HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software - Manual (Page 53)

3. Perform the following steps for each VC Domain that uses HP-predefined or user-defined ranges
that you want to remove from the VC Domain Group.
NOTE: Factory-default MAC, WWN, and serial number ranges are released to VCM as
factory-default.
If factory-default MAC or WWN addresses or serial numbers are not being used, you must
specify address ranges for each removed VC Domain. These address ranges must be unique
to avoid assignment of duplicate addresses.
NOTE: It is only necessary to record each selected MAC and WWN address range when
specifying a subset of a user-defined range also in use by VCEM. Since VCEM 1.40, VCEM
uses a proprietary 128k range so specifying HP pre-defined ranges when releasing VC
Domains does not require recording HP pre-defined ranges as exclusion ranges.
VCEM manages a proprietary serial number range so you do not need to define an external
range for the serial number.
The selected HP-predefined ranges are identified as user-defined ranges by VCM after the VC
Domain is removed from VCEM.
a.
Enter the MAC address range. To use an HP-predefined MAC range, from the MAC
Range section, select Use HP Pre-Defined range and then select a range from the list. You
can also clear Use HP Pre-Defined range and then enter the start and end addresses for
the MAC range. The MAC address range is NN-NN-NN-NN-NN-NN, where N is a
hexadecimal digit (0-F) and cannot exceed 12 characters. The VC Domain configuration
applies this MAC address range after the VC Domain is removed from VCEM control.
b. Enter the WWN address range. To use an HP-predefined WWN range, from the WWN
Range section, select Use HP Pre-Defined range and then select a range from the list. You
can also clear Use HP Pre-Defined range and then enter the start and end addresses for
the WWN range. The WWN address range is NN:NN:NN:NN:NN:NN:NN:NN where
N is a hexadecimal digit (0-F) and cannot exceed 16 characters. The VC Domain
configuration applies this WWN address range after the VC Domain is removed from
VCEM control.
c. Enter the serial number range. To use an HP-predefined Serial Number range, from the
Serial Number Range section, select Use HP Pre-Defined range and then select a range
from the list. You can also clear Use HP Pre-Defined range and then enter the start and
end values for the serial number range. The serial number range is VXC01NNNNN for
user-defined or VCXNNNNNNN for HP-predefined, where N is a hexadecimal digit
(0-F) and cannot exceed 10 characters. The VC Domain configuration applies this serial
number address range after the VC Domain is removed from VCEM control.
4. Click OK.
The message Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is executing the request
appears.
5. Click OK to go to the Jobs page and monitor job progress.
Working with multienclosure VC Domains
VCEM supports multienclosure VC Domains. A multienclosure VC Domain is a VC Domain with
one local enclosure and up to three remote enclosures. VCEM supports VC Domains with up to
four BladeSystem c7000 enclosures.
Within each enclosure of a multienclosure domain, the VC Ethernet Modules must follow the same
configuration rules as VC Domains with single enclosures. However, each enclosure within the VC
Domain might have a different configuration of Ethernet modules. Stacking links must enable
Ethernet packets to reach all Ethernet modules within the VC Domain. All enclosures in a
multienclosure VC Domain must have the same Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Module configuration.
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