Scalent V/OE Software Offers Support for HP BladeSystem Servers

Scalent Systems, a provider of real-time management and automation software for virtual and physical infrastructure, announced the pending extension of Scalent V/OE software with support for HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 and HP ProLiant BL495c Virtualization Blade Server.

           

By combining Scalent V/OE software with HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 and HP ProLiant BL495c Virtualization Blade Server, HP BladeSystem customers are able to take advantage of new levels of infrastructure management and operational flexibility, says Scalent.

 

Scalent’s new software provides real-time data center management, automation, and virtualization across physical and virtual servers, networks, and storage. It is now resold by HP as part of the HP BladeSystem Solution Builder Program, Scalent said.

 

Scalent V/OE software enables data centers to react in real time to changing business needs by shifting workloads and connectivity: by dynamically changing entire bare-metal or virtualized systems and associated topologies -- including which servers are running, what software is running on them, and how they're connected to network and storage -- without requiring physical changes to the underlying hardware infrastructure, a media statement said.

 

Further, with its ability to make real-time server software, network connectivity and storage access changes, the software adds greater infrastructure flexibility, drives down costs and increases deployment and fail-over capabilities of data center systems

Scalent V/OE allows customers to add, swap and fail over between blade servers or other HP server hardware while maintaining the consistency and integrity of their business systems.

 

“We are pleased to extend our support of HP BladeSystem customers with pending support for HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 and the HP ProLiant BL495c Virtualization Blade Server,” said Kevin Epstein, vice president of marketing of Scalent Systems, in a statement. “Scalent's non-disruptive approach to infrastructure virtualization has been deployed across many of the Fortune 500 to dramatically improve utilization and agility of the physical and virtual servers in their data centers.”

 

According to Mark Potter, vice president and general manager, BladeSystem, HP, the combination of HP BladeSystem with HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 and Scalent V/OE software improves infrastructure operations for IT administrators. It saves money and reduces risks associated with deploying or re-purposing racks of networked servers.