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| Virtual Connect simplifies your network and makes your data center change-ready. Reduce cables without adding switches to manage. Cleanly separate the server enclosure from the SAN. Add, move, & replace servers fast without affecting your SANs. Selectively aggregate multiple server FC HBA ports (QLogic/Emulex) on a FC uplink using NPIV. Connect enclosure to Brocade, Cisco, McData, or QLogic data center FC switches. Doesn’t appear as a switch to the FC fabric. |
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What's new |
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Introducing the HP 8Gb Virtual Connect 20-Port Fibre Channel module for c-Class servers. With Server Side NPIV for Virtual Machines which provides “any-to-any” provisioning between storage and virtual machines on server blades.
- Provision storage resources on a per-virtual-machine basis -- up to 128 per server blade -- even if the virtual server is re-allocated within the BladeSystem.
- Manage virtual servers independently of underlying hardware configuration.
- Save costs by expanding the reach of a single HBA.
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Ideal environment |
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Ideal for...
Customers with large complex SANs or anyone who wants to simplify their SAN.
- HP Virtual Connect reduces the number of domain ID's needed to connect BladeSystem to a fabric
- HP Virtual Connect simplifies cabling
- HP Virtual Connect reduces network management by enabling a "configure once" methodology
Customers with a multiple vendor fabrics
- HP Virtual Connect is interoperable with QLogic, Brocade, Cisco and McDATA switches
Customers who have virtual OS environments or require high performance for other applications.
- HP Virtual Connect supports 128 host side NPIV ports/addresses.
- 8Gb 20-Port Fibre Channel offers superior performance to accommodate the aggregate bandwidth requirements of multiple virtual machines per physical blade server.
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Virtual Connect 20-Port Fibre Channel module |
Virtual Connect 24-Port Fibre Channel module |
| Port Configuration |
(16) Internal 8Gb, 2/4/8Gb Auto-negotiating Server ports
(4) External 8Gb, 2/4/8Gb Auto-negotiating SFP+ SAN ports
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(16) Internal 8Gb, 2/4/8Gb Auto-negotiating Server ports
(8) External 8Gb, 2/4/8Gb Auto-negotiating SFP+ SAN ports
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| Media Types |
8Gb Optical Short Wave Transceiver (SFP+)
4Gb Optical Short Wave Transceiver (SFP)
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4/8Gb Optical Short Wave Transceiver (SFP+)
4/8Gb Optical Long Wave Transceiver up to 10km (SFP+)
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| Performance |
Up to 1600 MBps throughput per port
Maximum frame size 2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)
Bandwidth of 852 MB @ 8-Gbps, Full Duplex Aggregate
Bandwidth up to 17.04 GB, Full Duplex Fabric Latency
< 0.1 μsec @ 8-Gbps
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Up to 1600 MBps throughput per port
Maximum frame size 2148 bytes (2112 byte payload)
Bandwidth of 852 MB @ 8-Gbps, Full Duplex
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| Management |
Management via Onboard Administrator
SNMP
SMI-S
Management via Virtual Connect Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager (via SNMP and SMI-S)
HP Storage Essentials (via SNMP and SMI-S)
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Management via Onboard Administrator
SNMP
Management via Virtual Connect Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager (via SNMP)
HP Storage Essentials (via SNMP)
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