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Figure 14. HP Virtual Connect technology provides server-edge virtualization
From the perspective of the network and storage administrators, the LAN and SAN connections are
established with the pool of servers, and the administrators see no changes to their networks. This
allows moving workloads and adding or replacing servers without affecting the LAN or SAN. In
addition, the Virtual Connect modules do not participate in network control activities (such as
Spanning-Tree Protocol for Ethernet or FSPF for Fibre Channel) as a switch would. Therefore network
administrators will not have extra switches to manage on the edge of their networks.
HP Virtual Connect technology provides a simple, easy-to-use tool for managing the connections
between HP BladeSystem c-Class servers and external networks. It cleanly separates server
management from LAN and SAN management, relieving LAN and SAN administrators from server
maintenance.
More information about HP Virtual Connect technology is available in the technology brief titled "HP
Virtual Connect technology implementation for the HP BladeSystem c-Class" available at
www.hp.com/servers/technology.
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is a software application that simplifies the management of
large BladeSystem environments using Virtual Connect to control LAN and SAN connectivity. It allows
administrators to seamlessly manage multiple c-Class enclosures using a single console application.
The Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager provides a central pool of Virtual Connect LAN and SAN
addresses for multiple enclosures. It allows administrators to logically link separate Virtual Connect
domains and move server profiles between those domains, as long as the servers are physically
connected to the same network. The single resource pool and capability to group large numbers of
servers enables rapid, reliable deployment and movement of servers across the datacenter.
More information about Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is available at www.hp.com/go/vcem.
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