TABLE OF CONTENTS Virtualization is imminent and is coming in many different shapes and sizes. This appendix does not really discuss the benefits of it (most of which should be obvious), but the bottom line is that you want to get the most out of your capital expenses and if they are sitting around hardly passing any packets, then you are not getting your money's worth. You need to maximize your deployment in order to really reap the rewards of a high-performing business. It is the way of life these days.
Delegated administration is certainly a great solution, but it falls short of offering true control, design flexibility, and, at the same time, enforcing service level agreements (SLAs). This is why Virtual Systems was created. With Instant Virtual Systems (IVS), the administrator gets a truly virtualized architecture that helps to maximize your investment and reduce your operating expenses.
Instant Virtual Systems are a management paradigm that extends the remote access management boundary one level up from where it is today. Think of it as cloning the IVE OS and replicating it (with your desired changes, of course). The system is sliced vertically, and each slice represents a different customer or subscriber or, if you are an enterprise, a division or department because it seems common these days to build centralized IT infrastructures that provide billable services and granular audit trails for compliance.
First, you must get a license for Virtual Systems. This is available for the SA4000 and SA6000,...
