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A Secure, Stable, Reliable and High Performance CAD Workstation Environment

A Secure, Stable, Reliable and High Performance CAD Workstation Environment. WB Lim Seagate Technology International wb.lim@seagate.com. Reasons for Change. MCAD tool migration Migration from existing NX-Ideas5 to NX6 is planned NX6 certified hardware

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A Secure, Stable, Reliable and High Performance CAD Workstation Environment

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  1. A Secure, Stable, Reliable and High Performance CAD Workstation Environment WB Lim Seagate Technology International wb.lim@seagate.com

  2. Reasons for Change MCAD tool migration Migration from existing NX-Ideas5 to NX6 is planned NX6 certified hardware *NX6 is no longer supported on existing Unix platform Network and software/hardware performance issues Existing installation faced performance and network bottleneck Users want familiar Microsoft Windows environment with better hardware performance Accessibility Quick access to workstation anytime and anywhere requirements Physical and data security Management concerns over access control and data security 2

  3. Existing Infrastructure - Layout LAN LAN User Workspace Common Shared Workstations Existing Workstations Layout Data Center Services Control environment with UPS protection Sun Application Servers – NIS domain, NSF shared, user /home Network Storage – SAN, NAS Backup server and Tape Library Cluttered User Workspace Desktop PC and CAD Workstation Tedious to maintain No physical access control 3

  4. Existing Infrastructure - Limitations Without centralized and environmental control CAD workstations are not resided in centralized Data Center CAD workstations scattered around user’s desktop occupying lot of useful workspace CAD workstations are away from shared network resources No UPS protection Access control and Security CAD workstations are shared with no physical access control Administration Tedious administration and maintenance Difficult to provide users’ data backup and recovery Uncontrollable and unpredictable downtime 4

  5. Existing Software Tools NX-Ideas5 NX5 Teamcenter Engineering client ANSYS FLUENT Mentor Expedition PCB Mentor DxDesigner Mentor HyperLynx 5

  6. Existing Software Tools - Upgrade Process On UNIX client workstation Customized upgrade is simply extracting the tar-zipped file overwriting the previous installation Can be repeated on all UNIX client workstations On Microsoft Windows client workstation Standard Microsoft installation steps Challenges Same steps need to be repeated on every client workstation Might be done by users Prone to mistakes and errors 6

  7. Users - Preferences • A familiar Microsoft Windows personal workstation with complete installation of NX-Ideas5 locally • Workstation with powerful 2D/3D graphics and video capability • Multi-display with simultaneous multi-workstation access • Able to collaborate real-time securely • Access to workstation remotely without much degrade in system performance and response • 24x7 operation - uninterrupted services with high availability

  8. Management - Expectations • Easy transition and cost control • Reuse existing Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Laptops • Spend less money on workstation upgrade and lower the total cost of ownership • Data security • Keep classified information securely in data center • Provide better risk protection to engineering intellectual property • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity requirements • Efficient data backup • Quick disaster recovery • High availability - quick fail-over capability • Remote access - work-from-home or work remotely

  9. IT - Requirements Consolidation, Centralization & Optimization – A lean CAD workstations infrastructure Simplifies IT administration and management Maximizes system performance with scalability Improves IT efficiency Improves uptime and response time Enhances data security Speed up of deployment and serviceability Simplifies disaster recovery & improves business continuity Reduces total IT cost IT resource and capital – administration and maintenance Energy 9

  10. New Infrastructure - Layout HP Blade Enclosure Array of HP Blade Workstations RGS Sender Network Storage LAN User’s Desktop PC RGS Receiver HP Thin Client RGS Receiver Laptop/Notebook RGS Receiver HP Thin Client Dual Display RGS Receiver HP Chubby Client 4 Screens Display RGS Receiver New Workstations Layout 10

  11. New Infrastructure - Promises To meet all Users, Management and IT requirements Availability and Accessibility – access anytime and anywhere from PC Desktop Laptop Thin client Data security Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity IT Optimization with Consolidation and Centralization TCO & ROI Lowering IT administrative overhead Increasing user satisfaction and productivity 11

  12. New Setup - Primary Components and Services HP Blade Enclosure HP Blade Workstation HP RGS – Remote Graphics Software v5.0 HP RDP – Rapid Deployment Pack HP SAM – Session Allocation Manager v2.2 Windows ADS – Active Directory Service Microsoft WSUS – Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0 with ePO – ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0 12

  13. HP Blade Enclosure Power and cooling Energy efficiency with multiple thermal sensors Consumes less power per workstation than traditional workstation Smaller footprint per workstation Redundancy network connectivity Dedicated data network Gb/s ports Separate Administrator management port Embedded SAN connectivity System management iLO - Integrated Lights Out management system HP SIM - System Insight Manager 13

  14. HP Blade Enclosure vs. Workstation C3000 Enclosure SunBlade Workstation 1000 C3000 Fully Populated with HP Blade Workstations SunBlade Workstation 21000 HP Blade Enclosure vs Workstation 14

  15. HP Blade Workstation - Options • Processor x86-based • 2 Dual-Core or 2 Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors • Memory • Up to 32 GB of memory supported by 8 slots of PC2-5300 Fully Buffered DIMMs at 667 MHz. • Note: 32-bit OS limits physical memory space to 4GB • Graphics Adapter - Multi-display hardware accelerated graphics performance for 2D & 3D • NVIDIA Quadro FX560M or NVIDIA Quadro FX1600M up to 4 display support • Resolution - Max width 7680 pixels (@7680x1200) • Resolution - Max height 7680 pixels (@1200x7680)

