10. SMI-S
Provider
Virtual Machine Manager
Gold Silver
Assign existing LUNs to
hosts and clusters
Create new LUNs from
pool and assign to hosts
and clusters
Allocate storage to
specific host groups
Create storage
classification pools and
associate with storage
Discover storage
through SMI-S provider
Host Group
Industry Standard API
Overview – 2012 Feature
Storage Allocation & Management
11. Server Virtualization
Run multiple virtual servers
on a physical server
Each VM has illusion it is running as a
physical server
Hyper-V Network Virtualization
Run multiple virtual networks on a
physical network
Each virtual network has illusion it is
running as a physical network
Realized via Windows Server and VMM
Blue VM Red VM
Virtualization
Physical
Server
Blue Network Red Network
Physical
Network
Overview – 2012 Feature
Hyper-V Network Virtualization