HP BladeSystem Reference Architecture for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Virtualization (Hyper-V)

This paper specifies general reference architecture intended for the deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (Hyper-V) on an HP BladeSystem infrastructure. Hyper-V is the next-generation server virtualization technology that allows to maximize the return on the server hardware investments by consolidating multiple server roles into separate Virtual Machines (VMs) running on a single physical server. With Hyper-V, one can run multiple different operating systems in parallel on a single server and fully leverage the power of x64 computing. This specification provides an outline of Hyper-V and explains how an entire IT infrastructure can be created from HP BladeSystem c-Class components, HP ProLiant server blades, and HP StorageWorks storage blades.