  16. HP RGS – Remote Graphics Software RGS Sender/Receiver 5.0 or higher Provides fast capture, compression, and transmission of the workstation image over the network to users Note: will only work on HP Blade Systems Advantages over Windows Remote Desktop Protocol Multi-display with simultaneous multi-workstation access Better performance by taking advantage of Blade workstation hardware and graphics resources Session recovery Collaboration WAN optimization 16

  17. HP SAM – Session Allocation Manager v2.2 Manages the assignment of end user connections to desktop sessions running on Blade workstations Features and benefits Single log in – Allow log in once and connected to multiple Blade workstations Static and dynamic resource assignments with auto-failover Static resources - pre-defined set of Blade workstations Dynamic resources - pool of available Blade workstations Follow-me roaming - re-connect users to their previous remote Blade workstation Ease of administration Web interfaces to manage the properties with detailed logging 17

  18. HP SAM – Session Allocation Manager v2.2 HP SAM software components HP SAM Web Server Microsoft Windows Web Server - IIS Microsoft Windows SQL Server 2005 Standard or Enterprise SAM client running on any access device PC with Microsoft Windows XP HP thin client Microsoft Windows Active Directory Services Provides user account and resource management 18

  19. HP SAM – Session Allocation Manager v2.2 SAM Web Server with an associated SQL database Manages connections between Blade workstations and users When a user requests a connection to a Blade, the SAM Web Server accesses the SQL Server database to determine how to allocate the requested Blade resources to the user The SQL database stores information such as: The properties of each Blade resources The properties of each access clients Monitor layout ID - number of monitors, layout info as well as resolutions The properties HP RGS On a per user basis, a per user group basis, and a per security group basis 19

  20. HP SAM – Session Allocation Manager v2.2 Blade Workstation Pool 1 Blade Workstation Pool 2 Role = Designer Role = Administrator Blade Workstation 1 Blade Workstation 2 Blade Workstation 3 Blade Workstation 1 Blade Workstation 2 Blade Workstation 3 RGS or RDP Client1 Client2 Client3 Client4 User Access Terminal4 User Access Terminal1 User Access Terminal 2 User Access Terminal3 User Robert User Tom HP SAM Configuration 20

  21. HP RDP – Rapid Deployment Pack Automated installation and configuration Fast and scalable patch/change deployment Monitor, remote control and troubleshoot Blade workstations Image management - Support unattended image or script based deployments Capture the fine-tuned NX and Teamcenter Engineering client installation consists of enormous number of special/unique configuration details being optimized based on this centralized Blade workstation hardware IT administrators do not need to worry about user messing up the pre-configured NX and TcEng installations as each workstation image is being captured and managed by HP RDP Last known working environment can be retrieved and re-deployed in minutes 21

  22. Windows Active Directory Service Users authentication GPO – Group Policy management User Profiles management User roaming profile User network home space allocation Home space allocation 22

  23. Microsoft WSUS – Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 To deploy the latest Microsoft product updates or patches to these Blade workstations running Microsoft Windows To manage should the updates be deployed automatically or in a control manner Note: Auto update feature on each Blade workstations can be enabled/disabled to receive update from the WSUS server 23

  24. McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0 with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0 • McAfee VirusScan Enterprise - Anti-virus tool • Protects the Blade workstations installation • McAee ePolicy Orchestrator – Centralized security policy analysis and enforcement tool • Provides IT administrator a centralized and remotely accessible component to analyze security profiles on these Blade workstations • Allows IT administrator to enforce the policies locally on each of these Blade workstations • Allows IT administrator to deploy updates for McAfee DATs, engines, service packs, patches, etc.

  25. New setup – Secondary Components and Services User Access Client HP Blade Management Tools Storage, Backup and Recovery 25

  26. User Access Client Normal PC Thin Client – HP t5730 (Windows XP Embedded SP2) Eliminates hard disk or removable media for increased data security Single client device at the desk dramatically removes heat and noise from user workspace 26

  27. HP Blade Management Tools HP RDP – Rapid Deployment Pack HP iLO 2 - Integrated Lights-Out 2 HP Onboard Administrator HP SIM - System Insight Manager Single management interface for monitoring health of entire Blade workstations infrastructure Proactive alert of actual or impending component failure Automatic event handling policies and script execution Comprehensive utilities for system data collection and inventory reporting 27

  28. Storage, Backup and Recovery Tiered storage strategy SAN and network storages simplify backup and data recovery process Uses disk and tape when required to meet the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery requirements Data deduplication eases storage requirements and enhances retention Improve performance as it is being back up to disk as staging instead to tapes Longer retention on disk provides fast recovery without ever going to tape 28

  29. Others to Consider SAM – Session Allocation Manager Setting up users with Dynamic or Dedicated resources Users and Roles Resources Windows ADS – Active Directory Service Roaming profiles Windows AD on Profiles and Group Policy Book on Active Directory O'Reilly Media, Inc.; 3rd edition (19 Jan 2006) By Joe Richards, Robbie Allen & Alistair Lowe-Norris 29

  30. Others to Consider License management and usage monitoring SAMsuite/SAMreport -> FLEXnet Manager http://www.acresso.com/ Data center readiness Power and cooling consideration Power distribution management RDP - Image management strategy Before and after AD login Windows clustering requirements Benefit of Windows cluster for the ANSYS or FLUENT 30

  31. Thank You WB Lim Seagate Technology International wb.lim@seagate.com (65) 6417 7710

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