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
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In each configuration above, only one embedded NIC port can have PXE enabled (any embedded NIC port
is eligible), but any and all mezzanine NIC ports can be enabled whether or not an embedded NIC port is
being enabled.
For more information on RBSU, see the HP ROM-Based Setup Utility User Guide on the Documentation CD or
the HP website (http://www.hp.com/support/smartstart/documentation).
iSCSI offload and boot
The iSCSI configuration setup feature enables you to configure a server to boot from a remote iSCSI target as
part of the VC server profile.
Use the iSCSI offload feature to offload iSCSI protocol processing from the OS to the NIC. In addition to
offloading TCP/IP protocol processing, it also offloads iSCSI protocol processing.
The following items are required for iSCSI offload and boot:
• VC 3.10 or higher firmware
• HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module—supports iSCSI, and supports FCoE connections to server
bays
• HP VC Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module—supports iSCSI
• The latest BIOS on a supported server. See the Virtual Connect QuickSpecs on the Installing tab of the
HP BladeSystem Technical Resources website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation).
• NIC requirements:
o HP NC551i Dual-Port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
o HP NC551m Dual-Port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
o HP NC553i 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
o HP NC553m 10Gb 2-port FlexFabric Converged Network Adapter
• One Command OS tool
• be2iSCSI driver
• be2iSCSI Driver Update Disk for iSCSI boot installs
• iSCSI target
• DHCP server (optional)
The following features are supported:
• Full Flex-10 support
• Multi-personality—all Ethernet, Ethernet/iSCSI, or Ethernet/FCoE
• Four physical functions per port
• Up to 128 iSCSI targets per iSCSI function
• Primary/Secondary iSCSI boot path per adapter
• The iSCSI function on the adapter appears to the OS as a standard SCSI device.
• With the new iSCSI driver, no network driver is needed
• Does not use software iSCSI initiator from the OS