HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 7.2 Release Notes

Description

HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) version 7.2 centralizes network connection

management and workload mobility for HP BladeSystem servers that use Virtual Connect (VC) to

access local area networks (LANs), storage area networks (SANs), and converged network

environments. VCEM helps organizations increase productivity, respond faster to workload and

infrastructure changes, and reduce operating costs.

Update recommendation

HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager version 7.2 includes new enhancements and features.

Updating to HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager version 7.2 is recommended.

Supersedes

HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager version 7.2 supersedes HP Virtual Connect Enterprise

Manager version 7.1.1.

Operating systems and devices

Supported operating systems and devices are listed in the HP Insight Management Support Matrix

available in the Insight Management Information Library at http://www.hp.com/go/

insightmanagement/docs.

Enhancements

HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager version 7.2 adds new features including:

• Support for VC 4.0x

• Enhanced VC Domain details display

• Display VC Domain QoS settings

• Display customized VCM operation permissions

• Display VC Domain LACP timer setting

• Multicast filter support

• Optimized bandwidth support

• FCoE Dual Hop support

NOTE: Keep in mind that additional VC features other than those listed above might not be

validated or replicated by VCEM. For more information, see the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise

Manager User Guide available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs

Fixes

The primary objective of this release is to support the latest HP hardware platforms, support the

latest revisions of already supported operating systems and hypervisors, and to fix software issues.

This release offers improvements in the following areas:

• Resolved the VCEM GUI error when removing networks from server profiles with multiple

networks.

• Enhanced the server profile page to display the module uplink port information in the connection

port mapping column of the edit server profile screen.

• Resolved the VCEM GUI error when creating or editing a server profile and the option "Force

server connections to use the same VLAN mappings as shared uplink sets" is checked on

Virtual Connect Manager (VCM).