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HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software User Manual

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automatically to all other VC Domains that belong to the same VC Domain Group. VCEM accomplishes this
task by temporarily enabling domain, network, and storage changes through the local Virtual Connect
Manager for the selected domain.

Some of the useful domain-level operations enabled during VC Domain Maintenance include:

Upgrading firmware

Backing up VC Domain configuration

Administering local user accounts

Setting LDAP directory settings

Changing VC Domain configuration

Domain name


Static IP address

Setting SSH

Setting SSL Certificate

Resetting Virtual Connect Module (soft reset)

Monitoring network ports

Configuring networks

Configuring storage

Some of the useful network-level operations enabled during VC Domain Maintenance include:

Monitoring network ports

Changing network configurations

Some of the useful storage level operations enabled during VC Domain Maintenance include changing
storage configuration.

VCEM detects the presence of logical server managers or upper level managers. When performing selected
tasks, a prompt dialog message appears and explains the impact of performing that task from outside the
logical server manager or upper level manager. The following message appears:

IMPORTANT: VCEM has detected you may be using other products, such as HP Insight

Dynamics – VSE. While a VC Domain is in VC Domain Maintenance, the VC Domain

and any Server Profiles in the VC Domain will be unmanageable by this upper

level manager. Type YES to proceed with this operation.

To proceed, you must type YES, and then click OK. VCEM does not proceed if you cut and paste YES into
the field.

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Managing VC Domains