Integrated Virtualization Done Right!

HP offers two integrated virtualization products that combine the performance, simplicity and ease of use of Citrix XenServer with HP’s ProLiant Server platforms. The two products – Citrix XenServer HP Select Edition and Citrix XenServer HP Enterprise Edition, are available as options for customers at the point of sale with ProLiant servers, and are available to current HP ProLiant customers via option kits – enabling customers to purchase an entire virtualization solution from HP.

“We have made significant efforts to ensure our customers have the leading options for deploying and managing virtualization,” said Scott Farrand, vice president, Industry Standard Server Software, HP.  “HP’s ProLiant and BladeSystem servers with Insight Control management tools, combined with the unique architecture of Citrix XenServer, delivers a truly integrated user experience that makes virtualization feel like a seamless capability within the infrastructure.”

Integrated ProLiant Virtual Console (PVC) – Simplifies  Deployments
These new co-developed products are the only integrated virtualization solutions to provide a simple-to-use local graphical management console and pre-integrated HP management agent technology, providing for simpler deployments and an easy to use management environment that accelerates the adoption of this flexible, cost-saving virtualization technology.

Demo HP Select Edition in Action

• XenServer HP Select Edition, First Boot to VM in 3 minutes!
• XenServer HP Select Edition ProLiant Virtual Console!

The HP ProLiant Virtual Console allows you to power on your new HP server and start creating virtual machines in a matter of minutes, removing the complexity of deploying your virtualization solution. HP ProLiant Virtual Console provides a simple to use GUI interface to setup and manage virtual machines on your servers.   

Integrated Virtualization Done Right
Citrix XenServer is a simple, efficient way to virtualize servers and deliver a dynamic data center—a flexible, aggregated pool of computing and storage resources. Citrix XenServer fully supports 64-bit and extends the development and testing resources of the open source Xen virtualization engine, delivering easy-to-use dynamic virtualization solutions. Citrix XenServer combines comprehensive server virtualization capabilities with unparalleled scalability, performance, and ease-of-use.

HP ProLiant is HP’s family of industry-standard server, storage, blade and facility solutions, providing the innovation and total cost discipline and trusted experience that are the cornerstones of an adaptive infrastructure. HP has tightly integrated Citrix XenServer into ProLiant platforms. The HP image of Citrix XenServer is shipped on a USB key, which is installed in the internal USB port of the server. The system boots directly from the USB key. This revolutionary method of distributing virtualization technology enables fast and straightforward virtual deployments with a consistent, reliable, and familiar ProLiant experience. You can now easily access the versatility Citrix virtualization brings to the data center within ProLiant platforms. Citrix XenServer is certified on HP ProLiant Tower, Rack and BladeSystem Servers, offering you unprecedented simplicity and speed for your virtual deployments.

A simple license-key upgrade enables you to adopt the powerful enterprise-class features included in Citrix XenServer HP Enterprise Edition, such as dynamic provisioning of both virtual and physical servers. View the Enterprise Edition demo to learn more. Citrix and HP offer the only integrated virtualization solution to allow you to upgrade and leverage enterprise features without having to shutdown and re-install new software or backend management systems.  

Unparalleled End-to-End Virtualization
Citrix XenServer HP Select Edition and Citrix XenServer HP Enterprise Edition offer unparalleled capabilities. All Citrix XenServer HP products offer the only solution to provide you with pre-integrated HP management agent technology, allowing you to immediately leverage investments in HP management products including HP Systems Insight Manager, HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack, HP Server Management Pack  and the HP Systems Management Homepage. Citrix and HP virtualization solutions offer you the same familiar management systems you have been using with your existing HP ProLiant servers.

Demo these Products in Action

• XenServer HP Select Edition ProLiant Virtual Console! (registration required)
• XenServer HP Select Edition, First Boot to VM in 3 minutes! (registration required)
• XenServer Enterprise Edition - powerful enterprise class capabilities (registration required)

• Video: Simon Crosby, CTO Citrix XenServer discusses HP Select Edition::
• Webinar Replay - Integrated Virtualization done Right!
• Download the HP Virtualization White Paper
• HP Integrated XenServer Product DataSheet
• HP Product and Purchase Information

“This integrated solution from Citrix and HP promises to have a significant impact on the industry by making the virtualization of servers as easy as managing physical servers,” said Mark Bowker, analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). “By enabling virtualization to be simple from the very beginning, it not only helps proliferate virtualization technology, but also enables enterprises to adopt it faster and easier.”

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