HP ProLiant 585G5 Quick guide

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SAP
Master Configurations with HP ProLiant Servers
Heinrich Gschwandner
SAP Competence Center Germany
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Directory 1:
T-shirt sizings for SAP ERP & SAP Business Suite
Subject Slide Nr.
Directory 2 - 4
Preface / introduction 5 -
9
Definition of SAP ERP & SAP Business Suite 10 –
11
SAP ECC 6.0 & Customer Relationship Managemtent / CRM 2007 13 –
14
Service Specifications & Categories for SAP ECC 6.0 & CRM 2007 15 –
16
SAP Business Intelligence / BI 7.0 17 –
18
SAP BI -Accelerator 19 –
22
SAP Process Integration / PI 7.1 (before XI / Exchange Information) 23 –
24
SAP Enterprise Portal / EP 7.0 25 –
26
SAP Supplier Relationship Management / SRM 5.0 27 –
28
SAP Supply Chain Management / SCM ; Advanced Planer & Optimizer / APO 4.1 29 –
30
Solution Manager 31
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Directory 2:
Server & StorageWorks Hardware Technology
Subject Slide Nr.
Introduction 33
Intel ProLiant 2 Processor /Socket Server (Quad Core) 34
Intel ProLiant 4 Processor /Socket Server (Quad Core) 35
Intel ProLiant 4 Processor /Socket Server (Six Core) 36
AMD ProLiant 2 Prozessor / Socket Server (Quad Core) 37
AMD ProLiant 4 Prozessor / Socket Server (Quad Core) 38
AMD ProLiant 8 Prozessor / Socket Server (Quad Core) 39
StorageWorks entry level – MSA based 40
StorageWorks Enterprise Solution (EVA 4400, 6100, 8100) 41 –
42
HP Storage & Backup Solutions for business continuity & availability 43
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Directory 3:
HP SAP Landscapes / Solutions
Subject Slide Nr.
Basic informations to SAP landscapes 45
ERP cluster scenario with EVA4400 46
ERP cluster scenario for mirrored data centers with two EVA8100 47
SAP business suite with blades & and EVA4400 48
Virtualized SAP Landscapes 49
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Preface
For effective use of this slide set, we strongly recommend to read through the preface!
• This slide set is primarily intended as a working tool for the SAP Competence Center; providing support for
our partners and customers.
• Each of the SAP solutions presented is based on two certified HP ProLiant servers. These proposals are
intended to provide a general reference only; however, these proposals do not replace customer specific
sizing!
• Mixing the different SAP applications might require different server & storage configurations as proposed in
this guide.
• This is not a marketing document to position different HP platforms with regard of SAP configurations – it is a
tool for daily sales work.
• For sizing requests please contact:
Hewlett-Packard GmbH
SAP Competence Center
Altrottstr. 31
D-69190 Walldorf
Germany
Phone: [phone] or
[phone] - 141
e-mail:
[email protected] – German Sizing Account
[email protected]
–EMEA Sizing Account
[email protected] –AMA Sizing Account
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SAPS
Availability
Proliant Windows/Linux/Solaris*
IA64 Windows/Linux
IA64/HP-UX
250k
100k
+ RAS
Standard OS
Standard HA
+ SGeSAP
+ WLM
50k
DB Size
5TB
1 TB
20TB
*some restrictions apply,….
Preface: Platform Guide for SAP Solutions
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• Server Design & Performance:
• The term CPU is equivalent with socket or processors such as a two CPU Quad Core server contains 8 Cores.
• For availability and performance reasons, HP recommends for SAP ProLiant servers a minimum configuration of two
processors or sockets.
• Depending on customer requirements in relation to data throughput (LAN; SAN); memory extension and scalability of
the server it might be advantageously to choose 4-socket servers as they provide more PCI-slots (data throughput) and
memory slots as 2-socket machines.
• In smaller system landscapes, we offer more powerful server systems than required by SAPS. With Intel Xeon or AMD
Quad Core technology the systems offer huge CPU reserves.
• Although one CPU might be able to cover system requirements of smaller systems (especially for non productive
environments), we recommend using two CPUs.
• For clarification – one 2.0 GHz Quad Core CPU costs about 250€ list price. Also bear in mind that two
CPUs improve server memory addressing and redundancy!
• The sizes of the test- and quality assurance systems are related to the size of the given production system and serve as a
general guide.
• The database sizes are based on SAP CC experiences.
