HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 6.1 User Guide

1 Virtual Connect 3.0x features must be disabled for VC Domains to be in the same group as Virtual Connect 2.1x or 2.3x.
2 Virtual Connect 2.3x features must be disabled for VC Domains to be in the same group as Virtual Connect 2.1x.
NOTE: If you have a VC Domain Group 2.1x and all the VC Domains have been upgraded to Virtual
Connect 2.3x, the group will not automatically function as a VC Domain Group 2.3x.
To enable Virtual Connect 2.3x functionality, see Upgrading VC Domain Group Firmware Mode.
• VCEM 6.1 might be able to support future versions of Virtual Connect firmware in a compatibility mode.
This compatibility mode enables a new Virtual Connect firmware version to be used immediately with a
VCEM 6.1 installation. For example, if Virtual Connect released a 3.1x version of its firmware, a VC Domain
within a 3.0x VC Domain Group could be upgraded to the 3.1x version of the firmware while preserving
the 3.0x level of functionality. The VC Domain Group will operate at the firmware version with which it was
created. A subsequent VCEM release would support the new functionality.
Virtual Connect 3.0x features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of the VC Domain
Group with Virtual Connect firmware 2.1x and 2.3x
NOTE:
Keep the following in mind:
• VC 3.0x features must be disabled in order for the firmware to reside in the same groups as VC 2.3x
or 2.1x firmware versions.
• All Virtual Connect 2.3x features not supported by VC firmware 2.1x must be disabled.
• To disable any of the FC SAN 3.0x features, the last connection in the feature table must be deleted
first.
• Multi-blade FC servers are not supported.
Do not configure server profiles assigned to multi-blade servers with more FC SAN connections than
the number of Virtual Connect Fibre Channel modules available in the VC Domain. The additional FC
SAN Connections Connected To column displays duplicate bays.
To disable this feature:
1. Log on to HP Virtual Connect Manager.
2. Expand Server Profiles in the navigation pane and select the server profile with the additional
FC SAN Connections that you want to delete.
3. Right-click and select Delete Connection.
• More than 32 Ethernet network connections in a server profile is not supported.
To disable this feature:
1. Log on to HP Virtual Connect Manager.
2. Expand Server Profiles in the navigation pane and select the server profile with more than 32
Ethernet network connections.
3. Right-click on the last Ethernet connection and select Delete Connection as displayed in the
following figure:
30 Managing VC Domains