Services and Support

HPE SimpliVity 380 Onsite Software Installation and Startup Service ensures the successful implementation of your HPE SimpliVity 380 hyperconverged infrastructure. Our on-site experts will install and configure your HPE SimpliVity 380 software to jumpstart your investment, support your IT staff, and accelerate time-to-value. This service provides planning, service deployment, installation verification testing (IVT), and an orientation session to facilitate deployment of the features and functionality of an HPE SimpliVity 380 product as more fully described in the Service features table.

HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library Spooler Upgrade Startup service is designed to upgrade your existing HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library Base Module, versions Q6Q62A and Q6Q62B, by replacing the spooling mechanism and enabling the tape library to have additional storage capacity.


The spooling mechanism upgrade provides the capability for up to 15 modules to be added to your existing HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library Base Module. The spooler upgrade will allow the capability to install up to seven expansion modules above and up to eight expansion modules below the base library module, with up to 48U rack height maximum

HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library Base Module SKU: Q6Q62A
Maximum number of expansion modules: 6
Maximum tape cartridges: 272
HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library Base Module SKU: Q6Q62B
Maximum number of expansion modules: 6
Maximum tape cartridges: 280
HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library Base Module SKU: Q6Q62A with S0D78A installed
Maximum number of expansion modules: 15
Maximum tape cartridges: 632
HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library Base Module SKU: Q6Q62B with S0D78A installed
Maximum number of expansion modules: 15
Maximum tape cartridges: 640

HPE Foundation Care Service is composed of comprehensive hardware and software services aimed to help increase the availability of your IT infrastructure. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) technical resources provide support and work with your IT team to help you resolve hardware and software problems with HPE and selected third-party products.

For hardware products covered by HPE Foundation Care, the service includes remote diagnosis and support, as well as on-site hardware repair if it is required to resolve an issue. For eligible HPE hardware products, this service may also include Basic Software Support and Collaborative Call Management for selected non-HPE software.

Contact HPE for more information and determination regarding which eligible software products may be included as part of your hardware product coverage. For software products covered by HPE Foundation Care, HPE provides remote technical support and access to software updates and patches.

HPE StoreOnce single node System Installation and Startup Operational Service provides planning, service deployment, installation verification testing (IVT), and an orientation session to help you deploy the features and functionality of the HPE StoreOnce Systems in your network environment. This operational service covers the installation and configuration of the HPE StoreOnce 2xxx, 3xxx, 4xxx, 51xx, and 55xx Gen3 single node systems and the 36xx, 5200, 5250, and 5650 Gen4 single node systems.

HPE Foundation Care Service is composed of comprehensive hardware and software services aimed to help increase the availability of your IT infrastructure. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) technical resources provide support and work with your IT team to help you resolve hardware and software problems with HPE and selected third-party products.

For hardware products covered by HPE Foundation Care, the service includes remote diagnosis and support, as well as on-site hardware repair if it is required to resolve an issue. For eligible HPE hardware products, this service may also include Basic Software Support and Collaborative Call Management for selected non-HPE software.

Contact HPE for more information and determination regarding which eligible software products may be included as part of your hardware product coverage. For software products covered by HPE Foundation Care, HPE provides remote technical support and access to software updates and patches.

Updates for selected HPE-supported third-party software products are included, as they are made available from the original software manufacturer.

In addition, HPE Foundation Care provides electronic access to related product and support information, enabling any member of your IT staff to locate this commercially available essential information. For third-party products, access is subject to availability of information from the original manufacturer.

You can choose from a set of reactive support levels to meet your business and operational needs.

HPE Foundation Care service-level options: The HPE Foundation Care options noted in the following are product dependent. HPE will provide the hardware support features for covered hardware products and the software support features for covered software products.

Hardware support coverage windows and response times will apply to covered hardware products, and software support coverage windows and response times will apply to covered software products.

All coverage windows are subject to local availability. Product eligibility may vary. Contact a local HPE sales office for detailed information on service availability and product eligibility.

Regardless of your coverage window, incidents with covered hardware or software can be reported to HPE via telephone or web portal, as locally available, or as an automated equipment reporting event via the HPE electronic remote support solution 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

For products covered by Foundation Care, HPE offers three distinct service levels:
• HPE Foundation Care NBD Service
• HPE Foundation Care 24x7 Service
• HPE Foundation Care CTR Service

HPE Tech Care Service is the operational support service for HPE hardware and software products (including on-premises and as-a-service versions). HPE Tech Care Service can help IT teams focus on moving the business forward by proactively searching for better ways to do things, as opposed to just focusing on reactive issues.

HPE Tech Care Service enables direct access to product-specific specialists and provides general technical guidance to help Customers not only reduce risk but also find ways to do things more efficiently. HPE Tech Care Service Customers can access support through multiple channels that include telephone, a real-time chat facility, automated incident logging, and HPE moderated forums with defined response times. Customers gain access to expert technical resources with specialized knowledge in hardware and/or software within the context of the specific workload and can help the Customer avoid spending time answering triage or entitlement questions.

HPE Tech Care Service goes beyond traditional support by offering General Technical Guidance for the operation, management, and security of the supported product.

In addition to traditional technical support, HPE Tech Care Service includes access to the HPE service portal, an enhanced and personalized digital experience that provides actionable data about HPE products, service cases and support contracts covered under the HPE Tech Care Service. Customers can more easily manage their assets by recognizing the various products installed in the Customer’s environment and how these products interact with each other. New self-service tools allow Customers to perform certain activities without having to open a support incident, as well as providing a portal of curated knowledge resources. HPE Tech Care Service provides access to HPE resources who will help drive operational excellence and performance optimization from edge to cloud.

HPE Support Plus Service is composed of comprehensive hardware and software services that enable you to increase the availability of your IT infrastructure. HPE engineers work with your IT team to help you to resolve hardware and software problems with HPE and selected third-party products.

As HPE releases updates to software and reference manuals, these updates are made available to your system manager or designee. Updates for selected HPE-supported third-party software products are included as they are made available from the original software manufacturer. This service also includes a license to use and copy the software updates for each system covered by the original HPE or original manufacturer software license.

In addition, this service provides electronic access to related product and support information, enabling any member of your IT staff to locate this commercially available essential information. For third-party products, access is subject to availability of information from the original manufacturer.

HPE Data Replication Solution Service for HPE 3PAR and HPE Primera Remote Copy provides implementation of the HPE 3PAR and HPE Primera Storage System’s Remote Copy product. This service provides the analysis, design, implementation, and testing services necessary to deploy Remote Copy functionality.

HPE Remote Copy provides enhanced availability and disaster recovery protection. To help ensure a timely, cost-effective deployment that reduces risk and shortens your time to results, HPE service professionals efficiently handle the entire gamut of complex implementation tasks. The service is offered at three service levels, ranging from installation and startup through comprehensive implementation tailored to address the specific needs of your HPE 3PAR and HPE Primera storage environment.

Three levels of service are offered:
The Level I service is designed to help you get HPE Remote Copy up and running quickly and to provide a demonstration of the product’s key features using sample or test data only.

The Level II service provides implementation and testing of the HPE Remote Copy configuration using volumes you designate and verifies operation of the volumes with one Customer-configured application.

The Level III service is a tailored service based on a Statement of Work (SOW) created by HPE that addresses your organization’s unique requirements not included in Level I and II services. The Level III service can accommodate verification of more than one application you have configured; scripting; or integration and configuration by HPE of your applications, backup environment, or databases.