HP Insight Management-Software - Manual (Page 12)

Key benefits
• Centrally manage connectivity and workloads for hundreds of Virtual Connect Domains and
thousands of HP BladeSystem server blades.
• The VCEM address repository enables more efficient administration of data and storage
network assignments (MAC and WWN) and eliminates the risk of address conflicts
• Group-based management of Virtual Connect Domains increases infrastructure consistency,
simplifies system deployment and enables rapid change management across hundreds of HP
BladeSystem enclosures.
• Add, change, and failover servers and their workloads across the data center in minutes
without impacting production networks.
• Increase productivity and server-to-administrator ratios.
• Release LAN and SAN administrators from routine server-centric tasks.
• Scalable across small and large data centers.
What's new
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.2 adds new features plus support for the latest Virtual
Connect hardware and firmware, which includes:
• Virtual Connect firmware compatibility and feature support for 3.10
• Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10-Gb/24-port module
• Support for the latest HP BladeSystem server and network options:
—
HP ProLiant BL460c G7
— HP ProLiant BL465c G7
— HP ProLiant BL490c G7
— HP ProLiant BL685c G7
— HP ProLiant BL2x220c G7
— HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10-Gb Converged Network Adaptor
— Brocade 804 8Gb FC HBA for HP BladeSystem c-Class
• New iSCSI boot and TCP offload configuration functionality for Virtual Connect profiles
• New HP VCEM Software Developers Toolkit (SDK) for advanced platform integration with
Virtual Connect
• Installation on a new server or as an update to existing deployments of VCEM 1.2 through
6.1
NOTE: VCEM is delivered on Insight Software media 6.2, which can be downloaded from http://
www.hp.com/go/vcem
Platform support
VCEM is supported on most HP BladeSystem c-Class hardware, storage, software, and third-party
operating platforms. For a full list of supported platforms and components, see
Installing and
configuring VCEM .
Product licensing
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is licensed per BladeSystem c-Class enclosure, with separate
options for BL-c3000 and BL-c7000 enclosures.
A single VCEM license is required for each enclosure to be managed in both single and
multienclosure domain configurations, and is valid for the life of the associated enclosure.
Table 1-1 “VCEM license options” lists all available VCEM licenses, including Virtual Connect
hardware and VCEM packaged options.
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