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Table 15 Group icons and status
DescriptionIconStatus
All VC Domains that belong to this VC
Domain Group share the same domain
configuration
Configuration in synch
VC Domain is unlocked for domain,
network, and storage changes through
Under maintenance
the VCM. After completing the domain,
network and storage changes, you must
confirm the new VC Domain
configuration in VCEM. VCEM
operations related to this VC domain
or to VC Domain Group, such as create
server profile, move server profile,
server profile failover, and so on, are
blocked while the VC Domain is under
maintenance.
This status is displayed after a VCEM
upgrade and indicates that an
Incompatible firmware
incompatible firmware mode and
version was detected. Only the
following VCEM VC domain operations
are permitted for resources with an
incompatible status:
• Remove VC Domain from Group
• Delete VC Domain Group
• Perform VC Domain Maintenance
• Upgrade VC Domain Group
firmware mode
To display the properties for a particular VC Domain Group, such as status, MAC range type,
WWN range type, domain names, and server profiles, click the group name.
From the VC Domain Groups page, you can perform the following actions:
• Create a VC Domain Group
• Maintaining a VC Domain
• Cancel VC Domain Maintenance task
• Upgrade firmware mode
• Delete a VC Domain Group
Creating a VC Domain Group
IMPORTANT: This VCEM operation does not provide a reference to the VC Domain from Systems
Insight Manager. To access this reference, you must correlate the Systems Insight Manager and
the VC logs. For more information, see “Correlating VCEM operations in Systems Insight Manager
and VC logs” (page 95).
To manage multienclosure VC Domains in VCEM, you must perform the following steps before you
create a VC Domain Group or add a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group:
1. Log in to VCM.
2. Find and import a local enclosure, and then select the appropriate Double-dense option.
3. Skip the Network and Fibre Channel configuration wizards, and then navigate directly to the
VC Domain user interface.
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