• We strongly recommend to get in touch with our StorageWorks specialists in our SAP CC regarding the following topics:
• Selection of appropriate storage array like SWD All-in-One, storage blades, MSA, EVA or even XP, based on
customer requirements
• Backup & restore and availability concepts considering recovery point, recovery time and general availability
• Consolidation of backup and the various associated topics like tape backup, virtual tape libraries, disk-assisted
backup, local and remote mirroring including cluster integration with CLX or MetroCluster
• Value-added tax (sales tax) is not included in the prices (see separate excel worksheet) listed.
Preface
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Preface: SAP System Landscapes – Basics!
• When running business critical processes on an SAP production system, you have to customize
and develop on a separate SAP system, called the development system. Upon completion of
a change, the change needs to be transferred to a
• quality assurance system (also called test system), where the changes will be tested with
master data, ported from the production system. When it has been verified that the changes
function correctly, these changes will be ported from the development system to the production
system. Consequently, SAP recommends the implementation of at least three systems in every
SAP project.
• On big systems, we recommend the additional installation of a lab system for testing new
software versions and operational concepts. Another critical task handled by the lab system is to
verify if backups from the production system can be restored, implying that the
database size needs to be the same as that on the production system.
• If your production system is deployed on a cluster, SAP strongly recommends the
installation of a lab system which is also operated in a cluster.
• HP recommends to provide high availability for production systems and to use a cluster generally
for 300 users and above.
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Preface: Guideline for HP Services
IT availability requirements
Business requirements
Proactive 24
Service
Critical Service
Ensure high
availability
Increased
effectiveness
Enhanced support
services
Achievement of
business objectives
through continual
improvement of IT
service quality
Mission Critical
Partnership
99,5 % 99,9 % 99,97 %
98,5 %
Reactive
Services
Emergency
support
Proactive Services
Mission Critical Services
20%
80%
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SAP ERP – the components
• SAP ERP Central Component (current Release ECC 6.0)
− The former SAP R/3 will end in year 2012; the Netweaver based follow up Bundle
ERP will offer Service Oriented Architecture. The technical replacement of SAP R/3
Enterprise is SAP ECC (Enterprise Central Componets).
• SAP Business Intelligence - BI (SAP Netweaver)
• SAP Enterprise Portal - EP (SAP Netweaver)
• SAP Process Integration PI before XI (SAP Netweaver)
• SAP Web Application Server (SAP Netweaver)
• SAP Supplier Relationship Management - (only self-service-procurement
scenario)
• SAP Strategic Enterprise Management
• SAP E-Recruitment (engine for extra listprice)
• SAP Learning Solution (engine for extra listprice)
• SAP Financial Supply Management (engine for extra listprice)
• Employee Self-Services / Manager Self-Services
Not part of this solutionmap
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SAP Business Suite & SAP ERP
SAP ERP
Analytics
Financials
Human Capital Management
Operations
Coporate Services
mySAP Business Suite
SAP SRM
SAP PLM
(not part of this solutions map)
SAP CRM
SAP SCM
SAP Netweaver
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The SAP Core Applications & Corresponding
T-Shirt Sizing recommendations

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• The following block diagram is user based. A user based sizing can be done by HP Sizer or SAP
Quicksizer. Quantity based (requires expert know-how) sizing can only be done by SAP
Quicksizer or SAP CC. The description refers to concurrent users; that means SAP users effective
working on the system and not the number of SAP licenses or logged-on users. This is a good
approximation; and this is verified by our experience; is a ratio of one concurrent user for two SAP
licenses (50%).
• As every SAP system has to be customized to the individual customer requirements, it creates
variable load. To provide for adequate system reserves, we estimate a minimum of 10 SAPS (SAP
Application Performance Standard) for each concurrent user that is equivalent to a medium SAP SD
(Sales & Distribution) user.
• The performance of the servers (CPUs) has increased during the last years; you have to put
adequate memory into the servers. A rational starting base for production systems is to calculate 4-
until up to 8 GB per Core. Be aware that you only get the feasible SAPS values of the respective
servers when using sufficient memory (for instance 32 GB for 2- socket- & 64 GB for 4- socket
servers).
• The size of the database is based on our experience and best practices. On smaller databases we
have to prioritize performance instead of capacity.
SAP ECC & CRM Sizing Considerations
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Comfort Sizing Area
•Generous measured CPU resources by 2-Processor Quad
CoreTechnology
•Easy scalable by increasing the memory in the servers
•For high availability requirements cluster & SAN storage
recommended
•In the majority of cases user based sizing
•HP services recommended (for those countries where SAP
TS Services are available)
Advandced Sizing Area
Contact SAP CC !
•High availability – cluster & SAN mandatory
•Quantity / special sizing recommended
•Desaster tolerance to be discussed
•HP services mandatory (for those countries where
SAP TS Services are available)
Expert Sizing Area
Contact SAP CC !
