Operating Environment Software User Manual

Operating system Operating system on the system on which you are
creating the logical server.
For a Virtual Connect logical server, the operating
system you specify is used by VCEM to set the host
mode in the storage array for proper presentation to
the logical server. You can specify Microsoft Windows
or Linux as the operating system for a Virtual Connect
logical server created on the ProLiant architecture, and
Microsoft Windows, Linux, HP-UX or HP OpenVMS as
the operating system for a Virtual Connect logical server
created on the HP Integrity architecture.
For an ESX and Hyper-V virtual machine logical server,
the operating system is used by VMware to create the
correct virtual disk (storage) for the logical server. You
can specify Microsoft Windows or Linux as the
operating system for a virtual machine logical server
created on the ProLiant or x86 system architecture.
Operating system variation Specific version of Microsoft Windows or Linux that is
the operating system for the VM guest. This drop-down
menu is enabled when you specify the default ESX or
Integrity VM portability group, or a user-defined
portability group containing an ESX or Integrity VM
Host.
Managed resource name Virtual machine name or Virtual Connect profile name
depending on the selected portability group.
If you do not enter a value, a managed resource name
is automatically generated.
ESX VM version Virtual machine hardware version of the ESX Host. If
you choose default, a logical server activated on an
ESX 3x VM Host creates a hardware version 4 VM
guest, and a logical server activated on an ESX 4x VM
Host creates a hardware version 7 VM guest.
If you choose Version 4, activating the logical server
always creates a version 4 VM guest, and ESX 3x and
4x VM Hosts are valid targets when you move or
re-activate the logical server.
If you choose Version 7, activating the logical server
always creates a version 7 VM guest, and only ESX 4x
VM Hosts are valid targets when you move or reactivate
the logical server.
Enable high availability (check box) This check box is enabled when a Hyper-V portability
group is selected.
If checked, enables high availability scenarios in
Hyper-V environments using failover clustering, and
may allow you to select the Quick Move operation type
on the Move: Assign Logical Servers to Target Hosts
screen.
• Compute Resources
Allows you to set the compute resources for a logical server, including number of CPU cores,
CPU frequency, and amount of memory
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