HPE GreenLake at Digital Realty Trust

  • 1. Service overview

    HPE GreenLake at Digital Realty Trust combines the benefits of a cloud experience while letting Customers keep full control of their IT with the advantages of colocation, which relieves Customers from the capital expenditures and the burden of running a data center on their premises. With HPE GreenLake with colocation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise can deliver any HPE GreenLake Flex Solution or cloud service at a colocation partner with one agreement, one point of contact, and a single invoice.

  • 2. Core service features

1. Space and Power

1A. Space

A variety of space options, whether it's individual rack units, private cages, or dedicated suites allowing for seamless expansion, with built-in security features such as controlled access, 24/7 monitoring, fire suppression systems and rigorous security protocols to ensure the safety of both hardware and data.

1B. Power & Cooling

Robust power and cooling solutions tailored to sustain optimal equipment functionality. Enabling infrastructure incorporates redundant power sources, bolstered by uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and backup generators to ensure continuous operations even during outages. Precision cooling systems maintain a controlled environment that prevents overheating, safeguarding hardware and promoting consistent performance.

2. Remote Hands


Remote Hands provides certain types of support to the Customer Equipment. When present at the Customer Equipment, Engineers can provide basic support on the Customer Equipment, such as resetting of interfaces, power on, power off equipment, setting switches, pushing buttons and reading displays. Engineers can also provide certain technical advice per phone. Scope may also include maintenance, installation work, configuration or troubleshooting.

3. Professional Services

3.a. Facilities Planning

Expert advisors will work to plan, coordinate, and deliver all facilities-related works for a complete Colocation Facilities Plan. Scope includes:

  • Identify work in scope that is to be performed prior to or during the facilities execution.
  • Prepare data center IT rack layout, showing rack sizes, indicate functional requirements based on space, power and cooling analysis, consider growth aspects as defined by Greenlake start and end BOMs as well as any customer-provided equipment requirements, as needed.
  • Coordinate main telecom circuit network connectivity and termination points from customer cage to colocation provider meet-me rooms.

3.b. Colo Facility Installation/Implementation

Professional Services consultants will oversee and supervise the installation / implementation of the facility data hall and technology infrastructure systems, to ensure that the facility fulfils the design defined and agreed during the pursuit phase and turn-over to customer. These services include:

  • Onsite visit to the colocation provider facility to organize the work to be done with the colocation provider; e.g.: defining, reviewing, validating the space organization of the racks, the power feed from the PSU’s to the racks and airflow management.
  • Execute checkpoints of project progress and participate in periodic customer follow-up calls.
  • Onsite visit to control IT equipment installation in the racks, connection to the power and the network

3.c. Facilities Operations during run phase

Professional Services consultants support account team to oversee facility operation and consistently check available capacity and growth projections to ensure facility fulfils contracted operational criteria and agreed KPI’s. These services include:

  • Colocation Services are provided for the duration of the colocation Agreement
  • Address any downtime resolution assistance to the colocation provider in following up the “back to normal” process, real time reporting to the customer of the situation, and analyzing root cause to avoid it happening again
  • Assess the impact of all change requests affecting the colocation provider datacenter and network design to ensure that the new capacity conforms to the initial design or update the design accordingly

3.d. Facilities Decommission/Exit

At contract conclusion, synchronizing all the parties involved and activities to decommission the installed technology infrastructure and associated elements to return the facility to the colocation provider in the same condition at start of contract.

4. Program Management


The HPE GreenLake with colocation program management office (PMO) works with Customer to complete the startup processes for onboarding into colocation services.

The PMO is central to several startup and ongoing activities as follows:

  • Setup and ongoing support of the colocater Customer portal (hereinafter referred to as portal) including the administration of colocation-related services and report requests.
  • Installation of initial and add-on systems coming into the colocation data center, working with Customer.
  • Point of contact for colocation service issue reporting to the HPE account support manager.
  • Consults with Customer monthly regarding capacity needs and associated colocation needs.
  • Oversees any colocation-related issue and/or escalation.

