SOLUTION BRIEF
NETWORKING
Lenovo Networking Content Pack for VMware
vRealize Log Insight
Increasing cloud computing reliability through network analytics
With massive amounts of data traversing your data center network on a daily basis, it has never been more
important to monitor the switches in your network to ensure
your critical cloud applications are being properly supported. To
provide you with a key tool to support your need for insightful
network monitoring and analytics, Lenovo Networking has
teamed up with VMware to integrate its extensive line of high
performance switches with VMware vRealize Log Insight. Now
system and network administrators are able to collect and
analyze an extensive array of network reports using the
sophisticated tools available via Log Insight. The end result is a
network with increased reliability and availability. Just what you
need to support your most critical applications.
VMware plugins for analytics and management
Lenovo is investing in plugins and packs to enable tighter integration of the Lenovo Networking OS with VMware
offerings. All Lenovo branded RackSwitch and Flex System switches are designed to support these elements.
The first of these plug-ins is focused on enhancing management
and analytics. The Lenovo Networking Content Pack for VMware
vRealize Log Insight enables the VMware Log Insight solution to
analyze the system logs and events issued by numerous
instances of Lenovo networking equipment. This pack may be
easily downloaded from the VMware Cloud Management
Marketplace website. With this pack, administrators are provided
with quick access to equipment trending information and
consolidated log information that yields quicker resolution of
issues as they occur.
Taking network monitoring and analytics to the next level
If your organization has already deployed other VMware products, monitoring your Lenovo networking
equipment with Log Insight could not be easier. The key benefits for an administrator who has Lenovo
Networking equipment and installs this pack into their vRealize Log Insight deployment are as follows:
 Increase network reliability by allowing a system or network administrator to easily monitoring a
network featuring any of the Lenovo branded RackSwitch or Flex System switches
 Gain access to extremely detailed switch log entries to facilitate deep insights into the network
status
 Reduce initial provisioning time of Log Insight by utilizing the 9 pre-built dashboards featured in the
pack, each of which may be used to develop additional customized Log Insight dashboards
Detailed Features and Benefits
When Lenovo branded networking switches are deployed with VMware Log Insight, the following additional
values can be brought to a VMware based cloud computing network:
 Enable greater insights into the network status and health by providing system and network
administrators a broad collection of switch log entries in standard and customized dashboards.
The switch syslog entries feature an extensive collection of supported protocols which provide
deep insights into the status of Lenovo Networking equipment.
 Increase networking availability with an extensive collection of predefined networking device alerts
which enable administrators to be contacted proactively on a number of topics through VMware
vCenter and by email and to address potential issues before they impact networking operations.
 Reduce time to deploy with simple switch setup to enable the forwarding of syslog messages to
the VMware Log Insight server. Increase Log Insight reliability with the Log Insight servers
deployed in a high-availability configuration.
 Reduce management complexity by enabling VMware Log Insight to access a single interface
point to monitor the details of all networking devices in a Lenovo branded Flex System
Interconnect Fabric deployment.
Lenovo and VMware
Why Lenovo? With compute, storage and networking products and expertise, Lenovo is recognized as a
leader in the use of virtualization.
Networking infrastructure matters in today’s cloud data centers. Simplicity of design and open architectures
are key to developing SDN ready and cloud ready networks. This is exemplified with the Lenovo branded
Flex System Interconnect Fabric, which supports scalable POD clusters and simplified network provisioning.
Why VMware? VMware is the industry leader in data center virtualization with breadth of production-proven
virtualization and cloud management solutions. VMware vRealize provides a complete, integrated suite that
simplifies IT operations while delivering the best SLAs for all applications. VMware is the proven choice for
virtualization from the desktop through the data center to the cloud.
More than 500,000 customers of all sizes have chosen VMware as their virtualization infrastructure platform.
NSX is the preferred network virtualization platform for the industry’s most dynamic companies across
diverse market segments.
For More Information
Visit the VMware Cloud Management Marketplace for more information and for downloading the Lenovo
Networking Content Pack for VMware vRealize Log Insight:
solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/category_groups/cloud-management
© 2015 Lenovo. All rights reserved.
Availability: Offers, prices, specifications and availability may change without notice. Lenovo is not responsible for
photographic or typographic errors. Warranty: For a copy of applicable warranties, write to: Warranty Information,
500 Park Offices Drive, RTP, NC, 27709, Attn: Dept. ZPYA/B600. Lenovo makes no representation or warranty
regarding third-party products or services. Trademarks: Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, System x, ThinkServer,
XClarity are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lenovo. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon and Xeon Inside are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation
in the U.S. and other countries. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service
marks of others. Visit www.lenovo.com/lenovo/us/en/safecomp.html periodically for the latest information on safe
and effective computing.