VMware on IBM BladeCenter

http://vmwire.blogspot.com/2008/02/planning-vmware-esx-deployment-on-ibm.html

Well here I am, starting a new project for a new customer at a new datacenter again. This time, its a large retail organisation looking to do the usual, consolidate, virtualise, go green etc etc. They have selected IBM System X and BladeCenter H as the platforms of choice for the new VMware ESX 3 environment. So here we go with the planning….

The BladeCenter H has eight switch bays and two Advanced Management Module (AMM) bays. The two AMM act in much the same way as the Onboard Administrator on HP C Class. There are two for redundancy. Two of the eight switch bays are used for FC Switches, for this project we are using Brocade 4Gb SAN switches.

Check out this great post about planning VMWare ESX on an IBM BladeCenter solution, it’s detailed and an interesting read about the technology and the setup process.

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