A. REQUIRED SELECTION OF CORE FEATURES

1. Space – mandatory selection:

Option 1: Cage

Custom Cage (Wirecrafters); raised floor to false ceiling; includes single cage door

Custom Cage (Wirecrafters); slab to slab; includes single cage door

Additional cage door

Cage Access Card Reader

Dual Authentication (Card & Fingerprint) Access Reader

Option 2: Cabinet

APC Standard Cabinet 42RUx24"Wx42"D, 19" Rails

APC Standard Cabinet 45RUx24"Wx42"D, 19" Rails

APC Standard Cabinet 48RUx24"Wx42"D, 19" Rails

APC Standard Cabinet 48RUx30"Wx42"D, 19" Rails

APC Standard Cabinet 45RUx24"Wx48"D, 19" Rails

APC Standard Cabinet 45RUx30"Wx48"D, 19" Rails

Option 3: Fully customizable private suite

2. Power & Cooling – required selection:

Option 1: Standard AC Power

Two feeds per A/B circuit pair. One feed is supplied by a UPS system. The other feed, serving as a back-up, is supplied by a normal (interruptible) power supply system. Input power for both systems is provided by the commercial power supply system, which is backed up by stand-by generator(s).

Option 2: Advanced AC Power

Two feeds per A/B circuit pair. One feed is supplied by a UPS system. The other feed, serving as a back-up, is supplied by a second UPS system. Input power for both systems is provided by the commercial power supply system, which is backed up by stand-by generator(s).

Option 3: Advanced DC Power

Two feeds per A/B circuit pair. One feed is supplied by a DC rectifier unit. The other feed, serving as back-up is supplied by a separate but identical DC rectifier unit. Input power for the two rectifier systems is provided either by a UPS system or the commercial power supply system, which are backed up by stand-by generator(s).

3. Remote Hands – required selection:

Option 1: Hourly

Customer pay as they use based on a pre-agreed hourly rate that is reflected in the Agreement. This rate may be adjusted by colocator during the term of the Agreement. HPE will charge Customer for a minimum of 1 (one) hour, thereafter for 30-minute increments.

Option 1: Prepaid

If Customer requires regular interventions on Customer Equipment (during or outside of Business Hours), Customer may reduce the hourly rate for Remote Hands Services by signing up to a monthly recurring standby fee paid in advance.

B. ADD-ON OPTIONS

Optional proactive service features

Optional features listed below may be added and will be priced accordingly based upon the services and features selected.

1. Connectivity

Option 1: Cross-Connect

Physical connection between two separate entities within a data center facility enabling data to flow directly between the connected entities without passing through any intermediary network equipment. Cross-connects enable high-speed, low-latency connections between servers, switches, routers, and storage systems and can be used both to establish connections between Customer and another colocated client within the same data center or to create direct links between Customer’s infrastructure and a cloud service provider's resource, enabling efficient and direct data exchange.

Option 2: Metro Connect

Metro Connect offers a convenient way to connect between multiple facilities located in the same metro area and to third-party facilities in select markets. Metro Connect lets Customer choose the right property to deploy a service, technology, network or content, while providing seamless access to a vast community of customers or partners within a metro market.

Option 3: Ethernet

Ethernet provides seamless connectivity of Customer assets across multiple locations, ensuring protection, performance and consistency. It is available in Fiber and CAT 6, enabling highly secure, low-latency connections that will serve vital and mission critical objectives with 99.999% reliability and delivering 50 MB to 100 GB of bandwidth.

Option 4: Internet Exchange

Internet Exchange is a carrier-neutral, colocater-owned and managed IXP (Internet Exchange Point) that enables members of an exchange, including ISPs, content and gaming providers, enterprises and others, to establish peering relationships across a common switching platform. Members may move data between networks and share traffic without incurring additional IP transit charges through a single, highly-available service platform, ultimately reducing operational costs, improving network performance and adding another layer of network resilience.

Note: Enhanced Incident Management services are not applicable to the requirements associated with specific workloads and solutions.

  • 3. General provisions and exclusions

    Use of licensed space

    Customer will comply with the procedures, rules, regulations, product exhibits and policies, security practices, and policies established by Digital Realty Trust, as amended from time to time, as set forth in this agreement or located online at digitalrealty.com/leasing.


    Access

    Customer-designated personnel must:

