivers

• Firmware level management

• Configure servers and check configuration

compliance

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Downtime is Reduced with Proactive Platform Alerts & XClarity

▪ Quickly locates failing components

Hard Drive

Memory

Cooling Fan

#1 x86 vendor in reliability for 4.5 years1

Lenovo platform alert management includes all hardware subsystems

• Alerts, errors reported to XClarity

Several Lenovo alerts leverage Lenovo IP: Advanced algorithms to prevent downtime

• Live PCI error recovery

• Memory

• Drive alert in RAID configuration through XCC

Light Path Diagnostics•Quickly locates failing components on Lenovo chassis

Processor

Power supply,

Voltage Regulator

Light Path Diagnostics LEDs

1 ITIC Reliability Survey 2016-2018, May 2018, http://bit.ly/2s50Z7n

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