•If the number of Fibre Channel connections in the profile is more than the number of physical Fibre Channel HBA ports, the profile is assigned, but the connections display a status of “Not mapped” when you view the profile.

•If the number of iSCSI connections in the profile is more than the number of available iSCSI ports on the server, the profile assignment succeeds, but the connections display a status of "Not mapped" when you view the profile.

•If the number of FCoE connections in the profile is more than the number of available FCoE ports on the server, the profile assignment succeeds, but the connections display a statue of "Not mapped" when you view the profile.

VCM supports a maximum of 256 profiles within the domain.

IMPORTANT: Disabling a server port by entering the iLO Remote Console, rebooting the server, and then using the F9 key to enter RBSU causes a "Profile pending" status for a server profile when a VCM failover occurs.

IMPORTANT: Virtual Connect versions 4.30 and later no longer support first-generation HP Integrity BL860c Server Blades and HP Integrity BL870c Server Blades. HP Integrity i2 and i4 model server blades are still supported.

Server blade power on and power off guidelines

Certain server profile changes require the server blade in the device bay to be powered down before the changes are made. HP recommends using the server console to power down the server before attempting to use the Virtual Connect Manager.

Server-side settings modified by a VC server profile requires the server blade to be powered down before profile settings are applied. Network or fabric changes do not require the server blade to be powered down. Server-side settings include the following:

•Assigning a VC or user-defined MAC address

•Changing the PXE setting

•Assigning a VC-defined WWN

•Changing the Fibre Channel boot parameters

•Changing boot parameters

•Adding or deleting a connection of any kind

•Changing the FlexNIC enumeration setting on a profile

If the server blade is not powered down, a message appears and no changes are made.

If server-side settings are changed, the following operations require that server blade is powered down:

•Assigning a profile to a server blade already installed in a device bay

•Deleting a profile, moving a profile to a different device bay, or unassigning a profile from the existing bay

•Making modifications to a profile that affect settings on the server blade; for example, PXE enable/disable, changing the number of connections, or changing Fibre Channel boot parameters

•Resetting the server blade to factory defaults from the RBSU

If the server blade is reset to factory defaults from the RBSU, perform the following:

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