HP DL360 Server virtualization technologies for x86-based HP BladeSystem and H - Page 6

and increases capacity expansion for customers who already use VMware's data center virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure (VI). HP SIM 5.2 and later incorporates an improved installation process and supports association and discovery for VMware ESXi. Enhanced hardware alerting and inventory management allows customers to actively receive information about the health of their ProLiant servers. Scale-up to enterprise versions The HP integrated hypervisors allow customers to grow their solutions from small implementations to the full enterprise versions. For example, because the drivers are included on the integrated solution, administrators can move from an installation of VMware ESXi to the complete VMware Infrastructure suite without removing and re-installing necessary drivers. HP partnerships with virtual machine solutions suppliers give administrators confidence that they will be deploying their virtual machines on the industry's broadest portfolio of servers, storage, software, and services designed to support machine abstraction. ProLiant Virtual Console HP has developed a ProLiant Virtual Console (PVC) that provides unique HP management capabilities. Designed for new users of virtual machine technology, HP PVC provides a simple graphical user interface for managing single-server virtual machines without the need for a separate management server (CMS) or even a network. PVC allows administrators to create and manage local virtual machines using the server's keyboard/video/mouse or by using HP iLO (Figure 3). Figure 3. The Citrix XenServer integrated hypervisor includes the ProLIant Virtual Console for management. 6