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images/news/hardware.jpgManaging the ties between virtual servers and storage systems strikes most admins as a real pain. So, customers should welcome the arrival of an addition to HP's Virtual Connect technology that allows them to set up flexible relationships between a large number of virtual servers and physical storage boxes.
Since February, HP has offered Virtual Connect as part of its c-Class blade server package. The technology proves unique among the Tier 1 vendors in that it handles the mapping of storage area network connections to blade systems.
Up until this point, however, Virtual Connect has only applied to a single chassis. A customer could move virtual servers around the various physical blades in the chassis, and the virtual machines would stay connected to the right back-end storage volumes. (In short, Virtual Connect ties Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) addresses and Fibre Channel Worldwide Names (WWNs) to server bays.)
As we mentioned months ago, HP hoped to extend Virtual Connect to multiple chassis once it polished off a firmware upgrade. Well, that firmware upgrade has arrived along with the Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager package.
Now customers can perform the same mapping functions across up to 100 c-Class systems - or 1,600 blade servers.REST
Since February, HP has offered Virtual Connect as part of its c-Class blade server package. The technology proves unique among the Tier 1 vendors in that it handles the mapping of storage area network connections to blade systems.
Up until this point, however, Virtual Connect has only applied to a single chassis. A customer could move virtual servers around the various physical blades in the chassis, and the virtual machines would stay connected to the right back-end storage volumes. (In short, Virtual Connect ties Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) addresses and Fibre Channel Worldwide Names (WWNs) to server bays.)
As we mentioned months ago, HP hoped to extend Virtual Connect to multiple chassis once it polished off a firmware upgrade. Well, that firmware upgrade has arrived along with the Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager package.
Now customers can perform the same mapping functions across up to 100 c-Class systems - or 1,600 blade servers.REST
