IBM SmartCloud Entry for Power Systems is an entry private cloud offering that is simple to deploy and easy to use. It works with a client's existing Power Systems infrastructure, enabling data center managers to quickly deploy self-service provisioning of virtualized workloads with a simple interface that provides oversight while increasing IT efficiency and lowering administration costs. The offering provides:
- Self-service portal for workload provisioning (create/replicate assets, manage deployments and monitor activity)
- Virtualized image management with library for standardized images
- Administrative controls for secure operation of a persistent cloud
- Basic metering (automated collection of resource usage metrics), authentication and authorization
IBM SmartCloud Entry for Power Systems is a solution that builds upon IBM PowerVM virtualization and IBM Systems Director VMControl. It enables rapid scalability by allowing additional servers or blades to be added to the cloud infrastructure. It includes basic workload metering to support a “pay-per-use” business model. Clients can progress from SmartCloud Entry to IBM's more advanced cloud offerings such as IBM Service Delivery Manager. SmartCloud Entry allows Power Systems clients to quickly and easily start the transition to a cloud-based infrastructure and prove the benefits of a cloud delivery model.
IBM SmartCloud Entry provides capabilities to allow clients to more rapidly move to a cloud model, enabling:
- Fast time to value with a solution that is simple to deploy, easy to use and works with existing infrastructure
- Accelerated infrastructure delivery and service deployment to quickly respond to changing business needs
- Increased IT efficiency with workload standardization and lower operational costs
- Scalability as needed to support more workloads and meet demand with increased availability
- Expandability to IBM advanced Cloud offerings
IBM SmartCloud Entry can also be included with each of the PureFlex System offerings enabling customers to quickly create and deploy a private cloud with simple self-service and cloud administration.
The IBM entry cloud configuration for SAP solutions on Power provides an easy entry point for starting an SAP private cloud environment. This solution provides a proven and prescriptive software configuration and hardware architecture that enables customers to quickly and easily execute basic scenarios, such as SAP instant provisioning, SAP rename and SAP post processing.
IBM SmartCloud Entry capabilities
Create Images
Simplify storage of thousands of images
- Easily create new ‘golden master’ images and software appliances using corporate standard operating system/application versions, technology levels and security patches
- Reliably track images to ensure compliance and minimize security risks
- Optimize resources, reducing the number of virtualized images and the storage required for them
Deploy VMs
Slash time to value for new workloads from months to a few days
- Deployment of application images across compute and storage resources
- End user self-service for improved responsiveness
- Ensure security through VM isolation, project-level user access controls
- Easy to use – no need to know all the details of the infrastructure
- Investment protection from full support of existing virtualized environments
- Optimize performance on IBM systems with dynamic scaling, expansive capacity and continuous operation
Operate a private cloud
Cut costs with efficient operation
- Delegate provisioning to authorized users to improve productivity
- Maintain full oversight to ensure an optimally running and safe Cloud through automated approval/rejection
- Standardize deployment and configuration to improve compliance and reduce errors by setting policies, defaults and templates
- Simplify administration with an intuitive interface for managing projects, users, workloads, resources, billing, approvals and metering
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