Deployment approach
HPE, Dell and Cisco UCS server platforms
Plan server upgrades around the applications you run, the people who maintain them and how you recover from an outage.
← All stories and scenariosThe challenge
Build around the work.
A server upgrade needs to fit the applications your business runs and the team that maintains them. We plan HPE, Dell and Cisco UCS platforms around performance, storage, networking, updates and recovery.
How the solution fits together
HPE servers / Dell server and blade platforms / Cisco UCS blades → supported management stack → workload and recovery operations
Products and software
- HPE servers and iLO ↗
- Use supported remote-management and hardware-health capabilities as part of the operating design.
- Dell PowerEdge, iDRAC and OpenManage ↗
- Plan server and chassis management around the deployed generation and its supported tools.
- Cisco UCS blades and UCS Manager ↗
- Coordinate the blades, profiles and infrastructure management for a compatible UCS domain.
- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) ↗
- Where the engagement includes network access, use ISE for user and device authentication and policy at compatible network enforcement points, alongside UCS Manager for blade infrastructure management.
What we do
- Map workloads, capacity and infrastructure dependencies before a refresh or expansion.
- Plan management access, firmware compatibility, fabric and storage connections, maintenance and rollback.
- Bring hardware health, configuration records and recovery procedures into the operating workflow; connect Cisco ISE network-access policy where that capability is part of the design.
Why it matters
Make the platform easier to maintain and recover, with a clear view of capacity, dependencies and the work required to support it over its useful life.
L8DT services behind the solution
How we verify it
Verify hardware health, workload performance, management access and the planned maintenance and recovery paths against the supported platform configuration. For an ISE integration, verify permitted and rejected access and the enforced network policy.
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