HP Insight Management-Software - Manual (Page 48)

7. Click Complete VC Domain Maintenance. The Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
is executing the request
message appears with a job ID code.
8. Click OK to go to the Jobs page and monitor job progress.
IMPORTANT: The domain configuration backup file created during VC Domain Maintenance is
valid for restoration while the VC Domain is in the VC Domain Group. The domain configuration
file is not valid after the VC Domain is removed from the VC Domain Group.
Changes in VCM that might affect completing VC Domain Maintenance
When you enable VC Domain Maintenance and make changes to a VC Domain base configuration,
attempts to complete VC Domain Maintenance might result in VCEM creating a failed job and the
VC Domain remaining under VC Domain Maintenance.
Changes in VCM that might cause problems in completing VC Domain Maintenance include:
•
Updating the VC firmware to an incompatible version, (Domain Settings
→Firmware
Management). To resolve this issue, update the VC firmware version to a compatible version
and complete VC Domain Maintenance again.
•
Deleting the domain (Domain Settings
→Domain Configuration). To resolve this issue, restore
the VC configuration from a backup, or remove the VC Domain from the VC Domain Group.
•
Breaking the VC lock by using the VC command line. To resolve this issue, remove the VC
Domain from the VC Domain Group.
•
VC fails to respond. If the VC Domain Maintenance job fails due to poor or failed VC
communication, fix the communication issue and complete VC Domain Maintenance again.
Using VLAN capacity
CAUTION: VCM firmware version 3.3x or later does not allow you to easily revert back from
Expanded VLAN capacity mode to Legacy capacity mode. To revert back to Legacy capacity
mode, you must delete the VC Domain in VCM.
Before applying Expanded VLAN capacity to a VC Domain 3.3x or later during Maintenance
Mode, make sure the VC Domain Group that the VC Domain belongs to is running firmware mode
3.3x or higher (this is a VCEM rule). If you change a VC Domain 3.3x to Expanded VLAN Capacity
and the VC Domain Group firmware mode is lower than 3.3x, the Complete Maintenance Mode
operation will fail, because VCEM will detect an enabled feature (Expanded VLAN capacity) not
supported by the other VC Domains (with older firmware). The VC Domain will remain in
Maintenance Mode status and VCEM will not be able to complete or cancel the maintenance
operation. To complete or cancel the maintenance operation, you must first remove the VC Domain
with Expanded VLAN capacity from the Domain Group.
Working with HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem
VCEM cannot manage a VC Domain having one or more FC modules in an Incompatible state.
The FC module can become incompatible in the following situations:
•
An HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC module replaces an HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 24-port FC
module.
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An HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 24-port FC module replaces a HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC
module.
•
If HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 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 8 Gb 24-port FC modules in the same I/O bay from different enclosures.
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