Setup and Install

Installation 55

CAUTION: Replacing the primary/backup bay pair modules with modules of a different type

requires the creation of a new VC domain, creating the probability that VC managed identifiers

(MAC, WWN, and serial numbers) could be assigned to different server ports or slots from the

original VC domain.

The HP Virtual Connection Migration Guide technical white paper on the HP website

(http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03

885329) details a procedure for upgrading to newer Virtual Connect modules while maintaining

the same VC-managed identifiers.

1. Upgrade the VC domain firmware to the latest supported version. See "VC module supported firmware

(on page 9)".

2. Delete the domain.

3. Remove all network uplinks from the modules to be removed.

4. Remove the existing modules from both horizontally adjacent bays.

5. Install the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, FlexFabric, or Flex-10/10D modules.

6. Import one or more enclosures and create a new VC domain. If available, a user-created CLI script file

can accelerate VC domain recreation. However, be sure to verify the settings because VC-managed

identifiers, such as MAC, WWN, and serial numbers, might not match the original VC domain settings.

Replacing a Virtual Connect Ethernet module with an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, HP FlexFabric, or HP

Flex-10/10D module in a horizontally adjacent bay pair not hosting VC Manager

1. Upgrade the VC domain firmware to the latest supported version. See "VC module supported firmware

(on page 9)".

2. Save the configuration.

3. If any Flex-10 NICs with profile connections are connected to the interconnect bays being upgraded,

the profile connections must be removed. To remove a profile connection, unassign the profile

(recommended) or delete the connection from the profile.

4. Remove all network uplinks from the modules to be removed.

5. Remove the existing modules from both horizontally adjacent bays.

6. Ensure that the modules are removed from the Virtual Connect GUI. If the modules still appear on the

GUI, there are still profiles with connections to the modules or networks with uplinks on the modules. Do

not proceed until the modules are removed.

7. Install the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, FlexFabric, or Flex-10/10D modules.

8. Reassign the server profiles or add the connections to the profiles, depending on what was done in step

Replacing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, HP FlexFabric, or HP Flex-10/10D module with a Virtual Connect

Ethernet module in a horizontally adjacent bay pair hosting VC Manager (the horizontal bays housing

primary and/or backup modules)