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administration tasks, such as making configuration
changes, from a remote location.”
changes, from a remote location.”
To manage its HP ProLiant DL580 and DL360 G5
Servers, the Freeman School uses HP Systems Insight
Manager. Gerace appreciates the consistency that
HP has maintained in its management interface over
the years. “We’re able to provide a high level of
systems uptime and meet the needs of our users due
to the reliability of the HP products and its remote
management solutions,” he notes.
Servers, the Freeman School uses HP Systems Insight
Manager. Gerace appreciates the consistency that
HP has maintained in its management interface over
the years. “We’re able to provide a high level of
systems uptime and meet the needs of our users due
to the reliability of the HP products and its remote
management solutions,” he notes.
Twofold faster server deployment
“Obviously there have been changes and
improvements in Systems Insight Manager, but all
our engineers are very comfortable with it,” Gerace
continues. “That consistency and comfort level save us
training time and allow us to deploy servers twice
as fast—we don’t have to spend half the morning
figuring out how to use some other vendor’s
management product.”
“Obviously there have been changes and
improvements in Systems Insight Manager, but all
our engineers are very comfortable with it,” Gerace
continues. “That consistency and comfort level save us
training time and allow us to deploy servers twice
as fast—we don’t have to spend half the morning
figuring out how to use some other vendor’s
management product.”
With its campus split between New Orleans and
Houston, the school relies on a virtual private network
(VPN) to ensure a seamless campus environment. A
greater push toward virtualization, Gerace notes, will
further help the school support and scale the services
it can offer to the remote campus locations.
Houston, the school relies on a virtual private network
(VPN) to ensure a seamless campus environment. A
greater push toward virtualization, Gerace notes, will
further help the school support and scale the services
it can offer to the remote campus locations.
The school is also using an HP StorageWorks Modular
Smart Array (MSA) and an HP StorageWorks tape
library on the back end.
Smart Array (MSA) and an HP StorageWorks tape
library on the back end.
New approaches to learning
The school’s HP ProLiant servers power a host of
specialized research and statistical applications that
require high compute power. One that gives the
school a significant competitive edge is its trading
room—a realistic simulation of a corporate trading
floor—to teach students about commodities trading
and foreign exchange. “It has live feeds to the world,
whether it’s the commodities markets or European
exchanges, so if you had a trading license you could
actually trade real dollars,” says Gerace. “We don’t
trade real dollars, of course, but it gives students
tremendous hand-on experience.”
The school’s HP ProLiant servers power a host of
specialized research and statistical applications that
require high compute power. One that gives the
school a significant competitive edge is its trading
room—a realistic simulation of a corporate trading
floor—to teach students about commodities trading
and foreign exchange. “It has live feeds to the world,
whether it’s the commodities markets or European
exchanges, so if you had a trading license you could
actually trade real dollars,” says Gerace. “We don’t
trade real dollars, of course, but it gives students
tremendous hand-on experience.”
Instructors at the Freeman School often use
HP Compaq tc4200 Tablet PCs, connecting through
a network using HP ProCurve wireless access points,
to display data on classroom projectors. This provides
for a more interactive classroom experience.
HP Compaq tc4200 Tablet PCs, connecting through
a network using HP ProCurve wireless access points,
to display data on classroom projectors. This provides
for a more interactive classroom experience.
“It’s really interesting to watch them teach,” says
Gerace. “They can walk around the room, circle things
on the tablet screen using the pen-based input device,
and have it show up on the projector screen. They’re
no longer stuck behind the lectern. It’s just a wonderful
machine in the classroom, and our instructors are
really good at exploiting the technology.”
Gerace. “They can walk around the room, circle things
on the tablet screen using the pen-based input device,
and have it show up on the projector screen. They’re
no longer stuck behind the lectern. It’s just a wonderful
machine in the classroom, and our instructors are
really good at exploiting the technology.”
No unplanned downtime, no complaints
The Freeman School participates in the HP Self-
Maintainer program, certifying its staff technicians on
HP hardware to enable faster break-fix. “The HP Self-
Maintainer program allows my staff to do warranty
work on our HP equipment and essentially act like
a warranty repair shop,” says Gerace. “I can buy
warranty parts and they are here tomorrow. This is
very important to us, and it was one of the reasons the
school decided to standardize on HP.”
The Freeman School participates in the HP Self-
Maintainer program, certifying its staff technicians on
HP hardware to enable faster break-fix. “The HP Self-
Maintainer program allows my staff to do warranty
work on our HP equipment and essentially act like
a warranty repair shop,” says Gerace. “I can buy
warranty parts and they are here tomorrow. This is
very important to us, and it was one of the reasons the
school decided to standardize on HP.”
If a researcher’s HP Compaq 2510p Notebook PC
needs attention, for example, very little downtime
is required. “We’ll have them back up and running
the next day because we can do the maintenance
in house,” says Gerace. “If we had to send it out for
service, it would take at least three days.”
needs attention, for example, very little downtime
is required. “We’ll have them back up and running
the next day because we can do the maintenance
in house,” says Gerace. “If we had to send it out for
service, it would take at least three days.”
After its decade-long relationship with HP, the Freeman
School has found an enduring partnership. “We will
continue to purchase only HP hardware because of
the many efficiencies the school has realized over
the past decade,” says Gerace. “I never hear any
complaints about HP’s hardware performance. We
just don’t have unplanned downtime.”
School has found an enduring partnership. “We will
continue to purchase only HP hardware because of
the many efficiencies the school has realized over
the past decade,” says Gerace. “I never hear any
complaints about HP’s hardware performance. We
just don’t have unplanned downtime.”
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Customer solution
at a glance
Primary hardware
• HP ProLiant DL580 Servers
• HP ProLiant DL360 G5 Servers
• HP StorageWorks Modular Smart
• HP ProLiant DL360 G5 Servers
• HP StorageWorks Modular Smart
Array (MSA)
• HP StorageWorks tape library
• HP Compaq business desktops
• HP Compaq 2510p Notebook
• HP Compaq business desktops
• HP Compaq 2510p Notebook
PCs
• HP Compaq tc4200 Tablet PCs
• HP ProCurve wireless access
• HP ProCurve wireless access
points
Primary software
• HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2)
Standard
• HP Onboard Administrator
• HP Systems Insight Manager
• VMware ESX Server
Operating system
• HP Systems Insight Manager
• VMware ESX Server
Operating system
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
HP Services
HP Services
• HP Self-Maintainer program