HP Virtual Connect Manager Command Line Interface Version 2.10 User Guide

Configuring the Virtual Connect domain using the CLI 83
Serial number (logical) settings
Virtual Connect Manager can be configured to use logical serial numbers and logical UUIDs with a server
profile regardless of the type of physical server. With these configuration values, software licensed with
one or both of these values can be migrated to new hardware without re-licensing.
Configuring serial number ranges
VC-defined
> set serverid Type=VC-Defined PoolId=5
Factory-Default
> set serverid Type=Factory-Default
When using the HP-defined serial number ranges, be sure that each range is used only once within the
environment.
Server Profile setup
A Virtual Connect server profile is a logical grouping of attributes related to server connectivity that can
be assigned to a server blade. With the Virtual Connect v1.10 and higher, the server profile can include
MAC address, PXE, and network connection settings for each server NIC port and WWN, SAN fabric
connection, and SAN boot parameter settings for each Fibre Channel HBA port. After being defined, the
server profile can be assigned to any server blade within the Virtual Connect domain. A Virtual Connect
domain can have a maximum of 64 Virtual Connect server profiles.
Virtual Connect provides the ability to configure PXE settings when using either VC Assigned or factory
default MAC addresses. In addition, Use BIOS is a new option for PXE, which maintains the current
settings as configured by RBSU.
Virtual Connect also provides the ability to override the Virtual Connect assigned MACs and/or WWNs
when creating a new profile.
When a server profile is assigned to a server blade, the Virtual Connect Manager securely connects to the
server blade, configures the NIC ports with the appropriate MAC addresses and PXE settings, and
configures the FC HBA ports with the appropriate WWNs and SAN boot settings. In addition, the Virtual
Connect Manager automatically connects the server blade Ethernet and Fibre Channel ports to the
specified networks and SAN fabrics. This server profile can then be re-assigned to another server blade
as needed, while maintaining the server's network and SAN identity and connectivity.
The Virtual Connect Manager can be configured so that server blades use server factory default
MACs/WWNs or Virtual-Connect-administered MACs/WWNs. These administered values override the
default MAC addresses and WWNs when a server profile is assigned to a server, and appear to pre-
boot environments and host operating system software as the hardware addresses. To use administered
MAC addresses, select a range of HP pre-defined or user-specified MAC addresses.
Be sure to review the following list of guidelines before creating and deploying server profiles:
• The server blade firmware and option card firmware must be at a revision that supports Virtual
Connect profile assignment. See the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystemupdates
).
• Before creating the first server profile, select whether to use moveable, administered MAC addresses
and WWNs or whether to use the local server blade factory default MAC addresses and WWNs.