Architectural overview, Hp virtual connect technology – HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software User Manual
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lists all available VCEM licenses, including Virtual Connect hardware and VCEM
packaged options.
Table 1 VCEM license options
Description
Part number
License type
HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb
Enterprise Edition for BL c-70001
1
591973-B21
Combination VC plus VCEM license
options
HP VCEM BL-c7000 Single enclosure
license
459864-B21
VCEM software licenses
HP VCEM BL-c7000 Single flexible
quantity license—covers multiple
enclosures
459865-B21
HP VCEM BL-c7000 Tracking license –
quantity license used only with a current
Activation Key Agreements (AKA)
459866-B21
HP VCEM BL-c7000 E-LTU—
Electronically delivered license (email)
T9094AAE
that can cover single or multiple c7000
enclosures
HP VCEM BL-c3000 Single enclosure
license
459867-B21
HP VCEM BL-c3000 Single flexible
quantity license—covers multiple
enclosures
459868-B21
HP VCEM BL-c3000 Tracking
license—Quantity license used only with
459869-B21
a current Activation Key Agreements
(AKA)
HP VCEM BL-c3000
E-LTU—Electronically delivered license
T9095AAE
(email) that can cover single or multiple
c3000 enclosures
1
Includes 2x Virtual Connect Flex-10 10 Gb interconnect modules and 1 x VCEM license for an HP BladeSystem c7000
enclosure
Architectural overview
This section provides an overview of the architecture, functionality, and operations of Virtual
Connect technology and VCEM.
HP Virtual Connect technology
HP Virtual Connect (VC) is the preferred interconnect technology for HP BladeSystem environments.
Virtual Connect is used in place of traditional pass-through and managed switches to reduce costs
and simplify blade server connectivity to production LANs, SANs and converged networks. VC
virtualizes I/O connections by putting an abstraction layer between the servers and their external
networks, so that LANs and SANs see network interface (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) addresses
presented by the VC modules instead of the default burned-in interface addresses. Virtual Connect
provides several key advantages:
•
Reduces physical server-to-network cabling, complexity and leased network ports.
•
Maintains constant end-to-end connections to preferred networks and fabrics.
•
Enables administrators to wire LAN and SAN connections once and limit changes.
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