HP Virtual Server Environment Management for Integrity Version 4.0 Release Notes

1 New Capabilities
These release notes include coverage of the VSE Management Software Version 4.0 October 2008
Update Release.
For details on the October 2008 Update Release, see “VSE Management Software Version 4.0
October 2008 Update Release” (page 19).
Highlights
VSE Management Software Version 4.0 provides expanded platform support and powerful new
capabilities:
• CMS platform support
— HP ProLiant 300, 500, and 700 series ML or DL servers running 32-bit Microsoft®
Windows®
— HP Integrity servers running HP-UX 11i v2 or 11i v3
— HP 9000 servers running HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, or 11i v3
• Managed system platform support
— HP ProLiant 300, 500, and 700 series ML or DL servers running 32-bit Microsoft Windows
— HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
— HP BladeSystem c-Class server blades
— HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers running HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, or 11i v3
— HP Integrity servers running Linux
— HP Integrity servers running 64-bit Microsoft Windows
— VMware ESX hosts and virtual machines
— Virtual machines running 32-bit Linux (supported when running under a VMware ESX
host that has been configured in VM Manager)
— Standalone 32-bit Linux systems (partially supported: no Virtualization Manager meters;
also must import data from OVPA or PMP in order to use these as consolidation sources
in Capacity Advisor)
— Microsoft Virtual Server hosts and virtual machines
— Integrity VM Hosts and virtual machines
— HP nPartitions and nPartition complexes
— HP-UX virtual partitions (vPars)
• Integration with HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM)
• Integration with HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)
• Integration with Insight Power Manager
• Integration with Performance Management Pack
• Integration with HP Server Migration Pack — Universal Edition (SMP Universal)
• Power management and forecasting
• Logical server management
• HP Instant Capacity Manager
• Japanese localization of product screens and most help files and manpages
• Localization of most related documentation into the following languages: Japanese, T-Chinese,
S-Chinese, Korean, Italian, French, Spanish, and German
For detailed information about supported hardware and software, see the VSE Management
Software Version 4.0 Support Matrix. Not all VSE Management Software products and features are
available on all platforms.
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