Software Owner's manual

Adding or removing remote enclosures from a multienclosure domain in VC Domain
Maintenance.....................................................................................................................56
Canceling a VC Domain Maintenance task................................................................................57
Resynchronizing a VC Domain with Configuration Mismatch........................................................57
Using FlexFabric modules........................................................................................................58
Adding FlexFabric modules to an existing VCEM managed VC Domain....................................58
Replacing VC Ethernet modules in interconnect bays one or two with FlexFabric modules in an
existing VCEM managed VC Domain...................................................................................58
Replacing VC Ethernet in interconnect bays three to eight with FlexFabric in an existing VCEM
managed VC Domain........................................................................................................59
Replacing FC modules with FlexFabric modules in an existing VCEM managed VC Domain.........60
Replacing VC Ethernet and FC modules with FlexFabric modules in an existing VCEM managed
VC Domain.......................................................................................................................60
4 Managing VC Domain groups...................................................................62
Creating a VC Domain Group..................................................................................................63
Maintaining a VC Domain from the VC Domain Groups page .....................................................65
Canceling a VC Domain Group maintenance task......................................................................66
Upgrading VC Domain Group firmware mode............................................................................66
Deleting a VC Domain Group..................................................................................................67
Adding or removing VC modules to VC Domain Group configuration............................................68
Moving Ethernet networks (VLANs tagged) from one shared uplink to another................................69
Correlating VCEM operations in Systems Insight Manager and Virtual Connect logs........................69
5 Managing server profiles...........................................................................71
Creating a server profile..........................................................................................................74
Configuring the target boot LUN...............................................................................................80
Configuring multiple networks .................................................................................................80
Configuring Network Port Speed..............................................................................................83
Deleting a server profile..........................................................................................................84
Editing a server profile............................................................................................................84
Assigning a server profile........................................................................................................85
Unassigning a server profile.....................................................................................................86
Copying a server profile..........................................................................................................86
Moving a server profile...........................................................................................................87
Exporting a server profile.........................................................................................................87
Performing a VC Server Profile Failover......................................................................................92
Preconditions for VC Server Profile Failover...........................................................................93
Using spare bays...............................................................................................................93
Initiating VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM CLI.......................................................93
Initiating VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM GUI.....................................................94
Initiating VC Server Profile Failover using Systems Insight Manager Automatic Event Handling......94
6 Managing enclosure bay assignments.........................................................95
Powering down a bay.............................................................................................................97
Assigning a server profile to a bay...........................................................................................98
Unassigning a server profile from a bay....................................................................................98
Designating spare bays...........................................................................................................99
Performing a Server Profile Failover...........................................................................................99
7 Managing MAC and WWN addresses.....................................................100
MAC Addresses...................................................................................................................100
Tracking individual MAC addresses........................................................................................100
Creating MAC exclusion ranges.............................................................................................101
Deleting MAC exclusion ranges..............................................................................................101
Reclaiming external MAC addresses.......................................................................................102
Adding a custom MAC address range.....................................................................................102
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