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Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

Luis Alford — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:32:57 GMT

I have a blade server c7000 that holds 4 server and a virtual conect I installed the vmware hypervisor with out any trouble, but when I activate the virtual connect they lost conection to the network ... ok so far so good, the issue appear when i'm doing the configuration of the VC when I get to the ethernet connection and I try to add a port I just can not added. I see the vc bays I see they are linked but the VC just won't added why , I have not Idea It won't show an error or anithig like that if some one have any idea of what is wrong I would really appreciate it. any idea , any thought.

thanks in advace

Re: Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

Emil Velez — Sun, 30 May 2010 00:29:15 GMT

at www.hp.com/go/blades
there are a series of virtual connect cookbooks and a document VC for dummies (no offense its the name of the pdf book).

what I normally do is find a VC scenario that matches a cookbook and just follow the cookbook. That will also provide documentation for you when you have to reverse engineer the configuration if you followed a cookbook.

Re: Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

Steven Clementi — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:27:15 GMT

1. You should configure your server profile before installing an OS.

2. Did you create a server profile? or just create the VC Domain and Network profiles?

3. You have to shut the server down to apply a server profile.

4. Don't use Internet Explorer 8

Steven

Re: Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

Luis Alford — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:07:14 GMT

hi,

I revised the information in the cook books and still even thought everything is configured correctly the configuration does not seem to be working.

I created the Domain .

I select the MAC address asignation.

but when I try to add the network I fill the network information

then I try to select the port 1 from bay 1 and it just return a blank instead of selecting the port the i just choose..

Any idea.. Please help thanks

Re: Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

Steven Clementi — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:36:20 GMT

What firmware are your VC modules at?

Re: Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

HEM_2 — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:23:25 GMT

Luis,

make sure you are not using IE8, doesn't work with Virtual Connect manager. Use IE7 or Firefox...

Re: Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

Luis Alford — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:39:37 GMT

Hi.

IE8 was the causing all the trouble that I had... ahhh it was a big headache for that insignificant detail.. thatnks for all your reply, I have another question... I created the server profiles and everything but I do not see the the field where it said conect to bring me any information.. and I dont know why.. attached a print screen.. thanks for all your help....

Re: Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

Steven Clementi — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:34:50 GMT

This looks like a screen shot of the Network Profile.

Go into your Server profiles, and you will need to "select" the network profile each nic talks too.

Steven

Re: Help configuring an HP Virtual conect to a blade server

Luis Alford — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:55:44 GMT

It was an issue with the switch of my network and IE8 thanks for your answers..