HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Modules are the simplest, most flexible way to connect virtualized server blades to data or storage networks. VC FlexFabric modules eliminate up to 95% of network sprawl at the server edge with one device that converges traffic inside enclosures and directly connects to external LANs and SANs. Using Flex-10 technology with Fibre Channel over Ethernet and accelerated iSCSI, these modules converge traffic over high speed 10Gb connections to servers with HP FlexFabric Adapters (HP NC551i or HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapters or HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter). Each redundant pair of Virtual Connect FlexFabric modules provide 8 adjustable downlink connections ( six Ethernet and two Fibre Channel, or six Ethernet and 2 iSCSI or eight Ethernet) to dual port10Gb FlexFabric Adapters on servers. Up to eight uplinks are available for connection to upstream Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches. VC FlexFabric modules avoid the confusion of traditional and other converged network solutions by eliminating the need for multiple Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches, extension modules, cables and software licenses. Also, Virtual Connect wire-once connection management is built-in enabling server adds, moves and replacement in minutes instead of days or weeks.
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HP ProLiant Server Blades: HP ProLiant BL2x220c G6 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL2x220c G7 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL280c G6 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL420c Gen8 Server Blade, HP ProLiant BL460c G6 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL460c G7 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade, HP Proliant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade with Intel E5-2600 v2 series Processors, HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade, HP ProLiant BL465c G6 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL465c G7 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 Server Blade, HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL620c G7 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL660c Gen8 Server Blade, HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL685c G6 Server Series, HP ProLiant BL685c G7 Server Series.
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Integrity Server Blades: HP Integrity BL860c i2 Server Blade, HP Integrity BL860c i4 Server Blade, HP Integrity BL870c i2 Server Blade, HP Integrity BL870c i4 Server Blade, HP Integrity BL890c i2 Server Blade, HP Integrity BL890c i4 Server Blade
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FlexFabric adapter: HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB Adapter (Only at 10Gb downlinks), HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650M Adapter (Only at 10Gb downlinks), HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapter (Only at 10Gb downlinks), HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630M Adapter (Only at 10Gb downlinks), HP FlexFabric 10Gb-2 port 536FLB Adapter, HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter, HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter, HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter, HP NC553m 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter, HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554M Adapter, HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter, HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter, HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534M Adapter.
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Ethernet and Flex-10 Ethernet adapters: HP NC325m PCI Express Quad Port 1Gb server adapter, HP NC326i Integrated Dual Port PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter, HP NC326m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter, HP NC360m Dual Port 1GbE BL-c Adapter, HP NC364m Quad Port 1GbE BL-c Adapter, HP NC370i Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Network Adapter, HP NC382i Integrated Dual Port PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter, HP NC382m Integrated Dual Port PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter, HP NC522m Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter, HP NC532i Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter, HP NC532m Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter, HP NC542m Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE BL-c Adapter, HP NC550m 10Gb 2-port PCIe x8 Flex-10 Ethernet Adapter, HP NC522m Dual Port Flex-10 10GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter, HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 530FLB Adapter, HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 530M Adapter, HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 552M Adapter, HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 361FLB Adapter, HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 366M Adapter.
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HP Service Pack for ProLiant: Version SPP 2014.09.0 or greater: The HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) with HP Smart Update Manager (HP SUM) as the deployment engine provides a comprehensive approach to firmware and system software maintenance. The SPP is a comprehensive collection of firmware and system software components, all tested together as a single solution stack that include drivers, agents, utilities, firmware packages for HP ProLiant servers, controllers, storage, blades and enclosures, and other options. It is available on all supported HP ProLiant Gen 8 servers (HP ProLiant SL/ML/DL/BL 100, 200, 300, 500, 700, 900 servers, and HP CloudSystem Matrix) in addition to earlier generation HP ProLiant servers. The SPP is released with most major HP ProLiant server releases.
