Hp Insight Management-Software Manual de usuario

HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager6.3.1 User GuideAbstractThis document is intended to be used by technical professionals who manage multiple HP Bl

NOTE: Keep the following in mind:• Some VC 3.3x features are not validated when adding a VC 3.3x Domain to a VC DomainGroup such as Login Banner confi

7 Managing MAC and WWN addressesMAC AddressesNOTE: A "VCEM-defined” range has been reserved, from which VCEM allocates MAC addresses.VCEM no long

The following table lists and describes the MAC address status at Individual address page.DescriptionItemAddress available to use in VCEM.FreeAddress

IMPORTANT: If the exclusion range includes external addresses, these external addresses remainexternal, even if the exclusion range is removed.To avoi

Removing a custom MAC address rangeNOTE: Removing a custom MAC address range also removes its defined exclusion ranges.You must verify there are no ad

The following table lists and describes the WWN address status at Individual address page.DescriptionItemAddress available to use in VCEM.FreeAddress

1. Plan how to divide the VCEM-Defined range between the multiple VCEM instances runningin each CMS environment (primary and secondary). Consider the

For CMS #2 , create two MAC and two WWN exclusion ranges for other VCEM-Defined addressesin use:• MAC1_Exclusion_Range is equal to 00-21-54-9B-00-00 t

9. At CMS#2, go to the WWN management page and remove the WWN exclusion rangeidentifying the CMS#3 from the VCEM-Defined range (WW2_Exclusion_Range).1

3. Click Add custom. The Add Custom WWN Address Range information appears.4. Enter the custom WWN address range.5. Click OK.Editing custom WWN address

8 Working with Logical Serial NumbersThis section describes how to view logical serial numbers that exist in server profiles being managedby VCEM. The

Table 1 (page 11) lists all available VCEM licenses, including Virtual Connect hardware and VCEMpackaged options.Table 1 VCEM license optionsDescripti

9 Tracking VCEM job statusJobsThe Jobs list provides detailed information about jobs that have occurred and are related to VCEM.To view these jobs, cl

VCEM limits the number of jobs that it displays to 65,000. If the limit is reached, then only themost recent 65,000 jobs are viewable. To keep the lis

10 Upgrading Virtual Connect firmware after VCEM ismanaging VC DomainsThe process for upgrading Virtual Connect (VC) firmware requires extra steps whe

6. To apply the changes, click Complete VC Domain Maintenance. The Virtual ConnectEnterprise Manager is executing the request message appears with a j

11 Removing an external manager accountFor VCEM to manage VC Domains (using the Virtual Connect Manager, the embedded softwarein a Virtual Connect Eth

3. To disable the account, from the Virtual Connect Manager command prompt, enterset external-manager Username=xyz Enabled=falseIf the VC Domain firmw

12 Failover Command Line Interface Usage in VCEMVCEM provides support for two types of command line interfaces:• Failover Command Line Interface—Perfo

Internal VCEM Error Code: 5058Internal VCEM Error Message: Enclosure name contains too many characters - limit is 32Performing VC Profile Failover on

Show CLI usage online helpThis CLI command can be used to display brief usage help on the screen.>vcem -helpSeveral CLI option keywords provide for

13 Troubleshooting VCEMIMPORTANT: VCEM 6.3.1 supports the Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser, but theunderlying Virtual Connect Manager versi

• Allows network assignments to be pre-provisioned even to empty server bays - enables rapidserver deployment and limits configuration errors.• Separa

Resolving removal of the last VC Domain from a VC Domain GroupIf existing unassigned profiles targeted to be deleted from a VC Domain Group reaches 16

1. Select a non-version 2.30 firmware VC Domain in the VC Domain Group. For example,select a VC Domain with a 2.0x or 2.10 firmware.2. Put the VC Doma

VC Profile Failover• When you initiate a VC Profile Failover operation, VCEM does not check the compatibility ofthe physical connections of the target

VLAN capacity) not supported by the other VC Domains (with older firmware). The VC Domainwill remain in Maintenance Mode status and VCEM will not be a

MAC, WWN, and Serial Number managementYou must verify that VC Domains within a network have unique MAC addresses, WWN addresses,and serial numbers. Ad

