HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Version 4.01 User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Version 4.01 User Guide
- Abstract
- Notice
- Contents
- Introduction
- HP Virtual Connect Manager
- Virtual Connect domains
- Understanding Virtual Connect domains
- Managing domains
- Managing SNMP
- Viewing the system log
- Managing SSL configuration
- HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
- Virtual Connect users and roles
- Understanding VC administrative roles
- Managing users
- Local Users screen
- Configuring LDAP, RADIUS, and TACACS+
- Minimum requirements
- LDAP Server Settings (LDAP Server) screen
- LDAP Server Settings (LDAP Groups) screen
- LDAP Server Settings (LDAP Certificate) screen
- RADIUS Settings (RADIUS Server) screen
- RADIUS Settings (RADIUS Groups) screen
- TACACS+ Settings screen
- Role Management (Role Authentication Order) screen
- Role Management (Role Operations) screen
- Virtual Connect networks
- Understanding networks and shared uplink sets
- Managing networks
- Network Access Groups screen
- Define Network Access Group screen
- Ethernet Settings (Port Monitoring) screen
- Ethernet Settings (Advanced Settings) screen
- Quality of Service
- IGMP Settings (IGMP Configuration) screen
- IGMP Settings (Multicast Filter Set) screen
- Define Ethernet Network screen
- Ethernet Networks (External Connections) screen
- Ethernet Networks (Server Connections) screen
- Managing shared uplink sets
- Virtual Connect fabrics
- Virtual Connect server profiles
- Understanding server profiles
- Managing MAC, WWN, and server virtual ID settings
- Managing server profiles
- Define Server Profile screen
- Creating FCoE HBA connections for a BL890c i4
- Limited Ethernet connections when using HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D modules
- Creating iSCSI connections
- Flex-10 iSCSI connections
- Define Server Profile screen (multiple enclosures)
- Multiple network connections for a server port
- Defining server VLAN mappings
- Fibre Channel boot parameters
- Server Profiles screen
- Edit Server Profile screen
- Assigning a server profile with FCoE connections to an HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade
- Unassigning a server profile with FCoE connections to an HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade and deleting the SAN fabric
- General requirements for adding FC or FCoE connections
- Define Server Profile screen
- Virtual Connect and Insight Control Server Deployment
- Virtual Connect modules
- Firmware updates
- Stacking Links screen
- Throughput Statistics screen
- Enclosure Information screen
- Enclosure Status screen
- Interconnect Bays Status and Summary screen
- Causes for INCOMPATIBLE status
- Ethernet Bay Summary (General Information) screen
- Ethernet Bay Summary (Uplink Port Information) screen
- Ethernet Bay Summary (Server Port Information) screen
- Ethernet Bay Summary (MAC Address Table) screen
- Ethernet Bay Summary (IGMP Multicast Groups) screen
- Ethernet Bay Summary (Name Server) screen
- Ethernet Port Detailed Statistics screen
- FC Port Detailed Statistics screen
- FC Bay Summary screen
- Interconnect Bay Overall Status icon definitions
- Interconnect Bay OA Reported Status icon definitions
- Interconnect Bay VC Status icon definitions
- Interconnect Bay OA Communication Status icon definitions
- Server Bays Summary screen
- Server Bay Status screen
- Port status conditions
- Interconnect module removal and replacement
- Virtual Connect modules
- Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port FC Module
- Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-Port FC Module
- Upgrading or removing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric, or HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D module
- Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module from a VC-FC module
- Onboard Administrator modules
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
- Appendix: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions
- Support and other resources
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Documentation feedback
- Index
Virtual Connect fabrics 143
contrast to the FabricAttach server port information status, which shows the server port logged in through the
uplink port. When creating DirectAttach VC SAN fabrics, consider the following:
• The DirectAttach fabric is only supported with the HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module when it is
connected to one or more supported HP 3PAR storage systems.
o The minimum required version of HP Virtual Connect firmware is v3.70.
o The supported storage systems are the HP 3PAR P10000 V400/800, T400/800, StoreServ 7000,
and F200/400.
o The minimum required version of HP 3PAR InForm OS is v3.1.1 MU1.
The following storage systems are not supported: HP MSA/EVA/XP storage systems, HP StoreOnce
Backup appliance, HP LeftHand Storage systems, HP Tape and Virtual Tape Libraries, and any
third-party storage solution.
• To perform a server profile migration of a SAN-booted server between enclosures directly attached to
a 3PAR storage system in the VC multi-enclosure environment, you must perform some manual steps. For
more information, see "Bay groups (on page 147)."
• The implicit zoning between the FC initiator WWN and the WWN of the HP 3PAR target port is
automatically configured based on the VC SAN fabric and the server profile definitions. This
configuration restricts FC initiators connected to a given DirectAttach fabric to access only the storage
devices attached to uplinks of that DirectAttach fabric. Server-to-server and storage device-to-storage
device visibility is prevented within DirectAttach VC SAN fabrics.
The HP 3PAR PeerMotion, a non-disruptive data migration from any-to-any HP 3PAR Storage Array, is
not supported at this time with DirectAttach fabrics. Until support is added, PeerMotion requires an
external SAN fabric for array-to-array communication.
The HP 3PAR Data Replication services provide real-time replication and disaster recovery technology
that provides protection and sharing of data. Remote replication is delivered using either Remote Copy
over IP (RCIP) or Remote Copy over Fibre Channel (RCFC). RCIP is the recommended method for
DirectAttach configurations as it does not require a SAN fabric for array-to-array communication.