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The document discusses the HP Virtual Connect technology. It describes the key components of a Virtual Connect infrastructure including blade servers, interconnect bays, and Virtual Connect modules. It explains how Virtual Connect simplifies server connectivity and can be managed through the Virtual Connect Manager console either for a single enclosure or multiple enclosures across the datacenter. Screenshots of the Virtual Connect Manager user interface are provided to demonstrate how network and storage resources can be assigned to servers.
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- 1. Virtual Connect By RUBAN D System Team 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 1
- 4. c-Class BladeSystem Interconnect Modules for Every Need • Ethernet & FC Switches − Reduce cables with your favorite switch brands • 4x DDR InfiniBand Switch − Highest performance IB • Pass-Through Modules − When you must have a 1:1 server/network connection • Virtual Connect − The Simplest, most Powerful connection to your networks Interconnect Types • 8 Interconnect Bays • Two of same module side-by-side provides redundancy c-Class BladeSystem Interconnect Modules for Every Need Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3 Bay 4 Bay 5 Bay 7 Bay 6 Bay 8 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 4
- 5. BL460c Internal View Embedded Smart Array E200i Controller integrated on drive backplane 8 DIMM Slots Fully-Buffered DIMMs DDR2 667MHz Two Mezzanine Slots • One x4 • One x8 Two hot-plug SAS/SATA drives 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 5
- 8. Virtual Connect environment: 3 Key Components to a VC Infrastructure 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 8
- 9. Blade 9 Blade 1 1 NIC1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M1 M2 M2 1/2 3/4 5/6 7/8 1/2 3/4 5/6 7/8 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 NIC2 NIC1 NIC2 M1 1 2 c7000 Enclosure Half-height blades to switch bays c-Class Server Blades c-Class Interconnect Bays 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 9
- 19. • Web-based console in Virtual Connect Ethernet module firmware • Configure and manage a single enclosure (VC domain) with up to 16 servers • Server connections with LAN and SAN assigned per enclosure • Move servers within an enclosure Virtual Connect Manager • Application manages 250 VC domains, 1,000 enclosures with up to 16,000 servers from a single console • Central database controls server connections to over 65,000 LAN/SAN addresses • Manage groups of enclosures (VC domains) • Quickly add, modify, move server resources between enclosures and across the datacenter Managing Virtual Connect infrastructures Single and multiple enclosure solutions 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 19
- 21. Wrap-up • Comparison of VC and Traditional Switch. • Enclosure, Blade server. • Which one to choose. • VC Flex vs Flexfabric. • VC FC, login. • VC vs VCEM. • Logical view of SU. • Flow of server profile 8 step process 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 21
- 22. Virtual Connect Manager User Interface Walk-through 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 22