A job appears with Failed statusA job might fail for several reasons. For more information about the reason of job failure and howto correct the issue

3. Provide the Onboard Administrator credentials, and then follow the Virtual Connect Managerinstructions.4. In Virtual Connect Manager, restart all s

3. Run either of the following CLI commands:• >vcem -updatevcmdesc• >vcem -uvcmCannot manage a VC Domain when VC module failover is taking place

To correct this issue, see “Resynchronizing a VC Domain with Configuration Mismatch” (page 57).VC Domain displays Connectivity failure statusThe Conne

If the VC Domain firmware is 2.1x or later, perform the following:• To remove the account and release the VC Domain from VCEM control, from the Virtua

• Fibre Channel boot from SAN parameters• Logical serial numbersAn important benefit of Virtual Connect is that server connection profiles and associa

Operation fails to perform in the VC Domain or VC Domain Group undermaintenance statusVCEM cannot perform any operations related to VC Domains in a VC

Resolving an expired license statusIf a VC Domain has an Expired License icon, perform the following:1. License the enclosure with a Flexible Quantity

• Update VC firmware according VC firmware versions supported by VCEM using the VirtualConnect Manager user interface.a. Access the Virtual Connect Ma

1. Double-click Add or Remove Programs.2. Click Insight Software.3. Click Remove.IMPORTANT: The uninstall operation does not remove a VCEM folder from

To correct the issue, reset the Virtual Connect Module, and make sure you enter MAC and WWNranges defined as exclusion ranges in VCEM. From the Virtua

When a Virtual Connect Ethernet Module is removed from an enclosure and placed in another,its settings are automatically cleared and all domain config

Failover fails to initiate with an ERROR (30) - Could not initiate failover;nested exception is: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed outThis e

VC Domain status is "Mismatch Configuration" after cancel a VC DomainMaintenance operation failsThis situation occurs when the server profil

1. Select the affected VC Domain, and start VC Domain Maintenance.2. Log in to Virtual Connect Manager. Wait to be prompted for new Onboard Administra

This behavior is intermittent, but can occur in the following situations:• When navigating through VCEM pages and requesting multiple operations at th

• Create VC Domain Groups.• Assign and unassign VC Domains to VC Domain Groups.• Define server profiles and link to available LAN and SAN network reso

VCEM validates the format of the target LUN but does not verify that it is actually bootable.To resolve this issue:1. Click the Profiles tab.2. Select

14 Support and other resourcesContacting HPBefore you contact HPBe sure to have the following information available before you call contact HP:• Techn

form or on physical media as they are made available from HP. (Customers who purchasean electronic license to use are eligible for electronic updates

Documents• HP Insight Software Quick Installation Guide• HP Insight Software Support Matrix• HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager Release Notes• HP V

NOTE A note contains additional information to emphasize or supplementimportant points of the main text.144 Support and other resources

Glossarybays A device bay where the server blade is connected. HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure has a totalof 16 device bays and HP BladeSystem c3000 En

free Address available for VCEM allocation.full configurationrights userA user who is automatically authorized for the All Tools toolbox on all system

See also enclosure, racks.shared uplink port An Ethernet uplink port that carries the traffic for multiple Virtual Connect networks. Each associatedVi

Virtual ConnectEnterpriseManager (VCEM)VCEM simplifies the management of multiple HP BladeSystem enclosures that use Virtual Connectto control LAN and

IndexAadding a VC Domain to a VC Domain Group, 44adding custom MAC address ranges, 102adding custom WWN address range, 107adding or removing VC module

Figure 3 Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager architecture overviewUsing VCEM, system administrators can quickly deploy, replace and recover servers and

configuring the target boot LUN, 80copying and assigning a server profile to a bay, 86creating a server profile, 74deleting a server profile, 84editin

correlating VCEM operations in Systems InsightManager and Virtual Connect logs, 69moving Ethernet networks (VLANs tagged) from oneshared uplink to ano

Figure 4 VC server profile movement exampleVCEM home page featuresVirtual Connect Enterprise Manager uses a dedicated graphical user interface to acce

