HP Emulex based Dual Port Fibre Channel HBA 394588-B21 Dépliant
Codici prodotto
394588-B21
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Deploying HP StoragesWorks
EVA4400 with Emulex 8Gb/s
HBAs and VMware
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) is an industry-standard
Fibre Channel protocol that extends virtualization to the
host bus adapter (HBA) by providing a way of assigning
multiple Fibre Channel addresses over the same physical
link. IT organizations are turning more and more to
VMware server virtualization to transform data centers
into “service-centric” shared pools of resources that can
be dynamically aggregated, tiered, provisioned, and
accessed through an intelligent network. Virtualization
of standardized server resources dramatically increases
performance levels and reduces total cost of ownership
(TCO) while allowing IT organizations to deploy and
scale resources rapidly on-demand to match business
and application requirements.
Fibre Channel protocol that extends virtualization to the
host bus adapter (HBA) by providing a way of assigning
multiple Fibre Channel addresses over the same physical
link. IT organizations are turning more and more to
VMware server virtualization to transform data centers
into “service-centric” shared pools of resources that can
be dynamically aggregated, tiered, provisioned, and
accessed through an intelligent network. Virtualization
of standardized server resources dramatically increases
performance levels and reduces total cost of ownership
(TCO) while allowing IT organizations to deploy and
scale resources rapidly on-demand to match business
and application requirements.
A shared storage infrastructure, using the EVA4400
and Emulex Virtual HBAs, enables the most compelling
features of VMware, including VMotion, Distributed
Resource Scheduler (DRS), High Availability (HA),
Consolidated Backup and ESX Server-remote boot.
Consolidating the virtual servers on one (or more)
EVA4400 provides opportunities for cost-effective and
simplified disaster recovery and business continuity.
and Emulex Virtual HBAs, enables the most compelling
features of VMware, including VMotion, Distributed
Resource Scheduler (DRS), High Availability (HA),
Consolidated Backup and ESX Server-remote boot.
Consolidating the virtual servers on one (or more)
EVA4400 provides opportunities for cost-effective and
simplified disaster recovery and business continuity.
Key features and benefits
Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO):
•
Server
consolidation with VMware enhances total cost
of ownership by improving asset utilization and
simplification of management. When used in
conjunction with Emulex NPIV-enabled HBAs, a single
intelligent HBA port can relay the traffic for multiple
virtual machines, offloading network processing, thereby
allowing for more cost-effective servers to be deployed.
Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS):
of ownership by improving asset utilization and
simplification of management. When used in
conjunction with Emulex NPIV-enabled HBAs, a single
intelligent HBA port can relay the traffic for multiple
virtual machines, offloading network processing, thereby
allowing for more cost-effective servers to be deployed.
Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS):
•
When used
in conjunction with fabric QoS, each VM can be
allocated its own logical HBA port, which creates
multiple IO paths for traffic prioritization.
Higher Availability:
allocated its own logical HBA port, which creates
multiple IO paths for traffic prioritization.
Higher Availability:
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Multiple logical ports are
created automatically, offering redundant paths to
VMs. Active-active arrays, dual-ported drives, and
high-reliability HBAs increase data availability.
Role-based Management and Security:
VMs. Active-active arrays, dual-ported drives, and
high-reliability HBAs increase data availability.
Role-based Management and Security:
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Each VM
and its EVA4400 storage are completely isolated
from other VMs and under the control of the
administrator in charge of protecting corporate data.
Simplified Management:
from other VMs and under the control of the
administrator in charge of protecting corporate data.
Simplified Management:
•
The need to reconfigure
fabric zoning and LUN masking parameters during a
VMotion migration is almost eliminated.
VMotion migration is almost eliminated.
HP StorageWorks EVA4400 SAN Starter Kit
HP StorageWorks HBAs
(Emulex LightPulse 8Gb/s HBAs)
VMware ESX 3.5/ ESXi 3.5
Data Sheet