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
1 Introduction
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) centralizes network connection management and
workload mobility for HP BladeSystem servers that use Virtual Connect 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.
Built on the Virtual Connect architecture integrated into every HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure,
VCEM provides a central console to administer network address assignments, perform group-based
configuration management, and to rapidly deploy, move, and failover server connections and
workloads for 250 Virtual Connect Domains (designed to support up to 1,000 enclosures and
16,000 server blades when used with Virtual Connect multienclosure domain configurations).
Use VCEM to complete key data center tasks quickly and reliably, without impacting the
configuration and availability of production networks. VCEM enables you to:
• Deploy new BladeSystem enclosures, server blades, and Virtual Connect (VC) Domains
• Perform fast and cost-effective server recovery
• Complete planned systems maintenance with minimal downtime
• Rapidly migrate and repurpose server blades to meet changing workload and application
priorities
Together, Virtual Connect and VCEM create a change-ready infrastructure that enables system
administrators to add, replace, and recover blade servers and their workloads across the data
center in minutes without impacting production networks. This flexible infrastructure also provides
the foundation for logical server deployment and orchestration delivered with HP Insight Dynamics
software.
Key features and benefits
VCEM delivers the following key features and benefits.
Key features
• Single intuitive console to manage up to 250 VC Domains. VCEM is designed to support up
to 1,000 BladeSystem enclosures and 16,000 servers when used with Virtual Connect Ethernet
multienclosure domains.
• Central repository administers a total of 256K media access control (MAC) addresses and
world wide names (WWNs) per VCEM console.
• Group-based management of multiple Virtual Connect domains using master configuration
profiles
• Scripted and manual movement of server connection profiles and associated workloads
between Virtual Connect Domains.
• Automated failover of server connection profiles and workloads to customer-defined spare
servers.
• Seamless integration with existing Virtual Connect infrastructures—discovers and aggregates
Virtual Connect resources into a central console.
• Licensed per c-Class enclosure—simplifies deployment and enables support for current and
future BladeSystem and Virtual Connect hardware.
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