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HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Version 4.10 User Guide Abstract This document contains user information for HP Virtual Connect version

Introduction 10 • HP Virtual Connect Manager Command Line Interface for c-Class BladeSystem User Guide This guide provides information for using th

Virtual Connect networks 100 Pause flood protection Ethernet switch interfaces use pause frame based flow control mechanisms to control data flow. W

Virtual Connect networks 101 Configuration changes can be made without having to enable Throughput Statistics. Applying configuration changes when T

Virtual Connect networks 102 • It provides Service Level Agreements for network traffic and to optimize network utilization. • Different traffic t

Virtual Connect networks 103 The diagram below illustrates a pass-through configuration where packets are transmitted in the same order as they are

Virtual Connect networks 104 The QoS screen is accessible to all users with network or domain role permissions. All other users have read-only acces

Virtual Connect networks 105 Traffic Classes A traffic class allows you to categorize packets requiring similar traffic management. The following t

Virtual Connect networks 106 Action Description Edit the Share for a traffic class Click on the number in the Share column, and then type in a new

Virtual Connect networks 107 Virtual Connect uses the 802.1 Q priority for all other traffic. VC administrators can map DSCP/ToS values to 802.1p eg

Virtual Connect networks 108 Item Description Share Minimum guaranteed bandwidth that each traffic class gets. The sum of shares of all enabled cla

Virtual Connect networks 109 Ingress Traffic Classifiers The Classification for uplinks and Classification for downlinks pull-down lists allow you

Introduction 11 NOTE: Using a Flex-10 capable NIC with an HP VC Flex-10 or FlexFabric module provides the ability to divide a 10Gb NIC into four

Virtual Connect networks 110 IGMP Settings (IGMP Configuration) screen From this screen you can do the following: • Enable or disable IGMP Snoopin

Virtual Connect networks 111 Task Action Filter the entries in the table Click Filter, use the pull-down menus to select the filter you want to vi

Virtual Connect networks 112 • If an empty filter or empty filter set is assigned to a profile Enet connection, no IGMP Report received from the re

Virtual Connect networks 113 Add, edit, or delete a multicast filter Clicking another link in the pull-down menu or left navigation tree causes cur

Virtual Connect networks 114 Assigning a filter or filter set to a profile connection A Multicast Filter or a Multicast Filter Set can be associated

Virtual Connect networks 115 3. (Optional) Select a color for the set. 4. (Optional) Enter a label for the set. 5. Drag and drop multicast filters

Virtual Connect networks 116 Field name Description Network Network Name Name of the network Color A network can have a user-defined color to gr

Virtual Connect networks 117 Task Action Designate the network as a private network Select the Private Network checkbox. Enable VLAN tunneling Sele

Virtual Connect networks 118 8. Use the cascading menu to select a port, and then click Add to add one or more external ports. To ensure a high avai

Virtual Connect networks 119 IMPORTANT: For best performance, HP recommends limiting the number of shared uplinks sets in one domain to two. There

Introduction 12 Each version of VC is tested and supported with one or more SPPs. For a list of supported SPPs that must be installed, see the VC re

Virtual Connect networks 120 Edit Ethernet Network screen To access this screen, do one of the following: • Click the Edit link for a network on th

Virtual Connect networks 121 Field name Description Enable VLAN Tunneling ("VLAN Tunneling Support" on page 86) Shows whether VLAN tunnel

Virtual Connect networks 122 Task Action Change the uplink interface port speed or disable the port Click the pull-down box under Speed/Duplex, and

Virtual Connect networks 123 Column name Description Ethernet Networks Shows the overall network status and network name Type Displays the type of

Virtual Connect networks 124 This summary screen lists the server ports connected to each network in the Virtual Connect domain. This screen is view

Virtual Connect networks 125 • Edit Shared Uplink Set screen (on page 131) o Edit the properties of an existing shared uplink set o Add or delete

Virtual Connect networks 126 Field name Description uplink sets with an associated FCoE network, the port role is N/A. Port Status Shows the link s

Virtual Connect networks 127 Task Action Add an associated FCoE network Click Add in the Associated FCoE Network section. For more information, see

Virtual Connect networks 128 Aggregation groups require multiple ports from a single VC-Enet module to be connected to a single external switch that

Virtual Connect networks 129 e. To add labels to the network, type a label in the Labels field, and then press Enter. Labels are used as text-based

HP Virtual Connect Manager 13 HP Virtual Connect Manager Configuring browser support Access to the VCM GUI is provided through HTTPS (HTTP exchanged

Virtual Connect networks 130 The following FCoE capable ToR switches have been tested and are supported with this feature: • Cisco Nexus 50x0 switc

Virtual Connect networks 131 2. Enter the Network Name. The name can be up to 64 characters in length (no spaces). 3. Enter an external VLAN ID. 4.

