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vSphere 4.1

vSphere 4.1 is the latest release of VMware’s robust virtualization platform and supports an unmatched number of virtual machines and virtualized hosts to deliver “cloud scale” and support the build out of private and/or public clouds at even lower operational costs.

With vSphere 4.1, you can create resource pools to deliver the highest levels of application service agreements with the lowest total cost per application workload to support the buildout of private and/or public clouds.

With this release, the VMware virtual datacenter operating system continues to transform x86 IT infrastructure into the most efficient, shared, on-demand utility, with built-in availability, scalability, and security services for all applications and simple, proactive automated management.

What’s New in vSphere 4.1?:

Installation & Deployment

  • VMware ESX
  • Scripted Install for ESXi
  • vSphere Client Removal from ESX/ESXi Builds

Storage

  • Boot from SAN
  • Hardware Acceleration with vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI).
  • Storage Performance Statistics.
  • Storage I/O Control.
  • iSCSI Hardware Offloads.
  • NFS Performance Enhancement

Network

  • Network I/O Control
  • IPv6 Enhancements
  • Load-Based Teaming
  • E1000 vNIC Enhancements

Availability

  • Windows Failover Clustering with VMware HA
  • VMware HA Scalability Improvements
  • VMware HA Healthcheck and Operational Status
  • VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) Enhancements
  • DRS Interoperability for VMware HA and Fault Tolerance (FT)
  • Enhanced Network Logging Performance
  • Concurrent VMware Data Recovery Sessions
  • vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) Enhancements

Management

  • vCLI Enhancements
  • Lockdown Mode Enhancements
  • Access Virtual Machine Serial Ports Over the Network
  • vCenter Converter Hyper-V Import
  • Enhancements to Host Profiles
  • Unattended Authentication in vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
  • Updated Deployment Environment in vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)
  • vCenter Orchestrator 64-bit Support
  • Improved Support for Handling Recalled Patches in vCenter Update Manager
  • License Reporting Manager
  • Power Management Improvements

Platform Enhancements

  • Performance and Scalability Improvements
  • Reduced Overhead Memory
  • DRS Virtual Machine Host Affinity Rules
  • Memory Compression
  • vMotion Enhancements
  • ESX/ESXi Active Directory Integration. Configuring USB Device Passthrough from an ESX/ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine
  • Configuring USB Device Passthrough from an ESX/ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine
  • Improvements in Enhanced vMotion Compatibility

Partner Ecosystem

  • vCenter Update Manager Support for Provisioning, Patching, and Upgrading EMC’s ESX PowerPath Module
  • User-configurable Number of Virtual CPUs per Virtual Socket
  • Expanded List of Supported Processors

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