Software Owner's manual

Key benefits
• Centrally manage connectivity and workloads for hundreds of Virtual Connect Domains and
thousands of HP BladeSystem server blades.
• The VCEM address repository enables more efficient administration of data and storage
network assignments (MAC and WWN) and eliminates the risk of address conflicts
• Group-based management of Virtual Connect Domains increases infrastructure consistency,
simplifies system deployment and enables rapid change management across hundreds of HP
BladeSystem enclosures.
• Add, change, and failover servers and their workloads across the data center in minutes
without impacting production networks.
• Increase productivity and server-to-administrator ratios.
• Release LAN and SAN administrators from routine server-centric tasks.
• Scalable across small and large data centers.
What's new
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.3.1 with Virtual Connect 3.3x firmware adds new
features including:
• Storage Management Credentials that make it easy to configure iSCSI boot configurations in
server profiles.
• Added iSCSI Boot Assistant functionality in VCEM server profiles to simplify iSCSI boot
configurations.
• Port Throughput Statistics that ensure consistent telemetry settings for each VC domain group.
• Support for Network Access Groups in VCEM server profiles.
• Expanded VLAN capacity that allows VCEM to manage VC Domains with Expanded VLAN
capacity (Extended Mapped VLAN) enabled, including filters for searching networks/VLANs
in the VCEM Server Profile GUI.
NOTE: In VCEM 6.3.1, the network selection changes and network/VLAN filters are applied
only when creating or editing server profiles for VC Domain Groups with firmware mode 3.3x
or later.
• Changes to the VCEM VC Domain list screens to display VC Domain overall status
• Network Loop Protection that ensures consistent loop protection settings for each VC domain
group.
• Login Banner Configuration that ensures consistent settings, for example splash screen settings,
for each VC domain group.
• VCEM CLI maintenance and show status operations.
• Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) and Terminal access controller access
control system (TACACS).
• Support for VCEM 6.3.1 updates to existing 6.3 installations
In order to install VCEM 6.3.1 you must have version 6.3 installed on your system. VCEM is
delivered on Insight Software media 6.3, or both VCEM 6.3 and 6.3.1 can be downloaded
from: http://www.hp.com/go/vcem
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