HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.2 User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.2 User Guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installing and configuring VCEM
- 3 Managing VC Domains
- Requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
- Mixed Virtual Connect firmware versions and compatibility in a VC Domain Group
- Virtual Connect 3.10 features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of the VC Domain Group with Virtual Connect firmware 3.0x, 2.3x and 2.1x
- Virtual Connect 3.0x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of the VC Domain Group with Virtual Connect firmware 2.1x and 2.3x
- Virtual Connect 2.3x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of the VC Domain Group with Virtual Connect firmware 2.1x
- VC Domain tasks
- VCEM cabinet licensing
- Creating a VC Domain Group
- Adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
- Removing a VC Domain from a VC Domain Group
- Working with multienclosure VC Domains
- VC Domain Maintenance
- Replicating VC Domain Group configurations to other VC Domains during VC Domain Maintenance
- Performing VC Domain Maintenance
- Backing up and restoring domain configurations through VC Domain Maintenance
- Changes in Virtual Connect Manager that might affect completing VC Domain Maintenance
- Working with HP Virtual Connect 8Gb Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem
- Adding or removing remote enclosures from a multienclosure domain in VC Domain Maintenance
- Canceling a VC Domain Maintenance task
- Resynchronizing a VC Domain with Configuration Mismatch
- Requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
- 4 Managing VC Domain groups
- Creating a VC Domain Group
- Maintaining a VC Domain from the VC Domain Groups page
- Canceling a VC Domain Group maintenance task
- Upgrading VC Domain Group firmware mode
- Deleting a VC Domain Group
- Adding or removing VC modules to VC Domain Group configuration
- Moving Ethernet networks (VLANs tagged) from one shared uplink to another
- Correlating VCEM operations in Systems Insight Manager and Virtual Connect logs
- 5 Managing server profiles
- Creating a server profile
- Configuring the target boot LUN
- Configuring multiple networks
- Configuring Network Port Speed
- Deleting a server profile
- Editing a server profile
- Assigning a server profile
- Unassigning a server profile
- Copying and assigning a server profile to a bay
- Moving a server profile
- Performing a VC Server Profile Failover
- 6 Managing enclosure bay assignments
- 7 Managing MAC and WWN addresses
- MAC Addresses
- Tracking individual MAC addresses
- Creating MAC exclusion ranges
- Deleting MAC exclusion ranges
- Reclaiming external MAC addresses
- Adding custom MAC address ranges
- Editing custom MAC address ranges
- Removing custom MAC address ranges
- WWN Addresses
- Tracking individual WWN addresses
- Creating WWN exclusion ranges
- Deleting WWN exclusion ranges
- Allocating WWN addresses
- Reclaiming external WWN addresses
- Adding custom WWN address ranges
- Editing custom WWN address ranges
- Deleting custom WWN address ranges
- 8 Working with Logical Serial Numbers
- 9 Tracking VCEM job status
- 10 Upgrading Virtual Connect firmware after VCEM is managing VC Domains
- 11 Removing an external manager account
- 12 Command Line Interface usage in VCEM
- 13 Troubleshooting VCEM
- MAC, WWN, and Serial Number management
- Adding or removing VC modules to VC Domain Group Configuration
- Unauthorized error when trying to access the VCEM home page
- A job appears with Failed status
- Enclosure has two Onboard Administrators, and one fails
- VCEM is prompting for Onboard Administrator credentials on a configured VC Domain
- Virtual Connect Manager does not accept Onboard Administrator credentials
- Unable to add VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
- Unable to add an unconfigured VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
- Cannot access VC Domain from Virtual Connect Manager after a data migration has been performed
- Cannot manage a VC Domain when VC module failover is taking place
- VC Domain displays Missing External Manager lock status
- VC Domain displays Configuration Mismatch status
- VC Domain displays Connectivity failure status
- Cannot resynchronize VC Domain that is in Configuration Mismatch state
- Operation fails to perform in the VC Domain or VC Domain Group under maintenance status
- Remove from VC Domain Group job is successful but with errors
- Resolving expired License status
- Resolving database operation errors
- Errors occur while loading VCEM pages
- Failed to execute VCEM operation because VC firmware not supported
- Creating a server profile or adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group fails
- Uninstalling VCEM
- Backing up and restoring VCEM
- No HP-predefined ranges for MAC and WWN addresses in VC Domain Groups
- Cannot change the MAC/WWN/Serial Number ranges in Virtual Connect Manager when there are server profiles
