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Simplify your network management with rack solutions

As your business grows, it requires a growing number of servers and storage devices to manage the applications, workload, and data generated. These devices all require power, space, and their own management interface, which can quickly become a burden on any sized IT organisation.

HP rack solutions combine industry-leading technologies and proven expertise to meet all your needs, with the flexibility that today's business systems demand.


Typical configuration

Through easy-to-add modular building blocks, HP racks make it possible to adapt and expand at your own pace. A typical configuration consists of an HP rack system, power, servers, and storage. In addition, most rack systems add management and power monitoring software.


PBA Rack Schematic

Rack server solutions:

Affordable, modular rack systems from HP give your IT department the flexibility to expand with your business.

  • Consolidate and simplify IT infrastructure management: At the heart of any rack solution is HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) software, which provides single-console monitoring and supports valuable plug-ins such as rapid deployment, seamless migration, vulnerability and patch management, and virtual machine management and control.
  • Integrate power and cooling management and control: HP rack solutions integrate power and cooling management and control at each level of the solution. HP Insight Power Manager software lets you monitor actual power consumption and thermal output.
  • Improve server utilisation and energy savings: HP hardware and software management solutions help reduce server power and cooling overhead across the IT infrastructure, while increasing facility compute capacity. It also provides scalable policy-based power management.

HP Rack Solutions and management tools simplify IT infrastructure management with cost-effective, reliable, efficient, and easy-to-use technologies that integrate seamlessly with each other. The diverse range of these energy-saving server products matches any size budget and increased efficiency and productivity saves you time and money.

Services and Support

When you choose HP, you're choosing a partner with years of industry-leading experience to help you design, build, integrate, manage, and evolve IT infrastructures so you can improve productivity, adapt to changes more quickly, and enhance the return on your investment.  HP Services provide a single point of contact for reliable solutions and industry-leading services, including a three-year warranty coverage or enhanced support for your rack solution through HP Care Pack Services.

HP Services provides a single point of contact of industry leading services to get your solution running, and to keep it running. What's more, our global network of HP Preferred Partners provides you with access to the best quality service, wherever you are and whenever you need it.

To learn more about rack solutions and management tools, review the Rack Advantage Online Solution Guide (435 KB, PDF).

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