HP Virtual Connect Version 3.00 Release Notes for HP Integrity BL8x0c i2 Series Server Blades

Hardware and firmware requirements 6
For more information on required firmware versions and to download firmware upgrades, see the HP
website (
http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates).
Version 3.00 of HP Virtual Connect Manager checks the server ROM image version and displays an
incompatible state only for server blades that have a VC Server Profile assigned and are using
incompatible server ROM versions. Version checking of mezzanine card firmware is not available, so be
sure to verify that the mezzanine card firmware is up-to-date.
Server blades and mezzanine cards that do not meet the required firmware versions do not accept Virtual
Connect-assigned parameters such as MACs and WWNs properly, and therefore maintain factory
defaults. However, these server blades do have the Ethernet network and Fibre Channel fabric
connectivity specified in their Virtual Connect server profiles. This connectivity enables the use of network-
based firmware update tools for server blade and mezzanine firmware updates.
Important notes
• QLogic QMH2562 8Gb FC HBA and HP Emulex LPe 1205 8Gb FC HBA are supported with G6 or
later servers only.
• To operate with HP VC 8Gb 20-Port FC modules, all HP Emulex LPe 1205 8Gb FC HBAs that are
revision A (identified by label EDC A-4904) must perform a CFL region 19 flash update. Go to the
LPe1205 product page on the HP website (
http://www.hp.com) for download and installation
instructions.
• Although the GUI allows the selection of SNMP v2 traps, the VC 4Gb FC module and VC 8Gb 20-
Port FC module default to v1 traps.
• Configuring more than one FC trap destination with the same IP trap destination address results in
only one entry with the community string being the latter of the duplicated trap entries. The other
community strings in the duplicate traps are not used to send traps.
• Changes in the server RBSU can override Virtual Connect server profile settings for PXE (enabled or
disabled). If a change is made in RBSU, that change is not reflected in Virtual Connect Manager. If
PXE is set through RBSU, HP recommends using the "Use BIOS" setting.
• If you restore a configuration, make sure all the servers are powered off. Otherwise, the server
profile can result in a "Profile Pending" state. To recover the profile, power cycle the server.
• Although 320 VLANs can be supported within each module, the overall number of VLANs within the
VC Domain is also restricted due to performance limitations of the VC Manager during module
restore or recovery. The limits are defined based on usage scenarios.
• Virtual Connect v2.3x does not support connecting FlexNICs with any non-VC device, such as an
Ethernet Pass Through Interconnect Module or ProCurve 6120xg Interconnect Module. Each
mezzanine slot in a c-Class server blade is mapped to a pair of interconnect bays. If a mezzanine
slot has a FlexNIC installed, the mapped interconnect bays cannot have a non-VC device installed.
• New GUI Components
VCM graphical user interface introduces a new visual component in 3.00. Data grids add simplicity
and pleasant tone by accessing available operations through right-click context menu. To add,
delete, or edit a row (e.g connection, profile), select the row and right click to access the context
menu.
Some properties displayed in a data grid are editable. There is an editable indicator available to
provide feedback to the user on what items are available for edit inside a data grid. The editable
indicator underlines a property on user mouse over. If the property is underlined on mouse over, that
property can be edit by left-clicking on it.