HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software - Manual (Page 35)

The following figure illustrates a valid configuration of Ethernet and Fibre Channel Virtual Connect modules
in a VC Domain with multiple enclosures. The black lines linking the Ethernet modules illustrate the stacking
links.
VCEM supports VC Domain Groups containing VC Domains with multiple enclosures, and enables the VC
Domains to contain different numbers of enclosures, as long as each VC Domain contains the minimum
number of enclosures. The Ethernet uplinks define the minimum number of enclosures. The enclosure with a
defined Ethernet uplink port defines the minimum number of enclosures.
In this example, the minimum number of enclosures is two. The second enclosure is the last enclosure that
contains Ethernet uplink ports.
Figure 3-11 Valid configuration of Ethernet and Fibre Channel Virtual Connect modules
As in earlier versions of VCEM, all VC Domains within a VC Domain Group must have the same hardware
configuration. VCEM enables each enclosure within a VC Domain with multiple enclosures to have a different
Virtual Connect Ethernet module configuration, but it requires the same Virtual Connect Ethernet Module
configuration across the VC Domain Group members. The base enclosure of every VC Domain within one
VC Domain Group must have the same VC Ethernet module configuration. Similarly, every VC Domain that
has more than one enclosure must have the same VC Ethernet module configuration in the second enclosure.
The same rules apply to the third and fourth enclosures.
The following figure illustrates a VC Domain Group containing VC Domains with different numbers of
enclosures.
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