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Mapping to BL870c i4
ports
Mapping to BL860c i4
ports
VCM assigned MAC
addressAssigned networkProfile entry
Auxiliary LOM2–aMonarch LOM4–a00-17-A4-77-90-16LAN-44
Monarch LOM3–aMonarch LOM1–b00-17-A4-77-90-18LAN-55
Auxiliary LOM3–aMonarch LOM2–b00-17-A4-77-90-1ALAN-66
Monarch LOM4–aMonarch LOM3–b00-17-A4-77-90-1CLAN-77
Auxiliary LOM4–aMonarch LOM4–b00-17-A4-77-90-1ELAN-88
If it is important that each of the networks be mapped to the same ports on the Monarch blade
after the upgrade, then the profile will need to be edited to add seven Ethernet connection entries,
and then the entries must be edited to obtain the desired network connections aligned with the
ports on the Monarch blade. The resulting set of Ethernet connection entries in the profile would
be as follows.
Mapping to BL870c i4 portsVCM assigned MAC addressAssigned networkProfile entry
Monarch LOM1–a00-17-A4-77-90-10LAN-11
Auxiliary LOM1–a00-17-A4-77-90-12unassigned2
Monarch LOM2–a00-17-A4-77-90-14LAN-23
Auxiliary LOM2–a00-17-A4-77-90-16unassigned4
Monarch LOM3–a00-17-A4-77-90-18LAN-35
Auxiliary LOM3–a00-17-A4-77-90-1Aunassigned6
Monarch LOM4–a00-17-A4-77-90-1CLAN-47
Auxiliary LOM4–a00-17-A4-77-90-1Eunassigned8
Monarch LOM1–b00-17-A4-77-90-20LAN-59
Auxiliary LOM1–b00-17-A4-77-90-22unassigned10
Monarch LOM2–b00-17-A4-77-90-24LAN-611
Auxiliary LOM2–b00-17-A4-77-90-26unassigned12
Monarch LOM3–b00-17-A4-77-90-28LAN-713
Auxiliary LOM3–b00-17-A4-77-90-2Aunassigned14
Monarch LOM4–b00-17-A4-77-90-2CLAN-815
NOTE: While the network mapping has been adjusted to preserve the original mapping of
networks to ports, it is not possible to adjust the MAC address assignment to preserve the same
mapping of MAC addresses to ports. If your OS is HP-UX, see the section “Preserving VC-assigned
MAC addresses in HP-UX by enabling Portable Image” (page 75) for a method which can be used
to preserve VC-assigned MAC addresses.
Preserving VC-assigned MAC addresses in HP-UX by enabling Portable Image
If your OS is HP-UX where the VC server profile does not use the hardware default MAC addresses
and it is important that Ethernet connections configured in the OS retain their VC-assigned MAC
addresses, then there is a package called “Portable Image” (PI) which can be used. The HP-UX
Portable Image product is installed and enabled on the blade server before the upgrade. After the
upgrade, PI will automatically modify the HP-UX network instance numbers of the new hardware
environment so that they match the pre-upgrade environment. This takes advantage of the VCM
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