HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Setup and Installation Guide Abstract This document contains setup, installation, and configuration info
Planning the installation 10 Hardware setup overview The following steps provide an overview of setting up the interconnect modules: 1. Install and
Component identification 100 Item LED description Status 8 X7/X8 port status Green = Port is configured and operating as an uplink port connected
Component identification 101 HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module system maintenance switch Switch Default Function 1 Off Off = Norm
Component identification 102 HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module components and LEDs HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module
Component identification 103 Item LED description Status 1 Module locator (UID) Blue = Module ID is selected. Off = Module ID is not selected.
Component identification 104 Item LED description Status 11 13 15 17 X5-X8 port status Green = Port is configured and operating as an uplink port
Component identification 105 HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module system maintenance switch Switch Default Function 1 Off Off = No
Component identification 106 HP 4Gb Fibre Channel Module components and LEDs HP 4Gb VC-FC Module components Item Description 1 SFP 2/4 Gb port 1
Component identification 107 HP 4Gb VC-FC Module LEDs Item LED description Status 1 Module locator (UID) Blue = Module ID selected Off = Module
Component identification 108 HP 4Gb VC-FC Module system maintenance switch Switch Default Function 1 Off Reserved 2 Off Reserved 3 Off Reserv
Component identification 109 HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC Module (with enhanced NPIV) components and LEDs HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC Module components
Planning the installation 11 IMPORTANT: For proper management of enclosure devices there must be an Ethernet connection from the Onboard Administr
Component identification 110 HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC Module LEDs Item LED description Status 1 Module locator (UID) Blue = Module ID selected
Component identification 111 HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC Module system maintenance switch Switch Default Function 1 Off Reserved 2 Off Reserved
Component identification 112 HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port Fibre Channel Module components and LEDs HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module components Item
Component identification 113 HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module LEDs Item LED description Status 1 Module locator (UID) Blue = Module ID selected Off =
Component identification 114 HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module system maintenance switch Switch Default Function 1 Off Reserved (must be in "Off
Component identification 115 HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-Port Fibre Channel Module components and LEDs HP VC 8Gb 20-Port FC Module components Item
Component identification 116 Item LED description Status 1 Module locator (UID) Blue = Module ID is selected. Off = Module ID is not selected. 2
Component identification 117 Resetting the Administrator password and DNS settings To return the VC-Enet module to factory default settings for the
Component identification 118 15. Change the Administrator password.
Regulatory compliance notices 119 Regulatory compliance notices Regulatory compliance identification numbers For the purpose of regulatory complianc
Planning the installation 12 5. If you created associated networks using the network setup wizard, all networks are assigned to the Default network
Regulatory compliance notices 120 radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation
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Regulatory compliance notices 122 This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your othe
Regulatory compliance notices 123 Class B equipment Chinese notice Class A equipment Laser compliance This product may be provided with an optic
Electrostatic discharge 124 Electrostatic discharge Preventing electrostatic discharge To prevent damaging the system, be aware of the precautions y
Support and other resources 125 Support and other resources Before you contact HP Be sure to have the following information available before you cal
Support and other resources 126 providers or service partners) identifies that the repair can be accomplished by the use of a CSR part, HP will ship
