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...

HP provided a new version of this great thecnical whitepaper that covers the latest version of Virtual Connect modules in combination with Generation 8 blades and vSphere5 networking… Get the latest version here. Happy reading!

Found this great document on HP A-series networking combined with Virtual Connect… Since I have to implement this soon, this will be my next PDF to read… Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) is an innovative HP switch platform virtualization technology that allows dramatic simplification of the design and operations of data center and campus Ethernet networks. IRF overcomes the limitations of traditional STP (Spanning Tree...

This paper provides a comparative analysis of the characteristics of solid state drives, ioDrives, and SAS rotational drives using a decision support workload simulated by the TPC-H 100GB benchmark. All tests were conducted on the HP ProLiant DL380 G6. It is expected that the readers have basic knowledge of drives and their performance characteristics, as well as a familiarity with flash memory technology. Comparisons on performance, price,...