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• HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Version 4.10 User Guide
• Abstract
• Notice
• Contents
• Introduction
  • What's new
  • Virtual Connect documentation
  • Virtual Connect overview
• HP Virtual Connect Manager
  • Configuring browser support
  • Accessing HP Virtual Connect Manager
    • Command Line Interface overview
  • Logging on to the HP Virtual Connect Manager GUI
  • VCM wizards
  • HP Virtual Connect Home
  • About HP Virtual Connect Manager
  • Navigating the HP Virtual Connect Manager GUI
    • Navigation overview
    • Tree view
    • Menu items
    • Activity indicator
• Virtual Connect domains
  • Understanding Virtual Connect domains
  • Managing domains
    • Domain Settings (Configuration) screen
      • Deleting a domain
      • Auto-deployment
    • Domain Settings (IP Address) screen
    • Domain Settings (Enclosures) screen
      • Adding and importing a remote enclosure
      • Removing a remote enclosure
    • Domain Settings (Backup/Restore) screen
    • Domain Settings (Storage Management Credentials) screen
      • Adding or editing a credential
  • Managing SNMP
    • SNMP overview
      • SNMP traps
        • Trap categories and required user role permissions
        • Trap severities
      • VC Module MIB traps
      • VC Domain MIB traps
        • VC Domain Managed Status Changed traps
        • VC domain checkpoint traps
        • vcDomainStackingLinkRedundancyStatusChange
        • vcTestTrap
      • SNMP Configuration (VC-Enet)
        • Adding an SNMP trap destination
        • Adding SNMP access
      • SNMP Configuration (VC-FC)
        • SMI-S overview
  • Viewing the system log
    • System Log (System Log) screen
      • System Log entry format
    • System Log (Configuration) screen
  • Managing SSL configuration
    • SSL Certificate Administration (Certificate Info) screen
    • SSL Certificate Administration (Certificate Signing Request) screen
    • SSL Certificate Administration (Certificate Upload) screen
    • SSH Key Administration screen
    • Web SSL Configuration screen
• HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
  • Enclosure serial numbers
  • Using multiple enclosures
  • Multiple enclosure requirements
  • Enclosures View screen
    • Enclosures view (multiple enclosures)
• Virtual Connect users and roles
  • Understanding VC administrative roles
  • Managing users
    • Local Users screen
      • Adding a new user
    • Configuring LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+
      • Minimum requirements
      • LDAP Server Settings (LDAP Server) screen
        • Test LDAP authentication
      • LDAP Server Settings (LDAP Groups) screen
        • Add LDAP Group
      • LDAP Server Settings (LDAP Certificate) screen
      • RADIUS Settings (RADIUS Server) screen
        • Required RADIUS server settings
        • Setting up a RADIUS server
        • Test RADIUS authentication
      • RADIUS Settings (RADIUS Groups) screen
        • Add or Edit RADIUS Group
      • TACACS+ Settings screen
        • Required TACACS+ server settings
        • Setting up an IPv4-only TACACS+ server
        • Setting up an IPv4 and IPv6 capable TACACS+ server
        • Test TACACS+ authentication
      • Role Management (Role Authentication Order) screen
      • Role Management (Role Operations) screen
• Virtual Connect networks
  • Understanding networks and shared uplink sets
    • Shared uplink sets and VLAN tagging
    • Smart Link
    • Private Networks
    • VLAN Tunneling Support
  • Managing networks
    • Network Access Groups screen
    • Define Network Access Group screen
      • Edit Network Access Group screen
    • Ethernet Settings (Port Monitoring) screen
      • Select Monitored Ports screen
    • Ethernet Networks (Advanced Settings)
      • Server VLAN tagging support
      • VLAN Capacity
      • Multiple Networks Link Speed Settings
      • MAC Cache Failover
      • Network loop protection
      • Pause flood protection
      • Configuring Throughput Statistics
      • LACP timer configuration
    • Quality of Service
      • Quality of Service screen
        • Custom (with FCoE Lossless)
        • Custom (without FCoE Lossless)
    • IGMP Settings (IGMP Configuration) screen
      • IGMP Snooping
      • Multicast Filtering
      • Add, edit, or delete a multicast filter
      • Assigning a filter or filter set to a profile connection
    • IGMP Settings (Multicast Filter Set) screen
    • Define Ethernet Network screen
      • Defining a network
      • Advanced Network Settings
      • Edit Ethernet Network screen
    • Ethernet Networks (External Connections) screen
    • Ethernet Networks (Server Connections) screen
  • Managing shared uplink sets
    • Define Shared Uplink Set screen
      • Defining a shared uplink set
      • Defining an FCoE network
      • Edit Shared Uplink Set screen
    • Shared Uplink Sets (External Connections) screen
      • Copy Shared Uplink Set screen
    • Shared Uplink Sets (Associated Networks) screen
• Virtual Connect fabrics
  • Understanding FC fabrics
    • FabricAttach VC SAN fabrics
    • DirectAttach VC SAN fabrics
    • Mixed FabricAttach and DirectAttach VC SAN fabrics
    • Bay groups
    • Double-dense mode
  • Managing fabrics
    • Define SAN Fabric screen
      • Login re-distribution
      • Edit SAN Fabric screen
    • SAN Fabrics (External Connections) screen
    • SAN Fabrics (Server Connections) screen
    • Fibre Channel Settings (Misc.) screen
• Virtual Connect server profiles
  • Understanding server profiles
    • Multi-blade servers
    • Flex-10 overview
      • SR-IOV
