HP Insight Management 7.2 Update 2 Support Matrix

HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager hardware

Table 38 (page 44) lists hardware requirements for Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager.

Table 38 Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager hardware requirements

Minimum requirementComponent

Virtual Connect Ethernet modules

• HP Virtual Connect 1/10 Gb Ethernet Module

• HP Virtual Connect 1/10 Gb-F Ethernet Module

• HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10 Gb Ethernet Module

• HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D Module for BladeSystem c-Class

Virtual Connect Fibre Channel modules

• HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb Fibre Channel Module

• HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 24-port Fibre Channel Module

• HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module

Virtual Connect FlexFabric

• HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module for c-Class

BladeSystem

Other supported hardware

As a general rule, Insight Management supports all the following items, and their plug-in equivalents,

assuming that they are installed with the latest firmware and drivers.

• External Ethernet switches

• Embedded network interface cards (NICs)

• Smart Array controllers, host bus adapters (HBAs)

• HP BladeSystem mezzanine cards

• HP IO Accelerators

For information on the storage controllers, converged network adapters (CNAs), and network

interface cards (NICs) supported by Insight Control server migration, see “Hardware requirements

and caveats for Insight Control server migration” (page 83).

For information on the storage controllers, converged network adapters (CNAs), and network

interface cards (NICs) supported by Insight Control server provisioning, see “Hardware requirements

and caveats for Insight Control server provisioning” (page 90).

For information on the HP IO Accelerators (supported in Matrix OE versions 7.2, 7.2.1, and 7.2.2),

see http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/io_accelerator/index.html. Two

whitepapers are available online that describe the setup and scenarios for using the HP IO

Accelerators at: http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs.

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