HP Virtual Connect

This is a presentation about HP Virtual Connect internal operation, how they are logically interconnected and how communication happens inside.

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1. Virtual Connect By RUBAN D System Team 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 1
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4. c-Class BladeSystem Interconnect Modules for Every Need • Ethernet & FC Switches − Reduce cables with your favorite switch brands • 4x DDR InfiniBand Switch − Highest performance IB • Pass-Through Modules − When you must have a 1:1 server/network connection • Virtual Connect − The Simplest, most Powerful connection to your networks Interconnect Types • 8 Interconnect Bays • Two of same module side-by-side provides redundancy c-Class BladeSystem Interconnect Modules for Every Need Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3 Bay 4 Bay 5 Bay 7 Bay 6 Bay 8 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 4
5. BL460c Internal View Embedded Smart Array E200i Controller integrated on drive backplane 8 DIMM Slots Fully-Buffered DIMMs DDR2 667MHz Two Mezzanine Slots • One x4 • One x8 Two hot-plug SAS/SATA drives 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 5
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8. Virtual Connect environment: 3 Key Components to a VC Infrastructure 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 8
9. Blade 9 Blade 1 1 NIC1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M1 M2 M2 1/2 3/4 5/6 7/8 1/2 3/4 5/6 7/8 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 NIC2 NIC1 NIC2 M1 1 2 c7000 Enclosure Half-height blades to switch bays c-Class Server Blades c-Class Interconnect Bays 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 9
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19. • Web-based console in Virtual Connect Ethernet module firmware • Configure and manage a single enclosure (VC domain) with up to 16 servers • Server connections with LAN and SAN assigned per enclosure • Move servers within an enclosure Virtual Connect Manager • Application manages 250 VC domains, 1,000 enclosures with up to 16,000 servers from a single console • Central database controls server connections to over 65,000 LAN/SAN addresses • Manage groups of enclosures (VC domains) • Quickly add, modify, move server resources between enclosures and across the datacenter Managing Virtual Connect infrastructures Single and multiple enclosure solutions 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 19
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21. Wrap-up • Comparison of VC and Traditional Switch. • Enclosure, Blade server. • Which one to choose. • VC Flex vs Flexfabric. • VC FC, login. • VC vs VCEM. • Logical view of SU. • Flow of server profile 8 step process 11/19/2014 Visolve Confidential 21
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