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Ethernet and PCI Express. changing the I/O and Fifth, is the growth of cloud
Blade servers have already performance characteristics of management software. There
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disaggregated racks into storage on the server, the are already tools like HP
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shared power and cooling. This laptop and in storage arrays. OpsWare, which basically do
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will also become a core aggregation of virtualisation
technology. That, in turn, will change the management.
way in which we need to
Third, we obviously expect deliver networking for storage With these tools, a data centre
the continued growth in inside the data centre, and at manager is able to control all
virtualisation of networking what speeds and with what of their resources from a single
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resources, VSANs and virtual latency we provide that pain of glass.
network connections will be connectivity.
UNE the biggest drivers of new It is definitely an exciting time
changes in networking. There are a number of different for Emulex, we see the market
places SSDs will be used, and moving to one network and we
Fourth, we also see big not just at the storage end. It plan to be the one company
JIM McCL
changes with the implementation could also be used in servers that connects everything.
of solid-state disks (SSDs). The for caching and other system-
use of SSD technology is level acceleration.
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Emulex previews HBAnyware features
At the recent VMworld running on a combination resources within a dynamic
Europe event, Emulex of blade and rack mount business environment.
demonstrated the new servers.
virtual port (Vport) mapping The upcoming HBAnyware
and CIM-based management Emulex HBAnyware provides release also includes complete
capabilities for VMware control of Emulex LightPulse CIM-based management
ESXi in its upcoming Fibre Channel Host Bus capabilities for VMware
release of HBAnyware 4.1, Adapters (HBAs) and FCoE ESXi environments, which
a centralised adapter Converged Network Adapters streamlines data centre
management application. (CNAs) within a centralised, administrative operations
cross-platform framework. by providing comprehensive
The demonstration highlighted adapter discovery and
the benefits of Emulex The new release adds management capabilities
connectivity solutions Vport mapping, offering for the VMware platform.
operating in a virtualised IT managers end-to-end
and converged networking relationship mapping between HBAnyware is the
environment running Vports and virtual foundation for Emulex’s
VMware ESX and ESXi. machines (VMs) within a newly announced One
Emulex showcased the single management window. Command Convergence
seamless management and Framework, which enables
migration of virtual machines The new Vport mapping centralised enterprise
over 8Gb/s Fibre Channel capability saves IT managers’ management for I/O services,
and Fibre Channel over time by allowing them connectivity, virtualisation,
Ethernet (FCoE) storage to more rapidly track security, QoS and other
networking topologies performance bottlenecks foundational elements
using VMware VMotionTM and re-provision virtualised within converged networks.
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