HP BA322 90087 - Manual (Page 333)

server interconnect choices come with compromises such as too many cables or too much to
manage, VC reduces the number of network cables and simplifies management while adding
the unique ability to wire everything once, then add, replace or recover servers in minutes
instead of hours or days. HP Virtual Connect includes the HP 1/10Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet
Module and HP 4 Gb Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem, and the
HP Virtual Connect Manager.
Virtual Connect See VC.
virtual console The virtualized console of a virtual machine that emulates the functionality of the Management
Processor interface for Integrity servers. Each virtual machine has its own virtual console from
which the virtual machine can be powered on or off and booted or shut down, and from which
the guest operating system can be selected.
virtual device An emulation of a physical device. This emulation, used as a device by a virtual machine,
effectively maps a virtual device to an entity (for example, s a DVD) on the VM Host.
virtual machine Virtual hardware system. Also called VM.
virtual media See vMedia.
virtual partition A soft partition within a cell-based server that can provide software isolation among different
instances of the operating system running on a single server or nPartition. Cell-based servers
can be configured either as a single large symmetric multiprocessor or as several independent
systems. A virtual partition uses a subset of the system processor, memory, and I/O resources,
and includes operating system and application-related software. The HP-UX operating system
is the only operating system that can run in a virtual partition.
See also cell, partition, nPartition, server complex.
Virtual Server
Environment See VSE.
vKVM OpenVMS Version 8.4 adds support for the iLO Integrated Console capability provided by
Integrity Servers and blades systems supporting iLO. The enabling functionality that provides
this support is referred to as “virtual Keyboard, Video, and Mouse” or vKVM. The feature
allows you to connect a virtual serial line from your PC to Integrity servers, enabling your PC,
keyboard, and mouse to function as if directly connected to the server. Your window displays
the contents of the Integrity server's VGA.
vMedia Virtual Media. A virtual-disk capability included with iLO MP 2 on Integrity servers. vMedia
provides virtual devices that mimic physical hardware devices. For example, it can provide a
virtual CD/DVD drive that connects over the network to your Integrity servers as if it were
physically connected. You can use vMedia to install OpenVMS on Integrity servers that do not
include a built-in DVD drive. vMedia can provide the network service for HP SIM provisioning,
or it can be used independently of HP SIM.
See also HP SIM, provisioning.
volume
shadowing The software that performs disk mirroring operations using a redundant array of independent
disks (RAID) 1 storage strategy. Provides high data availability for disk devices by ensuring
against data loss that results from media deterioration or controller or device failure. This
prevents storage subsystem component failures from interrupting system or application tasks.
Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS is available as both a separately licensed product on Integrity
server systems and a component of the Data Center Operating Environment (DCOE) on Integrity
servers.
VSE HP Virtual Server Environment. An integrated virtualization offering for HP-UX servers
(including Integrity servers). VSE provides a flexible computing environment that maximizes
utilization of server resources. VSE consists of a pool of dynamically sizable virtual servers,
each of which can grow and shrink based on service-level objectives and business priorities.
See also gWLM, iCAP, TiCAP.
warranted
support In OpenVMS Clusters, warranted support means that HP has fully qualified the specified
versions of OpenVMS coexisting in the cluster and addresses all problems identified by
customers using the cluster configuration.
See also migration support.
WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management. A collection of management and Internet standard
technologies that aid and unify management of large-scale distributed computing environments.
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