HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Setup and Installation Guide

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Contents
Documentation resources ............................................................................................................... 6
Virtual Connect documentation ...................................................................................................................... 6
Planning the installation ................................................................................................................. 7
Virtual Connect overview .............................................................................................................................. 7
Using multiple enclosures .................................................................................................................... 8
Pre-deployment planning ............................................................................................................................... 8
Hardware setup overview ........................................................................................................................... 10
Default module configuration ............................................................................................................. 11
Virtual Connect Manager setup overview ...................................................................................................... 11
Installation ................................................................................................................................. 13
Firmware requirements................................................................................................................................ 13
Installation guidelines ................................................................................................................................. 13
Supported configurations .................................................................................................................. 14
Bay configuration guidelines ............................................................................................................. 17
HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Module guidelines .................................................................................... 19
HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module guidelines .......................................................... 20
Multiple enclosure guidelines ............................................................................................................. 20
Virtual Connect and EBIPA ................................................................................................................ 21
Recommended stacking connections ............................................................................................................. 21
Network loop protection ................................................................................................................... 24
Connecting multiple enclosures .................................................................................................................... 25
FC and FlexFabric bay configuration using multiple enclosures ............................................................. 27
Directly connecting VC domains .................................................................................................................. 29
Installing a VC-Enet module ......................................................................................................................... 30
Installing the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Module ....................................................................................... 33
Installing a VC-FC module ........................................................................................................................... 35
Installing SFP/SFP+/XFP transceivers ............................................................................................................ 37
Removing SFP/SFP+/XFP transceivers .......................................................................................................... 38
Factory default settings ............................................................................................................................... 38
Connecting Virtual Connect Ethernet module uplinks ...................................................................................... 39
Configuration example using a Cisco Core switch ............................................................................... 42
Failover and check-pointing ......................................................................................................................... 44
Interconnect module removal and replacement .............................................................................................. 45
Virtual Connect modules ................................................................................................................... 45
Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port FC Module............................................................... 46
Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-Port FC Module............................................................... 46
Upgrading or removing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 module or HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module .. 47
Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module from a VC-FC module ....................................... 49
Onboard Administrator modules ........................................................................................................ 49
HP Virtual Connect Manager........................................................................................................ 50
Configuring browser support ....................................................................................................................... 50
Virtual Connect and Insight Control Server Deployment .................................................................................. 51
Accessing HP Virtual Connect Manager ....................................................................................................... 51
Command Line Interface overview...................................................................................................... 52