Understanding the Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager

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When moving server profiles, VCEM ensures that the server profiles are compatible with the target VC domain
group, and then it moves the server profile without any change to its MAC/WWN addresses or LAN/SAN
connections. The VCEM Move profile pre-validation takes place before you can move or export profiles. Profile
pre-validation warns you of incompatibility between a server profile and the target VC domain group. It also warns
about any necessary actions after the server profile has been exported. These steps validate feature compatibility
between the server profile and the target VC domain group. They also check feature compatibility specific to
network and fabric features. The VCEM Jobs page shown in Figure 7 informs you when a task is complete.
When exporting an existing server profile to another VC domain group, you must use VCEM to avoid losing the
server identity (server profile) and associated MAC and WWN addresses.
Figure 7: The VCEM Jobs page confirms completed tasks.