Hp Integrity BL860c i2 Server-Blade Manuel d'utilisateur

HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Version 3.00 User Guide for Integrity BL8x0c i2 Server Blades Part Number 592317-001 May 2010 (First E

HP Virtual Connect Manager 10 Always apply relevant licenses that are dependent on MAC addresses after the server profiles are assigned so that the

Server management 100 Only the first FlexNIC on each physical port of a Flex-10 device can be used for PXE boot. Virtual Connect cannot enable PXE b

Server management 101 Column name Description Profile Profile Name Descriptive name for the server profile. The specified text is used as the ba

Server management 102 Column name Description Model Model name of the server blade in the device bay Status Status of the server blade in the dev

Server management 103 b. Click the down arrow under Port Speed to select Auto, 2Gb, 4Gb, 8Gb, or Disabled for that port. Auto is the default. 6. To

Server management 104 CAUTION: To avoid storage networking issues and potential loss of data associated with duplicate WWNs on a FC SAN fabric, pl

Server management 105 With this 'forced' option selected, the server connection VLAN mappings are linked to the chosen shared uplink set.

Server management 106 the server side. Finally, to simplify configuration, a "Copy From…" button is available to copy existing network map

Server management 107 Server network mapping is similar to the set of networks defined under a shared uplink set. The only difference is that when d

Server management 108 Define a Server Profile screen ("Define Server Profile screen" on page 100). To access the Fibre Channel boot parame

Server management 109 Server Profiles screen This screen lists all server profiles that have been defined within the domain, including assigned and

HP Virtual Connect Manager 11 Command line overview The HP Virtual Connect Manager Command Line Interface can be used as an alternative method for m

Server management 110 Task Action Show all profiles, only assigned profiles, or only unassigned profiles Click the down arrow in the Show: box. De

Server management 111 Column name Description Ethernet Network Connections (Physical ports) Port Relative order of the Ethernet port on the server

Server management 112 Task Action Assign a Network Name Click the drop-down arrow in the Network Name field, and then select a network. Change the

Server management 113 Server profile troubleshooting In some cases, server profiles can be assigned to server blades when certain mismatches exist b

Server management 114 • Making modifications to a profile that affect settings on the server blade; for example, PXE enable/disable, changing the n

Server management 115 • Changing the requested bandwidth Restart after OA credential recovery For VC v1.21 and higher, the VC Manager behavior has

Server management 116

Certificate Administration 117 Certificate Administration Certificates/Authentications (SSL Certificate) screen This page displays the detailed info

Certificate Administration 118 The following table describes the tables within the Certificate/Authentications (SSL Certificate) screen. Row Descr

Certificate Administration 119 Note that a new certificate request is generated each time this web page is visited, so the content may not be the sa

HP Virtual Connect Manager 12 • There is no connection to the for Integrity BL8x0c i2 Server Blades running the active Virtual Connect Manager. •

Certificate Administration 120 If the new certificate is successfully accepted and installed by the Virtual Connect Manager, you are automatically l

Certificate Administration 121 When a user has authorized one or more SSH keys, the user can delete all of them by clicking Clear SSH Keys. Removing

Certificate Administration 122 When the web SSL encryption strength is changed, logged in users are notified that they must reconnect.

Hardware information screens 123 Hardware information screens Enclosure Information screen The following table describes the rows within the Enclos

Hardware information screens 124 Removing an enclosure To remove a remote enclosure, disassociate all profiles, networks, port sets, and port moni

Hardware information screens 125 Enclosure Status screen When a VC domain loses connectivity with a remote enclosure OA, the Enter OA Credential but

Hardware information screens 126 Interconnect Bays Status and Summary screen The following table describes the rows within the Interconnect Bays St

Hardware information screens 127 Causes for INCOMPATIBLE status When a module status is INCOMPATIBLE, details can be viewed in the System log (&qu

Hardware information screens 128 Interconnect Bay Summary screen (Ethernet module) This screen provides a summary of the interconnect module status

Hardware information screens 129 The following table describes the rows within the Interconnect Bay Information table in the Bay Summary screen. Ro

HP Virtual Connect Manager 13 Navigating the HP Virtual Connect Manager GUI Navigation overview The HP Virtual Connect Manager navigation system con

Hardware information screens 130 Column Description Label Uplink port number Network(s) Network name or the name of the shared uplink associated

Hardware information screens 131 To refresh the statistics, click Refresh Statistics. The following tables describe the rows within the Port Detail

Hardware information screens 132 Port Statistic Description IfInUcastPkts The number of subnetwork-unicast packets delivered to a higher-layer prot

Hardware information screens 133 Port Statistic Description Dot1dBasePortMtuExceededDiscards The number of frames discarded by this port due to an

Hardware information screens 134 Port Statistic Description EtherStatsPkts1024to1518Octets The total number of packets (including bad packets) rece

