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тАО04-29-2009 06:19 AM
тАО04-29-2009 06:19 AM
migrating from enclosure switches to VC nondisruptively?
We now have the budget to move to virtual connect, with redundant modules for each.
What is the possibility of doing this nondisruptively, which is to say without taking the blade-based systems offline? We have redundant SAN fabrics and core switches, so there's no requirement to unplug the existing switches in order to cable up the VC modules. Is there a roadmap for doing this?
Also, the VC v2.10 User's Guide repeatedly refers to the "HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Setup and Installation Guide," which is something I can't locate. Doesn anyone have a link for this?
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тАО04-29-2009 10:24 AM
тАО04-29-2009 10:24 AM
Re: migrating from enclosure switches to VC nondisruptively?
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тАО04-29-2009 10:46 AM
тАО04-29-2009 10:46 AM
Re: migrating from enclosure switches to VC nondisruptively?
Can a GBE2c in bay 2 coexist with a VC-ethernet module in bay 1?
The fibre module would be more disruptive. Can I manage a VC-fibre module in bay 4 from a VC-ethernet module in bay 1? Can the fibre module coexist with the fibre switch?
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тАО05-01-2009 04:47 AM
тАО05-01-2009 04:47 AM
Re: migrating from enclosure switches to VC nondisruptively?
(fairly disruptive)!!
however if you were only refering to whether or not they could co-exist, I will leave that to others.
Good Luck
Dave.
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тАО05-01-2009 05:42 AM
тАО05-01-2009 05:42 AM
Re: migrating from enclosure switches to VC nondisruptively?
1. You cannot apply a VC profile to a running server.
2. VC and non VC in adjacent modules are not supported. (So it may not work even if you want to do it for a few minutes)
Most of the VC manuals are on this page.
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-tech-installing.html
You want to review
VC Users guide 8th Edition or later
VC Ethernet Cookbook
VC 2.02 firmware release notes
Personally I'd look at going for a 2nd GbE2c switch (and SAN switch) and have high availability with two connections. To get the best out of the GbE2c switches look at the support site and see if blade harmony manager can give you any value. See downloads at
http://www.bladeconnect.com/index.php
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тАО05-05-2009 02:41 AM
тАО05-05-2009 02:41 AM
Re: migrating from enclosure switches to VC nondisruptively?
To answer your question: "The fibre module would be more disruptive. Can I manage a VC-fibre module in bay 4 from a VC-ethernet module in bay 1? Can the fibre module coexist with the fibre switch?"
The answer is yes, this is how it works, the VC manager lives in the firmware that resides in the VC Ethernet interconnect module in interconenct bay 1 (and 2) and from the OA GUI you can launch the VC manager in which you manage all Ethenet and SAN configurations.
Once you logon to your VC manager and went through the "first time setup wizard" and defined your Ethenet network, SAN and configured the server profiles you are ready to run again.
I moved a bl465c from a c7000 with no VC to a C3000 with VC and all works fine, you don't see a difference when you log on to the server and as far as i can remember i did not had to change anyhting at the server level and if there was then it was minimal as i can't remember it.
HTH
Kris