HP Insight Orchestration 6.3 User Guide

Setting up virtual machine networks
Network names are correlated across hypervisor and Virtual Connect technologies to allow an
infrastructure service to be provisioned with logical servers of different types configured on the
same network. Employing this capability requires the eight-character limit imposed by Integrity VM
to be extended to the other hypervisor and VC configurations in the managed environment. There
may be ripple-effects into other technologies if there is a need to provision Integrity VMs with
connections to the same network as other VMs or physical servers.
Setting up an ESX virtual machine network
To add a network for use by the virtual machines provisioned through Insight Orchestration:
1. Open VMware Infrastructure Client, enter the IP and credentials of your Virtual Infrastructure
Server, and then click Login.
2. For each ESX/ESXi virtual machine host in your ESX cluster, do the following:
a. In the left navigation pane, select the virtual machine host.
b. Select the Configuration tab.
c. Click Networking.
d. Click Add Networking.
e. For connection type, select Virtual Machine, then click Next.
f. Depending on the network configuration of your virtual machine host, either select an
existing virtual switch or select Create a virtual switch, and then click Next.
g. In Port group properties, enter a name for your network in Network Label, and depending
on the network configuration of your virtual machine host, enter a VLAN ID.
h. Click Next.
3. Click Finish.
Repeat the process for each network.
Setting up an Integrity virtual machine network
You can create an Integrity VM vswitch by using the hpvmnet command on the Integrity VM host.
NOTE: Insight Orchestration uses only Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO) network devices for Integrity
VM.
An Integrity VM cannot be configured with a connection to a local virtual network through Insight
Orchestration. Only vswitches connected to a physical NIC are recognized by Insight Orchestration.
Insight Orchestration identifies Integrity VM virtual networks using vswitch names, which are limited
to eight characters. Network names are correlated across hypervisor and VC technologies to allow
an infrastructure service to be provisioned with logical servers of different types configured on the
same network. Employing this capability requires the eight-character limit to be extended to the
other hypervisor and VC configurations in the managed environment.
For more detailed information on Integrity VM, see HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2: Installation,
Configuration, and Administration and HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2.5: Release Notes.
Setting up a Hyper-V virtual machine network
To add a network for use by the virtual machines provisioned through Insight Orchestration, do
the following for each Hyper-V VM host:
1. Connect to the Hyper-V host using Remote Desktop.
2. Open Hyper-V Manager and choose the server that will be connected.
1. In the Actions list on the right side of the panel, select Virtual Network Manager....
2. Select New Virtual Network.
3. Under Connection Type, select External to configure a physical network.
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