What’s new

• – HPE Alletra 5010H—lower entry point for the HPE Alletra Storage 5000 family
• – Simplify and automate on premises storage management with the speed and agility of a cloud operational experience
• – Accelerate apps with up to 25% higher performance vs. previous generation array
• – New Titanium efficiency Power Supply Units in alignment with the EU requirement.

AI-driven, powered by HPE InfoSight

• − Put your storage on auto-pilot thanks to industry-leading AI Ops for infrastructure that drives autonomous operations and helps ensure your apps are always on and always fast.
• − Automatically predicts and resolves 86% of problems before you even know there is an issue.
• − Transforms the support experience through predictive automation and Level 3-only support.
• − Sees across the infrastructure stack and resolves problems beyond storage.
• − Simplifies planning with prescriptive forecasts into capacity, performance, and bandwidth needs.
• − Makes infrastructure smarter and more reliable by learning from the installed base.

Built for Cloud

• − Get started in minutes with streamlined device deployment. Simply rack the infrastructure, plug in the power cords, and connect the network cables. In a few clicks, the new system is configured and available in your fleet, ready to serve data for application workloads.
• − Automate and optimize app deployment with intent-based provisioning. Select the storage tier and workload type, specify the capacity and protection policy, and let AI-driven intelligence automatically optimize your SLAs by recommending the best-suited system across your fleet for your new workload.
• − 100% cloud-managed infrastructure means you can globally monitor and manage your entire fleet of block storage from a single SaaS-based cloud console that’s accessible from any location, on any device - so managing hundreds of systems across geographies is as simple as managing one.
• − Thanks to SaaS-based delivery, new data services instantly become available to you. Data plane software upgrades are non-disruptive and intelligently matched to a given system.

Ultra Efficient

• − Get the optimal flash price performance for your general-purpose workloads with a unique, ultra-efficient architecture that is built from the ground up to optimize flash with the highest efficiency.
• − Write to cost-optimized disk at flash speeds through write serialization – defying the physics of mechanical spindles.
• − Dynamic flash caching accelerates sub millisecond reads even as workloads change in real time.
• − Assign and change the service level of any volume at the click of a button ("Auto Flash", "All Flash", or "Minimal Flash").
• − Increase storage efficiency and reduce costs with always-on data reduction that delivers up to 5X space savings without performance penalty
• − Easily scale without disruption by growing capacity and performance of a running system independently and non-disruptively. Scale out to four arrays with transparent volume mobility between arrays, achieving linear performance and capacity scaling.
• − Get Triple+ Parity RAID as standard with zero performance impact – tolerates three simultaneous drive failures as well as providing additional protection through intra-drive parity.

As a service

• − Consume HPE Alletra Storage 5000 your way with a choice of capex/subscription or pay-per-use models.
• − Flexible as-a-service consumption model with GreenLake enables you to avoid over- and under-provisioning concerns, CAPEX budget constraints, and complex procurement cycles.
• − Scale on-demand and as necessary, with buffer capacity for unexpected workloads or usage demands.
• − Shift from heavy upfront costs to a transparent and predictable monthly subscription.
• − Consuming as a service can shorten project deployment times, free up capital and IT resources, align spending with business needs, and boost financial flexibility and operational speed.

Step 2 – Choose Power Supplies

The HPE Alletra Storage 5000 require one (1) of the Power Supply Kits listed below. Each Power Supply Kit includes two (2) Power Supplies; either 1200 W AC or 3000 W AC.

Table below shows Alletra 5000 compatibilities with Power Supply Kits.

Step 3 – Choose Head HDD Capacity

The HPE Alletra Storage 5000 support (21) LFF Hard Drives for capacity and (6) Dual Flash Carriers with SFF Solid State Drives for cache. The HPE Alletra 5010H supports (11) LFF Hard Drives for capacity and (2) Dual Flash Carries with SFF SSDs for cache. The Alletra 5010H can be field upgraded with an additional (11) HDD drive bundle and a second cache bundle. Additional capacity can be added to the Alletra 5000 by connecting up to (6) expansion shelves to the base array.

Step 4 – Choose Head SSD Cache Capacity

Select Two of the following options (5010, 5030, 5050):

Each cache bundle must be of the same capacity or should not differ by more than one step function in SSD capacity

Step 5 – Choose Head Networking Option

Up to three (3) of the following options can be selected. Please refer to configuration guidelines for specific support of networking options. The 5010/5010H supports up to two (2) head networking options.

