Document Outline

• HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 7.3 User Guide
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • Key features and benefits
    • Key features
    • Key benefits
    • What's new
  • Platform support
  • Product licensing
  • Architectural overview
    • HP Virtual Connect technology
  • Managing HP Virtual Connect
    • HP Virtual Connect Manager
    • HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
  • Understanding VCEM operations
• 2 Installing and configuring VCEM
  • Understanding VCEM and VC firmware version compatibility
  • Preparing for a VCEM installation
  • Installation prerequisites
    • VC firmware browser support
    • Mixed VC firmware versions and compatibility in a VC Domain Group
      • Backward compatibility for VC firmware
      • Forward compatibility for VC firmware
    • Selecting HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager ports
  • Installing VCEM
  • Updating VC firmware
    • Updating to VC firmware 3.7x or later
    • Updating to VC firmware 4.1x
  • Removing VCEM
  • Performing post-installation configuration tasks
    • Post-installation configuration tasks
    • Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and versions
  • Installing VCEM in an HA-clustered CMS configuration in a Microsoft Cluster Server cluster
• 3 Managing VC Domains
  • Requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
    • VC 4.1x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with VC firmware 4.0x
    • VC 4.0x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with VC firmware 3.7
    • VC 3.7x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with VC firmware 3.5x and 3.6x
    • VC 3.7x, 3.6x and 3.5x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with VC firmware 3.3x
    • VC 3.5x feature that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with VC firmware 3.3x
  • VC Domain tasks
  • VCEM licensing
  • Preparing to create a VC Domain Group
  • Creating a VC Domain Group
  • Defining Roles-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
  • Moving a VC Domain containing server profiles to a different VC Domain Group
  • Removing a VC Domain from a VC Domain Group
  • Working with multienclosure VC Domains
  • VC Domain Maintenance
    • Replicating VC Domain Group configurations to other VC Domains during VC Domain Maintenance
    • Performing VC Domain Maintenance
    • Backing up and restoring domain configurations through VC Domain Maintenance
    • Changes in VCM that might affect completing VC Domain Maintenance
    • Viewing VC Domain details
      • Viewing VC Domain QoS details
      • Viewing VC Domain and VC Domain Group roles
      • Viewing VC Domain multicast details
      • Statistical throughput attributes
        • Viewing Allocated Bandwidth attributes
        • Displaying Converged Uplink sets and FCoE networks
        • Viewing LACP timer attributes for VC Domains
      • SNMP Access
      • Viewing IPv6 addresses of managed VC Domains
    • Using VLAN capacity
    • Working with HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem
    • Adding or removing remote enclosures from a multienclosure domain in VC Domain Maintenance
  • Canceling a VC Domain Maintenance task
  • Resynchronizing a VC Domain with Configuration Mismatch
  • Replacing the HP 1/10 Gb VC-Enet or the HP 1/10 Gb-Enet modules
  • Using FlexFabric modules
    • Adding FlexFabric modules to an existing VCEM managed VC Domain
    • Replacing VC Ethernet modules with FlexFabric modules in an existing VCEM managed VC Domain
    • Replacing VC Ethernet in interconnect bays three to eight with FlexFabric in an existing VCEM managed VC Domain
    • Replacing FC modules with FlexFabric modules in an existing VCEM managed VC Domain
    • Replacing VC Ethernet and FC modules with FlexFabric modules in an existing VCEM managed VC Domain
    • Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb, 24-port FC module or an HP VC 8 Gb 20-port FC module
    • Upgrading or removing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 module or an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module
    • Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module from a VC-FC module
  • Support of the CMS Reconfigure Tool
• 4 Managing VC Domain groups
  • Creating a VC Domain Group
  • Maintaining a VC Domain from the VC Domain Groups page
  • Canceling a VC Domain Group maintenance task
  • Upgrading VC Domain Group firmware mode
