Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between
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Daily Archives: March 30, 2010
Resources for HP c-class blade and EVA Design for vSphere 4
Posted by on March 30, 2010
I am currently working on a design for a vSphere 4 platform on HP’s EVA SAN and c-class blade chassis. In order to provide flexible network connectivity we are leveraging the new Flex 10 Virtual Connect Modules as well as VC Fibre Channel modules to simplify administration
Because finding things on the HP site can sometimes be a bit hit & miss, this post serves as a bookmark to the more useful resources I found.
Hardware Configurator – Generate Bill of Materials (BoM)
HP eConfigurator online tool to configure and cost blades and chassis options and produce a validated bill of materials – be sure to select your country to ensure you get the correct power options and list prices
Virtual Connect
HP Virtual Connect cookbook – updated for Flex 10 (Feb 2010)
Virtual Connect Webinar series
How does a Virtual Connect FC Module work? (warning – old and outdated with current firmware)
Flex10 Links
Virtualised Reality (Barry Coombs)
http://www.wooditwork.com/2011/02/18/scripting-flex-10-esx-design-with-powercli/
http://www.wooditwork.com/2011/02/17/flex-10-esx-design-with-simplicity-and-scalability-part-1/
http://www.wooditwork.com/2011/02/17/flex-10-esx-design-with-simplicity-and-scalability-part-2/
http://www.wooditwork.com/2011/01/17/hp-flex-10-esx-and-broadcom-fun-continues/
EVA Storage
Best Practices for HP Storageworks EVA with vSphere [Whitepaper]
Best Practices for HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array with VMware vSphere 4 [WEBINAR]
vSphere Installation
HP-Specific ESXi Installable Download (HP Passport Account Required)
Power
HP Power Calculator Spreadsheets (BL, DL, PL, EVA) in .xls format (Office 2010 users need to “Enable Editing” to take it out of protected mode in order for the links to work
HP Blade Power Sizing Utility (can be a bit buggy and slow – but works) – and can export in a number of different formats including Word (Example Doc)
Firmware Maintenance CD Download
https://vinf.net/2010/04/15/latest-hp-firmware-maintenance-cd-v9/
Links Updated & Section reorganised 23rd Feb 2011
HP Virtual Connect Technical Webinar Series
Posted by on March 30, 2010
HP are running a free series of technical webinars around their virtual connect technology, if like me you are trying to get your head around the VC technology, this is for you.
Visit the following URL and sign-up, there are a range of free local dial-in numbers for the audio – note, I couldn’t get it to work in Firefox so you may need to use IE like I did.
https://h30406.www3.hp.com/campaigns/2010/events/VirtualConnect/index.php
Seems that there was a timezone/daylight saving problem between the US and Europe for the 1st in the series which is being repeated now.
The sessions are being recorded and will be available online to replay at www.hp.com/go/VirtualConnectWebinars
A quick peek at the Flex-10 session is shown below, I’ve not seen a marketing/RoI slide yet so looks good to me 🙂
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