HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

1 Introduction
HP Matrix Operating Environment infrastructure orchestration extends HP Matrix Operating
Environment to provide rapid provisioning and repurposing of infrastructure services from shared
compute resource pools using a self service portal. Matrix infrastructure orchestration delivers
advanced template-driven design, provisioning, and ongoing operations for multi-node, multi-tier
infrastructure services built around HP platforms:
• HP Insight Control, including HP Insight Control virtual machine management
• HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
• HP Matrix Operating Environment
Matrix infrastructure orchestration provides lifecycle management for groups of physical and virtual
servers, including:
• Design, resource management, and self service tools supporting the key roles of IT architect,
administrator, and users of IT services
• A template design environment to define blueprints for provisioning servers in a service
• Multi-tenancy, which allows data center resources to be dynamically and securely shared
among different organizations by providing each organization with a virtual infrastructure
orchestration system
• Effective resource utilization enabled by automated resource allocation from resource pools
assigned to users
• Automated provisioning of virtual and physical servers, including VM Hosts and clusters, blade
hardware and virtual machine configuration, SAN boot support, operating system deployment,
and operating system customization
• Customizable Operations Orchestration workflows to integrate existing IT processes for
approvals, operating system deployment, and storage provisioning
• Ongoing management of provisioned infrastructure in order to grow, activate, and deactivate
infrastructure services
• Integration with Matrix Operating Environment for monitoring and maintenance of provisioned
and available infrastructure services
Matrix infrastructure orchestration can be used in the following scenarios:
• Template design to create a library of standardized infrastructure services
• Rapid provisioning and deprovisioning of complex infrastructure designs
• IT process integration to include existing automated and manual tasks within infrastructure
orchestration automation
• Rapid project delivery
• Improved utilization of infrastructure resources through reservations, schedules, and lease
periods on resources
Automated infrastructure design provisioning and management
Matrix infrastructure orchestration supports four main activities to automate the deployment of
infrastructure services:
Design
An architect uses the graphical designer to create simple and complex infrastructure templates
that, when tested, can be published for users to create infrastructure services.
Provision
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