Virtual Connect networks 132 Use this screen to edit the properties of an existing shared uplink set, add an associated network, or delete an associ

Virtual Connect networks 133 Field name Description more information about possible causes, see "Port status conditions (on page 261)." C

Virtual Connect networks 134 Task Action Change connection mode Select Auto or Failover. For shared uplink sets with an associated FCoE network, th

Virtual Connect networks 135 This summary screen provides an overview of external shared uplink connections. This screen is only applicable if multi

Virtual Connect networks 136 Task Action Copy a shared uplink set Click the Copy link in the Action column, or left-click to select an uplink set,

Virtual Connect networks 137 2. Create new network names for the associated networks (VLANs). To be renamed, all networks must share a common part o

Virtual Connect networks 138 This summary screen displays the mapping of networks to external shared uplink connections. This screen is only applica

Virtual Connect fabrics 139 Virtual Connect fabrics Understanding FC fabrics Beginning with Virtual Connect 3.70, there are two supported VC SAN fab

HP Virtual Connect Manager 14 Pop-up windows must be enabled for certain features to function correctly. Check the browser settings to make sure pop

Virtual Connect fabrics 140 • By default, all of the FlexFabric FC-capable uplinks are configured as Ethernet until they are configured as part of

Virtual Connect fabrics 141 • The VC-FC and FlexFabric modules use dynamic login distribution to equally distribute server logins across all availa

Virtual Connect fabrics 142 Re-distribution allows server logins to be automatically redistributed to the newly available uplink ports to avoid an u

Virtual Connect fabrics 143 • When creating the DirectAttach fabric, all participating uplinks can be connected to the same 3PAR storage system in

Virtual Connect fabrics 144 • You can attach up to four HP 3PAR storage systems directly to the VC FlexFabric module using a single VC SAN fabric.

Virtual Connect fabrics 145 Bay groups In a multi-enclosure environment, all enclosures must have the same VC-FC and FlexFabric module configuration

Virtual Connect fabrics 146 o View of list of SAN fabrics with external connection information o Add, edit, or delete a fabric o Redistribute logi

Virtual Connect fabrics 147 • Single enclosure domain • Multi-enclosure domain The following table describes the columns and fields within the D

Virtual Connect fabrics 148 Column Description FabricAttach. Select FabricAttach if the FlexFabric module is connected using traditional SAN switch

Virtual Connect fabrics 149 Task Description Set the preferred or maximum FCoE connection speed After a FlexFabric module port has been added, sele

HP Virtual Connect Manager 15 Command Line Interface overview The VCM Command Line Interface can be used as an alternative method for administering

Virtual Connect fabrics 150 • Set a custom value for the Maximum FCoE Connection Speed. This value is the maximum speed for server profile connecti

Virtual Connect fabrics 151 To see how logins are currently distributed on the VC FlexFabric module, navigate to the Interconnect Bays Status and Su

Virtual Connect fabrics 152 Use this screen to edit a SAN fabric configuration. The following table describes the fields within the Edit SAN Fabric

Virtual Connect fabrics 153 Task Description Modify a fabric name Type a name in the Fabric Name field. Do not use spaces. Set the uplink port spe

Virtual Connect fabrics 154 This screen lists all of the SAN fabrics that have been created and displays the external connection information. The f

Virtual Connect fabrics 155 Task Action Delete a SAN fabric Click the Delete link in the Action column, or left-click to select a fabric, right-cli

Virtual Connect fabrics 156 Task Action Edit a SAN fabric Click the Go To Fabric link in the Action column, or highlight the desired SAN, right-cl

Virtual Connect server profiles 157 Virtual Connect server profiles Understanding server profiles The I/O connection profile, or server profile, pro

Virtual Connect server profiles 158 • Before creating the first server profile, do the following: o Select whether to use assigned serial numbers

Virtual Connect server profiles 159 and SAN boot settings and connects the appropriate networks and fabrics. Server blades that have been assigned a

HP Virtual Connect Manager 16 If the default password for the Administrator user has been changed and needs to be restored, see information about re

Virtual Connect server profiles 160 For more information, see "iSCSI and FCoE port assignments (on page 167)" and "Creating FCoE HBA

Virtual Connect server profiles 161 The total actual shareable bandwidth cannot exceed 10Gb; however, the preferred speed and maximum bandwidth sett

Virtual Connect server profiles 162 • Windows 2012 and higher (64-bit) • VMware ESXi 5.1 and higher (64-bit) • RHEL 5.8 and higher (64-bit with K

Virtual Connect server profiles 163 For more information, see "Bandwidth assignment (on page 169)." Although the Port Speed Setting is ava

Virtual Connect server profiles 164 Because of the many possible configurations of the FlexFabric module, pluggable modules can differ for each upli

Virtual Connect server profiles 165 • Use BIOS—Current BIOS settings are used for embedded NICs and mezzanine NIC PXE operations. VC Manager makes

Virtual Connect server profiles 166 For more information on RBSU, see the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide on the Documentation CD or the HP we