2 Installing and configuring VCEMThis chapter describes how to install and configure VCEM.IMPORTANT: This guide assumes that you have previously insta

1. Choose from one of the following options:• Select Start→All Programs→ HP Insight Software→Uninstall HP Insight Software andselect HP Virtual Connec

NOTE: VCEM 6.3.1 does not support VC firmware 1.3x , 1.2x or 2.0x. If you have theseversions of VC firmware, an incompatible firmware icon is displaye

© Copyright 2007, 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or

7. (Optional) Use the following procedure to configure the World Wide Names ranges to meetyour requirements.NOTE: It is optional to set up a user-defi

Upgrading incompatible firmware modes and versionsIf unsupported VC Domain firmware versions are detected at the end of a VCEM 6.3 upgrade, awarning m

3 Managing VC DomainsThis chapter describes how to use VCEM to manage VC Domains.On the VC Domains page, you can filter the VC Domain list by VC Domai

Table 3 VCEM status icons (continued)DescriptionIconStatusFailed to connect to the VC Domain.Possible causes include:Fail to communicate to VC Domain•

sets, Fibre Channel SAN fabrics, Ethernet and Fibre Channel common settings, and SNMP Ethernetand Fibre Channel alert destinations.Requirements for ad

Table 4 MAC or WWN address and serial number range compatibilityVCEM-supportedMAC or WWN or serial number in VCDomain GroupVC Domain server profiles w

◦ Network SNMP settings:Read Community–– System Contact– IP addresses◦ Port Throughput Statistics◦ VLAN Capacity– Legacy VLAN capacity or Expanded VLA

◦ Smart Link◦ Private network◦ Preferred Link Connection◦ Preferred Link Connection Speed◦ Maximum Link Connection◦ Maximum Link Connection Speed◦ Net

Table 5 Supported VC firmwareVC DomainGroupVCDomainVCDomainVC DomainGroupVC Domain Groupfirmware mode 3.15VC DomainGroup firmwaremode 3.3xVCDomain/Gro

For a VC Domain to be part of a VC Domain Group with Virtual Connect firmware 3.15 – 3.19,3.10, 3.0x, 2.3x, and 2.1x, Hybrid VLAN Tagging, Network Acc

Contents1 Introduction...8Key features and benefits...

To disable this feature edit all Ethernet Networks to clear the Enable VLAN Tunneling propertycheckbox, or edit all Server Profiles to ensure that no

• Extended Mapped VLAN is not supported.Do not configure the VC Domain to allow for expanded VLAN capacity (Extended MappedVLAN).Figure 10 VC Domain w

Figure 12 VC Domain with Storage Management CredentialsTo disable this feature go to the Virtual Connect Manger user interface and delete all StorageM

Figure 14 Server Profile configured with multiple FCoE connectionsTo disable this feature:1. Log on to HP Virtual Connect Manager.2. Expand Server Pro

Figure 15 Deleting SAN fabrics configured with uplink ports for FCoE capable modules5. Expand Server Profiles in the navigation pane and select the se

Figure 17 Disabling Multi-blade FC connectionsVirtual Connect 3.10 features that must be disabled in a VC Domain to be part of aVC Domain Group with V

Figure 18 Removing Flex-10 iSCSI Connections4. Continue selecting the last Flex-10 iSCSI connection until all connections are removed.Virtual Connect

Figure 19 Server Profile configured with a FC multi-blade serverTo disable this feature:1. Log on to HP Virtual Connect Manager.2. Expand Server Profi

Figure 20 Server profiles with more than 32 Ethernet network connections4. Continue selecting and deleting the last connection until you have a maximu

Figure 21 Enhanced SNMP configurationDo not configure the VC Domain using the enhanced SNMP configuration. If necessary, disablethe enhanced SNMP conf

Adding or removing remote enclosures from a multienclosure domain in VC DomainMaintenance...

