3.If any Flex-10 NICs with profile connections are connected to the interconnect bays being upgraded, the profile connections must be removed. To remove a profile connection, unassign the profile (recommended) or delete the connection from the profile.

4.Remove all network uplinks from the modules to be removed.

5.Remove the existing modules from both horizontally adjacent bays.

6.Ensure that the modules are removed from the Virtual Connect GUI. If the modules still appear on the GUI, there are still profiles with connections to the modules or networks with uplinks on the modules. Do not proceed until the modules are removed.

7.Install the HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, FlexFabric, or Flex-10/10D modules.

8.Reassign the server profiles or add the connections to the profiles, depending on what was done in step 3.

Replacing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, HP FlexFabric, or HP Flex-10/10D module with a Virtual Connect Ethernet module in a horizontally adjacent bay pair hosting VC Manager (the horizontal bays housing primary and/or backup modules)

CAUTION: Replacing the primary/backup bay pair modules with modules of a different type requires the creation of a new VC domain, creating the probability that VC managed identifiers (MAC, WWN, and serial numbers) could be assigned to different server ports or slots from the original VC domain.

The HP Virtual Connection Migration Guide technical white paper on the HP website

(http://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/?docId=emr_na-c03 885329) details a procedure for upgrading to newer Virtual Connect modules while maintaining the same VC-managed identifiers.

1.Delete the domain.

2.Remove all network uplinks from the modules to be removed.

3.Remove the existing Flex-10, FlexFabric, or Flex-10/10D modules from both horizontally adjacent bays.

4.Install the Virtual Connect Ethernet modules.

5.Import one or more enclosures and create a new VC domain. If available, a user-created CLI script file may accelerate VC domain recreation. However, be sure to verify the settings because VC-managed identifiers, such as MAC, WWN, and Serial Numbers, might not match the original VC domain settings.

Replacing an HP Virtual Connect Flex-10, HP FlexFabric, or HP Flex-10/10D module with a Virtual Connect Ethernet module in a horizontally adjacent bay pair not hosting VC Manager

1.If any Flex-10 NICs with profile connections are connected to the interconnect bays being upgraded, then the profile connections must be removed. To remove a profile connection, unassign the profile (recommended) or delete the connection from the profile.

2.Remove all network uplinks from the modules to be removed.

3.Remove the existing Flex-10, FlexFabric, or Flex-10/10D modules from both horizontally adjacent bays.

4.Ensure that the modules are removed from the Virtual Connect GUI. If the modules still appear on the GUI, there are still profiles with connections to the modules or networks with uplinks on the modules. Do not proceed until the modules are removed.

5.Install the Virtual Connect Ethernet modules.

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