Manual
Table Of Contents
- HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystemVersion 3.01User Guide
- Notice
- Contents
- Introduction
- Overview
- HP Virtual Connect Manager
- Domain management
- Domain overview
- Firmware updates
- Domain Settings (Domain Configuration) screen
- Domain Settings (Domain IP Address) screen
- Domain Settings (Domain Enclosures) screen
- Domain Settings (Backup/Restore) screen
- Domain Settings (Local Users) screen
- Directory Settings (Directory Server) screen
- Directory Settings (Directory Groups) screen
- Directory Settings (Directory Certificate) screen
- Test LDAP authentication
- SNMP overview
- System Log screen
- System Log Configuration
- Network management
- Networks overview
- Define Ethernet Network screen
- Edit Ethernet Network screen
- Ethernet Networks (External Connections) screen
- Ethernet Networks (Server Connections) screen
- Ethernet Settings (MAC Addresses) screen
- Ethernet Settings (Port Monitoring) screen
- Ethernet Settings (Advanced Settings) screen
- Stacking Links screen
- Shared uplink sets and VLAN tagging
- Define Shared Uplink Set screen
- Shared Uplink Sets (External Connections) screen
- Shared Uplink Sets (Associated Networks) screen
- Storage management
- Server management
- Certificate Administration
- Hardware information screens
- Enclosure Information screen
- Enclosure Status screen
- Interconnect Bays Status and Summary screen
- Causes for INCOMPATIBLE status
- Interconnect Bay Summary screen (Ethernet module)
- Interconnect Bay Summary screen (VC-FC Module)
- Module removal and replacement
- 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
- Server Bay Status screen
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Glossary
- Index
Server management 100
Only the first FlexNIC on each physical port of a Flex-10 device can be used for PXE boot. Virtual
Connect cannot enable PXE boot on the remaining FlexNICs of a physical port.
Redundancy for PXE operations can be achieved using multiple PXE enabled NICs. However, the Virtual
Connect Manager is limited to enabling only one NIC for PXE booting. If a configuration requires more
than one NIC to have PXE enabled, you should set all NICs in the VC Manager to the "Use BIOS" setting,
and configure the NIC PXE settings through their respective BIOS utilities (F9 for embedded NICs, and F1
for mezzanine NIC ports.)
The following table lists examples of valid configurations for PXE enabling NIC ports. This is only a
sampling of the possible valid configurations.
PXE enabled PXE disabled Server blade configuration
Embedded NIC 1,
Mezz 1 NIC port 1
Embedded NIC 2,
Mezz NIC port 2
BL46xc with a dual-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter
Embedded NIC 2,
Mezz 1 NIC port 1
Embedded NIC 1,
Mezz NIC port 2
BL46xc with a dual-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter
Embedded NIC 1,
Mezz 1 NIC port 1,2
Embedded NIC 1
BL46xc with a dual-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter
Mezz 1 NIC port 1,2 Embedded NIC 1,2
BL46xc with a dual-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter
Embedded NIC 1,
Mezz 1 NIC port 1
Mezz 2 NIC ports 1,2
Embedded NIC 2, 3,4
Mezz 1 NIC port 1
Mezz 2 NIC port 3,4
BL48xc with a dual-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter and a quad-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter
Embedded NIC 4,
Mezz 1 NIC ports 1,2
Mezz 2 NIC ports 1,2,3,4
Embedded NIC 1,2,3
BL48xc with a dual-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter and a quad-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter
Mezz 1 NIC port 1
Mezz 2 NIC ports 1
Embedded NIC 1,2,3,4
Mezz 1 NIC port 2
Mezz 2 NIC port 2,3,4
BL48xc with a dual-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter and a quad-port NIC Mezzanine
adapter
In each configuration above, only one embedded NIC port is allowed to have PXE enabled (any
embedded NIC port is eligible), but any and all mezzanine NIC ports can be enabled whether or not an
embedded NIC port is being enabled.
For more information on RBSU, see the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide on the Documentation CD
or the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support/smartstart/documentation
).
Define Server Profile screen
Use this screen to create a new server profile definition, which defines and configures Ethernet and Fibre
Channel connectivity for the server. This screen can be edited only by users with server privileges, but it is
viewable by all authorized users.
IMPORTANT: The network setup wizard or equivalent steps must be performed before
defining server profiles. See "HP Virtual Connect Network Setup Wizard" in the HP Virtual
Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Setup and Installation Guide.
When defining server profiles in a multi-enclosure configuration, profiles can be assigned to server bays
in any of the enclosures that have been added and imported into the domain.
The following table describes the fields within the Define Server Profile screen.