alternate Virtual Connect Ethernet module. This feature can be useful when troubleshooting the Virtual Connect manager. The network and FC processing of the Virtual Connect subsystem is not disturbed during the restart or failover of the Virtual Connect Manager.

If the command line option -failoveris included in the reset vcm command and a Virtual Connect Ethernet module is available in the alternate I/O bay (I/O Bays 1 and 2 can host the Virtual Connect Manager), the command line displays the message:

SUCCESS: The Virtual Connect Manager is being reset. Please wait...

The user is logged out of the session after approximately 1 minute. An attempted login to the same Virtual Connect Ethernet Module is rejected with the message:

Virtual Connect Manager not found at this IP address.

If the user attempts to login to the alternate I/O bay, they might receive the error message during the attempted login:

Unable to communicate with the Virtual Connect Manager. Please retry again later.

The login should succeed after the Virtual Connect Manager has restarted on this alternate Virtual Connect Ethernet module. Allow up to 5 minutes, depending on the enclosure configuration.

If the command line option -failoveris not included in the reset vcm command or a Virtual Connect Ethernet module is not available in the alternate I/O bay, the command line displays the message:

SUCCESS: The Virtual Connect Manager is being reset. Please wait...

The user is logged out of the session after approximately 1 minute. If the user attempts to re-login they might receive the error message during the attempted login:

Unable to communicate with the Virtual Connect Manager. Please retry again later.

The login should succeed after the Virtual Connect Manager has restarted. Allow up to 5 minutes, depending on the enclosure configuration.

Configuring the Virtual Connect domain using the CLI 52