HP Insight Management-Software - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................8
Key features and benefits...........................................................................................................8
Key features........................................................................................................................8
Key benefits........................................................................................................................8
What's new........................................................................................................................9
Platform support.......................................................................................................................9
Product licensing......................................................................................................................9
Architectural overview.............................................................................................................10
HP Virtual Connect technology............................................................................................10
Managing HP Virtual Connect..................................................................................................12
HP Virtual Connect Manager...............................................................................................12
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager................................................................................12
Understanding VCEM operations..............................................................................................12
2 Installing and configuring VCEM................................................................15
Preparing for a VCEM installation.............................................................................................15
Installation prerequisites..........................................................................................................15
VC firmware browser support..............................................................................................15
Mixed VC firmware versions and compatibility in a VC Domain Group ....................................16
Backward compatibility for VC firmware ..........................................................................16
Forward compatibility for VC firmware.............................................................................16
Selecting HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager ports ..........................................................16
Installing VCEM......................................................................................................................17
Updating VC firmware............................................................................................................18
Removing VCEM....................................................................................................................20
Performing post-installation configuration tasks............................................................................20
Post-installation configuration tasks.......................................................................................20
Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and versions...........................................................23
Installing VCEM in an HA-clustered CMS configuration in a Microsoft Cluster Server cluster..............23
3 Managing VC Domains............................................................................24
Requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group....................................................25
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..............................................................................................................29
VC 3.3x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with
VC firmware 3.15 – 3.18.....................................................................................................30
VC Domain tasks....................................................................................................................33
VCEM licensing......................................................................................................................33
Preparing to create a VC Domain Group...................................................................................34
Creating a VC Domain Group..................................................................................................34
Adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group............................................................................36
Removing a VC Domain from a VC Domain Group.....................................................................38
Working with multienclosure VC Domains..................................................................................40
VC Domain Maintenance........................................................................................................42
Replicating VC Domain Group configurations to other VC Domains during VC Domain
Maintenance.....................................................................................................................43
Performing VC Domain Maintenance....................................................................................46
Backing up and restoring domain configurations through VC Domain Maintenance....................47
Changes in VCM that might affect completing VC Domain Maintenance...................................48
Using VLAN capacity.........................................................................................................48
Working with HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem...............48
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