Hardware information screens 135 Port Statistic Description EtherStatsCRCAlignErrors The total number of packets received that had a length (exclud

Hardware information screens 136 Port Statistic Description Dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions A count of frames for which the first transmission attem

Hardware information screens 137 Port Statistic Description Dot3StatsSymbolErrors For an interface operating at 100 Mb/s, the number of times an in

Hardware information screens 138 Port Statistic Description IfHCOutBroadcastPckts The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested

Hardware information screens 139 Interconnect Bay Summary screen (VC-FC Module) This screen provides a summary of the interconnect module status and

HP Virtual Connect Manager 14 Menu item Links to information" on page 20) Reset Virtual Connect Manager Reset Virtual Connect Manager screen (

Hardware information screens 140 The following table describes the rows within the Interconnect Bay Information table in the Bay Summary screen. R

Hardware information screens 141 Column Description SAN Fabric Name of the SAN Fabric connected to the uplink port Port Speed Speed setting of th

Hardware information screens 142 2. Remove all uplinks and downlinks. 3. Replace the module. Administrative module removal The Remove from Domain

Hardware information screens 143 Interconnect Bay Overall Status icon definitions Icon Operational state Meaning Corrective action OK Device i

Hardware information screens 144 Icon Operational state Meaning Corrective action (blue) Unavailable Device is active but unable to provide serv

Hardware information screens 145 Server Bays Summary screen Device bay numbering is affected by whether the 'Allow the double density device b

Hardware information screens 146 Double-dense server bay option If the 'Allow the double density device bays' option was selected while us

Hardware information screens 147 Use of the double-dense server bay option requires OA version 2.20 or higher. If the OA is downgraded to a lower ve

Hardware information screens 148 Server Bay Overall Status icon definitions Icon Operational state Meaning Corrective action OK Device is full

Hardware information screens 149 Icon Operational state Meaning Corrective action Unknown Device operational state cannot be determined. Check O

HP Virtual Connect Manager 15 To select the device and open the device detail page, click the link for an individual device. Individual device pages

Hardware information screens 150 Server Bay Status screen To change the power state of the server blade, click Momentary Press. To power the server

Hardware information screens 151 Row Description Power Status/Control Icon indicates whether the server blade in that bay is powered on or off. T

Hardware information screens 152 The following table describes the columns within the Server Ethernet Adapter Information table in the Server Bay St

Hardware information screens 153 Server Bay Status screen - multi-blade servers To change the power state of the server blade, click Momentary Pres

Hardware information screens 154 Row Description Enclosure Name Name of the enclosure where this server blade is installed UID Icon indicates whe

Hardware information screens 155 Column Description Port Number Relative Fibre Channel Port number Adapter Mezzanine number where the HBA is conn

Acronyms and abbreviations 156 Acronyms and abbreviations CFG constant frequency generator CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol DNS do

Acronyms and abbreviations 157 LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol MAC Media Access Control NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization OA Onboard Administrator

Acronyms and abbreviations 158 SSL Secure Sockets Layer TCN Spanning Tree Topology Change Notification VID VLAN ID VLAN virtual local-area networ

Glossary 159 Glossary external port The Ethernet connectors (10GBASE-CX4 and RJ45) on the faceplate of the VC-Enet module labeled as ports 1-8, X1,

HP Virtual Connect Manager 16 To view a summary of systems that have an alert icon displayed, click the Domain Status link. See "Domain Status

Index 160 A About menu 12 accessing HP Virtual Connect Manager 10 ActiveX 9 adding a user 31 adding an LDAP group 38 adding enclosures 2

Index 161 FC connections 100, 109, 113 Fibre Channel boot parameters 107 Fibre Channel settings (WWN) 90, 103 firmware, Onboard Administrator

Index 162 required administrative privileges, trap categories 44 requirements, web interface 10 resetting the system 21 restore domain 29 ri

HP Virtual Connect Manager 17 Domain Status screen This screen provides an overall domain status and a detailed summary of systems that currently ha

HP Virtual Connect Manager 18 Enclosures View This graphical representation consists of an enclosure front view and rear view. To display a window w

HP Virtual Connect Manager 19 Enclosures view (multiple enclosures) When more than one enclosure has been imported, each enclosure is displayed on t

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HP Virtual Connect Manager 20 Icon Status Description Normal Status of this line item is okay. Informational — Other icon definitions Icon

HP Virtual Connect Manager 21 Reset Virtual Connect Manager Users must have Administrative privileges to reset the Virtual Connect Manager. In a mul

Domain management 22 Domain management Domain overview A basic Virtual Connect domain includes a single HP c-Class BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure for a

Domain management 23 Firmware updates To update firmware, use the HP BladeSystem c-Class Virtual Connect Support Utility. For more information on in

Domain management 24 For additional information, see "Interconnect Bay summary screen (Ethernet module) (on page 128)" and "Administr

Domain management 25 4. Enter the name of the domain to be deleted. This should be the name of the domain you are currently logged into, displayed i

Domain management 26 Task Action Clear unsaved changes on the screen Click Clear. Save changes and remain on this screen Click Apply. Cancel witho

Domain management 27 Column Description Status Displays whether the enclosure has been imported Adding and importing a remote enclosure Adding a

Domain management 28 5. Click Import.

