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HP Virtual Connect Migration

Guide

Migration from older HP Virtual Connect Ethernet Modules to HP Virtual Connect Flex-

10/10D Modules or FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Modules

Table of contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2

Overview of the Virtual Connect Modules .......................................................................................................................... 2

HP 1/10Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet Module ................................................................................................................ 2

HP 1/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet Module ............................................................................................................ 2

HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D Module ....................................................................................................................... 4

HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module .......................................................................................................... 5

Section 1: Migrating VC 1/10 to Flex 10/10D .................................................................................................................... 5

Preparing the Virtual Connect Domain for Migration ................................................................................................... 5

Capturing the Existing VC 1/10 Domain Configuration ................................................................................................ 7

Creating a Script Configuration for New VC Flex-10/10D Domain ............................................................................. 7

Copy Profile limitation ...................................................................................................................................................... 9

Applying the New 10/10D Virtual Connect Domain Configuration ............................................................................. 9

Verify new configuration ............................................................................................................................................... 12

Blade and Enclosure Firmware Update Considerations ............................................................................................ 12

Section 2: Migrating VC FlexFabric to FlexFabric-20/40 F8 .......................................................................................... 12

Preparing the Virtual Connect Domain for Migration ................................................................................................ 12

Capturing the Existing FlexFabric Domain Configuration ......................................................................................... 14

Creating a Script Configuration for New VC FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Domain ............................................................. 14

Applying the New FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Virtual Connect Domain Configuration .................................................... 16

Verify new configuration ............................................................................................................................................... 17

Blade and Enclosure Firmware Update Considerations ............................................................................................ 18

Migrating VC modules when the Domain is managed by Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager ............................... 19

References .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Appendix A: Sample SHOW CONFIG Script ...................................................................................................................... 21

Appendix B: Sample SHOW CONFIG Script from VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port ........................................................... 24