•Detailed customer consulting mandatory
•High availability – cluster & SAN mandatory
•Quantity / special sizing mandatory
•Desaster tolerance recommended / mandatory
•HP services mandatory (for those countries where
SAP TS Services are available)
Concurrent
medium SD
Users
200 User 500 User 900 User 1800 User To be defined To be defined
Database Server
Production
System(Central
System)
respective
NetWeaver
2004s cluster
incl. App. Server
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A
or I
Storage char.
A2
or B1
~400GB DB net
2 CPU
32 GB RAM
Server char.
B
or J
Storage char.
B2
~1,0 TB DB net
2/4 CPU
64 GB RAM
Server char.
C; K; D
or L
Storage char.
B2
~1,8 TB DB net
4 CPU
128 GB RAM
Server char.
E; G; M
or O
Storage char.
D1
~ 3,6 TB DB net
Depends on detailled
Sizing
Server char.
F; N; H;
P or Q
Storage char.
>= D1
Depends on detailled
Sizing
Server char.
F; N; H;
P or Q
Storage char.
>= D2
Test- & Quality
Assurance
System (Central
System)
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A
or I
Internal Storage or SAN
DB size as prod.
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A
or I
SAN
DB size as prod.
2 CPU
32 GB RAM
Server char.
B
or J
SAN
DB size as prod.
2 CPU
32 GB RAM
Server char.
B
or J
SAN
DB size as prod.
2/4 CPU
64 GB RAM
Server char.
C; K; D
or L
SAN
DB size as prod.
2/4 CPU
64 GB RAM
Server char.
C; K; D
or L
SAN
DB size as prod.
Development
System (Central
System)
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A
or I
Internal Storage or SAN
~100GB DB net
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A
or I
SAN
~200GB DB net
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A
or I
SAN
~200GB DB net
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A
or I
SAN
~200GB DB net
2 CPU
32 GB RAM
Server char.
B
or J
SAN
~200GB DB net
2 CPU
32 GB RAM
Server char.
B
or J
SAN
~200GB DB net
Recommended
Service Support Plus 24 Support Plus 24 Proactive
24 Proactive 24 Critical Service Critical Service
SAP ECC 6.0 & CRM 2007; T-Shirt Server Sizing Categories
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Service Specifications
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The key to improving IT operational effectiveness is to coordinate activities across all the components of your infrastructure.
HP Service includes consistent proactive and reactive services across the whole infrastructure, including hardware, software
and specialized solution support for SAP environments.
Reactive support (Support Plus 24) is delivered through HP’s global support infrastructure. Reactive Support Services
focus on fast and full restoration in the event of a failure, so any problems are fixed quickly and cost-effectively. HP provides
industry-leading call-to-resolution commitments for hardware, including a six-hour call-to-repair commitment for hardware.
HP’s Global Solution Centers are located in key points around the globe, so they can work on any issues 24x7, 365 days a
year.
Proactive onsite support services, delivered by availability and technical experts at your site, help you continually
improve your IT operations. These services are based on industry standards for IT service management, such as ITIL, and HP’s
own experience in managing mission critical business applications. With a proactive approach and remote support
technology HP helps you identify, diagnose and resolve problems before they cause downtime, through monitoring and
analysis of your mission critical environment.
HP Proactive 24 Service helps to improve the stability, availability, and operational effectiveness of your IT environment
through a combination of industryleading technical assistance and proactive account services that cover the entire IT
infrastructure.
HP Critical Service integrates proactive and reactive services to improve availability and performance for businesses where
downtime can be disastrous. Critical Service combines proactive onsite expertise from HP-certified high availability experts,
24x7 priority assistance from HP’s worldwide missioncritical response centers, and proactive remote support tools.
Depending on the size and the complexity of an SAP environment, we propose here a generally adequate service level.
We highly recommend getting in touch with a Service Solution Architect to select and configure the specifically appropriate
service level.
•For Germany, please send service requests to [email protected].
•For EMEA, please send service requests to [email protected]
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Comfort Sizing Area
•Generous measured CPU resources by 2-Processor Quad
CoreTechnology
•Easy scalable by increasing the memory in the servers
•For high availability requirements cluster & SAN storage
recommended
•In the majority of cases user based sizing
•HP services recommended (for those countries where SAP
TS Services are available)
Advandced Sizing Area
Contact SAP CC!
•High availability – cluster & SAN mandatory
•Quantity / special sizing recommended
•Desaster tolerance to be discussed
•HP services mandatory (for those countries where
SAP TS Services are available)
Expert Sizing Area
Contact SAP CC !
