HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................9
Key features and benefits...........................................................................................................9
Key features........................................................................................................................9
Key benefits........................................................................................................................9
What's new......................................................................................................................10
Platform support.....................................................................................................................10
Product licensing....................................................................................................................10
Architectural overview.............................................................................................................11
HP Virtual Connect technology............................................................................................11
Managing HP Virtual Connect..................................................................................................13
HP Virtual Connect Manager...............................................................................................13
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager................................................................................13
Understanding VCEM operations..............................................................................................13
2 Installing and configuring VCEM................................................................17
Understanding VCEM and VC firmware version compatibility.......................................................17
Preparing for a VCEM installation.............................................................................................19
Installation prerequisites..........................................................................................................20
VC firmware browser support..............................................................................................20
Mixed VC firmware versions and compatibility in a VC Domain Group ....................................20
Backward compatibility for VC firmware ..........................................................................20
Forward compatibility for VC firmware.............................................................................21
Selecting HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager ports ..........................................................21
Installing VCEM......................................................................................................................22
Updating VC firmware............................................................................................................22
Updating to VC firmware 3.7x or later..................................................................................24
Updating to VC firmware 4.1x.............................................................................................25
Removing VCEM....................................................................................................................25
Performing post-installation configuration tasks............................................................................25
Post-installation configuration tasks.......................................................................................25
Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and versions...........................................................28
Installing VCEM in an HA-clustered CMS configuration in a Microsoft Cluster Server cluster..............28
3 Managing VC Domains............................................................................30
Requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group....................................................31
VC 4.1x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with
VC firmware 4.0x..............................................................................................................35
VC 4.0x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with
VC firmware 3.7................................................................................................................36
VC 3.7x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with
VC firmware 3.5x and 3.6x................................................................................................40
VC 3.7x, 3.6x and 3.5x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain
Group with VC firmware 3.3x..............................................................................................41
VC 3.5x feature that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with
VC firmware 3.3x..............................................................................................................41
VC Domain tasks....................................................................................................................42
VCEM licensing......................................................................................................................42
Preparing to create a VC Domain Group...................................................................................43
Creating a VC Domain Group..................................................................................................43
Defining Roles-Based Access Control (RBAC)..............................................................................45
Adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group............................................................................50
Moving a VC Domain containing server profiles to a different VC Domain Group...........................51
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