HP Virtual Connect: Common Myths, Misperceptions, and Objections, Second Edition

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Table 1. Definitions
Term Definition
classification, prioritization, queuing, marking, etc .
Server Profile An object within the Virtual Connect domain that is assigned to
a server bay and contains the server’s LAN and SAN
connectivity settings (vNet assignments, managed MAC
addresses & WWNs, server boot parameters, PXE
configuration, and Fibre Channel boot parameters).
SFP/SFP+ Hot-pluggable transceiver that can provide either 1Gb (SFP) or
10Gb (SFP+) connectivity.
Shared Uplink Set (SUS) The term used by Virtual Connect to configure one or more VC
uplinks as a VLAN trunk connected to a switch employing IEEE
802.1Q VLAN trunking.
Stacking Link
A link that directly connects two VC Ethernet ports from
different VC Ethernet modules to form a logical Layer 2 ring.
Uplink An external faceplate port on an Interconnect Module (blade
switch or Virtual Connect module) that directly connects to an
external, upstream network device.
UUID Universally Unique Identifier: a 128 bit globally unique object
identifier that is used by things like Operating Systems and
applications to identify specific and individual computing
devices (servers)
VC Virtual Connect: Broad term used to reference all the Virtual
Connect components as a whole – Ethernet & Fibre Channel
modules and Virtual Connect Manager.
VC-Enet A Virtual Connect Ethernet module.
VC-FC A Virtual Connect Fibre Channel module
VCM Virtual Connect Manager: The user interface, web or CLI, used
to manage a Virtual Connect domain
Virtual Connect Domain All VC Fibre Channel modules and all stacked VC-Enet
modules within the same enclosure and under the control of the
same Virtual Connect Manager
Virtual Connect Network
(vNet)
A logical grouping of VC ports (downlinks or downlinks &
uplinks) that comprise a single layer 2 network or broadcast
domain.
VCEM
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager: A separate software
product that extends management to as many as 200 VC
domains from a single console.
VLAN Trunk A single physical port or a single port channel with VLAN
tagging enabled. Used to provide connectivity to one or more
VLANs over the same logical path.
vPC A PortChannel technology designed to replace and remove
Spanning Tree as a loop management technology in large-
scale L2 Ethernet networks. Only available with the Cisco
Nexus line of products.
vSwitch A hypervisor virtual switch. A software implementation of a
layer 2 bridge as used by virtual server hypervisors.
WWN
World Wide Name: Equivalent to a MAC address for a Fibre
Channel device.
XFP Hot-pluggable modular 10 GbE
port. Pluggable modules
allow for electrical (CX-
4 copper cable) or fiber optical