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16 x 10Gb Ethernet downlinks to server blade NICs and FlexFabric Adapters, Each 10Gb downlink supports up to 3 FlexNICs and 1 FlexHBA or 4 FlexNICs, Each FlexHBA can be configured to transport either Fiber Channel over Ethernet/CEE or Accelerated iSCSI protocol. Each FlexNIC and FlexHBA is recognized by the server as a PCI-e physical function device with adjustable speeds from 100Mb to 10Gb in 100Mb increments when connected to a HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter or any Flex-10 NIC and from 1Gb to 10Gb in 100Mb increments when connected to a NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter or NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter, 4 SFP+ external uplink ports configurable as either 10Gb Ethernet or 2/4/8Gb auto-negotiating Fibre Channel connections to external LAN or SAN switches, 4 SFP+ external uplink ports configurable as 1/10Gb auto-negotiating Ethernet connected to external LAN switches, 8 x 10Gb SR, LR fiber and copper SFP+ uplink ports (4 ports also support 10Gb LRM fiber SFP+), Extended list of direct attach copper cable connections supported, 2 x 10Gb shared internal cross connects for redundancy and stacking, HBA aggregation on FC configured uplink ports using ANSI T11 standards-based N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) technology, Allows up to 255 virtual machines running on the same physical server to access separate storage resources, Low latency (1.5 µs Ethernet ports and 2.0 µs Enet/Fibre Channel ports) throughput provides switch-like performance. Line Rate, full-duplex 480 Gbps bridging fabric, MTU up to 9216 Bytes - Jumbo Frames, Supports up to 32K L2 MAC entries and 1K IGMP groups, VLAN Tagging, Pass-Thru and Link Aggregation supported on all uplinks, In tunneled VLAN mode, up to 4,096 networks are supported per network uplink and server downlink. In mapped VLAN mode, up to 1,000 networks are supported on network uplinks per Share Uplink Set, domain or module and on server downlinks up to 162 networks are supported per 10Gb physical port (VC v3.30 or later). Stack multiple Virtual Connect FlexFabric modules with other VC FlexFabric, VC Flex-10 or VC Ethernet Modules across up to 4 BladeSystem enclosures allowing any server Ethernet port to connect to any Ethernet uplink.
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Integrated Virtual Connect Manager included with every module, providing out-of-the-box, secure HTTP and scriptable CLI interfaces for individual Virtual Connect domain configuration and management. Pre-configure server I/O configurations prior to server installation for easy deployment, Move, add, or change server network connections on the fly without impacting LAN and SAN administrator, Monitoring and management via industry standard SNMP v.1 and v.2, Supported by Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) v7.3.2 and higher for centralized connection and workload management for hundreds of Virtual Connect domains. CLI commands provide access to essential system status, resource utilization, MAC forwarding tables, interfaces, and throughput to assist datacenter network troubleshooting, Displays Fibre Channel and Ethernet port statistics via the VCM CLI, GUI and SNMP interfaces, Port Mirroring on any uplink provides network troubleshooting support with Network Analyzers, IGMP Snooping optimizes network traffic and reduces bandwidth for multicast applications such as streaming applications, LDAP, RADIUS, TACACS+ compatible role based authentication, authorization and accounting (RADIUS and TACACS+ require v3.30 or greater. Accounting supported in LDAP and TACACS+), Recognizes and directs Server-Side VLAN tags, Network access groups prevent enabling specific network combinations in the same server profile, Provisioned storage resource is associated directly to a specific virtual machine - even if the virtual server is re-allocated within the BladeSystem, Server-side NPIV removes storage management constraint of a single physical HBA on a server blade Does not add to SAN switch domains or require traditional SAN management, Centralized configuration of boot from iSCSI or Fibre Channel network storage via Virtual Connect Manager GUI and CLI, Remotely update Virtual Connect firmware on multiple modules using Virtual Connect Support Utility 1.11.0 or greater, CLI auto-filling with TAB key, GUI and CLI session timeout for security, QoS configurable based on DOT1P and DSCP, Configurable filtering of multicast traffic, sFlow monitoring.
