HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem - Manual (Page 6)

Contents 6
Maintenance and troubleshooting ............................................................................................... 276
Domain Status summary ......................................................................................................................... 276
Status icon definitions .................................................................................................................. 276
Domain Status screen ............................................................................................................................. 277
Module status definitions and causes ....................................................................................................... 278
Export support information ...................................................................................................................... 279
Reset Virtual Connect Manager ............................................................................................................... 279
Recovering remote enclosures ....................................................................................................... 280
Server profile troubleshooting ................................................................................................................. 280
Server blade power on and power off guidelines............................................................................. 281
Additional information ........................................................................................................................... 282
Appendix A: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions ...................................................................... 284
Understanding nPartitions ....................................................................................................................... 284
Assigning a VC profile to an nPar ........................................................................................................... 285
Mapping profile connections ......................................................................................................... 285
Reconfiguring nPars ............................................................................................................................... 285
Appendix B: Auto-deployment process ........................................................................................ 287
Overview of the auto deployment process ................................................................................................ 287
DHCP server configuration ............................................................................................................ 287
TFTP server ................................................................................................................................. 289
Importing the enclosure into the domain ................................................................................................... 290
Auto-deployment settings after enclosure import ............................................................................... 291
Starting a deployment operation ............................................................................................................. 291
Viewing deployment information, status, and logs ..................................................................................... 292
The deployment status .................................................................................................................. 293
The deployment log ..................................................................................................................... 295
The deployment configuration file .................................................................................................. 295
Configuration file output ............................................................................................................... 296
Manual TFTP settings ............................................................................................................................. 296
Stopping a deployment operation ............................................................................................................ 297
Subsequent deployments (redeployment scenarios) .................................................................................... 297
VC GUI auto-deployment status and settings ............................................................................................. 298
Deployment wait and retry states ............................................................................................................. 298
Waiting for DHCP ....................................................................................................................... 298
Waiting for TFTP ......................................................................................................................... 299
Failed to configure domain ........................................................................................................... 299
Triggering a restart of the deployment process ................................................................................ 299
Configuring file restrictions ..................................................................................................................... 299
TFTP logging and enablement ................................................................................................................. 300
Deployment files logged to the TFTP server ...................................................................................... 300
Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect ............................................................................... 301
Minimum requirements to support IPv6 ..................................................................................................... 301
IPv6 addresses in VC ............................................................................................................................. 301
Link Local Address ....................................................................................................................... 301
DHCPv6 address ......................................................................................................................... 302
EBIPAv6 address ......................................................................................................................... 302
Router advertisement-based addresses ............................................................................................ 302
Domain static addressing ............................................................................................................. 302
Enabling IPv6 support ............................................................................................................................ 303
New installation .......................................................................................................................... 303
Migrations .................................................................................................................................. 304