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thinkagile log VX Series

Simplify IT infrastructure and accelerate time-to-value

with ThinkAgile VX Series

Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Appliances combine the power and reliability of Lenovo ThinkSystem servers with the simplicity and flexibility of vSAN hyperconverged software from VMware to evolve to a modern IT Infrastructure risk-free.

Together Lenovo and VMware lower total cost of ownership, accelerate responsiveness to business needs & provide predictable performance & scaling with ease of management.

ThinkAgile VX Value Proposition

Avoid HCL lookups, Only Certified firmware, No Assembly required

Single Pane of glass management with vLCM, Best Recipe Firmware, Rolling firmware upgrades

VX Installer Tool, Standardized Deployments, Guaranteed Firmware compatibility

Certified Hardware and Firmware, Perfect Building Block for Private, Hybrid and Multi-Clouds

Consolidate on Multi-Cloud Ready Infrastructure

Virtual Desktops (VDI)
Cloud Native Apps
Containers
ROBO
Management
Clusters
DR/DA
Databases
(SQL/Oracle)
Business Critical Apps

Private Cloud

Public Cloud

thinkshiled

Efficient, dedicated and secure

Lenovo’s ThinkShield delivers essential integrated security for hardware data and more.

Secure business
process

Secure product
design

Secure supply
chain

Secure hardware foundation

ThinkAgile VX Lifecycle Management Enhancements

Provides operational transparency via simplified deployment and automating Lifecycle Management

Get to productivity with ease and speed

reduction in
time to deploy

Wizard based experience reduces manual errors. Built in intelligence for configuration settings. Deploy a 4-node cluster ˂ 4 hrs

degree visibility

Easy to follow alerts and detailed Health monitoring and diagnostics removes any down time risk

touch automated
updates

One click upgrade for entire cluster. Maintain HW & SW best recipe and HCL & audit compliance

Key Values

End to end simplified experience via day 0 automation and operational intelligence to proactively monitor and manage cluster health and uptime

What is vSAN - A Foundational
Element of Private and Public Clouds

Core HCI vSAN + vSphere

“Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) should be the default choice for storage…”

vSphere

vSAN

Core Cloud
Capabilities

Full Stack HCIVMware Cloud Foundation

“76% of IT organizations are committed to hybrid cloud as a long-term strategy…”

SDDC Mgr.

Tanzu

vRealize

NSX

vSphere

vSAN

Comprehensive
Private Cloud

Hybrid/Multi-CloudIntegrated On-Prem and Public Cloud Solution

Tanzu

Managed Services

vRealize

NSX

vSphere

vSAN

On-prem

vSphere

vSAN

Scale Infrastructure
on Demand

VMware vSAN Addresses IT Needs

Simplifies
provisioning and
storage management

Supports VMs
and Containers

Improves IT
productivity

First step to
Hybrid Cloud

Top 10 reasons to enable increased adoption vSphere / vSAN 7

Fastest path to modern apps

vSphere with Kubernetes makes infrastructure smooth for modern applications, on-premises with VMware Cloud Foundation all the way through to the VMware Cloud.

Secure audits and account management

Deliver seamless enterprise and multi-factor authentication with Identity Federation.

Tighten physical infrastructure security

vSphere Trust Authority provides the building blocks for attestable hardware-based trust and security.

Take on AI/ML workload demands in real-time

Create a shared pool of GPUs for higher device utilization, greater flexibility, and larger cost savings.

Simplify software patching and hardware upgrades

Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager to discover, manage, and upgrade VMware software and firmware from the vSphere GUI or a REST API.

Reduce complexity and increase scale

New vSphere tools and REST APIs increase consolidation, flexibility, and automation for easy configuration access and maintenance.

Maximize performance and efficiency

Improved vSphere Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS) logic achieves better consolidation, workload placement, and balancing.

Proactive support technology and services

Get comprehensive analytics and support with Skyline Health for vSphere to resolve potential issues before they impact operations.

Flexibility to run any app on any cloud

From the data center to the cloud to the edge -track workload migration and federate corporate identities in a single view.

Build a solid HCI for modern applications

vSAN 7 delivers high-performance and cost-efficient storage for both traditional and cloud-native applications to future-proof infrastructure and reduce cost.

xclarity

Fast, flexible and scalable

Deploy infrastructure faster and with less effort. Lenovo XClarity makes short work of administrative tasks.

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  • In-band and out-of-band updates for system and adapter firmware
  • Clear intuituve dashboards
  • At-a-glance status visualizations
  • Easy access to common system actions
  • HTML-5 based graphical User Interface and Remote Control
  • Eliminates downtime in vSphere clusters

Benefits of XClarity Integrators for VMware

XClarity Integrator for
VMware vCenter

  • View, Monitor and Manage Lenovo Infrastructure on a familiar dashboard
  • Non-Disruptive Rolling Firmware Updates for ThinkAgile VX
  • Acquire and Apply Best Recipes for ThinkAgile VX

XClarity Integrator for
vRealize Orchestrator

  • Configuration of Lenovo Servers and Flex System
  • Installation and Configuration of ESXi
  • Visibility into managed endpoint inventory information and status

XClarity Integrator for
vRealize Log Insight

  • Allows XClarity Administrator and all entities managed by LXCA to forward Syslogs to Log Insight for capture and analysis