- VCEM database is inaccessible or irretrievable with no backup, or VCEM file systems are corrupt with no backup
- Enclosure has a hardware failure and must be replaced
- Replace VC modules in a VC Domain managed by VCEM
- Failover fails to initiate with an ERROR (30) - Could not initiate failover; nested exception is: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out
- VC Profile Failover fails during Onboard Administrator replacement
- VCEM cannot power down ProLiant server model BL465 G1
- After a VC Domain is removed from a VC Domain Group in VCEM, a profile with external-managed status cannot be edited through Virtual Connect Manager
- Server profile edit operation fails when target server is powered on
- VC Domain status is "Mismatch Configuration" after cancel a VC Domain Maintenance operation fails
- Server profile job completed successfully but changes have not occurred
- Systems Insight Manager customizations for VCEM have not taken place
- After a server profile failover, some connections defined in the server profile are not functional
- Server profiles are not displaying physical port mapping and allocated bandwidth information
- VCEM page displays "Communication with the Systems Insight Manager server has been lost"
- VC Domain not discovered by Systems Insight Manager
- Create VC Domain Group or Add VC Domain to VC Domain Group operations fail and the message "An invalid boot LUN was entered. Check the storage arrays for the proper LUN number" appears
- Profile move, assign, or failover operations fail and the message "An invalid boot LUN was entered. Check the Storage arrays for the proper LUN number" appears
- VC Domain Maintenance operation fails when moving Ethernet networks (VLANs tagged) from a deleted shared uplink set to another
- 14 Support and other resources
- Glossary
- Index
4. Using Virtual Connect Manager, log in with full user rights at Virtual Connect Manager, perform
the necessary changes, and save the changes. VCEM blocks all operations related to the VC
Domain and to its respective VC Domain Group while VC Domain is under VC Domain
Maintenance.
5. Close the Virtual Connect Manager web browser and return to the VC Domain Maintenance
page in VCEM. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to confirm the changes in VCEM.
6. To apply the changes, click Complete VC Domain Maintenance. Optionally, to cancel VC
Domain changes, click Cancel. The Restore configuration check box enables VCEM to
automatically restore the original VC Domain configuration in case the new VC Domain
configuration is not able to be replicated to other VC Domains in the VC Domain Group. The
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is executing the request message
appears with a job ID code.
7. Click OK to go to the Jobs page and monitor job progress.
IMPORTANT: When a VC Domain is put in VC Domain Maintenance, operations such as backup
and restore Virtual Connect configurations are allowed. Restoring Virtual Connect configurations
require additional care. If an old configuration is restored, verify that the configuration of this
specific VC Domain remain compatible with VC Domain Group, otherwise the VC Domain will be
incompatible with VCEM. (For example, actual server profiles in the VC Domain after the restore
may not match the previous state registered by VCEM.)
While VC Domain Maintenance enables the following actions to be performed on this VC Domain,
the actions might cause side effects in VCEM. Therefore, HP does not recommend performing these
actions.
Domain-level operations (not recommended through VC Domain Maintenance):
• Configuration restoration for backup configurations performed out of VCEM control
• Domain deletion
To perform these domain-level operations, remove the VC Domain from VCEM, make the needed
changes, and then re-import the VC Domain to VC Domain Group.
Backing up and restoring domain configurations through VC Domain Maintenance
1. Go to the VC Domains tab.
2. Select the VC Domain upon which you want to back up the configuration.
3. Click VC Domain Maintenance. The VC Domain Maintenance page appears.
4. To unlock Virtual Connect Manager for domain, network, and storage changes, click Make
changes via VC Manager. The Virtual Connect Manager web interface appears in a separate
browser window. The Under Maintenance status indicates that the VC Domain is temporarily
unlocked for domain, network, and storage changes.
5. Using Virtual Connect Manager:
a. Log in with full user rights at Virtual Connect Manager.
b. Perform the domain backup by selecting Domain Settings→Domain Configuration,
selecting the Backup/Restore tab.
c. Click Backup configuration. Wait until backup process completes.
6. Close the Virtual Connect Manager web browser and return to the VC Domain Maintenance
page.
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.
To perform VC Domain configuration restoration through VC Domain Maintenance:
1. Select the VC Domains tab.
48 Managing VC Domains