AutoCAD Architecture (abbreviated as ACA) is a version of Autodesk's flagship product, AutoCAD, with tools and functions specially suited to architectural work. Architectural objects have a relationship to one another and interact with each other intelligently. For example, a window has a relationship to the wall that contains it. If you move or delete the wall, the window reacts accordingly. Objects can be represented in both 2D and 3D. In addition, intelligent architectural objects maintain dynamic links with construction documents and specifications, resulting in more accurate project deliverables. When someone deletes or modifies a door, for example, the door schedule can be automatically updated. Spaces and areas update automatically when certain elements are changed, calculations such as square footage are always up to date. AutoCAD Architecture uses the DWG file format but an object enabler is needed to access, display, and manipulate object data in applications different from AutoCAD Architecture. AutoCAD Architecture was formerly known as AutoCAD Architectural Desktop (often abbreviated ADT) but Autodesk changed its name for the 2008 edition. The change was made to better match the names of Autodesk's other discipline-specific packages, such as AutoCAD Electrical and AutoCAD Mechanical.

  IMPROVE PROJECT DELIVERY Enhance project quality and accuracy and optimize design MAINTAIN MORE CONSISTENT DATA Automate project deliverables and reduce documentation errors. RESPOND FASTER TO PROJECT CHANGES Accelerate detailed design and help streamline time-consuming tasks. Get more out of AutoCAD Civil 3D when you connect it with other Autodesk BIM solutions.  

It has modeling capabilities and a flexible plugin architecture and can be used on the Microsoft Windows platform. It is frequently used by video game developers, many TV commercial studios and architectural visualization studios. It is also used for movie effects and movie pre-visualization. For its modeling and animation tools, the latest version of 3ds Max also features shaders (such as ambient occlusion and subsurface scattering), dynamic simulation, particle systems, radiosity, normal map creation and rendering, global illumination, a customizable user interface, new icons, and its own scripting language. Features:

• MAXScript: built-in scripting language that can be used to automate repetitive tasks, combine existing functionality in new ways, develop new tools and user interfaces, and much more
• Character Studio helps users to animate virtual characters
• Scene Explorer, a tool that provides a hierarchical view of scene data and analysis, facilitates working with more complex scenes. Scene Explorer has the ability to sort, filter, and search a scene by any object type or property (including metadata)
• DWG import
• Texture assignment/editing: creative texture and planar mapping, including tiling, mirroring, decals, angle, rotate, blur, UV stretching, and relaxation; Remove Distortion; Preserve UV; and UV template image export
• General keyframing: set key and auto key — offer support for different keyframing workflows
• Constrained animation: objects can be animated along curves with controls for alignment, banking, velocity, smoothness, and looping, and along surfaces with controls for alignment. Weight path-controlled animation between multiple curves, and animate the weight. Objects can be constrained to animate with other objects in many ways — including look at, orientation in different coordinate spaces, and linking at different points in time
• Skinning
• Skeletons and inverse kinematics (IK)
• Integrated Cloth solver
• Integration with Autodesk Vault
• Max Creation Graph

  COLLECTION INCLUDES

• Revit
• AutoCAD Civil 3D
• InfraWorks 
• AutoCAD
• Advance Steel 
• AutoCAD Architecture
• AutoCAD Electrical
• AutoCAD Map 3D
• AutoCAD MEP
• AutoCAD Plant 3D
• AutoCAD Raster Design 
• AutoCAD mobile app 
• Cloud storage (25 GB)
• Dynamo Studio 
• Fabrication CADmep 
• FormIt Pro 
• Insight 
• Navisworks Manage
• ReCap Pro 
• Autodesk Rendering
• Revit Live
• Robot Structural Analysis Professional 
• 3ds Max
• Structural Analysis for Revit
• Structural Bridge Design
• Vehicle Tracking 

Here’s what the collection can do for you Are you a building professional? Use a broad portfolio of interoperable BIM (Building Information Modeling) and CAD technologies to become more productive, gain more insight into all phases of building design, and increase your ability to deliver great design. Do you work in infrastructure design? Use the tools in the collection to connect vertical and horizontal BIM processes across the project lifecycle, so you can deliver more scalable, sustainable, and resilient civil infrastructure. Are you in the construction industry? The collection lets you visually explore project constructability, ultimately helping you manage your costs more effectively and better predict project outcomes. More value, more flexibility, more simplicity Access to a wide selection of essential 3D design software for the work you do Get the tools you need now and in the future, as the collection and your business evolves. Get interoperable tools for both CAD- and BIM-based workflows Connect familiar CAD-based processes for efficient design and documentation with the power of 3D model-based design workflows. Choose the individual products that you want to use Download and install what you want, whenever you like—whether it’s for occasional use, to meet requirements of a particular project or client, or to explore new workflows. Use mobile apps and take advantage of the power of the cloud View and create rich visualizations, work in the field, and store your designs.