Benefits of XClarity Integrators for VMware

Consolidate virtual and physical infrastructure management using your familiar console

  • Discovery
  • Monitoring
  • Firmware updates
  • Configurations

Eliminate downtime in vSphere clusters

  • Automate rolling reboots & firmware updates
  • Automate evacuation of VMs from impacted hosts based on user-defined events
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Why ThinkAgile VX

Flexible Options

Pre-defined SKUs for SMB, Edge, Mission Critical, Gen Purpose Appliances

Remove Guesswork

Appliances built for optimal performance

Firmware Best Recipes

XClarity Administrator integrated in vSphere (vLCM)

Worry-Free upgrades

Avoid expensive downtimes. No need to deploy the firmware in test clusters

Single Point of Support

ThinkAgile Advantage Support included with Appliances

One Back to Pat

Avoid panic during outage Faster service recovery

Use Cases

Data Center Modernization

  • Hardware Refresh (Server / Storage)
  • VMware Renewals / Expansions
  • Data Center / Workload Consolidation
  • Infrastructure Standardization
  • Simplifying Operations
  • Merger & Acquisitions / Greenfield Data Center

Modern Applications

  • Cloud Native Application
  • Development
  • New Container/ Kubernetes
  • Deployment
  • Application Refactoring

Hybrid Cloud

  • Business Continuity/ Disaster
  • Recovery
  • Application Migration
  • Application Connectivity
  • Workload Mobility
  • Cloud Repatriation

Integrated security

identity

Identity & Access

  • Multi-factor authentication via SAML
  • Role-based access controls
  • Audit logging
protection

Data Protection

  • Native data-at-rest encryption
  • FIPS 140-2 validated encryption modules
  • Built-in Key management
security

Integrated Security Baseline & Audit

  • Factory-applied Integrated Security baselines
  • Standards-based configuration
  • Native audit and self-healing capabilities
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Experience the Benefits of ThinkAgile VX As-a-Service

The on-premises, pay-as-you-use Data Center with Lenovo TruScale

Plan, procure and manage your entire IT environment from a single source.

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One provider

Plan, procure and run your entire
infrastructure simply, with a single point of
global accountability and predictable costs.

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Complete pay as you
go solution

Acquire the Lenovo hardware
and VMware software together
on a SaaS / Subscription model.

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Full Maintenance, Support & Management

End to end services including installation,
deployment, configuration and managed
services

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Secure by nature

Lenovo’s foundational security
approach protects everything,
everywhere, all the time.

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Absolute Control

Real-time insights that help drive efficiency,
with less time in the weeds and more time for
the big picture.

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Constant ROI

End to end services including
installation, deployment, configuration
and managed services.

Infrastructure Lifecycle Services: From the data center to the edge

1. Discover 2. Design 3. Implement 4. Support 5. Optimize 6. Retire
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1. Discover

  • Workshop
  • Assessment

Workshop sessions to review your primary goals and objectives.

2. Design

  • Solution Architecture
  • Capacity Planning
  • Best Recipe Development

Architect the entire solution, end to end, to meet your needs.

3. Implement

  • Hardware Installation
  • Migration
  • Deployment

Lenovo will manage the hardware installation, data migration and deployment of your solution.

4. Support

  • Warranty Upgrade/Extension
  • Premier Support
  • Technical Account Manager
  • Enterprise Server Software
  • Your Drive Your Data

Expert support for you with our warranty upgrade/extension offerings, single point of contact service through Premier Support and technical expertise with Technical Account Manager.

5. Optimize

  • Managed Services
  • Firmware/Best Recipe Update
  • Preventative Maintenance
  • Health Check

Lenovo will manage and monitor your data center infrastructure, perform firmware/best recipe updates, preventative maintenance and health checks.

6. Retire

  • Hardware Deinstallation
  • Asset Recovery:
    1. Recycling/Disposal
    2. Data Sanitization
    3. Drive Destruction

Recovery programs to provide you with potential monetary value for your older assets, with rigorous world standards.

ThinkAgile Advantage Support

ThinkAgile VX Certified Node

Hardware

  • 56 Countries Lenovo Support by Lenovo team.
  • 88 Countries IBM Hardware Support
  • Warranty delivery by IBM for Break/Fix

VMware Software – Customer Supplied

  • Customer can call VMware direct
  • If customer calls Lenovo we will triage and open call with VMware via TSAnet and manage call to resolution

VMware Software – Lenovo Supplied

  • Customer calls Lenovo
  • Lenovo provides L1 & L2 support
  • L3 call transferred to VMware by Lenovo
  • Lenovo manages call to resolution

ThinkAgile VX Appliance

Hardware

  • 56 Countries Lenovo Support by Lenovo team.
  • Warranty delivery by IBM for Break/Fix

VMware Software

  • Customer calls Lenovo
  • Lenovo provides L1 & L2 support
  • L3 call transferred to VMware by Lenovo
  • Lenovo manages call to resolution

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As VMware’s Global Innovation Partner of the Year, Lenovo and VMware strategically partner to provide customers with the solutions they need to address their digital transformation. From workforce productivity and remote work, to local and hybrid cloud software-defined infrastructure –– customers are benefiting from our differentiated and high-value joint solutions. The Lenovo and VMware partnership provides integrated infrastructure everywhere – across the data center, the edge, and the cloud – in both traditional CapEx acquisition or flexible pay-as-you-use consumption models.