  • Deleting a VC Domain Group
  • Displaying VC Domain Group detail tabs
    • Viewing VC Domain Group QoS details
    • Viewing VC Domain Group roles
    • Viewing VC Domain Group multicast details
    • Statistical throughput attributes
    • Displaying Converged Uplink sets and FCoE networks in VC Domain Groups
    • Viewing LACP timer attributes for VC Domain Groups
  • Adding or removing VC modules in a VC Domain Group
  • Moving Ethernet networks (VLANs tagged) from one shared uplink to another
  • Correlating VCEM operations in Systems Insight Manager and VC logs
• 5 Managing server profiles
  • Creating a server profile
  • Concealing unused FlexNICS
  • Configuring the target boot LUN
  • Configuring multiple networks
  • Configuring Network Port Speed
  • Deleting a server profile
  • Editing a server profile
  • Viewing server profile attributes and status
  • Using flexible server profile listings
  • Recovering server profiles from an unreachable enclosure
  • Extending mapped networks
    • Selecting a single network
    • Selecting multiple networks
    • Selecting multiple networks with the Force same VLAN mappings as Shared Uplink Set option checked
  • Verifying the presence of EFI partition data
  • Assigning a server profile
  • Unassigning a server profile
  • Copying a server profile
  • Moving a server profile
    • Moving a server profile to another bay in the same VC Domain Group
    • Moving a server profile to another bay in a different VC Domain Group
  • Performing a VC Server Profile Failover
    • Preconditions for VC Server Profile Failover
    • Using spare bays
    • Initiating VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM CLI
    • Initiating VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM GUI
    • Initiating VC Server Profile Failover using Systems Insight Manager Automatic Event Handling
• 6 Managing enclosure bay assignments
  • Powering down a bay
  • Assigning a server profile to a bay
  • Unassigning a server profile from a bay
  • Designating spare bays
  • Performing a Server Profile Failover
• 7 Managing MAC and WWN addresses
  • MAC Addresses
  • Tracking individual MAC addresses
  • Creating MAC exclusion ranges
  • Deleting MAC exclusion ranges
  • Reclaiming external MAC addresses
  • Adding a custom MAC address range
  • Editing a custom MAC address range
  • Removing a custom MAC address range
  • WWN Addresses
  • Tracking individual WWN addresses
  • Creating WWN exclusion ranges
  • Address management tasks
    • Using VCEM subranges in a federated CMS environment
      • Managing exclusion ranges with multiple central management systems
        • Extending VCEM in use ranges
    • Transferring all managed VC Domains from one VCEM instance to another
    • Transferring one managed VC Domain from one VCEM instance to another
    • Consolidating multiple VCEM instances into a single VCEM instance
    • Displaying factory default MAC and WWN addresses
  • Deleting WWN exclusion ranges
  • Reclaiming external WWN addresses
  • Adding a custom WWN address range
  • Editing a custom WWN address range
  • Deleting a custom WWN address range
• 8 Working with Logical Serial Numbers
  • Identifying logical serial number values
• 9 Tracking VCEM job status
  • Jobs
  • Job status message window
  • Reviewing job details
  • Deleting jobs
• 10 Upgrading VC firmware after VCEM is managing VC Domains
  • Preparation checklist
  • Performing the firmware update using the VC Domain Maintenance capability
  • Performing firmware update without the VC Domain Maintenance capability
• 11 Removing an external manager account
• 12 Failover Command Line Interface Usage in VCEM
  • Perform VC Server Profile failover on specified VC Domain bay server
  • List details for specified VCEM job
  • Show CLI usage online help
  • CLI exit and error codes
• 13 Troubleshooting VCEM
  • Deleting a large number of assigned profiles results in a timeout
  • Managing VC domains with Expanded VLAN capacity enabled
    • Using Expanded VLAN capacity
    • Adding a VC 3.70 or later Domain with IGMP No Flood enabled into a VC Domain Group with group firmware mode 3.3x or 3.5x
      • Adding a 3.70 or later VC Domain to a VC Domain Group in compatibility mode (3.30 or 3.50)
      • Canceling Domain Maintenance
      • Completing Domain Maintenance
    • Using Expanded VLAN capacity with the Cancel VC domain Maintenance operation
  • Using iSCSI boot configuration with IE10 in compatibility view
