topic HP BL460c in BladeSystem - General

HP BL460c

starnesc — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:55:53 GMT

I was wondering if anyone has tried to setup a BL460c to have 4 seperate networks using only 2 VC ethernet bays. Is this even possible or will I have to have 4 seperate VC ethernet modules in 4 seperate bays? I am using this as a VM host and I already have 2 seperate networks setup on it and I need to have 2 more seperate networks added. Sorry but I am just a little confused on this. The first 2 that are setup in vSphere correctly/currently are Broadcom NC373i adapters VMNIC0 and VMNIC1. The 2 that are not working are Intel NC360m adapters VMNIC2 and VMNIC3. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Re: HP BL460c

Psychonaut — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:27:04 GMT

With that configuration you will need more interconnects (what are the existing two that you have?). Your two 1Gb connections go to Bay 1 and 2 on the back. The second 1Gb connections you have (a dual-port mezz card) will go to Bay 3 and 4. To use those connections you have to populate those interconnect bays.

It would be different if you CNA LOMs on those servers.

Re: HP BL460c

FMG_R_Bear — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:28:57 GMT

What Virtual Connects and Firmware are you running? What are they connected to: Cisco? HP? Other switch?

Re: HP BL460c

starnesc — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:57:10 GMT

I though that was the case but I was just hoping that there has to be a better way without spending anymore money.