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Virtual Server Networking
Virtual Server Networking is supported on platforms:
As a part of the Open Automation package, Virtual Switch Networking (VSN)
provides real-time communication between the Dell Force10 network fabric and
virtual servers to automate network management and configuration tasks throughout
the data center. VSN provides a closed-loop provisioning system to enable, for
example, the automatic re-provisioning of VLANs and port profiles across multiple
switches simultaneously, thereby increasing employee productivity and minimizing
human error.
Because Open Automation supports hypervisors from multiple vendors, data center
managers can use a single mechanism to simultaneously support multiple hypervisors
and their current management tools.
VSN is installed as a self-contained package, and requires the Smart Scripting
package.
This chapter includes the following:
• Hypervisor Modes
• VLAN configuration
• Installing VSN
• Enabling VSN in a Hypervisor Session
• Running VSN Scripts
• Stopping a Hypervisor Session
• Uninstalling VSN
• Viewing VSN information
Overview
Virtual Server Networking is an Open Automation tool that enables Dell Force10
switch/routers in a data center network to retrieve configuration information from
hypervisors. VMware vSphere and Citrix Xen hypervisors are supported.
Note: VSN is not supported in stacked configurations; it is supported only on standalone switches.
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