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Table 1-1 VCEM license options
Description Part number License type
HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb
Enterprise Edition for BL c-70001
1
591973-B21 Combination VC plus VCEM license
options
HP VCEM BL-c7000 Single enclosure
license 459864-B21 VCEM software licenses
HP VCEM BL-c7000 Single flexible
quantity license—covers multiple
enclosures 459865-B21
HP VCEM BL-c7000 Tracking license –
quantity license used only with a current
Activation Key Agreements (AKA) 459866-B21
HP VCEM BL-c7000 E-LTU—
Electronically delivered license (email)
that can cover single or multiple c7000
enclosures T9094AAE
HP VCEM BL-c3000 Single enclosure
license 459867-B21
HP VCEM BL-c3000 Single flexible
quantity license—covers multiple
enclosures 459868-B21
HP VCEM BL-c3000 Tracking
license—Quantity license used only with
a current Activation Key Agreements
(AKA) 459869-B21
HP VCEM BL-c3000
E-LTU—Electronically delivered license
(email) that can cover single or multiple
c3000 enclosures T9095AAE
1 Includes 2x Virtual Connect Flex-10 10 Gb interconnect modules and 1 x VCEM license for an HP BladeSystem c7000
enclosure
Architectural overview
This section provides an overview of the architecture, functionality, and operations of Virtual
Connect technology and VCEM.
HP Virtual Connect technology
HP Virtual Connect (VC) is the preferred interconnect technology for HP BladeSystem environments.
Virtual Connect is used in place of traditional pass-through and managed switches to reduce costs
and simplify blade server connectivity to production LANs, SANs and converged networks. VC
virtualizes I/O connections by putting an abstraction layer between the servers and their external
networks, so that LANs and SANs see network interface (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) addresses
presented by the VC modules instead of the default burned-in interface addresses. Virtual Connect
provides several key advantages:
• Reduces physical server-to-network cabling, complexity and leased network ports.
• Maintains constant end-to-end connections to preferred networks and fabrics.
• Enables administrators to wire LAN and SAN connections once and limit changes.
• Allows network assignments to be pre-provisioned even to empty server bays - enables rapid
server deployment and limits configuration errors.
• Separates server administration from LAN and SAN administration.
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