HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Setup and Install Guide Version 3.70 and 3.75

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Contents
Documentation resources ............................................................................................................... 6
Virtual Connect documentation .................................................................................................................... 6
Planning the installation ................................................................................................................. 7
Virtual Connect overview ............................................................................................................................ 7
Using multiple enclosures .................................................................................................................. 8
Pre-deployment planning ............................................................................................................................ 8
Hardware setup overview ......................................................................................................................... 10
Default module configuration .......................................................................................................... 11
Virtual Connect Manager setup overview ................................................................................................... 11
Installation ................................................................................................................................. 13
Installation guidelines ............................................................................................................................... 13
Supported configurations ................................................................................................................ 14
Bay configuration guidelines ........................................................................................................... 17
HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Module guidelines .................................................................................. 18
HP Virtual Connect Flex-10/10D Module guidelines .......................................................................... 19
HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module guidelines ......................................................... 20
Multiple enclosure guidelines .......................................................................................................... 20
Virtual Connect and EBIPA .............................................................................................................. 21
Recommended stacking connections .......................................................................................................... 21
Network loop protection ................................................................................................................. 24
Connecting multiple enclosures ................................................................................................................. 25
FC and FlexFabric bay configuration using multiple enclosures ............................................................ 27
Directly connecting VC domains ................................................................................................................ 29
Installing a VC-Enet module ...................................................................................................................... 30
Installing the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Module ..................................................................................... 33
Installing a VC-FC module ........................................................................................................................ 35
Installing SFP/SFP+/XFP transceivers ......................................................................................................... 37
Removing SFP/SFP+/XFP transceivers ........................................................................................................ 38
Factory default settings ............................................................................................................................. 38
Connecting Virtual Connect Ethernet module uplinks .................................................................................... 39
Configuration example using a Cisco Core switch ............................................................................. 42
Failover and check-pointing ...................................................................................................................... 44
Interconnect module removal and replacement ............................................................................................ 45
Virtual Connect modules ................................................................................................................. 45
Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port FC Module ............................................................. 46
Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-Port FC Module ............................................................. 46
Upgrading or removing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 module or HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module . 47
Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module from a VC-FC module ...................................... 49
Onboard Administrator modules ...................................................................................................... 49
HP Virtual Connect Manager........................................................................................................ 50
Configuring browser support .................................................................................................................... 50
Virtual Connect and Insight Control Server Deployment ................................................................................ 51
Accessing HP Virtual Connect Manager ..................................................................................................... 51
Command Line Interface overview ................................................................................................... 52