Support and other resources 127 Pour plus d'informations sur le programme CSR de HP, contactez votre Mainteneur Agrée local. Pour plus d'i
Support and other resources 128 HINWEIS: Einige Teile sind nicht für Customer Self Repair ausgelegt. Um den Garantieanspruch des Kunden zu erfüll
Support and other resources 129 sustituciones que lleve a cabo el cliente, HP se hará cargo de todos los gastos de envío y devolución de componentes
Installation 13 Installation Firmware requirements IMPORTANT: The active VCM does not allow incompatible modules to be managed as part of the Vi
Support and other resources 130 Opcional – Peças cujo reparo feito pelo cliente é opcional. Essas peças também são projetadas para o reparo feito pe
Support and other resources 131
Support and other resources 132
Acronyms and abbreviations 133 Acronyms and abbreviations BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit DAC direct attach cable DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration P
Acronyms and abbreviations 134 MAC Media Access Control MIB management information base NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization OA Onboard Administrator P
Acronyms and abbreviations 135 VLAN virtual local-area network WWN World Wide Name XFP 10 Gb small form factor pluggable
Documentation feedback 136 Documentation feedback HP is committed to providing documentation that meets your needs. To help us improve the documenta
Index 137 A About menu 54 accessing HP Virtual Connect Manager 10, 51 ActiveX 50 adding enclosures 58 Advanced Network Settings
Index 138 external port connections, verifying 91 external uplink ports 71, 73 F factory default settings 38 failover 13, 54 FC
Index 139 LEDs, HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module 101 licensed software and MACs or WWNs 51 local user accounts 61 lo
Installation 14 • For each Ethernet mezzanine port you want to manage with VCM, install a VC-Enet or HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module in the in
Index 140 Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Module from a VC-FC module 49 user accounts 61 user settings 63 using multipl
Installation 15 VC firmware version Enclosure FlexFabric Support Ethernet support FC support Enclosures per single VC domain 1.20 c3000 — Up to 4
Installation 16 [Bay 1] VC Ethernet [Bay 2] VC Ethernet [Bay 3] Other/empty [Bay 4] Other/empty [Bay 5] VC Ethernet [Bay 6] VC Et
Installation 17 [Bay 7] Other/empty [Bay 8] Other/empty [Bay 1] VC Ethernet [Bay 2] VC Ethernet [Bay 3] VC Ethernet [Bay 4] VC E
Installation 18 Modules or HP 1/10 Gb-F Ethernet Modules if HP VC Flex-10 and FlexFabric modules are present in the same enclosure. However, homogen
Installation 19 Odd numbered bay Horizontally adjacent bay Good configuration? Notes 1/10Gb-F Enet 1/10Gb Enet Yes — 1/10Gb Enet 4Gb FC No Do no
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Installation 20 HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module guidelines The following guidelines apply to the installation or replacement of HP
Installation 21 the servers continue to have network and storage access. Both the Primary and Standby modules in the base enclosure must be recovere
Installation 22 Single enclosure stacking diagram Modules (top to bottom) HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Modules HP Virtual Connect Fl
Installation 23 Single enclosure stacking diagram Modules (top to bottom) • HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Modules • HP Virtual Conne
Installation 24 Single enclosure stacking diagram Modules (top to bottom) Ethernet Modules *HP 1/10Gb VC-Enet Modules and HP 1/10 Gb-F Ethernet Modu
Installation 25 • It monitors and intercepts common loop detection frames used in other switches. In network environments where the upstream switch
Installation 26 imported into the domain before importing additional (remote) enclosures. If a failure occurs, the standby module in the primary enc
Installation 27 IMPORTANT: In a single enclosure domain, HP recommends that you do not manage the VC domain from HP 1/10 Gb VC-Enet Modules or HP
Installation 28 For example, in a multi-enclosure domain with a total of four enclosures, if bays 3 and 4 of the Primary Enclosure contain VC-FC mod
Installation 29 The following illustration shows an invalid VC-FC and FlexFabric bay configuration. For VC-FC bay compatibility, Bay 4 in Remote Enc
Contents 3 Contents Documentation resources ...
