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Kingston and HP Team Up to offer Virtualization Solution with the Kingston Elite Pro SD card

Virtualization technology allows you to pool and share your IT resources to increase utilization and reduce costs. HP virtualization solutions with VMware ESXi and Citrix Xenserver from HP can help businesses reduce costs, simplify your IT environment and increase business agility.

HP has worked with Kingston to qualify Kingston’s Elite Pro SD card to use for your installation of either HP VMware ESXi or HP Citrix Xenserver on a HP ProLiant server. The Elite Pro SD card high quality and performance offers the perfect match for the HP virtualization solution.

Elite Pro SD card - Features/benefits

  • Speed Rating — 50x: 8.2MB/sec read — 7.7MB/sec write
  • Compliant — with the SD Card Association specification
  • Secure — built-in write-protect switch prevents accidental data loss
  • Reliable — lifetime warranty
  • Economical — low power consumption is easy on device's batteries
  • Part Number — HP-SD/2GB-S
  • SD Card support available from Kingston
What you will need

  • Virtualization Products from HP


    • HP VMware ESXi products


      • COMING SOON: Free downloadable of VMware ESXi software from www.software.hp.com
      • Should you wish to upgrade to any of the VMware Infrastructure ESX Editions, you can purchase the following products:


        • VMware VI Enterprise 2p License, part number 430341-B21
        • VMware VI Standard 2p License, part number 430340-B21
        • VMware VI Foundation 2p License, part number 430339-B21

    • Citrix® XenServer™ from HP


      • Free downloadable of XenServer, HP Select Edition
      • Should you wish to upgrade to any of the Citrix® XenServer™ from HP, you can purchase the following products:


        • HP ProLiant Virtual Console Full License. Part Number 508293-B21
        • Essentials for XenServer, HP Enterprise Edition. Part Number 508294-B21
        • Essentials for XenServer, HP Enterprise Upgrade. Part Number 464676-B21
        • Essentials for XenServer, HP Platinum Edition. Part Number 530753-B21

  • Support Terms

    • VMware and XenServer products purchased from HP with a paid service and support agreement will be supported by HP.


      • To learn more about VMware Support, click here.
      To learn more about XenServer Support, click here
      For Kingston Technical Support, click here

    • Hewlett-Packard customers that have purchased software support and subscription for the VMware and XenServer products can contact their local HP support center for software services.

      To learn more about Virtualization Support, click here.


    • The Kingston SD card itself will be supported by Kingston
    • Citrix Essentials for XenServer HP Editions or VMware ESXi from HP does not support any other USB or SD card devices.

  • Getting Started Guide with instructions for using the SD media, available with the VMware ESXi and XenServer product download


  • To purchase the Kingston Elite Pro SD card:
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