tps virtualization and future virtual developments

TPS Virtualization and Future Virtual Developments Paul Hodge

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Agenda

What’s coming

up

Just released


• The ETN is method of providing remote connectivity to the LCN for the ESVT, EST, ACE-T and EAPP

• It is the enabler for both TPS Virtualization and T-Node remoting.

• ETN has now been released with Experion R431 either as discrete parts or kit form.

• Two main use case scenarios…. ‒ Virtual ETN ‒ Physical ETN

Enhanced TPS Node (ETN) now available!


Virtual ETN

• Virtual machine on a server that connects to the K4LCN-ETNI processor boards through the FTE.

• Thin clients are used to provide user interaction with virtual machines.

THIN

ACE-T

EAPP

ESVT

EST

CLIENT THIN CLIENT THIN CLIENT THIN CLIENT

CI S C O

CI S C O

DEL L CABINE T

REDUNDANT INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET SWITCHES


Physical ETN

• Physical server/workstation that connects to the K4LCN-ETNI processor boards through the FTE

ACE-T EAPP ESVT EST

CI S

CI S

REDUNDANT INDUSTRIAL ETHERNET SWITCHES

ETN

EPNI2 I/O

ETNI Board

K4LCN

LCN CABINE T

DUA L NODE C FAs


TPS Virtualization

Bringing benefits of Virtualization to TPS

LCNP4

Enhanced TPS Node (ETN)

Hardware Refresh Optimization

Facility and Utility Saving

Higher Availability

Simplified System Management

Improved Console Experience

Futureproofing TPS Investments

Avoid LCNP4 Churn during each HW refresh

Get LCN out of Control Room

Virtualization

Inability to remote LCN Communications

Benefits Solution Challenge


Virtualization Lifecycle Benefits for TPS

Note that most of the benefits that will be

discussed are not relative to US, but rather the next best migration alternative which would be deploying ES-T’s in

a traditional manner



• Eliminate the operational impact of doing hardware changes

• Decoupling of the OS/APP stack from the physical hardware improving compatibility and reducing testing requirements

• Improved OS support for hardware platforms ‒ Will be a future benefit as initially ETN is only

available with R431.

• Ability to cost effectively use long life hardware or extended lifecycle contracts



• Run multiple OS’s on one physical machine reducing the amount of hardware that needs to be maintained.

• Reduction in space, power, cooling and noise.



• Improved Application Protection ‒ Roll back to known good points using

snapshots during Experion or OS patching

‒ Simplified disaster recovery. VMs just need to be restored for a VM corruption or hardware failure.

‒ Improved driver stability. #1 stability issue with traditional deployments is with drivers. Virtualization has a single driver supplier at the VM level.

• Future support for fault tolerance ‒ Will allow for “redundant console

stations”



• Provisioning ‒ Deploy new machines in minutes

rather than hours from templates

• Visibility ‒ Centrally administer all virtual

machines

• Flexibility ‒ Improved hardware choice

• Troubleshooting ‒ See the performance of all nodes and

receive alerts



• Through the use of thin clients we can improve the console experience in control rooms ‒ Operationally, through reduced noise ‒ Maintenance, through improved

security, reliability and the rapid replacement of failed nodes.

• Prepares the site for the Orion Console where thin clients is the preferred display platform.

• Single device for both physical and virtual consoles


EBR R431 Virtual Edition

Scalable to meet a broader range of backup needs

• Honeywell backup and restore solution for Virtual platforms

• Replacing VMware backup and recovery package (vDR) with vSphere 5.1 introduction

• Unified central management for Physical and Virtual Machines, vaults etc

• Support for Physical to Virtual and Virtual to Physical conversions

• Supports De-duplication feature • Based on Acronis ABR v11.5


The Migration Problem

• What problems are we trying to solve with the new Optimized OPM? ‒ Total elapsed time it too great ‒ Time without redundancy ‒ Deployment risk ‒ Too many steps


Solution Overview

Optimized OPM with

Virtualization

Experion Virtual

Infrastructure

Experion OPM Process

(hardware refresh)

