HP Advanced Function Software

HP Advanced Function Software is a three year subscription program that enables owners of HP BladeSystem switches made by BLADE Network Technologies to deploy enterprise-class virtual network services. By purchasing this subscription service, customers can augment the capabilities of existing HP BladeSystem Switches.
 

HP Advanced Function Software

Choose this Software Subscription to:

• Enhance the functionality of selected HP BladeSystem Ethernet switches (HP GbE2c Layer 2/3, HP 1:10Gb BL-c and HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c)
• Receive on-going software upgrades during the 3-year subscription period
• Simplify server deployment and management

BladeHarmony™ Manager—a management tool that helps simplify configurations and upgrades to switches embedded in bladed environments across multiple chassis, racks, and domains through the use of an easy-to-use GUI. Using BLADEHarmony Manager, data center administrators can efficiently manage and monitor thousands of BLADE Network Technologies’ 1GbE, 1/10GbE and 10GbE embedded blade switches for HP BladeSystem.

Network Foundation Services—including Private VLAN Edge, DHCP opt82, Hot Links and IGMP v3, PVRST+, LLDP, UDLD, UFD, OSPF, and .

Major and Minor Software Upgrades—delivering more reliability, scalability, security, manageability and performance for high-performance HP BladeSystem Ethernet switching environments.

 
If you are interested in purchasing VMready on the HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch, please Contact us. VMready is not currently available via HP Advanced Function Software.