o Select whether to use assigned serial numbers or factory default serial numbers.
o Select whether to use movable,
•After an enclosure is imported into a Virtual Connect domain, server blades are isolated from the networks and SAN fabrics until a server profile is created and assigned.
•Server blades must be powered off to receive or relinquish a server profile assignment when using Virtual
•FC SAN connections appear in server profile screens only when an HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel module is in the enclosure managed by Virtual Connect. FC SAN connections are added in pairs and cannot be deleted. If an HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel module is added to a Virtual Connect domain with existing profiles, an option to add FC connections appears when editing existing profiles.
•FCoE connections appear in server profile screens only when an HP VC Flex Fabric
•iSCSI connections are not added to server profiles by default. You must add one or more iSCSI connections. The GUI enables the creation of iSCSI connections only if at least one
•Some server profile SAN boot settings (controller boot order) are applied by Virtual Connect only after the server blade has been booted at least once with the final mezzanine card configuration.
•If PXE, controller boot order, or SAN boot settings are made outside of Virtual Connect using RBSU or other configuration tools, Virtual Connect restores the settings defined by the server profile after the server blade completes the next boot cycle.
•After Virtual Connect assigns a server profile to a server, RBSU cannot modify the protocol configuration (iSCSI/FCoE) for any NIC, including the NC551m, even if the NIC is not connected to a Virtual Connect module. Any protocol configuration changes must be made before the server profile is assigned to the server.
•To boot properly from SAN when using Linux and VMware ESX 3.0.1 and ESX 3.0.2, change the QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA connection option to
•If the VC domain is configured for
•During a profile assignment, if the port number of an existing fabric has been changed to another physical port, the fabric and the domain go into a failed state until the reconfiguration is complete. This also might result in SNMP traps being sent to report the interim failed state.
Server profiles are associated with a specific enclosure device bay. After a profile is assigned, the Virtual Connect Manager configures the server blade in that device bay with the appropriate MAC, PXE, WWN,
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