HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 7.3 Release Notes

• Removed incorrect popup encountered on Assign Server Profile to Bay page.
• Solved an operation error when trying to reassign profiles already assigned to another bay.
• Resolved network filters operation that would not clear the search criterion previously used on
server profile editor page.
• Corrected Authentication Method fields (CHAP/CHAPM) issues in the iSCSI Boot configuration
editor.
• Fixed behavior on VNet Mappings when the Force check box is selected in the server profile
editor.
Prerequisites
• VCEM 7.3 can be used to as a fresh install or to update existing installations of VCEM 7.2
and earlier. For more information, see the HP Insight Management Support Matrix and the
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide available at http://www.hp.com/go/
insightmanagement/docs. VCEM 7.3 can be downloaded at http://www.hp.com/go/vcem/.
• Hardware, firmware, and software requirements for this release are listed in the HP Insight
Management Support Matrix available in the Insight Management Information Library at
http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs.
• Installation and upgrade prerequisites are documented in the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise
Manager User Guide available in the Insight Management Information Library at http://
www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs.
• To download the latest Virtual Connect firmware, see the HP Virtual Connect Firmware &
Upgrades web page at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/
vc-compmatrix.html.
IMPORTANT: VCEM 7.3 requires that the HP Virtual Connect Manager and associated firmware
on all managed VC Domains must be version 3.3x or later. For more information about supported
Virtual Connect firmware, see the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide available
in the Insight Management Information Library at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/
docs.
Installation instructions
Installation instructions are documented in the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide
available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/docs.
Mixed VC firmware versions and compatibility in a VC Domain Group
VCEM enables firmware compatibility using current and future versions of VC firmware. This feature
provides both backward and forward VC firmware compatibility.
Backward compatibility for VC firmware
You can install VCEM 7.3 and run the latest VC firmware in a VC Domain Group that has an
earlier but supported firmware mode.
IMPORTANT: The minimum supported firmware version in VCEM 7.3 is VC firmware 3.3x. If
you are upgrading from an earlier VCEM version managing VC Domains that have a VC firmware
version older than 3.3x, VCEM will mark those VC Domains and VC Domain Groups with an
incompatible firmware status.
You must upgrade the VC Domain firmware and the VC Domain Group firmware mode to 3.3x
or later before you can manage those VC Domains and VC Domain Groups with VCEM 7.3.
Table 1 displays VC Domain Group firmware compatibility. For more compatibility behavior
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