HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software - Manual (Page 5)

Preconditions for VC Server Profile Failover.........................................................................100
Using spare bays.............................................................................................................100
Initiating VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM CLI.....................................................100
Initiating VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM GUI...................................................101
Initiating VC Server Profile Failover using Systems Insight Manager Automatic Event Handling....101
6 Managing enclosure bay assignments.......................................................103
Powering down a bay...........................................................................................................104
Assigning a server profile to a bay.........................................................................................106
Unassigning a server profile from a bay..................................................................................106
Designating spare bays.........................................................................................................106
Performing a Server Profile Failover.........................................................................................106
7 Managing MAC and WWN addresses.....................................................108
MAC Addresses...................................................................................................................108
Tracking individual MAC addresses........................................................................................108
Creating MAC exclusion ranges.............................................................................................109
Deleting MAC exclusion ranges..............................................................................................109
Reclaiming external MAC addresses.......................................................................................109
Adding a custom MAC address range.....................................................................................110
Editing a custom MAC address range......................................................................................110
Removing a custom MAC address range..................................................................................110
WWN Addresses.................................................................................................................111
Tracking individual WWN addresses......................................................................................111
Creating WWN exclusion ranges...........................................................................................112
Address management tasks....................................................................................................112
Using VCEM subranges in a federated CMS environment......................................................114
Transferring managed VC domains from one VCEM instance to another.................................114
Consolidating multiple VCEM instances into a single VCEM instance .....................................114
Displaying factory default MAC and WWN addresses.........................................................115
Deleting WWN exclusion ranges...........................................................................................115
Reclaiming external WWN addresses.....................................................................................116
Adding a custom WWN address range..................................................................................116
Editing a custom WWN address range...................................................................................116
Deleting a custom WWN address ranges................................................................................117
8 Working with Logical Serial Numbers.......................................................118
Identifying logical serial number values...................................................................................118
9 Tracking VCEM job status........................................................................119
Jobs....................................................................................................................................119
Job status message window...................................................................................................119
Reviewing job details............................................................................................................120
Deleting jobs.......................................................................................................................120
10 Upgrading VC firmware after VCEM is managing VC Domains..................121
Preparation checklist.............................................................................................................121
Performing the firmware update using the VC Domain Maintenance capability.............................122
Performing firmware update without the VC Domain Maintenance capability................................122
11 Removing an external manager account...................................................123
12 Failover Command Line Interface Usage in VCEM.....................................125
Perform VC Server Profile failover on specified VC Domain bay server.........................................125
List details for specified VCEM job..........................................................................................126
Show CLI usage online help...................................................................................................127
CLI exit and error codes........................................................................................................127
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