HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 7.
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Description HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) version 7.1.1 centralizes network connection management and workload mobility for HP BladeSystem servers that use Virtual Connect (VC) to access local area networks (LANs), storage area networks (SANs), and converged network environments. VCEM helps organizations increase productivity, respond faster to workload and infrastructure changes, and reduce operating costs. Update recommendation HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager version 7.1.
• VCEM 7.1.1 now propagates VCM 3.7x user access configurations named “Require Strong Passwords” and “SSL Ciper Strength.” However, VC Domain Groups running firmware modes prior to 3.7x will continue to not propagate those two configurations and will work as in the previous VCEM versions • Resolved editing server profiles failures in the VCEM GUI if it is installed on Windows in Japanese. Prerequisites • VCEM 7.1.1 can be used to update existing installations of VCEM 7.1.
Updating VC firmware versions in a VC Domain to be compatible with VC 3.70 or later With release 7.1.1, VC firmware versions 3.70 and later are not compatible with VC firmware versions prior to 3.3x. Suggested actions Virtual Connect firmware compatibility mode allows administrators to update each VC Domain in a VC Domain Group incrementally, rather than requiring that all VC Domains be updated at the same time. VC Domain Group firmware mode is the firmware level in which a VC Domain Group operates.
VC Domain Groups and VC domain(s) with an 'incompatible firmware' status. VCEM will be unable to perform server profile operations that belong to these marked VC domains. To resolve this, perform the following steps in VCEM: 1. For each VC domain marked with an 'incompatible firmware' status: a. Enable the VC domain Maintenance operation. b. Upgrade the managed VC domain to (at least) the minimum VCEM supported VC firmware version. c. Complete the VC domain Maintenance operation. 2.
After the situation occurs, the VCEM job reports the failure immediately following the entry “Validated VC Domain.” It contains the following message: Error during Add VC Domain [xxxxx_vc_domain] to VC Domain Group. Details: Virtual Connect is not responding. To resolve this issue: 1. Verify if the IP address is active (try to log to the Virtual Connect Manager via Onboard Administrator). 2.
3. You can resolve this by either modifying the configuration and disabling IGMP No Flood on the VC Domain that is being added into the VC Domain Group or by modifying the configuration and enabling IGMP Snooping on the VC Domain Group using VC Domain Maintenance. a. Use one of the following options to disable IGMP No Flood on the VC Domain that is being added to the VC Domain Group: b. 4. • From the VCM command line—Telnet into the VCM using an SSH connection such as SSH Administrator@xxx.xxx.xxx.
3. 4. Select one of the following options to disable IGMP No Flood: • From the VCM CLI—Telnet into VCM using an SSH connection such as SSH Administrator@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where xxx is the VC Domain IP address and enter set igmp NoFlood=false . • From the VCM GUI—Clear the Prevent flooding of unregistered multicast traffic check box. Browse to the VCEM GUI and complete VC Domain Maintenance for the VC Domain. For more information, see Customer Advisory PI51599 entitled “VCEM is unable to manage VC 3.
