a.Power down the server blade using the Momentary Press option.

b.Re-apply the VC server profile.

c.Power up the server.

The following operations do not require the server blade to be powered down:

Changing the network connected to an already defined Ethernet port

Changing the Fabric connected to a Fibre Channel port

Changing the speed of a Fibre Channel port

Assigning or unassigning server profiles, if server factory defaults are used for MAC addresses and WWNs, BIOS Fibre Channel boot settings are used, and PXE is not being enabled or disabled (USE BIOS for all network connections).

Exceptions for Flex-10 and FlexFabric 20 connection changes are specified in the following sections.

Flex-10 and FlexFabric 20 connection changes that require power down

Always power down server blades with Flex-10 connections in the following instances:

Adding a connection that is mapped to a Flex-10 or FlexFabric 20

Removing a connection that is mapped to a Flex-10 or FlexFabric 20

Assigning a profile to a server that maps Flex-10 or FlexFabric 20 connections

Unassigning a profile with Flex-10 or FlexFabric 20 connections

Flex-10 connection changes that do not require power down

With Virtual Connect v2.10 and higher, it is not necessary to power down a server blade with Flex-10 connections in the following instances:

Changing a connection's network:

o From a single network to another single network o From a single network to multiple networks

o From multiple networks to a single network

Modifying the networks or VLAN IDs in a connection with multiple networks

With Virtual Connect v2.30 and higher, it is not necessary to power down a server blade with Flex-10 connections in the following instances:

Changing a connection's network:

o From "unassigned" to a single network o From a single network to "unassigned" o From "unassigned" to multiple networks o From multiple networks to "unassigned"

Changing the requested bandwidth

FCoE connection changes that require power down

Adding an FCoE connection to an assigned server profile

Removing an FCoE connection from an assigned server profile

Assigning a profile containing FCoE connections to a server

Changing FCoE boot parameters

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