HP Insight Management-Software - Manual (Page 9)

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Group-based management of Virtual Connect Domains increases infrastructure consistency,
simplifies system deployment and enables rapid change management across hundreds of HP
BladeSystem enclosures.
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Add, change, and failover servers and their workloads across the data center in minutes
without impacting production networks.
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Increase productivity and server-to-administrator ratios.
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Release LAN and SAN administrators from routine server-centric tasks.
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Scalable across small and large data centers.
What's new
VCEM 7.1 adds new features including:
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Support for VC firmware 3.5x and 3.6x
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New multiblade server delivered in three models:
BL860c i4—single blade server ◦
◦ BL870c i4—2-blade server
◦ BL890c i4—4-blade server
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VCM connection status displayed in VCEM profile details
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Systems Insight Manager unattended backup. See Backing up and Restoring HP Insight
Management 7.1 Central Management Server (Windows) White Paper at
http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/ for more information.
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Recovery of VC profiles from an inoperable enclosures.
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Firmware update feature enables multiple domains in a domain group to have firmware
updated simultaneously when used with VCSU 1.7.0 or later and VC 3.5x or later.
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Expanded profile and network connection status information provided in CSV export output.
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Bandwidth and port mapping information provided for profile connections.
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Improved performance on profile editing operations.
Platform support
VCEM is supported on most HP BladeSystem c-Class hardware, storage, software, and third-party
operating platforms. For a full list of supported platforms and components, see
Installing and
configuring VCEM .
Product licensing
VCEM is licensed per BladeSystem c-Class enclosure, with separate options for BL-c3000 and
BL-c7000 enclosures.
A single VCEM license is required for each enclosure to be managed in both single and
multienclosure domain configurations, and is valid for the life of the associated enclosure.
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