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VSM LABS SCENARIO
UNDER EXAMINATION: Virtualization
of SAN an LAN Connections for a Wire-once Environment
WHAT WE TESTED
Scalent
Virtual Operating Environment (V/OE) software
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Architecture support for X86 (Intel and AMD) and SPARC
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OS support for Linux, Windows, and Solaris
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Virtual machine support for VMware ESX and Xen
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Fibre Channel HBA support for Emulex and QLogic
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Network persona booting via NFS (Linux, Solaris) and iSCSI (Windows)
(2)
Cisco Catalyst 2950 managed switch
HOW WE TESTED
HP
ProLiant DL580 G3 Server
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
KEY FINDINGS
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Scalent V/OE maintains pools of stateless server images—the OS and
application software, along with the server's virtual I/O topology—in
repositories for easy deployment on any server, in real-time.
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Scalent V/OE cleanly separates the management of servers from SANs and
LANs through the creation of virtual HBAs and NICs.
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Scalent V/OE is not in the data path so there is no performance impact
or a single point of failure.
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If Scalent components fail, there is no impact on the data center
systems.
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