Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between
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Category Archives: Flex 10
Confused by HP Flex10 Design for vSphere
Posted by on February 23, 2011
HP have a very clever 10Gb Ethernet technology called Flex10, which is an evolution of the previous Virtual Connect modules, it allows you to carve a single 10Gb NIC into multiple FlexNICs of varying capacities; this is especially useful if you are looking to deploy vSphere on HP blades. it can be tricky to visualise [...]
Matching an HP FlexNIC in ESXi to Chassis Flex10 Bay and Port Number at Install Time.
Posted by on May 28, 2010
When you are setting up an HP blade with ESXi you’ll want to ensure the administration interface is setup on the correct FlexNICs so you can add it to vCenter and continue the configuration – this can be confusing as there can be a large number of NICs presented. Up to 4 per Flex10 [...]
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 [...]
