Document Outline

• 1 VCM overview
  • Features
  • Basic concepts
  • Support for 802.1Qbg solutions
    • Support for VEB
    • Support for EVB
• 2 Quick start
  • VCM navigation menu
  • Quick Start
  • Common operations
    • Navigating a list
    • Sorting a list
    • Refreshing a list
• 3 Preparations
  • Configuring VRM
    • Installing plug-ins
    • Configuring VRM parameters
  • Configuring the edge switch
    • Configuring EVB
    • Configuring LLDP
    • Specifying the default VSI Type Manager
• 4 Customizing VCM widgets
  • Adding VAN View – TopN to a space
  • Viewing the VAN View – TopN widget
    • Connection utilization
    • ACL utilization
  • Configuring the VAN View – TopN widget
    • Manually refreshing the VAN View – TopN widget
    • Deleting the VAN View – TopN widget
• 5 Managing plug-ins
  • Managing the vCenter plug-in
    • Registering the vCenter plug-in
    • Managing connections on vCenter Server
      • Accessing the Connection List page
      • Adding a connection
      • Modifying a connection
      • Deploying a connection
      • Undeploying a connection
      • Deleting a connection
    • Modifying the vCenter plug-in
    • Uninstalling the vCenter plug-in
  • Managing the VCE plug-in
    • Registering the VCE plug-in
    • Configuring the VSI for a port group
    • Modifying a VCE plug-in
    • Uninstalling the VCE plug-in
  • Managing the XenCenter plug-in
    • Registering the XenCenter plug-in
    • Managing connections on the XenCenter server
    • Deleting the XenCenter plug-in
  • Managing the VMM plug-in
    • Registering a VMM plug-in
    • Managing connections on VMM
      • Accessing the Connection List page
      • Adding a connection
      • Modifying a connection
      • Deploying a connection
      • Undeploying a connection
      • Deleting a connection
    • Deleting the VMM plug-in
• 6 Managing edge switches
  • Viewing the edge switch list
  • Querying edge switches
  • Adding edge switches
    • Automatic method
    • Manual method
  • Configuring the ACL number range for an edge switch
  • Specifying the maximum connections for an edge switch
  • Configuring the Default Manager for an edge switch
  • Viewing the VM migration history of an edge switch
  • Deleting edge switches
• 7 Managing networks
  • Overview
  • Network management privileges
    • Predefined network management privileges
    • Modular VCM privileges
    • Assigning network management privileges
      • Assigning network management privileges to a new operator
      • Assigning network management privileges to operators for a new network
  • Network module application scenarios
  • Viewing the network list
  • Querying networks
    • Basic query
    • Advanced query
  • Viewing network details
  • Adding a network
  • Network configuration example
  • Copying a network
  • Modifying a network
  • Deleting a network
• 8 Managing VSI Types
  • Managing VSI Type versions
  • Applying and removing a VSI Type
  • Viewing the VSI Type list
  • Querying a VSI Type
    • Basic query
    • Advanced query
  • Viewing detailed information about a VSI Type or VSI Type version
  • Adding a VSI Type
    • Configuration procedure
    • Configuration example
      • Network requirements
      • Configuration procedure
  • Modifying a VSI Type
  • Releasing a VSI Type version
  • Deleting a VSI Type
    • Deleting a VSI Type version
• 9 Managing connections
  • Connection types
    • VEB connection
    • EVB connection
    • Automatic VSI Type migration with a VM migration
  • Viewing the connection list
  • Synchronizing the connections
  • Querying a connection
    • Basic query
    • Advanced query
  • Viewing detailed information about a VM
  • Adding a connection
  • Deploying or undeploying a connection
  • Modifying a connection
  • Deleting a connection
  • Deploying a vApp
• 10 Managing life cycle reports
  • Overview
    • Migration History
    • Operation List
  • Managing migration records
    • Viewing the migration list
    • Querying historical migration records
      • Basic query
      • Advanced query
    • Viewing the operation records of a VM migration process
    • Viewing migration details
    • Viewing the historical record of VM migration in icon view
  • Managing operation records
    • Viewing the operation list
    • Querying connection deployment and undeployment processes
      • Basic query
      • Advanced query
    • Viewing operation details
• 11 VEB scheme configuration example
  • Network requirements
  • Configuration procedures
    • Adding a SOAP template
    • Adding the edge switch and the two ESXi hosts to IMC
    • Synchronizing devices
    • Enabling CDP on the edge switch
    • Verifying ESXi host availability in VRM
    • Viewing virtual network topology
    • Configuring VCM
      • Adding an edge switch
      • Adding a network
      • Adding a VSI Type
    • Creating a connection
      • Deploying/Undeploying a connection
• 12 EVB scheme configuration example
  • Network requirements
  • Configuration prerequisites
  • Configuration procedures
    • Configuring the HP 5900v virtual switch
      • Deploying the HP 5900v on ESXi host A
      • Deploying the VFE
      • Creating a VDS
      • Adding hosts to the VDS
      • Creating a port group
      • Verifying vCenter Server connectivity
    • Configuring the HP Comware-based switch
    • Configuring IMC
      • Adding a SOAP template
    • Adding the edge switch and the two ESXi hosts to IMC
      • Synchronizing devices
      • Verifying ESXi host availability in VRM
      • Viewing virtual network topology
    • Configuring VCM
      • Registering the VCE plug-in
      • Adding an edge switch
      • Adding a network
      • Adding a VSI Type
    • Creating a connection
      • Configuring VDP
      • Configuring the network adapter for the VM
• 13 Acronyms and terms