Virtual Connect server profiles 167 The following steps provide an overview of the procedure to enable iSCSI boot: 1. Create iSCSI connections on t

Virtual Connect server profiles 168 • The corresponding physical functions for each port on the same adapter must have the same personality. For ex

Virtual Connect server profiles 169 Device Port Type VC Connections Assigned LOM 1 NC551i Enet 1, FCoE 1, Enet 7 2 NC551i Enet 2, FCoE

HP Virtual Connect Manager 17 • HP Virtual Connect Manager Fibre Channel Setup Wizard • HP Virtual Connect Manager Server Profile Setup Wizard The

Virtual Connect server profiles 170 In cases where the requested bandwidth settings you specified for the four FlexNICs in a single physical port ex

Virtual Connect server profiles 171 Ethernet Settings (MAC Addresses) screen To access this screen, click and expand the Ethernet link in the left n

Virtual Connect server profiles 172 IMPORTANT: Configuring Virtual Connect to assign server blade MAC addresses requires careful planning to ensur

Virtual Connect server profiles 173 CAUTION: To avoid storage networking issues and potential loss of data associated with duplicate WWNs on a FC

Virtual Connect server profiles 174 CAUTION: The use of Serial Number Settings might prevent the proper operation of software designed to track se

Virtual Connect server profiles 175 When assigning WWNs to FC HBA ports, Virtual Connect assigns both a port WWN and a node WWN. Because the port WW

Virtual Connect server profiles 176 IMPORTANT: The data grids throughout the GUI are editable. Left-click the mouse to select a line to be edited.

Virtual Connect server profiles 177 Column name Description Profile Name Descriptive name for the server profile. The text can be up to 64 alpha-nu

Virtual Connect server profiles 178 Column name Description Auto—The maximum port speed is determined by the maximum configured speed for the netwo

Virtual Connect server profiles 179 Column name Description types are "Auto", "Preferred", "Custom" and "Disable

HP Virtual Connect Manager 18 If a red icon with a horizontal white bar appears, an external manager such as VCEM is managing the VCM. Mouse over th

Virtual Connect server profiles 180 Task Action See "Multiple network connections for a server port (on page 192)." Change the port speed

Virtual Connect server profiles 181 Task Action Cancel without saving changes Click Cancel. If using VC-assigned MAC addresses, WWNs, or non-defaul

Virtual Connect server profiles 182 6. Set up iSCSI HBA connections. See "Creating iSCSI connections (on page 185)." 7. Set up FC HBA co

Virtual Connect server profiles 183 mapped to LOMs 1 and 2 on blades 1 and 2. The next pair of entries for I/O bays 1 and 2 would get mapped to LOMs

Virtual Connect server profiles 184 A configuration with HP VC Flex-10/10D modules in I/O Bays 1 and 2 and HP VC FlexFabric modules in I/O Bays 3 an

Virtual Connect server profiles 185 Ethernet profile connection Map to bay Map to server port 14 2 Not mapped FCoE connections for new profiles

Virtual Connect server profiles 186 • HP NC551m Dual-Port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapters • HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Netwo

Virtual Connect server profiles 187 Item Description Target Primary IP Address Primary IP address used by the iSCSI target Target Primary Port The

Virtual Connect server profiles 188 To use DHCP when configuring the iSCSI boot configuration, select the Use DHCP to retrieve iSCSI parameters chec

Virtual Connect server profiles 189 iSCSI Boot Assistant The iSCSI Boot Assistant retrieves the iSCSI boot and authentication data for HP LeftHand P

HP Virtual Connect Manager 19 • SAN Fabric • Network Access Group • Enclosure • Module • Interconnect Bay • Device Bay • IGMP filter • Filte

Virtual Connect server profiles 190 DHCP option 43 The format of DHCP option 43 is as follows: ‘iscsi:’<TargetIP>’:’<TargetTCPPort>’:’&l

Virtual Connect server profiles 191 iscsi:”192.168.0.2”:”3261”:”000000000000000E”:”iqn.2009-4.com:1234567890”::”E”::”E” o Target IP address: 192.16

Virtual Connect server profiles 192 Define Server Profile screen (multiple enclosures) When defining server profiles in a multi-enclosure configurat

Virtual Connect server profiles 193 To use this feature, under Ethernet Adapter Connections, select Unassigned or a network name, click the down-arr

Virtual Connect server profiles 194 If the 'Force same VLAN mappings as Shared Uplink Sets' option is selected, server VLAN mappings are t

Virtual Connect server profiles 195 Server VLAN mappings are not linked to the uplink VLAN mappings. If a pre-populated server VLAN mapping is accep

Virtual Connect server profiles 196 IMPORTANT: Care must be taken not to exceed the limit per physical server port. For example, if you configure

Virtual Connect server profiles 197 Server Profiles screen This screen lists all server profiles that have been defined within the domain, including

Virtual Connect server profiles 198 Task Action Show all profiles, only assigned profiles, or only unassigned profiles Click the down arrow in the