•Detailed customer consulting mandatory
•High availability – cluster & SAN mandatory
•Quantity / special sizing mandatory
•Desaster tolerance recommended / mandatory
•HP services mandatory (for those countries where
SAP TS Services are available)
HP
Service Deliverables HP Service Deliverables HP Service Deliverables
Support
Plus 24
Service Window: 24 x 7
Onsite Hardware Support
Software Support
Software Updates
Escalationmanagement
HW 4h react
SW 4h react
Proactive
24
SAP trained Account Support Team
-Account Support Plan
-Support Activity Reviews
-Review Meetings
Proactive
-Patch assistance for OS and Storage FW
- Patch assistance for database and SAP
software
- Quarterly Trend analysis & report
- Capacity planning
Reactive
-Single point of contact
- Accelerated HP-SAP troubleshootng and
escalation process
-Remote access via SAP/OSS infrastructure
-SAP internal information access
Onsite Hardware Support
Software Support
Software Updates
Escalationmanagement
HW 4h react
SW 2h react
Critical
Service
SAP trained Account Support Team
-Account Support Plan
-Support Activity Reviews
-Review Meetings
Proactive
-Availability Checkup
-Availability Healthcheck
-Quarterly Activity reviews
-HW preventative maintenance
-Patch assistance for OS and Storage FW
- Patch assistance for database and SAP
software
- Monthly Trend analysis & report
- Capacity planning
Reactive
-Single point of contact
- Accelerated HP-SAP troubleshootng and
escalation process
-Enhanced Parts Inventory
-Remote access via SAP/OSS infrastructure
-SAP internal information access
Onsite Hardware Support
Software Support
Software Updates
Escalationmanagement
HW 4h Call to Repair
SW react at once
Availability 98,5% Availability 99,5% Availability 99,9%
SAP ECC 6.0 & CRM 2007; Service Categories
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• The SAP BI configuration examples represent 2 different sizes of BI
landscapes, based on practical experience. The medium configuration
represents the most common type. These examples are intended for a first
budgetary proposal, when no detailed data quantities are available.
• Sizing BI-BPS based on user numbers is not possible!! The 2 examples are
therefore without usage of BI-BPS. For BI-BPS data quantities are
essential!
• A well-founded BI sizing has to be done by defining detailed data quantities
for the SAP Quicksizer tool. To determine the data quantities, the operating
departement and the BI consultant need to collaborate closely.
• Rough data estimations without existing blueprint about BI components
(e.g. number of Info Cubes, ODS Objects ..), cannot lead to a valid sizing
result. Even minor changes in the input parameters can change the result
considerably.
SAP BI Sizing Considerations
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SAP BI – T-Shirt Sizing Categories
Production Environment Test-
& Development
Environment (2 instances)
Small
•Up to 100 concurrent users
•70% Infos User
•20% Executive User
•10% Power user
•only pre-defined
•Info Cubes
•Non Unicode; for Unicode
add 50% Memory and 30% CPU
•No web reporting included
BI Central System
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A or I
external Storage;
SAN recommended
Storage char.
A2 or B1
200-400 GB DB net
BI Central System
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A or I
external Storage;
SAN recommended
150 GB DB net
Medium
•Up tp 200 concurrent users:
•70% Infos User
•20% Executive User
•10% Power user
•only pre-defined
•Info Cubes
•Non Unicode; for Unicode
add 50% Memory and 30% CPU
•No web reporting included
BI Central System
2 CPU
32 GB RAM
Server char.
B or J
external Storage;
SAN recommended
Storage char.
A2 or B1
200-400 DB net
BI Central System
2 CPU
16 GB RAM
Server char.
A or I
external Storage;
SAN recommended
200-400 GB DB net
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• There is an ABAP Report on the SAP Marketplace available (SAP
Note-917803) that the customer should run over all Info Cubes
that will be transferred into BIA
• --> please download the latest version of the ABAP Report from the
SAP Marketplace (SAP Note-917803)
• This means that the customer has to decide in a first step which
Cubes he will shift into BIA. In a second step he should run the
ABAP Report in detail only over these Cubes (that will be shifted
into BIA!!)
SAP BI Accelerator - Sizing Considerations
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Mission
critical support
BIA
installation
BI system
optimization
BI preparation BIA
configuration
Any
source
Data acquisition
InfoCubes
Analytic engine
Business
Explorer
Any tool
SAP NetWeaver BI
SAP NW BI environment
HP ProLiant BL460c server blades
HP EVA storage
BIA appliance
HP’s holistic approach to the BI accelerator
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