VMware vSphere™ for SMBs

VMware vSphere 5 Features

vSphere Kits for SMBs include vSphere virtualization and vCenter Server for centralized management – everything you need to get started. vSphere and vCenter Editions vary.

• Centralized Management with VMware vCenter Server provides rapid provisioning, performance monitoring, physical-to-virtual (P2V) machine conversion, wizard-based deployment, and a host of other features.
• VMware vSphere provides a robust, production-proven, high performance virtualization layer that allows multiple virtual machines to share the computing, networking and storage resources of a single physical server.
• All vSphere products include high performance server virtualization, security capabilities, and broad hardware and software interoperability.

Centralized Management Capabilities with vCenter Server

• Rapid wizard-based provisioning and virtual machine templates
• Automated patch management with VMware vCenter Update Manager
• Operational automation with task scheduling and alerts
• Integrated physical-to-virtual machine conversion capabilities

High-Performance Server Virtualization

• Record-breaking performance for resource-intensive workloads
• Ability to configure virtual machines with up to 8 virtual CPUs each
• Advanced virtual machine memory management capabilities including the all new memory compression feature
• Support for 64-bit server hardware with up to 256GB of physical RAM

Security and Control

• Integrated network security and firewall protection for virtual machines
• VMware VMsafe™ security APIs for third-party security products
• Role-based access control and integration with Microsoft Active Directory
• SSL encryption for secure remote access to vSphere hosts

Broad Hardware and Software Interoperability

• Compatibility with the widest range of server hardware in the industry
• Certified integration with Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, IBM, NEC, and Sun servers
• Certified support for SATA, NAS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage equipment
• Support for broadest range of 32- and 64-bit x86 server operating systems
• Ability to run any standard software application without modification