Virtual Connect server profiles 199 • Modify FC HBA connection settings, if there are one or more VC Fibre Channel modules in the Virtual Connect d

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HP Virtual Connect Manager 20 Menu item Links to Index VC Manager help file index For This Page Help topic specific to the current page Virtual Con

Virtual Connect server profiles 200 The following table describes the fields within the Edit Server Profile screen. Column name Description Pro

Virtual Connect server profiles 201 Column name Description administrator to manually readjust the network configuration, such as NIC teaming, to r

Virtual Connect server profiles 202 Column name Description iSCSI HBA Connections Port Relative order of the iSCSI port on the server receiving th

Virtual Connect server profiles 203 Column name Description the connection. For the HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC Module, supported speed values includ

Virtual Connect server profiles 204 Column name Description profile is unassigned and the domain is set to show factory default MAC addresses, FACT

Virtual Connect server profiles 205 Task Action right-click to display a menu, and then click Delete. Add an iSCSI connection Click Add at the bott

Virtual Connect server profiles 206 b. Hover the mouse over each server blade in the Front View of the enclosure to find the HP ProLiant BL680c G7 S

Virtual Connect server profiles 207 a. Click SAN Fabrics in the left navigation tree or select SAN Fabric from the Define menu at the top of the scr

Virtual Connect server profiles 208 e. Be sure that the SAN fabric appears on the SAN Fabrics screen with the appropriate bay and ports assigned. 3

Virtual Connect server profiles 209 d. If necessary, click Unassigned in the Ethernet Adapter Connections section, and then select an available netw

Virtual Connect domains 21 Virtual Connect domains Understanding Virtual Connect domains A basic VC domain includes a single HP c-Class BladeSystem

Virtual Connect server profiles 210 f. In the Assign Profile to Server Bay section, select the bay for the HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade to whi

Virtual Connect server profiles 211 a. Click the device bay for the HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade in the Server Bay Assignment column of the Se

Virtual Connect server profiles 212 Unassigning a server profile with FCoE connections to an HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade and deleting the SAN

Virtual Connect server profiles 213 c. Click Apply to save changes and remain on the Edit Server Profile screen, or click Apply & Close to save

Virtual Connect server profiles 214 e. Right-click the server profile with FCoE connections, and then select Delete. f. In the Confirmation dialog

Virtual Connect server profiles 215 b. On the External Connections tab, right-click the SAN fabric you want to delete, and then select Delete. c.

Virtual Connect server profiles 216 d. Click the HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade device bay in the Hardware Overview section in the left navigati

Virtual Connect server profiles 217 • When a profile is added, the FC/FCoE connections initially displayed are based on the FC/FCoE module configur

Virtual Connect server profiles 218 4 Start with modules in Bays 3 and 4, create a profile (add 2 connections), install modules into Bays 5 and 6, t

Virtual Connect server profiles 219 9 Start with FCoE-capable modules in Bays 1 and 2, then create a profile and add connections. Port Connected to

Virtual Connect domains 22 Managing domains Use the following screens to manage the VC domain: • Domain Settings (Configuration) screen (on page 23

Virtual Connect server profiles 220 IMPORTANT: If you plan to use Insight Control Server Deployment for RedHat Linux installation and also plan to

Virtual Connect modules 221 Virtual Connect modules Firmware updates To update firmware, use the HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Util

Virtual Connect modules 222 • The VCM configuration, module types, and cabling configuration must be the same before and after the upgrade. • The

Virtual Connect modules 223 o Failed indicates that one or more modules are not connected properly. Check the cable connections. • Redundancy Statu

Virtual Connect modules 224 The collection of Throughput Statistics can be enabled or disabled, and the sample rate can be configured. The sampling

Virtual Connect modules 225 Task Action Refresh data in the chart Click Refresh at the button of the chart. The Refresh option will be disabled acc

Virtual Connect modules 226 Removing an enclosure To remove a remote enclosure from the domain: 1. Disassociate all profiles, networks, port sets,

Virtual Connect modules 227 Enclosure Status screen When a VC domain loses connectivity with a remote enclosure Onboard Administrator, the Enter OA

Virtual Connect modules 228 Interconnect Bays Status and Summary screen The following table describes the rows within the Interconnect Bays Status

Virtual Connect modules 229 Causes for INCOMPATIBLE status When an interconnect module status is INCOMPATIBLE, details can be viewed in the System l

Virtual Connect domains 23 Domain Settings (Configuration) screen Use this screen to change the domain name, delete a domain, configure and view aut

Virtual Connect modules 230 • FC modules in multi-enclosure double dense domains When using VC-FC modules, multi-enclosure double dense domains req

Virtual Connect modules 231 Row Description Module Host Name Includes controls that enable you to set a custom host name for the module and reset t

Virtual Connect modules 232 Ethernet Bay Summary (Uplink Port Information) screen This screen provides a summary of the interconnect module uplink p