  • Cannot resynchronize VC Domain that has a configuration mismatch state due to an enabled VC feature
  • Updating VC firmware versions in a VC Domain to be compatible with VC 3.7x or later
  • General
  • VCEM performance
  • VC Domain Groups and VC Domain Management
  • Jobs
  • Server power management
  • Server profile operations
  • VC Profile Failover
  • Profile operations fail, and the error message "An invalid boot LUN was entered. Check the storage arrays for the proper LUN number" appears
  • Error popup appears when you select HP predefined ranges during remove VC Domain from group or delete VC Domain Group operations
  • VCM shows an incorrect address for VCEM
  • Communicating with the enclosure OA
  • MAC, WWN, and Serial Number management
  • Duplicate MAC and WWN address assignments
  • Unauthorized error when trying to access the VCEM home page
  • A job appears with Failed status
  • Enclosure has two Onboard Administrators, and one fails
  • VCEM is prompting for Onboard Administrator credentials on a configured VC Domain
  • VCM does not accept Onboard Administrator credentials
  • Unable to add VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
  • Unable to add an unconfigured VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
  • Cannot manage a VC Domain when VC module failover is taking place
  • VC Domain displays Missing External Manager lock status
  • VC Domain displays Configuration Mismatch status
  • VC Domain displays Connectivity failure status
  • Cannot resynchronize VC Domain that is in Configuration Mismatch state
  • Operations fail in a VC Domain or VC Domain Group under maintenance status
  • Remove from VC Domain Group job is successful but with errors
  • Resolving an expired license status
  • Resolving database operation errors
  • Errors occur while loading VCEM pages
  • Failed to execute VCEM operation because VC firmware not supported
  • Creating a server profile or adding a VC Domain with a server profile to a VC Domain Group fails
  • Removing VCEM
  • Backing up and restoring VCEM
  • Cannot change the MAC/WWN/Serial Number ranges in VCM when there are server profiles
  • VCEM database is inaccessible or irretrievable with no backup, or VCEM file systems are corrupt with no backup
  • Enclosure has a hardware failure and must be replaced
  • Replacing VC modules
    • Replacing VC modules in a VC Domain managed by VCEM
    • Replacing VC modules in interconnect bays three to eight in a VC Domain Managed by VCEM without removing the VC Domain from the VC Domain Group
  • Failover fails to initiate with an ERROR (30) - Could not initiate failover; nested exception is: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
  • VC Profile Failover fails during Onboard Administrator replacement
  • After a VC Domain is removed from a VC Domain Group in VCEM, a profile with external-managed status cannot be edited through VCM
  • Server profile edit operation fails when target server is powered on
  • VC Domain status is "Mismatch Configuration" after cancel a VC Domain Maintenance operation fails
  • Server profile job completed successfully but changes have not occurred
  • Systems Insight Manager customizations for VCEM have not taken place
  • After a server profile failover, some connections defined in the server profile are not functional
  • VCEM page displays "Communication with the Systems Insight Manager server has been lost"
  • VC Domain not discovered by Systems Insight Manager
  • Create VC Domain Group or Add VC Domain to VC Domain Group operations fail and the message "An invalid boot LUN was entered. Check the storage arrays for the proper LUN number" appears
  • Profile move, assign, or failover operations fail and the message "An invalid boot LUN was entered. Check the Storage arrays for the proper LUN number" appears
  • Profiles fail to boot from Direct Attached SAN Fabric after relocation to another enclosure
• 14 Support and other resources
  • Information to collect before contacting HP
  • How to contact HP
  • Security bulletin and alert policy for non-HP owned software components
  • Subscription service
  • Registering for software technical support and update service
    • How to use your software technical support and update service
  • HP authorized resellers
  • Related information
    • Documents
    • Websites
  • Typographic conventions
• 15 Documentation feedback
• A VCEM subranges
• Glossary
• Index