Notes:

– The following minimum ports are recommended for best performance:

• 5010/5010H: at least 2-ports
• 5030: at least 4-ports
• 5050: at least 8-ports

– All 10 GbE , 25 GbE , 16 GB FC, and 32 GB FC cards include SFP optical transceivers

– The 25 GbE NICs include SFP28 transceivers for 25G environments

– Head networking options include a total of two (2x) cards which are evenly populated in the two controllers.

Step 6 – Add Expansion Shelves

Expansion Shelves

Add up to six (6) Adaptive expansion shelves to each array. Mix any options below up to array maximum capacity.

Incase of field upgrades, please use the Field Upgrade Options listed later in this guide.

Please refer to configuration guidelines for specific array capacity limits.

Best practices when adding JBOD expansion shelves

• – SAS Port load balancing

  • When adding multiple expansion shelves to an array, evenly distribute the expansion shelves across the two (2) SAS expansion ports on each controller. For example, first expansion shelf to SAS port 1, second expansion shelf to SAS port 2, third expansion shelf to SAS port 1 (via first shelf), etc.
  • No more than three (3) expansion shelves per SAS expansion port
  • Keep disk and cache capacity balanced across both SAS expansion ports
• – Shelf capacity and cache

  • For best performance, it is recommended the head shelf and all expansion shelves are the same capacity (or at least no more than 1 disk size delta). This guideline is more important in the higher performing systems.
  • If different capacities are required, the highest capacity should be in the head shelf, followed by expansion shelves closest to the head shelf
  • If different cache capacities are configured, the highest cache capacity should be in the head shelf, followed by expansion shelves closest to the head shelf
  • Keep disk and cache capacity balanced across both SAS expansion ports
• – Scale-out configurations

  • For multi-array configurations, the highest performing array should be assigned as the group leader

Expansion shelf cache

Notes:

– Minimum of 1. cache bundle and Maximum of 2

– The expansion shelf capacity should be same or lower than head shelf

Step 7 – Add Software (Mandatory)

HPE Alletra Software and Support SaaS

HPE Alletra Storage 5000 arrays include a subscription to HPE Alletra Software and Support SaaS that enables cloud-based management of the array from the HPE Data Services Cloud Console and access to data services as they become available on GreenLake. The subscription includes access to the HPE Alletra software and related support. It is included in the quote when support is selected and has the same duration as support. For more information, please refer to the HPE Data Services QuickSpecs:

https://h20195.www2.HPE.com/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=a50002569enw.

Step 8– Add Support (Mandatory)

Support recommendations are designed to help you enhance technology operations, lower risk and make it easier for you to seek the right balance between affordability and service-level commitments. Depending on your individual support needs, choose from four levels of care that cover the entire lifecycle to better address your needs from 3-, 4- and 5-year durations for service levels ranging from Basic Exchange (Next Business Day parts exchange) to Essential (4 hour onsite response).

Installation Services

Installation Services are intended to guide you from start to finish and to help make your installation a success.

Notes: Installation services are optional.

Electromagnetic Compatibility

• – Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules for Class A digital devices
• – ICES-003, Issue 6, dated January 2016 (Class A)
• – VCCI V-3: April 2014 (Class A)
• – EN 55022:2010
• – CISPR 22:2008
• – AS/NZS CISPR 22:2009 +A1:2010
• – EN55032:2012
• – CISPR 32:2012
• – EN 55024:2010
• – CISPR 24:2010 +A1:2015
• – TCVN 7189:2009
• – NBTC TS 3001-2555
• – TP TC 020/2011

Safety

• – EN60950-1:2005 (Second Edition); Am1:2009 + Am2:2013
• – IEC 60950-1:2005 (Second Edition); Am1:2009 + Am2:2013
• – EN60950-1:2006/A11:2009/A1:2010/A12:2011/A2:2013
• – UL/IEC 60960-1 2nd Ed. Am1 + Am2
• – CNS14336-1 (’99)
• – CNS13438 (’95)
• – NOM-019-SCFI-1998
• – NBTC TS 4001-2550
• – TP TC 004/2011
• – IS 13252 (PART 1):2010 +A1:2013 + A2:2-15
• – SANS IEC 60950-1

Notes: Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Certifications / Markings

• – UL
• – cUL
• – CE
• – FCC Class A
• – IC Class A
• – VCCI Class A
• – RCM
• – BSMI Class A
• – KC
• – CCC Exemption
• – NOM
• – MoEc
• – NBTC SDoC
• – CITC/CoC
• – EAC
• – BIS
• – LOA (S. Africa)
• – RoHS 2011/65/EU, EN50581:2012
• – WEEE