HP DL360 Server virtualization technologies for x86-based HP BladeSystem and H - Page 15

- High-efficiency power supplies - Power capping feature for provisioning power to groups of ProLiant servers - HP Thermal Logic (for monitoring and managing BladeSystem servers) Furthermore, HP Virtual Connect technology in the BladeSystem c-Class architecture provides physicallayer abstractions, enabling machine abstractions at the server/network edge. The combination of HP Virtual Connect and virtual machine technology provides IT administrators with new capabilities for simplifying day-to-day operations, changing server resources quickly, and increasing productivity. With the addition of Flex-10 technology, administrators have a way to increase the number of NICs without the additional processor overhead or latency associated with software-based virtualization. Significant infrastructure savings are also realized since additional server NICs and associated interconnect modules may not be needed. Virtual Connect also enables the physical layer abstraction of logical servers, so that administrators can use the concept of a logical server to manage both virtual and physical machines in a resource pool. HP continues to introduce new tools, such as HP Insight Dynamics - VSE and HP Insight Orchestrator software, that help ease server management, especially in heterogeneous environments of physical and virtual machines. HP plans to further expand the capabilities of server hardware to abstract other hardware resources inside the server. HP continues to move forward with machine abstraction technologies, working with internal development teams and with working groups from industry-standard bodies to develop new areas of abstraction and management for the nextgeneration Adaptive Infrastructure. 15