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FlexPod Design Details
NetApp Virtual Storage Console
The NetApp VSC software delivers storage configuration and monitoring, datastore provisioning, VM
cloning, and backup and recovery of VMs and datastores. VSC also includes an Application
Programming Interface (API) for automated control. VSC delivers a single VMware plug-in that
provides end-to-end VM lifecycle management for VMware environments using NetApp storage. VSC
is delivered as a VMware vCenter Server plug-in. It is available to all VMware vSphere Clients that
connect to the VMware vCenter Server. This is different from a client-side plug-in that must be installed
on every VMware vSphere Client. The VSC software can be installed either on the VMware vCenter
Server or on a separate Microsoft Windows Server® instance or VM.
NetApp Virtual Storage Console.
Figure 7
Cisco Nexus 1000v vCenter Plug-in
Cisco Nexus 1000V Release 4.2.1.SV2.1.1a supports a vCenter plug-in. It provides the server
administrators a view of the virtual network and a visibility into the networking aspects of the Cisco
Nexus 1000V virtual switch. The vCenter plug-in is supported on VMware vSphere Web Clients only.
VMware vSphere Web Client enables you to connect to a VMware vCenter Server system to manage a
Cisco Nexus 1000V through a browser. The vCenter plug-in is installed as a new tab in the Cisco Nexus
1000V as part of the user interface in vSphere Web Client.
The vCenter plug-in allows the administrators to view the configuration aspects of the VSM. With the
vCenter plug-in, the server administrators can export the necessary networking details from the vCenter
server, investigate the root cause of and prevent the networking issues, and deploy the virtual machines
VMware vSphere 5.1 on FlexPod with Nexus 7000 Using FCoE
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NetApp Virtual Storage Console Example
Figure 7 shows a screen sample in