HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Version 2.30 User Guide

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• If the number of Fibre Channel connections in the profile is more than the number of physical Fibre
Channel HBA ports, the profile is assigned, but a warning message appears.
IMPORTANT: When used with Virtual Connect, the HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade does
not support configuration of Fibre Channel boot parameters or PXE settings. Other Virtual
Connect server profile settings are configured properly when the appropriate BL860c
firmware is used.
Server blade power on and power off guidelines
Certain server profile changes require the server blade in the device bay to be powered off before the
change can be made. HP recommends that administrators power off servers with the server console
before attempting such operations within the Virtual Connect Manager. The Virtual Connect Manager also
provides an opportunity to power off the server blade before such operations.
If any changes are made that require modifications to the server, the server blade must be powered off.
Network or Fabric changes do not require the server blade to be powered off. Server side settings include
the following:
• Assigning a VC- or user-defined MAC address
• Changing the PXE setting
• Assigning a VC-defined WWN
• Changing the Fibre Channel boot parameters
IMPORTANT: For Virtual Connect v2.1x, the server blade must be powered off for all profile
changes if a Flex-10 NIC is installed in the server, and the server is connected to an HP
Virtual Connect Flex-10 Module or to an empty bay.
If any of the listed settings are changing, the server must be powered off before the profile action can
occur. If the server blade is not powered off, a message appears and no changes are made. In this case,
power off the server blade and repeat the action.
When server side settings are changing, the following operations require that server blades be powered
off:
• Assigning a profile to a server blade already installed in a device bay
• Deleting a profile, moving a profile to a different device bay, or unassigning a profile from the
existing bay
• Making modifications to a profile that affect settings on the server blade; for example, PXE
enable/disable, changing the number of connections, or changing Fibre Channel boot parameters
• When assigning a VC-Assigned serial number (logical)
The following operations do not require the server blade to be powered off:
• Changing the network connected to an already defined Ethernet port
• Changing the Fabric connected to a Fibre Channel port
• Changing the speed of a Fibre Channel port
• Assigning or unassigning server profiles, if server factory defaults are used for MAC addresses and
WWNs, and BIOS Fibre Channel boot settings are used
Flex-10 connection changes that require power off