HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.1 User Guide

Requirements for adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group
To add a configured VC Domain to a VC Domain Group, the following requirements must be met:
• The VC Domain must have the minimum number of enclosures required by the VC Domain Group. For
more information, see Working with multienclosure VC Domains.
• VC Domain names must not already exist in VCEM.
• Profile names must not already exist in VCEM.
• MAC or WWN addresses or serial numbers that are assigned to a profile must not be in use by VCEM
or in a VCEM exclusion list. If the MAC or WWN addresses or serial numbers are user-defined, then
you must define an address range in VCEM.
• If the VC Domain contains server profiles, the MAC addresses, WWNs, and the serial numbers allocated
must be compatible with the MAC, WWN, and serial number range types of the VC Domain Group:
• A VC Domain containing server profiles with factory-default addresses can be added to a VC
Domain Group with VCEM-defined range types, and user-defined range types. To add a VC
Domain to a VC Domain Group with factory-default range types, all profiles of the VC Domain
must be configured with factory-default addresses.
NOTE: Keep the following upgrade requirements in mind:
• After upgrading from VCEM 1.20 or 1.3x to VCEM 6.1, VC Domain Groups that were using
HP-predefined ranges for MAC and WWN addresses will start using VCEM-defined ranges
for new server profiles. VCEM 6.0 and later does not use HP-predefined ranges for MAC
and WWN addresses.
• If the VC Domain or VC Domain Group screen displays an incompatible firmware status after
upgrading from an older VCEM version, upgrade the VC firmware for the affected VC
Domains in order to make changes. See Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and
versions for more information.
• A VC Domain containing server profiles with addresses allocated as user-defined range type can
be added to a VC Domain Group with a user-defined or VCEM-predefined range type. A
user-defined (custom) MAC and WWN range that includes all addresses allocated to server profiles
within the VC Domain must be defined in VCEM before adding the domain to the VC Domain
Group.
• A VC Domain containing server profiles with addresses allocated as HP-predefined range type
can be added to a VC Domain Group with an VCEM-predefined or a user-defined range type.
• An unconfigured VC Domain without server profiles has no range type restrictions when adding
in a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group.
The following table summarizes MAC address, WWN address, and serial number range type compatibility
when adding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group.
VCEM-supportedMAC or WWN or serial number in VC
Domain Group
VC Domain has profiles with MAC or WWN
addresses or serial number allocated as
YesVCEM-defined or user-definedVCEM-defined
YesVCEM-defined or user-definedUser-defined
YesFactoryFactory (MAC address or WWN address)
YesVCEM-defined or user-definedFactory
YesVCEM-defined or user-definedVCEM-defined, HP-predefined, or
user-defined
NoFactoryVCEM-Defined, HP-predefined, or
user-defined
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