    • Use Digital Realty Trust’s issued access badges and/or biometric readers to gain entry
    • Present a valid, government-issued ID to security prior to being issued an access badge
    • Not loan access badges to any other person
    • Always display access badges and cards
    • Report the loss of the badge immediately to Digital Realty Trust security personnel if lost or stolen, so the badge can be deactivated
    • Always use a badge to access a space secured by a badge-activated access control system and do not tailgate into a space secured by Digital Realty Trust’s access control system (including a Point of Presence room).
    • Report any problems with malfunctioning doors or other possible security concerns to Digital Realty Trust’s security or Site personnel immediately
    • Agree with Digital Realty Trust buildings being under 24-hour closed-circuit TV camera surveillance. By accessing or using Digital Realty Trust Sites and services, Customer agrees that it will be recorded and videos may be used for investigative purposes
    • Provide HPE and keep current a list of parties authorized to access your Customer space or the Site
    • Not access the mission-critical areas other than the data center space that encompasses your Customer space unless prior written approval from Site management and access is specifically granted for those areas, and then only for the approved duration and scope. This includes, for example, the roof, electrical, HVAC, and connectivity areas.
    • Customer may not sublicense or permit access to or use the Site or any licensed space by any third parties.
    • HPE and HPE subcontractors may access Customer’s licensed space (i) during an emergency, (ii) to perform Remote Hands or other services for Customer, (iii) as needed to perform those services necessary for the use of the Site by others, or (iv) as otherwise permitted under this Agreement.
    • Access by Customer to any shared work area (or any other common area) may be restricted at any time, including when another Customer is in such area.

    Redundant power circuit policy

    A power circuit is a redundant circuit only if at all times it meets both of the following conditions:

    1. It is part of a redundant power circuit pair.
    2. The aggregate draw of such a redundant power circuit pair does not exceed the limit of one of the power circuits in the redundant power circuit pair.

    Accordingly, if a power circuit is originally a redundant power circuit pair but subsequently fails to meet conditions (a) and (b) simultaneously, such a power circuit will thereafter be deemed a primary power circuit and a change order will be created.


    Improvements

    • Customer may make alterations (including additions, improvements, or replacements) to the licensed space or any other portion of the building only
    1. With HPE’s prior written approval
    2. In accordance with Digital Realty Trust’s terms and conditions of approval, if any
      • Cabling at the building by or on behalf of Customer may only take place after prior written approval of colocator and shall only follow the routes designated by colocator and its instructions.
      • Upon termination or expiration of the colocation Agreement, Customer shall restore the licensed space substantially to its condition as of the date on which the licensed space was first made available to Customer; reasonable wear and tear is excepted.
  • 4. System

    Operations and maintenance

    • Unless otherwise set forth in the Agreement, Customer is solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of all systems within a licensed space.
    • Customer shall operate all systems in accordance with published technical specifications and in compliance with all colocater’s policies.

    Cold aisle containment

    • In connection with these colocation services, HPE shall determine in its reasonable discretion whether cold aisle containment is required based on the size and density of the environment.
    • In the event cold aisle containment is required, Customer shall be required, at its expense, to install and maintain a cold aisle enclosure system for all cabinet rows located in the licensed space in a timely manner. Such a system shall help ensure that the mixing of colocator’s cold air supply and exhaust (hot air) from the system is minimized.

    Customer-provided equipment

    System housed in the licensed space is limited to systems provided by HPE under the Agreement, except where specifically agreed otherwise by HPE in writing. In case Customer needs to install equipment in the licensed space, Customer shall send a request to HPE, and upon HPE’s approval, such equipment shall be added to the Agreement solely for purposes of including the equipment in the licensed space. For clarity, such Customer-provided equipment will not receive any services from HPE, and such equipment shall:


    • Be identified and documented in the Agreement
    • Be included in the data center facility design and change management
    • Be installed into separate racks (and may be installed in separate cages)
    • Be supported under a separate contract. Support cases received by HPE will be routed back to Customer if related to the Customer-provided equipment so that Customer may engage the appropriate support contract
    • Comply with all the requirements in this service description and the Agreement
  • 5. Power and climate control

    Power

    Electricity is provided under a contracted power pricing model as defined in the following from an identified utility company. Depending on in which building the colocation Services are performed, Customers can be provided with three different options for power supply:

    • Standard AC power—Two feeds per A/B circuit pair. One feed is supplied by a UPS system. The other feed, serving as a backup, is supplied by a normal (interruptible) power supply system. Input power for both systems is provided by the commercial power supply system, which is backed up by stand-by generators.
    • Advanced AC power—Two feeds per A/B circuit pair. One feed is supplied by a UPS system. The other feed, serving as a backup, is supplied by a second UPS system. Input power for both systems is provided by the commercial power supply system, which is backed up by standby generators.
    • Advanced DC power—Two feeds per A/B circuit pair. One feed is supplied by a DC rectifier unit. The other feed, serving as backup is supplied by a separate but identical DC rectifier unit. Input power for the two rectifier systems is provided either by a UPS system or the commercial power supply system, which is backed up by standby generators.

