HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.0 User Guide

Starting, stopping, and deleting virtual switches
To start or stop a virtual switch, select Tools→Start Virtual Switch... or Tools→Stop Virtual Switch...
from the VM Manager menu bar. To delete a virtual switch, select Delete→Virtual Switch.... Access
these menu options from a view that allows you to select one or more virtual switches, such as the
VSP Virtual Switches tab. In this way, you can act on several multiple switches simultaneously, if
selected. (You can also access the menu options from the Vswitch Properties view, in which case
the action is performed on a single virtual switch: the one being viewed.)
To start a vswitch, select Tools→Start Virtual Switch.... Once a vswitch is started, the virtual partitions
that are connected to it can use it for network connectivity. Before you start a vswitch, it must be
stopped.
To stop a vswitch, select Tools→Stop Virtual Switch.... The selected vswitch must currently be started.
Once a vswitch is stopped, the virtual partitions connected to it can no longer use it for network
connectivity.
To remove all configuration information for a vswitch, select Delete→Virtual Switch.... Before you
remove a vswitch, you must first stop it.
NOTE: For information about creating and managing vswitches, see the HP Integrity Virtual
Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual.
Deleting network or storage Devices
To delete a network or storage device from a virtual machine or virtual partition, select one or
more I/O devices from a Network or Storage tab, and then select Delete→I/O Device... from the
VM Manager menu bar. You can select I/O devices from any of the following tabs: VSP Storage,
VM Properties Storage, VSP Network, VM Properties Network, Vswitch Properties Network.
Selecting Delete→I/O Device... displays a page that allows you to remove the selected I/O devices.
When you delete a device from a virtual partition, it is disassociated from that virtual partition,
allowing the device to be used by another virtual partition on the VSP. Deleted devices remain
active on a virtual partition that is running; the devices are removed once you restart the virtual
partition.
Storage devices that you can delete include virtual disks and DVDs as well as attached tapes,
burners, and changers. Deleting a storage device does not affect data on that device (files or data
are not removed from the device).
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