HP Intelligent Management Center v7.0 VAN Fabric Manager Administrator Guide

1 VFM overview
The Virtual Application Network (VAN)/Virtual Fabric Manager (VFM) component is data center
management software based on the IMC Platform. VAN uses virtualization, automation, and
software-defined networking (SDN) technologies. A fabric is a network composed of FCoE switches,
servers, and storage devices.
VFM can provide an integrated solution for managing both the LANs and SANs in data centers
by working with HP/H3C devices. VFM obtains the virtual machine (VM) migration information
depending on VNM.
VFM provides the following functions:
• At a Glance
• VAN Fabric Topology
• DC Management
• SAN Configuration
• LAN Configuration
• Statistics
At a Glance
This function provides the following information to operators in charts and figures:
• Status of network devices managed by VFM
• Top 5 DCs with the most devices
• Device view by type in SANs
• Fabric view
• LAN network topology
• Top 5 EVI services
• Top 5 VMs with the most migrations for the last 24 hours
• Top 5 VMs with the longest single-migration durations for the last week
VAN Fabric Topology
The VAN fabric topology includes SAN topology and LAN topology.
The SAN topology presents and manages fabrics and connections among switches, servers, and
storage devices in the fabrics.
The LAN topology presents and manages TRILL, SPB, and EVI networks.
DC Management
This function plans DCs in VFM the same as in actual networks and performs basic management
on the switches, servers, and storage devices in the DCs. This function can deploy Data Centers
(DCs) in VFM as in an actual network and basicly manage on switches, servers, and storage
devices in the DCs.
Only switches, servers, and storage devices added to DCs can be used by SAN, TRILL, SPB, and
EVI modules.
10 VFM overview