HP FlexFabric Virtual Switch 5900v Technology White Paper

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Overview ······································································································································································ 1
Technical background ······················································································································································ 1
Benefits ··············································································································································································· 1
5900v virtual switch implementation ·························································································································· 2
5900v virtual switch components ···································································································································· 2
Virtual Forwarding Engine (VFE) ····························································································································· 2
Virtual Control Engine (VCE) ··································································································································· 3
Plug-in ········································································································································································ 3
5900v virtual switch deployment flow ···························································································································· 3
VCE deployment ······················································································································································· 3
VFE deployment ························································································································································ 4
Plug-in deployment ··················································································································································· 5
Workflow ··········································································································································································· 5
Port-group based VM connections ·································································································································· 6
Automatic deployment of network policies for VM migration ······················································································ 7
Clear boundary between virtual computing and network control ··············································································· 8
Application scenarios ·················································································································································· 9