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HP V ir tual C onnect Manager V er si on 1 .20 R elea se Not es and C ompatib ilit y Matr i x Part Number 467891-001 November 2007 (First Edition)[...]
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© Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to chan ge without no tice. The only warranties for HP products and services a re set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such produc ts and services. Noth ing herein should be construed as constituti ng an additional w arranty.[...]
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Contents 3 Con t en t s Hardware and firmwa re requir ements ............................................................................................. 4 HP Virtual Connect Manager firmware ............................................................................................ ............. 4 Supported hardware .............................[...]
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Hardware and firmware requirements 4 H a rd w a re a n d fi rm wa re re q u i re m e n t s HP Virtual Connect Manager firmware The latest HP Virtual Connect Manager firmware package (version 1.20) contains the following firmwar e versions: • HP 1/10Gb VC-Enet version 1.20 • HP 4Gb VC-FC version 1.10 IMPORTANT: The VC-Enet module firmware must b[...]
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Hardware and firmware requirements 5 o HP NC326m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunct ion Gigabit Server Adapter o HP NC325m PCI Express Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter o HP QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA for c-Cla ss BladeSystem o HP Emulex LPe1105-HP 4Gb FC HBA for c-Class BladeSystem For the latest list of supported hardware, see the HP we bsite ( http:[...]
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Hardware and firmware requirements 6 Product Recommended firmware ve rsion Minimum firmware version NC326i, NC325m, a nd NC326m Boot code version 3.28 and C Class option ROM 1.1.3* or later To use NC325m with the BL680c G 5 server blade, the option ROM must be updated to NC325m Boot code version 3.28 and C Cla ss option ROM 1.2.8 or later. To use N[...]
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Hardware and firmware requirements 7 Switch family Supported versions Unsupported switches McData and HP M-series Fibre Channel switches E/OS 9.03.00 E/OS 9.00.00 E/OS 8.02.00 • McDATA Intrepid 10000 Direc tor switch Cisco and HP C-series Fibre Channel switches SAN-OS 3.1(2a), 3.1(2b), 3.1(3a ) • Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for c-Class • Ci[...]
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New features 8 Ne w f eatur e s The VC-Enet version 1.20 firmware includes the fol lowing features: • HP BladeSystem c-Class c3000 Enclosur e support • HP ProLiant BL680c G5 Server Blade support • HP ProLiant xw460c Blade Workstation support • Command line interface for Virtual Connect Manager The CLI enables administrators to manage a Vi r[...]
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New features 9 • Support for Multiple Users Multiple users are allowed within multiple VC Manager windows. • Support for longer passwords Password length has been extended to 39 characters. • Separate MAC and PXE assignments Previously, PXE support was associated with VC assigned MAC addres ses. This feature enables the user to control PXE se[...]
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Important notes and recommendations 10 Important no tes and r ecommendati ons When a c-Class enclosure i s used with Virtual Connec t v1.20, the following conf iguration restrictions and guidelines apply: • Plan your interconnect module usage car efully before running the Virtua l Connect Domain Setup Wizard. After an interconnect bay is configur[...]
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Important notes and recommendations 11 • Back up the Virtual Conne ct domain configurati o n eac h time changes are made. While saved in non-volatile memory and check-pointed to the neighboring module, HP recommends saving the configuration external to the encl osure. • Removing a VC-Enet module and plugging it in to another enclosure causes th[...]
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Known issues 12 Kn own i s s u e s General • For configuration changes, the VC Manager can take up to 90 seconds for the new information to be saved to non-volatile storage. Configuration information might be lost if power is removed during this update time. • When an SSH key is uploaded using the GUI interface, user authentication fails. The u[...]
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Known issues 13 • If an enclosure import is attempted with a server blade in a failed state, the Virtual Connect Manager might report an erroneous error. If the import comp letes, close the browser and log in again to verify the import was successful. The wor k ing state of a ll server blades can be verified using the Onboard Administrator. • C[...]
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Known issues 14 • Virtual Connect Manager shows either a server blade or an interconnect module as degraded (but not both) for an I/O Ekey mismatch. • Network uplinks that are linked after the Networ k Setup Wizard has been started may not show proper link status in the wizard. When the wizard is completed, all uplink li nk statuses are display[...]
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Known issues 15 • While executing individual (not automated) firmware updates, the Update button might appear after clicking the Activate bu tton for a VC-Enet module. o Ignore the Update button if it persists for more than 3 minutes. If the Update button appears for more than 3 minutes, then the firmware update failed and should be re-attempted.[...]
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Resolved issues 16 Re s o lve d i s s u e s The following issues that existed in Virtual Connect v1.16 have been re solved in Virtual Connect v1.20: • The Virtual Connect Manager now recovers fr om a dual-OA failover or the replacement of a single OA without requiring a reset of the Virtual Connect Manager. • Under certain fail-over conditions [...]