Maintenance and troubleshooting...............................................................................................

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Domain Status summary .........................................................................................................................

281

Status icon definitions ..................................................................................................................

281

Domain Status screen.............................................................................................................................

282

Module status definitions and causes .......................................................................................................

283

Export support information......................................................................................................................

284

Error message resources.........................................................................................................................

284

Reset Virtual Connect Manager ...............................................................................................................

285

Recovering remote enclosures .......................................................................................................

285

Server profile troubleshooting .................................................................................................................

285

Server blade power on and power off guidelines.............................................................................

286

Additional information ...........................................................................................................................

288

Appendix A: Using Virtual Connect with nPartitions ......................................................................

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Understanding nPartitions.......................................................................................................................

289

Assigning a VC profile to an nPar ...........................................................................................................

290

Mapping profile connections.........................................................................................................

290

Reconfiguring nPars...............................................................................................................................

290

Appendix B: Auto-deployment process ........................................................................................

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Overview of the auto deployment process ................................................................................................

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DHCP server configuration............................................................................................................

292

TFTP server .................................................................................................................................

294

Importing the enclosure into the domain ...................................................................................................

295

Auto-deployment settings after enclosure import...............................................................................

296

Starting a deployment operation .............................................................................................................

296

Viewing deployment information, status, and logs .....................................................................................

297

The deployment status ..................................................................................................................

298

The deployment log .....................................................................................................................

300

The deployment configuration file ..................................................................................................

300

Configuration file output ...............................................................................................................

301

Manual TFTP settings .............................................................................................................................

301

Stopping a deployment operation............................................................................................................

302

Subsequent deployments (redeployment scenarios) ....................................................................................

302

VC GUI auto-deployment status and settings .............................................................................................

303

Deployment wait and retry states.............................................................................................................

303

Waiting for DHCP .......................................................................................................................

303

Waiting for TFTP .........................................................................................................................

304

Failed to configure domain ...........................................................................................................

304

Triggering a restart of the deployment process ................................................................................

304

Configuring file restrictions .....................................................................................................................

304

TFTP logging and enablement .................................................................................................................

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Deployment files logged to the TFTP server......................................................................................

305

Appendix C: Using IPv6 with Virtual Connect...............................................................................

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Minimum requirements to support IPv6 .....................................................................................................

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IPv6 addresses in VC .............................................................................................................................

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Link Local Address .......................................................................................................................

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DHCPv6 address .........................................................................................................................

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EBIPAv6 address .........................................................................................................................

307

Router advertisement-based addresses............................................................................................

307

Domain static addressing .............................................................................................................

307

Enabling IPv6 support ............................................................................................................................

308

New installation ..........................................................................................................................

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