Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Advisor (UCP Advisor)

simplifies infrastructure operations. It enables faster

deployment with less risk and fewer resources.

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Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Advisor

Smart Management This approach reduces the number of VMware management as a plug-in (see
resources required to manage multiple Figure 1) to manage UCP virtualization
for Converged, VMware vCenters for multiple workload solutions. Or, it can be used as a stand-
Hyperconverged and Rack- domains on rack-scale Hitachi Unified alone, independent UI, allowing users
Scale Infrastructure Compute Platform RS (UCP RS) systems. the flexibility to manage UCP solutions
or containers. With deployment man-
Businesses are looking for ways to improve Increase Agility ager functionality, UCP Advisor enables
costs, as well as the agility and flexibility of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform rapid deployment of UCP systems into
overall IT. They seek to optimize return on Advisor is a management automation production with an automated, guided and
investment (ROI) and uptime, rapidly adopt platform that simplifies IT management rule-based validation interface. By automat-
new technologies, ensure operational and and orchestration for faster and easier ing hundreds of Day-0 tasks, it substantially
process efficiency, reduce risk, improve deployment, delivering streamlined IT reduces the time, effort and resources
customer experiences and implement new administration to virtualized, converged required for deployments. UCP Advisor
business models. They must embrace and hyperconverged systems. UCP manages single or multiple UCP systems
data center modernization to meet growing Advisor also brings life-cycle management and can be extended with management
demands for faster delivery of business ser- to server and network elements within of existing Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform
vices while addressing complexity and rising UCP systems. This management auto- (VSP) systems (independent arrays or part
costs of managing disparate technology mation capability is tightly integrated into of centralized virtual desktops or CVDs).
resources.

Increasingly, businesses require IT infra-

structure management and orchestration
that deliver flexible operations while
reducing operating expenses (opex). IT
administrators need to be able to move
applications and workloads between
data centers, systems, virtual machines
(VMs) and containers in a smart and auto-
mated way. This approach allows them
to respond faster and more efficiently to
evolving business needs.

Hitachi delivers automated manage-

ment and orchestration for converged,
hyperconverged and rack-scale infrastruc-
tures, supporting VMs, bare metal and
containers. UCP Advisor simplifies man-
agement across multiple linked VMware
vCenters with one UCP Advisor instance. Figure 1. UCP Advisor’s management automation technology offers smart life-cycle
management of virtual, logical and physical resources.
UCP Advisor Benefits
UCP Advisor provides:
●● Improved efficiencies. UCP Advisor
provides integrated management of UCP
systems, supporting full automation of the
server, network and storage components.
Additionally, UCP Advisor provides guided
life-cycle management and firmware
upgrades, along with provisioning, man-
agement and monitoring of Infrastructure
resources (see Figure 2). This includes
end-to-end provisioning of VMware ESXi
hosts, datastores and virtual LAN (VLAN)
synchronization.
●● Increased agility. UCP Advisor simplifies IT Figure 2. UCP Advisor manages physical aspects of VMware vSAN, including compute
firmware management.
management and orchestration for faster,
easier deployments. By automating 600+
TABLE 1. SUPPORTED HITACHI SYSTEMS
Day-0 tasks with deployment manager,
UCP Advisor speeds deployment of con- Current Hitachi Unified UCP CI (converged infrastructure)
verged and hyperconverged systems by UCP HC (hyperconverged)
Compute Platform UCP RS (rack-scale)
six to eight times (from three to four days (UCP) Systems
to four hours). Policy-based bare metal Legacy Systems UCP 2000
operating system deployment capability UCP 4000 (rev 3)
along with tagging can enable on-demand
Supported Solution Cisco and Hitachi Adaptive Solutions for Converged Infrastructure
environments provisioning.
●● Integration. UCP Advisor tightly integrates
these management functions into VMware
environments. Administrators need not learn for human error by the required and optional VMware software
automating complex UCP
additional management tools to view and components from Hitachi Vantara. Or, provide
Converged
manage all elements within UCP systems. tasks. UCP Advisor your own VMware components, as long as
Systems
works with Hitachi they meet required minimum software ver-
●● Programmatic access. In addition to man-
Data Instance Director LEARN MORE sions. View UCP required software here.
aging infrastructure elements from within
(HDID) to provide
native hypervisor management UIs, UCP
systems can be managed programmatically
modern data pro- Summary
tection, application-consistent recovery Today’s IT organizations face challenges
with REST API, command line interface,
and copy data management across the around complexity and scale that require
VMware vRealize Orchestrator and other
IT infrastructure. It integrates with Hitachi a simpler, automated approach to man-
workflow orchestration tools.
Remote Ops monitoring system to provide aging infrastructure. This infrastructure
●● Extensible architecture. It integrates a call-home facility. And RESTful APIs let must include integrated management of
infrastructure provisioning, workflow you extend automation services. individual server, network and storage ele-
orchestration, log analysis, monitoring and
ments, as well as integrated management
troubleshooting into management tools Solution Architecture
into server virtualization environments. To
from VMware, reducing learning curves. UCP Advisor’s open and extensible archi-
support next-generation applications and to
UCP Advisor capabilities can be extended tecture supports managing multiple UCP
deliver automation to today’s applications,
with integration of additional software, such systems with a single UCP Advisor software
programmatic access is needed. UCP
as Hitachi Ops Center Automator, which module. UCP Advisor also comes as a stand-
Advisor provides smart infrastructure man-
reduces time-consuming manual provi- alone UI option along with a vCenter plug-in
agement that is future proof, through an
sioning of tasks and minimizes potential format (web client or HTML5). Purchase
extensible approach.

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