Developed and marketed by Autodesk, AutoCAD was first released in December 1982 as a desktop app running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers. Since 2010, AutoCAD was released as a mobile- and web app as well, marketed as AutoCAD 360. Auto CAD and AutoCAD LT are available for English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Polish and Hungarian, Albanian (also through additional language packs). The extent of localization varies from full translation of the product to documentation only. The AutoCAD command set is localized as a part of the software localization. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD

• Layer management. Isolate and restore layer groups and specify linetypes and lineweights.Create, delete, and rename layers and layer definitions, change their properties, or add layer descriptions
• Hidden lines. The AutoCAD Mechanical toolset automatically creates hidden lines when you specify which objects overlap the others. Update geometry automatically when changes occur. Minimize manual redraws.
• 700,000+ standard parts and features. Produce accurate drawings with standard components.
• Machinery generators and calculators
•  When you need to capture more complex engineering in a drawing, machinery generators can expedite the process. Efficiently analyze designs, including shaft, spring, belt, chain, and cam generators.
• Document 3D CAD models. Use the AutoCAD Mechanical toolset to detail native Inventor part and assembly models.
• Reusable mechanical drawing detailing tools. Use intelligent drafting tools made for mechanical design.
• Custom content library and publishing. The Content Manager lets you add a part or feature to a content library
• Command preview and contextual menus. Preview fillet, chamfer, and offset commands.
• AutoCAD mobile app. Take the power of AutoCAD wherever you go.
• Smart mechanical engineering dimensions. Create dimensions using abbreviated dialog boxes.
• Support for international drafting standards. Deliver standards-based design documentation.
• Associative balloons and bills of materials. Create automated part lists and BOMs.

Design

Quickly iterate on design ideas with sculpting tools to explore form and modeling tools to create finishing features.

Engineer & simulate

Test fit and motion, perform simulations, create assemblies, make photorealistic renderings and animations. CAM

Create toolpaths to machine your components or use the 3D printing workflow to create a prototype. Collaborate & manage

Bring design teams together in a hybrid environment that harnesses the power of the cloud when necessary and uses local resources when it makes sense.

Features What’s new in InfraWorks New features in InfraWorks® preliminary design software help enhance detailed road design tasks, improve design decisions, and advance component-based bridge design and point cloud processing.

• Superelevation. Calculate and apply superelevation to any component roads in your model that have curves or spiral-curve-spirals.
• Roadside grading. Vary the slopes and the materials applied to different sections of roadside grading.
• Cross-section views. Assess superelevation, road assembly, and cut-and-fill engineering details of your road design in cross-section form.
• Terrain contours. See more detail in existing and proposed ground surfaces by displaying contours and controlling the interval.
• Manage bridge components. Create and manage bridge components and content directly in InfraWorks.
• Flood simulation. Analyze flooding projects based on multiple inflow locations and water elevation changes over time.
•  Calculate material quantities and export to a CSV file. Calculate earthwork quantities on multiple selected roads, station range, and area of interest parcel, right- of- way.
•  Build roads with components like curbs, lanes, and shoulders
• Component roads. Design roads with curbs, lanes, and shoulders. Create parametric models in Inventor and add them to the component road design.
• Parts Editor. Create custom drainage or piping parts with Inventor and export them to the Parts Editor using a free Inventor plug-in.
• Labels for component roads. View in-canvas labels of bridge and bridge component dimensions depending on your selection and view position.
• Generate features from point clouds. Extract linear features from point clouds. Export linear features, vertical features, and ground grid to AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Labels for bridges. View in-canvas labels of component roads depending on your selection and view position.

Model

• Model existing environment. Create a large-scale model by aggregating existing data including 2D CAD, GIS, raster, and 3D models.
• Automated data import and model creation. Create base models from GIS, Raster, DGN, and SketchUp.
• Photorealistic visual effects. Add dynamic sun and shadows, water, and clouds.
• Generate terrain from point clouds. Build data into your model terrain.
• View projects in context. View projects in context of existing conditions.
• Bridge design configurations. Copy bridge design configurations from one component to another, and from one bridge to another.

