HP released a new version of their “HP P4000 LeftHand SAN Solutions with VMware vSphere Best Practices” document with updates towards vSphere 5.0… Find here the document Happy reading! If you want more details, feel free to contact me since the full BITCON datacenter is already upgraded to vSphere 5.0 and SAN/iQ 9.5…

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03028646/c03028646.pdf  Introduction HP provides technologies and tools for efficiently managing Virtual Connect (VC) environments of all sizes. HP Virtual Connect Manager (VCM) is a software component embedded within Virtual Connect Ethernet modules. It is the core application for configuring and managing single and multi-enclosure Virtual Connect (VC) domain environments. Access...

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New  3PAR collateral is being released all the time. Here are the latest updates and additions to the library:    New product and services information Updated product information (P1000                                                              3PAR and VMware) Updated product information HP P10000 3PAR Storage Systems Data Sheet HP P10000 3PAR Storage: Extending...

I got this question:  Does VMware ESXi have the capability to effectively use OS Control mode?  Which option is recommended for VMware ESXi 4 and 5? Answer:  See page 5 of the below document. The recommendation is OS Control if DRS is in...