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 server profiles 163
For more information, see "iSCSI and FCoE port assignments (on page 169)" and "Creating FCoE HBA
connections for a BL890c i4 (on page 186)."
• FC profile connection entries are mapped to blades such that all of the FC HBAs on the first blade are
mapped first, then the HBAs on the second blade, and so on. When a profile is first created, it will have
enough FC profile connections for the HBAs on one blade. The maximum number of FC connections
allowed is 4 times the original number of entries.
Rare situations exist where VCM is not able to retrieve information about all of the blades in a multi-blade
server (such as certain hardware failures that keep a blade from being in a normal state prior to applying
power). In such cases, VCM displays the Major error status icon. Where text is shown with the icon, the text
is “Missing Data”. This indicates a serious problem with the multi-blade server that needs to be fixed. VCM
cannot properly map profile connections to a server when it is in this state.
Integrity servers do not support iSCSI.
For more information, see "Appendix: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions (on page 277)."
Flex-10 overview
Flex-10 technology is exclusive to Virtual Connect environments. When Flex-10-enabled 10Gb NICs are
connected to an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module or HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D
Module, each NIC port becomes four individual NICs, called FlexNICs.
Although these four FlexNICs share a single 10Gb physical interface, Virtual Connect is able to keep traffic
for the FlexNICs isolated, and each FlexNIC is assigned to one or more distinct Virtual Connect networks.
Each FlexNIC can be assigned a different transmit bandwidth (from 100Mb to 10Gb), which is enforced by
hardware mechanisms. The FlexNICs share a total of 10Gb, so one could be set to 5Gb, one could be set
to 1Gb, and the remaining two could each be set to 2Gb. Using the optimized bandwidth feature, you can
set a preferred speed to guarantee the minimum bandwidth for the port, and also a maximum bandwidth.