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Technical white paper HP Virtual Connect Migration Guide Migration from older HP Virtual Connect Ethernet Modules to HP Virtual Connect Flex10/10D Modules or FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Modules Table of contents Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................2 Overview of the Virtual Connect Modules ................................................................................
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Introduction The purpose of this document is to assist users in migrating an existing Virtual Connect Domain configuration to new HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D Modules or Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Modules after replacement of older HP VCEnet modules.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D Module The Flex 10/10D enables 10Gb uplink connectivity across all uplink ports and provides 10Gb downlink connectivity to servers with 10Gb Ethernet ports or converged network adapters.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module The newest Virtual Connect module in the portfolio enables 40Gb uplink connectivity and provides 10/20Gb downlink connectivity to servers. Up to twelve uplinks with eight Flexport and four QSFP+ interfaces, without splitter cables, are available for connection to upstream Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Determine the Virtual Connect firmware version The Virtual Connect Manager GUI can assist in determining the version of firmware installed on the modules in the domain. Use the Help Menu to select the About HP Virtual Connect Manager link. Upgrade the Virtual Connect Firmware (if required) To migrate from Virtual Connect 1/10 to 10/10D, a firmware update is required. The VC 1/10 modules must be running a supported version of VC firmware.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Important Always review the latest version of the Virtual Connect Release Notes which contains any prerequisites. The v3.61 release notes can be found in the “Getting Started” section of the following URL: http://www.hp.com/go/vc/manuals Capturing the Existing VC 1/10 Domain Configuration The Virtual Connect CLI interface provides a simple way to obtain the domain and server profile configuration.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques set ssl –quiet Strength=Strong Modifying Uplink Port IDs The uplink port configuration may need to be modified by replacing the port numbers. Uplink ports for VC Fiber Channel modules will not require modification, since the VC Fiber Channel modules are not being replaced. The port number changes made to the example file from Appendix A are shown here. The uplink port section of the captured output is shown below..
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques add fc-connection Profile_enc0_01 Fabric=Unassigned Speed=Auto AddressType=Pool-Specified PortWWN=50:06:0B:00:00:C3:0E:02 NodeWWN=50:06:0B:00:00:C3:0E:03 Important The script produced by VC 3.61 when using the –includepoolinfo option requires additional edits if you are migrating to a version of Virtual Connect prior to 4.20 or want to continue enumerating unused FlexNICs when the profiles are recreated in a VC 4.10 or later domain.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Domain-wide Settings SCRIPT 1 starts at the beginning of the file and should include all the commands to create all VC domain-wide settings, local user accounts, networks, SAN fabrics, and uplinks. This is everything above the first “add profile” command. Save this portion of the reference file as a separate file script, i.e. SCRIPT1. #### IMPORT ENCLOSURE(S) FIRST # Bulk commands are not used.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Cable the new modules according to the new uplink ports defined in the configuration. Ensure that the new modules have received IP addresses from the Onboard Administrator, or via DHCP. After installation, verify that all VC modules in the domain are updated to firmware version 4.20 or higher. If the modules require updating, it is recommended to update the VC FW version to the latest version in the Support Pack for ProLiant (SPP).
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Flex-10 capable NIC considerations during migration The steps described in this document will result in accurate configurations for any servers with Flex-10 capable NICs however the profile network connections will only map the 1st physical function of each NIC, for example LOM1:a and LOM2:a.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Determine the Virtual Connect firmware version The Virtual Connect Manager GUI can assist in determining the version of firmware installed on the modules in the domain. Use the Help Menu to select the About HP Virtual Connect Manager link. Upgrade the Virtual Connect Firmware (if required) To migrate from Virtual Connect FlexFabric to FlexFabric-20/40 F8, a firmware update is required.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Capturing the Existing FlexFabric Domain Configuration The Virtual Connect CLI interface provides a simple way to obtain the domain and server profile configuration. Using an SSH client such as PuTTY, it is possible to log the output of the VCMCLI commands needed to capture the existing domain settings and configuration. Connect to the Virtual Connect Manager CLI using an SSH Client such as PuTTY.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques ... ... ... # FC ports for the HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port modules are specified with a # But when adding the fabric the port numbers are specified without the leadin # See the note on the VCMCLI help text for 'add fabric'.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques add enet-connection Profile_enc0_15 Network=heartbeat PXE=UseBIOS AddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-20-26 iSCSIMac=00-17-A4-77-20-27 add enet-connection Profile_enc0_15 Network=heartbeat PXE=UseBIOS AddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-20-28 iSCSIMac=00-17-A4-77-20-29 add fcoe-connection Profile_enc0_15 FcoeNetwork=FCoE_301 SpeedType=Preferred WWNAddressType=Pool-Specified PortWWN=50:06:0B:00:00:C2:82:08 NodeWWN=50:
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques add profile Profile_enc0_01 -NoDefaultEnetConn -NoDefaultFcConn -NoDefaultFcoeConn -quiet NAG=Default HideUnusedFlexNICs=true SNType=Pool-Specified SerialNumber=VCX0000800 add enet-connection Profile_enc0_01 Network=Network_255a PXE=UseBIOS AddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-20-02 iSCSIMac=00-17-A4-77-20-03 add enet-connection Profile_enc0_01 Network=Network_255b PXE=UseBIOS AddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-20-04
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Apply Script 2 – Server Profile Creation For this step we again recommend using PLINK to create the profiles since the script may be quite lengthy. Creation of profiles is relatively fast. Review Script #2 created from your original configuration file. Issue the PLINK command to deliver the script to the VCM. PLINK.exe -l Administrator -pw -m VC_config_script_2.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Migrating VC modules when the Domain is managed by Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager When present, Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager manages the profiles and allows an easy profile preservation. Here is a very quick overview of the steps necessary to migrate from HP 1/10Gb VC-Enet modules to VC Flex-10/10D modules or FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port modules to FlexFabric-20/40 F8 modules in VCEM environment.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques http://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmcsdirect/emr_na-c04227172-2.pdf Virtual Connect Manager CLI Guide http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03554326/c03554326.pdf Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide 7.2 Update 2 http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03934934 Virtual Connect 4.20 SIG http://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmcsdirect/emr_na-c04227183-2.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Appendix A: Sample SHOW CONFIG Script The script file below was modified as shown in this document, and used to create the new Virtual Connect configuration with the Flex10/10D modules. -> show config -includepoolinfo Generating configuration. Please wait... # The commands in this output should be used ONLY for replication purposes for enclosure SN USE6281BK1 or its replacement.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set add set set network Network_105_A -quiet NAGs=Default UplinkSet=UplinkSet_A VLanID=105 network Network_105_A SmartLink=Enabled network Network_106_A -quiet NAGs=Default UplinkSet=UplinkSet_A VLanID=106 network Network_106_A SmartLink=Enabled network Network_107_A -quiet NAGs=Default UplinkSet=UplinkSet_A VLanID=107 netw
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques add enet-connection Profile_enc0_08 Network=VC-Tunnel PXE=UseBIOS AddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-AC-12 iSCSIMac=00-17-A4-77-AC-13 add enet-connection Profile_enc0_08 Network=Backup-Network PXE=UseBIOS AddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-AC-14 iSCSIMac=00-17-A4-77-AC-15 add enet-connection Profile_enc0_08 Network=Backup-Network PXE=UseBIOS AddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-AC-16 iSCSIMac=00-17-A4
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques Appendix B: Sample SHOW CONFIG Script from VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port The script file below was modified as shown in this document, and used to create the new Virtual Connect configuration with the FlexFabric 20/40 F8 modules. ->show config -includepoolinfo Generating configuration. Please wait... # The commands in this output should be used ONLY for replication purposes for enclosure SN or its replacement.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques set advanced-networking -quiet PacketBufferOverallocationRatio=1 FlowControl=auto set domain WwnType=VC-Defined WwnPool=9 set link-dist-interval Interval=30 # FC ports for the HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port modules are specified with a # But when adding the fabric the port numbers are specified without the leadin # See the note on the VCMCLI help text for 'add fabric'.
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Technical white paper | Virtual Connect Migration Techniques add fcoe-connection Profile_enc0_05 Fabric=SAN-A SpeedType=Preferred WWNAddressType=Pool-Specified PortWWN=50:06:0B:00:00:C2:82:00 NodeWWN=50:06:0B:00:00:C2:82:01 MACAddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-20-08 add fcoe-connection Profile_enc0_05 Fabric=SAN-B SpeedType=Preferred WWNAddressType=Pool-Specified PortWWN=50:06:0B:00:00:C2:82:02 NodeWWN=50:06:0B:00:00:C2:82:03 MACAddressType=Pool-Specified EthernetMac=00-17-A4-77-20-09 assi
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