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• Confirms that the target VC Domain Group that the server profile will be exported to has
a status of Configuration in synch. VC Domain Groups with other statuses such as the
following list cannot receive exported server profiles:
◦ Under maintenance
◦ Incompatible firmware
• Ensures that the target VC Domain Group virtual MAC, WWN and Serial Number range
types are compatible with addresses allocated in the selected server profile. See
Table 4 (page 25)) for more information.
If any of the Step 2 conditions are not attained, the prevalidation window (Export profile
prevalidation table (page 88)) displays an error for this step.
3. Feature compatibility validations—The target VC Domain Group must be able to support all
the connections and features defined by the selected server profile. VCEM performs the
following validations in this step:
• Ensures that the target VC Domain Group firmware mode supports iSCSI if the server
profile contains iSCSI connections
• Ensures that the target VC Domain Group supports FC connections if the server profile
contains them.
• Confirms that the target VC Domain Group firmware mode supports FCoE if the server
profile contains FCoE connections.
If any Step 3 condition is not attained, the prevalidation window (Export profile prevalidation
table (page 88)) displays an error status for this step.
4. Feature Validations related to Network—VCEM performs the following validations related to
the Ethernet connections data exportation:
• Confirms that the target VC Domain Group supports server profiles with Ethernet
connections defined as Multiple Networks. If the server profile has defined an Ethernet
connection using Multiple Networks, then the target VC Domain Group firmware mode
must support the server VLAN mapping feature, otherwise Step 4 displays an error status
in the prevalidation window (Export profile prevalidation table (page 88)).
• Ensures that the Ethernet networks used in the selected server profile exist in the target
VC Domain Group. If any network in use does not exist in the target VC Domain Group,
VCEM automatically removes the reference to the network from the server profile in order
to allow it to be exported to the target VC Domain Group. Network names used by the
server profile Ethernet or iSCSI connections should match the network names defined in
the target VC Domain Group. Otherwise, the network name will be disassociated from
the specific server profile connection (Ethernet or iSCSI) and Step 4 displays a configuration
status in the prevalidation window (Export profile prevalidation table (page 88)). In this
case after the export server profile operation is completed , you must edit the server profile
in the target VC Domain Group and assign an existing network to the Ethernet or iSCSI
connection so that the server profile network connectivity continues to work properly.
• Confirms that the network port speed defined in the server profile is less than or equal to
the maximum port speed defined for the target VC Domain Group network, otherwise
Step 4 displays an error status in the prevalidation window.
• Ensures that all VLAN network names for the Ethernet connections defined as multiple
connections exist in the target VC Domain Group. VLAN network names used by a server
profile connection that is defined as Multiple Networks must match the network names
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