Installation 30 You can also directly associate the uplinks from two enclosures from different domains so that servers in the two domains attached t
Installation 31 2. Prepare the VC-Enet module for installation (HP VC Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module shown). 3. Install the module into the intercon
Installation 32 IMPORTANT: For proper thermal operation, always install SFP dust covers in SFP ports without SFP transceivers installed. 6. R
Installation 33 c-Class BladeSystem User Guide on the Installing tab of the HP BladeSystem Technical Resources website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesy
Installation 34 3. Install the FlexFabric module into the interconnect bay. 4. If the enclosure configuration includes more than one VC module, c
Installation 35 12. Before accessing VCM, verify that the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator firmware is at the recommended firmware version. For
Installation 36 2. Prepare the VC-FC module for installation (HP Virtual Connect 4Gb Fibre Channel Module shown). 3. Install the VC-FC module into
Installation 37 6. Configure the VC-FC module: o If VC-Enet modules are installed in the same enclosure, use VCM to administer VC-FC modules. o If
Installation 38 Removing SFP/SFP+/XFP transceivers WARNING: To avoid serious injury, never look directly into an open transceiver port. CAU
Installation 39 Connecting Virtual Connect Ethernet module uplinks Each interconnect module has several numbered Ethernet connectors. All of these c
Contents 4 Logging on to the HP Virtual Connect Manager GUI ... 5
Installation 40 In this case, the Ethernet packets are passed unchanged between the server blades and the external networks. Any VLAN tags added by
Installation 41 To make VCM aware of individual network connections, see "Define Ethernet Network screen" in the user guide. Mapping multi
Installation 42 Network Shared uplink set and VLAN Production_Network Shared_Uplink_Set_A:VLAN_15 Dev_Network Shared_Uplink_Set_A:VLAN_21 Backup_N
Installation 43 On switches running CatOS, you can only change channel mode per module. In the following example, change the channel mode for slots
Installation 44 switchport switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20,30,40 switchport mode trunk no ip address speed
Installation 45 Interconnect module removal and replacement Virtual Connect modules In VC releases prior to 3.00, when a module was removed from an
Installation 46 Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-Port FC Module Upgrading to an HP VC 8Gb 24-Port FC Module requires several important step
Installation 47 8. Install the HP VC 8Gb 20-port FC Modules. 9. Re-create previously deleted FC SAN fabrics. 10. Re-assign the server profiles, an
Installation 48 7. Install the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 modules or FlexFabric modules. 8. Reassign the server profiles or add the connections to
Installation 49 Upgrading to an HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric module from a VC-FC module Replacing any VC-FC module with an HP VC FlexFabric module:
Contents 5 Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only ... 120 Modificati
HP Virtual Connect Manager 50 HP Virtual Connect Manager Configuring browser support Access to the VCM GUI is provided through HTTPS (HTTP exchanged
HP Virtual Connect Manager 51 The recommended Adobe Flash Player web browser plug-in can be downloaded and installed from the Adobe website (http://
HP Virtual Connect Manager 52 • Log on to the enclosure Onboard Administrator. From the rack overview screen, select the Virtual Connect Manager li
HP Virtual Connect Manager 53 Logging on to the HP Virtual Connect Manager GUI Log on using the user name (Administrator) and password. You can opti
HP Virtual Connect Manager 54 • The attempted IP sign-in address is not valid for the specified account. • The attempted IP sign-in address is for
HP Virtual Connect Manager 55 Plan your interconnect module usage carefully before running the Virtual Connect Domain Setup Wizard. After an interco
HP Virtual Connect Manager 56 IMPORTANT: An Onboard Administrator user name and password with full administrative privileges for the selected encl
HP Virtual Connect Manager 57 For more information, see "Using double-dense server blades (on page 59)." Select the appropriate method for
HP Virtual Connect Manager 58 Enclosure Import After making the selection to create a new Virtual Connect domain by importing the enclosure on the E
HP Virtual Connect Manager 59 6. Click Import. Using double-dense server blades Beginning with version 1.31, Virtual Connect Manager supports the u
Documentation resources 6 Documentation resources Virtual Connect documentation The following Virtual Connect documentation is available on the Inst
HP Virtual Connect Manager 60 When restoring from the configuration file, remote enclosure credentials are lost. See "Recovering remote enclosu
HP Virtual Connect Manager 61 Local Users The first time this screen appears, the Administrator account, which has all administrative privileges, m
HP Virtual Connect Manager 62 VCM displays confirmation dialog boxes when deleting objects such as server profiles, networks, and so on. These dialo
HP Virtual Connect Manager 63 User Settings Observe the following user settings guidelines: • Username is a required field. • The Username field
HP Virtual Connect Manager 64 Finish domain wizard Click Finish to complete this wizard, and then run the Network Setup Wizard ("HP Virtual Co
HP Virtual Connect Manager 65 connectivity of servers to the external networks. For more information, see “Supported configurations (on page 14)&q
HP Virtual Connect Manager 66 Always establish control processes to ensure that a unique MAC address range is used in each Virtual Connect domain in
HP Virtual Connect Manager 67 Select the type and range of MAC address, and then click Next. Selecting VC-assigned MAC address ranges When using V
HP Virtual Connect Manager 68 Server VLAN Tag Settings VLAN tunneling support You can tunnel VLAN tags and map VLAN tags in the same domain. As of
HP Virtual Connect Manager 69 mapping VLANs to server connections. When VCM detects that no legacy modules are present in the domain, it enables the
Planning the installation 7 Planning the installation Virtual Connect overview HP Virtual Connect is a set of interconnect modules and embedded soft
HP Virtual Connect Manager 70 information on Flex-10, see the HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem User Guide on the Installing tab of the HP
HP Virtual Connect Manager 71 Define Single Network To define a network: 1. Enter a name for the network that will be easily understood and recogn
HP Virtual Connect Manager 72 9. In the Network Access Groups field, begin typing the name of a Network Access Group that should include this networ
HP Virtual Connect Manager 73 Define Shared Uplink Set Connection To define multiple networks that share a common set of external uplink ports: 1.
