HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 7.1 Update 1 User Guide

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................8
Key features and benefits...........................................................................................................8
Key features........................................................................................................................8
Key benefits........................................................................................................................8
What's new........................................................................................................................9
Platform support.......................................................................................................................9
Product licensing......................................................................................................................9
Architectural overview.............................................................................................................10
HP Virtual Connect technology............................................................................................10
Managing HP Virtual Connect..................................................................................................12
HP Virtual Connect Manager...............................................................................................12
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager................................................................................12
Understanding VCEM operations..............................................................................................12
2 Installing and configuring VCEM................................................................16
Understanding VCEM and VC firmware version compatibility.......................................................16
Preparing for a VCEM installation.............................................................................................18
Installation prerequisites..........................................................................................................19
VC firmware browser support..............................................................................................19
Mixed VC firmware versions and compatibility in a VC Domain Group ....................................19
Backward compatibility for VC firmware ..........................................................................19
Forward compatibility for VC firmware.............................................................................20
Selecting HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager ports ..........................................................20
Installing VCEM......................................................................................................................21
Updating VC firmware............................................................................................................21
Updating to VC firmware 3.7x.............................................................................................23
Removing VCEM....................................................................................................................24
Performing post-installation configuration tasks............................................................................24
Post-installation configuration tasks.......................................................................................24
Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and versions...........................................................27
Installing VCEM in an HA-clustered CMS configuration in a Microsoft Cluster Server cluster..............27
3 Managing VC Domains............................................................................29
Requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group....................................................30
VC 3.7x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with
VC firmware 3.5x and 3.6x................................................................................................34
VC 3.7x, 3.6x and 3.5x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain
Group with VC firmware 3.3x..............................................................................................35
VC 3.5x feature that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with
VC firmware 3.3x..............................................................................................................35
VC Domain tasks....................................................................................................................36
VCEM licensing......................................................................................................................36
Preparing to create a VC Domain Group...................................................................................37
Creating a VC Domain Group..................................................................................................37
Adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group............................................................................39
Removing a VC Domain from a VC Domain Group.....................................................................41
Working with multienclosure VC Domains..................................................................................43
VC Domain Maintenance........................................................................................................45
Replicating VC Domain Group configurations to other VC Domains during VC Domain
Maintenance.....................................................................................................................47
Performing VC Domain Maintenance....................................................................................49
Backing up and restoring domain configurations through VC Domain Maintenance....................50
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