Altiris OverviewAltiris Deployment Solution for IBM Servers

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<Your Name>Wednesday, April 18, 2005

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IBM/Altiris Relationship at a Glance

IBM eServer ® xSeries® now offers Altiris™ Deployment Solution® for Servers to its customers. DS helps customers automate and standardize server deployments for IBM hardware on both Linux and Windows® platforms.

Altiris has sales, marketing and development resources dedicated exclusively to IBM

Altiris Deployment Solution for Servers is:IBM ServerProven™IBM BladeCenter Alliance PartnerAn IBM Advanced Business Partner

Altiris Deployment Solutions for Servers

1500 Servers. One Deployment Solution. Zero Stress

Automate and reduce server deployment times from hours to literally minutesRemotely configure hardware components and install operating systems, applications and patchesLeverage automation to provide 100% build consistencyRip-and-replace Blade Support - Automatically configures replaced blades to the previous server’s stateIncludes virtualized views of the blade infrastructureComprehensive hardware configuration support across all major vendorsIncludes sample deployment jobs for popular server modelsUpdate IBM ServerGuide as part of the server build process

Server Provisioning – More than just OS Deployment

Hands-free Network Boot

Image-based or Scripted OS Install

Network Configuration

Application Install & Script Launch

On-going Updates & Re-provisioning

Hardware ConfigurationPredefined ConfigurationScripts for IBM Servers

Bare Metal IBM Server Hardware

Hands-free Provisioning

Why Altiris via IBM?IBM Market-Leading BladeCenter with Altiris Market Leading Deployment Solution for Servers and Blades

IBM-specific products Altiris Deployment Solution for IBM ServersIBM Director Integration and Connector 2H-05

IBM as product driver from sales and internal useClient, server, handheld, network, etc. strategiesIBM internal driven (IT, DPS, DMS, CFI, Product Group, etc.)

IBM Toolkit Integration StrategyLeverage the best of the IBM ServerGuide Toolkit without leaving the Altiris console

•m IBM Toolkit DS + IBM ToolkitManual

Number of servers deployed increases

Number of people required per server decreases

complexity of the deployment infrastructure increases

1 : 1 1 : several 1 : hundreds

Deployment Solution + IBM Toolkit versus existing tools

Why Altiris + IBM Scripting Toolkit?Altiris Deployment Solution for Servers with IBM Scripting Toolkit provides:

Pre-OS Flash UpdateStandalone hardware configuration (RAID)Comprehensive bare metal server provisioning and management capabilities of IBM servers (Windows and Linux)Reconfiguration and deployment of existing servers for maximum availabilityMulti-site management for centralized controlSignificant reduction in TCO for managed serversUser friendly design/interface for simplified management

Rip and Replace Process Flow

Deployment Server

Blade removed from Slot 2

New blade inserted into Slot 2

New blade powered on (manual or WOL)

Can set MAC address or Service Tag as unique identifier

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PXE server does not recognize the new blade as “managed” in it’s local cache

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PXE server requests any pending job assignments from DS

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DS determines the blade is new and executes the blade change rule (which is set to Re-deploy computer)

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DS replays bay's history from the last Distribute Disk Image task forward (or a Run Script task with rem deployment start)

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New blade is provisioned w/o a trip to the Altiris console

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PXE Server

Blade Change Rule OptionsOptions Action

Re-Deploy Computer

All deployment tasks in the bay's history will be executed starting from the last Distributing a Disk Image task or Scripted OS Install task, or from any script (in a Run Script task) with this command: rem deployment start.

Run Predefined Job

The server will process any specified job to run automatically when a new server is detected in the bay.

Ignore the Change

The new server blade placed in the bay is not identified as a new server and no jobs are initiated. If the server existed in a previous bay, the history and parameters for the server are moved or associated with the new bay.

Wait for User Interaction

(default) No job is performed (the Deployment Agent on the server blade is instructed to wait). The icon on the console changes to reflect that the server is waiting.

Deployment Solution & IBM Server Guide Scripting Toolkit

Install brand new service provider-hosted MS Exchange to small businesses in only 32 hours …

65% reduction from 92 hours

Image of hardware, OS, and application is captured

Server Farm

New Server

New server is added

Automatically… hardware, OS, and applications are landed! Note: Rip and

Replace support for blade servers !

Deployment Solution for multi-server installations automates resource intensive deployment processes

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Deployment System ConsolesDeployment Windows ConsoleDeployment Web Console

Computers view - contains Server groupsManaged serversPhysical views of blades

Jobs view – contains Initial deployment jobDrag and Drop jobsToolkit and User created jobs

Details viewDisplays the details of high lighted items in the computer or jobs view when selected

SummaryAltiris Deployment Solution for Servers provides:

Comprehensive bare metal server deployment capabilitiesReconfiguration and deployment of existing servers for maximum availabilityFrom a single console, manage server deployment:

from all major server vendors for both Windows and Linuxof both physical and virtual (VMware) serversAcross multiple sites for centralized control

Significant reduction in TCO for managed serversUser friendly design/interface for simplified management

Additional Altiris Benefits

Build consistency eliminate discrepanciesImprove uptime

Detailed Server HistoryScheduled Execution

Immediate, scheduled, pre-provisioningQuick RecoveryResource Archiving and ReuseRole/scope SecurityCan image or scripted install Windows and/or Linux machinesCan perform TRUE image multicastingCan also be used as a single tool to manage IBM and non-IBM devices

Demonstration

Altiris Deployment Solution for

IBM eServer

Additional Resources

Altiris Deployment Solution Downloadswww.altiris.com/eval

Altiris Documentationwww.altiris.com/support/documentation/

Altiris Support Knowledgebase and Forums www.altiris.com/support

Altiris Product Updates and Hotfixeswww.altiris.com/support/updates

IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkitwww.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/sgstk.html

Altiris IBM alliance pagewww.altiris.com/partners/alliance/ibm/

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