User guide

Contents 6
Domain Status screen ............................................................................................................................. 268
Module status definitions and causes ....................................................................................................... 269
Export support information ...................................................................................................................... 270
Reset Virtual Connect Manager ............................................................................................................... 270
Recovering remote enclosures ....................................................................................................... 271
Server profile troubleshooting ................................................................................................................. 271
Server blade power on and power off guidelines............................................................................. 272
Additional information ........................................................................................................................... 273
Appendix A: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions ...................................................................... 275
Understanding nPartitions ....................................................................................................................... 275
Assigning a VC profile to an nPar ........................................................................................................... 276
Mapping profile connections ......................................................................................................... 276
Reconfiguring nPars ............................................................................................................................... 276
Appendix B: Auto-deployment process ........................................................................................ 278
Overview of the auto deployment process ................................................................................................ 278
DHCP server configuration ............................................................................................................ 278
TFTP server ................................................................................................................................. 280
Importing the enclosure into the domain ................................................................................................... 281
Auto-deployment settings after enclosure import ............................................................................... 282
Starting a deployment operation ............................................................................................................. 282
Viewing deployment information, status, and logs ..................................................................................... 283
The deployment status .................................................................................................................. 284
The deployment log ..................................................................................................................... 286
The deployment configuration file .................................................................................................. 286
Configuration file output ............................................................................................................... 287
Manual TFTP settings ............................................................................................................................. 287
Stopping a deployment operation ............................................................................................................ 288
Subsequent deployments (redeployment scenarios) .................................................................................... 288
VC GUI auto-deployment status and settings ............................................................................................. 289
Deployment wait and retry states ............................................................................................................. 289
Waiting for DHCP ....................................................................................................................... 289
Waiting for TFTP ......................................................................................................................... 290
Failed to configure domain ........................................................................................................... 290
Triggering a restart of the deployment process ................................................................................ 290
Configuring file restrictions ..................................................................................................................... 290
TFTP logging and enablement ................................................................................................................. 291
Deployment files logged to the TFTP server ...................................................................................... 291
Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect ............................................................................... 292
IPv6 addresses in VC ............................................................................................................................. 292
Link Local Address ....................................................................................................................... 292
DHCPv6 address ......................................................................................................................... 292
EBIPAv6 address ......................................................................................................................... 293
Router advertisement-based addresses ............................................................................................ 293
Domain static addressing ............................................................................................................. 293
Enabling IPv6 support ............................................................................................................................ 293
New installation .......................................................................................................................... 294
Migrations .................................................................................................................................. 295
Disabling IPv6 support ........................................................................................................................... 295
Importing enclosures .............................................................................................................................. 296
VC FW update considerations ................................................................................................................ 296
Upgrading from older versions to VC 4.10 ..................................................................................... 296