HP FlexFabric Virtual Switch 5900v Technology White Paper

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Plug-in deployment
A plug-in is integrated into the vCenter Server, and it provides configurations and management for port
groups. You can add the plug-in to the vCenter Server on the global configuration page.
To deploy a plug-in:
1. Log in to http://IP:8080/gui, where IP is the IP address or domain name of a VM with a VCE
installed.
2. Configure the IP address, username, and password for accessing the vCenter Server.
3. Click the icons for connecting the vCenter Server and installing the plug-in.
4. Log in to VMware vSphere Client after the plug-in is installed, and select datacenter from the
navigation tree. The HP 5900v VDS tab appears on the page, as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6 Plug-in configuration page
For the installation procedures of the HP 5900v virtual switch, see HP FlexFabric Virtual Switch 5900v
Installation Guide.
Workflow
As shown in Figure 7, the 5900v virtual switch workflow is as follows:
1. The network administrator logs in to HP IMC VCM to configure VSI type and VLAN attributes.
2. The server administrator creates and configures a port group by using the 5900v virtual switch
plug-in in VMware vCenter Server. The plug-in communicates with HP IMC VCM through the REST
interface to obtain the VSI type of the VLAN to which the port group belongs.
3. The server administrator does the following:
{ Creates a VM through VMware vCenter Server.
{ Specifies a virtual NIC for the VM.
{ Applies the port group to the virtual NIC.
4. VCE initiates the VDP negotiation to the physical switch (EVB bridge) to associate VSIs on the VM
with the ports on the physical switch after the VM is powered on.