Design

• Ramps and center lane flows. Quickly create and edit ramps and center/left-turn lanes.
• Roundabout design. Easily convert an intersection into a roundabout style.
• Area of interest. Expand your designs of parcels, easements, and right-of-ways. Easily and accurately represent them in your InfraWorks model.
• Component-based bridge design. Edit bridge decks and girders independently of other bridge components.
• Smarter pavement drainage. Recognizes and responds to complex geometry.
• Import preliminary designs into AutoCAD Civil 3D. Migrate roads and pipe networks from InfraWorks to AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Analyze

• 2D distance and slope. Measure the distance (horizontal and vertical) and slope between two points in a model.
• Measure distances and areas. Determine the best location for design elements.
• Dynamic site analysis. Work with different data types from many sources.
• Shadow and lighting analysis. Predict how shadows may affect project designs.
• Theme palettes. Visually classify assets according to attributes.
• Bridge line girder analysis. Perform a detailed analysis in the cloud.

Collaborate

• Real-time feedback. Accelerate approvals with the Design Feed feature.
• Model publishing. Publish centrally and more securely in the cloud, then engage stakeholders via web/mobile access.
• Model network storage
• iPad app

Mechanical design and 3D CAD software Use Inventor® 3D CAD modeling software for product and mechanical design. Learn about the Inventor modeling, design, simulation, and rendering features. Product design and modeling

• Shape Generator. Create and evaluate high-performing design options in minutes.
• Parametric modeling. Create parameters as you sketch and dynamically size 3D objects. Focus on your design, not the interface.
• Assembly modeling. Put your model together in fewer steps.
• Drawing creation. Quickly create clear, accurate, detailed drawings. 

Collaboration and design automation

• 3D PDF export. Create 3D documentation rich in visual and product information that anyone can view.
• Work with non-native data. Maintain an associative link to non-native CAD data.
• Automated frame design. Quickly design and test structural frames.
• Electromechanical design. Link your Inventor and AutoCAD Electrical data.

Modeling

• Flexible modeling. Use the right modeling tool for every job with parametric, freeform, and direct modeling tools.
• Direct modeling. Use easy push/pull controls to move, rotate, resize, or scale features from imported geometries.
• Freeform modeling. Freely sculpt the shape of your design by moving points, edges, and faces.
• Mechanical concept and layout design. Open DWG™ files directly inside Inventor as the basis for your 3D model.
• Plastic parts design. Design and analyze plastic parts with purpose-built tools in Inventor.
• Sheet metal design. Design complex sheet metal products that conform to your company’s standards.

Automation

• Automated product configuration. Easily set up and deploy complex product configurations.
• Part and assembly design automation. Create reusable, configurable parts, product features, or assemblies by defining variable parameters.
• Component generators and calculators. Use built-in calculators to inform the design of common joints such as welds, clamps, and press fits.
• Automated tube and pipe design. Use a combination of automated tools and full-control design functions in Inventor to build tube and pipe runs.

Interoperability

• Cloud-based 3D design reviews. Share lightweight versions of your 3D designs in the cloud.
• Printed circuit board interoperability. Integrate your electronics and mechanical designs into a single, complete definition of your product.
• BIM interoperability. Access tools specifically created to help prepare your 3D models for use in BIM systems.
• Data management. Robust search function makes it easy to find files and quickly copy design files. Connects to Vault (included in Product Design & Manufacturing Collection).

Simulation and visualization

• Exploded views and animations. Use exploded views and animations of complex assemblies in product documentation, manuals, and assembly instructions.
• Dynamic simulation. Apply forces to evaluate the motion, speed, and acceleration of your design.
• Stress analysis. Run quick checks on parts or perform in-depth analysis of the entire product at any stage.

Features Gain more control over construction projects Navisworks® tools enable greater coordination, construction simulation, and whole-project analysis for integrated project review. Some Navisworks products include advanced simulation and validation tools. Coordination  Deeper integration between Navisworks and BIM 360 Glue provides cloud connectivity to Navisworks users BIM 360 Glue integration

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Share data and workflows with BIM 360 projects.

BIM coordination with AutoCAD

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Open Navisworks files within AutoCAD

 Clash detection in Navisworks

• Clash detection and interference checking
• MANAGE
• View clashes in context to help find and resolve conflicts.

BIM 360 shared views

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Create views and share using either Navisworks or BIM 360 Glue.