Experion Support and Maintenance

(ESM)

Experion Backup and

Recovery (EBR)


Optimized OPM Process

ACE Replacement

Time with NO Redundancy :

4 Hrs

Time with No ACE function:

1 Hr

Server B Replacement

Server A Replacement

Pre-migration

OPM Server B

OPM Server A OPM ACE

OPM Flex/Console

Flex/Console Replacement

Production Cluster

Virtual Staging Area

Dual Primary

ESM


Agenda

Just released

What’s coming up


• Current virus scanner engines run on each VM • If a virtual machine is shutdown, definition files can’t

be kept up to date. • Possibility of virus scanner storms • Significant amount of wasted resources expended

inspecting these VMs which reduces consolidation ratios.

Current virtual virus scanning challenges


Host Based Virus Scanning

• Allows virus scanners to run at a host level rather than a VM level

• Reduces the load on the VMs and hence consolidation improves

• Less virus definition files to maintain • Single point to upgrade to newer version of virus

scanner


Qualification

• Initial qualification is with McAfee MOVE (Management for Optimized Virtual Environments)

• Totally agentless inside of the VM. Just requires VMware Tools

• Faster install time for VMs given no scanner needs to be loaded


McAfee Move Architecture


Host based Anti Virus Demo


• vCenter Server is has an alarming system that monitors key infrastructure. Datastores, networking etc….

• Challenge is the visibility of these notifications when vCenter isn’t be actively monitored 24x7.

• GOAL: Integrate key virtual infrastructure alarms into the Experion System Alarm Summary

Current vCenter Alarming Challenges


• What is SNMP? ‒ Internet-standard protocol for managing devices on IP

networks ‒ The vCenter Server acts as an SNMP provider sending alarms

as SNMP traps to SNMP receivers

• System Management as an SNMP receiver ‒ Currently supports CISCO Switch SNMP traps ‒ Solution will extend this support to the vCenter Server ‒ The System Event Server is the key System Management

component

Solution: SNMP & System Management


‒ By default the vCenter Server will not send an SNMP trap for each alarm.

‒ Add a “Send a notification trap” action for those critical alarms required to be system alarms on the Experion Server.

‒ A recommended list of alarms to configure will be documented.

Configuration – Alarm Actions


‒ The vCenter Server alarms appear in the Network tree on the System Alarm Summary under the configured device

‒ Alarm priority is configurable using the System Event Server ‒ The System Alarms do not have state, i.e. they are raised as

inactive & unacknowledged.

System Alarm Summary


vCenter Appliance

• Honeywell will ship vCenter as a partially installed Windows appliance

• Once started, it will provide a rapid, automated installation of vCenter on that node.

• Removes significant complexity in setting up vCenter • This will be a windows based application not linux


Host Based Replication

• Will leverage VMware’s vSphere Replication • Used in situations where high availability isn’t

suitable • Update to existing replication scheme for the

Essentials Platform • Improved replication times, efficiency and easier to

setup.


Essentials Platform Update

Usage Current Platform

Successor Platform

Planned Release

Management Host, Standard Production Host Dell R320 Dell R330XL 2Q 2016

Performance-A Production Host, Performance-B Production Host Dell R720XL Dell R730XL 3Q 2015

• Dell PowerEdge R730 for the production hosts

• Dell PowerEdge R330 for the management hosts


• Pre-packaged offering with critical components bundled into single deliverable

• Kits for both Essentials and Premium Platforms

• Ready to use offering for small to medium size Virtualization systems

• Enables seamless upgrade path for TPS Virtualization by complimenting ETN kit

Virtualization Kits


• Allows protected virtual machines to be transparently switched over to another host in the event failure.

• VMware has released the multi processor support for FT that Experion required with vSphere 6.0

• Testing underway and some pilot sites identified.

Fault Tolerance (FT) Progress Update

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Virtualization is moving as fast as ever.

Honeywell is leading the way in the adoption of this technology and will continue to lead, introducing new virtualization technologies to the process control industry such as • Host based Anti Virus • Fault Tolerance


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