Integrated Hypervisors In Proliant Servers; Use Of Familiar Hp Management Tools - Compaq BL10e - HP ProLiant - 512 MB RAM Introduction Manual

implementations continue to evolve, and they may use more than one technique; therefore, this
implementation list should be considered only as a sample of possibilities.
Table 1. Common vendor implementations of virtual machines
Virtualization Examples of vendor implementations
technique
CPU binary
VMware ESX
translation
Hosted-OS, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2
application-layer
VMware Server (formerly VMware GSX)
abstraction
Hardware-assisted Citrix XenServer
virtualization (full
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
virtualization)
Paravirtualization Citrix XenServer
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Hosted-OS, kernel- Red Hat Kernel Virtual Machine
layer abstraction

Integrated hypervisors in ProLiant servers

ProLiant iVirtualization integrates select third-party hypervisors onto ProLiant platforms allowing
customers to quickly set up and manage virtual machines. The first integrated versions available are
VMware ESXi and Citrix XenServer. HP expects to offer an integrated version of the Microsoft Hyper-V
Server hypervisor in late 2009.
The integrated hypervisor solution provides important technologies to administrators:
Easily deploy and manage virtual machines using familiar ProLiant server management tools
Move easily from stand-alone implementations to full enterprise versions of the hypervisor products
Manage virtual machines on a single physical server using a simple graphical user interface, the
ProLiant Virtual Console (currently available only with Citrix XenServer)

Use of familiar HP management tools

The integrated hypervisor solution models the virtual machine as an extension of the physical server,
allowing ProLiant customers to easily deploy and manage a virtual machine in the same way they
deploy and manage a physical server. ProLiant iVirtualization leverages customers' familiar ProLiant
server management tools so that any of the hypervisor versions can be managed using HP Systems
Insight Manager (HP SIM).
For example, in its ESXi hypervisor, VMware removed the SNMP agents and uses Web-based
enterprise management WBEM providers instead.
the WBEM providers in HP SIM are pre-installed along with VMware ESXi. This method of distributing
virtual machine technology removes time-consuming installation steps, simplifies host configuration,
4 For more information about VMware ESXi, see the technology brief titled ―HP VMware ESXi management environment,‖
available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01570108/c01570108.pdf
Vendor URLs
www.vmware.com
www.microsoft.com/virtualserver
www.vmware.com/products/server
www.citrix.com/Xenserver
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsser
ver2008/en/us/hyperv.aspx
www.citrix.com/Xenserver
www.redhat.com/rhel/
www.novell.com/linux/
www.redhat.com/promo/qumranet/
When using the ProLiant-integrated VMware ESXi,
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