    • Flex-10 configuration
    • FlexFabric overview
    • PXE settings
    • iSCSI offload and boot
    • iSCSI and FCoE port assignments
    • Bandwidth assignment
  • Managing MAC, WWN, and server virtual ID settings
    • Ethernet Settings (MAC Addresses) screen
      • MAC address settings
    • Fibre Channel Settings (WWN Settings) screen
    • Serial Number Settings screen
    • Advanced Profile Settings
      • WWN settings
  • Managing server profiles
    • Define Server Profile screen
      • Creating FCoE HBA connections for a BL890c i4
      • Limited Ethernet connections when using HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D modules
      • Creating iSCSI connections
      • iSCSI HBA connections screen
        • iSCSI Boot Assistant
        • DHCP option 43
      • Define Server Profile screen (multiple enclosures)
      • Multiple network connections for a server port
      • Defining server VLAN mappings
      • Fibre Channel boot parameters
    • Server Profiles screen
      • Print Server Profile list
    • Edit Server Profile screen
    • Assigning a server profile with FCoE connections to an HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade
    • Unassigning a server profile with FCoE connections to an HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade and deleting the SAN fabric
    • General requirements for adding FC or FCoE connections
  • Virtual Connect and Insight Control Server Deployment
• Virtual Connect modules
  • Firmware updates
  • Stacking Links screen
  • Throughput Statistics screen
  • Enclosure Information screen
    • Removing an enclosure
  • Enclosure Status screen
  • Interconnect Bays Status and Summary screen
    • Causes for INCOMPATIBLE status
    • Ethernet Bay Summary (General Information) screen
    • Ethernet Bay Summary (Uplink Port Information) screen
    • Ethernet Bay Summary (Server Port Information) screen
    • Ethernet Bay Summary (MAC Address Table) screen
    • Ethernet Bay Summary (IGMP Multicast Groups) screen
    • Ethernet Bay Summary (Name Server) screen
    • Ethernet Port Detailed Statistics screen
    • FC Port Detailed Statistics screen
    • FC Bay Summary screen
    • Interconnect Bay Overall Status icon definitions
    • Interconnect Bay OA Reported Status icon definitions
    • Interconnect Bay VC Status icon definitions
    • Interconnect Bay OA Communication Status icon definitions
  • Server Bays Summary screen
    • Double-dense server bay option
    • Integrity blade devices
    • Server Bay Overall Status icon definitions
    • Server Bay OA Reported Status icon definitions
    • Server Bay VC Status icon definitions
    • Server Bay OA Communication Status icon definitions
  • Server Bay Status screen
    • Server Bay Status screen - multi-blade servers
  • Port status conditions
  • Interconnect module removal and replacement
    • Virtual Connect modules
    • Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port FC Module
    • Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-Port FC Module
    • Upgrading or removing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric, or HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D module
    • Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module from a VC-FC module
    • Onboard Administrator modules
• Maintenance and troubleshooting
  • Domain Status summary
    • Status icon definitions
  • Domain Status screen
  • Module status definitions and causes
  • Export support information
  • Reset Virtual Connect Manager
    • Recovering remote enclosures
  • Server profile troubleshooting
    • Server blade power on and power off guidelines
  • Additional information
• Appendix A: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions
  • Understanding nPartitions
  • Assigning a VC profile to an nPar
    • Mapping profile connections
  • Reconfiguring nPars
• Appendix B: Auto-deployment process
  • Overview of the auto deployment process
    • DHCP server configuration
      • CentOS DHCP setup
    • TFTP server
      • CentOS TFTP setup
      • VC configuration file
  • Importing the enclosure into the domain
    • Auto-deployment settings after enclosure import
  • Starting a deployment operation
  • Viewing deployment information, status, and logs
    • The deployment status
      • Normal deployment status values
      • Typical failure deployment status values
    • The deployment log
    • The deployment configuration file
    • Configuration file output
  • Manual TFTP settings
  • Stopping a deployment operation
  • Subsequent deployments (redeployment scenarios)
  • VC GUI auto-deployment status and settings
  • Deployment wait and retry states
    • Waiting for DHCP
    • Waiting for TFTP
    • Failed to configure domain
    • Triggering a restart of the deployment process
  • Configuring file restrictions
  • TFTP logging and enablement
    • Deployment files logged to the TFTP server
• Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect
  • IPv6 addresses in VC
    • Link Local Address
    • DHCPv6 address
    • EBIPAv6 address
      • Switching between EBIPAv6 and DHCPv6
    • Router advertisement-based addresses
    • Domain static addressing
  • Enabling IPv6 support
    • New installation
    • Migrations
  • Disabling IPv6 support
  • Importing enclosures
  • VC FW update considerations
    • Upgrading from older versions to VC 4.10
    • Upgrading OA from previous versions to OA 4.00
    • VC downgrades to versions older than 4.10
    • OA downgrades from OA 4.00
  • Multi-enclosure considerations
  • Limitations
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Documentation feedback
• Index