HP OneView - Manual (Page 18)

Types of groups and sets
Description Group or set
A group of enclosures that use the same configuration, such network connectivity and firmware
versions for the Onboard Administrator and interconnect modules. All members of an enclosure
group use the same logical interconnect group. When you add an enclosure to the appliance
and assign an enclosure group, the interconnects in the enclosure are configured automatically
according to the logical interconnect group associated with the enclosure group. Enclosure
groups enable administrators to provision multiple enclosures in a consistent, predictable
manner in seconds. Enclosure group
A group of logical interconnects that share the same configuration for network connectivity. A
logical interconnect is the set of physical interconnects and their links, including the following:
•
Uplinks to data center networks as mapped by their uplink sets
• Downlinks to the servers
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Stacking links (connections to each other)
When you or your experts define configurations using logical interconnect groups and enclosure
groups:
• Administrators can provision multiple enclosures with consistent network configurations in
seconds
•
Network administrators are not required to take action every time an enclosure is installed
because the network configuration is defined by the enclosure group.
Logical interconnect
group
A set of physical uplink ports in a logical interconnect that connect to a common set of networks.
All member interconnects of a logical interconnect can contribute physical uplinks to an uplink
set.
Uplink sets can be defined as part of a logical interconnect or a logical interconnect group.
When uplink sets are defined as part of a logical interconnect group, they act as the template
for the uplink sets that are configured automatically when a logical interconnect is added to
the logical interconnect group.
Uplink set
A set of Ethernet networks, designated by a single name. You can specify a network set instead
of an individual network when you define a connection to data center Ethernet networks in a
server profile. When you specify a network set in a connection, the server can access any of
the networks in that set, including any networks that are subsequently added to that network
set. Network set
Define configurations for specific environments
Groups and templates enable you to define configurations that are specific to the environment you
want to build, such as VMware vSphere virtual hosts, Microsoft Exchange environments, external
or internal web servers, or financial database servers.
For example, to build multiple external web servers:
1. Your networking expert can create logical interconnect groups, uplink sets, networks, and
network sets to establish all of the connection policies between data center networks and the
interconnects managed by the appliance.
2. Your server expert can create enclosure groups, add enclosures, and create server profiles to
establish all of the settings required by an external web server.
3. Your server operators can copy server profiles whenever they need to deploy this type of
server.
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