HP FlexFabric Virtual Switch 5900v Technology White Paper

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{ Saves the network resource configurations to the VTDB database.
4. When a VM is created, started, or migrated, VDP negotiation is performed between the HP 5900
switch (EVB bridge) and the 5900v virtual switch VCE.
5. The HP 5900 switch does the following:
{ Obtains network policy configurations for the VSIs on the VM from IMC VCM through HTTP.
{ Applies the configurations to its ports.
6. The VFE that is integrated in VMware vSphere forwards traffic from the VMs. For traffic that cannot
match any destination port, the VFE delivers it to the VCE, which determines the forwarding policy
and destination port.
7. The HP 5900 switch does the following:
{ Controls the service traffic of VMs through ACLs, VLAN, DHCP snooping, and ARP detection.
{ Forwards the data to the destination.