Figure 23 Disabling trap severitiese. Trap categories must equal Other for either VC-Enet traps or VC-FC traps. Do notselect both. From the Add a SNMP

3. Do not modify the SNMP configuration for VC Domain level. The default SNMPconfiguration for VC Domain level is Enabled with the Community String eq

2. Click Add Key and enter the key string.3. Select one or more unlicensed VC Domains.4. Click Apply License.5. Click OK to validate the key string.NO

The FC module can become incompatible in the following situations:• An HP Virtual Connect 4Gb FC module replaces an HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 24-port FCm

You can only select the User-Defined option for the MAC range type if a MAC custom rangeis defined.7. Select the WWN address range type from the follo

the VCEM User Guide to verify the supported VC firmware versions,and then update the VC Domain(s) firmware to a supported version.• The VC Domain as w

4. Enter the user name and password for each unconfigured VC Domain. Ensure you provideVC Domain credentials with full privileges. VC Domains appear a

NOTE: Removing the VC Domain out of the VC Domain Group does not cause any changes tothe MACs or WWNs currently in use in the VC Domain. Any new MACs

Working with multienclosure VC DomainsVCEM supports multienclosure VC Domains. A multienclosure VC Domain is a VC Domain withone local enclosure and u

Figure 28 VC Domain Group with VC Domains that have different numbers of enclosuresA multienclosure domain can only be configured as follows:• The enc

Editing custom MAC address ranges...102Removing a custom MAC addre

VC Domain MaintenanceVC Domain Maintenance is a useful way to perform updates on a particular VC Domain withoutremoving it from a VC Domain Group, and

◦ Multiple Networks Link Speed Settings◦ Server VLAN Tagging Support• Shared Uplink Set• Resetting Virtual Connect Module (soft reset)• Monitoring net

NOTE: The following information is sample base VC Domain configuration data.• Domain settingsConfiguration for double density servers (for example, BL

– System Contact– Each SNMP trap Community and IP address• For each Fibre Channel fabric:◦ Fabric name• For each network uplink:Name◦◦ State◦ Connecti

1. Initiate the VC Domain Maintenance.2. Perform changes through the Virtual Connect Manager Web interface.NOTE: When a VC Domain has a status of Unde

browser window. The Under Maintenance status indicates that the VC Domain is temporarilyunlocked for domain, network, and storage changes.5. Using Vir

• Breaking the Virtual Connect lock by using the VC command line. To resolve this issue, removethe VC Domain from the VC Domain Group.• Virtual Connec

Canceling a VC Domain Maintenance taskCanceling a VC Domain Maintenance discards domain, network, and storage configurationchanges that you have perfo

Figure 30 Job detailsUsing FlexFabric modulesThis section describes scenarios to add or replace existing Ethernet and FC modules with FlexFabricmodule

2. Upgrade the VC Domain firmware to the latest version for FlexFabric support.3. Save the configuration.IMPORTANT: HP recommends that you save the co

Adding or removing VC modules to VC Domain Group Configuration...124Unauthorized error when trying to access the

12. Edit an existing server profile and an iSCSI connection and boot option that uses the FlexFabricuplink port.13. Create a new server profile and ad

9. Remove the existing modules that are not FlexFabric from both horizontally adjacent baysthree to eight.10. Add the two existing VC modules in both

4 Managing VC Domain groupsThis section describes the management of Virtual Connect (VC) Domain Groups using VCEM.A VC Domain consists of an HP BladeS

Table 8 Group icons and statusDescriptionIconStatusAll VC Domains that belong to this VCDomain Group share the same domainconfigurationConfiguration i

4. Find and import the necessary remote enclosures in the correct order through Virtual ConnectManager.5. Go to Systems Insight Manager and perform a

8. From the Select MAC range type list, select whether the MAC address range type isVCEM-defined, user-defined, or factory-default. You can only selec

Connect Enterprise Manager is executing the request appears with ajob ID code.8. Click OK to go to the Jobs page and monitor job progress.Canceling a

Deleting a VC Domain GroupIMPORTANT: If you delete a VC Domain Group, then all unassigned server profiles within thatVC Domain Group will be posted to

4. Perform the following actions for each VC Domain that uses HP-predefined or user-definedranges within the VC Domain Group that you want to remove.

