HP Virtual Connect 4Gb Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem 409513-B22 Dépliant

 

 

Table of contents 

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................. 2

 

Designing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Architecture for VMware vSphere ............................................... 3

 

Designing a Highly Available Flex-10 Network Strategy with Virtual Connect Managed VLANs ................ 3

 

Configuring the VC-Enet module ..................................................................................................... 6

 

Designing a Highly Available Flex-10 Network Strategy with Pass-through VLANs ................................. 12

 

Configuring the VC-Enet module ................................................................................................... 15

 

Designing a vSphere Network Architecture with Virtual Connect Flex-10 .................................................. 20

 

vDS Design and dvPortGroup Implications ........................................................................................ 20

 

Implementation of the vDS ............................................................................................................... 21

 

Hypervisor Load Balancing Algorithms ............................................................................................. 23

 

Appendix A: Virtual Connect Bill of Materials ....................................................................................... 25

 

Appendix B: Virtual Connect CLI Config Reference ................................................................................ 26

 

Designing a Highly Available Flex-10 Network Strategy with Virtual Connect Managed VLANs .............. 26

 

Designing a Highly Available Flex-10 Network Strategy with Pass-through VLANs ................................. 28

 

Appendix C: Terminology cross-reference ............................................................................................. 30

 

Appendix D: Glossary of Terms ........................................................................................................... 31

 

For more information .......................................................................................................................... 33

 

 

HP BladeSystem Reference Architecture: 

Virtual Connect Flex-10 and VMware vSphere 4.0