CloudPhysics is a tool that provides a comprehensive assessment of VMware environments and helps

identify opportunities for optimization and modernization. CloudPhysics can also generate a ready-

to-order bill of materials for HPE solutions based on the customer’s workload requirements.

The other options do not seem to be suitable for performing an assessment of a VMware

environment. OneView is a tool for managing HPE servers, storage, and networking2. GreenLake

Quick Quote is a tool for creating quotes for HPE GreenLake services3. InfoSight is a tool for

monitoring and managing HPE storage systems.

According to the HPE website, HPE InfoSight is a cloud-based AI platform that delivers global

visibility and insights into the health, performance, and capacity of your HPE storage and servers. It

can also provide protocol diagnostics, configuration validation with SPOCK, and assess the health of

physical ports with self-healing and fabric monitoring1. It can also perform end-to-end diagnostics

while using predefined templates to reduce configuration errors1

This is because the HPE MSA 2060 Storage solution supports a mixture of 3.5 inch LFF and 2.5 inch

SFF expansion enclosures for a maximum of 9 enclosures (10 total including the array). You can start

small and scale as needed with any combination of SSDs, Enterprise SAS or MidLine SAS HDDs12.

According to HPE, this license enables advanced features such as performance tiering and RAID tier

affinity for HPE MSA 2060 storage arrays1. These features can help enhance the performance of SSD

drives by automatically moving hot data to faster drives and keeping data on the same RAID group1.

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server is a versatile 2U rack server that delivers world-class performance

and security for a wide range of workloads. The server supports up to two Intel Xeon Scalable

processors with up to 28 cores per processor and up to 3 TB of memory. The server also offers a

range of management, expansion, and security features, such as:

HPE iLO 5 software for remote management and monitoring

HPE Smart Array controllers for RAID configuration and data protection

HPE SmartMemory for enhanced performance and reliability

HPE Flexible Slot power supplies for efficiency and redundancy

HPE FlexibleLOM adapters for network connectivity options

HPE Persistent Memory for fast data access and analytics

HPE Secure Boot and Secure Start for firmware validation and protection

p: Class of Raid Controller 4: Number of SAS lanes 16: Smart Array Series ie: Port Type m: Controller Type (form factor) HPE Smart Array P416ie-m SR Gen10 Controller is a flexible Smart Array controller that provides enterprise-class storage performance, increased internal scalability with SAS Expander Card, and data protection for HPE Synergy Compute Modules. The controller has these features: p: The P stands for Performance class, which indicates that the controller has high performance and reliability for demanding workloads. 4: The 4 indicates that the controller has four SAS lanes per port, which means that it can support up to four SAS devices per port. 16: The 16 indicates that the controller belongs to the 16th generation of Smart Array controllers, which offer enhanced security, performance, and manageability. ie: The ie stands for internal/external, which means that the controller has both internal and external ports. The internal ports connect to the drives inside the compute module, while the external ports connect to the SAS Expander Card or external storage devices. m: The m stands for mezzanine, which means that the controller is a mezzanine card that plugs into a dedicated slot on the compute module.

Containers solutions -> Simplify acquisition and deployment of complex systems1 Data Management and Analytics solutions -> Accelerate time to value from insights2 Hybrid Cloud solutions -> Unify operations and management3 Transcoding & Visualization solutions -> Provide stability to scale anywhere VDI solutions -> Improve user experience while managing costs

HPE Product Bulletin: Aides with the purchase, sale, and support of HPE solutions by providing technical overviews and specifications. HPE CloudPhysics: Provides data-driven insights to improve IT performance, ROI, and data protection through analysis of IT metadata. Solution Sales Enablement Tool: Provides curated information about HPE strategy and solutions as well as sales, marketing, and technical information aligned to specific solutions. HPE Seismic: Accurately size and efficiently deliver world-class solutions on HPE GreenLake Lighthouse, which powers HPE GreenLake Cloud services and HPE infrastructure. HPE Product Bulletin: https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c04123144 HPE CloudPhysics: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/storage/cloudphysics.html Solution Sales Enablement Tool: https://sset.ext.hpe.com/ HPE Seismic: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/blog-post/2021/02/hpe-reimaginescustomer-and-partner-experience-with-software-and-data-driven-insights.html

MSA 2062: A customer needs a low cost entry-level storage appliance with automatic tiering for their Fibre Channel environment MSL2024: A hospital wants to store air-gapped copies of their medical imaging to protect against ransomware attacks and natural disasters StoreEasy 1560: A small software development company needs a solution for their growing file shares in their Microsoft environment StoreOnce VSA: Customer wants to backup and quickly recover their Hyper-V environment in a remote site with an option to backup to the cloud This is because: MSA 2062: This is a flash-enabled storage appliance that supports Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SAS connectivity. It offers automatic tiering that optimizes performance and cost by moving data between SSDs and HDDs based on usage patterns. MSL2024: This is a tape library that supports up to 24 LTO tape cartridges and one or two tape drives. It provides offline data protection and long-term retention for compliance and disaster recovery purposes. It can also create air-gapped copies of data that are isolated from network threats such as ransomware. StoreEasy 1560: This is a file storage appliance that supports SMB, NFS and FTP protocols. It is optimized for Microsoft environments and integrates with Active Directory, BitLocker encryption, Windows Storage Server and Windows Server Backup. It can scale up to 16 TB of internal capacity and 280 TB of external capacity. StoreOnce VSA: This is a virtual storage appliance that provides backup and recovery for virtualized environments. It supports Hyper-V, VMware and KVM hypervisors and integrates with backup applications such as HPE Data Protector and Veeam. It can also deduplicate data and replicate it to another StoreOnce system or to the cloud.

HPE workload profile is one of the HPE Intelligent System Tuning (IST) features and allows you to tune the resources in your HPE ProLiant server by choosing a preconfigured workload profile. The server will automatically configure the BIOS settings to match the selected workload12. According to the information I found on the web, here is how you can match the preconfigured HPE workload profile with its definition: General power efficient compute: This is a default out-of-the-box profile that uses the most common performance settings seen across most application workloads. It also enables power management settings that have minimal impact to overall performance. This profile is recommended for customers that do not typically tune their BIOS for their workload1. IO throughput: This profile is intended for configurations that depend on maximum throughput between IO and memory. It disables power management settings that are known to have impact on maximum achievable bandwidth. It also applies settings that benefit NUMA awareness, as best throughput is achieved when the workload is also NUMA aware and optimized1. Graphics processing: This profile is intended for configurations that use GPUs and depend on maximum bandwidth between IO and memory. It disables power management settings that are known to have impact on maximum achievable bandwidth. It also applies settings that benefit NUMA awareness, as best throughput is achieved when the workload is also NUMA aware and optimized1. Virtualization —Max Performance: This profile setting will ensure that all available virtualization technologies are enabled and configured for maximum performance. It disables power management settings in favor of delivering maximum performance. Certain virtualization technologies can have possible performance impacts to nonvirtualized environments and can be disabled in other profiles