    The building is equipped with power infrastructure, including diesel generators with fuel storage, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), various redundant elements in the distribution network throughout the building, as well as 24x7 support and effective escalation procedures. Customer space provides the following power options that may vary per building due to local customs and/or regulations:

    • AC power breaker plug set and voltage: 16A, 32A, or 63A/230V single phase or 400V three phase
    • DC power voltage: 48V
    • DC power breaker plug set: Various sizes

    Power is provided per breaker plug set (plugset) consisting of one miniature circuit breaker (MCB) and one plug on the A feed and one MCB and one plug on the B feed. The plugs are installed by colocator under the raised floor at the location of the cabinet or at such points in the Customer’s space, as requested by the Customer. The point of supply of the AC and DC power is at the installed plugs. Colocator shall not be liable for any losses and/or damages caused by the (lack of) distribution of power beyond the SLA demarcation line as provided by colocator


    Customer shall not exceed 80% of the maximum continuous load from one MCB on the A or the B feed. The total sum of the combined continuous load on the A and the B feed shall not exceed the 80% of the maximum continuous load from one of the MCBs on either the A or the B feed. The contracted capacity shall follow the 80% maximum utilization of MCB, instead of the actual MCB rating.


    Electrical power delivery systems have been designed to provide an uninterrupted supply of electrical power through various primary and secondary supply mechanisms. For electrical power delivery to the licensed space, Customer will receive one of the following configurations based on their order:

    • Non-redundant power—Electricity delivered through one power circuit
    • Redundant power—Electricity delivered through two power circuits from two different power busses.

    Contracted power

    The power threshold set forth in “Section 3. System Details” of the Statement of Works (SOW) represents the total amount of power that Customer is allowed to utilize in the licensed space and for which Customer is required to pay (contracted power).


    Customer shall not exceed the contracted power without HPE’s prior written approval. If at any time during the applicable Agreement term, Customer’s actual power utilization exceeds the contracted power allotment for any reason, HPE will require Customer, and Customer hereby agrees, to implement a change order to increase the contracted power to an amount of at least equal to the amount of such excess usage, and Customer also shall pay for the additional utilization used by Customer prior to the effective date of any such change order.


    Climate control

    The climate is controlled in the colocation area to help ensure a predictable and consistent environment.


    Connectivity services

    The services described in this section are included as part of the colocation services if such services are set forth in “Section 3. System details” of the SOW.


    Cross connects

    If purchased, the scope of the installation of cross connects shall be solely to run and terminate a physical cable and test the cable to confirm the physical layer thereof.

All interconnections (cross-connect products) between Systems and the equipment of anyone else, including the equipment of any telecommunication carrier or telecommunications service providers, shall be contracted through and installed by colocator and performed in the building point of presence or meet-me-room areas (connectivity area or MMR) designated by colocator. Customer may not:

  • Operate its connectivity area in the dedicated space or any other portion of a building or refer to the dedicated space as a meet-me room
  • Provide carrier-neutral interconnection services in the Dedicated Space or any other portion of the Building

For the avoidance of doubt, Customer is allowed to contract with a telecommunication provider directly.


All points of interconnection, conduit and/or cable routes, and other details shall be determined by the colocator in its sole discretion and shall belong to the colocator at all times. Customer shall have sole responsibility for the circuit underlying a cross connect, including initial turnup, integration, logical function, and other use thereof.


Customer expressly recognizes that other than completing the cross connect, HPE shall have no responsibility whatsoever for the nature, performance, quality, integration, protocol, timelines, utility, or other features of circuits provided by a third-party carrier or provider, which shall be governed solely by Customer’s agreement with such carrier or provider. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by HPE, all third-party carriers shall be located at a dedicated area determined at colocator’s discretion.


IP bandwidth

To the extent the Customer purchases IP bandwidth services as set forth in the SOW, Customer shall be responsible for the consumption of bandwidth, which is attributable to Customer or its IP space, including without limitation any consumption that occurs as a result of any denial-of-service attack, virus, Customer system, proxy compromise, or otherwise.


Customer shall secure its network and related elements at all times from attack and/or other abuse.


An industry-standard 95th percentile analysis shall be used to measure usage for IP bandwidth service, which allows Customer to burst beyond a given committed rate.


IP addresses provided to Customer hereunder shall remain the sole property of colocator with Customer granted a nontransferable and nonassignable license to use the IP addresses during the agreement term.


Network system numbers and telecommunications

Customers are strongly encouraged to have their autonomous system number as designated by the American Registry of Internet Numbers, the Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE), or the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre or their successors.


Customer will be responsible for obtaining telecommunications services as needed from the carrier of their choice. HPE will not be responsible for providing or installing such services.

