Effective May 14th, 2012, HP 3PAR P10000 V800 Storage and HP 3PAR P10000 V400 Storage systems now support the following solid state drive (SSD) configurations: All SSDs—no Fibre Channel or SATA drives are required Up to 128 SSDs per node pair (e.g. the HP 3PAR P10000 V800 can support up to 512 SSDs when configured with 4 controller node pairs) So what, you ask? Support for 128 SSDs per controller pair allows more active data to be...

Beginning with ProLiant Gen8 servers, HP is introducing HP SmartMemory technology for DDR3 memory. HP SmartMemory DIMMs have passed our qualification and testing processes. Gen8 servers configured with HP SmartMemory DIMMs deliver extended performance and manageability that is not supported using third party DIMMs. This paper provides a detailed look at the core technologies that enable DDR3 memory and its benefits as well as the...

I was looking since a long time for a professional solution for the ESXi servers discovered in HP SIM, where the Major alert was generated by the 6 (out of vmnics with a DOWN status. This is the case with HP G6 or G7 blades with Virtual Connect Flex10 or FlexFabric where not all 8 available NICs are connected to different networks. For instance in my case I have only vmnic 1 and vmnic2 connected to the full 10Gb connection. So I have 6...

vMSC is a new VMware-certified configuration for stretched storage cluster configurations. A vMSC configuration is designed to maintain data availability beyond a single physical or logical site. A storage device with vMSC configuration is supported by VMware after successful vMSC certification. All supported storage devices are listed on the “VMware storage compatibility guide.” It is great to see that the HP Lefthand series...

Found this great whitepaper regarding changes in the selection of direct attached storage in the new Gen8 servers… Find the document here. Abstract: HP ProLiant Gen8 servers embody more than 150 design innovations. By engineering ProLiant Gen8 servers for enhanced solid state performance and by adding intelligent algorithms and analytics to manage performance, resiliency, and data protection in real-time, we made ProLiant Gen8 servers...

HP has now shipped over 6 million ports into 116 countries to over 6,000 customers! Forgot how it all began? Watch the new video on the History of Virtual Connect to hear from the Innovators behind the technology. Learn how a simple idea to streamline infrastructure in HP Labs grew to become one of the biggest products in networking and server technology today. Be sure to read Chuck Klein’s blog, Virtual Connect: Innovation Speaks...

Find the updated document here! Abstract: Customers today are challenged with simplifying the network edge by reducing complexity and cost. HP’s Virtual Connect solution helps customers simplify server network connections by cleanly separating the server enclosure from the data center network. Stacking multiple enclosures enables the management of up to four enclosures from a single control point. ME Stacking provides the following...

HP Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) is an innovative technology for switch platform virtualization, which allows dramatic simplification of the design and operations of data center and campus Ethernet networks. IRF overcomes the limitations of traditional STP-based and legacy competitive designs by delivering new levels of network performance and resiliency. HP Virtual Connect (VC) is an industry standard-based implementation of...

Version 7.0 of Insight Control for VMware vCenter has been released and is available on the web! This release is a major update and includes: -          Totally new user interface – server, storage and network information presented in a well-organized and easy to navigate fashion -          Support for deploying and managing Gen8 servers with Agentless Management support -          Enhanced network...

1. DVDs for the entire software stack of Insight Management 7.0 are live at the Software Depot. Insight Management HP SIM (Windows) Insight Control Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) Matrix Operating Environment 2. A new HP SmartMemory video clearly illustrates our Gen8 memory innovations. HP Videos YouTube 3. A complete refresh of the HP iLO web pages on hp.com includes new information and video libraries and links to...