SAP Master Configurations with HP ProLiant Servers Heinrich Gschwandner SAP Competence Center Germany January 2009 © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
Directory 1: T-shirt sizings for SAP ERP & SAP Business Suite Subject Slide Nr. Directory 2-4 Preface / introduction 5-9 Definition of SAP ERP & SAP Business Suite 10 – 11 SAP ECC 6.0 & Customer Relationship Managemtent / CRM 2007 13 – 14 Service Specifications & Categories for SAP ECC 6.0 & CRM 2007 15 – 16 SAP Business Intelligence / BI 7.0 17 – 18 SAP BI -Accelerator 19 – 22 SAP Process Integration / PI 7.1 (before XI / Exchange Information) 23 – 24 SAP Enterprise Portal / EP 7.
Directory 2: Server & StorageWorks Hardware Technology Subject Slide Nr.
Directory 3: HP SAP Landscapes / Solutions Subject Slide Nr.
Preface For effective use of this slide set, we strongly recommend to read through the preface! • This slide set is primarily intended as a working tool for the SAP Competence Center; providing support for our partners and customers. • Each of the SAP solutions presented is based on two certified HP ProLiant servers.
Preface: Platform Guide for SAP Solutions Availability DB Size 20TB IA64/HP-UX + SGeSAP + WLM IA64 Windows/Linux + RAS Standard OS 5TB Proliant Windows/Linux/Solaris* Standard HA 1 TB 50k 100k SAPS 250k *some restrictions apply,….
Preface • Server Design & Performance: • The term CPU is equivalent with socket or processors such as a two CPU Quad Core server contains 8 Cores. • For availability and performance reasons, HP recommends for SAP ProLiant servers a minimum configuration of two processors or sockets.
Preface: SAP System Landscapes – Basics! • When running business critical processes on an SAP production system, you have to customize and develop on a separate SAP system, called the development system. Upon completion of a change, the change needs to be transferred to a • quality assurance system (also called test system), where the changes will be tested with master data, ported from the production system.
Preface: Guideline for HP Services Ensure high availability Mission Critical Partnership Business requirements Proactive Services Enhanced support services Emergency support Reactive Services 98,5 % Critical Service Proactive 24 Service Increased effectiveness 99,5 % 20% 80% Achievement of business objectives through continual improvement of IT service quality Mission Critical Services 99,97 % 99,9 % IT availability requirements 9 Directory © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) 12/17/200
SAP ERP – the components • SAP ERP Central Component (current Release ECC 6.0) − The former SAP R/3 will end in year 2012; the Netweaver based follow up Bundle ERP will offer Service Oriented Architecture. The technical replacement of SAP R/3 Enterprise is SAP ECC (Enterprise Central Componets).
SAP Business Suite & SAP ERP mySAP Business Suite SAP PLM (not part of this solutions map) SAP ERP SAP SRM Analytics Financials Human Capital Management Operations Coporate Services SAP CRM SAP SCM SAP Netweaver 11 Directory © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) 12/17/2008 The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Applications Technology Solutions
The SAP Core Applications & Corresponding T-Shirt Sizing recommendations © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
SAP ECC & CRM Sizing Considerations • The following block diagram is user based. A user based sizing can be done by HP Sizer or SAP Quicksizer. Quantity based (requires expert know-how) sizing can only be done by SAP Quicksizer or SAP CC. The description refers to concurrent users; that means SAP users effective working on the system and not the number of SAP licenses or logged-on users.
SAP ECC 6.
Service Specifications The key to improving IT operational effectiveness is to coordinate activities across all the components of your infrastructure. HP Service includes consistent proactive and reactive services across the whole infrastructure, including hardware, software and specialized solution support for SAP environments. Reactive support (Support Plus 24) is delivered through HP’s global support infrastructure.
SAP ECC 6.
SAP BI Sizing Considerations • The SAP BI configuration examples represent 2 different sizes of BI landscapes, based on practical experience. The medium configuration represents the most common type. These examples are intended for a first budgetary proposal, when no detailed data quantities are available. • Sizing BI-BPS based on user numbers is not possible!! The 2 examples are therefore without usage of BI-BPS.
SAP BI – T-Shirt Sizing Categories Small • Up to 100 concurrent users • 70% Infos User • 20% Executive User • 10% Power user • only pre-defined • Info Cubes • Non Unicode; for Unicode add 50% Memory and 30% CPU • No web reporting included Medium • Up tp 200 concurrent users: • 70% Infos User • 20% Executive User • 10% Power user • only pre-defined • Info Cubes • Non Unicode; for Unicode add 50% Memory and 30% CPU • No web reporting included 18 12/17/2008 Production Environment Test- & Development Env
SAP BI Accelerator - Sizing Considerations • There is an ABAP Report on the SAP Marketplace available (SAP Note-917803) that the customer should run over all Info Cubes that will be transferred into BIA • --> please download the latest version of the ABAP Report from the SAP Marketplace (SAP Note-917803) • This means that the customer has to decide in a first step which Cubes he will shift into BIA.