Virtual Connect modules 233 Column Description Port Uplink port number WWN Factory assigned WWPN for this uplink port SAN Fabric Name of the SAN F

Virtual Connect modules 234 Column Description Physical Server Number of the device bay and a description of the installed server blade Network Net

Virtual Connect modules 235 Column Description Internal VLAN ID Internal VLAN ID used by Virtual Connect Manager Network Name The name of the netwo

Virtual Connect modules 236 Ethernet Bay Summary (Name Server) screen This screen contains a list of entries in the name server table for the VC Fle

Virtual Connect modules 237 To refresh the statistics, click Refresh Statistics. The following tables describe the rows within the Ethernet Port De

Virtual Connect modules 238 DCBX Information* Description Overall Status The overall status of DCBX protocol exchange with peer entity. The status

Virtual Connect modules 239 Port Statistic Description IpInReceives The total number of input datagrams received from interfaces, including those r

Virtual Connect domains 24 Deleting a domain CAUTION: Deleting a domain returns all settings to factory default. This action cannot be undone.

Virtual Connect modules 240 Port Statistic Description EtherStatsPkts65to127Octets The total number of packets (including bad packets) received tha

Virtual Connect modules 241 Port Statistic Description EtherStatsCollisions The best estimate of the total number of collisions on this Ethernet se

Virtual Connect modules 242 Port Statistic Description Dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames A count of successfully transmitted frames on a particular

Virtual Connect modules 243 Port Statistic Description Dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors A count of frames for which reception on a particular inte

Virtual Connect modules 244 Port Statistic Description IfHCOutMulticastPkts The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested be tr

Virtual Connect modules 245 Pluggable Module Information* Description vendor-oui IEEE company ID of the manufacturer (not HP). This is defined in S

Virtual Connect modules 246 The following tables describe the rows within the FC Port Detailed Statistics screen. Port Information Description Por

Virtual Connect modules 247 Port Statistics Description fcInvalidTxWords Number of invalid transmission words fcSmoothingOverflowErrors Frames rece

Virtual Connect modules 248 Row Description Uplink Ports Used Number of uplink ports used to connect to the SAN. This number specifies the oversubs

Virtual Connect modules 249 Column Description HBA Port HBA port number Server Blade Server blade bay location SAN Fabric Name of the SAN Fabric c

Virtual Connect domains 25 Task Action View the configuration file Click View next to Configuration File. View the deployment log Click View next

Virtual Connect modules 250 Interconnect Bay VC Status icon definitions Icon Operational state Meaning Corrective action OK Device is fully op

Virtual Connect modules 251 Server Bays Summary screen Device bay numbering is affected by whether the 'Allow the double density device bays&a

Virtual Connect modules 252 If the VC domain is configured for double-dense server mode, and a profile is assigned to an empty double-dense server b

Virtual Connect modules 253 If the Onboard Administrator is downgraded to a version lower than 3.70, subsequent recovery of the double-dense enabled

Virtual Connect modules 254 Integrity blade devices Server Bay Overall Status icon definitions Icon Operational state Meaning Corrective acti

Virtual Connect modules 255 Icon Operational state Meaning Corrective action (orange) configuration attributes. (orange) Incompatible Device d

Virtual Connect modules 256 Icon Operational state Meaning Corrective action Missing Device is configured but not accessible. Insert the correc

Virtual Connect modules 257 Server Bay Status screen To change the power state of the server, click Momentary Press. If the server is powered on,

Virtual Connect modules 258 Row Description Overall Status Represents the worst condition of Hardware Status, VC Status, and OA Communication Stat

Virtual Connect modules 259 Column Description Port Number Relative Fibre Channel Port number Adapter Mezzanine number where the HBA is connected

Virtual Connect domains 26 Task Action Use a Virtual Connect Domain IPv4 or IPv6 Address setting • For IPv4, select the box next to Use Virtual C

Virtual Connect modules 260 The following table describes the rows within the Server Blade Information table in the Server Bay Status screen. Server

Virtual Connect modules 261 Port status conditions Port status information appears on several screens throughout the GUI. If a port status is unlink

Virtual Connect modules 262 Interconnect module removal and replacement Virtual Connect modules It is not necessary to remove the module from the do

Virtual Connect modules 263 Replacing an HP 4Gb VC-FC Module, HP VC 4Gb FC Module, or HP 8Gb 20-Port FC Module with an HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module 1

Virtual Connect modules 264 10. Re-assign the server profiles, and then add the FC connections to the profiles. Possible errors If the previous step

Virtual Connect modules 265 6. Ensure that the modules are removed from the Virtual Connect GUI. If the modules still appear on the GUI, there are s

Virtual Connect modules 266 Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module from a VC-FC module Replacing any VC-FC module with an HP VC FlexFa

Maintenance and troubleshooting 267 Maintenance and troubleshooting Domain Status summary The Domain Status summary provides a count of Virtual Conn