HP Virtual Connect Manager 74 8. To use Smart Link, select the Smart Link checkbox. The checkbox is not available until an uplink is added to the sh
HP Virtual Connect Manager 75 Add multiple associated networks:
HP Virtual Connect Manager 76 Defined Network Connections This summary screen displays the external connections for each defined network. For more
HP Virtual Connect Manager 77 To establish external Fibre Channel connectivity: 1. Be sure the Start the Fibre Channel Wizard checkbox is selected.
HP Virtual Connect Manager 78 HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Setup Wizard This wizard configures external Fibre Channel connectivity for the HP B
HP Virtual Connect Manager 79 Virtual Connect assigns or migrates WWNs for server FC ports connected to HP Virtual Connect modules. Virtual Connect
Planning the installation 8 Enclosure for a total of 8 servers (or up to 16 servers if the double-dense option is enabled). For more information on
HP Virtual Connect Manager 80 Assigned WWNs The WWN range used by the Virtual Connect domain must be unique within the environment. HP provides a s
HP Virtual Connect Manager 81 Define Fabric To define a fabric, select the Define Fabric checkbox, and then click Next. If you do not want to defin
HP Virtual Connect Manager 82 Define SAN Fabric To define the SAN fabric: 1. Name the fabric. Do not use spaces. 2. Select the uplink ports to be
HP Virtual Connect Manager 83 • Automatic Login Re-Distribution—Configures the VC FlexFabric module to automatically initiate login load re-distrib
HP Virtual Connect Manager 84 • Click WWN Settings under Fibre Channel Settings in the left navigation tree of the homepage. • Select Fibre Channe
HP Virtual Connect Manager 85 Serial Number Settings Use this screen to assign serial numbers to server blades within the domain. By configuring VCM
HP Virtual Connect Manager 86 Create Server Profile Definition Use this screen to create a new server profile definition, which defines and configur
HP Virtual Connect Manager 87 • If the number of Fibre Channel connections in the profile is more than the number of physical Fibre Channel HBA por
HP Virtual Connect Manager 88 • Single enclosure domain
HP Virtual Connect Manager 89 • Multi-enclosure domain Name Server Profiles The table displays the automatically generated names that will be ass
Planning the installation 9 • Be sure that the firmware revisions on all VC modules in the domain are at the same revision level. The active VCM do
HP Virtual Connect Manager 90 • Single enclosure domain • Multi-enclosure domain Create Server Profiles This screen provides confirmation of ea
HP Virtual Connect Manager 91 Click Start Over to create additional profiles using the wizard. This option returns you to the appropriate step for c
HP Virtual Connect Manager 92 Verify link and speed To verify that all external ports connected to the data center are linked and are operating at t
Component identification 93 Component identification HP 1/10Gb VC-Enet Module components and LEDs HP 1/10Gb VC-Enet Module components Item Descri
Component identification 94 HP 1/10Gb VC-Enet Module LEDs Item Description Status 1 Module locator (UID) Blue = Module ID is selected. Off = Mo
Component identification 95 HP 1/10Gb VC-Enet Module system maintenance switch Switch Default Function 1 Off Off = Normal operation On = Restor
Component identification 96 Item Description 7 Next button 8 Ports 1-4 (10/100/1000BASE-T) 9 Reset button (recessed) * Supports 10GBASE-SR-XFP and
Component identification 97 Item LED description Status 8 Port S1/S2 activity Green = Link Green flashing = Activity Off = No link, unsupported o
Component identification 98 HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module components and LEDs HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module comp
Component identification 99 HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module LEDs Item LED description Status 1 Module locator (UID) Blue = Modu
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