  • 6. Security

    Physical security

    The licensed space employs the following technical and organizational measures:

    • Access control/ badging identification—Badge IDs are provided to all visitors/Customers; suite access location is defined during identity verification and IDs are programmed to grant access into the authorized space.
    • Lobby and reception security—Highly visible multilevel authentication prior to entry to a data center lobby: human trap, biometric, iCLASS reader, ballistic-rated vestibules, and HD camera authentication.
    • Guard force management—Data center looked after by on-site security 24x7; visitor screening process upon entry into any facility by on-site security, to help ensure that each person’s identity is verified and approved.
    • Surveillance standards / security video 24x7 remote camera monitoring backed by digital recordings and infrared detectors are located in multiple Sites with footage retention that meets or exceeds industry standards in conjunction with SOC 2 requirements.
    • Key control system—Utilization of the Morse Watchman key custodian to store Customer cage keys. All users are defined by an individual code. This key management system is used to track key issuance and report key inventories daily.
    • Private cage—If purchased, Customer will receive a private cage with access to the private cage restricted only to authorized persons by means of an additional card reader or biometric scanner on the cage door.
    • Secure cabinet—If purchased, Customer will receive a secure cabinet with access to the secure cabinet restricted only to authorized persons by means of an additional locking mechanism on the cabinet door.

    HPE shall have no liability with respect to unauthorized access caused by the acts or omissions of Customer or individuals that are authorized by Customer to access the licensed space.


    HPE promptly shall report to Customer any instances of unauthorized access into the licensed space that becomes known to HPE during the course of its performance of the colocation services for Customer.


    Customer safeguards

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the agreement, Customer acknowledges and agrees that it is the sole responsibility of Customer to implement administrative, technical, organizational, and operational safeguards and other security measures to protect the security and confidentiality of confidential information and other information of Customer from unauthorized access, disclosure, or control, including but not limited to, implementing appropriate access controls, theft detection measures and firewalls to protect any such information against any unauthorized access, disclosure, or control.


    Notifications

    Customer will designate one or more persons whom HPE may contact at any time in the event of an emergency or otherwise as needed by HPE. Customer will provide HPE a means of contacting such persons at any and all times. HPE prefers, but does not require, that such

    contact method be the telephone number and email address of 24 hours operations centers staffed by persons familiar with Customer’s use of its licensed space and systems.


    Office space and storage space

    Any office space and storage space ordered as set forth in the SOW includes the standard features (and, with respect to office space, standard services) as set forth therein. Additional features, functions (for example, additional security or buildout), and services (including any utilities or other services in addition to those identified in the SOW), or services in frequency, scope, quality, or quantity substantially greater than those which HPE determines are normally required for general office use shall be subject to additional charges.


    If any lights, machines, or equipment (including but not limited to computers) used by Customer in the office space or storage space materially affect the temperature otherwise maintained by the Site’s air-conditioning system or generate substantially more heat in the Site than that would normally be generated by the lights and business machines typically used for general office use, then HPE shall have the right to initiate a change order with additional charges required to install any machinery or equipment, which is considered reasonably necessary to restore the temperature balance between the office space or storage space and the rest of the Site. This may include, but is not limited to, equipment which modifies the Site’s air-conditioning system. Customer agrees to implement such change order with HPE or the Reseller, as applicable, in a timely manner.


    Service issue reporting

    Customer may report performance issues and deficiencies relating to the colocation services to HPE by utilizing the process set forth in the HPE GreenLake Flex solutions service description.


    Reserved rights

    Title to all Sites and products used to deliver the colocation Services (excluding Systems) shall remain with colocator. HPE, including colocator, (and its employees or contractors, where applicable) retains the right to enter or access the licensed space for any legitimate business purpose. This includes, without limitation, verifying Customer’s compliance with the terms and conditions of this service description; taking any reasonable measures to prevent damage or loss from occurring to the Site, any portion thereof, or customers of colocator (other than Customer); and providing access to the Site and/or the licensed space as deemed necessary or appropriate in response to a request by law enforcement authorities or as required by applicable law.

  • 7. Removal of system

    System removal

    After the conclusion of the agreement term or the effective date of any earlier termination of the agreement (the grace period), whichever occurs first, Customer shall

    • Vacate and return the licensed space to the same condition as it was in when first made available to Customer—reasonable wear and tear excepted
    • Remove all Systems and fit-out improvements from the licensed space
  • 8. General Terms and Definitions

    Insurance requirements

    In addition to any insurance requirements as set forth in the Agreement, Customer must meet the following additional insurance requirements:

    During the term of the colocation and such additional periods of time required under this section, each party will maintain in full force and effect, at its expense, insurance coverage as specified in this section. If a party carries claims and made policies to satisfy any of the requirements of this section, such party will maintain such policies without endangering aggregate limits at the following stated minimums, for at least one year after termination of the Agreement.

