HP Insight Management-Software - Manual (Page 53)

Creating a VC Domain Group
IMPORTANT: This VCEM operation does not provide a reference to the VC Domain from Systems
Insight Manager. To access this reference, you must correlate the Systems Insight Manager and
Virtual Connect logs. For more information, see
“Correlating VCEM operations in Systems Insight
Manager and Virtual Connect logs” (page 58) .
To manage multienclosure VC Domains in VCEM, you must perform the following steps before you
create a VC Domain Group or add a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group:
1. Log in to Virtual Connect Manager.
2. Find and import a local enclosure, and then select the appropriate Double-dense option.
3. Skip the Network and Fibre Channel configuration wizards, and then navigate directly to the
VC Domain user interface.
4. Find and import the necessary remote enclosures in the correct order through Virtual Connect
Manager.
5. Go to Systems Insight Manager and perform a manual discovery on Onboard Administrator
IP address of all released VC Domain enclosures.
If you are using the HP VC FlexFabric 10 Gb 24-port module, ensure that the module status is
compatible. See the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide for more information
VCEM cannot manage a VC Domain that has one or more FC modules in an Incompatible state.
The FC module can become incompatible in the following situations:
• An HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module replaces an HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 24-port FC
module.
• An HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC module replaces a HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC
module.
• If HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC modules and HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC modules
share the same I/O bay slice. (For example, a HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC module in I/O
Bay 3 and a HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 24-port FC module in I/O Bay 4).
• In a multienclosure VC Domain, if there are mixed HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC modules and
HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC modules in the same I/O bay from different enclosures.
(For example, 4 Gb FC modules in the local enclosure, but 8 Gb FC modules in the remote
enclosures.)
To create a VC Domain Group:
1. Click New....
(Optional) If the enclosures related to the selected VC Domains are not licensed to VCEM,
then the License page appears below the VC Domain Group list. (For more information, see
“VCEM cabinet licensing” (page 36) ) Otherwise, the Create VC Domain Group appears
below the VC Domain Group list.
2. (Optional) You can provide a new name for the unconfigured VC Domains. Valid VC Domain
Group names are alphanumeric, hyphens (-), underscore (_), and cannot exceed 64 characters.
3. Enter the user name and password for each VC Domain. Ensure you provide VC Domain
credentials will full privileges. VC Domains appear as:
•
Unconfigured domains, which appear in the System Name column with the unassigned
name, VCD_name
• Configured domains, which appear in the System Name column with their previously
assigned name.
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