Domain management 29 Virtual Connect Manager imports the enclosure and provides status information. Removing a remote enclosure To remove a remote

Contents Introduction ...

Domain management 30 IMPORTANT: Virtual Connect Manager cannot use backup configurations created with previous versions of Virtual Connect Manager

Domain management 31 Domain Settings (Local Users) screen The first time this screen appears, the only local user account is the Administrator acco

Domain management 32 • To enable strong passwords or enable local users, click Advanced. To enable the use of strong passwords, select the Require

Domain management 33 Column Description Contact Contact information for the user account. The contact information can be the name of an individual,

Domain management 34 Add new user Observe the following user settings guidelines: • Username is a required field. • A username must contain an al

Domain management 35 o Administer SSL certificates o Delete the VC domain o Save configuration to disk o Restore the configuration from a backup

Domain management 36 Directory Settings (Directory Server) screen This screen enables Administrators to set up an LDAP server to authenticate users

Domain management 37 Directory Settings (Directory Groups) screen Use this screen to manage the Directory Group settings for Virtual Connect Manag

Domain management 38 To remove a group from the configuration, click the Delete icon. To open the Add LDAP Group page, click New. Add LDAP Group Us

Domain management 39 Directory Settings (Directory Certificate) screen Directory Certificates provide authentication of the Directory Server. There

Trap categories and required administrative privileges ... 44 Trap severities

Domain management 40 The status window displays any problems encountered during the test. When testing is complete, click Close. SNMP overview SNM

Domain management 41 • For Flex-10 connections, threshold and link state change traps reflect the state of the entire physical port. These traps ar

Domain management 42 Trap Category Severity MIB authenticationFailure VC-Enet Other CRITICAL SNMPv2-MIB Domain status change VCM Domain Statu

Domain management 43 The VC-FC module generates connUnitPortStatusChange traps based on changes to the connUnitPortStatus element of the FA-MIB. The

Domain management 44 Trap categories and required administrative privileges In general, users with Domain privileges can manage any SNMP operation

Domain management 45 SNMP Configuration (VC-Enet) By enabling SNMP for VC-Enet modules, network management systems can monitor VC-Enet modules in th

Domain management 46 Field name Description Community String The Community String acts like a password for a given trap destination. The trap recei

Domain management 47 For VC-Enet modules, the maximum trap community string length is 39. For VC-FC modules, the maximum trap community string lengt

Domain management 48 The VC-FC SNMP settings apply to all VC-FC modules in the VC domain. The following table describes the fields within the SNMP

Domain management 49 To edit or delete a trap destination, right-click on that trap destination row, and then select Edit Destination or Delete Dest

Bandwidth assignment ... 98 PXE s

Domain management 50

Domain management 51 System Log Configuration Use this screen to view or set remote log destination settings. Column Description Log host The IP

Domain management 52 To send a test message to all enabled remote log destinations, click Test. To delete a remote log destination, select the check

Network management 53 Network management Networks overview The Virtual Connect Ethernet module uses standard Ethernet bridge circuitry with special

Network management 54 Define Ethernet Network screen The Define Ethernet Network screen is accessible to all users with network privileges from the

Network management 55 Field name Description address and switch port appear. A link is provided to obtain more information about the far-end switch

Network management 56 3. Select whether to designate (checked) or not designate (unchecked) this network as a private network ("Private Network

Network management 57 Advanced Network Settings These settings affect only newly created profiles. Changing these settings does not affect any assig

Network management 58 This screen has similar fields to the Define Ethernet Network screen (on page 54). This screen can only be edited by users wit

Network management 59 Field name Description PID When selected, this option sets/clears the port identifier color as blue on the VC E-net module to

Introduction 6 Introduction Virtual Connect documentation The following Virtual Connect documentation is available on the HP website (http://www.hp.