    Worker’s compensation or social scheme

    Customer will provide a worker’s compensation insurance as required by law or regulation, having jurisdiction over the supplier’s employees. If the jurisdiction has a social scheme, the insuring party agrees to be in full compliance with the laws thereof. Where permitted by law, such policies will contain a waiver of the insurer’s subrogation rights against the other party.


    Employer’s liability insurance will provide coverage in amounts not less than the local currency equivalent of $1,000,000.


    General liability or public liability

    General liability or public liability insurance will be provided with limits of liability and coverage as indicated in the following:

    • Premises and operations
    • Products and completed operations
    • Contractual liability
    • Property damage (including completed operations)
    • Explosion, collapse, and underground hazards (ECU) when supplier will create risk normally covered by such insurance
    • Personal injury liability

    General liability or public liability limits will not be less than a combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage of $1,000,000 (one million US dollars) per occurrence; $1,000,000 (one million US dollars) for personal injury liability; and $10,000,000 (ten million US dollars) general aggregate. In addition to the $10,000,000 (ten million US dollars), general aggregate products and completed operations aggregate in the amount of $5,000,000 (five million US dollars) will apply.


    Additional insureds

    General liability or public liability policy and any automobile liability policy (if required under this section) of the insured party will include the other party, its officers, directors, and employees as additional insureds and will stipulate that the insurance afforded additional insureds will apply as primary insurance and that no other insurance carried by any of them will be called upon to contribute to a loss covered thereunder. If claims-made policies are provided, the insured party will maintain such policies without endangering aggregates, for one year after the expiration of the term.

    Property

    Customer will carry all-risk property insurance with limits adequate to cover the property and equipment of HPE.


    Certificates of insurance

    Upon request, each party will provide the other party a certificate of insurance evidencing the required coverage and limits.

    • In no event will the coverage or limits of any insurance maintained by a party under this Agreement or the lack of unavailability of any other insurance limit or diminish in any way the insured party’s obligations or liability to the other party under this agreement.

    Audits

    Right to operational audit

    Customer has the right to audit colocator’s performance with respect to services performed under this agreement, at any time within 21 days (and in urgent cases upon 48 hours) prior notice to HPE. Such audit may also apply to colocator’s records, supporting documents, and systems as reasonably necessary to confirm colocator’s compliance with the provision of the services (including where necessary to confirm compliance with any data protection requirements).


    Any audit or inspection will occur during colocator’s normal business hours and the auditors shall be accompanied by and comply with the instructions of an engineer of the colocator operations department at all times. The auditors shall refrain from touching or switching any equipment, other than Systems included in “Section 4. System Details”.

Upon request, the engineer accompanying the auditors may perform activities that require touching or switching of other equipment, to such engineer’s sole discretion. Any such audit or inspection may be performed by Customer or a duly qualified independent auditor or inspection authority selected by Customer and not reasonably objected to by colocator subject to the auditor signing a non-disclosure agreement.


Auit reports

Colocator may be asked to provide standard and available reports in an electronic format (for example, access reports and power usage) to Customer as part of the Services (This could be subject to additional fee.).


Supplemental terms

The following supplemental terms apply to these colocation services.


Compliance with laws

HPE reserves the right, upon reasonable notice, to amend or supplement the colocation services and the terms or conditions of this service description to meet requirements imposed by applicable law.


Confidential information

In addition to the confidentiality provision as set forth in the HPE GreenLake terms, the following applies:


Confidential information description

Confidential information shared pursuant to these colocation services shall specifically include the following:

  • HPE or colocator communications
  • Satisfaction surveys
  • Customer lists
  • Design of the Sites
  • Licensed space
  • Colocation services provided and their respective charges, fees, and costs
  • Equipment used at the Sites
  • Configuration of cables, networks, and services at the Sites
  • Any non-graphic information that the receiving party may receive, gather, or observe while at the Site

Definitions

For this service description, the following additional definitions shall apply with respect to the provision of colocation services.

