SAP HANA TDI on Cisco UCS and VMware vSphere - Part 1

Introduction

Support for non-productive SAP HANA systems on VMware vSphere 5.1 has been announced in November 2012. Since May 2014, also productive SAP HANA systems can be virtualized by customers on VMware vSphere 5.5. Currently, some restrictions apply which are preventing SAP HANA to be treated like any other SAP Application running on VMware vSphere. But because the conditions for virtualized HANA will be harmonized in the future in order to fit to a homogenous SAP technology platform, it is recommended to continously keep the SAP documentation up-to-date and always refer to the latest version only.

The audience of this series should have a basic understanding of following components:

• Cisco UCS Server
• VMware vSphere
• Linux (SLES / RHEL)
• SAP HANA

Additionally, a deeper understanding of SAP HANA TDI is mandatory:

SAP: SAP HANA Tailored Datacenter Integration FAQ

Cisco: SAP HANA TDI - Requirements and Design Document

Following combination has been tested and verified as working. It is strongly advised against using lower versions, while newer versions are considered to work as expected as long as the combination is reflected in the Cisco and VMware compatibility guides.

• Cisco UCS Manager 2.1
• VMware ESXi 5.5
• VMware vCenter Server 5.5
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
• SAP HANA 1.0 SPS07

Although one of the goals of this series is to consolidate information about the virtualized HANA deployment process, there is still a lot of necessary referencing to other documentation. Please consult the following during the planning and installation phase:

Virtualization References

Linux References

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Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - ESXi Host

Part 3 - Virtual Machine

Part 4 - Guest Operating System