Network management 60 This summary screen displays the external connections for each network and is available to all authorized users. The followin

Network management 61 Task Action Define a new network Right-click in the table to display a menu, and then click Add. Delete a network Left-click

Network management 62 The following table describes the available actions in the Ethernet Networks (Server Connections) screen. Clicking another lin

Network management 63 For additional information, see "MAC address settings (on page 63)." MAC Address Settings IMPORTANT: Configuri

Network management 64 Multifunction Gigabit server adapter. Only the primary MAC address is used by standard (not multifunction) Ethernet devices. •

Network management 65 Whenever port monitoring is enabled, a warning icon appears in the banner at the top of the page. If port monitoring is config

Network management 66 Field name Description MAC MAC address of monitored port Server Bay Assignment Enclosure and server device bay the monitore

Network management 67 Select Monitored Ports screen The Select Monitored Ports screen is displayed when the Select Ports button is clicked on the Et

Network management 68 Task Action Clear newly selected ports without saving and return to the Port Monitoring screen Click Cancel. Ethernet Setti

Network management 69 Server VLAN Tagging Support This option provides explicit VLAN tagging support for server links, enabling each server link

Overview 7 Overview Virtual Connect overview Virtual Connect is a set of interconnect modules and embedded software for HP BladeSystem c-Class enclo

Network management 70 The following figure shows tunneled VLAN tags. On the dedicated, green network, both uplink and server VLAN tags are tunneled

Network management 71 possibility of configurations where server VLANs might not match external VLANs used on uplinks. To avoid this scenario, you c

Network management 72 o No server profile connections are assigned to multiple networks not linked to a Shared Uplink Set. This action forces all se

Network management 73 Stacking Links screen To access this screen, click the Stacking Links link under Fibre Channel Settings in the left VC Manager

Network management 74 Port X0 indicates the 10Gb port connected through the midplane of horizontally-adjacent VC-Enet modules. Ports X7 and X8 conne

Network management 75 For Virtual Connect v1.34 and Virtual Connect v2.10, a maximum of 64 associated networks is supported in each shared uplink se

Network management 76 Field name Description Network Name Displays the name of the associated networks VLAN ID Displays the VLAN ID number Native

Network management 77 1. Enter the shared uplink set name. The uplink set name can be up to 64 characters in length (no spaces). 2. Add one or more

Network management 78 Use this screen to edit the properties of an existing shared uplink set, add/delete an associated network, or delete a shared

Network management 79 Field name Description Network Name Displays the name of the associated networks VLAN ID Displays the VLAN ID number Native

Overview 8 By stacking (cabling) the Ethernet modules within the domain and connecting the FC modules to the same set of FC SANs, every server blade

Network management 80 This summary screen provides an overview of external shared uplink connections. This screen is only applicable if multiple net

Network management 81 Shared Uplink Sets (Associated Networks) screen To access this screen, click the Shared Uplink Sets link in the left VC Manage

Storage management 82 Storage management Storage overview The Virtual Connect Fibre Channel modules enable the c-Class administrator to reduce FC ca

Storage management 83 Define SAN Fabric screen To define a SAN fabric, select the Define SAN Fabric link on the Home page, or click Define SAN Fabri

Storage management 84 • Multi-enclosure domain The following table describes the columns and fields within the Define SAN Fabric screen. Column

Storage management 85 Task Description Set the uplink port speed After an uplink port has been added, click the drop-down arrow in the Configured S

Storage management 86 Maximum logins per port: (1..255) [255] 126 . . switch:admin> switchenable Cisco switch Cisco Fibre Channel switches runni

Storage management 87 SAN Fabrics (External Connections) To access this screen, click SAN Fabrics in the left VC Manager navigation window. This sc

Storage management 88 To delete a fabric, select the checkbox of that line item, and then click Delete. To create a new fabric, click Define SAN Fab

Storage management 89 Edit SAN Fabric Use this screen to edit a SAN fabric configuration. The following table describes the fields within the Edit

HP Virtual Connect Manager 9 HP Virtual Connect Manager Configuring browser support Access to the application must be through HTTPS (HTTP exchanged

Storage management 90 The following table describes the available actions in the Edit SAN Fabric screen. Clicking another link in the pull-down menu

Storage management 91 • Select Fibre Channel Settings from the Configure pull-down menu.

Server management 92 Server management Server profile overview A Virtual Connect server profile is a logical grouping of attributes related to serve

Server management 93 Virtual Connect domain that has existing profiles, an option to add FC connections appears in the existing profiles during edit

Server management 94 “Bays 1-4 (HP Integrity BL890c i2)”. This is true in the left navigation tree, in the Server Bays summary screen, in the list o

Server management 95 Although these four FlexNICs share a single 10Gb physical interface, Virtual Connect is able to keep traffic for the FlexNICs i

Server management 96 Flex-10 configuration Network administrator For each Virtual Connect network, the network administrator can set a "Preferr

Server management 97 The Allocated Bandwidth column displays "not allocated" until the profile is assigned to a device bay that contains a

Server management 98 8. Assign profile connection 8 to LOM port 2 because it is Flex-10 capable and can support up to four connections. For informat

Server management 99 Requested Calculation Allocation + remainder FlexNIC a 1Gb (1/12)*10Gb = 800Mb 900Mb FlexNIC b 2Gb (2/12)*10Gb = 1600M