Term

Definition

Licensed space

Collectively, the locations within the Sites where Customer is permitted to colocate Systems as identified in this service description, office space dedicated to Customer’s business use, and storage space dedicated to Customer’s storage

Site

The real property, buildings, improvements, fixtures, and personal property owned, leased, and operated by or on behalf of colocator in which Customer is permitted to use licensed space pursuant to this service description

Authorized person

Each person included on the most recent list of authorized persons given to HPE by Customer, who may be authorized by Customer to, for example, access a Site, place orders, or act as Customer’s shipping contact

Accompanying person

Each person (other than an HPE employee) accompanied by an authorized person while at a colocation center

Cross connect

A physical or wireless interconnection within a colocation data center that (i) exits Customer’s licensed space or (ii) connects Customer to another Customer

Customer cross connect

A physical interconnection, including cable, connections, and other wiring that

  • Does not exit Customer’s cage
  • Does not connect Customer to another Customer
  • Interconnects
    • Systems
    • Colocator-provided point of demarcation (POD) equipment in Customer’s cage with the System

POD equipment

POD equipment:

  • Patch panels, DSX panels for category 5 twisted pair, co-axial, single mode and multimode fiber
  • Other appropriate POD for interconnection or power distribution equipment

Redundant power circuit pair

Two identical power circuits installed in the same cabinet or rack (neither of which are part of another pair of circuits is in the same cabinet or rack) that are fed from diverse power busses and are powering-only equipment with redundant power supplies capable of auto-failover

  • 9. Customer responsibilities

    In addition to any Customer responsibilities set forth in the agreement, the following Customer responsibilities shall apply with respect to the colocation services.


    Implementation of HPE GreenLake in colocation

    • The Customer is responsible for telecom design and requirements including procurement, installation, and testing of circuits and complete network environment.
    • The Customer is responsible for their carrier support.
    • The Customer will work with HPE to identify a single point of contact for colocation services.
    • The Customer is responsible to ensure that all capacity changes have the required space, power, and environmental resources necessary for optimal operations.

    Proactive support and ongoing maintenance

    • Customer will need to provide HPE with a list of authorized users (required for portal setup).
    • Customer will provide physical interaction with systems (including power on / power off, reading error messages, implementing commands, and such) as requested by HPE. This may be accomplished by Customer ordering/using Remote Hands support, subject to applicable charges.
    • Customer is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Systems. Remote Hands may be ordered at an additional cost to assist with support.
    • Customer will need to stay within contracted power usage.

    Support planning and review sessions

    The scope of the support planning and review sessions described in the Agreement includes review and discussion of Customer’s colocation needs (including forecasts) and any impact to the colocation services as part of these reviews.

    Customer responsibilities on connectivity

    • Customer will need to provide network connectivity and bandwidth for diagnostic and metering tools to monitor hardware based on the agreed-upon implementation plan.
    • Customer is responsible for telecom design and requirements including procurement, installation, and testing of circuits and complete network environment.
    • Customer will need to provide HPE with the necessary IP addresses, LAN connections, and network topology required for diagnostic/billing connection devices and/or interconnecting software.
    • Customer is to supply documented processes for carrier support to troubleshoot issues with infrastructure and environment at colocation.

