HP OneView for VMware vCenter Installation Guide (7.4)

The Server Module for vCenter:

• Provides inventory and status information. This information is collected from HP ProLiant tools

such as Onboard Administrator, iLO, Virtual Connect Manager, and HP ESXi Offline Bundle

for VMware ESXi.

• Sends events to the HP OneView for vCenter News Feed and events page based on SNMP

traps, WBEM indications, Onboard Administrator events, and HP OneView information for

hosts managed by OV.

• Provides links to launch ProLiant tools.

• Provides a method for software and firmware deployment

• Provides graphical status indications collected from the HP ProLiant tools, and a graphical

view of the end-to-end network for each host. A graphical view of the end-to-end network for

each blade server is also provided.

• Supports HP VMware ESXi Smart Components

• Provides the ability to configure vSwitches on a host based on the networks available in the

Virtual Connect profile.

The StoreFront 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 in HP OneView

for vCenter.

• 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 in HP OneView for vCenter.

• Creates relationships between VMware objects and array storage devices and presents the

information to the vSphere Clients.

Figure 3 (page 7) shows a typical VMware configuration with HP OneView for vCenter integrated

into the environment.

1. Firmware deployment is available using the vSphere Client and the vSphere Web Client.

2. Other Smart Components are not supported.

6 Overview