 Cloud service Clash and interference management

• MANAGE
• Communicate issues more clearly to the project team.

Dedicated clash detection tool

• MANAGE
• Detect, identify, and manage clashes more effectively.

Model review Model file and data aggregation

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Combine design and construction data in one model.

Object animation and model simulation

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Animate and interact with models.

Interoperability enhancements

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Support for many third-party applications.

Whole-team project review

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Provide equal access to explore the whole project view

NWD and DWF publishing

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Publish models in a distributable NWD or DWF file.

More streamlined collaboration

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Communicate design intent more effectively and encourage teamwork.

Measurement tools

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Face, snapping, axis locking, and quick zoom.

Redline tool

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Gain greater clarity and control when adding redlines.

Model simulation and analysis 5D project scheduling includes time and cost

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Simulate 5D construction schedules and logistics.

Photorealistic model rendering

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Develop compelling 3D animations and imagery

Object animation and model simulation

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Animate and interact with models.

Smoother interaction with quantification data

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Add quantification from an aggregated model.

Project viewing Cloud rendering

MANAGE, SIMULATE
Create renders for whole project models.

Real-time navigation

• MANAGE, SIMULATE, FREEDOM
• Explore an integrated project model as it's built.

Autodesk rendering enhancements

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Visualization tools integrate with Autodesk products.

Reality capture enhancements

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Work with enhanced point cloud integration.

Supported file formats

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Supports numerous file formats and applications.

Quantification Integrated 2D quantification (2D sheet takeoff)

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Supports 2D and 3D project measurement.

3D quantification (integrated model takeoff)

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Generate quantity workbooks.

Quantification enhancements

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Get support for 2D PDF sheets.

Quantification 2D PDF Reader

• MANAGE, SIMULATE
• Supports Adobe PDF files.

What does Revit do? Revit is software for BIM. Its powerful tools let you use the intelligent model-based process to plan, design, construct, and manage buildings and infrastructure. Revit supports a multidiscipline design process for collaborative design.

• Design. Model building components, analyze and simulate systems and structures, and iterate designs. Generate documentation from Revit models.
• Collaborate. Multiple project contributors can access centrally shared models. This results in better coordination, which helps reduce clashes and rework.
• Visualize. Communicate design intent more effectively to project owners and team members by using models to create high-impact 3D visuals.

One multidiscipline BIM platform Revit has features for all disciplines involved in a building project. When architects, engineers, and construction professionals work on one unified platform, the risk of data translation errors can be reduced and the design process can be more predictable. Interoperability Revit helps you work with members of an extended project team. It imports, exports, and links your data with commonly used formats, including IFC, DWG™ and DGN.  Tools created expressly for your discipline Whether you’re an architect; a mechanical, electrical, or plumbing (MEP) engineer; a structural engineer; or a construction professional, Revit offers BIM features specifically designed for you. For architects Use Revit to take an idea from conceptual design to construction documentation within a single software environment. Optimize building performance and create stunning visualizations. For structural engineers Use tools specific to structural design to create intelligent structure models in coordination with other building components. Evaluate how well they conform to building and safety regulations. For MEP engineers Design MEP building systems with greater accuracy and in better coordination with architectural and structural components, using the coordinated and consistent information inherent in the intelligent model. For construction professionals Evaluate constructability and design intent before construction begins. Gain a better understanding of the means, methods, and materials, and how they all come together. Connect teams with Collaboration for Revit Extend Revit worksharing to project teams in almost any location with this service, which lets multiple users co-author Revit models in the cloud. Increase communication, centralize efforts of distributed teams, and let entire teams take part in the BIM process. Better team communication Use real-time chat within project models. Know who’s working in the model and what they’re doing. Extended team integration Subscribe to Collaboration for Revit and receive a subscription to BIM 360 Team, an integrated, cloud-based web service that provides centralized team access to project data. Access more projects Extend your reach and participate in projects or joint venture partnerships, wherever they’re located. Better allocate team talents and resources Assign the best team members with the strongest skill sets. Let designers work on multiple projects based in different locations at the same time. Minimize in-person meetings or co-location of teams Help lower travel expenses and support greater work-life balance for team members. Visualization and rendering. Show how your product will look with visualization and rendering tools.

The Autodesk® Subassembly Composer for Autodesk® AutoCAD® Civil 3D® provides an interface for composing and modifying complex subassemblies, without a need for programming.

