HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 7.0 User Guide

4. Find and import the necessary remote enclosures in the correct order through Virtual Connect
Manager.
5. Go to Systems Insight Manager and perform a manual discovery on Onboard Administrator
IP address of all related VC Domain enclosures.
If you are using the HP VC FlexFabric 10 Gb 24-port module, ensure that the module status is
compatible. If the module is incompatible, an error message appears.
VCEM cannot manage a VC Domain that has one or more FC modules in an incompatible state.
The FC module can become incompatible in the following situations:
• An HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module replaces an HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 24-port FC
module.
• An HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC module replaces a HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC
module.
• If HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC modules and HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC modules
share the same I/O bay slice. (For example, a HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC module in I/O
Bay 3 and a HP Virtual Connect 8 Gb 24-port FC module in I/O Bay 4).
• In a multienclosure VC Domain, if there are mixed HP Virtual Connect 4 Gb FC modules and
HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FC modules in the same I/O bay from different enclosures.
(For example, 4 Gb FC modules in the local enclosure, but 8 Gb FC modules in the remote
enclosures.)
To create a VC Domain Group:
1. Click New....
(Optional) If the enclosures related to the selected VC Domains are not licensed to VCEM,
then the License page appears below the VC Domain Group list. (For more information, see
“VCEM licensing” (page 41) Otherwise, the Create VC Domain Group appears below the
VC Domain Group list.
2. (Optional) You can provide a new name for the unconfigured VC Domains. Valid VC Domain
Group names are alphanumeric, hyphens (-), underscore (_), and cannot exceed 64 characters.
3. Enter the user name and password for each VC Domain. Ensure you provide VC Domain
credentials will full privileges. VC Domains appear as:
• Unconfigured domains, which appear in the System Name column with the unassigned
name, VCD_name
• Configured domains, which appear in the System Name column with their previously
assigned name.
4. Enter the user name and password for the Onboard Administrator of each unconfigured VC
Domain. Ensure that you provide the Onboard Administrator credentials with full privileges if
the Virtual Connect Module is not configured.
(Optional) In some cases you might wish to overwrite the existing VC Domain configuration
for selected VC Domains. To enable this action, select Existing VC Domain configuration
settings for selected VC Domain(s) without server profiles will be overridden by selected base
VC Domain configuration defined for the VC Domain Group. VCEM validates that the selected
VC Domain configurations match the VC Domain Group configuration. VC Domains that are
already configured and have server profiles are not affected.
5. Enter the VC Domain Group name in the VC Domain Group Name field. Valid VC Domain
Group names are alphanumeric, hyphens (-), underscore (_), and cannot exceed 64 characters.
6. From the Configuration based on VC Domain list, select the VC Domain configuration upon
which the new VC Domain Group is to be based. The Configuration VC Domain list contains
only configured VC Domains.
7. From the Select Serial Number type list, select whether the serial number type is a logical
serial number or factory default.
64 Managing VC Domain groups