HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software - Manual (Page 36)

Figure 3-12 VC Domain Group with VC Domains that have different numbers of enclosures
A multienclosure domain can only be configured as follows:
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The enclosure must be a c7000 enclosure.
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Primary and secondary Virtual Connect Ethernet modules must be either the HP 1/10Gb-F Virtual
Connect Ethernet Module or the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module running VC firmware
2.1x or later.
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FC modules in every enclosure must match the model and disposition.
To manage multienclosure domains in VCEM you would proceed in the same way as with single enclosure
domains:
1. License all enclosures. For more information, see “Licensing an enclosure for VCEM” .
2. Provide credentials as needed.
3. Configure the VC Domain Group. For more information, see Creating a VC Domain Group .
VCEM supports multienclosure domains with a different number of enclosures in the same VC Domain Group.
For example, you can configure a group with two VC Domains if one VC Domain has two enclosures, and
the other VC Domain has four enclosures. You can perform this configuration provided that the base
configurations of both VC domains are equal.
IMPORTANT: When configuring the VC Domain, you must add the remote enclosures in the correct order.
Virtual Connect Manager tracks the order of the enclosures that are added. If you add the remote enclosures
and one VC Domain follows a different order than the others, VCEM fails to manage that VC Domain.
The VC module disposition between two VC Domains must match for them to be included in the same VC
Domain Group.
For more information, see the HP Virtual Connect Manager documentation.
VC Domain Maintenance
VC Domain Maintenance is a useful way to perform updates on a particular VC Domain without removing
it from a VC Domain Group, and apply the common domain, network and storage configuration changes
36 Managing VC Domains