When you add hardware with an embedded license to the appliance, the appliance automatically applies the license. Your software license is also automatically registered for support when the hardware is registered.

•You can also purchase and activate licenses separately, enabling you to add licenses for existing hardware.

•If you already have an iLO Advanced license for a server, you can purchase an HP OneView license that does not include the iLO Advanced license.

The appliance stores licenses in a pool and applies licenses to server hardware as needed. You can view information about the number of licenses available, the number of licensed servers, and the number of servers that require a license.

1.12 Networking features

The HP OneView appliance provides several networking features to streamline the provisioning of networking resources for server blades and to manage configuration changes, including firmware updates, to Virtual Connect interconnect modules.

Supported networks

The Virtual Connect interconnect modules in enclosures support the following types of data center networks:

•Ethernet for data networks

•Fibre Channel for storage networks, including Fibre Channel Fabric attach (SAN switch) connections, and Fibre Channel Direct attach (Flat SAN) connections to supported HP 3PAR storage systems.

Logical interconnects

The appliance enables you to define multiple enclosure interconnect modules as a single administrative entity called a logical interconnect, which provides universal access to data center Ethernet networks from all servers connected to any member interconnect. A logical interconnect is the set of physical interconnects and their links, including the following:

•Uplinks to data center networks as mapped by their uplink sets•Downlinks to the servers•Stacking links (connections to each other)Logical interconnect groups

A logical interconnect group is a collection of logical interconnects that have the same configuration for features such as the following:

•Stacking domain•Firmware•Uplink sets•Uplink port redundancy and fault tolerance

When you add an enclosure and associate it with an enclosure group, the enclosure is automatically configured according to the logical interconnect group associated with the enclosure group. This feature enables you to provision hundreds of enclosures consistently and efficiently.

After you create a logical interconnect, it continues to be associated with the logical interconnect group and reports if its configuration differs from the group.

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