Maintenance and troubleshooting 268 Icon Status Description Disabled A device or item is disabled. (blue) Warning A device is initializing or

Maintenance and troubleshooting 269 VC displays cause and root cause information for domain status alerts. To view detailed information about a devi

Virtual Connect domains 27 Column Description OA IPv4 Address IPv4 IP address of the OA. "Local Enclosure" indicates this enclosure is ma

Maintenance and troubleshooting 270 Status Possible cause Suggested action INCOMPATIBLE The module type is not supported by VC. Replace the modul

Maintenance and troubleshooting 271 • If the Force Failover checkbox is not selected or a VC-Enet module is not available in the alternate intercon

Maintenance and troubleshooting 272 Server blade power on and power off guidelines Certain server profile changes require the server blade in the de

Maintenance and troubleshooting 273 Flex-10 connection changes that do not require power off With Virtual Connect v2.10 and higher, it is not necess

Maintenance and troubleshooting 274 o Troubleshoot a problem o Setup, install, and configure • HP Subscriber's Choice website (http://www.hp.

Appendix A: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions 275 Appendix A: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions Understanding nPartitions The HP BL870c i4

Appendix A: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions 276 o Bay 4 (HP Integrity BL890c i4 nPar) iLO controls the blade link to change the configuration

Appendix A: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions 277 When the reconfiguration is done, the OA generates blade remove events for the first two blad

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 278 Appendix B: Auto-deployment process Overview of the auto deployment process Auto-deployment enables administ

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 279 CentOS DHCP setup The setup on a Linux CentOS or RedHat distribution requires modification of the DHCP confi

Virtual Connect domains 28 o Onboard Administrator Password 3. Click OK. IMPORTANT: No more than four enclosures can be found or imported. If a

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 280 option bootfile-name “myconfig-1.script” hardware ethernet 00:02:c3:d0:e5:83; fixed-add

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 281 >cp myconfig-2.script /tftpboot VC configuration file The following sample configuration script can be u

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 282 NOTE: No enclosures currently exist in the domain. Please use the 'import enclosure' command to i

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 283 ---- <New Login Session> ->show auto-deployment ================================================

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 284 Property Description TFTP Server The TFTP Server property displays the TFTP server used for the deployment

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 285 Typical failure deployment status values Status Comment Resolution Waiting for DHCP Cause: The DHCP ser

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 286 Status Comment Resolution Configuration File Too Big The VC configuration file on the TFTP server is too

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 287 add profile Profile1 add profile Profile2 add user Admin password=Admin123 privileges=* poweron server *

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 288 Stopping a deployment operation If a deployment process is currently in progress, you can cancel the deploym

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 289 VC GUI auto-deployment status and settings The Auto-Deployment Settings are available in the GUI under the D

Virtual Connect domains 29 Domain Settings (Backup/Restore) screen Use this screen to create a backup file of the Virtual Connect domain configurati

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 290 Waiting for TFTP This wait/retry state can occur if the TFTP server to be used by the deployment is offline

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process 291 TFTP logging and enablement When deploying a large number of enclosures with the auto-deployment capability,

Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect 292 Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect IPv6 addresses in VC Beginning with VC 4.10, Virtual Con

Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect 293 The DHCPv6 address is displayed in the OA web GUI as one of the addresses available for communicatio

Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect 294 • VCSU version 1.9.0 can be used to update VC to 4.10 using IPv4 as target addresses. Observe the f

Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect 295 Migrations Migration from IPv4 to a dual configuration VC version OA version <4.00 OA versi

Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect 296 When disabling IPv6 in a multi enclosure environment, ensure IPv4 addresses are configured and reach

Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect 297 must be enabled on OA 4.00. If IPv6 is enabled on OA 4.00, then VC4.10 can have IPv4 and IPv6 (dual)

Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect 298 • storage-management

Acronyms and abbreviations 299 Acronyms and abbreviations BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit CFG constant frequency generator CHAP Challenge Handshake

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Virtual Connect domains 30 CAUTION: Restoring a Virtual Connect domain configuration from a backup file that was created on another Virtual Connec

Acronyms and abbreviations 300 IQN iSCSI qualified name LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol LAG link aggregation group LAG ID link aggregation

Acronyms and abbreviations 301 PLS physical signaling POST Power-On Self Test QoS Quality of Service RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Se

Acronyms and abbreviations 302 TACACS+ Terminal Access Controller Access Control System Plus TCN Spanning Tree Topology Change Notification UDP Us

Documentation feedback 303 Documentation feedback HP is committed to providing documentation that meets your needs. To help us improve the documenta

Index 304 A About menu 18 accessing HP Virtual Connect Manager 14 ActiveX 13 activity indicator 20 adding a credential 31 adding a RADIUS

Index 305 Domain Settings (Backup/Restore) 29 Domain Settings (Configuration) screen 23 Domain Settings (Domain IP Address) 25 Domain Settings

