Scope of Solutions

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Scope of Solutions
Management
Operational Best Practices
Management/Exception reporting
SAN/ FABRIC
Storage
Servers
Health Check Audit Get Well Plan
Technical
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SCG Evolution

• Very Large Customer Requirements Experience
• Experience with Large scale SAN design, sizing,
  tuning and operational support
• Storage consolidations and optimizations
• Server consolidations and optimizations
• Production storage allocation, provisioning and
  tracking procedures and best practices
• Large scale SAN design, deployment, provisioning
• Multi-Vendor experience (SUN, HP, IBM, EMC, HDS,
  Brocade, McData)

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What we found

• No/limited Enterprise view
• Data perspective
• Segmented/Vendor specific/voluminous/limited
  utility
• Infrastructure Design considerations Stove
  piped
• Organizational structure boundaries impact
  solutions
• Poor Information Flow
• Need for high level cohesive view
• Summary Data with drill down capabilities
• Best practice from Enterprise perspective
• Organizational and Information flow enhancements

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Our Solutions

• Management Level Infrastructure Analysis
• Data Collection
• Data Correlation
• Summary and exception reporting
• Organizational Process Recommendations
• Best Practices Implementation
• Infrastructure Design
• Architecture
• Operational Efficiencies Best Practice

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Data Collection/Correlation Tool (DCC)

• Developed by SCG
• Extensive Data collection and powerful reporting
  capabilities
• Non disruptive
• No training required
• Agentless
• Can use existing reporting tools in the
  environment
• Supports major Hardware Vendors
• Server
• SUN, HP, IBM,
• SAN
• Brocade, McData, CISCO (Limited)
• Storage
• EMC, HDS, HP
• Supports Major Software tools
• EMC Solutions Enabler, EMC Performance Manager,
  EMC Storage Scope, Hitachi Hi-Command, Hitachi
  GraphTrack, HP SSSU, NetApp Data Fabric Manager,
  Veritas CC Storage

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Deliverables

• Offerings
• Services are broken down by disciplines
• Engagement Models in many forms
• Health Checks
• Get Well Plans
• Audits
• Residencies
• Tiered Levels
• Component List / Map
• Infrastructure /
• Process Refinement and or Development

• Disciplines
• Enterprise SAN Audit
• Switch Component Audit
• Storage Component Audit
• Enterprise Component Mapping
• Enterprise Storage Utilization
• Risk / Exception Analysis
• Work Flow Process Engagement

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Enterprise SAN Audit

• Complete Enterprise Component Summary
• Switch and Storage Utilization by Vendor
• Compiled Comparison
• Executive Level Understanding of the Environment
• Leverage partner positioning beyond the SAN

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Switch Component Audit

• Complete Listing of Switching Components in the
  Enterprise
• Breakdown and Analysis of Switching Components
  and Capacities
• Confirms Support/ Compliance guidelines
• Drill down views lead to faster time to market

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Storage Component Audit

• Compiled Listing of All Storage Components in the
  Enterprise
• Breakdown and Analysis of the Storage Arrays and
  Capacities
• Breaks down Storage sub-components
• Confirms Support/ Compliance guidelines
• All Storage Components and listed in one location
• Utilization Knowledge can increase ROI, or
  decrease TCO.

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Enterprise Component Mapping

• Host to Storage Mapping
• Maps all of the components of the SAN associated
  with the path
• Highlights exceptions to Storage
  Policies/Standards

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Enterprise Storage Utilization

• Host Storage Utilization
• Switch Utilization
• Storage Array Utilization

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Enterprise Storage Utilization

• Host Storage Utilization
• Switch Utilization
• Storage Array Utilization
• Port Performance
• Host Performance
• Analysis can be done to present TCO/ROI Report

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Risk/Exception Analysis

• Analysis of the SAN to standards or Best
  Practices
• Can be conducted periodically or daily
• Trend analysis gives long-term view of
  environments health
• Identifies current problems and potential future
  risks
• Drill down views allow for component analysis
• Can Lead to Follow-up Switch and Storage Get-Well
  Services

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Work Flow Process Analysis

• Directs Enterprise Customers to increased
  efficiencies and reduced downtime
• The WFP analysis will allow the customer to gain
  an outside perspective on the potential gaps in
  their current processes
• This engagement will not only produce findings,
  but it will also bridge those gaps with
  documentation and tools