HP OneView - Manual (Page 27)

When you add hardware with an embedded license to the appliance, the appliance
automatically applies the license. Your software license is also automatically registered for
support when the hardware is registered.
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You can also purchase and activate licenses separately, enabling you to add licenses for
existing hardware.
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If you already have an iLO Advanced license for a server, you can purchase an HP OneView
license that does not include the iLO Advanced license.
The appliance stores licenses in a pool and applies licenses to server hardware as needed. You
can view information about the number of licenses available, the number of licensed servers, and
the number of servers that require a license.
1.12 Networking features
The HP OneView appliance provides several networking features to streamline the provisioning
of networking resources for server blades and to manage configuration changes, including firmware
updates, to Virtual Connect interconnect modules.
Supported networks
The Virtual Connect interconnect modules in enclosures support the following types of data center
networks:
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Ethernet for data networks
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Fibre Channel for storage networks, including Fibre Channel Fabric attach (SAN switch)
connections, and Fibre Channel Direct attach (Flat SAN) connections to supported HP 3PAR
storage systems.
Logical interconnects
The appliance enables you to define multiple enclosure interconnect modules as a single
administrative entity called a
logical interconnect , which provides universal access to data center
Ethernet networks from all servers connected to any member interconnect. A logical interconnect
is the set of physical interconnects and their links, including the following:
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Uplinks to data center networks as mapped by their uplink sets
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Downlinks to the servers
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Stacking links (connections to each other)
Logical interconnect groups
A logical interconnect group is a collection of logical interconnects that have the same configuration
for features such as the following:
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Stacking domain
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Firmware
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Uplink sets
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Uplink port redundancy and fault tolerance
When you add an enclosure and associate it with an enclosure group, the enclosure is automatically
configured according to the logical interconnect group associated with the enclosure group. This
feature enables you to provision hundreds of enclosures consistently and efficiently.
After you create a logical interconnect, it continues to be associated with the logical interconnect
group and reports if its configuration differs from the group.
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