 Features
Autodesk Vault for design & manufacturing Vault for design and manufacturing Manage your product data and engineering processes in a single, central location. Autodesk Vault for infrastructure Vault for infrastructure Create, organize, and manage your civil infrastructure deliverables more effectively in a single central location. Autodesk Vault for non-designers Vault for non-designers Vault Office, sold separately, helps engineers and non-engineers collaborate in one central location. Shared views Share 2D or 3D views of your work with others, and get comments and feedback directly inside your product. Enhanced design experience Notable usability improvements within the CAD add-ins enhance the overall design experience Engineering efficiency Publishing the 2D PDF during the release process supports a better downstream communication to manufacturing and keeps all teams informed.

This software provides tools and processes that allow you to maintain control of changes while catering to the diverse needs of the developer. IBM also provides a new bundled offering under a new consumption model that changes the way you can use and deploy DevOps software. The new offering helps simplify your planning for adoption and growth of critical IBM DevOps products. Read more in the solution brief below. Feature spotlights: Create repeatable, enforceable and predictable processes IBM® Rational® ClearQuest® helps you improve team collaboration by integrating typically siloed processes such as analysis, development, testing and deployment. Automated workflows and email notification help ensure that appropriate team members are alerted in near real time when action is required. Team members also receive information about any change or update that can impact their activities. Workflows are ready for immediate use to jump-start your implementation. Get process automation and full lifecycle traceability This software allows you to customize and enforce consistent development processes to achieve an integrated, consolidated view across the project. In addition to process automation and lifecycle traceability, the IBM Rational ClearQuest security features such as user authentication, user authorization, electronic signatures and audit trails are critical to help ensure compliance with internal and external requirements. Access the most up-to-date information This software provides deployments that can support thousands of users, working across dozens of sites. A wide range of access capabilities helps ensure that all team members, local and remote, have access to the most up-to-date information virtually anytime, anywhere. Whether your team is a small workgroup at a single location or a highly distributed team spanning multiple locations, IBM Rational ClearQuest software provides the flexibility and scalability to support your organizational needs. Get clear insight into your processes IBM Rational ClearQuest provides support for querying, charting and reporting. Distribution, trend and aging charts help you visualize complex data. Charts can be created and refined to allow you to drill into the area of data that you need. Queries and reports allow you to view the associations of requirements and the status of your test planning, test authoring and test execution activities. Flexible pricing and deployment With the new IBM Cloud DevOps for Hybrid Deployment bundle, IBM delivers a new consumption model based on FlexPoints. FlexPoints can be purchased and allocated across the applications included in the bundle according to needs of the business.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compute instances are the building blocks for applications from small websites to the largest enterprise applications. The main shapes each have use cases for which they are especially suitable:

Virtual machine (VM) instances offer compute resources in many shapes, from a single OCPU to 24 OCPUs, catering to a variety of workloads and software architectures. All Oracle Cloud Infrastructure VM shapes support remote block storage, but the Dense I/O shapes also offer up to 25.6 TB of local NVMe SSD storage for applications requiring low latency, millions of IOPS, and high local storage capacity.

Bare metal instances support applications requiring intensive compute and large memory resources. You can build cloud environments with performance equal or better than other clouds or on-premises infrastructure. Bare metal provides customers with exceptional isolation, visibility, and control.

Accelerated computing requires consistently fast infrastructure across every service. With GPU instances you can process and analyze massive data sets more efficiently, making them ideal for complex machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, and many industrial HPC applications.

HPE StoreOnce Systems with StoreOnce Catalyst provide a single, high-performance backup architecture that spans the entire enterprise. You can reduce the amount of backup data you need to store by 95% and choose between powerful dedicated appliances for larger offices and data centers, and flexible virtual appliances for smaller and remote offices. Industry leading backup and restore speeds mean that you can meet shrinking backup windows and recovery SLAs. StoreOnce Catalyst prevents exposure of backup copies to ransomware.

With StoreOnce you can dedupe anywhere and control the movement of deduplicated data across the enterprise using your backup application. Using Cloud Bank Storage to cloud-enable your current backup and business applications, StoreOnce Systems provide even more flexibility to reduce your cost, risk and complexity.

