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
Virtual Connect domains 32
The SNMP configuration is controlled by VCM and applies to all modules in the VC domain. The SNMP
agent software residing on a primary module provides access to managed information using SNMP
protocol. The managed information is presented as a hierarchical database called a MIB. Each element of
the managed information is identified by a unique identifier called Object ID. Basic SNMP support is
provided for both VC-Enet modules and VC-FC modules.
Each VC module has an independent SNMP agent that supports a set of MIBs. MIB support for each module
depends both on the type of module (VC-Enet or VC-FC) and the role of the module in the VC domain. A
VC-Enet module can be primary, backup, or subordinate based on its ability to run the VCM. By default, the
SNMP agent is enabled on VC-Enet modules with a read community string of "public."
The VC MIBs are provided in the current HP MIB Kit available for download from the HP website
(http://www.hp.com).
The following restrictions and limitations apply:
• You must have Administrative privileges to configure SNMP capabilities. The type of privilege required
depends on the item you are configuring.
• The VCM GUI and CLI do not support configuration of threshold trap parameters (high-water mark,
low-water mark, and averaging period).
• For Flex-10 connections, threshold traps reflect the state of the entire physical port. These traps are not
generated for individual FlexNICs. For more information on Flex-10 connections, see "Flex-10 overview
(on page 163)."
• When upgrading from a VC release prior to 3.00, if Fibre Channel SNMP traps were defined with the
DNS type of the Trap Destination address, SNMP settings are not applied to the VC-FC modules upon
completion of the upgrade. To resolve this issue, use the GUI or CLI to edit any FC SNMP trap
destinations that have a DNS name for the trap destination, and change the DNS name to an IPv4
address.
• VC 3.00 and higher limits the number of FC PortStatus traps you can configure through the CLI to five.
Prior releases did not enforce this restriction. If you have more than five FC PortStatus traps configured
in an earlier version of VC firmware, and then you upgrade to VC 3.00 or higher, then those traps are
retained. Similarly, if you restore a configuration from an earlier version of VC firmware that contains
more than five configured FC PortStatus traps in VC 3.00 or higher, you will have more than the allowed
number of configured FC PortStatus traps. Use caution not to exceed the maximum number of
configured FC PortStatus traps in these scenarios.
The following table provides a list of MIBs and where they are supported. FlexFabric modules support the
Fibre and Fabric MIBs in addition to the Enet MIBs.
MIB VC-Enet VC-FC
RFC 2863 IF-MIB
X
—
RFC 4188 Bridge-MIB
X —
RFC 3418 SNMP v2 MIB
X X
Compaq System Info MIB
X X
Compaq Host MIB
X X
Compaq Rack MIB
—
X*
RFC 1213 Network Mgmt
X —
RFC 4293 IP-MIB
X —
Fibre Alliance MIB (FC Mgmt Integ)
— X
RFC 2837 Fabric Element MIB
— X
VC Module MIB (VCM-MIB)
X —