HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server Installation Guide (6.3)

The Storage Module for vCenter:
• Uses the established connection to the vCenter Server to resolve the storage used for each
host, datastore, and VM in the virtual environment. This information is cached on the Insight
Control for vCenter server.
• Uses the configured information for storage arrays in the environment to obtain detailed
information for devices provisioned from the storage arrays to virtual server hosts. This
information is cached on the Insight Control for vCenter server.
• Creates relationships between VMware objects and array storage devices and presents the
information to the vSphere Client.
Figure 1 (page 5) shows a typical VMware configuration with Insight Control for vCenter integrated
into the environment.
Figure 1 HP Insight Control for vCenter and VMware configuration
Server Module for vCenter features
Insight Control for vCenter provides HP Insight Control hardware management capabilities to
administrators, enabling comprehensive monitoring, remote control, and power optimization from
the VMware vCenter Server console. Insight Control for vCenter consists of the core Insight Control
capabilities (available on the Insight Software DVDs), together with a plug-in for the vCenter Server
environment that adds many of the Insight Control features into the vCenter Server console.
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