HPE Aruba Networking meets the F1 Mercedes team in an innovative way

With the recent explosion of F1 documentaries and movies, many people have a keen interest in this ultimate motorsport.
Formula One is not only a test of the drivers‘ abilities, but also an extreme technical competition that takes place in the "fastest lab in the world.

And at the center of that fierce technology race is Dataand HPE uses Official partnershipsvia Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Teamin a constant race to find the ‘next marginal gain’.

In this article, we'll use the HPE's technology partnershipsLet's take a closer look at what competitive advantage gives this Mercedes team, and how HPE Aruba Networking solutions are blurring the lines between the data center and trackside, evolving the car's performance with every race.

1. The Race to the Data Center: Accelerating HPC and Data

The Mercedes team evolves the car after every race, effectively “creating a new product every two weeks”.
The foundation of this innovation is the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation.

• Processing massive amounts of data: Each week, our engineers work on up to 50 terabytesof CFD data to optimize aerodynamic designs.
• Reduce simulation time: HPE ProLiant AMD-based servers and HPE Apollo Clustershigh-performance computing (HPC) platform, the team can spend less time on pre-event simulations than with traditional 671 TP3T reduction from 3 days to just 1 dayI did.

At the heart of these high-performance compute workloads is HPE's technology.
However, even the most powerful computing resources are not enough for Fast and secure network is useless without it. Where HPE Aruba Networkingappears.

2. the power of HPE Aruba Networking to connect milliseconds (tenths of a second)

The key to success is to get the data generated by the tracks to the engineers at headquarters (Brackley) as quickly as possible, analyze it, and feed it back to the tracks. Continuous Improvement cycle.

Campus and data center networks (CX Switching)

The Mercedes team's Brackley campus and data center network is powered by HPE Aruba Networking's CX Switchin the following example.

• High-performance cores: HPE Aruba Networking CX 9300, CX 8325, CX 8360 The switch series is at the heart of Brackley's campus and data center networks, accelerating the performance of latency-sensitive and data-intensive applications.
• Edge connectivity: CX 6300M SR10 Series switches support a campus-wide access layer.
• Unified management and security: All of these switches are HPE Aruba Networking Centraland orchestrated via, ClearPass Policy Managerprotected by.

Wi-Fi 7: A Seamless Wireless Experience

Mercedes will be located throughout the Brackley campus in the HPE Aruba Networking Wi-Fi 7 Access Pointsto adopt a ‘Wi-Fi-first’ approach.

• Performance advantage: Wi-Fi 7은 Higher capacity, increased throughput, and reduced latencywhich is critical for managing campus networks with many high-demand devices.
• Future-proofing: It provides opportunities for future capabilities, such as the ability to track inventory using location-based services, and there are long-term opportunities to reduce switching and infrastructure cabling costs.

SD-WAN and security (SASE architecture)

The wide area network (WAN) connecting Trackside and Brackley is the lifeblood of our success.

• Connection acceleration and resiliency: HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WANaccelerates connections and combines multiple links into a single seamless connection for resiliency.
• Optimize latency: EdgeConnect WAN Optimizationutilizes techniques such as per-packet path throttling and forward error correction to ensure that data arrives efficiently and accurately.
• Zero Trust security: Secure your wide-area network, manage remote access, and more with HPE Aruba Networking Security Service Edge (SSE), Integrated Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Architecturein the file.

3. Partnerships: The power to turn technology into performance

For the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, HPE is more than just a technology provider; it's an “extension of the team.”.

As a lean IT team, they struggle to keep up with the pace of technology evolution, but HPE partners with them to deliver solutions that meet F1's unique needs.

Ultimately, all of these technical inputs are focused on “turning technology into performance.”.
HPE Aruba Networking enables every engineer to contribute their ’tenth of a second" in their own way through reliability, features, and performance, which ultimately translates to better vehicle performance.

The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team is an example of how HPE Aruba Networking can help you deliver a seamless Unified, secure, high-performance networkis a clear testament to our ability to deliver mission success in the most demanding industries.

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