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Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb, 24-port FC module or an HP VC 8 Gb
20-port FC module
Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 24-port FC module or an HP VC 8 GB FC module in a
VC Domain managed by VCEM requires performing several important steps in both VC Manager
and VCEM depending on the starting configuration.
To replace a VC FC module with a different type of module in a VCEM managed VC Domain:
1.
Click the VC Domains tab from the VCEM home page.
2.
Select the VC Domain containing the VC modules to be replaced.
3.
Click Remove from VC Domain Group. Wait for the job to complete successfully.
4.
Follow the steps described in the HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem User Guide at
for
your specific replacement scenario, The following replacement modules are examples of the
current replacement scenarios:
•
Replacing an HP 4Gb VC-FC Module, HP VC 4Gb FC Module, or HP 8Gb 20-Port FC
Module with an HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module
•
Replacing an HP 4Gb VC-FC Module or HP VC 4Gb FC Module with an HP VC 8Gb
20-Port FC Module.
•
Replacing an HP 8Gb 24-Port FC Module with an HP VC 8Gb 20 Port FC Module
IMPORTANT:
After installing the new VC FC modules, omit any VC steps to recreate FC
connections. You must use VCEM to recreate and reassign server profile connections.
5.
Click the VC Domains tab from the VCEM home page.
6.
Select the same VC Domain and click Add to VC Domain Group if there is an existing VC
Domain Group that meets the minimum requirements. Otherwise, click New VC Domain Group.
Wait for the job to complete successfully.
7.
Reassign the server profiles and then add the FC Connections to the profiles (if necessary).
Verify that the VC Domain meets the requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group.
For more information, see
“Requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group”
.
Upgrading or removing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 module or an HP Virtual
Connect FlexFabric module
Upgrading an enclosure to Flex-10 or FlexFabric support or removing Flex-10 support in a VCEM
managed VC Domain requires several steps in both VC Manager and VCEM, depending upon
the starting configuration.
To replace a VC Ethernet module with a different type of module in a VCEM managed VC Domain
and for configurations upgrading horizontally adjacent bay pairs hosting VC Manager (the
horizontal bays housing primary or backup modules), perform the following steps:
IMPORTANT:
These steps guarantee that current VC/VCEM managed identifiers such as MACs,
WWNs, and serial numbers, assigned to existing server profiles from the original VC Domain,
are preserved after the creation of the new VC Domain during the process of replacing the primary
or backup VC modules.
These steps require that you have a VC Domain Group that will temporarily hold the server profiles
while replacing the VC modules
1.
Click the Server Profiles tab from the VCEM home page.
2.
Select VC Domain in the first filter and select the VC Domain name (with the primary or backup
VC modules to be replaced) in the second filter.
Using FlexFabric modules
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