Cluster Networking
What the Add Cluster wizard’s OVS bridges actually are, the five HVM network types, and the manual process for adding a new interface after the fact.
CloudOps, HPE Morpheus, HVM, Virtualization, VME
HPE Morpheus, HVM, HVM, Virtualization, VMs
Building the First Cluster
Walking the Add Cluster wizard for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials: HCI vs non-HCI, the three-node minimum, what each field does, and how the build actually runs.
HVM, Virtualization, VME
Two documents you must read before you quote
The v9.0.1 documentation makes an unusually direct statement about responsibility. Administrators are responsible for “selecting host servers, storage hardware, and networking hardware that have been certified as compatible with the platform
CloudOps, HVM, Virtualization
The gap between “supported” and “will actually work”
Sixth post in the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials track. Everything so far has been what the product is; this is the sheet you take into a build. Minimum requirements are a compatibility statement, not a design. HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software (VM Essentials, VME) will technically build a cluster on 4 GB hosts with a
CloudOps, HVM, Virtualization, VME
Say the quiet part first
How HPE Morpheus licensing works — socket-based entitlement, tier switching, the lab license — and how to build a TCO comparison that survives procurement
CloudOps, HVM, Virtualization, VME
The half of the product nobody evaluate
Third post in the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials track. A1.2 took a host apart; this one covers the appliance that drives them all. Hypervisor comparisons are fun. Manager comparisons are where deployments are actually won and lost, because the manager is what your team touches every day — and it’s the layer that decides whether
CloudOps, HVM, HVM, Virtualization, VME
It’s just KVM” is half an answer
Second post in the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials track. A1.1 covered what the product is; this one gets under the lid of a host. When I tell people HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software (VM Essentials, VME) runs a KVM-based hypervisor called HVM, the reaction splits cleanly. Half relax — “fine, I know KVM.” The other