HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.1 User Guide

Upgrade to a supported VC firmware by performing the following steps:
1. Select the VC domain with an incompatible status and click VC Domain Maintenance.
2. Upgrade the managed VC Domains to the minimum VCEM 6.1 supported VC firmware version. See
the HP Insight Software Support Matrix for the VCEM supported VC firmware versions.
3. Click Complete VC Domain Maintenance to close the operation.
4. Upgrade the VC Domain Group firmware mode to the minimum VCEM supported VC firmware.
VCEM home page
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager uses a dedicated graphical user interface to access and control Virtual
Connect operations, which includes the following core tasks:
• Discovers and imports existing VC Domains without system downtime.
• Assigns and administers connection addresses for LANs (MAC) and SANs (WWN) from a centrally
address repository.
• Creates VC Domain Groups.
• Assigns and unassigns VC Domains to VC Domain Groups.
• Defines server profiles and links to available LAN and SAN network resources.
• Assigns server profiles to BladeSystem enclosures, enclosure bays, and VC Domain Groups.
• Changes, moves , or automatically fails over server profiles to spare servers.
• Rapidly installs new bare-metal HP BladeSystem enclosures by assigning to a VC Domain Group.
The following screenshot shows the VCEM home page.
Figure 2-1 VCEM home page
24 Installing and configuring VCEM