HP ProLiant DL288 ISS Technology Update, Volume 7 Number 1 - Newsletter - Page 7

ISS Technology Update Volume 7, Number 1 HP Virtual Connect technology In the c-Class architecture, Virtual Connect technology provides virtualized server connections to any industry-standard Ethernet (LAN) or N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)-enabled Fibre Channel (SAN) switch. Virtual Connect technology virtualizes the serveredge so that networks can communicate with pools of HP BladeSystem servers rather than with individual server blades. Virtual Connect consists of hardware (the Virtual Connect module) and a management agent that runs on the Virtual Connect module. Virtual Connect Ethernet modules can be used in interconnect bays 1, 2, 3, and 4 when Ethernet mezzanine cards are used in the appropriate mezzanine slots on the server blades. Virtual Connect Fibre Channel modules can only be used in interconnect bays 3 and 4 and require a Fibre Channel mezzanine card in Mezzanine slots 2 or 3 in the server blade. HP Virtual Connect technology offers administrators list of features that are unmatched in the industry: • Reduce the number of cables without adding switches to manage. • Cleanly separate server management from LAN and SAN management. • Add, move, and replace servers anywhere in the data center. • Replace a failed server in same server bay. • Move a server to another bay as long as same LAN and SAN connections already exist there. • Move a server to another bay in the domain without pre-configuring specific LAN and SAN connections. • Assign and move MAC addresses and World Wide Names. • Assign and move complete server FC SAN boot parameters. • Assign and move LAN and SAN network connections. • Replace a failed server with any server in the data center without going into the data center to move a cable. • Enable VMotion across two physical servers without changing network connections. Keyboard, video, and mouse functionality The HP BladeSystem c3000 supports two options for keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) functionality: • The built-in iLO processor on each ProLiant server blade delivers KVM functionality over IP. • For customers who want to attach the enclosure to a traditional in-rack KVM, HP offers a local KVM module for the c3000. Additional resources For additional information on the topics discussed in this article, visit the following links: Resource "HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure technologies" technology brief "Managing the HP BladeSystem cClass" technology brief HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosureoverview Web page URL http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportMa nual/c01204885/c01204885.pdf http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/proliant-servers.html http://www.hp.com/cgibin/sbso/exit.cgi?goto=product/serverstorage/computing_se rver/hp_blade_system_c3000 7