Creating fc fabrics, Displaying fc fabrics, Serial number settings – HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem User Manual

Page 179: Configuring serial number ranges

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Configuring the Virtual Connect domain using the CLI 179

>set domain WwnType=VC-Defined WwnPool=5

Factory default
>set domain WwnType=Factory-Default

Creating FC fabrics

To create a FabricAttach FC SAN fabric and add it to the domain, use the add fabric command:

>add fabric MyFabric2 Bay=3 Ports=1 Speed=2Gb

To create a DirectAttach fabric for a FlexFabric module and add it to the domain, use the add fabric

command:

>add fabric MyFabric5 Bay=3 Ports=1,2 Type=DirectAttach

For more information about Virtual Connect fabrics, see the HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem User

Guide on the HP website (

http://www.hp.com/go/vc/manuals

).

Displaying FC fabrics

To display a list of all FC SAN fabrics, use the show fabric command:

>show fabric

Serial number settings

The serial number settings feature enables you to add a serial number and UUID to server profiles. The UUIDs

that Virtual Connect assigns are randomly generated. A UUID pool is not required.
By configuring VCM to assign serial numbers, a profile can present a single serial number regardless of the

physical server. With these configuration values added to server profiles, software that is licensed to a
particular server, based on one or both of these values, can be migrated to new server hardware without

re-licensing the software for the new server hardware. This feature prevents you from having to reinstall serial

number sensitive software after a system recovery.
If you need to access the physical serial number of a server blade, the Onboard Administrator displays both
the physical and assigned serial numbers.
After server profile creation, the following guidelines apply:

Serial numbers can be changed from factory default to VC-assigned.

Factory default serial numbers cannot be changed.

User-defined serial number ranges can be expanded.

User-defined serial number ranges cannot be reduced.

CAUTION:

The use of Serial Number Settings might prevent the proper operation of software

designed to track servers by serial number or UUID. Do not enable this feature until you consider

and understand the impact to the entire software environment in which the servers operate. This
impact includes, but is not limited to, warranty service, asset tracking, server deployment, and

software licensing.

Configuring serial number ranges

To configure serial number ranges, use the set serverid command:

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