HP’s holistic approach to the BI accelerator BI preparation BIA configuration BIA installation SAP NW BI environment Business Explorer BI system optimization Mission critical support BIA appliance Any tool HP ProLiant BL460c server blades Analytic engine InfoCubes Any source Data acquisition SAP NetWeaver BI 20 12/17/2008 Directory © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) The information contained herein is subject to change without notice HP EVA storage Applications Technology Solutions
BIA „Light“ Configuration Start Configuration 1 x AIO Shared Storage 2 x BL460c Quad Core & 8 GB RAM or 16 GB RAM Redundancy With a spare blade functionality 1 x BL460c Quad Core & 8 GB RAM or 16 GB RAM Backup Integration In the enclosure with a blade tape drive Scaling with 2 x BL460c Quad Core & 8 GB RAM or 16 GB RAM 21 12/17/2008 Directory © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Applications Technology Solutions
BIA Standard Configuration Scaling ! by further 16 x BL460c Quad Core & 16 GB RAM or 32 GB RAM Upgradable ! with 12 x BL460c Quad Core & 16 GB RAM or 32 GB RAM Start Configuration ! 1 x EVA Shared Storage 4 x BL460c Quad Core & 16 GB RAM or 32 GB RAM 22 12/17/2008 Directory © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Applications Technology Solutions
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP PI/XI) Sizing Considerations Following hardware proposals for SAP Exchange Infrastructure refer to SAP PI v7.0 Given SAPS figures relate to mainly asynchronous IDoc message transfers being processed The performance corridor given is for orientation purposes only and can not be granted The given information on approx.
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP PI/XI) T-Shirt Proposals Small • back-end SAP system(s) Production Environment Test- & Development Environment XI Central System 2 CPU XI Central System 2 CPU 16 GB RAM Server char. A or I 16 GB RAM Internal Storage or SAN Storage char. A2 or B1 200 GB DB net Internal Storage or SAN XI Central System 2 CPU XI Central System 2 CPU 32 GB RAM Server char.
SAP EP 7.0 • Portal is Java only • Load distribution is about 1:10 (DB vs. SAP) • Portal sizing is only user-driven – Sizing parameters are number of users: • logged in users for memory sizing • active users for CPU Sizing • about 500 active working users per core (SAP Component only) • add one core for the OS and do not forget the 10% DB uplift • about 6 GB memory per core; alternatively 6-8 GB per 1.
SAP EP – Sizing categories Always refer to the current SAP PAM (Product Availability Matrix) for NetWeaver supported platforms and OS - http://service.SAP.com/PAM Test- & Development Environment Production Environment Application Small 1000 concurrent user Only standard iViews Medium 2500 concurrent user Only standard iViews Large 6000 concurrent user Only standard iViews 26 12/17/2008 Database EP 7.0 central system 2 CPU 16 GB RAM 2 x 146 GB intern Server char.
SAP SRM Sizing Considerations • The SAP SRM configuration examples represent 2 different sizes of SRM & CCM landscapes, based on practical experience. The SRM small configuration and the CCM medium configuration represent the most common type. These examples are intended for a first budgetary proposal, when no detailed data quantities are available. • A well-founded SRM sizing has to be done by defining detailed data quantities for the SAP Quicksizer tool.
SAP SRM – Sizing Categories Production Environment Small Test- & Development Environment SRM / MDM MDM* SRM & MDM* SRM: • 100 active users (medium activity SRM Central System Master Data Mgmt. System SRM & MDM Central System CCM: • 30000 to 40000 entries uploading or indexinf of the catalog • Up to 100 of searches per hour • Two languages 2 CPU 2 CPU 2 CPU 16 GB RAM Server char. A or I 16 GB RAM Server char. A or I 16 GB RAM Server char. A or I Internal Storage or SAN Storage char.
SAP APO Sizing Considerations • The SAP APO configuration examples represent 3 different sizes of APO landscapes, based on practical experience. The medium configuration represents the most common type. These examples are intended for a first budgetary proposal, when no detailed data quantities are available. • Sizing based on user numbers is not possible. The 3 examples are therefore based on business figures like characteristic combinations and different order types.
