HP Virtual Connect Manager Command Line Interface for c-Class BladeSystem Version 4.20 User Guide

Configuring the Virtual Connect domain using the CLI 196
Connect Ethernet module. This feature can be useful when troubleshooting the Virtual Connect Manager. The
network and FC processing of the Virtual Connect subsystem is not disturbed during the restart or failover of
the Virtual Connect Manager.
If the command line option -failover is included in the reset vcm command and a backup Virtual
Connect Ethernet module is available, the command line displays the following message:
SUCCESS: The Virtual Connect Manager is being reset. Please wait...
You are logged out of the session after approximately 1 minute. An attempted login to the same Virtual
Connect Ethernet module is rejected with the following message:
Virtual Connect Manager not found at this IP address.
If you attempt to log in to the backup module, you might receive the following error message:
Unable to communicate with the Virtual Connect Manager. Please retry again
later.
The login should succeed after the Virtual Connect Manager restarts on the backup Virtual Connect Ethernet
module. Allow up to 5 minutes, depending on the enclosure configuration.
If the command line option -failover is not included in the reset vcm command or a backup Virtual
Connect Ethernet module is not available, the command line displays the following message:
SUCCESS: The Virtual Connect Manager is being reset. Please wait...
You are logged out of the session after approximately 1 minute. If you attempt to log in to the module again,
you might receive the following error message:
Unable to communicate with the Virtual Connect Manager. Please retry again
later.
The login should succeed after the Virtual Connect Manager restarts. Allow up to 5 minutes, depending on
the enclosure configuration.