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Key Findings

• QLogic

has integrated the management of its adapter portfolio into VMware

vCenter

™

with the QConvergeConsole

(QCC) Plug-in

for VMware vCenter.

• The QCC Plug-in is a set of software components delivered through industry-standard CIM providers that allows for the remote

management of all generations of QLogic adapters via VMware vCenter. This capability enables administrators to centrally manage

QLogic adapters from a single-pane-of-glass view, provided by the VMware vCenter console.

• The QCC Plug-in offers an end-to-end visual representation of network and storage connectivity—all the way from the physical

adapter to the VM providing organizations with insight into storage and network infrastructure. This real-time view saves hours of

administration time.

• Managing VMware vSphere

servers using the QCC Plug-in integrated into vCenter enables multi-protocol and multi-fabric

management of QLogic adapters, resulting in lower deployment times, faster troubleshooting, and reduced total cost of ownership

of the virtualized data center.

Visualize I/O Connectivity for

VMware vSphere

QLogic QConvergeConsole Plug-in for VMware vCenter

Simplifies and Accelerates Deployment and Management

Summary of content (7 pages)

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White Paper Visualize I/O Connectivity for VMware vSphere QLogic QConvergeConsole Plug-in for VMware vCenter Simplifies and Accelerates Deployment and Management Key Findings •• QLogic® has integrated the management of its adapter portfolio into VMware® vCenter™ with the QConvergeConsole® (QCC) Plug-in for VMware vCenter.
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White Paper Executive Summary Customers are increasing the deployment of virtualized servers in their data centers to take advantage of the benefits offered by VMware vSphere and vCenter: increased resource utilization and flexibility, lower costs, and the ability to respond to elastic demand for IT services. Along with these benefits, server virtualization also creates some challenges. Virtualized workloads share many hardware and software resources.
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White Paper Storage Connectivity Visualization The QCC plug-in delivers advancement in technology to improve and enhance the user experience. The QCC plug-in can instantly display how datastores are related to VMs as well as which storage targets and LUNs the datastores reside on. QCC gives an instantaneous view of all those relationships along with a mouse-over feature whereby key configuration information for each of the hardware components throughout the fabrics may be seen.
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White Paper Figure 4. QConvergeConsole Plug-in Mouse Overs Provide Key Information Network Connectivity Visualization The QCC Plug-in can instantly display how a QLogic 10GbE networking adapter and ports are related to VMs, as well as the VMware vSwitch/dvSwitch and port group to which they are connected. QCC gives an instantaneous view of the relationships in the network.
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White Paper Figure 6. QConvergeConsole Plug-in Network Connectivity Maps Complete Adapter Management The QCC Plug-in enables comprehensive management of all aspects and functions of the QLogic Fibre Channel, Converged Network, and Intelligent Ethernet Adapters in a VMware vSphere environment.
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White Paper The QLogic Advantage While other adapter vendors also offer a management tool to monitor and manage their adapters, the tools lack the ease of use, maturity, and feature set required for the enterprise data center. The QLogic QConvergeConsole Plug-in for VMware vCenter leverages years of QLogic experience and expertise in understanding the management complexity in virtualized environments.
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White Paper Disclaimer Reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the validity and accuracy of these performance tests. QLogic Corporation is not liable for any error in this published white paper or the results thereof. Variation in results may be a result of change in configuration or in the environment. QLogic specifically disclaims any warranty, expressed or implied, relating to the test results and their accuracy, analysis, completeness or quality. Follow us: Share: Corporate Headquarters www.