SAP APO – Sizing Categories Production Environment APO / LiveCache Small & Medium • • • • • • 100.000 char. comb. 10.000 location products, 50.000 sales orders 30.000 procurement orders 50.000 forecast orders 10.000 production orders Large • • • • • • 250.000 char. comb. 50.000 location products 100.000 sales orders 60.000 procurement orders 100.000 forecast orders 20.000 production orders 30 12/17/2008 Central System 2 CPU 16 GB RAM Server char. B or J Internal Storage or SAN Storage char.
Special Information to Solution Manager Implement, Operate, Monitor, and Support • SAP Solution Manager is a centralized, robust solution management toolset. It empowers companies to implement, operate, monitor, and support their SAP solutions. • SAP Solution Manager facilitates technical support for distributed systems, with functionality that covers all key aspects of solution deployment, operation, and continuous improvement.
Server & Storage Hardware Technology Solutions © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
Preface The previous slides presented server- and storage characteristic information marked by alphabetic letters for use in the following slides. By combining the specifications from the T-shirt sizing data with the hardware data, you can build individual system landscapes and/or size the required components. Configuration and budgeting (German list price) details can be extracted from a separate Excel worksheet.
2 – Socket Intel Quad Core ProLiant Server up to 12.
4 – Socket Intel Quad Core ProLiant Server up to 18.
4 – Socket Intel Six Core ProLiant Server up to 25.
2 – Socket AMD Quad Core ProLiant Server up to 13.
4 – Socket AMD Quad Core ProLiant Server up to 23.
8 – Socket AMD Quad Core ProLiant Server up to 35.
StorageWorks entry level - MSA based 40 AIO1200 (AK222A) MSA 70 max.
HP Storageworks Enterprise Solution in SAP Environments EVA 4400, 6100, 8100 EVA is an enterprise class storage array system designed with a powerfully simple interface and the performance you expect from the storage market leader. Its rich set of software capabilities keep your data safe even in the most complex of environments. Leadership in: Space Time Cost Pooling storage over very large disk groups vs. fractured, small disk groups; snap copies into unallocated space vs.
HP Storageworks Enterprise Solution in SAP Environments Configuration Guide based on EVA EVA 4400 Entry level configuration: Medium level configuration: EVA 6100 2C2D 24 * 146/300/400 GB/ 1TB Storage characteristic B1 2C4D 48 (max.
HP StorageWorks solutions for SAP • Configuration, qualification and performance guides − EVA, EVA iSCSI, XP, − MSA, Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway – available on request – coming public soon − Performance sizer XP for SAP – available on request • Best practices whitepapers − SAP ERP on EVA, ProLiant, SQL, Windows − SAP ERP and BI on EVA, ProLiant, SQL, Windows − SAP ERP and CRM on EVA, Integrity, Oracle, Windows • External webpages & further information: − overview www.hp.
HP SAP Landscapes: Microsoft Netweaver 2004s cluster, mirrored data centers; blade- & VMware solutions © 2008 Hewlett-Packard GmbH (SAPCC Germany) The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
SAP system landscape proposals • The following SAP landscape proposals reflect proven solutions that are in widespread use. A large number of environments with ProLiant server (increasingly blade environments) and Enterprise Virtual Storage Arrays have been placed in the market during the last years. • Detailed technical and pricing (German list price) information on the following configuration examples is available (only for HP SAP partners) via a separate Excel worksheet.
ECC cluster scenario Note: • For more System-; Memory-, or IO performance you should choose to our 4-Socket servers = ProLiant DL580/585G5 • HP ProLiant c-class servers could be applied as well SAP Microsoft Cluster with Replicated Enqueue SAN Switch SAN Switch production system - cluster node A+B constituents: database; ASCS; SCS; application server 2 x ProLiant DL380/DL385G5 • Server char. D or M • 2 * CPU´s • 64 GB RAM Fibre Channel Storage System Enterprise Virtual Array 4400 2C4D • Storage char.
ECC cluster scenario for mirrored data centers application server 1 production system ProLiant DL580/585G5 • 4 * CPU´s • 128 GB RAM development system ProLiant DL380/385G5 • 2 * CPU´s • 64 GB RAM production system constituents: database; ASCS; SCS; application server ProLiant DL580/585G5 (cluster node A) • 4 * CPU´s • 128 GB RAM production system constituents: database; ASCS; SCS; application server ProLiant DL580/585G5 (cluster node B) • 4 * CPU´s • 128 GB RAM application server 2 production system ProL
SAP Applications Landscapes with HP ProLiant Blades 8 x ProLiant BL460/465c 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Recommended HP Hypervisor SAP Landscapes Without Virtualization With Virtualization Classical SAP Landscape SAN Switch • ECC 6.
