Virtual Connect and HP A-Series switches (A5820) IRF Integration Guide

Insight Control for Vmware vCenter monitoring

Insight Control for vCenter utilizes a visual networking view from vSwitch to Virtual Connect to

physical access switch. The following images provide examples of its appearance and functionality.

VM1 uses vSwitch1, which has two uplinks (vmnic2 and vmnic3). The uplinks carry tagged packets

for VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) 2 and VLAN 3. VLAN 3 is not in used in the testing but is

provided to show the concept of tagged trunking between Virtual Connect and vSwitch. The graphic

also displays the physical uplink ports used to connect to the access switch. The host name and MAC

address of that switch are also provided, and are obtained through the use of LLDP between Virtual

Connect and the network switch.