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

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Table 5. Supported SNMP objects
Dot1dBasePortDelayExceededDiscards
Dot1dBasePortMtuExceededDiscards
Dot1dTpPortInFrames
Dot1dTpPortOutFrames
Dot1dTpPortInDiscards
EtherStatsStatsDropEvents
EtherStatsStatsMulticastPkts
EtherStatsStatsBroadcastPkts
EtherStatsStatsUndersizePkts
EtherStatsStatsFragments
IfInOctets
IfInUcastPkts
IfInNUcastPkts
IfInDiscards
IfInErrors
IfInUnknownProtos
IfOutOctets
IfOutUcastPkts
IfOutNUcastPkts
IfOutDiscards
IfOutErrors
IfOutQLen
IpInReceives
IpInHdrErrors
IpForwDatagrams
IpInDiscards
Dot1dBasePortDelayExceededDiscards
Dot1dBasePortMtuExceededDiscards
Dot1dTpPortInFrames
EtherStatsStatsPkts
EtherStatsStatsCollisions
EtherStatsStatsCRCAlignErrors
TXNoErrors
RXNoErrors
Dot3StatsAlignmentErrors
Dot3StatsFCSErrors
Dot3StatsSingleCollisionFrames
Dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames
Dot3StatsSQETTestErrors
Dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions
Dot3StatsLateCollisions
Dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions
Dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors
Dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors
Dot3StatsFrameTooLongs
Dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors
Dot3StatsSymbolErrors
Dot3ControlInUnknownOpcodes
Dot3InPauseFrames
Dot3OutPauseFrames
IfHCInOctets
IfHCInUcastPkts
IfHCInMulticastPkts
IfHCInBroadcastPkts
IfHCOutOctets
IfHCOutUcastPkts
IfHCOutMulticastPkts
IfHCOutBroadcastPckts:
#40: QoS can provide the same functionality of VC Flex-10
Incorrect: VC Flex-10 provides server administrators greater flexibility by dedicating specific
FlexNICs for specific networks, and providing segregation of traffic that cannot coexist on the same
physical NIC. While a hypervisor could provide rate limiting features to control bandwidth, this
doesn’t exist for physical hosts. VC Flex-10 allows either the Server or Network Administrators set
and enforce bandwidth settings at the FlexNIC partition, and can provide a consistent method of
management and segregation regardless of the physical host OS.
Unique Features Provided By HP Virtual Connect
Virtual Connect provides many unique features not provided by traditional LAN and SAN switches.
These HP designed and engineered features are provided to enhance HP server blade deployment
and management for HP customers. These features are not provided by traditional LAN and SAN
switches because they don’t have server system visibility and configurability like Virtual Connect. The
following sections provide a technical discussion of several of these unique Virtual Connect features.