HP NonStop Time Synchronization presentation

HP NonStopTime Synchronizationsoftware for HP IntegrityNonStop serversCustomer briefingKaren CopelandNonStop Product Manager, HP© 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.1The information 6 August contained 2007 herein is subject to change without notice

Agenda• Overview• Schedule• NonStop TimeSynchronizationcapabilities• Q & A2 6 August 2007

IntroductionIn 2007, HP will offer a new time synchronization product.This product allowsyou to synchronizesystem clocks acrossNonStop clusters aswell as betweenNonStop and othersystem types in hybridenvironments.3 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time Synchronization andNonStop systems• NSX replacement needed−−Network Statistics Extended (NSX) has provided a time synchronization capability onNonStop systems, but the product is very old, does not run on HP Integrity NonStopservers, and reaches EOSL this yearA replacement product is needed• Replacement for SNTP Lite−−The Denmark office sold this product and still supports it, though new copies are notbeing soldA replacement product is needed• A single purchase option−While some HP products such as NonStop ASAP offer system clocksynchronization as a feature, customers have told us that they do not want to buy alarger product just to obtain this one function4 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationProduct objectives• Purpose of time synchronization is to address two separate,but related, objectives:− Synchronize system clocks within a customer’s network− Synchronize system clocks with the outside world• The first objective is sufficient for many installations; itallows all local system activity to be correlated• The second objective is more important in cases wherelocal systems interact with outside systems and/or networks7 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationSupported platforms• NonStop servers− Both NonStop S-series (RVU Gxx) and Integrity NonStop (RVU Hxx)servers are supported− Product contains both Guardian and Open System Services (OSS)executables• Microsoft ® Windows ® –based servers− Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista ®• Linux-based servers− Red Hat 3 and later− SUSE 9.0 and later• Product capabilities are equivalent on all platforms8 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationProduct capabilities• Obtains time from remote timesources/servers and updates localtime accordingly (in client mode)• Acts as a time source/server andsupplies time to remote systems (inserver mode)• Can operate as both a client and aserver simultaneously, or can actjust as a client or a server• Has subsecond accuracy—typically .1 seconds or less9 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationServer mode features• Acts as a time source for anysystem running Time Sync inclient mode• Acts as a time source for anysystem running an NTP/SNTPclient• Allows systems that do notkeep system time inGMT/UTC to act as timesources via configurable offset11 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationAdditional features• Integrates with native eventmanagement service on eachplatform for logging criticalevents• Maintains its own log file ofactivity• Can run as a service(Windows) or daemon (Linux)• TimeCom command interpreter(CI) can be used to dynamicallyalter the configuration andobtain status information12 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationArchitecture—NonStop ClusterFor the NonStop environment, TimeSync allows the customer tosynchronize system clocks on allNonStop systems. One NonStopsystem can be designated as theTime Synch Server and all systemscan use it as the Time Source.13 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationArchitecture—NonStop ClusterAlternatively, all systems can bepointed to an Internet NTP TimeSource and clocks can besynchronized to that source.14 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationArchitecture—Hybrid Cluster EnvironmentsAny system in the cluster can be designated as the Time Server for the cluster.15 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationArchitecture—Hybrid Cluster EnvironmentsAny system in the cluster can be designated as the Time Server for the cluster.16 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationArchitecture—Hybrid Cluster EnvironmentsAny and all systems in the cluster can be directed to a Network Time Source.18 6 August 2007

HP NonStop Time SynchronizationPlanned product offering• NonStop Time Synchronization—NonStop Edition− Allows system clocks to be synchronized in NonStop systems• NonStop Time Synchronization—Linux Edition− Allows system clocks to be synchronized in Linux systems• NonStop Time Synchronization—Windows Edition− Allows system clocks to be synchronized in Windows systems• NonStop Time Synchronization—Bundle− Bundles all three of the above products into a single product with apurchase discount19 6 August 2007

Schedule• May 2007—Limited BetaProgram− We will take the first 10 customersthat respond with signed Betaagreements− BETA packages are available nowand will be sent to all who expressinterest or send e-mail by May 15to: karen.copeland@hp.com• July 2007—FCS20 6 August 2007

NonStop TimeSynchronizationQ & A21 6 August 2007