Index 306 iSCSI boot 166 iSCSI Boot Assistant 189 iSCSI boot configuration 185, 190 iSCSI connections 175, 185 iSCSI offload 166 iSCSI por

Index 307 Q Quality of Service 101, 103 R RADIUS authentication, testing 76 RADIUS group, adding 78 RADIUS Settings (RADIUS Groups) 77 RADIU

Index 308 traffic classes 104, 107 trap categories 36 tree navigation 18 troubleshooting 267 troubleshooting, server profiles 271 tunnel V

Virtual Connect domains 31 Task Action Add a credential ("Adding or editing a credential" on page 31) Click Add below the table, or righ

Virtual Connect domains 32 6. Click Apply. Managing SNMP Use the following screens to manage the domain SNMP configuration: • SNMP Configuration

Virtual Connect domains 33 protocol. The managed information is presented as a hierarchical database called a MIB. Each element of the managed infor

Virtual Connect domains 34 MIB VC-Enet VC-FC VC LLDP MIB (LLDP-MIB) X — VC LLDPv2 MIB (LLDPv2-MIB) X — VC LACP MIB (LACP-MIB) X — VC QOS MIB (V

Virtual Connect domains 35 Trap Category Severity MIB vcFcFabricManagedStatusChanged3 VCM Fabric Status Corresponds to the name of the new state

Virtual Connect domains 36 connUnitPortStatus value Severity ready NORMAL warning WARNING failure CRITICAL nonparticipating INFO initializing INFO

Virtual Connect domains 37 • INFO—Operational information on the fully functioning component. • UNKNOWN—VC Manager has not yet established communi

Virtual Connect domains 38 Trap name Trap data Description vcModPortProtectionConditionDetected Port index to the ifTable (ifIndex) Port index to

Virtual Connect domains 39 Modules not redundantly connected, failure of module enc0:iobay1 or enc0:iobay2 or enc1:iobay2 will isolate some modules;

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Virtual Connect domains 40 Module reason code Description vcEnetmoduleEnclosureDown The module is unable to communicate with the enclosure/OA. vcEn

Virtual Connect domains 41 vcEnetNetworkManagedStatusChanged The following is an example of an Ethernet network Cause string: Network BLUE has faile

Virtual Connect domains 42 vcDomainStackingLinkRedundancyStatusChange The stacking link connection redundancy status has changed. The vcDomainStacki

Virtual Connect domains 43 Field name Description Enable SNMP Select to enable SNMP. System Contact Specify a contact name for this system when SN

Virtual Connect domains 44 Adding an SNMP trap destination To add an SNMP trap destination, right-click the header row of the SNMP Trap Destination

Virtual Connect domains 45 • Highlight the item, and then drag and drop it into the right window. Select trap severities To select a trap severity

Virtual Connect domains 46 The VC-FC SNMP settings apply to all VC-FC modules in the VC domain. The following table describes the fields within the

Virtual Connect domains 47 Task Action Add SNMP access ("Adding SNMP access" on page 45) Click Add below the SNMP Access table, or right

Virtual Connect domains 48 Viewing the system log Use the following screens to view and configure domain system log information: • System Log (Sys

Virtual Connect domains 49 System Log entry format A wide variety of events are generated by Virtual Connect and logged into the System Log, or SysL

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Virtual Connect domains 50 • SEVERITY_MINOR–An error condition that has no service impact • SEVERITY_MAJOR–A critical event that impairs service a

Virtual Connect domains 51 To delete a remote log destination, select the checkbox next the preferred destination, and then click Delete. Managing

Virtual Connect domains 52 If VCM is configured with a VC domain IP address, then future certificate requests generated will reflect this domain IP

Virtual Connect domains 53 Row Description Version Version of the certificate MD5 Fingerprint Unique fingerprint of the certificate, calculated usi

Virtual Connect domains 54 If the existing certificate has the proper key length, the data is accepted and is included in the certificate request, a

Virtual Connect domains 55 Field Possible values Description Organization Name (O) 1 to 60 characters in length The organization that owns this V

Virtual Connect domains 56 The certificate, by default, requests a valid duration of 10 years (this value is currently not configurable). When you c

Virtual Connect domains 57 When renewing certificates, the upload removes any previous Signed Certificate from VCM. You must add a new certificate o

Virtual Connect domains 58 After you have authorized one or more SSH keys, you can delete all of them by clicking Clear SSH Keys. Removing the autho

Virtual Connect domains 59 When the web SSL encryption strength is changed, logged in users are notified that they must reconnect.

Contents 6 Domain Status screen ...

HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures 60 HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures Enclosure serial numbers The enclosure serial number is used by the Virtual C

HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures 61 The management interfaces for all enclosure Onboard Administrators and VC modules within the same VC domain mus

HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures 62 have network and storage access. Both the Primary and Standby modules in the base enclosure must be recovered t

HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures 63 Enclosures view (multiple enclosures) When more than one enclosure has been imported, each enclosure is display

Virtual Connect users and roles 64 Virtual Connect users and roles Understanding VC administrative roles Each user account can be set up to have a c

Virtual Connect users and roles 65 o Update firmware o Save configuration to disk o Restore the configuration from a backup It is possible to crea

Virtual Connect users and roles 66 Local Users screen The first time this screen appears, the Administrator account, which has all administrative u

Virtual Connect users and roles 67 o Non-alphanumeric character Click Apply to save your changes. • To set a session timeout period, enter a number

Virtual Connect users and roles 68 Adding a new user Observe the following user settings guidelines: • Username is a required field. • The Userna

Virtual Connect users and roles 69 For LDAP authentication, the VCM contacts and external LDAP server on which user accounts have been set up. Durin

Contents 7 Upgrading OA from previous versions to OA 4.00 ... 297 VC downgrad

Virtual Connect users and roles 70 Local users can test an LDAP configuration before applying it. For more information, see "Test LDAP authenti

Virtual Connect users and roles 71 7. Click Test. The status window displays any problems encountered during the test. When testing is complete, cli

Virtual Connect users and roles 72 Field Description Group Name The Directory Server group name. Microsoft Active Directory servers have a reverse

Virtual Connect users and roles 73 Field Description Roles Select zero or more roles (Domain, Network, Storage, Server) to assign to the group. Whe

Virtual Connect users and roles 74 Column Description further verify that the correct certificate is being used. Version Version of the certificate

Virtual Connect users and roles 75 Field Description Server Key A shared secret text string to be used for encrypting user details. This string mus

Virtual Connect users and roles 76 secret = <plain-text secret> require_message_authenticator = no nastype = othe

Virtual Connect users and roles 77 RADIUS Settings (RADIUS Groups) screen Use this screen to manage the RADIUS Group settings for Virtual Connect Ma

Virtual Connect users and roles 78 Add or Edit RADIUS Group Use this screen to add or edit a RADIUS Group. The following table describes the fields

Virtual Connect users and roles 79 Users with domain user role permissions can test a TACACS+ configuration before applying it. For more information

Introduction 8 Introduction What's new The user guide contains information about the following changes in VC 4.10: • Manageability enhancement

Virtual Connect users and roles 80 Required TACACS+ server settings The following TACACS+ server settings must be configured on VC to enable TACACS+

Virtual Connect users and roles 81 autocmd = domain:network <------- Colon-separated list of privileges } } group = ALL_STAFF

Virtual Connect users and roles 82 autocmd = network:server <------- Colon-separated list of privileges } } group = ALL_STAF

Virtual Connect users and roles 83 Role Management (Role Authentication Order) screen Use this screen to specify the authentication services to be

Virtual Connect users and roles 84 Role Management (Role Operations) screen Use this screen to change the role operations allowed for Network, Serv

Virtual Connect networks 85 Virtual Connect networks Understanding networks and shared uplink sets The VC-Enet modules use standard Ethernet bridge

Virtual Connect networks 86 Identifying an associated network as the native VLAN causes all untagged incoming Ethernet packets to be placed onto thi

Virtual Connect networks 87 The following figure shows tunneled VLAN tags. On the dedicated green network, both uplink and server VLAN tags are tunn

Virtual Connect networks 88 • Ethernet Settings (Advanced Settings) screen ("Ethernet Networks (Advanced Settings)" on page 96) o Set Se

Virtual Connect networks 89 o Edit a server profile o Define a new network o Illuminate the PID for all uplink ports associated with a network Ne

Introduction 9 o The HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade o The HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter o The HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534M Adap

Virtual Connect networks 90 The Network Access Groups screen is accessible to all users, but only users with network user role permissions can add,

Virtual Connect networks 91 Define Network Access Group screen To access this screen, click Add at the bottom of the Network Access Groups screen (o

Virtual Connect networks 92 This screen can only be edited by users with network role permissions, but it is viewable by all authorized users. To e

Virtual Connect networks 93 CAUTION: The network analyzer port should only be connected directly to a network analyzer. Improper connection of thi

Virtual Connect networks 94 Field name Description switch. Currently there is no active traffic on this link. • Unlinked—There is no physical VC m

Virtual Connect networks 95 Task Action Clear selections and settings without saving and return to the Virtual Connect homepage Click Cancel. Sel

Virtual Connect networks 96 Task Action Filter by Profile Filter the list by a specific profile Select All Profiles or a single profile from the F

Virtual Connect networks 97 You can tunnel VLAN tags and map VLAN tags in the same domain. As of VC 3.30, tunneling and mapping is configured at the

Virtual Connect networks 98 IMPORTANT: Depending on the NIC firmware versions in use, you might need to upgrade the NIC firmware for these speed e

Virtual Connect networks 99 • One active link—A VC uplink set can include multiple uplink ports. To prevent a loop with broadcast traffic coming in