HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module for BladeSystem
c-Class - overview

Simplify and make your data center change-ready. The HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem allows administrators to fine-tune network bandwidth at the server edge by dividing each 10 Gb network connection into four independent physical FlexNIC server connections. Each FlexNIC can be configured from 100 Mb up to 10 Gb, allowing just the right amount of network bandwidth based on your application needs.

The Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module offers a new class of blade interconnect that allows you to move, add, and change the servers inside your BladeSystem transparently to external network connections. With Virtual Connect, you can reduce costs and simplify connections to LANs and SANs, consolidate and precisely control your network connections, and enable administrators to add, replace and recover server resources on-the-fly.

What's new

• CLI commands in Virtual Connect 3.30 save time and increase network availability with access to system and networking information vital to troubleshooting in data center networking environments
• Improves scalability and flexibility for virtualization with 1000 VLANs per Shared Uplink Set and 162 VLANs per downlink, along with simultaneous tunneled and mapped networks in a single VC domain
• Virtual Connect 3.30 enhances security with TACACS+ and RADIUS authorization, authentication, and accounting (AAA) and controlled server connection network groups

Ideal environment

Enterprise and data center customers requiring flexibility at the server edge.