Additional Customer responsibilities

  • Comply with all rules, regulations, and procedures in effect for properties owned or managed by Digital Realty Trust.
  • Comply with all applicable laws in its use of the licensed space and its activities in the Digital Realty Trust’s Sites and comply with all signs posted at any time (including changes in such signs) at Site concerning security procedures.
  • Have full responsibility and liability for all acts or omissions of Customer’s authorized persons and accompanying persons, and all such acts or omissions will be attributed to Customer for all purposes, including the purposes of determining whether Customer has breached (that is, failed to abide by) the policies. Without limiting the foregoing, Customer is responsible and must ensure that Customer’s authorized persons and accompanying persons do not take any actions that Customer is prohibited from taking.
  • Be responsible for and use the licensed space only for configuring, providing, placing, installing, upgrading, adding, maintaining, repairing, and operating Systems in a safe and lawful manner to the extent permitted by and subject to the terms of the Agreement.
  • Use the restrooms, any shared work area, and any other common spaces on-Site and the parking areas outside of it in accordance with the terms of this exhibit and the agreement, and any rules or signs then posted in or near such areas.
  • Maintain the licensed space in an orderly and clean manner and in good repair and condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted).
  • Immediately notify HPE of any damage or risk of damage to the Site or damage to any equipment or property of any person on the Site.
  • Comply with all applicable property control procedures, which may include providing a description and the serial numbers of items brought into a Site that are valued at more than $1,000 (or equivalent local currency) and/or providing HPE with the name, contact number, and signature of the person removing such items.
  • Be responsible and liable for all activities that occur under Customer’s account (including all payments owed for any orders that are placed under Customer’s account), regardless of whether such activities are conducted by Customer, a subcontractor, or any other third party, and regardless of whether such orders are authorized by Customer.
  • HPE does not have any obligation to verify that anyone using Customer’s account and password has Customer’s authorization.
  • Not install, touch, access, tamper with, damage, adjust, repair, interfere with, or breach the security of the licensed space of other Customers in the Site or the equipment, property, or services of any other Customers, vendors, contractors, or other parties who license, sublicense, lease, or sublease space or otherwise utilize space at the Site or Digital Realty Trust’s properties, or provide services or products to those who do.
  • Not alter, tamper with, damage, adjust, repair, interfere with, or breach the security of the licensed space, the Site, Digital Realty Trust’s properties (including, without limitation, the electrical and other building systems of the Site or Digital Realty Trust’s properties), or any equipment or property leased, licensed, or owned by colocator (including, without limitation, any cross connects and the colocator power distribution system, which only colocator will install, repair, or alter).
  • Not install or otherwise perform any cross-connects, except for Customer cross connects (a) within their private cages or (b) between contiguous cabinets in a shared colocation environment. In a shared colocation environment, Customer may not access colocator cable trays or cabling infrastructure to install Customer cross connects; except Customer may install Customer cross connects in those instances where Customer has had a dedicated cable tray or fiber duct installed over two of its cabinets. Should access to the cabling infrastructure be required for such connection, installation of the cross connects shall be added through change order at Customer’s expense.
  • Not affix or maintain labels to any ports or any POD equipment that connects system to equipment belonging to other Customers (Colocator will affix and maintain such labels, which will contain information as determined by colocator, including circuit identification and other information needed to identify each colocator-provided port).
  • Not encumber or obstruct the pathways, driveways, yards, entrances, hallways, stairs, or any common areas in or around the Site.
  • Not use any common areas at the Site (other than a shared work area where Customers are allowed to repair their equipment) for any purpose other than ingress and egress to and from the licensed space.
  • Not use a shared work area for any purpose other than to repair.
  • Not manufacture, generate, treat, transport, dispose of, release, discharge, or store on, under, or about the Sites, or any surrounding properties, any hazardous materials.
  • Not bring recording equipment in, or take photographs of (whether by use of a camera, video camera, cell phone, wireless handset, or otherwise), any part of the Sites, except for the following limited exception: if Customer is in a private cage it may request, at the time Customer’s visit is scheduled, that HPE takes photographs of Customer’s private cage and of the Systems within such private cage, but HPE will do so only if (i) Customer completes the required documents provided by HPE; and (ii) a Site staff member takes the photographs with Customer’s recording equipment, and the Site staff member at all times controls the recording equipment while it is inside the Site. Customer may only use any recordings, photographs, or video taken within a Site for Customer’s internal purposes and will not distribute or use such content in any public marketing or promotional materials without HPE’s prior written approval.
  • Not place furniture in the licensed space except as permitted by the Site managers in their reasonable discretion. In the event that Customer places furniture in the licensed space with the necessary consent from the Site manager, HPE may at any time thereafter notify Customer that the furniture must be removed within five days of the notice. If Customer fails to remove the furniture within the five-day period, HPE may remove the furniture, and Customer Remote Hands rates may be charged for doing so, and the furniture may be stored at Customer's expense.
  • Not install any surveillance cameras or other surveillance equipment without prior consent. HPE reserves the right to require Customer to remove or relocate any surveillance cameras or surveillance equipment that are deemed to threaten or impede the security of the Site (including the security of other colocation Customers).
  • Not block any exit route or aisle way or create a fire hazard.
  • Not use valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries within the Site unless the batteries are a manufacturer-installed and integrated part of the equipment that is an express exception to this rule according the applicable Site rules.
  • Not use circuit splitters on any colocation-provided power circuit.
  • Not use UPS systems that are not provided by HPE.
  • Not use 48V DC rectifiers that are not provided by HPE.
  • Not connect a power circuit to a cabinet other than the cabinet specified by HPE for such power.
  • Not consume power beyond the limit of any power circuit or redundant power circuit pair.

System Customer requirements

Customer may not sublicense or permit access to or use of the Site or any licensed space by any third parties.


Customer acknowledges and agrees that Customer is solely responsible for maintaining appropriate cybersecurity, technical protection, and backup for all Customer data stored, processed, transmitted through, or otherwise residing on the System.

  • 10. Applicable Terms and Conditions

Terms

Link

Data Privacy and Security Agreement

Data processing & security measures

Sub-processor list

HPE aaS Terms for Customers (unless otherwise stated in the Change Order Form.)

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