Emulex-HP Advantages ■ New features of Emulex OCe14000 adapters result in

VDI benefits: – More VDI desktops/server due to up to 18% higher2 CPU effectiveness3 – Higher power efficiency4 with up to 50W/ server power savings, reducing energy & cooling OPEX – Desktop-like user experiences with up to 1.5 million5 Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) or iSCI I/O operations per second (IOPS)

■ Achieve scalable VDI desktop instances on 2 socket HP blade servers

■ Optimize storage resiliency and mixed workload performance on HP 3PAR arrays

VDI Solution Benefits ■ BYOD mobility for the workforce

■ Reduce capital expenditures (CAPEX) on repeat PC purchases

■ Increase security of user data

Products ■ HP FlexFabric 10/20 Gb Ethernet (10/20GbE)

adapters

■ HP LPe1605 Dual-Channel Gen 5 (16Gb) Fibre Channel Mezzanine Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

■ HP ProLiant Gen9 BL460c Server Blade

■ HP 3PAR StoreServ storage

■ HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module

Scalable Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with HP and EmulexIncrease VDI return on investment (ROI) and maximize workforce productivity and mobility

In addition to returning an estimated 300 percent ROI1 on deployments, VDI gives a workforce more flexibility, while moving IT into new territory as they extend beyond desktop PCs and support the explosive growth of smart mobile devices with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs. VDI centralizes all end user computing and data storage, placing special emphasis on server I/O and data center networking performance. As you plan your VDI deployment, consider these important network and storage I/O requirements:

1. Scalability: What I/O performance is required to virtualize and manage hundreds to thousands of desktops?

2. User Experience: What I/O bandwidth will deliver a desktop equivalent user experience and avoid a “boot storm” bottleneck?

3. Resiliency: How can I/O help me create a robust and redundant centralized computing, networking and storage infrastructure?

With these requirements in mind, HP FlexFabric adapters, based on Emulex OneConnect® Ethernet and Converged Network Adapters, offer significant I/O performance and architectural features that result in the VDI benefits shown in the figure below.

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I/O Performance for VDI Scalability (Solving the VDI Boot Storm)

Calculating the IOPS per user budget is a key requirement for your VDI deployment. It is critical to solving the boot storm challenge as large number of users log in simultaneously. HP estimates that a VDI user can require anywhere from 3 to 70 IOPS6. You can rely on HP FlexFabric adapters to support more VDI sessions than competitive adapters through Emulex offload technologies, which minimize the impact of I/O on CPU usage. HP FlexFabric adapters deliver up to 1.5 million FCoE/iSCSI IOPS, ensuring that storage will not be a bottleneck for your VDI implementation. Emulex offload technologies also reduce power consumption by up to 50 watts/server making HP FlexFabric adapters ideal for your VDI connectivity.

I /O Bandwidth for a Satisfying User Experience

A satisfying user experience with VDI means an experience that replicates the desktop, especially during busy usage periods, such as logins and boot storms. It is estimated that for a Windows 7 desktop, you should plan up to 1Mbps7 maximum bandwidth. As you calculate your bandwidth needs, consider that HP FlexFabric 10/20GbE connectivity delivers up to 20Gb/s and 1.5 million FCoE/iSCSI IOPS of storage performance, ensuring I/O bandwidth on a single adapter platform for storage and clustered server networking to run VDI alongside mixed workloads. Additionally, an HP 3PAR StoreServ can manage, without contention, both I/O and throughput intensive storage traffic from mixed server workloads while simultaneously supporting thousands of virtualized clients.

Alternatively, HP Gen 5 (16Gb) Fibre Channel (FC) mezzanine Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) based on Emulex LightPulse® enterprise technology, deliver up to 1.2 million IOPS on a single port, ideal for a superior VDI user experience when connected to high performance HP 3PAR all-flash storage.

I/O Features Ensure VDI Resiliency

Unlike individual desktops, a VDI failure can impact hundreds or thousands of users. Clustering the virtual desktop servers, sharing storage and flexibly allocating bandwidth between management, application and virtual machine (VM) migration ensures the necessary resiliency, while simultaneously allowing intelligent and optimal bandwidth provisioning. HP FlexFabric delivers this architecture, using Flex-10 or Flex-20 for NIC partitioning, based on Emulex OneConnect technology. Moreover, HP 3PAR StoreServ storage features a unique, mesh-active controller clustering architecture, purpose-built for load-balanced resiliency, performance and scalability and ideal for VDI.

Conclusion

For a scalable, user-satisfying VDI implementation, look to HP and Emulex, which offer the following key benefits:

SCALABILITY USER EXPERIENCE RESILIENCY ■ More VDI desktops can be supported due to up to

18% higher adapter CPU effectiveness

■ HP 2 socket servers that scale memory and CPU

■ Gen 5 FC HBA capable of up to 1.2 Million FC IOPS

■ Lower accumulated response time and increase user productivity with 20GbE

■ Achieve desktop equivalent experiences during “boot storms” and login events with up to 1.5 million IOPS for FCoE or iSCSI

■ Eliminate “stranded” VDI desktops on server direct-attached disk drives with shared FCoE storage

■ Achieve high availability with HP 3PAR Mesh-Active architecture

■ Allocate bandwidth where and when it is needed with FlexFabric

5,000 users x 70 IOPS __________________________

350,000 IOPS HP FlexFabric adapters deliver up to 1.5 million IOPS for storage!

1,000 users x 1MBps for Windows 7 __________________________

10Gb for VDI only

HP FlexFabric adapters support 10/20GbE, with investment protection!

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1 IDC, “Measuring the business value of VMware Horizon View,” December 20132 IT Brand Pulse Test Report, “OCe14000 Performance,” July, 20143 CPU effectiveness = Percentage of server CPU utilization for every 1Mbps of throughput4 Power efficiency = Server power consumption in watts per 1Mbps

5 Maximum product specifcation6 Why HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for Client Virtualization and best practices7 VMware View 5 with PCoIP Network Optimization Guide