2. Select the desired VC Domain Group where you want to add or remove VC modules, andthen click Delete.For more information, see “Deleting a VC Domain

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5. Search for the log entries based on timestamp. Be sure to take the time difference betweenthe CMS and VC Domain into account.There is no specific m

5 Managing server profilesThis section describes how to create and manage server profiles with VCEM.A Virtual Connect server profile is a logical grou

DescriptionItemIdentifies the enclosure nameEnclosureBay numberBayA server profile defines connections for a blade server. Server profiles can include

Table 9 VCEM features (continued)Virtual Connect2.1xVirtualConnect 2.3xVirtual Connect3.0xVirtual Connect3.10Virtual Connect3.15VirtualConnect 3.3xFea

Creating a server profileNOTE:Keep the following server profile dependencies in mind:• Depending on the VC Domain version, the create server profile p

Figure 33 Network Selections for previous firmware versions (earlier than 3.3x)Figure 34 Network selections for Firmware 3.3x and laterCreating a serv

Figure 35 Firmware 3.3x and later selecting a Network window7. Select Add iSCSI Connection in the Flex-10 iSCSI connections table to add network names

DescriptionSettingthe initiator name contains nonalphanumeric characters,it must be enclosed in double quotes. The value must bein the following forma

DescriptionSettingIP network mask used by the iSCSI initiator. This valueis in dotted-decimal format.Netmask (required)Default IP route used by the iS

Part Number (WWPN) and Logical Unit Number (LUN) are required only for the primary andsecondary SAN boot.NOTE: For the profile initializing on the rem

1 IntroductionHP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) centralizes network connection management andworkload mobility for HP BladeSystem servers t

the bays associated with the enclosure. Click OK to create the profile and a profile list isdisplayed. Click OK to accept the assignments.2. Select Le

Procedure 1Configuring multiple networks 81

1. For firmware versions prior to 3.3x:a. In the Ethernet connections table expand the network name menu and select MultipleNetworks. The Server VLAN

2. For firmware versions 3.3x and later:Figure 42 6.3.1 Server VLAN tag to vNet Mappings windowa. In the Ethernet connections table expand the network

1. In the Ethernet connections table, select the desired port speed from the Port Speed Settingmenu.2. (Optional) To select the desired port speed for

2. Click Edit. The Edit Server Profile information appears below the server profile table.3. Enter changes to the Server Profile name as needed.4. (Op

IMPORTANT: For VC firmware versions 3.15 and later, you are not able to assign a serverprofile to a covered bay. An error message similar to the follo

NOTE: If a VC Domain already contains server profiles assigned to covered bays and isupgraded to VC firmware 3.15 or later, and you unassign an existi

the export option you must have either Administrator or Group Administrator privileges. See“Role-based privileges” (page 44) for more information.To e

Table 10 Prevalidation statusDescriptionStatusStep has successfully completed.DoneVCEM will perform some changes on the server profile inorder to expo

Key benefits• Centrally manage connectivity and workloads for hundreds of Virtual Connect Domains andthousands of HP BladeSystem server blades.• The V

• Confirms that the target VC Domain Group that the server profile will be exported to hasa status of Configuration in synch. VC Domain Groups with ot

defined in the target VC Domain Group. Otherwise Step 4 will show a warning status atthe prevalidation window.• Confirms that all VLAN network names a

5. Validating Fabric data—VCEM performs the following validations related to the fabricconnections data exportation:• Ensures that the fabric names an

VC Server Profile Failover operations require the source and target servers to be configured toboot-from-SAN, and can be initiated from the VCEM graph

Initiating VC Server Profile Failover through the VCEM GUI1. Select an assigned server profile with an acceptable spare server.2. Click VC Server Prof

6 Managing enclosure bay assignmentsOnly the bays that are inside a VC Domain Group appear on the Bays page.Bays can be filtered by selecting one of t

To see more information about bays, select the Show more details check box. The following tabledescribes the additional information that will be displ

Powering down a bayTo view a window displaying the power status of a bay, click the number in the Bay# column. Youcan power down and power up the serv

Figure 47 Bay status with press and holdAssigning a server profile to a bayYou can assign a server profile to a bay only if the bay is not already ass

Designating spare bays1. Select one or more Spares check box for bays that do not have a server profile applied. Aasterisk symbol is displayed to indi