Hi, I'm Nancy Berliner with HPE Technical Marketing Engineering.
It's easier than ever to get an HPE Alletra storage system
up and running with our new Cloud Based Setup Service.
This demo will show you how it's done.
The first part of the demo runs on-prem,
where the HPE Coud Connectivity Wizard on the Alletra array
prompts you to enter some networking information
and then connects to the cloud.
Control now transfers to the Data Services Cloud Console or DSCC,
where most of the initialization is done.
One benefit of the Cloud Based Setup is what we call blueprints,
templates that really streamline the process.
But let me get to the demo, and you'll see how it all works.
First, I want to quickly mention the HPE Welcome Center,
which is a one stop shop for information on everything,
from the physical installation and cabling,
to software initialization and cloud enablement.
You can get to it either from the InfoSight portal, or directly
at infosight.hpe.com/welcome center.
Then, once your system is physically installed and cabled to the network,
the HPE Discovery Tool runs on your Windows device
and uses the system serial number to discover and connect
to your Alletra System’s temporary IP address.
At this point, the HPE Cloud Connectivity Wzard takes over.
The wizard is a sort of pre setup process that runs on the array itself.
It guides you through entering networking,
proxy server information,
and either a manually entered time or the address of an NTP server.
Once that's been entered and confirmed,
the array takes a few minutes to apply the settings
and make an initial connection to the cloud.
Each Alletra system comes from the factory with a device certificate installed,
and the array connects through an MTLS encrypted tunnel to the cloud.
GreenLake then validates the device and the customer
and returns a subscription key that will be used to register the device.
If you find that you entered something wrong into the wizard,
you can just click on the Modify button, make the necessary changes,
and the process will continue where it left off.
Once it's finished and connected,
you can copy the key and then click on the link to launch DSCC.
If this is the first time you're using GreenLake,
you'll need to create a company and user account,
and add the DSCC application.
There are getting started videos right on the home screen
that walk you through that process.
But if you already have an account,
you can go directly to manage devices and add your array.
For a storage device, you need the subscription key you just copied,
as well as the system serial number.
It takes only a couple of seconds for our device to appear on the list.
It's possible that your account has multiple applications,
so you need to assign your device to the one you want.
In this case DSCC,
I have just a single new device.
However, if you're onboarding multiple devices at the same time,
you can select as many as you like and assign them all in a single step.
There are multiple instances of DSCC around the world.
And you will have already associated your company account
with the one or ones that are physically closest to your storage.
My array is in California.
So for me, it's DSCC-US1.
Now that the array is properly on-boarded,
you'd select applications from the hamburger menu,
and go to the setup service within DSCC.
The setup service has a list of all devices that are not yet initialized,
along with any you've already initialized within the past seven days.
You could just select your system and click through the wizard,
to type in the remaining configuration information.
However, it's much easier to use a predefined blueprint.
So, I'm going to cancel out of this and head over to the Blueprint tab.
A Blueprint contains some or all of the information
that's needed to finish setting up your device.
It's really convenient, especially for environments with multiple systems
because you don't have to retype all the configuration info each time.
I've created three blueprints for our systems in two locations.
If you want to create a new blueprint
or edit an existing one, you can do it right here in this tab.
Once that's done, you'd go back to the Systems tab,
click on Apply Blueprint and select the one you want to use.
Now when you step through the wizard,
all the fields that are entered into the blueprint, are pre populated,
you can just keep clicking continue,
or you can edit anything you want to make changes to.
Anything that was entered into the Cloud Connectivity Wizard on-prem,
will also be populated here.
You don't have to type that data in all, over again.
There are only a few fields you have to fill out manually;
one, is your HPE passport credentials,
which are used to claim your system in InfoSight.
The second is the permanent IP address for the system,
and the third is the default system credentials,
that will be used for the on-prem management tools
such as the onboard UI and the CLI.
If you've made any changes, you have the option to save it as a new blueprint,
or you can just review and then submit.
It doesn't take long to initialize the system.
But if you'd rather go off and do other work,
you can close the dialog and come back to it at any time.
This is also handy if you're setting up multiple arrays at the same time,
because you can start the initialization of all of them, and have them run in parallel.
If you'd like to go back and check on the progress,
you can just click on the initializing link in the status column.
When it's all done, the setup status will change from initializing, to initialized,
and the array will remain in the list for one week.
Now, you can go back to DSCC,
launch Data Ops Manager and immediately start managing your new storage.
Thanks for watching.
For more information on the HPE Cloud Experience,
visit hpe.com/storage