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3.

Upgrade the agents and WMI providers on the servers that will be used for virtual identifiers.
(See the version table below for proper versions).

4.

Upgrade the firmware for the Onboard Administrator to version 2.25 or later.

5.

On the virtual connect Ethernet module, upgrade the virtual connect firmware to version 1.3
or later. Do not enable virtual identifiers at this time.

6.

On the virtual connect Ethernet module, enable virtual identifiers.

7.

You may now create and assign profiles with virtual identifiers.

WARNING!

If you do not follow the specific instructions for enabling Virtual Identifiers in your

environment and you enable the feature without the proper agent revisions, iLO firmware, Insight
Orchestration firmware, System ROM revisions, and Systems Insight Manager version, then systems
might appear multiple times and systems might not properly be associated with systems. If that
happens, upgrade to all of the latest software prescribed in the c-Class chassis. You might also
need to delete discovered systems in the chassis and rediscover them.

Supported Software and Firmware
There are a number of distinct firmware and agents updates required to support virtual identifiers.
Note: Failure to meet the minimal revision of any of the listed components can result in virtual
identifiers not working properly resulting in the loss of licenses in Systems Insight Manager, in
issues obtaining proper warranty information, or result in orphaned systems showing in the system
list.
The table below outlines the minimal versions required by management tools such as Systems
Insight Manager and Remote Support Pack to properly operate.

Table 17 Minimal versions

Version

Product

2.0x, 2.1x, and 2.3x

Virtual Connect Manager

2.30

Onboard Administrator

1.6

Integrated Lights-Out

(see supported server matrix for Virtual Connect)

Server ROM

8.1

ProLiant Support Pack / SNMP agents

2.2

ProLiant Support Pack / WMI providers

5.3 or later

HP Systems Insight Manager

Virtual machines

HP Insight Management WBEM Providers and SNMP agents must not be installed on a virtual
machine guest operating system. Installing the providers or agents on a guest operating system
causes Systems Insight Manager to have excessive timeouts when data is requested or WBEM
Indication Subscriptions are created.
The installer for HP Insight Management WBEM Providers 2.2.x and earlier does not prevent
installation on a guest operating system. The installer for version 2.3 and beyond automatically
prevents the installation of the providers on a guest operating system.
If the WBEM providers or SNMP agents have been installed on a guest operating system, uninstall
and re-identify the managed system in Systems Insight Manager.

VMware

The name of the temperature sensors might be incorrect. This is a known issue in the VMWare
provider and will be addressed in a future release of VMWare providers.

Virtual machines

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