Accelerate and automate
SAP operations

Streamline data analytics for rapid business insights

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Almost half of digital leaders view data analytics as 1 of their best-performing investments over the past
3 years.1 But storage latency can often slow down transactional and analytical database queries, making
it difficult to extract critical business insights. As an in-memory database, SAP HANA® running on
high-performance, reliable hardware and software infrastructure can rapidly store and process terabytes
of data to deliver real-time data analysis capabilities. Together, Red Hat and Lenovo deliver a foundationthat simplifies and speeds your most demanding data analytics operations.
Build and automate a modern SAP environment
Red Hat and Lenovo combine leading hardware and software into fully integrated, validated, certified
solutions optimized for in-memory database operations. Available as SAP HANA appliances or Tailored Datacenter Integrations (TDI), Lenovo Solutions for SAP HANA are designed to support the data
analysis requirements of any business. Lenovo ThinkSystem servers feature modern architectures withadvanced hardware technologies—including DDR5 (Double Data Rate 5) memory, NVMe (nonvolatilememory express) storage, and the latest Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors—packaged in a modular, expandable form factor. Lenovo ThinkAgile software-defined infrastructure simplifies server and storage
deployments by pooling resources into a single virtualized infrastructure.
The result of a long-standing collaborative relationship between Red Hat and SAP, Red Hat® EnterpriseLinux® for SAP Solutions combines the reliability, scalability, and performance of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux with features and capabilities that meet specific SAP workload requirements. Red Hat Satellite
lets you provision, patch, configure, and control your Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems from a single
console to ensure consistent maintenance and quickly remediate configuration drift. Using SAP-specificrules, Red Hat Insights delivers predictive operating system analytics and rapidly identifies and remediates threats to availability, security, stability, and performance. Included with Red Hat Enterprise Linuxfor SAP Solutions, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability Add-On is an automated high availability solution that reduces unplanned downtime in scale-up and scale-out deployments using native SAP
HANA high-availability capabilities.
A foundation for building and operating automation services at scale, Red Hat Ansible® Automation
Platform delivers all the tools and capabilities you need to streamline management and maintenanceof your SAP environment. It provides a single framework that helps you automate all aspects of yourIT infrastructure—including your Lenovo ThinkSeries and ThinkAgile servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
installation, and SAP applications. With an easy-to-read automation language, a composable execution
environment, and security-focused collaboration capabilities, Ansible Automation Platform helps you
create, scale, and deploy automation across your entire organization.
1 Nash Squared. “Nash Squared digital leadership report 2023,” November 2023.

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Automate operations across SAP environments
With Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, you can increase the reliability of your SAP environments
based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Lenovo ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile servers.
Streamline SAP operations
Manual operations canresult in poor performance,
potential downtime, andincreased security risks
for your SAP landscape.
Red Hat Ansible Automation
Platform helps you streamline
operations across your SAPand IT environments.
Organizations that use
Ansible AutomationPlatform experience:2

Speed infrastructure operations
Automating operations with Ansible Automation Platform streamlines IT management tasks across
Lenovo Solutions for SAP HANA. Automate individual tasks and entire workflows to create predictable,
repeatable processes that help you reduce time spent on manual work, deliver resources faster, andrapidly adapt to changes.
Boost productivity and efficiency
IT teams can accomplish more each day with joint solutions from Red Hat and Lenovo. With Red Hat
Enterprise Linux System Roles for SAP, you can automatically deploy SAP systems quickly and accurately using SAP-certified automation content. For example, you can automatically provision Lenovoservers, download software installation kits, and apply SAP installation notes.
Increase reliability and availability 667% five-year returnon investment (ROI).

Ansible Automation Platform helps you increase the reliability and availability of both your SAP and nonSAP services. Create automation content to speed recovery from incidents with automated failover andbackup processes that help you deliver uninterrupted, real-time business insights.

 75% faster deploymentof new storage resources.

Improve security and compliance 76% reduction inunplanned downtime.

Ansible Automation Platform can help you improve security and compliance across your entire organization. Automate patching processes to update systems and applications faster and more easily, and apply
and enforce policies across your entire environment—all without manual intervention.
Learn more
Learn more about how Red Hat and Lenovo can help you speed and simplify your SAP operations.

2 IDC White Paper, sponsored by Red Hat. “The Business Value of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform,” October 2021.
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