HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 7.3 Release Notes

information see the latest version of the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide at
http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs.
Table 1 VC Domain Group firmware compatibility
VC Domain Group
firmware mode
3.3x
VC Domain Group
firmware mode
3.5x
VC Domain
Group firmware
mode 3.7x
VC Domain Group
firmware mode
4.0x
VC Domain Group
firmware mode
4.1xVC firmware
YesYesYesYesYes4.1x
YesYesYesYesNo4.0x
YesYesYesNoNo3.7x
Yes
1
YesNoNoNo3.5x/3.6x
Yes
1
NoNoNoNo3.30
1
If enhanced VLAN capacity is enabled for the VC Domain being added to a VC Domain Group, the VC Domain group
must also have enhanced VLAN capacity enabled.
Forward compatibility for VC firmware
VCEM enables firmware compatibility using current and future versions of VC firmware. For
example, VCEM 7.3 can support future VC firmware versions (when available) in compatibility
mode. This depends on the firmware mode of the VC Domain Group you are trying to add the VC
Domain with the newer VC firmware version into. See “Backward compatibility for VC firmware
” (page 5) for more information.
VCEM supported VC features
Newer VC Domain versions provide a broader configuration set in the server profile. Table 2 lists
the features that are configurable depending on the VC Domain versions.
Table 2 VCEM supported VC features
VC 3.3x
VC 3.5x-VC
3.60VC 3.7xVC 4.0xVC 4.1xFeature
•••••Server VLAN
tagging
•••••Add/Remove Fibre
Channel SAN
connections
•••••Integrity blade
support (EFI
partition data)
•••••Ethernet
connection port
speed
configuration
•••••Double-density
blade support
•••••Enhanced SNMP
configuration
•••••Multienclosure VC
Domain
•••••Assign server
profiles to
multi-blade servers
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