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

From the vCenter Server console, HP Insight Control enables you to:
• View health status, configuration, and inventory information from a single client.
You can view HP server, BladeSystem, storage, and Virtual Connect networking information
for your VMware vCenter environment from a single integrated vSphere Client plug-in.
• Resolve issues before they become problems.
You receive pre-failure alerts when key hardware components and subsystems reach predefined
thresholds. You can address potential hardware failures before they impact VM performance.
• Remotely control the infrastructure.
You can remotely manage and troubleshoot HP ProLiant servers and BladeSystem enclosures
using HP iLO Advanced capabilities directly from the vCenter Server console.
• Optimize power utilization.
Get the most out of your existing power envelope by evaluating and managing power for
hosts and pools of VMs across hosts.
• Update firmware on ESXi 5.0 hosts.
You can update firmware for hosts and clusters from the Insight Control for vCenter firmware
link.
• Deploy ESX/ESXi images to HP ProLiant servers.
You can deploy ESX/ESXi images to HP ProLiant servers from the HP Insight Control Deployment
Wizard on the vSphere Home page.
In addition to these tasks, when Insight Control for vCenter is installed with Insight Control, you
have the full capabilities of both tools to manage your VM environment. For more information
about Insight Control capabilities, see the Insight Control documentation on the HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs
Storage Module for vCenter features
The Storage Module for vCenter enables you to:
• Monitor the status and health of HP storage arrays.
• Understand the relationships between physical storage and virtual objects.
Virtual machine—VM to datastore mapping and VM to raw device mapping◦
◦ Datastore—Datastore to physical device mapping and datastore to VM mapping
◦ RDM—RDM to physical device mapping and RDM to VM mapping
• Manage LUN and volume connections from VMs, datastores, and hosts (ESX servers) to HP
storage arrays.
• Provision storage on supported HP storage arrays.
The Storage Module for vCenter supports the VASA storage API from VMware. The VASA API
provides visibility into the physical storage infrastructure through vCenter. VASA capabilities are
supported for HP P4000, P6000 EVA, and P9000/XP arrays.
The Storage Module for vCenter enhances VMware functionality by providing details about the
disks presented to the virtual environment. This improved visibility helps administrators make
better-informed decisions when designing, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting a virtual
6 Overview