Process

Resource

Task

Description

 

 

 

Logical

1. Create a logical

• You must create a logical interconnect group before you can create an

Interconnect

interconnect group.

enclosure group.

Groups

 

• You add uplink sets as part of creating a logical interconnect group.

 

 

 

 

Ensure that at least one of the uplink sets you add includes an uplink

 

 

port to the data center networks you want to access.

 

 

• For more information about logical interconnect groups, see “Managing

 

 

interconnects, logical interconnects, and logical interconnect groups”

 

 

(page 121), the online help for the Logical Interconnect Groups screen,

 

 

or the REST API scripting help for logical interconnect groups.

 

 

 

Enclosure

2. Create an enclosure

• You must create a logical interconnect group before you can create an

Groups

group.

enclosure group. You cannot create an enclosure group that does not

 

 

specify a logical interconnect group.

 

 

• For more information about enclosure groups, see “Managing enclosures

 

 

and enclosure groups” (page 131), the online help for the Enclosure

 

 

Groups screen, or the REST API scripting help for enclosure groups.

 

 

 

Enclosures

3. Add the enclosure.

• When you add the enclosure, specify the enclosure group you created.

 

 

• When you add an enclosure, you also must select a firmware baseline

 

 

and a licensing option.

 

 

• For more information about enclosures, see “Managing enclosures and

 

 

enclosure groups” (page 131), the online help for the Enclosures screen,

 

 

or the REST API scripting help for enclosures.

 

 

 

Server Profiles

and Server

Hardware

4.Do one of the following:

•Create a server profile and assign it to the server hardware.

•Copy a server profile and assign it to the server hardware, then edit the server profile as necessary.

5.Power on the server hardware.

For a server blade to connect to a data center network, it must have a server profile assigned to it, and that server profile must include a connection to either the network or a network set that includes the network:

•If there is an existing server profile that matches how you want the server hardware configured, you can copy that server profile and assign it to the server hardware.

•Otherwise, you must create or copy and modify a server profile that includes at least one connection to the network or a network set that contains the network.

•Server profiles contain much more configuration information than the connections to networks. For more information about server profiles, see “Managing servers and server profiles” (page 111), the online help for the Server Profiles screen, or the REST API scripting help for server profiles.

11.4 Scenario 3: Defining network connectivity as you add the enclosure

In this scenario, you configure the logical interconnect group, including its uplink sets, and the enclosure group during the enclosure add operation. The appliance detects the interconnects installed in the enclosure and prompts you to create a logical interconnect group and enclosure group based on the hardware in the enclosure.

For a step-by-step illustrated example of this scenario, see “Configuring a server blade to boot from the attached HP 3PAR Storage System” (page 256).

Prerequisites

•Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Server administrator.

•All data center switch ports that connect to the VC (Virtual Connect) interconnect modules are configured as described in “Data center switch port requirements” (page 115).

102 Quick Start: Adding an enclosure and connecting its server blades to networks