HP Virtual Connect Manager Command Line Interface for c-Class BladeSystem Version 4.01 User Guide

Configuring the Virtual Connect domain using the CLI 175
• You can remove connections at any time (one at a time, from the bottom).
• If the existing profile connections do not match the current FC/FCoE module configurations, the add
operation is not allowed.
• The current maximum number of per server profile FC/FCoE connections mapped to the same I/O bay
is four, unless you are using the HP Integrity BL890c i4 Server Blade.
o When FlexFabric modules exist in I/O bays 1 and 2, there can be an additional eight FCoE
connections that will get mapped to LOMs 3 and 4 on the blades in an Integrity BL890c i4 server.
The BL890c i4 server has CNA LOMs, which enable two FCoE connections to I/O bay 1 (from
LOMs 1 and 3) and two FCoE connections to I/O bay 2 (from LOMs 2 and 4).
The following table lists several scenarios that describe how adding FC/FCoE connections affects an existing
profile. The scenarios are true for FC module configurations and FC modules, as well as FCoE module
configurations and FCoE-capable modules.
Scenario Description
Existing profile
connections
Current FC module
configurations
Adding profile connections
1
Start with modules in Bays 3
and 4, create a profile, then
edit the profile and add
connections.
Port Connected to
1 Bay 3
2 Bay 4
— —
Bay 3 Bay 4
— —
— —
Port Connected to
1 Bay 3
2 Bay 4
3 Bay 3
4 Bay 4
Add connection, 2 times
2
Start with modules in Bays
3–6, create a profile, then
edit the profile and add
connections.
Port Connected to
1 Bay 3
2 Bay 4
3 Bay 5
4 Bay 6
— —
Bay 3 Bay 4
Bay 5 Bay 6
— —
Port Connected to
1 Bay 3
2 Bay 4
3 Bay 5
4 Bay 6
5 Bay 3
6 Bay 4
7 Bay 5
8 Bay 6
Add connection, 4 times
3
Start with modules in Bays 3
and 4, create a profile,
install modules into Bays 5
and 6, then edit the profile
and add connections.
Port Connected to
1 Bay 3
2 Bay 4
— —
Bay 3 Bay 4
Bay 5 Bay 6
— —
Port Connected to
1 Bay 3
2 Bay 4
3 Bay 5
4 Bay 6
Add connection, 2 times
4
Start with modules in Bays 3
and 4, create a profile (add
2 connections), install
modules into Bays 5 and 6,
then edit the profile.
Port Connected to
1 Bay 3
2 Bay 4
3 Bay 3
4 Bay 4
— —
Bay 3 Bay 4
Bay 5 Bay 6
— —
Add connection is disallowed
because the current FC module
configurations do not match
the existing connections in the
profile.
This profile is not useful after
the hot-plug install. To resolve
this issue, delete connections 3
and 4, save the profile, and
then scenario 3 applies.