Server-Side Vlan Tags; Private Networks; Flex-10 Architectural Overview; Flexnic Design - Compaq BL10e - HP ProLiant - 512 MB RAM Introduction Manual

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Server-Side VLAN tags

These VLAN tags direct virtual machine VLANs to defined Virtual Connect networks (vNets) inside of

the Flex-10 interconnect module.

Private networks act to keep traffic secure and isolated between servers.

Flex-10 technology introduces a unique approach to managing 10GbE networks. The Flex-10

architecture is key to understanding how these management objectives are achieved.

The strength of Flex-10 is that it allows users to segment and isolate different types of network traffic

within the 10Gb bandwidth. Flex-10 also provides the user with the ability to assign bandwidth to the

individual streams of traffic up to the total 10Gb capacity, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Flex-10 partitioned and regulated bandwidth

Simple Dual Port 10GbE Mezz

10GbE Ports Partitioned by VLANs

with specified Min/Max bandwidths

FlexNIC1

FlexNIC2

FlexNIC3

FlexNIC4