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HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Software User Manual

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A server profile defines connections for a blade server. Server profiles can include the following information:

Profile name

Logical serial number and logical UUID

Ethernet network connections and PXE settings

MAC addresses

Fibre Channel fabric connections

WWN addresses

Server boot configuration

BIOS settings

Newer VC Domain versions provide a broader configuration set in the server profile. The following table
lists the features that are configurable depending on the VC Domain versions.

Virtual Connect 2.1x

Virtual Connect 2.3x

Virtual Connect 3.0x

Feature

Server VLAN tagging

Add/Remove Fibre Channel
SAN connections

Integrity blade support (EFI
partition data)

Ethernet connection port speed
configuration

Double-density blade support

Enhanced SNMP configuration

Multienclosure VC Domain

Assign profiles to multi-blade
servers BL850 I2, BL870 I2,
BL890 I2 in c7000 and c3000
enclosures

Add up to 128 Ethernet
connections

Add extended FC connections
for multi-blade systems

From the managing profiles screen, you can perform the following tasks:

Create a profile

Delete one or more profiles

Edit a profile

Assign a profile

Unassign a profile

Copy a profile to a bay

Move a profile

View network and Fibre Channel information for a profile

Perform a VC Profile Failover operation

NOTE:

If the server profile has Flex-10 connections enabled, and server blade NICs (onboard or mezzanine

card) are connected to HP 10/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet Module, Virtual Connect requires you to

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