Features:

• New StoreOnce single node systems based on Gen10 ProLiant technology. New more scalable and flexible VSA structure. New flex I/O choices with 10/25GbE-SFP and 32Gb Fibre Channel.
• New StoreOnce products move to an all-inclusive licensing structure. StoreOnce Catalyst and replication are included with the product at no additional charge (Encryption license at a nominal charge).
• New and improved GUI, like other HPE Storage products. Including Federated Management to allow customers to configure and monitor multiple Gen4 StoreOnce systems or VSAs in a single pane of glass.
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC) which allows customers to assign different roles/permissions to users of their StoreOnce system.
• Support for HPE RMC direct data path in the new StoreOnce Gen4 systems, backup data is moved directly from 3PAR to StoreOnce without having to go through the RMC VM.
• Addition of Commvault support for Catalyst/Catalyst Copy to enable deeper integration with StoreOnce.

HPE StoreOnce delivers a unified solution for seamless data movement across the enterprise; with cost-effective virtual backup machines ideal for smaller remote offices, high-performance dedicated appliances for larger sites, and highly scalable, powerful systems for your data center.

Overview EVA_Page Lean IT budgets require more efficient ways of managing data. Driving business growth and agility requires simple yet flexible storage that reduces costs while maintaining application availability. With an installed base of over 100,000, mid-sized organizations count on HP EVA Storage. This fifth-generation, virtualized storage array provides availability while increasing productivity and capacity utilization. For medium-sized companies: Decrease storage management cost by 20-30%.1 Balance price and performance with dynamic storage tiering and non-disruptive data migration.

HP Superdome is the family of enterprise-class high-performance servers manufactured with both the PA-8900 processors (HP 9000 family) and Intel Itanium 2 processors (HP Integrity family). Superdome is represented by three models with 16, 32 and 64 processor sockets. Within the family, there is the possibility of moving from younger models to older ones, which ensures a reduction in initial costs, investment protection and the possibility of a phased increase in system performance. Superdome is a universal hierarchical crossbar architecture specifically designed to work with various types of processors. The main components of the architecture are Cells, Crossbar Backplane, and I / O subsystems.
The cell board is the main unit of the Superdome system. It is a symmetrical multiprocessor (SMP) containing 4 processor sockets and up to 64 GB of main memory. It is possible (but not necessary) to connect to the cell its own I / O subsystem, which is an I / O basket with 12 PCI-X slots. Each cell can work in different configurations, i.e., be connected to other cells or form an independent independent server. In one system, cell boards can be combined with both PA-RISC processors and Itanium processors.
Backplane patch panels provide a non-blocking connection between cells, their associated memory, and I / O modules. The main principle underlying Superdome is the balanced performance of the system at all levels of the hierarchy in order to exclude the appearance of additional delays when the processors of one cell access the RAM located on other cells. The developed architecture allows the system to demonstrate record performance indicators for various types of tasks, such as operational transaction processing, technical calculations, processing of Internet transactions, analysis of large volumes of data, etc.
A single Superdome system can be logically divided into many hardware independent, software independent partitions, virtual machines, or resource partitions within a single server. Each hardware / software partition or virtual machine is running its own independent operating system. For cells with PA-RISC processors, the operating system is HP-UX 11i, and for cells with Itanium processors, HP-UX, Linux, Microsoft Windows 2003, and OpenVMS. To implement effective system management and technical support, the Superdome server family includes:

• Event Monitoring System (EMS), an alert service that monitors the status of server hardware, including processors, memory, FC components, system buses, cache, system temperature, battery status, fans, power supplies.

• A hardware inventory service in Support Tools Manager (STM) that provides system inventory information, including serial numbers, part numbers, version levels, and so on.

• Support Management Station (SMS), which is used to start the process of scanning, diagnostics and testing the platform throughout the life cycle, including upgrades.

The Superdome family provides customers with investment protection and uptime thanks to a system infrastructure designed to upgrade to next-generation processors.

The HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl Series consists of the most advanced intelligent switches in the HP ProCurve product line. The 5400zl series includes 6-slot and 12-slot chassis and associated zl modules and bundles. The foundation for all of these switches is a purpose-built, programmable ProVision ASIC that allows the most demanding networking features, such as Quality of Service (QoS) and security, to be implemented in a scalable yet granular fashion. With 10/100, Gigabit and 10-Gigabit interfaces, integrated PoE+ on 10/100 and 10/100/1000Base-T ports, and a choice of form factors, the 5400zl switches offer excellent investment protection, flexibility, and scalability, as well as ease of deployment, operation, and maintenance. Key features

• Core, distribution, and advanced access layer

• Layer 2 to 4 and intelligent edge feature set

• Enterprise-class performance and security

• HP ProCurve ONE integrated

• Scalable 10/100/1000 and 10-GbE connectivity